The Ultimate Collection (Whitney Houston album) explained

The Ultimate Collection
Type:	greatest
Artist:	Whitney Houston
Cover:	Whitney Houston - The Ultimate Collection.png
Border:	yes
Length:	79:35
Label:	Arista
Prev Year:	2003
Next Title:	I Look to You
Next Year:	2009

The Ultimate Collection is a greatest hits collection by Whitney Houston, released on October 29, 2007.^[1] 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, , 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

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

Chart (2007–2010)! scope="col"

Peak position
Greek International Albums (IFPI)^[2]	15
Japanese Albums (Oricon)^[3]	10

Chart (2012–2013)! scope="col"

Peak position
Russian Albums (Lenta.ru)^[4]	19
South African Albums (SA Top 20)^[5]	18

Monthly charts

Chart (2012)! scope="col"

Peak position
Polish Albums (ZPAV)^[6]	20

Year-end charts

Chart (2007)! scope="col"

Peak position
UK Albums (OCC)^[7] ^[8]	25

Chart (2012)! scope="col"

Peak position
Australian Albums (ARIA)^[9]	66
Australian Urban Albums (ARIA)^[10]	9
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)^[11]	22
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)^[12]	75
Italian Albums (FIMI)^[13]	51
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)^[14]	15
South Korean International Albums (Circle)^[15]	41
UK Albums (OCC)^[16]	67

Chart (2014)! scope="col"

Peak position
Australian Urban Albums (ARIA)^[17]	27
UK Albums (OCC)^[18]	63

Chart (2015)! scope="col"

Peak position
Australian Urban Albums (ARIA)^[19]	96
UK Albums (OCC)^[20]	92

Chart (2017)! scope="col"

Peak position
UK Albums (OCC)^[21]	80

Chart (2018)! scope="col"

Peak position
UK Albums (OCC)^[22]	88

Chart (2019)! scope="col"

Peak position
UK Albums (OCC)^[23]	72

Chart (2020)! scope="col"

Peak position
UK Albums (OCC)^[24]	42

Decade-end charts

Chart! scope="col"

Peak position
UK Albums (OCC)^[25]	52

All-time charts

Chart! scope="col"

Peak position
Irish Albums – Female (OCC)^[26]	25

Certifications and sales

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

External links

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

Notes and References

1. Web site: Play.com - Whitney Houston - The Ultimate Collection . July 28, 2012.
2. Web site: Top 50 Ξένων Αλμπουμ - Εβδομάδα 14/2009 . IFPI Greece . August 11, 2012 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090425065213/http://www.ifpi.gr/chart01.htm . April 25, 2009 .
3. Web site: ホイットニー・ヒューストン / アルバム売上TOP11作品 . ja . . May 30, 2024.
4. Web site: Lenta.ru: Музыка: Адель в платине. dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20121227015741/http://lenta.ru/articles/2012/03/30/chart/. December 27, 2012. May 30, 2024.
5. Web site: South African Albums Chart Top 20. Radio Sonder Grense. https://web.archive.org/web/20120313122129/http://www.rsg.co.za/. March 13, 2012. May 30, 2024.
6. Web site: Top 100 - lista miesięczna - Luty 2012. ZPAV. Polish Society of the Phonographic Industry. May 30, 2024. https://web.archive.org/web/20131214164039/http://zpav.pl/rankingi/listy/top100/index.php?idlisty=627. December 14, 2013. dead .
7. Web site: BPI - Yearly Best Selling Albums 1999-2009 > 2007. British Phonographic Industry. May 30, 2024.
8. Web site: End of Year Album Chart Top 100 – 2007. Official Charts Company. May 30, 2024.
9. Web site: ARIA Charts – End Of Year Charts – Top 100 Albums 2012. ARIA Charts. May 30, 2024. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20130307023544/http://www.aria.com.au/pages/aria-charts-end-of-year-charts-top-100-albums-2012.htm. March 7, 2013 .
10. Web site: ARIA Top 50 HIP HOP/R&B Albums for 2012. ARIA Charts. May 30, 2024.
11. Web site: Jahreshitparade Alben 2012. de. IFPI Austria. Hung Medien. May 30, 2024.
12. Web site: TOP 100 ALBUM-JAHRESCHARTS: 2012. de. GfK Entertainment charts. May 30, 2024.
13. Web site: Classifica annuale 2012 (dal 02.01.2012 al 30.12.2012). Federation of the Italian Music Industry. it. May 30, 2024.
14. Web site: End of Year Charts 2012 – Albums. Recording Industry Association of New Zealand. May 30, 2024. https://archive.today/20121226090552/http://nztop40.co.nz/chart/albums?chart=2105. December 26, 2012. dead.
15. Web site: 2012 Album Chart - 국외. Circle Chart. ko. May 30, 2024.
16. Web site: End of Year Album Chart Top 100 – 2012. Official Charts Company. May 30, 2024.
17. Web site: ARIA Top 50 HIP HOP/R&B Albums for 2014. ARIA Charts. May 30, 2024.
18. Web site: End of Year Album Chart Top 100 – 2014. Official Charts Company. May 30, 2024.
19. Web site: ARIA Top 50 HIP HOP/R&B Albums for 2015. ARIA Charts. May 30, 2024.
20. Web site: End of Year Album Chart Top 100 – 2015. Official Charts Company. May 30, 2024.
21. Web site: End of Year Album Chart Top 100 – 2017. Official Charts Company. May 30, 2024.
22. Web site: End of Year Album Chart Top 100 – 2018. Official Charts Company. May 30, 2024.
23. Web site: End of Year Album Chart Top 100 – 2019. Official Charts Company. May 30, 2024.
24. Web site: End of Year Album Chart Top 100 – 2020. Official Charts Company. May 30, 2024.
25. Web site: The UK's Official Top 100 biggest albums of the decade. Official Charts Company. Copsey. Rob. December 11, 2019. May 30, 2024.
26. Web site: Ireland's Top 50 biggest female artist albums. The Official Charts Company . May 30, 2024. March 6, 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190306235254/https://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/the-top-50-biggest-female-artist-albums-of-all-time-in-ireland__25728/.