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Complete Best
Complete Best
Greatest hits album by Celine Dion
Released	27 February 2008
Recorded	1990–2008
Genre	Pop
Length	76:23
Label	Sony Music Entertainment Japan
Producer	Walter Afanasieff; Peer Åström; Christian B; Babyface; Roy Bittan; Marc Dold; David Foster; James Horner; Richie Jones; R. Kelly; Kristian Lundin; Vito Luprano; Max Martin; Christopher Neil; Aldo Nova; Steven Rinkoff; John Shanks; Jim Steinman; Kenji Tamai; Ric Wake;
Celine Dion chronology
Singles from Complete Best
	"A World to Believe In"; Released: 16 January 2008;

Complete Best is the second English-language greatest hits album by Canadian singer Celine Dion, released exclusively in Japan on 27 February 2008. It reached number three on the Oricon Albums Chart, was certified Gold by the RIAJ and has sold 173,100 copies in Japan in 2008.

Background

Complete Best was released just a few days before Dion's sold-out concerts in Japan, which were a part of the Taking Chances World Tour.^[1]^[2] The compilation includes "To Love You More," which was originally released in October 1995 and became Dion's biggest hit in Japan, topping the singles chart for four weeks and selling 1.5 million copies. It also features two other singles exclusive to Japan: "The Power of the Dream" and "Be the Man", as well as many of Dion's other hits.

The new single, "A World to Believe In" (U.S.A. Mix), was included as the first track of the compilation. Recorded as an English-Japanese duet with Yuna Ito, the song was released in January 2008, peaking at number eight on the Oricon Singles Chart.^[3] It was Dion's first appearance on the chart since "To Love You More" (Dance Mixes) entered it in April 1999. The duet wasn't available on Dion's previous album, Taking Chances, which includes the original English solo version of the song.

In October 2008, another greatest hits album was released internationally, titled My Love: Essential Collection. Due to the recent release of Complete Best, this compilation was not released in Japan. However, new unreleased tracks from My Love: Essential Collection were instead included on the CD single A World to Believe In: Himiko Fantasia, released in Japan at the same time.

On 22 July 2009 the album was reissued in Blu-spec CD format also in Japan.^[4]

Commercial performance

Complete Best debuted at number three on the Oricon Albums Chart, selling 34,223 copies.^[5] In the second week, it fell to number six selling 27,281 units.^[5] The following week, right after the Japanese leg of the Taking Chances World Tour, Complete Best jumped to number four with sales of 34,724 copies.^[5] In the fourth week, the album fell to number six and sold 16,304 units.^[5] Later it went down to number twelve (11,040 copies) and sixteen (7,956 copies).^[5] During these six consecutive weeks, Complete Best occupied the top position on the Oricon International Albums Chart.^[5] Shortly after release, Complete Best was certified Gold by the RIAJ.^[6] It has sold 173,100 copies in Japan in 2008.^[7]

Track listing

*Complete Best* track listing
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"A World to Believe In" (duet with Yuna Ito) (U.S.A. mix)	Tino Izzo Rosanna Ciciola Natsumi Kobayashi	John Shanks Kenji Tamai	4:11
2.	"My Heart Will Go On"	James Horner Will Jennings	Walter Afanasieff Horner^[a]	4:41
3.	"To Love You More" (radio edit)	David Foster Junior Miles	Foster	4:49
4.	"The Power of Love" (radio edit)	Gunther Mende Candy DeRouge Jennifer Rush Mary Susan Applegate	Foster	4:46
5.	"Beauty and the Beast" (duet with Peabo Bryson)	Alan Menken Howard Ashman	Afanasieff	4:05
6.	"Because You Loved Me"	Diane Warren	Foster	4:35
7.	"It's All Coming Back to Me Now" (radio edit)	Jim Steinman	Steinman Steven Rinkoff^[a] Roy Bittan^[a]	5:32
8.	"Be the Man (On This Night)"	Foster Miles	Foster	4:41
9.	"I'm Your Angel" (duet with R. Kelly)	Kelly	Kelly	5:31
10.	"Where Does My Heart Beat Now"	Robert White Johnson Taylor Rhodes	Christopher Neil	4:35
11.	"The Power of the Dream"	Foster Babyface Linda Thompson	Foster Babyface^[a]	4:32
12.	"When I Fall in Love" (duet with Clive Griffin)	Edward Heyman Victor Young	Foster	4:23
13.	"That's the Way It Is"	Max Martin Kristian Lundin Andreas Carlsson	Martin Lundin	4:04
14.	"A New Day Has Come" (radio remix)	Aldo Nova Stephan Moccio	Ric Wake Afanasieff Nova Richie Jones^[b] Christian van Burkholder^[b] Marc Dold^[b]	4:21
15.	"I'm Alive"	Lundin Carlsson	Lundin Wake^[b] Jones^[b]	3:32
16.	"I Drove All Night"	Billy Steinberg Tom Kelly	Peer Åström Vito Luprano	4:02
17.	"Taking Chances"	Kara DioGuardi Dave Stewart	Shanks	4:03
Total length:				76:23

