Diva: The Singles Collection

Diva: The Singles Collection
Compilation album by Sarah Brightman
Released	US: 3 October 2006 (2006-10-03)
Genre	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 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][4]

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

• Mike Batt – Lyricist, producer
• Andrea Bocelli – Vocals
• Sarah Brightman – Vocals, lyricist, producer, executive producer, concept
• Gary Brooker – Lyricist
• A. Cassella – Lyricist
• Alex Christensen – Producer
• José Cura – Vocals
• Chiara Ferrau – Lyricist, photography
• Simon Fowler – Photography
• Esther Haase – Photography
• Charles Hart – Lyricist
• Laisa – Lyricist
• Andrew Lloyd Webber – Lyricist, producer
• Brian May – Lyricist
• Paul Miles-Kingston – Choir master
• Stephan Moccio – Lyricist
• Ennio Morricone – Lyricist
• David R. Murray – Producer
• Frank Peterson – Lyricist, producer, executive producer, concept
• Quarantotto – Lyricist
• Keith Reid – Lyricist
• A. Gilberto Reyes – Lyricist
• Sartori – Lyricist
• Richard Stilgoe – Lyricist
• Christopher Von Deylen – Lyricist
• Ellen Von Unwerth – Photography

Charts and certifications

References

This page was last edited on 28 November 2023, at 02:17