Ultimate Collection (Anastacia album)

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Ultimate Collection
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Greatest hits album by
ReleasedNovember 6, 2015 (2015-11-06)
Recorded1999–2015
Length62:30
Label Sony Music
Producer
Anastacia chronology
Resurrection
(2014)
Ultimate Collection
(2015)
A 4 App
(2016)
Singles from Ultimate Collection
  1. "Take This Chance"
    Released: September 29, 2015
  2. "Army of Me"
    Released: October 23, 2015

Ultimate Collection is a compilation album by American recording artist Anastacia, released on November 6, 2015 by Sony Music. [1] The album includes singles from five of the singer's previous albums Not That Kind (2000), Freak of Nature (2001), Anastacia (2004), It's a Man's World (2012), Resurrection (2014) and songs taken from Anastacia's first greatest hits Pieces of a Dream (2005). Two new songs are also contained in the track list: a cover of Christina Aguilera's "Army of Me" and the lead single, "Take This Chance". Singles from Anastacia's fourth album Heavy Rotation (2008) were excluded from the project.

Contents

Background

In August 2015, it was announced that after nine years, Anastacia had reunited with her original label Sony Music Entertainment. [2]

Promotion

On October 31, Anastacia performed at Heaven Night Club. The performance included the new song "Army of Me", as well as "Paid My Dues", "I'm Outta Love" and "Left Outside Alone". On November 4, she went to BBC Breakfast as well as BBC Radio Wales . On November 6, Anastacia was interviewed at ITV's Lorraine . On November 7, she appear and perform 2 songs on BBC Radio 2 and on November 8, she appear on The National Lottery Live .

To further promote the compilation, Anastacia embarked on the accompanying the Ultimate Collection Tour in April 2016. [3]

Track listing

Ultimate Collection
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."I'm Outta Love"
  • Watters
  • L. Biancaniello
4:05
2."Left Outside Alone"
  • Austin
  • Ballard
4:07
3."Sick and Tired"
  • Anastacia
  • Austin
  • Ballard
  • Austin
  • Ballard
3:32
4."Paid My Dues"
3:22
5."Stupid Little Things"
  • Anastacia
  • Watters
  • L. Biancaniello
  • Michael Biancaniello
  • Courtney Harrell
  • L. Biancaniello
  • Watters
  • M. Biancaniello
3:55
6."Not That Kind"
  • Wake
3:23
7."Everything Burns" (Ben Moody featuring Anastacia)
  • Moody
3:45
8."Welcome to My Truth"
  • Shanks
4:04
9."You'll Never Be Alone"
  • Anastacia
  • L. Biancaniello
  • Watters
  • L. Biancaniello
  • Watters
4:38
10."Pieces of a Dream"
  • Hodges
4:03
11."Best of You"
  • Ballard
4:01
12."Heavy on My Heart"
  • Ballard
4:28
13."One Day in Your Life" (European version)
  • Anastacia
  • Watters
  • L. Biancaniello
  • Watters
  • L. Biancaniello
3:29
14."Cowboys & Kisses"
  • Anastacia
  • JIVE
  • Charlie Pennachio
  • Wake
  • The Shadowmen
4:32
15."Why'd You Lie to Me"
  • Wake
3:45
16."Love Is a Crime"
  • Wake
3:20
17."I Belong to You (El Ritmo de la Pasión)" (with Eros Ramazzotti)
  • Ramazzotti
  • Claudio Guidetti
  • Anastacia
  • DioGuardi
  • Kaballà
  • Ramazzotti
  • Guidetti
4:27
18."Army of Me"
Hartman
3:25
19."Take This Chance"
  • Giorgio Tuinfort
  • Johan Carlsson
  • Caitlin Morris
  • David Guetta
  • Steve Diamond
  • Jacob Luttrell
  • Anastacia
  • MdL
  • Tom Meredith
  • Ryan Louder
4:20
Total length:62:29

Charts

Chart (2015-2016)Peak
position
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders) [4] 78
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia) [5] 133
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100) [6] 69
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [7] 65
Irish Albums (IRMA) [8] 98
Italian Albums (FIMI) [9] 27
Scottish Albums (OCC) [10] 11
Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE) [11] 51
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) [12] 41
UK Albums (OCC) [13] 10
UK Album Downloads (OCC) [14] 13

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI) [15] Gold100,000

Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

Release history

RegionDateFormat(s)LabelRef.
WorldwideNovember 6, 2015 [16] [17] [18] [19]

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