Whitney: The Greatest Hits

Whitney: The Greatest Hits is a compilation album by American singer Whitney Houston, released in May 2000. The set consists of disc one with ballads and disc two with uptempo numbers and remixes. Houston's performance of "The Star-Spangled Banner" at Super Bowl XXV, and 1988 Olympics tribute "One Moment in Time" are also included in the set. The collection includes four new songs—"Could I Have This Kiss Forever", duet with Enrique Iglesias, "If I Told You That", duet with George Michael, "Same Script, Different Cast", duet with Deborah Cox and "Fine"—all of which were released as singles. It also includes three other songs that had never appeared on a Houston album: "One Moment in Time", "The Star Spangled Banner", and "If You Say My Eyes Are Beautiful", a duet with Jermaine Jackson from his 1986 Precious Moments album. Along with the album, an accompanying VHS and DVD was released featuring the music videos to Houston's greatest hits, as well as several hard-to-find live performances including her 1983 debut on The Merv Griffin Show, and interviews.[1]

Whitney: The Greatest Hits
Compilation album by
Whitney Houston
ReleasedMay 16, 2000 (2000-05-16)
Recorded1983–March 2000
Studio301
Genre
LabelArista, BMG Entertainment.
Producer
Whitney Houston chronology
My Love Is Your Love
(1998)		 Whitney: The Greatest Hits
(2000)		 Love, Whitney
(2001)
Singles from Whitney: The Greatest Hits
  1. "Could I Have This Kiss Forever"
    Released: July 25, 2000
  2. "If I Told You That"
    Released: August 8, 2000
  3. "Same Script, Different Cast"
    Released: October 10, 2000
  4. "Fine"
    Released: November 14, 2000

Houston's compilation album had been in development for several years prior to its release. As early as 1995, Billboard Magazine listed Houston's Greatest Hits album as an upcoming release scheduled for October of that year.[2] Billboard magazine mentioned a "long-promised" Greatest Hits collection again in July 1996, this time due that autumn.[3] Speculation on the timing of the release continued into 1997, with Houston quoted that year as saying: "Oh, Clive is on my case about this greatest hits album. He's like, Whitney, we have to do a greatest hits album, I mean you're far long overdue."[4]

Upon its release, Whitney: The Greatest Hits was a great commercial success and received generally good reviews, although some critics questioned the inclusion of some remixes on Disc Two instead of the original song versions. The album peaked within the top ten in most countries of the Americas, Europe, Asia, Africa, as well as Australia and New Zealand. It received numerous multi-platinum and platinum awards.

After Houston's passing in February 2012, it saw a resurgence in sales and re-entered album charts in many countries around the world. In the United States, it reached a new peak of number two on the US Billboard 200 chart. In July 2012, it was certified five times platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) for sales exceeding 2.5 million in the United States. Because it's a double disc album, and virtually double the price, these types of albums have their discs counted separately for certification purposes by the RIAA. In Europe, the IFPI certified the album three times platinum in 2000 for sales exceeding 3 million copies.

In the United States, copies sold at Circuit City stores included a third disc containing new club remixes. Whitney: The Unreleased Mixes is a limited-edition four-record vinyl set, containing eight full club versions of selected remixes found on the American release. In June 2006, it was released digitally and re-titled Dance Vault Mixes: Whitney Houston – The Unreleased Mixes (Collector's Edition). In January 2011, the album was re-issued in Europe, Canada, Australia and New Zealand with the international track listing, but the set was re-titled as The Essential Whitney Houston, as part of Sony Legacy's The Essential series.[5] In addition to the title change, the re-release also features different artwork. The cover picture of the original release was taken by David LaChapelle.[6]

Promotional concerts

Following the release of her Greatest Hits album, Houston promoted it by performing three sold-out shows at Caesars in Atlantic City from June 30 to July 3, 2000.[7] She performed an additional date during the fall on November 10, at the Aladdin Theatre in Las Vegas, with then-husband Bobby Brown opening the show.[8] Both performers closed the show with their duet hit "Something in Common".

