Best of Nina is the first compilation album

Compilation album

A compilation album is an album featuring tracks from one or more performers, often culled from a variety of sources The tracks are usually collected according to a common characteristic, such as popularity, genre, source or subject matter...

 by Filipino

Filipino people

The Filipino people or Filipinos are an Austronesian ethnic group native to the islands of the Philippines. There are about 92 million Filipinos in the Philippines, and about 11 million living outside the Philippines ....

 singer Nina

Nina Girado

Marifil Niña Girado , better known by her stage name Nina, is a Filipino pop/R&B singer, occasional songwriter, record producer, TV and radio personality. She made her recording debut in 2002 after signing a recording contract with Warner Music Philippines...

. It was released exclusively in South Korea

South Korea

The Republic of Korea , , is a sovereign state in East Asia, located on the southern portion of the Korean Peninsula. It is neighbored by the People's Republic of China to the west, Japan to the east, North Korea to the north, and the East China Sea and Republic of China to the south...

 on July 15, 2009 by Warner Music Korea

Warner Music Group

Warner Music Group is the third largest business group and family of record labels in the recording industry, making it one of the big four record companies...

. Unfortunately, Best of Nina has not yet been released until today in the Philippines

Philippines

The Philippines , officially known as the Republic of the Philippines , is a country in Southeast Asia in the western Pacific Ocean. To its north across the Luzon Strait lies Taiwan. West across the South China Sea sits Vietnam...

 and in North America

North America

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Background

Best of Nina contains eight hit singles and four other tracks taken from her 2002 album Heaven until 2006 album Nina, plus three unplugged tracks were also included from her 2005 live album Nina Live!

Nina Live!

Nina Live! is a live album and the third album by Filipino singer Nina, released in the Philippines on February 23, 2005 by Warner Music. The original release date for the album was scheduled on February 22, 2005, but it was moved a day later due to preparation...

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In the said album, some of her hit singles were not included such as "Heaven

Heaven (Nina Girado song)

"Heaven" is a song by Filipino singer Nina from her 2002 debut album of the same name. It was released as the album's first commercial single, and her first single as an artist, in August 2002 along with the album by Warner Music Philippines. The song was written by Brett Laurence and Gary Haase,...

", "Make You Mine", "A Girl Can Dream", and "I Don't Want to Be Your Friend". Instead of including these four hit singles on the album, she replaced them with some of her notable unreleased tracks such as "Is It Over", "Can't Say I Love You", "What If" and her OPM classic remake, "I'll Always Stay in Love This Way".

For some Nina fans who don't mind yet about the other tracks of this album, tracks from Nina Featuring the Hits of Barry Manilow, Nina Sings the Hits of Diane Warren

Nina Sings the Hits of Diane Warren

Nina Sings the Hits of Diane Warren is the fourth studio album by Filipino singer Nina, released in the Philippines on July 25, 2008 by Warner Music. It is a cover album consisting of Nina's renditions of familiar love songs written by American songwriter Diane Warren...

and Renditions of the Soul

Renditions of the Soul

Renditions of the Soul is the fifth studio album by Filipino singer Nina, released in the Philippines on August 27, 2009 by Warner Music. The album contains a selection of the most requested songs from her "all-male hits special" weekly acoustic radio show of the same title, which aired on Wave...

were not included.

Track listing

Release history

Country	Release Date	Label
South Korea South Korea The Republic of Korea , , is a sovereign state in East Asia, located on the southern portion of the Korean Peninsula. It is neighbored by the People's Republic of China to the west, Japan to the east, North Korea to the north, and the East China Sea and Republic of China to the south...	July 15, 2009	Warner Music Korea Ltd. Warner Music Group Warner Music Group is the third largest business group and family of record labels in the recording industry, making it one of the big four record companies...