Notes

^{^a} signifies a co-producer
^{^b} signifies an additional producer

Charts

Weekly charts

Weekly chart performance for *Complete Best*
Chart (2008)	Peak position
Japanese Albums (Oricon)^[5]	3
Japanese International Albums (Oricon)^[5]	1
Japanese Top Albums (Billboard Japan)^[8]	3

Year-end charts

Year-end chart performance for *Complete Best*
Chart (2008)	Position
Japanese Albums (Oricon)^[9]	71
Japanese International Albums (Oricon)^[7]	2
Japanese Top Albums (Billboard Japan)^[10]	69

Certifications and sales

Certifications and sales for *Complete Best*
Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Japan (RIAJ)^[11]	Gold	173,100^[7]

Release history

Release history for *Complete Best*
Region	Date	Label	Format	Catalog
Japan^[12]^[13]	27 February 2008	SMEJ	CD	EICP-953
Japan^[12]^[13]	22 July 2009	SMEJ	Blu-spec CD	EICP-20055

Ultimate Box

On 27 February 2008, Sony Music Entertainment Japan also released Ultimate Box in limited edition.^[14] This five-disc box set includes two CD albums (Taking Chances and Complete Best) and three DVDs (Live in Las Vegas: A New Day..., All the Way... A Decade of Song & Video expanded with six additional music videos and Taking Chances Recording Sessions). Ultimate Box peaked at number 109 on the Oricon Albums Chart in Japan in March 2008, and number 27 on the International Oricon Albums Chart.^[5]

Track listing

*Taking Chances* CD (disc one)
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"Taking Chances"	Kara DioGuardi David A. Stewart	John Shanks	4:02
2.	"Alone"	Billy Steinberg Tom Kelly	Ben Moody	3:23
3.	"Eyes on Me"	Kristian Lundin Savan Kotecha Delta Goodrem	Lundin	3:53
4.	"My Love"	Linda Perry	Perry	4:08
5.	"Shadow of Love"	Anders Bagge Aldo Nova Peter Sjöström	Shanks	4:10
6.	"Surprise Surprise"	DioGuardi Martin Harrington Ash Howes	Emanuel Kiriakou DioGuardi	5:14
7.	"This Time"	David Hodges Moody Steven McMorran	Moody Hodges	3:47
8.	"New Dawn"	Perry	Perry	4:45
9.	"A Song for You"	Bagge Nova Robert Wells	Bagge	3:27
10.	"A World to Believe In"	Tino Izzo Rosanna Ciciola	Shanks	4:08
11.	"Can't Fight the Feelin'"	Nova	Shanks Nova	3:51
12.	"I Got Nothin' Left"	Ne-Yo Chuck Harmony	Harmony Ne-Yo	4:20
13.	"Right Next to the Right One"	Tim Christensen	Christopher Neil	4:10
14.	"Fade Away"	Peer Åström David Stenmarck Nova	Åström	3:17
15.	"That's Just the Woman in Me"	Kimberley Rew	Shanks	4:33
16.	"Skies of L.A."	Tricky Stewart The-Dream Kuk Harrell	T. Stewart	4:24
17.	"Map to My Heart"	Guy Roche Shelly Peiken	Roche	4:15
18.	"The Reason I Go On"	Christian Leuzzi Nova Anders Borgius	Moody Hodges	3:42