Set list

Bobby Brown

November 10

"My Prerogative"
"That's the Way Love Is"
"Roni"
"Rock Wit'cha"
"Every Little Step"
"Get Away"
"Don't Be Cruel"
Whitney Houston
"Get It Back"
"If I Told You That"
"Heartbreak Hotel"
Medley: "Saving All My Love for You" / "Until You Come Back"
"I Learned from the Best"
"Step by Step"
"I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me)"
"How Will I Know"
"I Love the Lord" 1
"I Go to the Rock" 1
Medley: "I Believe in You and Me" / "Why Does It Hurt So Bad" / "It Hurts Like Hell" (contain excerpts from "The Glory of Love")
"I Will Always Love You"
"Blessed Assurance" 2
"My Love Is Your Love" (with Bobby Brown) 1
"Something in Common" (with Bobby Brown) 1
1 performed only in Las Vegas
2 performed July 3, in Atlantic City

Shows

Date City State Venue
June 30, 2000 Atlantic City New Jersey Caesars Atlantic City
July 1, 2000
July 3, 2000
November 10, 2000 Las Vegas Nevada Aladdin Theater

Critical reception
Whitney: The Greatest Hits
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[9]
Entertainment WeeklyC+[10]
Newsweek[11]
New York Daily News (First LP)[12]
(Second LP)[12]
The Guardian[13]
CANOEPositive[14]
USA Today[15]
BillboardPositive[16]
NME[17]
The Baltimore Sun[18]
The Essential
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[19]

Upon its release, Whitney: The Greatest Hits received generally good reviews. CANOE reviewer Jane Stevenson stated that it is "a greatest hits package that makes good listening sense."[14] Steve Huey from AllMusic showed some dissatisfaction with the second disc that included some remixes instead of the original versions, stating "the Greatest Hits disc amply reinforces once again what a fine singles artist Houston has been for the entirety of her career. Still and all, though, it's a frustrating package marred by record company greed."[9] However, Jim Farber of the New York Daily News commenting on the second disc and the entire greatest hits package stated, "In her dance mixes, she exudes an erotic dynamism that no one else has the lung power to match. This album isn't just an ecstatic piece of party music ― it utterly redefines Houston as an artist."[12] Newsweek's Allison Samuels wrote "No one of her generation sings with more character and conviction".[11]

A reviewer from The Guardian commented that "[disc two] is eminently more listenable. The likes of "I Will Always Love You" and "Greatest Love of All" weren't just a waste of one of the potentially great soul voices; they opened the door for Celine Dion. But Houston remembers her gospel and R&B roots often enough to counterbalance the slush with rootsier offerings like "I'm Your Baby Tonight" and "It's Not Right But It's Okay". New duets with George Michael and Enrique Iglesias complete a couple of hours of diva-style fun."[13] Steve Jones form USA Today rated the album four stars out of four, commenting that "Whitney: The Greatest Hits [...] puts its subject in context by smartly arranging the material so it's easy to follow Whitney Houston's 15 year progression from ingenue to mature singer. [...] The set does its job well."[15] Billboard called it "quite [a] stellar collection", adding that "timing couldn't be better for this [...] career retrospective."[16] In contrast, according to NME "[t]he timing couldn't be worse. Issuing a double CD of Whitney Houston's finest moments was intended to shore up her rapidly eroding soul diva supremacy against the rising tide of clued-up, modern successors to her throne – Missy Elliott, Lauryn Hill, Kelis."[17] It rated the collection, however, five stars out of five.[17]

