The Ultimate Collection (Whitney Houston album)

The Ultimate Collection
Greatest hits album by Whitney Houston
Released	October 30, 2007 (2007-10-30)
Length	79:35
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)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
Digital Spy	[2]

The Ultimate Collection is a greatest hits collection by Whitney Houston, released on October 30, 2007.^[3] 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 few of the songs appear here as their radio / single edits). The Ultimate Collection was not released in North American territories.

Track listing

Album

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"I Will Always Love You" (Edit)	Dolly Parton	David Foster	4:27
2.	"Saving All My Love for You"	Gerry Goffin Michael Masser	Masser	3:45
3.	"Greatest Love of All"	Masser Linda Creed	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	Walden	4:49
6.	"How Will I Know"	Merrill Rubicam Walden	Walden	4:33
7.	"So Emotional"	Billy Steinberg Tom Kelly	Walden	4:31
8.	"When You Believe" (Duet with Mariah Carey)	Stephen Schwartz Babyface	Babyface	4:32
9.	"Where Do Broken Hearts Go"	Frank Wildhorn Chuck Jackson	Walden	4:38
10.	"I'm Your Baby Tonight" (U.K. Version)	L.A. Reid Babyface	Reid Babyface	4:10
11.	"Didn't We Almost Have It All" (Single Version)	Masser Will Jennings	Masser	4:35
12.	"Run to You"	Allan Rich Jud Friedman	Foster	4:27
13.	"Exhale (Shoop Shoop)"	Babyface	Babyface	3:25
14.	"If I Told You That (Radio Edit)" (Duet with George Michael)	Rodney Jerkins Fred Jerkins III LaShawn Daniels Toni Estes	Jerkins Michael	4:05
15.	"I Have Nothing"	Foster Linda Thompson	Foster	4:51
16.	"I'm Every Woman"	Nickolas Ashford Valerie Simpson	Walden Robert Clivillés David Cole	4:39
17.	"It's Not Right but It's Okay"	Jerkins Jerkins III Daniels Isaac Phillips Estes	Jerkins	4:40
18.	"My Love Is Your Love" (Edit)	Wyclef Jean Jerry Duplessis	Jean Duplessis	3:56
Total length:				76:35

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 the Super Bowl XXV, January 27, 1991)
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, June 23, 1983)
2.	"Lover for Life" (The Concert for a New South Africa, November 12, 1994)
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, August 28, 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, July 7, 1999)
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 2007–2010 weekly chart performance for The Ultimate Collection Chart (2007–2010) Peak position Australian Albums (ARIA)[4] 24 Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[5] 12 Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[6] 77 Danish Albums (Hitlisten)[7] 4 Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista)[8] 16 German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[9] 39 Greek International Albums (IFPI)[10] 15 Japanese Albums (Oricon)[11] 10 New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[12] 9 Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)[13] 4 Scottish Albums (OCC)[14] 7 South Korean Albums (Circle)[15] 20 Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE)[16] 28 Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[17] 10 Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[18] 70 UK Albums (OCC)[19] 3 UK R&B Albums (OCC)[20] 1 2012–2013 weekly chart performance for The Ultimate Collection Chart (2012–2013) Peak position Australian Albums (ARIA)[4] 3 Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[5] 1 Danish Albums (Hitlisten)[7] 4 Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista)[8] 25 French Albums (SNEP)[21] 52 German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[22] 3 Hungarian Albums (MAHASZ)[23] 8 Italian Albums (FIMI)[24] 5 New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[12] 2 Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)[13] 4 Russian Albums (Lenta.ru)[25] 19 Scottish Albums (OCC)[26] 4 South African Albums (SA Top 20)[27] 18 South Korean Albums (Circle)[28] 21 Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE)[16] 71 Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[18] 5 Swiss Music DVD (Schweizer Hitparade)[29] 3 UK Albums (OCC)[30] 62 UK R&B Albums (OCC)[31] 24 2019–2020 weekly chart performance for The Ultimate Collection Chart (2019–2020) Peak position Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[32] 133 Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[6] 91 2023 weekly chart performance for The Ultimate Collection Chart (2023) Peak position Polish Albums (ZPAV)[33] 3 2012 weekly chart performance for All Time Best - Reclam Musik Edition Chart (2012) Peak position German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[34] 76 Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[35] 24 Monthly charts 2012 monthly chart performance for The Ultimate Collection Chart (2012) Peak position Polish Albums (ZPAV)[36] 20 Year-end charts 2007 year-end chart performance for The Ultimate Collection Chart (2007) Peak position UK Albums (OCC)[37][38] 25 2012 year-end chart performance for The Ultimate Collection Chart (2012) Peak position Australian Albums (ARIA)[39] 66 Australian Urban Albums (ARIA)[40] 9 Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[41] 22 German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[42] 75 Italian Albums (FIMI)[43] 51 New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[44] 15 South Korean International Albums (Circle)[45] 41 UK Albums (OCC)[46] 67 2014 year-end chart performance for The Ultimate Collection Chart (2014) Peak position Australian Urban Albums (ARIA)[47] 27 UK Albums (OCC)[48] 63 2015 year-end chart performance for The Ultimate Collection Chart (2015) Peak position Australian Urban Albums (ARIA)[49] 96 UK Albums (OCC)[50] 92 2017 year-end chart performance for The Ultimate Collection Chart (2017) Peak position UK Albums (OCC)[51] 80 2018 year-end chart performance for The Ultimate Collection Chart (2018) Peak position UK Albums (OCC)[52] 88 2019 year-end chart performance for The Ultimate Collection Chart (2019) Peak position UK Albums (OCC)[53] 72 2020 year-end chart performance for The Ultimate Collection Chart (2020) Peak position UK Albums (OCC)[54] 42 Decade-end charts 2010–2020 decade-end chart performance for The Ultimate Collection Chart Peak position UK Albums (OCC)[55] 52 All-time charts All-time chart performance for The Ultimate Collection Chart Peak position Irish Albums – Female (OCC)[56] 25

Certifications and sales

Album Region Certification Certified units/sales Australia (ARIA)[57] 2× Platinum 140,000^^ Belgium (BEA)[58] Gold 15,000^* Denmark (IFPI Danmark)[59] Platinum 30,000^^ Finland (Musiikkituottajat)[60] Gold 19,916[60] Germany (BVMI)[61] 2× Platinum 400,000^‡ Hungary (MAHASZ)[62] Gold 3,000^^ Ireland (IRMA)[63] 2× Platinum 30,000^^ Italy (FIMI)[64] Platinum 50,000^* New Zealand (RMNZ)[65] Platinum 15,000^^ Russia (NFPF)[66] Gold 10,000^* Sweden (GLF)[67] Gold 20,000^^ Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland)[68] Gold 15,000^^ United Kingdom (BPI)[69] 6× Platinum 1,800,000^‡ ^* Sales figures based on certification alone. ^^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. ^‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

DVD Region Certification Certified units/sales Australia (ARIA)[70] 4× Platinum 60,000^^ ^^ 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