{{more citations needed|date=October 2012}} {{Infobox album | name = Hits 50 | type = Compilation | artist = Various Artists | cover = Hits 50 CD cover.jpg | alt = | released = August 13, 2001 | recorded = | venue = | studio = | genre = | length = | label = Sony Music Entertainment UK/WEA/RCA Ariola/BMG/Telstar | producer = | prev_title = Music 2: The Definitive Hits Collection | prev_year = 2001 | next_title = Hits 51 | next_year = 2001 }}

'''''Hits 50''''' is a compilation album released in the United Kingdom in August 2001. It contains 50 tracks spread over two CDs, including ten number-one singles on the UK Singles Chart from Five, DJ Pied Piper and the Masters of Ceremonies, Craig David, Jennifer Lopez, Bob the Builder, Rui Da Silva, The Bangles, LeAnn Rimes, A1, and Westlife.

''Hits 50'' is the first Hits album since ''Hits 97'' and ''Hits 99'' to feature the word Hits in the name as the only word in the title.

==Controversy and background== Despite its success, the album was quite controversial - in order to have 25 tracks on a single disc, many of the tracks had to be edited down, although this is not mentioned on the artwork. Despite this, controversy eventually died down and ''Hits 51'' followed this format for 25 tracks on one disc, with tracks now played in full. The album was released 3 months before Now That's What I Call Music!'s 50th volume, ''Now 50''.

''Hits 50'' came through after the previous volume's (''Music 2 - Summer 2001'') was considered somewhat of a commercial failure by BMG UK, so they decided to rebrand the Hits series to its numbering system (there had not been a Hits album with a volume number suffix since 1991).

==Track listing== ;Disc one {{tracklist | extra_column = Artist | extra1 = Five | title1 = Let's Dance | length1 = 3:09 | extra2 = Jamiroquai | title2 = Little L | length2 = 3:11 | note2 = Wounded Buffalo Mix | extra3 = OPM | title3 = Heaven Is a Halfpipe | length3 = 3:12 | extra4 = Artful Dodger featuring Melanie Blatt | title4 = TwentyFourSeven | length4 = 3:10 | extra5 = Mis-Teeq | title5 = All I Want | length5 = 3:11 | extra6 = Wyclef Jean | title6 = Perfect Gentleman | length6 = 3:18 | extra7 = Destiny's Child | title7 = Bootylicious | length7 = 3:01 | extra8 = DJ Pied Piper and the Masters of Ceremonies | title8 = Do You Really Like It? | length8 = 3:08 | extra9 = Eddy Grant | title9 = Electric Avenue | length9 = 3:10 | note9 = Ringbang Remix | extra10 = Craig David | title10 = 7 Days | length10 = 3:01 | extra11 = Outkast | title11 = Ms. Jackson | length11 = 3:16 | extra12 = Pink | title12 = Most Girls | length12 = 2:50 | extra13 = Mary Mary | title13 = Shackles (Praise You) | length13 = 3:11 | extra14 = Dane Bowers | title14 = Another Lover | length14 = 3:10 | extra15 = Shade Sheist featuring Nate Dogg and Kurupt | title15 = Where I Wanna Be | length15 = 3:20 | extra16 = The Spooks | title16 = Karma Hotel | length16 = 2:49 | extra17 = Next | title17 = Too Close | length17 = 3:18 | extra18 = Jennifer Lopez | title18 = Love Don't Cost a Thing | length18 = 3:12 | extra19 = Bomfunk MC's | title19 = Freestyler | length19 = 2:53 | extra20 = De Nada | title20 = Love You Anyway | length20 = 3:10 | extra21 = Backyard Dog | title21 = Baddest Ruffest | length21 = 3:45 | extra22 = Oxide & Neutrino | title22 = Devil's Nightmare | length22 = 3:19 | extra23 = Lou Bega | title23 = Mambo No. 5 | length23 = 3:15 | extra24 = Little Trees | title24 = Help! I'm a Fish (Little Yellow Fish) | length24 = 3:10 | extra25 = Right Said Fred | title25 = You're My Mate | length25 = 3:03 }}

;Disc two {{tracklist | extra_column = Artist | extra1 = The Supermen Lovers | title1 = Starlight | length1 = 2:57 | extra2 = Fatboy Slim | title2 = Ya Mama | length2 = 3:14 | extra3 = Ian Van Dahl | title3 = Castles in the Sky | length3 = 3:11 | extra4 = Faithless | title4 = We Come 1 | length4 = 3:15 | extra5 = Kosheen | title5 = Hide U | length5 = 3:19 | extra6 = Rui da Silva featuring Cassandra | title6 = Touch Me | length6 = 3:22 | extra7 = Tall Paul vs. INXS | title7 = Precious Heart | length7 = 2:57 | extra8 = Raven Maize | title8 = The Real Life | length8 = 2:56 | extra9 = Depeche Mode | title9 = I Feel Loved | length9 = 3:08 | extra10 = New Order | title10 = Crystal | length10 = 3:15 | extra11 = Stereophonics | title11 = Have a Nice Day | length11 = 3:16 | extra12 = The Bangles | title12 = Eternal Flame | length12 = 3:15 | extra13 = LeAnn Rimes | title13 = Can't Fight the Moonlight | length13 = 3:15 | note13 = Latino Mix | extra14 = Wheatus | title14 = A Little Respect | length14 = 3:10 | extra15 = David Gray | title15 = Babylon | length15 = 3:28 | extra16 = Anastacia | title16 = Made for Lovin' You | length16 = 3:13 | extra17 = They Might Be Giants | title17 = Boss of Me | length17 = 2:57 | extra18 = Manic Street Preachers | title18 = Ocean Spray | length18 = 3:04 | extra19 = Toploader | title19 = Dancing in the Moonlight | length19 = 3:14 | extra20 = Ricky Martin | title20 = She Bangs | length20 = 3:01 | extra21 = BBMak | title21 = Back Here | length21 = 3:18 | extra22 = Tymes 4 | title22 = Bodyrock | length22 = 3:18 | extra23 = A1 | title23 = Same Old Brand New You | length23 = 2:52 | extra24 = O-Town | title24 = All or Nothing | length24 = 3:19 | extra25 = Westlife | title25 = Uptown Girl | length25 = 3:07 }}

==External links== * [https://www.amazon.co.uk/Hits-50-Various-Artists/dp/tracks/B00005Q2XB/ref=dp_tracks_all_1#disc_1 Track Listing at Amazon] {{Reflist}}

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