The Ultimate Collection is a greatest hits collection by Whitney Houston, released on October 29, 2007. 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
DVD
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) PeakpositionGreek International Albums (IFPI)15 Japanese Albums (Oricon) 10 + 2012–2013 weekly chart performance for The Ultimate Collection Chart (2012–2013) PeakpositionRussian Albums (Lenta.ru) 19South African Albums (SA Top 20) 18 + 2019–2020 weekly chart performance for The Ultimate Collection Chart (2019–2020) Peakposition + 2023 weekly chart performance for The Ultimate Collection Chart (2023) Peakposition + 2012 weekly chart performance for All Time Best - Reclam Musik Edition Chart (2012) Peakposition
Monthly charts + 2012 monthly chart performance for The Ultimate Collection Chart (2012) PeakpositionPolish Albums (ZPAV) 20
Year-end charts + 2007 year-end chart performance for The Ultimate Collection Chart (2007) PeakpositionUK Albums (OCC) 25 + 2012 year-end chart performance for The Ultimate Collection Chart (2012) PeakpositionAustralian Albums (ARIA) 66Australian Urban Albums (ARIA) 9Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria) 22German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) 75Italian Albums (FIMI) 51New Zealand Albums (RMNZ) 15 South Korean International Albums (Circle) 41UK Albums (OCC) 67 + 2014 year-end chart performance for The Ultimate Collection Chart (2014) PeakpositionAustralian Urban Albums (ARIA) 27UK Albums (OCC) 63 + 2015 year-end chart performance for The Ultimate Collection Chart (2015) PeakpositionAustralian Urban Albums (ARIA) 96UK Albums (OCC) 92 + 2017 year-end chart performance for The Ultimate Collection Chart (2017) PeakpositionUK Albums (OCC) 80 + 2018 year-end chart performance for The Ultimate Collection Chart (2018) PeakpositionUK Albums (OCC) 88 + 2019 year-end chart performance for The Ultimate Collection Chart (2019) PeakpositionUK Albums (OCC) 72 + 2020 year-end chart performance for The Ultimate Collection Chart (2020) Peakposition UK Albums (OCC) 42
Decade-end charts + 2010–2020 decade-end chart performance for The Ultimate Collection Chart PeakpositionUK Albums (OCC) 52
All-time charts + All-time chart performance for The Ultimate Collection Chart PeakpositionIrish Albums – Female (OCC) 25
Certifications and sales
Album
DVD
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
References
External links The Ultimate Collection at Allmusic The Ultimate Collection at Discogs