Install a prehung door on conc slab (post #108900). Need advice in setting an 36' exterior door on a conc floor slab. We have a nice square 2x6 framed opening. The wood door is prehung in a wood frame w/ an integral metal threshold. Does the threshold have to be attached to the concrete? (Seems like w/ both jambs anchored and sill attached. Installing entry door concrete slab. Feb 21, 2013 Re: Installing Exterior Door on Slab When installing a door like this I usually will install the door on a mortar bed. Clean the concrete very well. Use a bonding agent on the concrete floor first. Then use a bagged mortar mix or if you have access to a construction supply you can find a bag grout used to level column base's. Jan 25, 2009 I am installing a slab exterior door for the first time. Had to go with a slab because i have plaster walls with metal frame. Figured it would be simple. I ordered it with the hinges already cut out along with the handle and deadbolt cut out. I attached the hinged slide the door on. The problem is. Door thresholds come in a variety of materials, such as wood, marble and metal, and make the transition from doorway to floor smooth and easy. Learn how to install the threshold on a concrete slab floor employing varying methods that include the use of screws or fasteners and adhesives. How to Install Exterior Doors on Cement Slab. Doors can be intimidating. But installing exterior doors is actually a very simple process, especially with today's prehung door units that allow you to shortcut the process with preset hinges and door-knob mortise. Prehung exterior doors have five main parts: the two side jambs, the top jamb header.
[Album] Whitney Houston – I Will Always Love You: The Best of Whitney Houston [FLAC + MP3].
- Artist name - Album name Link to the album on streaming services such as iTunes, spotify, soundcloud, deezer, etc (Linking is optional but it's to ensure that we don't upload the wrong album).
- Whitney Houston Live: Her Greatest Performances is a posthumous live album by American recording artist Whitney Houston. It was released on November 10, 2014 by Legacy Recordings, a division of Sony Music Entertainment.
- Whitney is the studio/Mixtape Album by artist/Rapper/DJ Whitney Houston, and Album has highlight a R&B, Pop, Rock sound. It was released/out on 1987 in English dialect, by some Music Recording Company, as the follow-up to last studio/Mixtape Album.
- Download and stream Whitney Houston - One Wish (The Holiday Album) (2003) Zip Download.
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Whitney Houston albums discography | |
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Houston performing at Welcome Home Heroes with Whitney Houston in 1991 | |
Studio albums | 7 |
Live albums | 1 |
Compilation albums | 6 |
EPs | 7 |
Soundtrack albums | 2 |
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Box sets | 5 |
The discography of American singerWhitney Houston (1963–2012) consists of seven studio albums, six compilations, two soundtrack albums, five box sets, six extended plays, and 57 singles. In 1985, Houston released her self-titled debut album. It spent 14 weeks at No.1 on the Billboard 200 and was certified 13x platinum platinum (Diamond) by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), with global sales of 22 million copies.[1][2] The album produced four US top 5 singles, including three Billboard Hot 100 No.1 singles.[3] In 1987, Houston released her second album Whitney. The album debuted at No.1 on the Billboard 200 and was supported by four US number-one singles: 'I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me)', 'Didn't We Almost Have It All', 'So Emotional', and 'Where Do Broken Hearts Go', which established an unprecedented seven consecutive No.1 hits by a performer.[4]Whitney was certified Diamond by the RIAA and topped the charts in numerous countries, having sold in excess of 20 million copies worldwide.[5] Houston's third studio album, I'm Your Baby Tonight (1990), peaked at number three on the Billboard 200 chart and yielded two number-one singles; 'I'm Your Baby Tonight' and 'All the Man That I Need', selling 10 million units worldwide.[6] In February 1991, Houston released 'The Star Spangled Banner' performance from Super Bowl XXV as a single, becoming the highest-charting rendition of the national anthem on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.[7]
The Bodyguard soundtrack from her film debut, was released in November 1992. The album contains tracks by other recording artists but is considered a Houston album by Billboard. It topped the Billboard 200 for 20 non-consecutive weeks, one of the longest tenures by an album in the Nielsen SoundScan era.[8] The album was certified 18× Platinum in the United States and sold over 45 million copies worldwide, becoming the best-selling soundtrack album and one of the top 5 best-selling albums of all time.[9] The lead single from the soundtrack, 'I Will Always Love You', topped the Billboard Hot 100 chart for a then-record-breaking fourteen weeks and was certified 6× Platinum by the RIAA, peaked at number one on the charts in nearly every country and sold 20 million copies worldwide, becoming one of the best-selling singles of all time.[10] Houston contributed three songs, including her 11th number-one single 'Exhale (Shoop Shoop)' on the 7x platinum soundtrack album, Waiting to Exhale (November 1995). The following year she released The Preacher's Wife in November 1996. The soundtrack was certified 3x Platinum by the RIAA and became the biggest selling gospel album of all time.[11] In 1998, she released her first studio album in eight years, My Love Is Your Love. The album failed to match the commercial status of her previous albums, peaking at number 13, her lowest chart position on the Billboard 200 among her studio albums. Despite initial weak sales, the album went on to achieve multi-platinum status with 10 million units sold worldwide, being certified 4× Platinum in the United States.[12] From late 1998 to early 2000, the album generated five singles; 'When You Believe' (duet with Mariah Carey), 'Heartbreak Hotel', 'It's Not Right but It's Okay', 'My Love Is Your Love', and 'I Learned from the Best'.[13]