LA Weekly reviewed the collection negatively, stating that "it's damn near unlistenable. The first of the two discs is the Cool Down side, i.e., the ballads. One track slides too smoothly into the next, with Whitney's voice — so strong, so assured, so boring — anchoring saccharine production and even sappier songwriting. [...] The 'Throw Down' disc is filled with astonishingly bad dance remixes of old hits[.]"[20] According to Ebony, "Whitney: The Greatest Hits reminds listeners of the enormous talent this artist demonstrated on "You Give Good Love", how she has grown, and the fact she has a long career".[21] Sonia Murray from the Atlanta Journal and Constitution graded the album a B+, commenting that "What makes Whitney Houston's first collection of hits great is her. [...] On the first CD there's her masterfully manipulated big pop confections ("I Will Always Love You"), the occasional, really soulful R&B tunes ("Saving All My Love for You") and new radio-ready duets with Whitney-in-training Deborah Cox and Latin smolderer Enrique Iglesias. The second CD of dance remixes is an appropriate nod to an artist who has held sway over so many genres. But without a gospel single from "The Preacher's Wife" soundtrack --- some of her most emotive work --- this isn't Whitney at her best."[22] AllMusic reviewer Stephen Thomas Erlewine felt that the greatest hits album "The Essential Whitney Houston plays much like the bigger package Whitney: The Greatest Hits; even if it has a handful of songs not on the 2000 collection, it covers the same territory equally well and equally entertainingly."[19] The Orlando Sentinel wrote that the "double album contains almost all of her hit singles from the past 15 years".[23]

Commercial performance

Whitney: The Greatest Hits was released on May 16, 2000, to great sales success. Approximately one month later, on June 20, 2000, it was certified 2× platinum in the United States by the RIAA, with an additional million copies sold worldwide.

In February 2012, following Houston's death, the album re-entered the US Billboard 200 Album Chart, reaching number 6.[24] It sold nearly one million copies in 2012, twelve years after it was released. The album had previously sold approximately 4 million units prior to 2012.[25]

In several countries worldwide, the album re-entered the top ten of many charts. In Canada, the album re-entered the charts and reached number 3 in 2012.[26] On February 29, 2012, Houston became the first and only female act to ever place three albums in the Top Ten of the US Billboard 200 Album Chart all at the same time with Whitney: the Greatest Hits at #2, The Bodyguard at #6, and Whitney Houston at #9.[27] On March 7, 2012, Houston claimed two more additional feats on the US Billboard charts: she became the first and only female act to place nine albums within the top 100[28](with Whitney: The Greatest Hits at #2, The Bodyguard at #5, Whitney Houston at #10, I Look to You at #13, Triple Feature at #21, My Love Is Your Love at #31, I'm Your Baby Tonight at #32, Just Whitney at #50 and The Preacher's Wife at #80).;[29][30] in addition, other Houston albums were also on the US Billboard Top 200 Album Chart at this time. Houston also became the second female act, after Adele, to place two albums in the top five of the US Billboard Top 200 with Whitney: The Greatest Hits at #2 and The Bodyguard at #5. Whitney: The Greatest Hits was one of the top selling albums of 2000 and is certified over 5× platinum in the US, with another 5 million sold internationally.

