title: The Essential Michael Bolton
text: # The Essential Michael Bolton
  
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  The Essential Michael Bolton is a two-disc compilation album by American singer Michael Bolton, released on April 25, 2005. It is a repacked version of Michael Bolton's 2002 album The Ultimate Collection. In 2005, a DVD was released with the album containing all 32 music videos. The album only charted in Denmark. In 2009, Columbia released a 3.0 edition of The Essential Michael Bolton containing eight bonus tracks.
  
  ## Charts
  
  | Chart (2005) | Peak position |
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  | Denmark Hitlisten | 18 |
  
  ## Release history
  
  | Region | Date | Label | Format | Catalogue |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Europe | 2002 | Columbia Records | CD | 513975 2 |
  | South Africa | 2002 | Columbia Records | CD | CDCOL 6723 |
  | United States | 2002 | Columbia Records | CD | 88697 42575 2 |
  