Madonna: GHV2 (Greatest Hits Volume 2)

A stunning collection of hits from the most significant female artist in the history of popular music.
Her first retrospective to span 1991-2001, from 'Bedtime Stories' to 'Erotica' to 'Evita' to the Grammy-winning 'Ray Of Light' to 'Music.'

The natural complement to her first greatest hits volume, 1991's 'The Immaculate Collection,' with 22 million sold worldwide.

She has more Top 10 singles than any woman in history and has sold over 150 million albums worldwide.

Certified Platinum by the RIAA. (4/02)

So there's this pop singer... you may have heard of her? Madonna, she's called, and the word is that she's basically all image; she went through a put-your-hands-all-over-my-body phase, then she got spiritual, and then she started wearing cowboy hats. Between all the gossip columns and photo shoots, though, she's left an unmatched trail of devastatingly wonderful singles--roaring dance records, tender ballads, and a curious combination of the two that is her personal specialty ("Secret" and "Ray of Light"). How many artists' best-of-the-second-decade collections crowd out legitimate hits? ("American Pie," anyone? "This Used to Be My Playground"?) Unlike 1990's Immaculate Collection, GHV2 doesn't have any new material; "Don't Cry for Me, Argentina," from Evita, and the glorious '60s pastiche "Beautiful Stranger" are the only songs that haven't appeared on a Madonna album before. But it compresses her past 10 years worth of records into an hour of one peak after another. --Douglas Wolk