Track listing

North American release
Disc 1: Cool Down
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."You Give Good Love" (Edit) (from Whitney Houston)LaLaKashif4:11
2."Saving All My Love for You" (from Whitney Houston)Michael Masser, Gerry GoffinMichael Masser3:57
3."Greatest Love of All" (from Whitney Houston)Michael Masser, Linda CreedMichael Masser4:54
4."All at Once" (from Whitney Houston)Michael Masser, Jeffrey OsborneMichael Masser4:29
5."If You Say My Eyes Are Beautiful" (Duet with Jermaine Jackson from his LP Precious Moments)Elliot WillenskyJermaine Jackson, Tom Keane4:20
6."Didn't We Almost Have It All" (Single Version) (from Whitney)Michael Masser, Will JenningsMichael Masser4:38
7."Where Do Broken Hearts Go" (from Whitney)Frank Wildhorn, Chuck JacksonNarada Michael Walden4:38
8."All the Man That I Need" (Edit) (from I'm Your Baby Tonight)Dean Pitchford, Michael GoreNarada Michael Walden3:57
9."Run to You" (from The Bodyguard: Original Soundtrack Album)Allan Rich, Jud FriedmanDavid Foster4:27
10."I Have Nothing" (from The Bodyguard: Original Soundtrack Album)David Foster, Linda ThompsonDavid Foster4:53
11."I Will Always Love You" (Edit) (from The Bodyguard: Original Soundtrack Album)Dolly PartonDavid Foster4:28
12."Exhale (Shoop Shoop)" (from Waiting to Exhale: Original Soundtrack Album)BabyfaceBabyface3:25
13."Why Does It Hurt So Bad" (from Waiting to Exhale: Original Soundtrack Album)BabyfaceBabyface4:40
14."I Believe in You and Me" (Single Version) (from The Preacher's Wife: Original Soundtrack Album)David Wolfert, Sandy LinzerMervyn Warren, Whitney Houston3:54
15."Heartbreak Hotel" (Video Version) (Featuring Faith Evans & Kelly Price) (from My Love Is Your Love)Carsten Schack, Kenneth Karlin, Tamara SavageSoulshock & Karlin4:06
16."My Love Is Your Love" (from My Love Is Your Love)Wyclef Jean, Jerry DuplessisWyclef Jean, Jerry "Wonder" Duplessis4:19
17."Same Script, Different Cast" (Duet with Deborah Cox) (Previously unreleased)Anthony Crawford, Shae Jones, Stacey Dove Daniels, Montell JordanShep Crawford4:58
18."Could I Have This Kiss Forever" (Metro Mix) (duet with Enrique Iglesias) (previously unreleased)Diane WarrenDavid Foster3:55
Disc 2: Throw Down
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer / RemixerLength
1."Fine" (Previously unreleased)Raphael Saadiq, Kamaal FareedRaphael Saadiq, Q-Tip3:35
2."If I Told You That" (Duet with George Michael) (solo version on "My Love is Your Love")Rodney Jerkins, Fred Jerkins III, LaShawn Daniels, Toni EstesRodney Jerkins (Additional production: George Michael)4:33
3."It's Not Right but It's Okay" (Thunderpuss Mix) (B-side from "It's Not Right but It's Okay")Rodney Jerkins, Fred Jerkins III, LaShawn Daniels, Isaac Phillips, Toni EstesRodney Jerkins / Thunderpuss 2000 (Chris Cox, Barry Harris)4:15
4."My Love Is Your Love" (Jonathan Peters Mix) (B-side from "My Love Is Your Love")Wyclef Jean, Jerry DuplessisWyclef Jean, Jerry "Wonder" Duplessis / Jonathan Peters, Tony Coluccio4:18
5."Heartbreak Hotel" (featuring Faith Evans and Kelly Price) (Hex Hector Mix) (B-side from "Heartbreak Hotel")Carsten Schack, Kenneth Karlin, Tamara SavageSoulshock & Karlin / Hex Hector4:20
6."I Learned from the Best" (HQ² Mix) (B-side from "I Learned from the Best")Diane WarrenDavid Foster / Hex Hector, Mac Quayle4:23
7."Step by Step" (Junior Vasquez Mix) (B-side from "Step by Step")Annie LennoxStephen Lipson / Junior Vasquez4:04
8."I'm Every Woman" (Clivilles & Cole Mix) (B-side from "I'm Every Woman")Nickolas Ashford, Valerie SimpsonNarada Michael Walden / Robert Clivilles, David Cole4:30
9."Queen of the Night" (CJ Mackintosh Mix) (B-side from "Queen of the Night")L.A. Reid, Babyface, Whitney HoustonL.A. Reid, Babyface, Whitney Houston, Daryl Simmons / CJ Mackintosh3:45
10."I Will Always Love You" (Hex Hector Mix) (B-side from "My Love Is Your Love")Dolly PartonDavid Foster / Hex Hector4:48
11."Love Will Save the Day" (Jellybean & David Morales Mix) (B-side from "Love Will Save the Day")Toni C.Jellybean / Jellybean, David Morales5:06
12."I'm Your Baby Tonight" (Dronez Mix) (B-side from "I'm Your Baby Tonight")L.A. Reid, BabyfaceL.A. Reid, Babyface / The Dronez (aka Harry "Choo-Choo" Romero, José Nunez, Erick Morillo)5:05
13."So Emotional" (David Morales Mix)Billy Steinberg, Tom KellyNarada Michael Walden / David Morales3:57
14."I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me)" (Junior Vasquez Mix)George Merrill, Shannon RubicamNarada Michael Walden / Junior Vasquez4:24
15."How Will I Know" (Junior Vasquez Mix)George Merrill, Shannon Rubicam, Narada Michael WaldenNarada Michael Walden / Junior Vasquez4:09
16."Greatest Love of All" (Junior Vasquez Mix)Michael Masser, Linda CreedMichael Masser / Junior Vasquez5:09
17."One Moment in Time" (from 1988 Summer Olympics Album)Albert Hammond, John BettisNarada Michael Walden4:47
18."The Star-Spangled Banner" (live at Super Bowl XXV on January 27, 1991)Francis Scott KeyMusical arrangement: John Clayton, Jr. featuring the Florida Orchestra2:15
Circuit City bonus disc
No.TitleLength
1."Greatest Love of All" (Club 69 Mix)11:54
2."So Emotional" (David Morales Emotional Club Mix)11:21