Houston entered the 2000s with her first greatest hits compilation, Whitney: The Greatest Hits, released in May 2000. The double-disc was certified 3× Platinum by the RIAA in 2002 and earned 5× Platinum award posthumously, recognizing 2.6 million in sales throughout the United States. The album hit the top position on the UK Albums Chart and sold over 1.66 million copies in the UK alone. Also, it reached the top 10 in many worldwide markets, selling 10 million copies globally.[13]Just Whitney, released in December 2002, became her first album after renewing her contract with Arista for a record $100 million in 2001.[14] The album failed to earn multi-platinum status, receiving only Platinum award in the US, and became her lowest-selling studio album to date. She released a holiday album, One Wish: The Holiday Album in November 2003. In September 2009, Houston returned to the top position of the Billboard 200 with I Look to You, becoming her fourth number-one album on the chart; which was her first non-soundtrack number-one in 22 years, since 1987's Whitney. It also topped the album charts of several European countries and was certified Platinum by the RIAA. Her albums Whitney Houston, Whitney, The Bodyguard and Whitney: The Greatest Hits are among the top 100 certified albums according to the RIAA.[15]
According to the RIAA, Houston is the top-selling R&B female artist of the 20th century,[16] and the fourth best-selling female artist in the United States, with shipments of 57 million albums.[17] In addition, until the launch of the RIAA's digital certification program in 2004, she had sold 16.5 million physical singles more than any other female solo artist in history.[18] According to the Official UK Charts Company in October 2012, Houston is at number four in the top 10 biggest selling female singles artists of all-time list with a sales total of 8.5 million singles.[19][20] Whitney Houston is one of pop music's best-selling music artists of all-time, with an estimated 170–200 million records sold worldwide.[21][22]
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Albums[edit]
Studio albums[edit]
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US [23] | US R&B [24] | AUS [25] | AUT [26] | CAN [27] | FRA [28] | GER [29] | NLD [30] | SWE [31] | SWI [32] | UK [33] | ||||
Whitney Houston |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
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Whitney |
| 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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I'm Your Baby Tonight |
| 3 | 1 | 10 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 4 |
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My Love Is Your Love |
| 13 | 7 | 42 | 1 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 4 |
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Just Whitney |
| 9 | 3 | ― | 33 | 85 | 25 | 16 | 70 | ― | 10 | 76 |
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One Wish: The Holiday Album |
| 49 | 14 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ― |
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I Look to You |
| 1 | 1 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
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'—' denotes releases that did not chart |
Soundtracks[edit]
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US [23] | US R&B [24] | AUS [25] | AUT [26] | CAN [27] | FRA [28] | GER [29] | NLD [30] | SWE [31] | SWI [32] | UK [33] | ||||
The Bodyguard |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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The Preacher's Wife |
| 3 | 1 | 34 | 8 | ― | 2 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
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Compilation albums[edit]
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US [23] | US R&B [24] | AUS [57] | AUT [26] | CAN [27] [58] | FRA [28] [59] | GER [29] | NLD [30] | SWE [31] | SWI [32] | UK [33] | ||||
Whitney: The Greatest Hits |
| 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 |
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Love, Whitney |
| -- | ― | -- | 42 | -- | 167 | -- | 24 | 12 | 37 | 22 |
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Artist Collection: Whitney Houston |
| -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
The Ultimate Collection |
| -- | -- | 3 | 1 | 15 | 52 | 3 | -- | 10 | 5 | 3 |
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The Essential Whitney Houston |
| ― | ― | 7 | 26 | 3 | 51 | 20 | -- | ― | 15 | 7 |
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I Will Always Love You: The Best of Whitney Houston |
| 14 | 2 | 74 | ― | ― | 99 | ― | 61 | ― | 87 | 29 |
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Live albums[edit]
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US [23] | US R&B [24] | AUS [25] | AUT [26] | CAN [27] | FRA [28] | GER [29] | NLD [30] | SWE [31] | SWI [32] | UK [33] | ||||
Whitney Houston Live: Her Greatest Performances |
| 19 | 1 | -- | -- | -- | 123 | -- | 63 | -- | -- | 66 | ||
'—' denotes releases that did not chart |
Reissues[edit]
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US [23] | US R&B [24] | AUS [25] | AUT [26] | CAN [27] | FRA [28] | GER [29] | NLD [30] | SWE [31] | SWI [32] | UK [33] | ||||
I Wish You Love: More from The Bodyguard |
| 165 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 63 | -- | -- | -- | ||
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Box sets[edit]
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Whitney: The Unreleased Mixes |
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Love Whitney |
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The Collection: Whitney Houston |
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The Collection |
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Triple Feature |
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Two Original Albums: My Love Is Your Love / I Look to You |
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Whitney Dancin' Special |
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Exhale |
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You Are Loved |
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I Didn't Know My Own Strength: The Remixes |
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I Look to You: The Remixes |
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- 'Count on Me' (ARIA) peak: 'The ARIA Australian Top 100 Singles Chart – Week Ending 21 Apr 1996'. Imgur.com (original document published by ARIA). Retrieved August 5, 2017.
