Ne-Yo: The Collection is the first compilation album

Compilation album

A compilation album is an album featuring tracks from one or more performers, often culled from a variety of sources The tracks are usually collected according to a common characteristic, such as popularity, genre, source or subject matter...

 by American singer-songwriter Ne-Yo

Ne-Yo

Shaffer Chimere Smith, Jr. , better known by his stage name Ne-Yo, is an American pop and R&B singer-songwriter, record producer, dancer and actor. Beginning his career as a songwriter, Ne-Yo penned the hit "Let Me Love You" for singer Mario...

. The album was released in Japan

Japan

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 on September 2, 2009. The album was also released with a limited edition CD+DVD version complete with the music video

Music video

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s from each of Ne-Yo's singles under the title "Ne-Yo: The Collection - Complete Edition".

Track listing

Charts

Oricon

Oricon

, established in 1999, is the holding company at the head of a Japanese corporate group that supplies statistics and information on music and the music industry in Japan. It started as , which was founded by Sōkō Koike in November 1967 and became known for its music charts. Oricon Inc...

 Album Chart at #4, behind local acts such as Crystal Kay

Crystal Kay

Crystal Kay Williams , known by her stage name Crystal Kay, is a singer and songwriter from Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan...

, and sold 55,625 copies that week. The album also debuted at #4 on the Billboard Japan Hot 100

Japan Hot 100

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 album chart. It sold another 38,943 copies the next week.

Charts (2009)	Peak Position	Certification	Sales
Japan Albums Chart Oricon , established in 1999, is the holding company at the head of a Japanese corporate group that supplies statistics and information on music and the music industry in Japan. It started as , which was founded by Sōkō Koike in November 1967 and became known for its music charts. Oricon Inc...	4	Gold	94,568

Release history

Region	Country	Date	Label
Asia Asia Asia is the world's largest and most populous continent, located primarily in the eastern and northern hemispheres. It covers 8.7% of the Earth's total surface area and with approximately 3.879 billion people, it hosts 60% of the world's current human population...	Japan Japan Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...	September 2, 2009	Universal Music Japan