International and European edition
Disc 1: Cool Down
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Saving All My Love for You"Michael Masser, Gerry GoffinMichael Masser3:57
2."Greatest Love of All"Michael Masser, Linda CreedMichael Masser4:52
3."One Moment in Time"Albert Hammond, John BettisNarada Michael Walden4:46
4."I Have Nothing"David Foster, Linda ThompsonDavid Foster4:51
5."I Will Always Love You" (Edit)Dolly PartonDavid Foster4:27
6."Run to You"Allan Rich, Jud FriedmanDavid Foster4:27
7."You Give Good Love" (Edit)LaLaKashif4:11
8."All at Once"Michael Masser, Jeffrey OsborneMichael Masser4:30
9."Where Do Broken Hearts Go"Frank Wildhorn, Chuck JacksonNarada Michael Walden4:38
10."If You Say My Eyes Are Beautiful" (Duet with Jermaine Jackson)Elliot WillenskyJermaine Jackson, Tom Keane4:20
11."Didn't We Almost Have It All" (Single Version)Michael Masser, Will JenningsMichael Masser4:38
12."All the Man That I Need"Dean Pitchford, Michael GoreNarada Michael Walden3:56
13."Exhale (Shoop Shoop)"BabyfaceBabyface3:25
14."Count On Me" (Duet with CeCe Winans)Babyface, Whitney Houston, Michael HoustonBabyface4:27
15."I Believe in You and Me" (Single Version)David Wolfert, Sandy LinzerMervyn Warren, Whitney Houston3:55
16."I Learned from the Best"Diane WarrenDavid Foster4:23
17."Same Script, Different Cast" (Duet with Deborah Cox)Anthony Crawford, Shae Jones, Stacey Dove Daniels, Montell Jordan"Shep" Crawford5:00
18."Could I Have This Kiss Forever" (Metro Mix) (Duet with Enrique Iglesias)Diane WarrenDavid Foster3:55
Disc 2: Throw Down
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."If I Told You That" (Duet with George Michael)Rodney Jerkins, Fred Jerkins III, LaShawn Daniels, Tony EstesRodney Jerkins (Additional production: George Michael)4:33
2."Fine"Raphael Saadiq, Kamaal FareedRaphael Saadiq, Q-Tip3:35
3."My Love Is Your Love" (Album Version)Wyclef Jean, Jerry DuplessisWyclef Jean, Jerry "Wonder" Duplessis4:18
4."It's Not Right But It's Okay" (Album Version)Rodney Jerkins, Fred Jerkins III, LaShawn Daniels, Isaac Phillips, Tony EstesRodney Jerkins4:49
5."Heartbreak Hotel" (Edit) (Featuring Faith Evans and Kelly Price)Carsten Schack, Kenneth Karlin, Tamara SavageSoulshock & Karlin4:35
6."Step by Step" (Album Version)Annie LennoxStephen Lipson4:12
7."Queen of the Night" (CJ Mackintosh Mix)L.A. Reid, Babyface, Whitney HoustonL.A. Reid, Babyface, Whitney Houston, Daryl Simmons3:46
8."I'm Every Woman" (Album Version)Nickolas Ashford, Valerie SimpsonNarada Michael Walden4:45
9."Love Will Save the Day" (Album Version)Toni C.Jellybean5:21
10."I'm Your Baby Tonight" (Album Version)L.A. Reid, BabyfaceL.A. Reid, Babyface4:58
11."So Emotional" (Album Version)Billy Steinberg, Tom KellyNarada Michael Walden4:32
12."I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me)" (Album Version)George Merrill, Shannon RubicamNarada Michael Walden4:49
13."How Will I Know" (Album Version)George Merrill, Shannon Rubicam, Narada Michael WaldenNarada Michael Walden4:33
14."I Will Always Love You" (Hex Hector Mix)Dolly PartonDavid Foster / Remixed by Hex Hector4:52
15."Greatest Love of All" (Club 69 Mix)Michael Masser, Linda CreedMichael Masser / Remixed by Peter Rauhofer4:43
16."It's Not Right But It's Okay" (Thunderpuss Mix)Rodney Jerkins, Fred Jerkins III, LaShawn Daniels, Isaac Phillips, Tony EstesRodney Jerkins / Thunderpuss (Chris Cox, Barry Harris)4:16
17."I'm Your Baby Tonight" (Dronez Mix)L.A. Reid, BabyfaceL.A. Reid, Babyface / Remixed by the Dronez5:03