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- Up to 1999: 'The RPM Top Albums/CDs – Whitney Houston'. RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Archived from the original on January 1, 2013. Retrieved November 21, 2011.
- Since 2000: 'Whitney Houston chart history: Canadian SoundScan Albums'. Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. Retrieved November 21, 2011.
- Just Whitney: Williams, John (September 9, 2009). 'Whitney Houston debuts at No. 1'. JAM! Showbiz. Canoe, Inc. Retrieved November 25, 2011.
- ^ abcde(in French)Peak chart positions for albums in France:
- 'Le Détail des Albums de chaque Artiste – search for 'Whitney Houston''. Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique. Archived from the original on July 31, 2014. Retrieved November 21, 2011.
- 'Whitney Houston chart history: French Albums'. lescharts.com. Hung Medien. Retrieved November 21, 2011.
- The Bodyguard Soundtrack: 'Hits of the World'. Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. 105 (11): 60. March 13, 1993. ISSN0006-2510. Retrieved November 21, 2011.
- ^ abcde(in German)Peak chart positions for albums in Germany:
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- Before 1993:
- I'm Your Baby Tonight (album): Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010. Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia: Moonlight Publishing.
- Since 1997:
- The Preacher's Wife Soundtrack: 'ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 1997 Albums'. Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved September 11, 2011.
- My Love Is Your Love: 'ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 1999 Albums'. Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved September 20, 2011.
- The Ultimate Collection: 'ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 2012 Albums'. Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved June 18, 2012.
- Before 1993:
- ^ abcdef'IFPI Austria – Gold & Platin: Online-Datenbank' (in German). International Federation of the Phonographic Industry – Austria. Archived from the original on February 1, 2010. Retrieved November 21, 2011.
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- Before 1992: 'InfoDisc : Les Certifications (Albums) du SNEP (Bilan par Artiste) – Search for 'Houston W''. infodisc.fr. Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique. Archived from the original on June 21, 2010. Retrieved November 22, 2011.
- Since 1992:
- The Bodyguard Soundtrack: 'Les Albums Diamant'. infodisc.fr. Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique. Archived from the original on November 20, 2008. Retrieved September 21, 2011.
- My Love Is Your Love: 'Certifications Albums Double Platine – année 1999'. disqueenfrance.com. Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique. December 20, 1999. Archived from the original on 2012-03-07. Retrieved September 20, 2011.
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- Just Whitney: 'Certifications Albums Or – année 2002'. disqueenfrance.com. Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique. December 12, 2002. Archived from the original on 2012-01-25. Retrieved September 20, 2011.
- I Look to You: 'Certifications Albums Or – année 2009'. disqueenfrance.com. Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique. October 22, 2009. Retrieved September 20, 2011.[permanent dead link]
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- Since 2000:
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External links[edit]
- Whitney Houston albums discography discography at Discogs
- Whitney Houston albums discography discography at MusicBrainz
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Whitney Houston is the debut studio album by American contemporary R&B and pop singer Whitney Houston. It was released on February 14, 1985, by Arista Records. The album initially had a slow commercial response, but began getting more popular in the summer of 1985. It eventually topped the Billboard 200 for 14 weeks in 1986, generating three number-one singles—'Saving All My Love for You', 'How Will I Know' and 'Greatest Love of All' (a cover of 'The Greatest Love of All', originally recorded in 1977 by George Benson)—on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, which made it both the first debut album and the first album by a solo female artist to produce three number-one singles.[3][4] The album topped the albums charts in many countries, including Canada,[5] Australia,[6] Norway[7] and Sweden,[8] peaking at number 2 in the United Kingdom,[9] Germany,[10] and Switzerland.[11] The album was certified diamond for shipments of 10 million units or more on March 16, 1999, and later 13× platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America on July 29, 1999,[12][13] making it one of the top 100 best-selling albums in the United States.[14] It has sold over 22 million copies worldwide.[15][16]
In 1986, at the 28th Grammy Awards, Whitney Houston received four nominations; including Album of the Year[17] and won one, Best Pop Vocal Performance, Female for 'Saving All My Love for You'.[18] For the 29th Grammy Awards of 1987, the album earned one nomination for Record of the Year for 'Greatest Love of All'.[19] In 2003, the album was ranked number 254 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time.[20]
In honor of its 25th anniversary, the album was reissued as Whitney Houston – The Deluxe Anniversary Edition on January 26, 2010, an expanded edition with five bonus tracks including the a cappella version of 'How Will I Know' and the original 12-inch remixes, a booklet tracking the history of the original album, along with a DVD of live performances and interviews by Whitney Houston and Clive Davis.[21]
- 2Critical reception
- 4Grammy Awards
- 6Promotion and appearances
- 9Charts
Background[edit]
Jermaine Jackson produced and recorded duets with Houston for the album.
