The Ultimate Collection

The Ultimate Collection or Ultimate Collection are names given to a number of compilation music albums:

The Ultimate Collection (The Miracles album)

The Ultimate Collection is a compact disc by Smokey Robinson and The Miracles, released on Motown Records, catalogue 314530857-2, in February 1998. It is a collection of singles comprising many of the group's greatest hits, with liner notes written by Stu Hackel.

Content

The disc contains seventeen top ten Rhythm and Blues singles chart hits, and nineteen Top 40 hits on the Billboard Hot 100 enjoyed by the Miracles and released on the Motown subsidiary label Tamla Records imprint. The only exception is "Bad Girl," released locally in the Detroit area on the Motown label (the first single under this imprint) but nationally licensed to Chess Records. Three of the tracks included were B-sides — "Who's Lovin' You," "Choosey Beggar," and "(You Can) Depend on Me" — respectively the flipsides to "Shop Around," "Going to A Go-Go," and "Way Over There," with "Choosey Beggar" charting independently of its A-side on the R&B singles chart. "The Tears of A Clown" had been initially buried as a track on the album Make It Happen in 1967, but to quell clamor for more record releases by the group in the United Kingdom became a belated hit three years later. Issued in the United States shortly thereafter, it was the Miracles' only #1 hit with Smokey Robinson on the American pop singles chart. Years later, the group hit #1 again on the Billboard Pop chart with the smash hit "Love Machine," but by then Robinson had long since left the group, replaced with Billy Griffin. The disc was part of an "Ultimate Collection" series initiated in 1997 by Motown for many of their top-selling classic artists.

The Ultimate Collection (MxPx album)

The Ultimate Collection is the third compilation album from MxPx. The 2 disc collection was released on March 11, 2008. All tracks are taken from albums released by Tooth and Nail Records, including their first three albums, their, at the time, most recent album, Secret Weapon, and b-side album Let It Happen.

Track Listing Disc 1

Track Listing Disc 2

Album credits

Ultimate Collection (Anastacia album)

Ultimate Collection is a compilation album by American recording artist Anastacia, released on November 6, 2015 by Sony Music. 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 tracklist: 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.

Background

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

Promotion

On October 31st, 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 4th, she went to BBC Breakfast as well as BBC Radio Wales. On November 6th, Anastacia was interviewed at ITV's Lorraine. On November 7th, she appear and perform 2 songs on BBC Radio 2 and on November 8th, she appear on the The National Lottery Live.

Johnny Gill

Johnny Gill (born May 22, 1966) is an American singer, songwriter and actor. He is the sixth and final member of the R&B/pop group New Edition, and was also a member of the supergroup called LSG; with Gerald Levert and Keith Sweat. He is currently in the new group Heads of State with New Edition members Bobby Brown and Ralph Tresvant touring.

Early life

Gill was born on May 22, 1966 in Washington, D.C, his mother had four boys and his father was a minister. He started singing at the age of five singing along in church in a family gospel group called Little Johnny and "Wings Faith" which included his brothers Bobby, Jeff, and Randy Gill (himself a solo recording artist and member of the group II D Extreme). Gill attended Kimball Elementary, Sousa Junior High, and Duke Ellington School of the Arts. His career dictated that he complete his high-school education through the services of a tutor. Gill planned to attend college to pursue a degree in electrical engineering, but decided instead to focus on his singing career.

Ultimate Collection (The Fixx album)

Ultimate Collection is a 1999 compilation of songs by the band The Fixx. It is largely a collection of singles; many tracks appear as they did on their respective 7" releases. However, there are two B-sides, and one recording pulled from the rare Happy Landings EP, which make it stand out from other greatest hits collections. This is the only Fixx collection to include the original recordings of all tracks.

Track listing

List of Jo Stafford compilation albums

The following articles contain lists of Jo Stafford compilation albums: