Greatest Hits is a greatest hits album by American rock musician Lenny Kravitz, released on October 24, 2000.
Background
The album features an unreleased track for promotion called "Again" which became a hit, reaching number 4 on the Billboard Hot 100, following a very successful string of hits from the album 5. "Again" propelled the compilation to commercial success greater than any of his studio efforts.
Kravitz reported in an interview for VivaMusic.com that the selection of the songs were led by his record company, Virgin Records, which only chose the songs that were successful on the charts. The tracks were sequenced by Kravitz's engineer, Henry Hirsch.
The album reached number 2 on the Billboard 200 and number 12 on the UK Albums Chart.
Reception
Stephen Thomas Erlewine of AllMusic commented "Lenny Kravitz's greatest gift is that he's a master synthesist, pulling together different sounds and styles from eras past to create a sound that isn't necessarily blazingly original, but fresh due to his craft and sheer mastery of the studio. Since he was an unabashed classicist, his records often suffered the brunt of nasty criticism, but they were often very good, particularly early in his career before he indulged in the mannerisms of guitar-blasting stadium rock... After all, it doesn't just have all the main songs, it also illustrates that he indeed is a master synthesist."
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!scope="row"|Spanish Albums (AFYVE)
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Year-end charts
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|+Year-end chart performance for Greatest Hits by Lenny Kravitz
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! scope="row"| Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)
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! scope="row"| Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)
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! scope="row"| Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)
| 84
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! scope="row"|Canadian Albums (Nielsen SoundScan)
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! scope="row"| Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)
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! scope="row"| European Albums (Music & Media)
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!scope="row"|French Compilations (SNEP)
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! scope="row"| German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)
| 57
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! scope="row"| Italian Albums (FIMI)
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! scope="row"| Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)
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! scope="row"| UK Albums (OCC)
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! scope="col"| Chart (2001)
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! scope="row"| Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)
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! scope="row"| Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)
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!scope="row"|Canadian Albums (Nielsen SoundScan)
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! scope="row"| Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)
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! scope="row"| German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)
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! scope="row"| Italian Albums (FIMI)
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! scope="row"| New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)
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! scope="row"| Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)
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! scope="row"| Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)
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! scope="row"| US Billboard 200
| 18
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! scope="col"| Chart (2002)
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!scope="row"|Canadian Alternative Albums (Nielsen SoundScan)
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! scope="row"| German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)
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! scope="row"| US Billboard 200
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Decade-end charts
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!Chart (2000–2009)
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!scope="row"| US Billboard 200
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