The Ultimate Collection (Whitney Houston album)

The Ultimate Collection
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
One Wish: The Holiday Album (2003) The Ultimate Collection (2007) I Look to You (2009)

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).

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[3]
Digital Spy	[4]

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	Narada Michael Walden	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) (Radio Edit)	Stephen Schwartz, Babyface	Babyface	3:42
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	4:51
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 Scottish Albums Chart[16] 7 South African Albums Chart[17] 18 South Korean Albums Chart[18] 21 Spanish Albums Chart[6] 28 Swedish Albums Chart[6] 10 Swiss Albums Chart[6] 5 UK Albums Chart[16] 3 UK R&B Albums Chart[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[16] 11 UK R&B Albums[24] 1 Charts (2015) Peak position Irish Albums Chart[25] 32 French Albums Chart[6] 126h Italian Albums Chart[6] 75 Swiss Albums Chart[6] 77 UK Albums Chart[16] 31 UK R&B Albums Chart[26] 7 Charts (2016) Peak position Irish Albums Chart[27] 32 French Albums Chart[6] 113 Italian Albums Chart[6] 75 UK Albums Chart[16] 22 UK R&B Albums Chart[26] 2

Monthly charts Chart (2012) Peak position Polish Albums Chart[28] 20 Year-end charts Chart (2007) Position UK Albums Chart[29] 25 Chart (2012) Position Austrian Albums Chart[30] 22 Australian Albums Chart[31] 66 Australian Urban Albums[32] 9 German Albums Chart[33] 75 Italian Albums Chart[34] 51 New Zealand Albums Chart[35] 15 South Korean International Albums[36] 41 UK Albums Chart[37] 67 Chart (2014) Position Australian Urban Albums[38] 27 UK Albums Chart[39] 63 Chart (2015) Position UK Albums Chart[40] 92

Certifications

Album [41] Region Certification Certified units/Sales Australia (ARIA)[42] 2× Platinum 140,000^^ Belgium (BEA)[43] Gold 15,000^* Denmark (IFPI Denmark)[44] Platinum 30,000^^ Finland (Musiikkituottajat)[45] Gold 19 916[45] Hungary (MAHASZ)[46] Gold 3,000^^ Ireland (IRMA)[47] 2× Platinum 30,000^^ Italy (FIMI)[48] Platinum 80,000^* New Zealand (RMNZ)[49] Platinum 15,000^^ Russia (NFPF)[50] Gold 10,000^* Sweden (GLF)[51] Gold 20,000^^ Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland)[52] Gold 15,000^^ United Kingdom (BPI)[53] 4× Platinum 1,200,000^^ ^*sales figures based on certification alone ^^shipments figures based on certification alone

DVD Region Certification Certified units/Sales Australia (ARIA)[54] 4× Platinum 60,000^^ ^*sales figures based on certification alone ^^shipments figures based on certification alone

See also

• List of number-one hits of 2012 (Austria)
• List of number-one albums of 2012 (Ireland)
• List of UK R&B Chart number-one albums of 2012
• List of albums which have spent the most weeks on the UK Albums Chart
• New Zealand top 50 albums of 2012

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External links

• The Ultimate Collection at Allmusic
• The Ultimate Collection at Discogs