The Ultimate Collection (Whitney Houston album)
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. The Ultimate Collection was not released in North American territories.
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 | Peak position |
| Russian Albums | 19 |
| South African Albums | 18 |
| Chart | Peak position |
Year-end charts
| Chart | Peak position |
| Australian Albums | 66 |
| Australian Urban Albums | 9 |
| Austrian Albums | 22 |
| German Albums | 75 |
| Italian Albums | 51 |
| New Zealand Albums | 15 |
| South Korean International Albums | 41 |
| UK Albums | 67 |
| Chart | Peak position |
| Australian Urban Albums | 96 |
| UK Albums | 92 |
| Chart | Peak position |
| UK Albums | 88 |
| Chart | Peak position |
| UK Albums | 42 |