The Best of 1980–1990 is the first greatest hits compilation by Irish rock band U2, released on 2 November 1998. It mostly contains the group's hit singles from the 1980s, but also mixes in some live staples, as well as a re-recording of the 1987 B-side "Sweetest Thing". In April 1999, a companion video (featuring music videos and live footage) was released. The album was followed by another compilation, The Best of 1990–2000, in 2002.

"How to Save a Life" is a song by American alternative rock band The Fray, released in March 2006 as the second single from their debut studio album of the same name. The song is one of the band's most popular airplay songs and peaked in the top 3 of the Billboard Hot 100 chart in the United States. It became the joint seventh longest charting single on the Billboard Hot 100, tying with Santana's "Smooth" (1999), at 58 consecutive weeks. The song has been certified 3× Platinum by the RIAA. and has sold 4.7 million downloads as of January 2015, the fourth best-selling rock song in digital history.
"How to Save a Life" is the band's biggest hit single to date, topping the Adult Top 40 chart for 15 consecutive weeks and topping the Canadian Airplay Chart. It was also nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal in 2007, but lost to "Dani California" by Red Hot Chili Peppers.

Fields of Gold: The Best of Sting 1984–1994 is the first compilation issued by Sting. It features hit singles from his first four studio albums The Dream of the Blue Turtles, ...Nothing Like the Sun, The Soul Cages, and Ten Summoner's Tales. It was also released on LaserDisc, in which it is a music video compilation.

Collection features 14 early greats by the Scotsman. Includes 'Maggie May', 'Oh No Not My Baby', 'Twistin' the Night Away', 'Mandolin Wind', 'I'd Rather Go Blind', 'I've Grown Accustom to Her Face' (Instrumental) and '(I Know) I'm Losing You' amongst others.

Sound Loaded is the sixth album by the Puerto Rican singer Ricky Martin, released by Columbia Records on November 14, 2000. The album has been credited with worldwide sales of over eight million copies and went Multi-Platinum in the United States and several other territories. This album is Martin's fourth marketed in the US, and is his second album in English. It includes the hit singles "She Bangs" and "Nobody Wants to Be Lonely".

It Won't Be Soon Before Long. is the second studio album by the American pop rock band Maroon 5. It was released on May 22, 2007. The name was inspired by a phrase the band adopted to keep themselves motivated while on their tour. The album debuted at number one on the U.S. Billboard 200, selling around 430,000 copies in its first week and, as of 2011, approximately 5 million copies worldwide.

Confessions on a Dance Floor is the tenth studio album by American singer-songwriter Madonna. It was released on November 11, 2005 by Warner Bros. Records. A complete departure from her previous studio album American Life (2003), the album includes influences of 1970s and 1980s disco, as well as modern-day club music.

Fresco is the fourth and final studio album by the British dance band M People. It includes the Top 10 singles "Just for You" and "Angel St", the hit single "Fantasy Island", and a cover version of the Roxy Music song "Avalon".

Elegant Slumming is the second album by the British dance band M People. It was released on 4 October 1993 charting and peaking at number 2 on the UK Album Chart and spent 87 weeks in the Top 75. It re-entered the chart three times in October 1996 and March and September 1997. Its overall sales stand at 835,000 as of September 2011.

Bizarre Fruit II is an reissued and expanded version of M People's 1994 Bizarre Fruit album, with the single versions of "Search for the Hero" and "Love Rendezvous" in place of the originals, and including the band's cover of the Small Faces' "Itchycoo Park". It was initially released as a limited edition with a bonus Live and Remixed CD or cassette. The Live and Remixed disc contains live tracks recorded at GMEX in Manchester on 16 December 1994 except "Search for the Hero" which was recorded at Grosse Freiheit in Hamburg on 26 February 1995.

Mama Said is the second studio album by American rock musician Lenny Kravitz, released in April 1991 by Virgin Records. Guns N' Roses guitarist Slash co-wrote and played on the song "Always on the Run". He also played on the song "Fields of Joy". The song "All I Ever Wanted" was co-written by Sean Lennon.

Back to Black - второй и последний студийный альбом британской певицы Эми Уайнхаус, выпущенный 4 октября 2006 года на Island Records. В поддержку альбома было выпущено несколько синглов: «Rehab», «You Know I’m No Good», «Back to Black», «Tears Dry on Their Own» и «Love Is a Losing Game».
Большинство музыкальных критиков положительно отозвались об альбоме, оценив талант автора в песнях, написанных Уайнхаус под влиянием классического соула и спродюсированных Саламом Реми и Марком Ронсоном. На 50-й церемонии «Грэмми» Уайнхаус была награждена пятью статуэтками в категориях «Лучший поп-альбом», «Лучший новый исполнитель» и «Песня года», «Запись года» и «Лучшее женское исполнение поп-песни» за «Rehab». Back to Black был также номинирован в категории «Альбом года».

Travelling Without Moving ist das dritte Musikalbum der britischen Band Jamiroquai, auf dem auch der international bekannte Hit Virtual Insanity veröffentlicht wurde und das als erfolgreichstes Werk der Band gilt. Es stieg in Deutschland am 23. September 1996 in die Charts ein und erreichte Platz neun. Insgesamt blieb das Album 52 Wochen in den deutschen Albumcharts. In Großbritannien stieg es bis auf Platz zwei und in den USA bis Platz 24 der offiziellen Charts.

The album reached number one in the UK Albums Chart and number 28 in the US Billboard 200. The UK version of the album includes the bonus track "Deeper Underground", which was released as a single the previous year and became Jamiroquai's only number-one single in the UK.