After seeing Houston perform in a New York City nightclub, Clive Davis believed the singer had the potential to crossover and be the next big superstar. He signed her in 1983 and the two began work on her debut album. Initially Davis had a hard time finding songs for her. Even after elaborate showcases in New York and Los Angeles, many producers turned down the chance to work with her.[22] It took a year and a half for Jerry Griffith, then Arista's A&R chief and the one who had recommended Whitney to Davis, and Davis to amass suitable songs for the album.[22] Finally the songwriter-producer Kashif offered to produce 'You Give Good Love'. Jermaine Jackson, who had emerged from the shadow of his younger brother Michael, produced three songs. Narada Michael Walden came in to revise and then produce 'How Will I Know'. And Michael Masser covered the pop side of the tracks, producing four of his own compositions, including 'Saving All My Love for You' and 'Greatest Love of All', which had originally been recorded in 1977 by George Benson as 'The Greatest Love of All' and was the main theme of the boxerMuhammad Ali biopic 'The Greatest' in the same year. After two years of recording, the album was ready for release. Budgeted at $200,000, it finally cost almost $400,000.[22]
Critical reception[edit]
Professional ratings | |
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Review scores | |
Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [23] |
Entertainment Weekly | A-[24] |
Los Angeles Times | [25] |
PopMatters | 7/10[26] |
Q | [27] |
The Rolling Stone Album Guide | [28] |
The Village Voice | C[29] |
In a positive review for The New York Times, Stephen Holden wrote, 'along with an appealing romantic innocence, [Houston] projects the commanding dignity and elegance of someone far more mature.'[30] Liam Lacey of The Globe and Mail said the 'arrangements frequently border on formulaic but such ballads as 'Saving All My Love for You', 'Greatest Love of All,' and 'Hold Me' are some of the loveliest pop singing on vinyl since the glory days of Dionne Warwick.' Lacey added, 'Houston has a silky, rich, vibrant voice that moves between steely edges, or curls sensuously around the notes.'[31]Los Angeles Times complimented Houston on her excellent vocal ability, writing, 'neither the frequently listless arrangements nor the sometimes mediocre material of this debut LP hides the fact that Houston is a singer with enormous power and potential' on their reviews for 1985's releases.[25]
Don Shewey of Rolling Stone described her as 'one of the most exciting new voices in years' and stated that: 'Because she has a technically polished voice like Patti Austin's, [..] her interpretive approach is what sets her apart' and 'Whitney Houston is obviously headed for stardom, and if nothing else, her album is an exciting preview of coming attractions.' But he expressed a little disappointment about undistinguished pop-soul tunes, commenting 'many of the songs here are so featureless they could be sung by anyone. They make what could have been a stunning debut merely promising.'[1] In his consumer guide for The Village Voice, Robert Christgau complimented Houston's 'sweet, statuesque voice', but called the songs 'schlock' and believed 'only one of the four producers puts any zip in—Narada Michael Walden, who goes one for one.'[29]
Stephen Thomas Erlewine from AllMusic defined Whitney Houston as 'the foundation of diva-pop' and stated that certainly, the ballads such as 'Greatest Love of All' and 'Saving All My Love for You', provided 'the blueprint for decades of divas'. However, he gave higher marks to the lighter tracks like 'How Will I Know' and 'Thinking About You', commenting these tracks 'are what really impresses some 20-plus years on' and 'turns the album into a fully rounded record, the rare debut that manages to telegraph every aspect of an artist's career in a mere ten songs.'[23] Brad Wete, on a feature article to celebrate for Vibe magazine's 15th anniversary in September 2008, wrote 'never before has an African-American woman earned such crossover appeal so early in her career. [..] [Houston] had an explosive solo debut' and commented 'Whitney's prodigious pop set [..] was a fresh serving of precocious talent compared to 1985's mildly flavored R&B buffet.'[32] Allison Stewart from The Washington Post stated that the album 'provided a blueprint for the pop/dance/R&B-melding careers of Mariah Carey and others, and introduced the world to 'The Voice', an octave-spanning, gravity-defying melismatic marvel.'[2] In The New Rolling Stone Album Guide (2004), music journalist J. D. Considine gave the album three out of five stars and stated, 'Although utterly calculating, Whitney Houston does have its moments, particularly when Houston leans toward R&B, as on 'You Give Good Love.'[28]
Accolades[edit]
The album received good response from major publications. Three major critics of the Los Angeles Times listed the album on their year end critics list. The album ranked #79 on Robert Hilburn's list,[33] #2 on Paul Grein's list and #5 on Dennis Hunt's list.[34] In November 2003, the album was ranked #254 on Rolling Stone's publication of the 500 greatest albums of all time, and ranked #46 on the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's Definitive 200 List in 2007.[35] In addition, ranked #71 on Q magazine's '100 Women Who Rock The World' in 2002 and took the #15 spot on Yahoo! Music's 30 Most Significant Albums In Black Music History list in 2010, with Brandy's comments on the album; 'The first Whitney Houston CD was genius. That CD introduced the world to her angelic yet powerful voice. Without Whitney many of this generation of singers wouldn't be singing.'[36][37] In 2013, the album was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame[38] giving Houston her 1st Grammy Hall of Fame Award and her 7th Grammy Award.
