Diva: The Singles Collection

Diva: The Singles Collection
Compilation album by Sarah Brightman
Released	US: 3 October 2006 (2006-10-03)
Genre	Pop/Rock/Classical Crossover
Length	66:28
Label	Angel Records
Producer	Frank Peterson
Sarah Brightman chronology
Love Changes Everything (2005)Love Changes Everything 2005 Diva: The Singles Collection (2006) Symphony (2008)Symphony2008

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. Subsequently, it was Japan's fifteenth best-selling international album of the 2000s decade. 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.

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

• 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

Charts

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

Sales and certifications

Region	Certification	Sales/shipments
Argentina (CAPIF)	2× Platinum	80,000
China (SARFT)	Platinum	30,000*
Hong Kong (IFPI Hong Kong)	Platinum	20,000
Japan (RIAJ)	2× Platinum	600,000
New Zealand (RMNZ)	Platinum	15,000
South Korea (GAON)	5× Platinum	50,000*
Taiwan (RIT)	2× Platinum	40,000*
^shipments figures based on certification alone xunspecified figures based on certification alone