Diva: The Singles Collection

Diva: The Singles Collection
Compilation album by Sarah Brightman
Released US: October 3, 2006
Genre Pop/Rock/Classical Crossover
Length 66:28
Label Angel Records
Producer Frank Peterson
Sarah Brightman chronology

Love Changes Everything
(2005)		 Diva: The Singles Collection
(2006)		 Symphony
(2008)

Diva: The Singles Collection is a 2006 compilation album by Sarah Brightman. Alongside this album, Brightman released a DVD collection of her music videos on October 3, 2006 under the title of Diva: The Video Collection. The album marked the first time Brightman released a greatest hits album in the United States. It reached No. 1 on the Billboard Classical Crossover chart. In Japan, the album debuted and peaked at No. 2 with 77,000 copies sold on its first week of release, and became Japan's best-selling classical album of 2007.[1] Subsequently, it was Japan's fifteenth best-selling international album of the 2000s decade.[2] Diva was also the best-selling western album in South Korea in 2010, as it topped the international charts for 26 non-consecutive weeks. As of December 2013, it has been certified Quintuple Platinum in the country.[3][4]

Track listing

  1. "The Phantom of the Opera" (with Steve Harley) (Mike Batt, Charles Hart, Andrew Lloyd Webber, Richard Stilgoe) – 4:39
  2. "Music of the Night" (Hart, Lloyd Webber, Stilgoe) – 5:25
  3. "Pie Jesu" (with Paul Miles-Kingston) (Lloyd Webber) – 3:58
  4. "Who Wants to Live Forever" (Brian May) – 3:56
  5. "Tu Quieres Volver" (Baliardo, Baliardo, Baliardo, Bouchikhi, Gilberto Reyes, Reyes, Reyes) – 3:49
  6. "Just Show Me How to Love You" (with José Cura) (Baldan Bembo) – 4:00
  7. "Deliver Me" (Marsh, Marsh) – 4:01
  8. "Nella Fantasia" (Ennio Morricone) – 3:40
  9. "Scarborough Fair" (Frank Peterson, Paul Simon) – 4:12
  10. "A Whiter Shade of Pale" (Gary Brooker, Keith Reid) – 3:39
  11. "It's a Beautiful Day" (Christopher von Deylen, Frank Peterson) – 3:58
  12. "What You Never Know" (Stephan Moccio) – 3:25
  13. "A Question of Honour" (Frank Peterson) – 5:18
  14. "Time to Say Goodbye" (with Andrea Bocelli) (Peterson, Lucio Quarantotto, Sartori) – 4:06
  15. "Il Mio Cuore Va (Japanese bonus track)"
  16. "Sarahbande (Japanese bonus track)"

Personnel

Charts and certifications

Charts

Chart (2006) Peak
position
Japan Oricon Top Albums[5] 2
New Zealand RIANZ Albums Top 40[6] 10
U.S. Billboard Top 200 Albums[6] 100

Sales and certifications

Region Certification Sales/shipments
Argentina (CAPIF)[7] 2× Platinum 80,000x
China (SARFT)[8] Platinum 30,000*
Hong Kong (IFPI Hong Kong)[9] Platinum 20,000*
Japan (RIAJ)[10] 2× Platinum 600,000[1]
New Zealand (RMNZ)[11] Platinum 15,000^
South Korea (GAON)[12] 5× Platinum 50,000*
Taiwan (RIT)[13] 2× Platinum 40,000*

^shipments figures based on certification alone
xunspecified figures based on certification alone

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "大阪でダブル・プラチナ・ディスクを授受". emimusic.jp. Retrieved 16 November 2011.
  2. ↑ "Last decade best selling international albums in Japan". ORICON Decade-End. Retrieved 24 July 2014.
  3. ↑ "Music Industry WHITE PAPER 2011". KOCCA (Page 438). Retrieved 14 July 2011.
  4. ↑ "[스크랩] 2010 년 가온 차트 부문 별 Top 100 위 <국외>". TVXQ. Retrieved 14 July 2011.
  5. ↑ "Sarah Brightman chart History in Japan". Oricon Top. 2011-12-15.
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 "Sarah Brightman - Diva: The Singles Collection - Music Charts". acharts.us. Retrieved 17 June 2011.
  7. ↑ "Argentinian album certifications – Sarah Brightman – Diva". Argentine Chamber of Phonograms and Videograms Producers.
  8. ↑ "莎拉·布莱曼新专辑Diva:The Singles Collection 歌剧精华典藏专辑".
  9. ↑ "IFPIHK Gold Disc Award − 2005". IFPI Hong Kong.
  10. ↑ "Japanese album certifications – Sarah Brightman – Diva" (in Japanese). Recording Industry Association of Japan.
  11. ↑ "New Zealand album certifications – Sarah Brightman – Diva". Recording Industry Association of New Zealand. Retrieved July 9, 2014.
  12. ↑ (Page 438) / http://www-new.gaonchart.co.kr/chart/album.php?f_chart_kind_cd=E&nationGbn=&f_month=3&f_year=2011&f_type=year "Diva - Sales Figures 2010-2013 (First link: 2010 sales archive; Second link: 2011-2013 International chart with sales figures for Diva)". Retrieved 24 March 2014.
  13. ↑ "Gold Typhoon 金牌大風". gold-typhoon.com.tw. Retrieved 7 July 2014.