The Ultimate Collection (Billy Joel album)
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.
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 JoelDisc one
Disc two
Chart positions
| Chart | Position | Weeks |
| Australian Albums | 12 | 12 |
| Danish Albums | 2 | 9 |
| Dutch Albums | 36 | 7 |
| European Top 100 Albums | 21 | |
| French Albums | 12 | 3 |
| German Albums | 58 | 8 |
| Irish Albums | 1 | 32 |
| Japanese Albums | 21 | 10 |
| Japanese International Albums | 4 | |
| New Zealand Albums | 2 | 30 |
| Norwegian Albums | 3 | 7 |
| Swedish Albums | 3 | 13 |
| UK Albums | 4 | 24 |
| Chart | Position | Weeks |
| Japanese Albums | 19 | 33 |
| Japanese International Albums | 3 |