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Rocket Man: The Definitive Hits (retitled Rocket Man: Number Ones for its USA and Canada release, ザ・ベスト • 僕の歌は君の歌 for its Japanese release, Rocket Man: 18 Norske Hits for its Norwegian release, and Just Like Belgium: The Definitive Hits for its Belgian release) is a compilation album by English musician Elton John featuring 13 number one songs and a number of bonus tracks and live renditions. Worldwide there have been released 17 different versions of the album, including a CD/DVD combo. All versions include, "Your Song", the title track, "Rocket Man (I Think It's Going to Be a Long, Long Time)", "Daniel", "Candle In The Wind", and "Don't Let The Sun Go Down On Me".

The album was released on 26 March 2007 to commemorate Elton John's 60th birthday on 25 March. The album was certified platinum in the UK for shipping 300,000 units in February 2010. In the US the album debuted on the Billboard 200 at number 9 and was certified gold for sales of 500,000 copies in October 2008 and platinum for 1,000,000 copies in November 2014. This was then followed by a double platinum and triple platinum certification in April 2016 and August 2017, respectively.

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Album + Compilation

ReleaseArtistFormatTracksCountry/DateLabelCatalog#Barcode
Official
Rocket Man: The Definitive HitsElton JohnCD18
  • DE2007-03-23
Mercury Records (or just “Mercury.” A UMG imprint, do not use it for ©/℗ credits)17260500602517260504
Rocket Man: The Definitive HitsElton JohnCD18
  • JP2007-03-23
Rocket Man: The Definitive HitsElton JohnCD18
  • GB2007-03-26
Mercury Records (or just “Mercury.” A UMG imprint, do not use it for ©/℗ credits)172 443-0602517244306
Rocket Man: The Definitive HitsElton JohnCD18
  • GB2007-03-26
Mercury Records (or just “Mercury.” A UMG imprint, do not use it for ©/℗ credits)172 685-0602517268500
Rocket Man: The Definitive HitsElton JohnDigital Media28
  • GB2007-03-26
Mercury Records (or just “Mercury.” A UMG imprint, do not use it for ©/℗ credits)
Rocket Man: The Definitive HitsElton JohnCD18
  • BR2007-03-27
Mercury Records (or just “Mercury.” A UMG imprint, do not use it for ©/℗ credits)60251727106602517271067
Rocket Man: Number OnesElton JohnDualDisc17
  • US2007-03-27
Mercury Records (or just “Mercury.” A UMG imprint, do not use it for ©/℗ credits)008661
Rocket Man: The Definitive HitsElton JohnCD16
  • FR2007-04-02
Universal Music France172 711-3602517271135
Rocket Man: The Definitive HitsElton JohnCD18
Universal Music Australia17260520602517260528
Rocket Man: The Definitive HitsElton JohnCD18
Mercury Records (or just “Mercury.” A UMG imprint, do not use it for ©/℗ credits)1727112602517271128
Rocket Man: Number Ones (BMG music club release)Elton JohnCD17
Mercury Music Group (label of Universal Music France), The Rocket Record Company, BMG Direct Marketing, Inc. (BMG company that owned their direct marketing company/club editions)B0008661‐02, D171237[none]
Rocket Man: Number OnesElton JohnCD17
Mercury Records (or just “Mercury.” A UMG imprint, do not use it for ©/℗ credits)B0008661-02602517260429
Rocket Man: Number OnesElton JohnCD + DVD-Video17 + 10
Chronicles (a label under UMG’s Universal Music Enterprises division), Island (imprint of Island Records, a division of Universal Music Group), Mercury Music Group (label of Universal Music France), Mercury Records (or just “Mercury.” A UMG imprint, do not use it for ©/℗ credits), The Rocket Record Company, UMe (imprint of Universal Music Enterprises)B008660-00602517261907
Rocket Man: The Definitive HitsElton JohnCD17
  • -2007
Mercury Records (or just “Mercury.” A UMG imprint, do not use it for ©/℗ credits)172 6047602517260474
Rocket Man: The Definitive HitsElton JohnSHM-CD18
Mercury Records (or just “Mercury.” A UMG imprint, do not use it for ©/℗ credits)UICY-908364988005514592
Rocket Man: The Definitive Hits (2CD Australian Tour Edition 2011)Elton John2×CD17 + 16
Universal Music Australia53368310600753368312
Rocket Man: The Definitive HitsElton JohnCD17
Mercury Music Group (label of Universal Music France), The Rocket Record Company46050260115194605026011519

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supporting tours:Rocket Man: Greatest Hits Alive
Wikipedia:en: Rocket Man: The Definitive Hits [info]
Discogs:https://www.discogs.com/master/304859 [info]
reviews:https://www.bbc.co.uk/music/reviews/wxhj [info]
other databases:https://rateyourmusic.com/release/comp/elton-john/rocket-man-•-number-ones/ [info]
Allmusic:https://www.allmusic.com/album/mw0002100139 [info]
Wikidata:Q1605170 [info]