Diva: The Singles Collection

Diva: The Singles Collection
Compilation album by Sarah Brightman
Released	US: 3 October 2006
Genre	Pop/Rock/Classical Crossover
Length	66:28
Label	Angel Records
Producer	Frank Peterson
Sarah Brightman chronology
Love Changes Everything (2005) Diva: The Singles Collection (2006) Symphony (2008)

Diva: The Singles Collection is a 2006 compilation album by Sarah Brightman. Alongside this album, Brightman released a DVD collection of her music videos on 3 October 2006 under the title of Diva: The Video Collection. The album marked the first time Brightman released a greatest hits album in the United States. It reached No. 1 on the Billboard Classical Crossover chart. In Japan, the album debuted and peaked at No. 2 with 77,000 copies sold on its first week of release, and became Japan's best-selling classical album of 2007.^[1] Subsequently, it was Japan's fifteenth best-selling international album of the 2000s decade.^[2] Diva was also the best-selling western album in South Korea in 2010, as it topped the international charts for 26 non-consecutive weeks. As of December 2013, it has been certified Quintuple Platinum in the country.^[3][4]

Track listing

1. "The Phantom of the Opera" (with Steve Harley) (Mike Batt, Charles Hart, Andrew Lloyd Webber, Richard Stilgoe) – 4:39
2. "Music of the Night" (Hart, Lloyd Webber, Stilgoe) – 5:25
3. "Pie Jesu" (with Paul Miles-Kingston) (Lloyd Webber) – 3:58
4. "Who Wants to Live Forever" (Brian May) – 3:56
5. "Tu Quieres Volver" (Baliardo, Baliardo, Baliardo, Bouchikhi, Gilberto Reyes, Reyes, Reyes) – 3:49
6. "Just Show Me How to Love You" (with José Cura) (Baldan Bembo) – 4:00
7. "Deliver Me" (Marsh, Marsh) – 4:01
8. "Nella Fantasia" (Ennio Morricone) – 3:40
9. "Scarborough Fair" (Frank Peterson, Paul Simon) – 4:12
10. "A Whiter Shade of Pale" (Gary Brooker, Keith Reid) – 3:39
11. "It's a Beautiful Day" (Christopher von Deylen, Frank Peterson) – 3:58
12. "What You Never Know" (Stephan Moccio) – 3:25
13. "A Question of Honour" (Frank Peterson) – 5:18
14. "Time to Say Goodbye" (with Andrea Bocelli) (Peterson, Lucio Quarantotto, Sartori) – 4:06
15. "Il Mio Cuore Va (Japanese bonus track)"
16. "Sarahbande (Japanese bonus track)"

Personnel

• Mike Batt – Lyricist, Producer
• Andrea Bocelli – Vocals
• Sarah Brightman – Vocals, Lyricist, Producer, Executive Producer, Concept
• Gary Brooker – Lyricist
• A. Cassella – Lyricist
• Alex Christensen – Producer
• José Cura – Vocals
• Chiara Ferrau – Lyricist, Photography
• Simon Fowler – Photography
• Esther Haase – Photography
• Charles Hart – Lyricist
• Laisa – Lyricist
• Andrew Lloyd Webber – Lyricist, Producer
• Brian May – Lyricist
• Paul Miles-Kingston – Choir Master
• Stephan Moccio – Lyricist
• Ennio Morricone – Lyricist
• David R. Murray – Producer
• Frank Peterson – Lyricist, Producer, Executive Producer, Concept
• Quarantotto – Lyricist
• Keith Reid – Lyricist
• A. Gilberto Reyes – Lyricist
• Sartori – Lyricist
• Richard Stilgoe – Lyricist
• Christopher Von Deylen – Lyricist
• Ellen Von Unwerth – Photography

Charts and certifications

Weekly Charts Charts Peak Position Japan Oricon Top Albums[5] 2 New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[6] 10 US Billboard 200[7] 100 US Top Classical Albums (Billboard)[8] 1

Sales and certifications Region Certification Certified units/Sales Argentina (CAPIF)[9] 2× Platinum 80,000^* China (SARFT)[10] Platinum 30,000^* Hong Kong (IFPI Hong Kong)[11] Platinum 20,000^* Japan (RIAJ)[12] 2× Platinum 600,000[1] New Zealand (RMNZ)[13] Platinum 15,000^^ South Korea (GAON)[14] 5× Platinum 50,000^* Taiwan (RIT)[15] 2× Platinum 40,000^* ^^shipments figures based on certification alone

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