*Complete Best* CD (disc two)
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"A World to Believe In" (duet with Yuna Ito) (U.S.A. Mix)	Izzo Ciciola Natsumi Kobayashi	Shanks Kenji Tamai	4:11
2.	"My Heart Will Go On"	James Horner Will Jennings	Walter Afanasieff Horner	4:41
3.	"To Love You More" (Radio Edit)	David Foster Junior Miles	Foster	4:49
4.	"The Power of Love" (Radio Edit)	Gunther Mende Candy DeRouge Jennifer Rush Mary Susan Applegate	Foster	4:46
5.	"Beauty and the Beast" (duet with Peabo Bryson)	Alan Menken Howard Ashman	Afanasieff	4:05
6.	"Because You Loved Me"	Diane Warren	Foster	4:35
7.	"It's All Coming Back to Me Now" (Radio Edit)	Jim Steinman	Steinman Steven Rinkoff Roy Bittan	5:32
8.	"Be the Man"	Foster Miles	Foster	4:41
9.	"I'm Your Angel" (duet with R. Kelly)	Kelly	Kelly	5:31
10.	"Where Does My Heart Beat Now"	Robert White Johnson Taylor Rhodes	Neil	4:35
11.	"The Power of the Dream"	Foster Babyface Linda Thompson	Foster Babyface	4:32
12.	"When I Fall in Love" (duet with Clive Griffin)	Edward Heyman Victor Young	Foster	4:23
13.	"That's the Way It Is"	Max Martin Lundin Andreas Carlsson	Martin Lundin	4:04
14.	"A New Day Has Come" (Radio Remix)	Nova Stephan Moccio	Ric Wake Afanasieff Nova Richie Jones Christian B. Marc Dold	4:21
15.	"I'm Alive"	Lundin Carlsson	Lundin Wake Jones	3:32
16.	"I Drove All Night"	Steinberg Kelly	Åström Vito Luprano	4:02
17.	"Taking Chances"	DioGuardi Stewart	Shanks	4:03

*Live in Las Vegas: A New Day...* DVD (disc three)
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"A New Day Has Come"	Nova Moccio
2.	"The Power of Love"	Mende DeRouge Rush Applegate
3.	"It's All Coming Back to Me Now"	Jim Steinman
4.	"Because You Loved Me"	Warren
5.	"To Love You More"	Foster Miles
6.	"I'm Alive"	Lundin Carlsson
7.	"I Drove All Night"	Steinberg Kelly
8.	"Seduces Me"	Dan Hill John Sheard
9.	"If I Could"	Ron Miller Ken Hirsch Marti Sharron
10.	"Pour que tu m'aimes encore"	Jean-Jacques Goldman
11.	"I Surrender"	Louis Biancaniello Sam Watters
12.	"Ammore Annascunnuto"	Bruno Coulais Felippe Fragione Mario Castiglia
13.	"All the Way" (duet with Frank Sinatra)	Jimmy Van Heusen Sammy Cahn
14.	"I've Got the World on a String"	Ted Koehler Harold Arlen
15.	"I Wish"	Stevie Wonder
16.	"Love Can Move Mountains"	Warren
17.	"River Deep – Mountain High"	Ellie Greenwich Jeff Barry Phil Spector
18.	"My Heart Will Go On"	Horner Jennings
19.	"Bonus feature: Because You Loved Me: a Tribute to the Fans"		41:00

*All the Way... A Decade of Song & Video* DVD (disc four)
No.	Title	Writer(s)
1.	"The Power of Love"	Mende DeRouge Rush Applegate
2.	"If You Asked Me To"	Warren
3.	"Misled"	Peter Zizzo Jimmy Bralower
4.	"Beauty and the Beast" (duet with Terry Bradford) (Live in Memphis)	Menken Ashman
5.	"Because You Loved Me" (Live in Memphis)	Warren
6.	"It's All Coming Back to Me Now" (Single Version)	Steinman
7.	"Love Can Move Mountains"	Warren
8.	"To Love You More" (featuring Taro Hakase) (Live in Memphis)	Foster Miles
9.	"My Heart Will Go On"	Horner Jennings
10.	"I'm Your Angel" (duet with R. Kelly)	Kelly
11.	"That's the Way It Is"	Lundin Martin Carlsson
12.	"If Walls Could Talk"	Robert John "Mutt" Lange
13.	"The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" (Live)	Ewan MacColl
14.	"All the Way" (duet with Frank Sinatra) (Live)	Van Heusen Cahn
15.	"Then You Look at Me"	Horner Jennings
16.	"I Want You to Need Me"	Warren
17.	"Live (for the One I Love)"	Richard Cocciante Luc Plamondon Jennings
18.	"A New Day Has Come"	Nova Moccio
19.	"I'm Alive"	Lundin Carlsson
20.	"I Drove All Night"	Steinberg Kelly
21.	"You and I"	Nova Jacques Duval
22.	"Taking Chances"	DioGuardi Stewart
23.	"A World to Believe In" (duet with Yuna Ito) (U.S.A. Mix)	Izzo Ciciola Kobayashi

