Complete Best is the second EnglishâÂÂlanguage greatest hits album by Canadian singer Celine Dion. It was released exclusively in Japan on 27 February 2008. The album reached number three on the Oricon Albums Chart, was certified gold by the RIAJ, and sold 173,100 copies in Japan in 2008.
Complete Best was released a few days before Dion's sold-out concerts in Japan, which were part of the Taking Chances World Tour. The compilation includes "To Love You More", originally released in October 1995, which became Dion's biggest hit in Japan, topping the singles chart for four weeks and selling 1.5 million copies. It also includes two other singles exclusive to Japan: "The Power of the Dream" and "Be the Man", as well as many of Dion's other hits.
The new single, "A World to Believe In" (U.S.A. mix), was included as the first track of the compilation. Recorded as an English-Japanese duet with Yuna Ito, the song was released in January 2008 and peaked at number eight on the Oricon Singles Chart. It was Dion's first appearance on the chart since "To Love You More" (dance mixes) entered it in April 1999. The duet was not included on Dion's previous album, Taking Chances, which contains the original English solo version of the song.
In October 2008, another greatest hits album was released internationally, titled '. Because Complete Best had been released recently, this compilation was not issued in Japan. However, new unreleased tracks from My Love: Essential Collection were included on the CD single ', released in Japan at the same time. On 22 July 2009, the album was reissued in Blu-spec CD format in Japan.
Complete Best debuted at number three on the Oricon Albums Chart, selling 34,223 copies. In its second week, it fell to number six, selling 27,281 units. The following week, shortly after the Japanese leg of the Taking Chances World Tour, Complete Best rose to number four with sales of 34,724 copies. In the fourth week, the album dropped to number six and sold 16,304 units. It later went down to number 12 (11,040 copies) and 16 (7,956 copies). During these six consecutive weeks, Complete Best held the top position on the Oricon International Albums Chart. Shortly after its release, Complete Best was certified gold by the RIAJ. It sold 173,100 copies in Japan in 2008.
On 27 February 2008, Sony Music Entertainment Japan released Ultimate Box as a limited edition. The fiveâÂÂdisc box set includes two CD albums (Taking Chances and Complete Best) and three DVDs: ', All the Way... A Decade of Song & Video (expanded with six additional music videos), and Taking Chances Recording Sessions, which contains 12 songs. Ultimate Box peaked at number 109 on the Oricon Albums Chart in Japan in March 2008, and at number 27 on the International Oricon Albums Chart.