The Best (Girls' Generation album)

The Best
Digital and Regular edition cover
Greatest hits album by Girls' Generation
Released	July 23, 2014
Recorded	2010–2014
Language	Japanese
Label	EMI Records Japan
Girls' Generation chronology
Mr.Mr. (2014) The Best (2014) Lion Heart (2015)
Singles from THE BEST
"Indestructible" Released: July 23, 2014 "DIVINE" Released: October 15, 2014
New Edition cover
Standard edition cover
Music video
"Indestructible" on YouTube "Divine" on YouTube

The Best is the first Japanese compilation album by South Korean girl group Girls' Generation. It was released on July 23, 2014, in Japan through EMI Records Japan. The album was released in three different editions, regular and two limited, with the latter containing a DVD or Blu-ray, an extra CD and a photobook. The album originally contains all of the group's previous Japanese singles, while including a previously unreleased Japanese version of "Mr.Mr." and an original track, titled "Indestructible".^[1]

A new edition titled The Best (New Edition) was released on October 15, 2014. The album was released in two editions, standard and a CD+DVD, with the latter containing five new songs, two previously released Japanese versions and three new songs, "Chain Reaction", "Show Girls" and the single "Divine". Upon its release, The Best attained commercial success for the girl group, becoming their third, and to date, final chart-topper on the Oricon Albums Chart.