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2000 greatest hits album by Billy Joel
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The Ultimate Collection is a double-disc compilation album by American singer-songwriter Billy Joel . It was first released by Sony Music Entertainment Japan in December 2000, and subsequently issued in the most of European and Oceanian countries with slightly different track listings (replacing Japanese top-3 charting hit "The Stranger " with live version of "You're My Home ").
This career-spanning compilation features some of Joel's early notable compositions and hit singles which were disregarded on his Greatest Hits series, although several fan favorites like "Scenes from an Italian Restaurant ", "Pressure " and "Big Shot " were excluded alternatively. It became a smash hit worldwide, entering top-5 on the charts in several countries including United Kingdom.
The Ultimate Collection was not issued in the United States, however Legacy Recordings released another similar compilation The Essential in October 2001.
Track listing
All songs written and composed by Billy Joel
Disc one
Disc two
Chart positions
Weekly charts
Year-end charts
Chart (2006–07)
Position
Weeks
Japanese Albums (Oricon )[ 19]
19
33 (top 300)
Japanese International Albums (Oricon )[ 20]
3
Certifications
References
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^ "ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 2006 Albums" (PDF) . Australian Recording Industry Association . Retrieved 24 December 2020 .
^ "Album Top 40 – Danmarks officielle hitlister" . Hitlisten (in Danish). hitlisten.nu. Retrieved 24 December 2020 .
^ Les Meilleures Ventes de CD / Albums "Tout Temps" at the Wayback Machine (archived 24 December 2020)
^ "Japanese album certifications – Billy Joel – The Ultimate Collection" (in Japanese). Recording Industry Association of Japan . Retrieved 24 December 2020 . Select 2007年5月 on the drop-down menu
^ "New Zealand album certifications – Billy Joel – The Ultimate Collection" . Recorded Music NZ . Retrieved 24 December 2020 .
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^ "Guld- och Platinacertifikat − År 2001" (PDF) (in Swedish). IFPI Sweden . Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-05-17. Retrieved 24 December 2020 .
^ "British album certifications – Billy Joel – The Ultimate Collection" . British Phonographic Industry . Retrieved 24 December 2020 . Select albums in the Format field. Select Platinum in the Certification field. Type The Ultimate Collection in the "Search BPI Awards" field and then press Enter.
^ Scapolo, Dean (2007). The Complete New Zealand Music Charts: 1966–2006 . Maurienne House. ISBN 978-1-877443-00-8 .
^ "British video certifications – Billy Joel – The Ultimate Collection" . British Phonographic Industry . Retrieved 24 December 2020 . Select videos in the Format field. Select Gold in the Certification field. Type The Ultimate Collection in the "Search BPI Awards" field and then press Enter.
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