Commercial performance[edit]
Released on February 14, 1985, Whitney Houston debuted on the BillboardTop Albums Chart the week of March 30, 1985, at number 166.[39] Sales were low initially. However, with the success of the first single 'You Give Good Love', the album began climbing the charts and finally reached the number one on BillboardTop R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart (formerly 'Top Black Albums') in June and the top 10 on the Billboard 200 (formerly 'Top Pop Albums') in August 1985.[40][41] Thanks to successive hit singles and winning at the Grammys, eventually Whitney Houston topped the Billboard 200 album chart in March 1986.[42] With the album taking 55 weeks to hit number one, it became the slowest climb to the top of the charts since Fleetwood Mac took fifty-eight weeks to reach the top in 1976, with the band's second eponymous album.[43][44]
Whitney Houston spent 14 non-consecutive weeks at the top of Billboard 200 chart from March until late June 1986, which was short of one week for Carole King's record of 15 weeks for the longest running #1 album by a female artist.[3] It was the second-longest running No.1 album among the debut albums in Billboard history, behind Men at Work's Business as Usual, which had 15 weeks on top in 1982-83.[3] The album remained on the Billboard 200 for 162 weeks.[45] It also spent a 46 weeks in the top 10, equalling Carole King's record with Tapestry.[46] But the record was later broken by some artists in 1990s—Paula Abdul's Forever Your Girl, Alanis Morissette's Jagged Little Pill and Celine Dion's Falling into You. Houston's debut was the best-selling album of 1986 in the United States and the #1 album of the year on 1986 Billboard year-end charts, making her the first female artist to earn that distinction.[47][48] She became also the #1 pop artist of the year.[49] The RIAA certified it Diamond on March 16, 1999 and later 13× platinum on July 29, 1999, for shipments of 13,000,000 copies of the album in United States.[12][13]
The album was successful worldwide. In the United Kingdom, it peaked at number two on the albums chart, spending 119 weeks on the chart.[9][50] It was certified 6× platinum for shipments of 1,800,000 units of the album by the British Phonographic Industry(BPI), becoming the fifth best-selling album of 1986.[51][52] In Canada, the album reached the top spot on the albums chart and remained there for 17 weeks to become the longest stay at the summit by a female artist. On March 31, 1987, it was certified 10× platinum for sales of over one million copies, making it the best-selling album of 1986, and later Diamond by the Canadian Recording Industry Association(CRIA).[53][54]Whitney Houston was also the 1986's top selling album in Australia, staying at number one of the Kent Music Report albums chart for 11 weeks, the longest stay by a female artist at the time.[55] It became the first time an African American artist had a number 1 album in Australia. In Japan, the album was ranked number two on list of the 1986's best-selling album by a foreign artist, with a total of 450,000 units combined sales of LP, CD and Compact Cassette, only behind Madonna's True Blue.[56] Besides, the album reached the number one on the albums chart in Norway for ten weeks, Sweden for six weeks and South Africa for five weeks, the number two in Germany, Switzerland, and the number three in Austria and New Zealand.[57][7][8][10][11][58][59]. Worldwide, Whitney Houston has sold over 22 million copies, becoming one of the best selling albums in the 1980s.[15][16] According to the Nielsen SoundScan began tracking sales data in 1991, as of 2009, the album sold over 1,038,000 copies in the United States.[60]
The week ending of February 12, 2012, following Houston's death on February 11, the album re-charted on the Billboard 200 at No. 72 with 8,000 copies sold.[61]
Grammy Awards[edit]
At the 28th Grammy Awards in 1986, Whitney Houston received four nominations—Album of the Year, Best Pop Vocal Performance, Female for 'Saving All My Love for You', Best Female R&B Vocal Performance for 'You Give Good Love' and Best Rhythm & Blues Song for 'You Give Good Love'—and won Houston's first Grammy, Best Pop Vocal Performance, Female.[17][18] In addition, the album earned one nomination for Record of the Year in 1987 for 'Greatest Love of All', a cover of 'The Greatest Love of All', originally recorded by George Benson in 1977, ten years before and was the main theme of the boxerMuhammad Ali biopic 'The Greatest' in the same year.[19]
Best New Artist controversy[edit]
