Singles of the 90s is a compilation album

Compilation album

A compilation album is an album featuring tracks from one or more performers, often culled from a variety of sources The tracks are usually collected according to a common characteristic, such as popularity, genre, source or subject matter...

 by Swedish pop music

Pop music

Pop music is usually understood to be commercially recorded music, often oriented toward a youth market, usually consisting of relatively short, simple songs utilizing technological innovations to produce new variations on existing themes.- Definitions :David Hatch and Stephen Millward define pop...

 group, Ace of Base

Ace of Base

Ace of Base is a pop band based in Gothenburg, Sweden. Its original lineup consisted of Ulf "Buddha" Ekberg, and three siblings, Jonas "Joker" Berggren, Malin "Linn" Berggren and Jenny Berggren...

. It was released on November 15, 1999 in Europe, Asia, and Africa. An American version, titled Greatest Hits

Greatest Hits (Ace of Base album)

Greatest Hits is a compilation album by the Swedish group Ace of Base. It was the North American counterpart to the international album, Singles of the 90s. Greatest Hits was released by Arista Records in April 2000, fulfilling their contractual obligations with the group and ending their...

, was released on April 18, 2000, but is generally considered highly inferior as it contained fewer songs and included a track error. The American version, released by Arista Records

Arista Records

Arista was an American record label. It was a wholly owned subsidiary of Sony Music Entertainment and operated under the RCA Music Group. The label was founded in 1974 by Clive Davis, who formerly worked for CBS Records...

, sold poorly.

The Singles of the 90s album contained the new tracks "C'est la Vie (Always 21)", "Hallo Hallo", "Love in December", along with many of the band's earlier hits. The video for "C'est la Vie (Always 21)" was filmed in the band's hometown of Gothenburg

Gothenburg

Gothenburg is the second-largest city in Sweden and the fifth-largest in the Nordic countries. Situated on the west coast of Sweden, the city proper has a population of 519,399, with 549,839 in the urban area and total of 937,015 inhabitants in the metropolitan area...

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Track listing

• The Japanese release includes a bonus track listed at 17. "Megamix (Long Version)" – 7:20
• "Singles of the 90s" was released in the US via iTunes in 2007. It does not contain the Mega Mix.

Singles

• "C'est La Vie (Always 21)
  C'est La Vie (Always 21)
  "C'est la Vie " was the first single from Ace of Base's greatest hits album, entitled Singles of the 90s. It was produced by Jimmy James Ekgren, Sonny Peterson and Sigurd Rosnes of JPR Productions.-Music Video:...
  
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• "Love in December
  Love In December
  "Love in December" was the second single from Ace of Base's European greatest hits record Singles of the 90s. The song was released promotionally to Germany and Chile in December 1999. Vocals were recorded by Linn Berggren and Jenny Berggren. Although the song proved popular on both fan sites and...
  
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• "Hallo Hallo
  Hallo Hallo (Ace of Base song)
  "Hallo Hallo" was the third single from Ace of Base's greatest hits record Singles of the 90s. The song was released April 10, 2000 in Germany, Spain, and Scandinavia....
  
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Charts

Chart	Peak position
Austrian Albums Chart Media Control Charts The official music charts in Germany are gathered and published by the company Media Control GfK International on behalf of Bundesverband Musikindustrie...	32
Finnish Albums Chart	29
French Albums Chart	25
German Albums Chart Media Control Charts The official music charts in Germany are gathered and published by the company Media Control GfK International on behalf of Bundesverband Musikindustrie...	21
Japanese Albums Chart	23
Norwegian Albums Chart	35
Spanish Albums Chart	24
Swiss Albums Chart Media Control Charts The official music charts in Germany are gathered and published by the company Media Control GfK International on behalf of Bundesverband Musikindustrie...	14
Swedish Albums Chart	36
UK Albums Chart UK Albums Chart The UK Albums Chart is a list of albums ranked by physical and digital sales in the United Kingdom. It is compiled every week by The Official Charts Company and broadcast on a Sunday on BBC Radio 1 , and published in Music Week magazine and on the OCC website .To qualify for the UK albums chart...	62

Sales

The album sold an estimated 1.5 million copies worldwide, including 114,010 units sold in Japan.