DVD
Music videos
No.TitleLength
1."You Give Good Love" 
2."Saving All My Love for You" 
3."How Will I Know" 
4."Greatest Love of All" 
5."I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me)" 
6."Didn't We Almost Have It All" 
7."So Emotional" 
8."Where Do Broken Hearts Go" 
9."I'm Your Baby Tonight" 
10."All the Man That I Need" 
11."The Star Spangled Banner" (live at Super Bowl XXV, 1/27/91) 
12."I Will Always Love You" 
13."Exhale (Shoop Shoop)" 
14."I Believe in You and Me" 
15."I'm Every Woman" 
16."I Have Nothing" 
17."Run to You" 
18."Queen of the Night" 
19."Step by Step" 
20."Heartbreak Hotel" 
21."My Love Is Your Love" 
22."It's Not Right But It's Okay" 
23."I Learned from the Best" 
Bonus content
No.TitleLength
1."Home" (Live on The Merv Griffin Show, 6/23/83) 
2."Lover for Life" (A Concert for a New South Africa, 11/12/94) 
3."One Moment in Time" (Live from the 1989 Grammy Awards) 
4."My Love Is Your Love: The Making of an Album" 
5."My Love Is Your Love" (Live from Mannheim, Germany, 8/28/99) 
6."Why Does It Hurt So Bad" (Live from the 1996 MTV Movie Awards) 
7."It's Not Right But It's Okay" (from MTV All Access, 7/9/99) 
8."Interviews with Whitney and Clive Davis" 
9."Behind-the-scenes footage from the "Greatest Hits" photo shoot" 
10."Song lyrics" 

Whitney: The Unreleased Mixes
Whitney: The Unreleased Mixes
No.TitleLength
1."How Will I Know" (Junior Vasquez Mix)7:38
2."Greatest Love of All" (Club 69 Mix)11:54
3."I'm Every Woman" (Clivilles & Cole Every Woman's House/Club Mix)10:21
4."Greatest Love of All" (Junior Vasquez Club Mix)12:33
5."Love Will Save the Day" (Jellybean & David Morales 1987 Classic Underground Mix)7:37
6."I Will Always Love You" (Hex Hector Club Mix)9:56
7."So Emotional" (David Morales Emotional Club Mix)11:21
8."I'm Your Baby Tonight" (Dronez Mix)8:33
Total length:1:19:52

Personnel

Adapted from AllMusic.[31]