In February 1986, the controversy was caused at the 28th Grammy Awards by the absence of Whitney Houston's name for the Best New Artist.[62][63] Although Whitney Houston was her debut album released in 1985, she was not nominated in that category because of her disqualification as a new artist. Upon hearing that Houston would be denied the opportunity to compete in the Best New Artist category for 1985, Clive Davis, then the president of Arista Records, sent a letter of complaint to Michael Greene, the president of the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences (NARAS), and had been told that 'Whitney was banished from the circle of newcomers because she had appeared as a duet guest vocalist on one song on Jermaine Jackson's album, and one on the comeback album by Teddy Pendergrass, both in the preceding year (1984).' He claimed that 'Whitney was simply an unknown vocalist making a 'cameo' appearance on just one of eight or nine songs contained in a major artist's album. She was not even a member of a continuing artistic duo. [..] Whitney was merely a featured vocalist, not the artist, and certainly not the focal point of the song.' But Green replied to him, writing 'The rule that disqualified Whitney is perfectly clear. It reads: An artist is not eligible in the best new artist category if the artist had label credit or album credit, even if not as a featured artist, in a previous awards' year.'[64]
Davis, on his commentary in Billboard magazine the issue of January 18, 1986, pointed out the misapplication of the literal meaning or the board of trustees' rules, stating that '[perfectly clear] is often a matter of opinion. [Through my review], it became obvious that this NARAS rule had been interpreted very liberally in the past.'[64] According to his review of each past winner and nominee, some artists such as Cyndi Lauper, Luther Vandross, the Power Station, Carly Simon, and Crosby, Stills & Nash, had already received credits on other albums or been previously very well known as a member of other acts prior to their Grammy nominations.[64] He added that 'it is a conspicuous injustice that Whitney will not be getting her shot. When someone comes along and makes an impact such as Whitney has, it'll come as a big surprise to quite a few people that, according to the rules of NARAS, sometimes new isn't New.'[64]
Despite Davis' refutation, the NARAS stuck by its decision to disallow Whitney Houston from competing for best new artist in the balloting. Green, in a statement, said that 'The determination of eligibility or ineligibility in the best new artist category is not made capriciously or taken lightly. [..] If differences of opinion arise as to the extent of identity a solo artist may have had while with a previously released group, we take a vote and abide by the majority.'[65] Green noted firmly that 'Houston's two duet recordings were entered in the 1984 Grammy Awards process for consideration for nomination. That alone was sufficient to make her ineligible this year for best new artist according to academy criteria.'[65] Finally, the NARAS nominated a-ha, Freddie Jackson, Katrina and the Waves, Julian Lennon and Sade for Best New Artist. The award went to Sade.[62]
But after 1986, whenever the controversy involving Grammy Award for Best New Artist arose, Houston's ineligibility for that category was often mentioned. Those were the cases with the past winners such as 1988's Jody Watley and 1999's Lauryn Hill, established their 'public identities' through their work with Shalamar and the Fugees respectively. When Shelby Lynne received the trophy in 2001, more than a decade after charting several singles on the country charts, so did it. Richard Marx, ruled ineligible for nomination as Best New Artist in 1988, stuck it to the NARAS about their inconsistency, on the feature article about him of Orange Coast magazine, stating as follows: '[..] But so did Whitney Houston for the same reason. And frankly, I don't have a lot of respect for N.A.R.A.S., the Grammy people's ruling system, because it's so inconsistent. They deemed me and Whitney Houston ineligible, and yet they nominated Jody Watley, who made records with Shalamar.'[66]
In 2000, Geoff Mayfield of Billboard magazine, on his column, criticized the NARAS for their vague application of criteria, commenting that 'the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences need again to rewrite its definition of [new artists].'[67] (The official guidelines read, 'for a new artist who releases, during the eligibility year, the first recording which establishes the public identity of that artist.') He added that 'the category has already had its twists and turns. In 1986 Whitney Houston was not considered because, prior to the release of 1985's Whitney Houston album, she had appeared on a Teddy Pendergrass single in 1984. But in '88 Jody Watley, who had been with Shalamar, won the best new artist Grammy.'[67]
