Best of Bowie has been certified 4× Platinum by the British Phonographic Industry for sales of over 1,200,000.

In each of the 21 territories that Best of Bowie was released, it was given its own track listing, based upon which songs were most popular in that region.

[5] The DVD also included extensive easter eggs including live, remixed and alternate versions of some songs, hidden by navigating the DVD in specific ways.

[4] In 2004, to coincide with Bowie's A Reality Tour reaching the Far East, an "Asian Tour Edition" was released that combined the original UK release with the bonus DVD as well.

On 5 February, after his final album Blackstar had spent three weeks at the top, Best of Bowie reached a new peak of number 1, marking Bowie's eleventh UK number-one album and making him the first artist to replace themselves at number 1 with a different album since Michael Jackson did it after his own death in 2009.

Track listings note: The first unique track reference contains all information pertaining to that song and version, including song writing credits, source and length.