He also agreed that 'Carey's greatest hits have often fallen short of the Billboard perch'. Cinquemani stated that with this album, Carey's ex-husband and company attempt to 'cash in Carey's pre-borderline Columbia Years'. Sal Cinquemani, writer for Slant, gave the album 3.5 out of 5 stars.

Upon release, the compilation album received positive reviews.

Reception Professional ratings Review scores The Japanese version contains 'Against All Odds', ' Open Arms' (1996), the non-single album track 'Music Box' from the album Music Box (1993), and the Merry Christmas album version of 'All I Want for Christmas Is You' it is also the only album to include the ' Never Too Far/Hero Medley' (2001) single. International versions of Greatest Hits additionally include ' Against All Odds' (2000), a duet with Westlife.

the So So Def remix of ' All I Want for Christmas Is You' (2000) featuring Bow Wow and Jermaine Dupri, which had only been included on the Japanese re-release of the single in 2000.

' Endless Love' (1994), a top five duet with Luther Vandross, which had not been previously included on any Carey album.

' Heartbreaker' (1999) and ' Thank God I Found You' (2000), the two singles from Carey's Rainbow album that went to number 1 following the release of #1's, as well as ' Can't Take That Away (Mariah's Theme)' (2000), another single from Rainbow.

the radio airplay-only tracks ' Forever' (1996), ' Underneath the Stars' (1996), and ' Butterfly' (1997).

top five hits ' Can't Let Go' (1991), ' Make It Happen' (1992) and ' Without You' (1994), and the top twenty hit ' Anytime You Need a Friend' (1994) Tracks that were not included on #1's are: The album had little creative input from Carey and there are no personal messages within its liner notes, unlike #1's.Īll tracks from the previous album, with the exception of 'Whenever You Call' with Brian McKnight, and the #1's international bonus track ' Theme from Mahogany (Do You Know Where You're Going To)' are included on Greatest Hits. The idea of a greatest hits album was part of a four-album agreement between Columbia Records and Carey to terminate her contract with them. Carey had previously released the compilation album #1's (1998), but the release of her Greatest Hits album was a contractual agreement beyond her control, since she had left Columbia Records and had moved on to Virgin Records.

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