Ultimate Collection (Anastacia album)

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.

Ultimate Collection
Greatest hits album by Anastacia
Released	November 6, 2015
Recorded	1999–2015
Length	62:30
Label	Sony Music
Producer	Sam Watters Louis Biancaniello Dallas Austin Glen Ballard Ric Wake Richie Jones Michael Biancaniello Ben Moody Jay Baumgardner John Shanks David Hodges The Shadowmen Greg Lawson Eros Ramazzotti Claudio Guidetti Jamie Hartman MdL Tom Meredith Ryan Louder
Anastacia chronology
Resurrection (2014) Ultimate Collection (2015) A 4 App (2016)
Singles from Ultimate Collection
"Take This Chance" Released: September 29, 2015 "Army of Me" Released: October 23, 2015

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

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"I'm Outta Love"	Anastacia Sam Watters Louis Biancaniello	Watters L. Biancaniello	4:05
2.	"Left Outside Alone"	Anastacia Dallas Austin Glen Ballard	Austin Ballard	4:07
3.	"Sick and Tired"	Anastacia Austin Ballard	Austin Ballard	3:32
4.	"Paid My Dues"	Greg Lawson Damon Sharpe LaMenga Kafi Anastacia	Ric Wake Richie Jones	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"	Anastacia Will Wheaton Marvin Young	Wake	3:23
7.	"Everything Burns" (Ben Moody featuring Anastacia)	Moody	Moody Jay Baumgardner	3:45
8.	"Welcome to My Truth"	Anastacia Kara DioGuardi John Shanks	Shanks	4:04
9.	"You'll Never Be Alone"	Anastacia L. Biancaniello Watters	L. Biancaniello Watters	4:38
10.	"Pieces of a Dream"	Anastacia Ballard David Hodges	Hodges	4:03
11.	"Best of You"	Dave Grohl Taylor Hawkins Nate Mendel Chris Shiflett	Ballard	4:01
12.	"Heavy on My Heart"	Anastacia Billy Mann	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"	Anastacia Sharpe Lawson Trey Parker Damon Butler Canela Cox	Wake	3:45
16.	"Love Is a Crime"	Lawson Denise Rich Sharpe Wake	Wake	3:20
17.	"I Belong to You (Il Ritmo della Passione)" (with Eros Ramazzotti)	Ramazzotti Claudio Guidetti Anastacia DioGuardi Kaballà	Ramazzotti Guidetti	4:27
18.	"Army of Me"	Christina Aguilera Jamie Hartman David Glass Phil Bentley	Hartman	3:25
19.	"Take This Chance"	Johan Carlsson Caitlin Morris Steve Diamond Jacob Luttrell Anastacia	MdL Tom Meredith Ryan Louder	4:20

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 Digital Albums (OCC)[14]	13

Certifications

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI)[15]	Silver	60,000^^
^^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

Release history

Region	Date	Format(s)	Label	Ref.
Worldwide	November 6, 2015	CD digital download	Sony Music	[16][17][18][19]

References

1. "'Ultimate Collection' - Anastacia". Amazon UK. Retrieved September 1, 2015.
2. Corner, Lewis (2015-07-27). "Anastacia announces her Ultimate Collection - Music News". Digital Spy. Retrieved 2015-09-18.
3. Ruge, Silke (December 2, 2015). "Anastacia on Tour - The Ultimate Collection Live" (Press release). Mannheim, Germany: Marek Liebermann Konzertagentur. European News Agency. Archived from the original on February 22, 2016. Retrieved January 2, 2016.
4. "Ultratop.be – Anastacia – Ultimate Collection" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved November 13, 2015.
5. "Ultratop.be – Anastacia – Ultimate Collection" (in French). Hung Medien. Retrieved November 13, 2015.
6. "Dutchcharts.nl – Anastacia – Ultimate Collection" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved November 13, 2015.
7. "Offiziellecharts.de – Anastacia – Ultimate Collection" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved November 10, 2018.
8. "GFK Chart-Track Albums: Week 46, 2015". Chart-Track. IRMA. Retrieved November 13, 2015.
9. "Italiancharts.com – Anastacia – Ultimate Collection". Hung Medien. Retrieved November 13, 2015.
10. "Official Scottish Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company.
11. "Spanishcharts.com – Anastacia – Ultimate Collection". Hung Medien. Retrieved November 24, 2015.
12. "Swisscharts.com – Anastacia – Ultimate Collection". Hung Medien. Retrieved November 18, 2015.
13. "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved November 14, 2015.
14. "Official Album Downloads Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company.
15. "British album certifications – Anastacia – Ultimate Collection". British Phonographic Industry. 23 December 2016. Retrieved 4 January 2017. Select albums in the Format field. Select Silver in the Certification field. Type Ultimate Collection in the "Search BPI Awards" field and then press Enter.
16. "Ultimate Collection - Anastacia". iTunes. United Kingdom: iTunes Store. November 6, 2015.
17. "Ultimate Collection - Anastacia". iTunes. Australia: iTunes Store. November 6, 2015.
18. "Ultimate Collection - Anastacia". iTunes. United States: iTunes Store. November 6, 2015.
19. "Ultimate Collection - Anastacia". iTunes. Germany: Amazon.com. November 6, 2015.