Neil Diamond, one of the world's premier recording artists, internationally renowned and record-breaking concert performer and revered songwriter signed a long-term recording agreement with UMG through Capitol Records this year. This historic contract unites Diamond's complete Columbia, Uni/MCA and Bang catalogues of recorded music for the first time, encompassing the artist's entire body of work, with his earliest recordings through to the present day. The agreement also returns the artist to Universal Music where he achieved numerous hit singles and albums with the company's labels in the late-1960s and early 1970s.
 
Neil Diamond, a Grammy winner, Kennedy Center Honouree and member of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame – has sold more than 128 million records worldwide, and garnered an astounding 72 Multi-Platinum, Platinum and Gold album certifications in the United States alone. Throughout an illustrious and wide-ranging musical career, Neil Diamond has charted 37 Top 10 singles and 16 Top 10 albums in the U.S. His most recent studio releases, 2008's Home Before Dark debuted at #1 in the U.S. and UK, and 2010's Dreams, a collection of Diamond's favourite songs by other composers from the rock era, debuted in the Top Ten and was highly critically acclaimed.

To commemorate this historical feat, Universal Music are releasing a comprehensive 'Greatest Hits' album.