as a disappointment in the US compared to the mega-sales for compilation albums by top female artists in the 1990s, such as Mariah Carey's #1's (5 million units in the US, 15 million worldwide), Celine Dion's All the Way ... A Decade of Song (9 million in the US, 22 million worldwide) and Madonna's The Immaculate Collection (10 million in the US, 30 million worldwide). In fact, one of L.A. Reid's first meetings as president and CEO of Arista Records in the summer of 2000 was to "discuss the uncharacteristically meager sales of Whitney Houston's The Greatest Hits". Reid recounted of the album's launch:“I realized that this thing was headed nowhere, and we were going to spend a f*ing fortune,” Reid explains, his exasperation still fresh. The marketing plan for Houston, he continues, was poor: The record was released in mid-May, instead of later in the year when most superstar records appear, and key decisions about singles and videos were mishandled. “This whole project was just botched up, from the very beginning. This is what I walk into.” Reid, a sleek, personable 44-year-old, brakes himself. “Let me collect myself here.”In February 2012, following Houston's death, the album re-entered the US Billboard 200 Album Chart, reaching number 6. 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. 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. 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 No. 2, The Bodyguard at No. 6, and Whitney Houston at No. 9. 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(with Whitney: The Greatest Hits at No. 2, The Bodyguard at No. 5, Whitney Houston at No. 10, I Look to You at No. 13, Triple Feature at No. 21, My Love Is Your Love at No. 31, I'm Your Baby Tonight at No. 32, Just Whitney at No. 50 and The Preacher's Wife at No. 80).; in addition,