  • Babyface – producer, executive producer
  • Anne Catalino – engineer
  • John Clayton – arranger
  • Robert Clivillés – mixing
  • David Cole – mixing
  • Tony Coluccio – mixing
  • Chris Cox – mixing
  • Deborah Cox – performer, vocals, background vocals
  • Shep Crawford – conductor, instrumentation, producer, vocal arrangement
  • Dave Darlington – mixing
  • Clive Davis – executive producer, producer
  • Jon Douglas – mixing
  • Dronez – remixing
  • Jerry Duplessis – producer
  • Peter Edge – A&R
  • Faith Evans – performer, vocals
  • Kamaal Fareed – producer
  • Raul Flores – assistant engineer
  • David Foster – arranger, producer
  • Hosh Gureli – A&R
  • Hex Hector – mixing
  • Whitney Houston – executive producer, liner notes, producer, vocal arrangement, vocals
  • Enrique Iglesias – performer, vocals
  • Jermaine Jackson – performer, producer, vocals
  • Wyclef Jean – producer
  • Jellybean – mixing, producer
  • Rodney Jerkins – instrumentation, producer
  • Shae Jones – background vocals
  • K. Karlin – arranger, producer
  • Kashif – arranger, producer
  • Tom Keane – producer
  • Eric Kupper – keyboards
  • Amy Linden – liner notes
  • Steve Lipson – mixing, producer
  • George O. Luksch – overdubs
  • C.J. Mackintosh – mixing, producer
  • Joe Mardin – conductor
  • Michael Masser – producer
  • Al McDowell – bass, guitar
  • George Michael – performer, producer
  • Peter Mokran – mixing
  • David Morales – mixing
  • Erick "More" Morillo – mixing
  • Mya – liner notes
  • Keith Naftaly – A&R
  • Jose Nunez – mixing
  • Jonathan Peters – mixing
  • Kelly Price – performer, vocal arrangement, vocals
  • Mac Quayle – engineer, keyboards, mixing, programming
  • Peter Rauhofer – producer, remixing
  • Brian Rawling – mixing, re-produced, reproduction
  • L.A. Reid – producer
  • Harry "Choo Choo" Romero – mixing
  • Raphael Saadiq – producer
  • Jamie Seyberth – tracking
  • Daryl Simmons – producer
  • Dexter Simmons – remixing
  • Soulshock – arranger, producer
  • Ren Swan – mixing engineer
  • Mark Taylor – mixing, re-produced, reproduction
  • Thunderpuss – remixing
  • Lenny Underwood – keyboards
  • Junior Vasquez – mixing
  • Narada Michael Walden – producer
  • Mervyn Warren – producer
  • Jay Williams – guitar

Charts

The Greatest Hits

The Essential

Certifications

Accolades

2000
Awards show or organization Nomination(s) Categories Result(s)
The 3rd DiVi Awards[126]
(The International Recording Media Association)		 Whitney: The Greatest Hits (DVD) Best Music Release Nominated
M6 Awards 2000[127] Whitney Houston (herself) Artiste Féminine Internationale de l'Année (International Female Artist of the Year) Nominated
The 1st My VH1 Music Awards[128][129] Whitney Houston vs. Honolulu Airport security Most Entertaining Public Feud Nominated

2001
Awards show or organization Nomination(s) Categories Result(s)
The 10th Echo Awards[130] Whitney: The Greatest Hits Künstlerin des Jahres International (Best International Female Rock/Pop Artist) Nominated
2001 Meteor Ireland Music Awards[131] Whitney: The Greatest Hits Best International Female Won
The 7th Blockbuster Entertainment Awards[132] Whitney: The Greatest Hits Favorite Female Artist — R&B Nominated
The 1st BET Awards[133][134] Whitney Houston BET Lifetime Achievement Award Won
The 16th Japan Gold Disc Awards[135] Whitney: The Greatest Hits Pop Album of the Year (International) Won

Release history
Country Date Label
United States May 16, 2000 Arista
The Unreleased Mixes
Worldwide June 6, 2006 J Records
The Essential
United Kingdom January 10, 2011 Sony

See also

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