The Ultimate Collection (Whitney Houston album)

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The Ultimate Collection
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Greatest hits album by Whitney Houston
Released	October 29, 2007 (UK)
Recorded	1984–2000
Genre	R&B; pop;
Label	Arista
Producer	David Foster; Babyface; Narada Michael Walden; L.A. Reid; Rodney Jerkins; Wyclef Jean; Jerry 'Wonder' Duplessis; Clivilles and Cole; George Michael; Michael Masser;
Whitney Houston chronology

The Ultimate Collection is a Whitney Houston greatest hits collection, released on October 29, 2007.^[1] It was the first time a single CD of Houston's hit singles had been released. It debuted at number five in the UK, with sales of 37,228. It climbed to number three in its second week on the chart. As of February 2012, the album has sold over one million copies in the United Kingdom.^[2] In Brazil, the album was released as Whitney Houston – The Best So Far. In 2011, it was reissued as All Time Best - Reclam Musik Edition in Germany and Switzerland.

Unlike the North American edition of her previous singles compilation, Whitney: The Greatest Hits, the upbeat and dance-oriented songs—with the exception of "I'm Your Baby Tonight"—are not remixed and contain the original version of those songs (although a couple are shortened by up to 30 seconds).

Track listing

Album

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"I Will Always Love You"	Dolly Parton	David Foster	4:27
2.	"Saving All My Love for You"	Gerry Goffin, Michael Masser	Michael Masser	3:45
3.	"Greatest Love of All"	Linda Creed, Michael Masser	Michael Masser	4:46
4.	"One Moment in Time"	Albert Hammond, John Bettis		4:46
5.	"I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me)"	George Merrill, Shannon Rubicam	Narada Michael Walden	4:49
6.	"How Will I Know"	George Merrill, Shannon Rubicam, Narada Michael Walden	Narada Michael Walden	4:33
7.	"So Emotional"	Billy Steinberg, Tom Kelly	Narada Michael Walden	4:31
8.	"When You Believe" (Duet with Mariah Carey)	Stephen Schwartz	Babyface	4:32
9.	"Where Do Broken Hearts Go"	Frank Wildhorn, Chuck Jackson	Narada Michael Walden	4:38
10.	"I'm Your Baby Tonight" (Remix)	L.A. Reid, Babyface	L.A. Reid, Babyface	4:10
11.	"Didn't We Almost Have It All"	Michael Masser, Will Jennings	Michael Masser	4:35
12.	"Run to You"	Allan Rich, Jud Friedman	David Foster	4:27
13.	"Exhale (Shoop Shoop)"	Babyface	Babyface	3:25
14.	"If I Told You That" (Duet with George Michael)	Rodney Jerkins, Fred Jerkins III, LaShawn Daniels, Tony Estes	Rodney Jerkins	4:33
15.	"I Have Nothing"	David Foster, Linda Thompson	David Foster
16.	"I'm Every Woman"	Nickolas Ashford, Valerie Simpson	Narada Michael Walden	4:39
17.	"It's Not Right but It's Okay"	Rodney Jerkins, Fred Jerkins III, LaShawn Daniels, Isaac Phillips, Tony Estes	Rodney Jerkins	4:49
18.	"My Love Is Your Love"	Wyclef Jean, Jerry Duplessis	Wyclef Jean, Jerry Duplessis	4:18
Total length:				79:26

DVD

Music videos
No.	Title	Length
1.	"You Give Good Love"
2.	"Saving All My Love for You"
3.	"How Will I Know"
4.	"Greatest Love of All"
5.	"I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me)"
6.	"Didn't We Almost Have It All"
7.	"So Emotional"
8.	"Where Do Broken Hearts Go"
9.	"I'm Your Baby Tonight"
10.	"All the Man That I Need"
11.	"The Star Spangled Banner" (live at Super Bowl XXV, 1/27/91)
12.	"I Will Always Love You"
13.	"Exhale (Shoop Shoop)"
14.	"I Believe in You and Me"
15.	"I'm Every Woman"
16.	"I Have Nothing"
17.	"Run to You"
18.	"Queen of the Night"
19.	"Step by Step"
20.	"Heartbreak Hotel"
21.	"My Love Is Your Love"
22.	"It's Not Right But It's Okay"
23.	"I Learned from the Best"

