Because it is a double disc album, it has had its discs counted separately for certification purposes by the RIAA. In July 2012, it was certified five times platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) for sales exceeding 2.5 million in the United States. In the United States, it reached a new peak of number two on the US Billboard 200 chart. It received numerous multi-platinum and platinum awards.Īfter Houston's passing in February 2012, it saw a resurgence in sales and re-entered album charts in many countries around the world. The album peaked within the top ten in most countries of the Americas, Europe, Asia, Africa, as well as Australia and New Zealand.
Upon its release, Whitney: The Greatest Hits was a great commercial success and received generally good reviews, although some critics questioned the inclusion of some remixes on Disc Two instead of the original song versions. He's like, Whitney, we have to do a greatest hits album, I mean you're far long overdue." Speculation on the timing of the release continued into 1997, with Houston quoted that year as saying: "Oh, Clive is on my case about this greatest hits album. Billboard magazine mentioned a "long-promised" Greatest Hits collection again in July 1996, this time due that autumn. As early as 1995, Billboard listed Houston's Greatest Hits album as an upcoming release scheduled for October of that year. Houston's compilation album had been in development for several years prior to its release. Along with the album, an accompanying VHS and DVD was released featuring the music videos to Houston's greatest hits, as well as several hard-to-find live performances including her 1983 debut on The Merv Griffin Show, and interviews. It also includes three other songs that had never appeared on a Houston album: " One Moment in Time", " The Star Spangled Banner", and "If You Say My Eyes Are Beautiful", a duet with Jermaine Jackson from his 1986 Precious Moments album. The collection includes four new songs-" Could I Have This Kiss Forever", duet with Enrique Iglesias, " If I Told You That", duet with George Michael, " Same Script, Different Cast", duet with Deborah Cox and " Fine"-all of which were released as singles.
Houston's performance of " The Star-Spangled Banner" at Super Bowl XXV, and 1988 Olympics tribute " One Moment in Time" are also included in the set. The set consists of disc one with ballads and disc two with uptempo numbers and remixes, spanning the first 15 years of Houston's music career. Whitney: The Greatest Hits is a compilation album by American singer Whitney Houston, released in May 2000.
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