Diva: The Singles Collection

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Diva: The Singles Collection
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Compilation album by
ReleasedUS: 3 October 2006 (2006-10-03)
Genre Classical crossover
Length66:28
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 3 October 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]

Contents

Track listing

  1. "The Phantom of the Opera" (with Steve Harley) (Mike Batt, Charles Hart, Andrew Lloyd Webber, Richard Stilgoe) – 4:39
  2. "The 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" (Tonino Baliardo, Maurice Baliardo, Jacques Baliardo, Jahloul Bouchikhi, Nicolas Reyes, André Reyes, Paul Reyes) – 3:49
  6. "Just Show Me How to Love You" (with José Cura) (Baldan Bembo) – 4:00
  7. "Deliver Me" (Helena Marsh, Jon 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 (Radio Mix)" (Frank Peterson) – 5:18
  14. "Time to Say Goodbye (Con te partirò)" (with Andrea Bocelli) (Peterson, Lucio Quarantotto, Francesco Sartori) – 4:06
  15. "Il Mio Cuore Va" (Japanese bonus track)"
  16. "Sarahbande (Japanese bonus track)"

Personnel

Charts and certifications

References

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  2. "Last decade best selling international albums in Japan". ORICON Decade-End. Retrieved 24 July 2014.
  3. "Music Industry WHITE PAPER 2011" (PDF). KOCCA. p. 438. Retrieved 14 July 2011.
  4. "Sarah Brightman chart History in Japan". Oricon Top. 15 December 2011.
  5. "Charts.nz – Sarah Brightman – Diva – The Singles Collection". Hung Medien. Retrieved 30 October 2015.
  6. "2016년 35주차 Album Chart" (in Korean). Gaon Music Chart. Archived from the original on 3 September 2016. Retrieved 22 December 2025.
  7. "Sarah Brightman Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved 4 November 2015.
  8. "Sarah Brightman Chart History (Top Classical Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved 4 November 2015.
  9. "Argentinian album certifications – Sarah Brightman – Diva". Argentine Chamber of Phonograms and Videograms Producers.
  10. "Japanese album certifications – サラ・ブライトマン – 輝けるディーヴァ ~ベスト・オブ・サラ・ブライトマン" (in Japanese). Recording Industry Association of Japan.Select 2007年2月 on the drop-down menu
  11. "New Zealand album certifications – Sarah Brightman – Diva". Recorded Music NZ . Retrieved 20 November 2024.
  12. "2010 sales archive" (PDF). p. 438.