Bonus content
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Home" (Live on The Merv Griffin Show, 4/29/85)
2.	"Lover for Life" (The Concert for a New South Africa, 11/12/94)
3.	"One Moment in Time" (Live from the 1989 Grammy Awards)
4.	"My Love Is Your Love: The Making of an Album"
5.	"My Love Is Your Love" (Live from Mannheim, Germany, 1999)
6.	"Why Does It Hurt So Bad" (Live from the 1996 MTV Movie Awards)
7.	"It's Not Right But It's Okay" (from MTV All Access, 7/9/99)
8.	"Interviews with Whitney and Clive Davis"
9.	"Behind-the-scenes footage from the Greatest Hits photo shoot"
10.	"Song lyrics"

Personnel

Nick Ashford — composer
John "Jellybean" Benitez — producer
John Bettis — composer
Paul Boutin — engineer
Mariah Carey — vocals
Dana Chappelle — vocal engineer
Linda Creed — composer
LaShawn Daniels — composer
Clive Davis — executive producer
Gary Chanel Debique — design
Jon Douglas — mixing
Jerry Duplessis — composer, producer
Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds — drum programming, executive producer, keyboards, producer, composer
Toni Estes — composer

David Foster — composer
Jud J. Friedman — composer
Jon Gass — mixing
Brad Gilderman — engineer
Gerry Goffin — composer
Albert Hammond — composer
Whitney Houston — executive producer, vocal arrangement
Chuck Jackson — composer
Wyclef Jean — composer, producer
Will Jennings — composer
Rodney Jerkins — composer, instrumentation, producer
Tom Kelly — composer
Larry Lachmann — mastering
Harvey Mason, Jr. — digital editing
Michael Masser — composer, producer

George Merrill — composer
George Michael — producer
Dolly Parton — composer
Isaac Phillips — composer
L.A. Reid — composer, producer
Allan Rich — composer
Shannon Rubicam — composer
Stephen Schwartz — composer
Dexter Simmons — remixing
Valerie Simpson — composer
Billy Steinberg — composer
Ren Swan — mixing
Linda Thompson-Jenner — composer
Narada Michael Walden — arranger, producer
Frank Wildhorn — composer

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (2007-2012)	Peak position
Argentine Albums Chart^[5]	1
Australian Albums Chart^[6]	3
Austrian Albums Chart^[6]	1
Belgian Albums Chart (Wa)^[6]	77
Canadian Albums Chart^[7]	15
Croatian Albums Chart^[8]	31
Czech Albums Chart^[9]	17
Danish Albums Chart^[6]	4
Finnish Albums Chart^[6]	16
French Albums Chart^[6]	52
German Albums Chart^[10]	3
Greek International Albums Chart^[11]	15
Hungarian Albums Chart^[12]	8
Irish Albums Chart^[13]	1
Italian Albums Chart^[6]	5
New Zealand Albums Chart^[6]	2
Norwegian Albums Chart^[6]	4
Polish Albums Chart^[14]	9
Russian Albums Chart^[15]	19
South African Albums Chart^[16]	18
South Korean Albums Chart^[17]	21
Spanish Albums Chart^[6]	28
Swedish Albums Chart^[6]	10
Swiss Albums Chart^[6]	5
UK Albums Chart^[18]	3
UK R&B Albums^[19]	1
Chart (2012) (All Time Best - Reclam Musik Edition)	Peak position
German Albums Chart^[20]	76
Swiss Albums Chart^[20]	44
Chart (2013)	Peak position
Australian Albums Chart^[6]	53
Danish Albums Chart^[6]	31
Irish Albums Chart^[21]	36
French Albums Chart^[6]	133
Swiss Albums Chart^[6]	49
UK Albums (OCC)^[22]	62
Chart (2014)	Peak position
Australian Albums Chart^[6]	45
Austrian Albums Chart^[6]	61
Danish Albums Chart^[6]	31
Irish Albums Chart^[23]	11
French Albums Chart^[6]	127
Swiss Albums Chart^[6]	51
UK Albums Chart^[18]	11
UK R&B Albums^[24]	1
Charts (2015)	Peak position
Irish Albums Chart^[25]	32
French Albums Chart^[6]	107
Italian Albums Chart^[6]	75
UK Albums Chart^[18]	31
UK R&B Albums Chart^[26]	7

