History
Ministry of Sound, as a label, began in 1993 and its first album was the first volume of a series called Sessions. The series was successful enough that the spin-off series of The Chillout Session began in in 2001 with a UK Compilation Chart #1 album. Volume 2 was also very successful. The first and second volume were released in both the UK and Australia, but the series divided into two in August 2001, with one series for the UK and the other for Australia.
In the UK, Ibiza Chillout Session was released in August 2001, though was not as successful as the prior releases it got positive reviews, The Ibiza 2002 album likewise. Though the four albums released were part of the Sessions series, the fifth album The Chillout Annual 2002 was part of The Annual series, which was the Ministry of Sound's second series of mix albums, and likewise had Ibiza Annual spin-offs beginning in 1998.
Following the numbered releases (volumes 1 and 2) and both the Ibizan releases, the albums were themed to seasons, starting with The Winter Collection 2003 (actually released in late 2002, as the sort of style Chillout Annual 2003). The Summer 2003 edition reached #10 in the UK Compilations Chart. A third Ibizan edition, Ibiza Sunsets was released shortly afterwards. The series, despite its success, was decided to be finished (or at least on hiatus, to give Ministry of Sound room for other albums) in 2003 and its initial final album The Very Best of the Chillout Session was released in late 2003, but did not sell well and until 2011 was the worst selling album in the series.
Ministry of Sound started the series again in January 2006, with an album titled simply The Chillout Sessions (titled whom to reflect the fact that it was the start of a new era for the series.) The album sold fair but the Ministry of Sound never had any follow-up for it.
In 2007, Ministry of Sound started a new series called Anthems, beginning with its first album Anthems 1991-2008. It sold very well and it caused it to have a spin-off album, Chilled 1991-2008. A second volume in 2009, and a third (suited to acoustic chill-out music) in 2010 and a fourth (Chilled Afterhours, similar to the label's Late Night Sessions albums) in 2011. 2011 was also the year that Ministry of Sound brought on its large campaign 20:20 to celebrate 20 years of Ministry of Sound as a club. One of the associated releases was the box set XX Twenty Years, each disc made up of a different dance genre; the last disc in the box set was Chillout Sessions. Around the same time, Anthems Collection was released, with five discs made up of a different genre, the last of which was Anthems Chilled.
In Australia, the series has always been a success starting with volume 3 in 2002. Unlike in the UK, the Australian series kept the numbering system as a suffix in their titles, with only the "best of" style album Chillout Classics losing a number from the title.
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