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]
- "The Phantom of the Opera" (with Steve Harley) (Mike Batt, Charles Hart, Andrew Lloyd Webber, Richard Stilgoe) – 4:39
- "The Music of the Night" (Hart, Lloyd Webber, Stilgoe) – 5:25
- "Pie Jesu" (with Paul Miles-Kingston) (Lloyd Webber) – 3:58
- "Who Wants to Live Forever" (Brian May) – 3:56
- "Tu Quieres Volver" (Tonino Baliardo, Maurice Baliardo, Jacques Baliardo, Jahloul Bouchikhi, Nicolas Reyes, André Reyes, Paul Reyes) – 3:49
- "Just Show Me How to Love You" (with José Cura) (Baldan Bembo) – 4:00
- "Deliver Me" (Helena Marsh, Jon Marsh) – 4:01
- "Nella Fantasia" (Ennio Morricone) – 3:40
- "Scarborough Fair" (Frank Peterson, Paul Simon) – 4:12
- "A Whiter Shade of Pale" (Gary Brooker, Keith Reid) – 3:39
- "It's a Beautiful Day" (Christopher von Deylen, Frank Peterson) – 3:58
- "What You Never Know" (Stephan Moccio) – 3:25
- "A Question of Honour (Radio Mix)" (Frank Peterson) – 5:18
- "Time to Say Goodbye (Con te partirò)" (with Andrea Bocelli) (Peterson, Lucio Quarantotto, Francesco Sartori) – 4:06
- "Il Mio Cuore Va" (Japanese bonus track)"
- "Sarahbande (Japanese bonus track)"
- 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
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