Singles[edit]
The label, wanting Houston to have a solid urban fanbase first, released 'You Give Good Love' as the first single.[22] The soulful ballad would top the R&B chart and surprise the label by crossing over and reaching number three on the pop chart while the singer was playing at nightclubs in the United States.[68][69] The jazzy-pop 'Saving All My Love for You' was released next and really put her on the map. The single was an even bigger success hitting number one on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.[70] It would reach number one in the United Kingdom and was successful around the world.[71] With her first number one, Houston began appearing on high-profile talk shows and became the opening act for Jeffrey Osborne and Luther Vandross. Thinking About You was released as the single only to R&B-oriented radio stations. It peaked at number 10 on the Hot Black Singles chart and at number 24 on the Hot Dance/Disco Club Play chart.[72][73]
In 1985, 'How Will I Know' was released as the third single officially. With its colorful and energetic video, the song brought the singer to the teens and MTV, which black artists have traditionally found tough to crack.[22] It became another number one single for Houston, topping the Billboard Hot 100 Singles chart and Hot Black Singles chart respectively.[74][75] The final single, 'Greatest Love of All', is a cover of 'The Greatest Love of All', originally recorded in 1977 by George Benson and would become the biggest hit off the album with a three-week stay atop the Hot 100. As a result, it became the first debut album – and the first album by a female artist – ever to generate three number one singles.[4] With 'Greatest Love of All' and Houston's debut album both at #1 on the singles and albums chart, respectively, she became the first female artist to have the number one pop single and album simultaneously since Kim Carnes in 1981 with 'Bette Davis Eyes' and Mistaken Identity.[4] 'All at Once' was released only to Adult Contemporary and Urban AC stations as a radio airplay-only single later in 1986. It received heavy airplay and can still be heard on AC stations. However the single received an official release in Japan and many European countries.[citation needed]
Promotion and appearances[edit]
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August 28, 1985 | Late Night with David Letterman |
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September 15, 1985 | Silver Spoons ('Head Over Heels': Season 4, Episode 1)[79][80] |
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December 4, 1985 | The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (Guest Host: Joan Rivers) |
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January 27, 1986 | The 13th American Music Awards |
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February 25, 1986 | The 28th Grammy Awards |
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April 5, 1986 | Champs-Élysées (French TV talk show) |
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September 5, 1986 | The 3rd MTV Video Music Awards |
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Promotional Tour[edit]
To further promote her debut album and first US Pop hit single 'You Give Good Love', Houston went on tour performing at clubs, theaters and festivals. By August 1985, she was featured as a support act at selected dates on individual tours by singers Luther Vandross and Jeffrey Osborne.
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Track listing[edit]
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Length |
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1. | 'You Give Good Love' | La La | Kashif | 4:37 |
2. | 'Thinking About You' |
| Kashif | 5:24 |
3. | 'Someone for Me' | Jermaine Jackson | 4:58 | |
4. | 'Saving All My Love for You' | Masser | 3:58 | |
5. | 'Nobody Loves Me Like You Do' (duet with Jermaine Jackson) | Jackson | 3:48 | |
6. | 'How Will I Know' | Walden | 4:35 | |
7. | 'All at Once' | Masser | 4:28 | |
8. | 'Take Good Care of My Heart' (duet with Jermaine Jackson) |
| Jackson | 4:15 |
9. | 'Greatest Love of All' | Masser | 4:51 | |
10. | 'Hold Me' (duet with Teddy Pendergrass) |
| Masser | 6:00 |
Total length: | 47:23 |
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No. | Title | Remixer(s) | Length |
11. | 'Thinking About You' (12' dance remix) | Bruce Forest | 7:16 |
12. | 'Someone for Me' (12' dance remix) | Alan 'The Judge' Coulthard | 7:24 |
13. | 'How Will I Know' (a cappella) | -- | 3:59 |
14. | 'How Will I Know' (12' dance remix) | John 'Jellybean' Benitez | 6:32 |
15. | 'Greatest Love of All' (live at Radio City Music Hall on March 9, 1990, during a gala concert celebrating the 15th anniversary of Arista Records) | 7:06 |