Monthly charts

Chart (2012)	Peak position
Polish Albums Chart^[27]	20

Year-end charts

Chart (2007)	Position
UK Albums Chart^[28]	25
Chart (2012)	Position
Austrian Albums Chart^[29]	22
Australian Albums Chart^[30]	66
Australian Urban Albums^[31]	9
German Albums Chart^[32]	75
Italian Albums Chart^[33]	51
New Zealand Albums Chart^[34]	15
South Korean International Albums^[35]	41
UK Albums Chart^[36]	67
Chart (2014)	Position
Australian Urban Albums^[37]	27
UK Albums Chart^[38]	63
Chart (2015)	Position
UK Albums Chart^[39]	92

Certifications

Album

Region	Certification	Sales/shipments
Australia (ARIA)^[40]	2× Platinum	140,000
Belgium (BEA)^[41]	Gold	15,000
Denmark (IFPI Denmark)^[42]	Platinum	30,000
Finland (Musiikkituottajat)^[44]	Gold	19 916^[44]
Hungary (MAHASZ)^[45]	Gold	3,000
Ireland (IRMA)^[46]	2× Platinum	30,000
Italy (FIMI)^[47]	Platinum	80,000
New Zealand (RMNZ)^[48]	Platinum	15,000
Sweden (GLF)^[49]	Gold	20,000
Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland)^[50]	Gold	15,000
Russia (NFPF)^[51]	Gold	10,000
United Kingdom (BPI)^[52]	4× Platinum	1,200,000
^*sales figures based on certification alone ^{^}shipments figures based on certification alone ^xunspecified figures based on certification alone

DVD

Region	Certification	Sales/shipments
Australia (ARIA)^[53]	4× Platinum	60,000
^*sales figures based on certification alone ^{^}shipments figures based on certification alone ^xunspecified figures based on certification alone

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v t e Whitney Houston
Discography Videography Tours and concerts Awards and nominations Songs
Studio albums	Whitney Houston Whitney I'm Your Baby Tonight My Love Is Your Love Just Whitney... One Wish: The Holiday Album I Look to You
Soundtrack albums	The Bodyguard The Preacher's Wife
Live albums	Whitney Houston Live: Her Greatest Performances
Extended plays	Whitney: Dancin' Special Exhale You Are Loved Whitney: The Unreleased Mixes I Didn't Know My Own Strength: The Remixes The Remixes I Look to You: The Remixes Million Dollar Bill: The Remixes
Compilation albums	Whitney: The Greatest Hits Love, Whitney The Ultimate Collection I Will Always Love You: The Best of Whitney Houston
Concert tours	USA Tour The Greatest Love World Tour Moment of Truth World Tour Feels So Right Tour I'm Your Baby Tonight World Tour The Bodyguard World Tour The Pacific Rim Tour The European Tour My Love Is Your Love World Tour Soul Divas Tour Nothing but Love World Tour
Notable concerts & appearances	Freedomfest: Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Celebration Welcome Home Heroes with Whitney Houston The Concert for a New South Africa Whitney: Brunei The Royal Wedding Celebration Classic Whitney: Live from Washington, D.C. VH1 Divas Live '99 VH1 Divas Duets: A Concert to Benefit the VH1 Save the Music Foundation
Achievements	Chart records and achievements Grammy awards history American Music Awards history
Related articles	Super Bowl XXV Arista Records Waiting to Exhale Cinderella Sparkle "Heart" "Dance with Somebody" The Bodyguard (musical) Being Bobby Brown The Houstons: On Our Own "Miss America" Bobby Brown Bobbi Kristina Brown
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