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From the Heart: Greatest Hits

2007 compilation album by Bonnie Tyler

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionSep 23, 2026
Entity authorityQ693337 ↗
Source-derived summary

From The Heart: Greatest Hits is a greatest hits album by Welsh singer Bonnie Tyler. It was released on 12 March 2007 by Sony BMG. The album contains tracks from across Tyler's recording career, including international hits "Total Eclipse of the Heart", "Holding Out for a Hero" and "It's a Heartache". It also contains more recent recordings, including her cover of The Beatles' "In My Life" from Heart Strings (2003) and "Louise" from Wings (2005).

The album was most successful in Ireland, where it was certified Platinum for sales of 15,000 units with a peak chart placing at no. 2. In the United Kingdom, it was certified Silver by the BPI and reached no. 31 on the albums chart.

Background and release

From the Heart: Greatest Hits was released on 12 March 2007 by Sony BMG. It contains fourteen singles and three album tracks originally released between 1976 and 2005. At the time, Tyler was signed to the French label Stick Music. She released her fourteenth studio album Wings and its lead single "Louise" in 2005.

Editorial summary

This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “From the Heart: Greatest Hits” as 2007 compilation album by Bonnie Tyler. Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.

Editorial reviewBest approached as a cultural-object dossier: authorship and date matter, but circulation and reception often explain the wider significance. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—2007, 2003, 2005, 1976—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 2007-03-10. The account is most persuasive where Heart, Greatest and Hits can be independently traced.
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Why this record matters

The subject matters to the arts & letters register because the source frames it as 2007 compilation album by Bonnie Tyler. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.

Evidence profile

Attribution, date and provenance are strongest when supported by the original work, a catalogue record and documented transmission. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 23, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q693337. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 2007, 2003, 2005 and 1976.

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This entry incorporates text from “From the Heart: Greatest Hits” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.