The Story So Far is a greatest hits album released by Keith Urban in Australia in May 2012.
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| Greatest hits album by | ||||
| Released | 11 May 2012 | |||
| Genre | Country | |||
| Length | 80:50 | |||
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Background
editIn October 2011, Keith Urban was announced as being a judge on the Australian version of The Voice.[2] The series commenced in April 2012 and, to coincide with this, an Australian and New Zealand only greatest hits compilation titled The Story So Far was released. It features 19 tracks from the Grammy Award and ARIA Award winning artist's albums Get Closer, Defying Gravity, Love, Pain & the Whole Crazy Thing, Be Here and Golden Road.
It was released on 11 May 2012 and debuted at number one on the ARIA Charts and was the nineteenth biggest-selling album in Australia in 2012.[3]
Track listing
editThe Story So Far has 19 tracks.[4]
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Kiss a Girl" |
| 3:47 |
| 2. | "Long Hot Summer" |
| 4:33 |
| 3. | "Somebody Like You" (radio remix) |
| 3:50 |
| 4. | "Making Memories of Us" (radio single edit) | Rodney Crowell | 3:55 |
| 5. | "Days Go By" |
| 3:48 |
| 6. | "Put You in a Song" | 3:40 | |
| 7. | "Without You" |
| 3:56 |
| 8. | "You Look Good in My Shirt" | 3:47 | |
| 9. | "Stupid Boy" |
| 6:21 |
| 10. | "Once in a Lifetime" (radio edit) |
| 4:11 |
| 11. | "Sweet Thing" |
| 3:50 |
| 12. | "You'll Think of Me" (single edit) |
| 3:51 |
| 13. | "I Told You So" (single edit) | Urban | 4:02 |
| 14. | "Only You Can Love Me This Way" |
| 4:08 |
| 15. | "You're My Better Half" (single edit) |
| 4:12 |
| 16. | "Tonight I Wanna Cry" |
| 4:19 |
| 17. | "For You" |
| 4:49 |
| 18. | "Raining on Sunday" (single edit) |
| 3:54 |
| 19. | "Better Life" |
| 4:44 |
| Total length: | 80:50 | ||
Charts
editWeekly charts
edit| Chart (2012–14) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Australian Albums (ARIA)[5] | 1 |
| New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[6] | 26 |
Year-end charts
edit| Chart (2012) | Position |
|---|---|
| Australian Albums Chart[3] | 19 |
| Chart (2013) | Position |
| Australian Albums Chart[7] | 74 |
| Chart (2014) | Position |
| Australian Albums Chart[8] | 94 |
Decade-end charts
edit| Chart (2010-2019) | Position |
|---|---|
| Australian Albums (ARIA)[9] | 57 |
| Australian Artist Albums (ARIA)[9] | 8 |
Certifications
edit| Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
|---|---|---|
| Australia (ARIA)[10] | 3× Platinum | 210,000‡ |
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‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone. | ||
References
edit- Cameron Adams (12 May 2012). "Keith Urban hits a high note with greatest hits album The Story So Far reaching No.1". Herald Sun. Retrieved 11 December 2013.
- "Keith Urban – The Story So Far (2012) Review". Retrieved 11 December 2013.
- "Keith Urban - The Story So Far". Retrieved 11 December 2013.
- ^ "Keith Urban - The Story So Far". AllMusic. Retrieved 11 December 2013.
- ^ [1] [dead link]
- ^ a b "End of Year Charts – ARIA Top 100 Albums 2012". ARIA Charts. Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved 7 January 2015.
- ^ "Story So Far". Sanity.com.au. Retrieved 5 January 2022.
- ^ "Australiancharts.com – Keith Urban – The Story So Far". Hung Medien. Retrieved 7 January 2015.
- ^ "Charts.nz – Keith Urban – The Story So Far". Hung Medien. Retrieved 7 January 2015.
- ^ "End of Year Charts – ARIA Top 100 Albums 2013". ARIA Charts. Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved 7 January 2015.
- ^ "End of Year Charts – ARIA Top 100 Albums 2014". ARIA Charts. Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved 7 January 2015.
- ^ a b "2019 ARIA End of Decade Albums Chart". January 2020. Retrieved 17 January 2020.
- ^ "ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 2021 Albums" (PDF). Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved 28 December 2021.