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No. | Title | Length |
1. | 'Conversations with Whitney Houston and Clive Davis' | 9:30 |
2. | 'Home' (live from The Merv Griffin Show on June 23, 1983) | 4:45 |
3. | 'I Am Changing' (live from the Arista Records 10th Anniversary celebration on December 1, 1984) | 4:52 |
4. | 'You Give Good Love' (live from the 1st Soul Train Music Awards on March 23, 1987) | 4:17 |
5. | 'You Give Good Love' (promo music video) | 4:07 |
6. | 'Saving All My Love for You' (promo music video) | 3:56 |
7. | 'How Will I Know' (promo music video) | 4:31 |
8. | 'Greatest Love of All' (promo music video) | 4:52 |
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No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Length |
1. | 'How Will I Know' | Walden | 4:35 | |
2. | 'All at Once' | Masser | 4:28 | |
3. | 'Take Good Care of My Heart' (duet with Jermaine Jackson) |
| Jackson | 4:15 |
4. | 'Greatest Love of All' | Masser | 4:51 | |
5. | 'Hold Me' (duet with Teddy Pendergrass) |
| Masser | 6:00 |
6. | 'You Give Good Love' | La La | Kashif | 4:37 |
7. | 'Thinking About You' | Kashif | 5:24 | |
8. | 'Someone for Me' |
| Jermaine Jackson | 4:58 |
9. | 'Saving All My Love for You' | Masser | 3:58 | |
10. | 'Nobody Loves Me Like You Do' (duet with Jermaine Jackson) |
| Jackson | 3:48 |
Total length: | 47:23 |
Personnel[edit]
- Whitney Houston – lead vocal
- Jermaine Jackson – duet vocals
- Teddy Pendergrass – duet vocals
- Premik Russell Tubbs – saxophone
- John Barnes – clarinet and keyboards
- Robbie Buchanan – keyboards
- Randy Kerber – keyboards
- Yvonne Lewis – keyboards
- Richard Marx – keyboards
- Nathan East – bass
- Freddie Washington – bass
- Randy Jackson – bass
- Preston Glass – synthesizer
- Greg Phillinganes – synthesizer
- Ed Greene – drums
- John 'J.R.' Robinson – drums
- J.T. Lewis – drums
- Steve Rucker – drums
- Paul Leim – drums
- Cissy Houston – background vocals
- Julia Tillman Waters – background vocals
- Maxine Willard Waters – background vocals
- Oren Waters – background vocals
- Yogi Lee – background vocals
- Mary Canty – background vocals
- Deborah Thomas – background vocals
- Paul Jackson, Jr. – guitar
- Dann Huff – guitar
- Tim May – guitar
- Ira Siegel – guitar
- David Williams – guitar
- Louie Shelton – guitar
- Jermaine Jackson – producer, background vocals
- Michael Masser – producer
- Clive Davis – executive producer
- Michael Barbiero – mixing, engineer
- Michael Mancini – engineer
- Michael O'Reilly – mixing, engineer
- Russell Schmitt – engineer
- Bill Schnee – mixing
- Gene Page Jr. – arrangements
- Kashif – arrangements, producer
- Narada Michael Walden – arrangements, producer
- Donn Davenport – art direction
- Garry Gross – photographer
- Tiagi Lambert – fashion stylist
- Giovanne De Maura – gown
- Norma Kamali - bathing suit
- Quietfire – makeup
- Brenda Gorsky – coordinator
- Jeffrey Woodly – hair stylist
Charts[edit]
Weekly charts[edit]
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Decade-end charts[edit]
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Certifications[edit]
Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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Australia (ARIA)[116] | 4× Platinum | 280,000^ |
Austria (IFPI Austria)[117] | Platinum | 50,000* |
Belgium (BEA)[116] | Gold | 25,000* |
Canada (Music Canada)[53] | Diamond | 1,000,000^ |
Denmark (IFPI Denmark)[116] | Gold | 50,000^ |
France (SNEP)[118] | Gold | 100,000* |
Finland (Musiikkituottajat)[119] | Gold | 29,109[119] |
Germany (BVMI)[120] | Platinum | 500,000^ |
Hong Kong (IFPI Hong Kong)[121] | Platinum | 20,000* |
Italy (FIMI)[122] | Platinum | 250,000* |
Japan (RIAJ)[123] | Million | 1,000,000^ |
Netherlands (NVPI)[124] | Platinum | 100,000^ |
New Zealand (RMNZ)[125] | 2× Platinum | 30,000^ |
Norway (IFPI Norway)[126] | Platinum | 50,000* |
Sweden (GLF)[127] | 2× Platinum | 200,000^ |
Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland)[128] | Platinum | 50,000^ |
United Kingdom (BPI)[51] | 6× Platinum | 1,800,000^ |
United States (RIAA)[129] | 13× Platinum | 13,000,000^ |
*sales figures based on certification alone ^shipments figures based on certification alone |
See also[edit]
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Further reading[edit]
- Colin Larkin (2002). Virgin Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Edition 4. Virgin Books. ISBN1-85227-923-0.
External links[edit]
- Whitney Houston at Discogs
- Whitney Houston at MusicBrainz
- Accolades: Whitney Houston at Acclaimed Music
- The 25 Best-Selling Albums of All-Time: Whitney Houston at Entertainment Weekly
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