*Taking Chances Recording Sessions* DVD (disc five)
No.	Title	Writer(s)
1.	"Opening"
2.	"Alone"	Steinberg Kelly
3.	"Eyes on Me"	Lundin Kotecha Goodrem
4.	"A Song for You"	Bagge Nova Wells
5.	"Surprise Surprise"	DioGuardi Harrington Howes
6.	"A World to Believe In"	Izzo Ciciola
7.	"That's Just the Woman in Me"	Rew
8.	"The Reason I Go On"	Leuzzi Nova Borgius
9.	"Map to My Heart"	Roche Peiken
10.	"Can't Fight the Feelin'"	Nova
11.	"This Time"	Hodges Moody McMorran
12.	"My Love"	Perry
13.	"Taking Chances"	DioGuardi Stewart
14.	"Endroll"

References

^ Celine Dion - Complete Best Archived 28 February 2009 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 25 January 2008.
^ Concert Dates Archived 11 May 2007 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 7 November 2007.
^ Oricon Style Weekly Ranking. Retrieved 22 January 2008.
^ Blue-spec CD Complete Best. Retrieved 30 April 2009.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ セリーヌ・ディオンのアルバム売り上げランキング (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved 28 July 2014.
^ "Japanese album certifications". RIAJ. Retrieved 7 June 2015.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Physical Unit Sales for the Top 5 Best-Selling Albums in Japan by International Acts During 2008" (PDF). Billboard. 4 April 2009. p. 13. Retrieved 7 June 2015.
^ "Top Albums". Billboard Japan. Retrieved 19 December 2018.
^ "2008年アルバム年間TOP100" [Oricon Year-end Albums Chart of 2008] (in Japanese). Retrieved 28 July 2014.
^ "Top Albums Year End". Billboard Japan. Retrieved 19 December 2018.
^ "Japanese album certifications – Celine Dion – Complete Best" (in Japanese). Recording Industry Association of Japan. Retrieved 28 July 2014. Select 2008年3月 on the drop-down menu
^ "コンプリート・ベスト" (in Japanese). Sony Music Entertainment Japan. Retrieved 20 September 2018.
^ "コンプリート・ベスト【完全生産限定盤/Blu-spec CD】" (in Japanese). Sony Music Entertainment Japan. Retrieved 20 September 2018.
^ Ultimate Box. Retrieved 17 June 2015.

External links

Complete Best at Discogs (list of releases)
Ultimate Box at Discogs (list of releases)

[1] Celine Dion - Complete Best Archived 28 February 2009 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 25 January 2008.

[2] Concert Dates Archived 11 May 2007 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 7 November 2007.

[3] Oricon Style Weekly Ranking. Retrieved 22 January 2008.

[4] Blue-spec CD Complete Best. Retrieved 30 April 2009.

[jpweek-5] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ セリーヌ・ディオンのアルバム売り上げランキング (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved 28 July 2014.

[6] "Japanese album certifications". RIAJ. Retrieved 7 June 2015.

[jpsales-7] "Physical Unit Sales for the Top 5 Best-Selling Albums in Japan by International Acts During 2008" (PDF). Billboard. 4 April 2009. p. 13. Retrieved 7 June 2015.

[8] "Top Albums". Billboard Japan. Retrieved 19 December 2018.

[jpend-9] "2008年アルバム年間TOP100" [Oricon Year-end Albums Chart of 2008] (in Japanese). Retrieved 28 July 2014.

[10] "Top Albums Year End". Billboard Japan. Retrieved 19 December 2018.

[JapanCeline_DionComplete_BestalbumCertRef-11] "Japanese album certifications – Celine Dion – Complete Best" (in Japanese). Recording Industry Association of Japan. Retrieved 28 July 2014. Select 2008年3月 on the drop-down menu

[12] "コンプリート・ベスト" (in Japanese). Sony Music Entertainment Japan. Retrieved 20 September 2018.

[13] "コンプリート・ベスト【完全生産限定盤/Blu-spec CD】" (in Japanese). Sony Music Entertainment Japan. Retrieved 20 September 2018.

[14] Ultimate Box. Retrieved 17 June 2015.

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