The Ultimate Collection (Whitney Houston album)
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The Ultimate Collection is a Whitney Houston
greatest hits
collection, released on October 29, 2007. For the first time, a single CD of Houston's hit singles is 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. In Brazil, the album was released as Whitney Houston – The Best So Far.
Unlike the US 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).
Whitney Houston
Whitney Elizabeth Houston is an American singer, actress, producer and a former model. Houston is the most awarded female act of all time, according to Guinness World Records, and her list of awards include 1 Emmy Award, 6 Grammy Awards, 30 Billboard Music Awards, 22 American Music Awards, among...
greatest hits
Greatest hits
A greatest hits album is a music compilation album of successful, previously released songs by a particular artist or band...
collection, released on October 29, 2007. For the first time, a single CD of Houston's hit singles is 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. In Brazil, the album was released as Whitney Houston – The Best So Far.
Unlike the US edition of her previous singles compilation, Whitney: The Greatest Hits
Whitney: The Greatest Hits
-International edition:-Whitney: The Unreleased Mixes:Whitney: The Unreleased Mixes is a limited-edition four-record vinyl set, containing eight full club versions of selected remixes found on the American release...
, 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
Charts
| Chart (2007–2010) | Peak position |
Certifications | Sales |
|---|---|---|---|
| Australian Albums Chart | 24 | Platinum | 70,000 |
| Danish Albums Chart | 4 | Platinum | |
| Finnish Albums Chart | 16 | ||
| Ireland IRMA Irish Recorded Music Association Irish Recorded Music Association is the Irish record industry association. IRMA is a non-profit association set up to manage and control the music industry in the Republic of Ireland.-Goals and activities:... Albums Chart |
6 | 2x Platinum | 50,000 |
| New Zealand RIANZ Recording Industry Association of New Zealand The Recording Industry Association of New Zealand is a non-profit trade association of record producers, distributors and recording artists who sell music in New Zealand... Albums Chart |
9 | Platinum | 15,000+ |
| Norwegian Album Chart | 4 | 2x Platinum | 60,000 |
| Russian Albums Chart | — | Gold | 10,000+ |
| Spanish Albums Chart | 28 | ||
| Swedish Albums Chart | 10 | Platinum | 40,000 |
| U.K Albums Chart | 3 | Platinum | 771,438 |
Year-end charts
| Chart (2007) | Position |
|---|---|
| U.K Albums Chart | 21 |
| Chart (2008) | Position |
| U.K Albums Chart | 151 |
| Chart (2009) | Position |
| U.K Albums Chart | 101 |
| Chart (2010) | Position |
| U.K Albums Chart | 92 |