Remix album

A remix album is an album consisting of remixes or rerecorded versions of an artist's earlier released material. The first act who employed the format was American singer-songwriter Harry Nilsson (Aerial Pandemonium Ballet, 1971).^[1] As of 2007, the best-selling remix album of all time is Michael Jackson's Blood on the Dance Floor: HIStory in the Mix (1997).

Michael Jackson (left) and Madonna have the first and second best-selling remix albums in history: Blood on the Dance Floor: HIStory in the Mix and You Can Dance, respectively

History and concept

Aerial Pandemonium Ballet (1971) by Harry Nilsson is credited as the first remix album.^[1] It was released after the successes of "Everybody's Talkin'" and The Point!, when he decided that his older material had started to sound dated.^{[citation needed]} Neu!'s Neu! 2 (1973) has also been described as "in effect the first remix album", as many tracks see the duo "speed up, slow down, cut, doctor, and mutilate the material, sometimes beyond recognition".^[2]

In the 1980s, record companies would combine several kinds of electronic dance music, such as dance-pop, house, techno, trance, drum and bass, dubstep, hardstyle, and trap into full-length albums, creating a relatively low-overhead addition to the catalogs and balance sheets.^[3] Soft Cell's Non Stop Ecstatic Dancing (1982) and The Human League's Love and Dancing (1982) are credited for inventing the modern remix album.^[4] Since this time, this kind of release is not only seen as an easy cash-in for an artist and their label, but also as an opportunity to provide a second lease of life for a record.^[5] In the world of reggae music, it is not uncommon for a whole album to be remixed in a dub style.^[6]^[7]

Jennifer Lopez's album J to tha L–O! The Remixes is listed in the Guinness Book of World Records as the first remix album to debut at No.1 on the Billboard 200 chart.^[8]

List of best-selling remix albums

Best-selling remix albums worldwide
No.	Album	Artist	Record label	Released	Total certified units (from available markets)^[a]	Claimed sales (At least 500,000 sold)
1	Blood on the Dance Floor: HIStory in the Mix	Michael Jackson	Epic Records	1997	2,575,000 US: 1,000,000^[9] JPN: 100,000^[a]^[10] GER: 250,000^[11] UK: 100,000^[12] FRA: 300,000^[13] CAN: 50,000<^[14] AUS: 70,000^[a]^[15] AUT: 25,000^[16] BRA: 100,000^[a]^[17] NLD: 100,000^[18] ITA: 50,000^[a]^[19] SPA: 100,000^[a]^[20]^[21] DEN: 100,000^[a]^[22]^[23]^[24] SWI: 50,000^[a]^[25] BEL: 50,000^[a]^[26]^[27] POL: 50,000^[a]^[28] FIN: 20,000^[29] HKG: 20,000^[30] NOR: 25,000^[31] NZ: 15,000^[32]^[33]	6,000,000^[34]
2	You Can Dance	Madonna	Sire Records	1987	2,305,000 US: 1,000,000^[9] GER: 250,000^[11] UK: 300,000^[12] FRA: 300,000^[13] AUS: 70,000^[a]^[15] HK: 20,000^[35] BRA: 100,000^[a]^[17] POR: 20,000^[36] SWI: 25,000^[37] ARG: 30,000^[38] NLD: 50,000^[18] SPA: 100,000^[a]^[39]^[40] SWI: 25,000^[a]^[25] NZ: 15,000^[32]^[33]	5,000,000^[41]
3	Love	The Beatles	Apple Records	2006	4,132,500 US: 2,000,000^[9] JPN: 250,000^[a]^[10] ARG: 20,000^[38] GER: 300,000^[11] UK: 600,000^[12] FRA: 200,000^[13] CAN: 200,000^[14] AUS: 140,000^[a]^[15] NLD: 35,000^[18] SPA: 160,000^[a]^[20] DEN: 80,000^[a]^[24] SWI: 30,000^[a]^[25] BEL: 25,000^[a]^[27] POL: 20,000^[a]^[28] NZ: 15,000^[32]^[33] GRE: 7,500^[42] IRE: 45,000^[43] MEX: 50,000^[44]	5,000,000^[45]
4	Reanimation	Linkin Park	Warner Bros. Records	2002	1,597,500 US: 1,000,000^[9] GER: 150,000^[11] UK: 300,000^[12] AUS: 35,000^[a]^[15] BRA: 50,000^[a]^[17] SWI: 20,000^[a]^[25] NZ: 7,500^[32]^[33] AUT: 15,000^[a]^[46] ARG: 20,000^[38]
5	J to tha L–O! The Remixes	Jennifer Lopez	Epic Records	2002	1,582,500 US: 1,000,000^[9] UK: 300,000^[12] FRA: 100,000^[13] CAN: 100,000^[14] AUS: 35,000^[a]^[15] NLD: 40,000^[18] NZ: 7,500^[32]^[33]	3,000,000^[47]
6	Shut Up and Dance: Mixes	Paula Abdul	Virgin Records	1990	1,107,500 US: 1,100,000^[9] CAN: 100,000^[14] NZ: 7,500^[32]^[33]	1,000,000^[48]
7	Super Eurobeat Presents Ayu-ro Mix	Ayumi Hamasaki	Avex Trax	2000	1,200,000 JAP: 1,200,000^[49]
8	We Invented the Remix	P. Diddy	Bad Boy Records	2002	1,100,000 US: 1,000,000^[9] UK: 100,000^[12]
9	Never Say Never: The Remixes	Justin Bieber	Island Records	2011	1,040,000 US: 1,000,000^[9] BRA: 40,000^[a]^[17]
10	Dance!...Ya Know It!	Bobby Brown	MCA Records	1989	1,007,500 US: 1,000,000^[9] NZ: 7,500^[32]
11	No More Games/The Remix Album	New Kids on the Block	Columbia Records	1990	1,000,000 US: 500,000^[9] JPN: 100,000^[a]^[10] CAN: 200,000^[14] AUT: 25,000^[a]^[15] BRA: 100,000^[a]^[17] SPA: 50,000^[a]^[20]^[21]^[50]^[39] FIN: 20,000^[29]
12	Misia Remix 2000 Little Tokyo	Misia	Arista Records	2000	800,000 JAP: 800,000^[51]	831,000^[51]
13	Further Down the Spiral	Nine Inch Nails	Nothing Records	1995	600,000 US: 500,000^[9] UK: 100,000^[12]
14	Ayu-mi-x II Version Non-Stop Mega Mix	Ayumi Hamasaki	Avex Trax	2000	400,000 JPN: 400,000^[a]^[10]	505,000^[52]
15	Disco	Pet Shop Boys	Parlophone	1986	550,000 GER: 250,000^[11] UK: 100,000^[12]
16	New Old Songs	Limp Bizkit	Interscope Records	2001	500,000 US: 500,000^[9]
17	Eu e Memê, Memê e Eu	Lulu Santos	BMG Brasil	2000	500,000 BRA: 500,000^[a]^[17]
18	The Remix	Lady Gaga	Interscope Records	2010	405,000 JPN: 250,000^[a]^[10] BRA: 40,000^[a]^[17] BEL: 15,000^[a]^[27] UK: 100,000^[12]	500,000^[53]
19	The Remixes	Shakira	Sony Music	1997	200,000 US: 200,000^[9]	500,000^[54]
20	Todas as Estações - Remixes	Sandy & Junior	Universal Music Group	2000	250,000 BRA: 250,000^[a]^[17]	500,000^[55]

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Remix album

Contents

History and concept

List of best-selling remix albums

See also

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