The Hits and Beyond
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| Greatest hits album by Dannii Minogue | ||||
| Released | 19 June 2006 7 August 2006 (Australia) |
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| Recorded | 1989–2006 | |||
| Genre | Dance-pop | |||
| Label | All Around the World Records Universal Records |
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The Hits & Beyond is a compilation album by Australian singer-songwriter Dannii Minogue. It was released by All Around the World Records on 16 June 2006 in Ireland and the United Kingdom on 19 June 2006. The album was then released by Central Station Records in New Zealand on 4 August 2006 and Australia on 7 August 2006.
The compilation is Minogue’s first release with All Around the World Records and second greatest hits album; the first being the 1998 Australian-only budget release, The Singles. The Hits & Beyond consists of fifteen previously released singles making up the ‘hits’ and five new tracks representing the ‘beyond’.
Upon its release, the album received mixed views with some criticizing the absence of some of Minogue’s earlier work. The compilation received moderate success in the UK where it charted at number 17. The album’s release was preceded by its lead single, "So Under Pressure".
Minogue began working on her fifth studio album in 2004, which would be the follow-up to the successful Neon Nights. After a record company reshuffle, Minogue subsequently left her label London Records and signed with All Around The World where she continued to work on new material. This resulted in the track "You Won't Forget About Me", which was released as a single in 2004 and "Perfection" which was released the following year.
In 2006, after the success of the previous singles, All Around The World arranged to release a greatest hits compilation to launch before the upcoming album, along with some new material to support it. Minogue was asked to come up with a new single to launch the compilation. After a writing session with Terry Ronald and producers LMC, the song "So Under Pressure" was conceived and subsequently released as the lead single from The Hits & Beyond in June 2006.
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