The Ultimate Collection (Whitney Houston album)

2007 greatest hits album by Whitney Houston
The Ultimate Collection
Greatest hits album by
Whitney Houston
ReleasedOctober 29, 2007 (2007-10-29)
Length79:35
LabelArista
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
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]
Digital Spy[2]

The Ultimate Collection is a greatest hits collection by Whitney Houston, released on October 29, 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.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."I Will Always Love You" (Edit)Dolly PartonDavid Foster4:27
2."Saving All My Love for You"Masser3:45
3."Greatest Love of All"Masser4:46
4."One Moment in Time"Narada Michael Walden4:46
5."I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me)"
Walden4:49
6."How Will I Know"
  • Merrill
  • Rubicam
  • Walden
Walden4:33
7."So Emotional"Walden4:31
8."When You Believe" (Duet with Mariah Carey)
  • Stephen Schwartz
  • Babyface
Babyface4:32
9."Where Do Broken Hearts Go"Walden4:38
10."I'm Your Baby Tonight" (U.K. Version)
  • Reid
  • Babyface
4:10
11."Didn't We Almost Have It All" (Single Version)Masser4:35
12."Run to You"
  • Allan Rich
  • Jud Friedman
Foster4:27
13."Exhale (Shoop Shoop)"BabyfaceBabyface3:25
14."If I Told You That (Radio Edit)" (Duet with George Michael)
  • Jerkins
  • Michael
4:05
15."I Have Nothing"
  • Foster
  • Linda Thompson
Foster4:51
16."I'm Every Woman"
4:39
17."It's Not Right but It's Okay"
  • Jerkins
  • Jerkins III
  • Daniels
  • Isaac Phillips
  • Estes
Jerkins4:40
18."My Love Is Your Love" (Edit)
  • Jean
  • Duplessis
3:56
Total length:76:35

DVD

Music videos
No.TitleLength
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.TitleLength
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

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External links

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Studio albums
Soundtrack albums
  • The Bodyguard
  • The Preacher's Wife
  • I Wanna Dance with Somebody (The Movie: Whitney New, Classic and Reimagined)
Live albums
  • Whitney Houston Live: Her Greatest Performances
Compilation albums
  • Whitney: The Greatest Hits
  • Love, Whitney
  • The Ultimate Collection
  • I Will Always Love You: The Best of Whitney Houston
  • I Go to the Rock: The Gospel Music of Whitney Houston
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