Elvis Presley - ELV1S 30 #1 Hits

ELV1S: 30 #1 Hits is a compilation album by Elvis Presley released in November 2002. It was the first Elvis album to go straight to #1 in the Billboard charts with 500,325 copies sold in its first week, and his tenth album chart-topper since 1956. In compiling the album, four different charts were used--Billboard, Cashbox, New Musical Express and Record Retailer. The album has sold more than nine million copies worldwide, topping 26 charts around the world. As of December 2005, it has been certified as 5x Platinum by the RIAA. The album is RCA's response to the phenomenally successful release of Capitol's 1, released in November 2000, which featured all 27 of The Beatles' number one songs together on one album.

The album actually contains another number one hit, the smash hit "A Little Less Conversation" being added at the last minute, following its reaching of the top of the UK charts. It also includes classics such as "Hound Dog", "Suspicious Minds" and "Can't Help Falling in Love". The follow-up to this album was 2nd to None, which was a collection of Elvis' songs which didn't make it to number-one (with the exception of "I Want You, I Need You, I Love You"). In 2003, it became the first, and so far, only Elvis album to be issued in the newly-created DVD audio-only disc format. All 31 recordings were digitally remixed and remastered into 5.1 sound for the first time. The songs were presented in reverse order, with "A Little Less Conversation" as track 1, and "Heartbreak Hotel" as track 31. There are also alternate version comparisons of certain songs, such as "It's Now or Never", "Crying in the Chapel" and "Burning Love", included as bonus tracks.

By reaching the top of the Billboard charts, the album made Elvis Presley the only solo artist in US recording history to reach the top of the album charts in four different decades, the others being the 1950s, the 1960s and 1970s. It also ensured another record for Elvis, that of the longest span ever achieved between #1 album chart-toppers, of 46 years between his first #1 album, Elvis Presley, and this 2002 release.

#1 rule
1, back in 2000, compiled the #1 singles that The Beatles achieved in both the UK and the US, based strictly on the official music magazines – Record Retailer for the U.K. and Billboard for the U.S. ELV1S: 30 #1 Hits extended that rule to other very important sources. In the case of “In the Ghetto”, which is announced in the liner notes of the album as a British number-one, the single reached the top spot in New Musical Express but only #2 in Record Retailer. The same happens with “Burning Love”, a #1 in Cashbox but a #2 hit in Billboard. These politics were introduced due to the lack of chart-toppers during the last years of Elvis' career. Strangely, however, the Billboard “official” #1 “I Want You, I Need You, I Love You”, Elvis' follow-up for his breakthrough hit “Heartbreak Hotel”, was included on 2nd to None.

Track listing
1."Heartbreak Hotel" – 2:10
2."Don't Be Cruel" – 2:04
3."Hound Dog" – 2:16
4."Love Me Tender" – 2:45
5."Too Much" – 2:33
6."All Shook Up" – 2:00
7."(Let Me Be Your) Teddy Bear" – 1:48
8."Jailhouse Rock" – 2:37
9."Don't" – 2:49
10."Hard Headed Woman" – 1:56
11."One Night" – 2:33
12."(Now and Then There's) A Fool Such as I" – 2:40
13."A Big Hunk o' Love" – 2:12
14."Stuck on You" – 2:21
15."It's Now or Never" – 3:15
16."Are You Lonesome Tonight?" – 3:06
17."Wooden Heart" – 1:58
18."Surrender" – 1:51
19."(Marie's the Name) His Latest Flame" – 2:10
20."Can't Help Falling in Love" – 3:01
21."Good Luck Charm" – 2:26
22."She's Not You" – 2:08
23."Return to Sender" – 2:09
24."(You're The) Devil in Disguise" – 2:23
25."Crying in the Chapel" – 2:23
26."In the Ghetto" – 2:45
27."Suspicious Minds" – 4:29
28."The Wonder of You" – 2:35
29."Burning Love" – 2:50
30."Way Down" – 2:37
31."A Little Less Conversation (JXL Radio Edit Remix)"

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