Whitney (Album)

Production

  • Narada Michael Walden
  • Michael Masser
  • Kashif
  • Jellybean

Whitney is the second studio album by Whitney Houston from the year 1987. It sold approximately 20 million copies and was thus able to build on the success of their first album Whitney Houston.

History

Compared to the first album Whitney Houston contains this more pop elements. Narada Michael Walden produced on the album seven out of eleven tracks, some songs such as I Wanna Dance with Somebody ( Who Loves Me), it kept the hit How Will I Know. Also producer of the first album as Kashif and Michael Masser were involved in this album. Jellybean, who cooperated mostly with Madonna, produced the song Love Will Save the Day. Michael Masser wrote and produced Did not We Almost Have It All Whitney. You're Still My Man, his second song on the album, was originally already planned for Houston's debut album, Whitney Houston, but was postponed because Clive Davis felt the song as too " trendy ". For the Love of You is a cover of the Isley Brothers songs from the year 1975. The song I Know Him So Well, a duet Houston with her mother Cissy Houston, dates from the musical Chess, and was in the original from 1984 by Elaine Paige and Barbara Dickson singing. The cover was released only in Germany, Spain and Australia.

In short time the album reached in many countries the top of the charts and was awarded several platinum records. Worldwide, over 20 million copies were sold.

Title list

Charts

Album

Singles

Swell

Whitney Houston • Whitney • I'm Your Baby Tonight • My Love Is Your Love • Just Whitney ... • One Wish - The Holiday Album • I Look to You

The Bodyguard • The Preacher 's Wife

The Greatest Hits • Love, Whitney • The Ultimate Collection

Hold Me (1984 ) • You Give Good Love (1985 ) • Saving All My Love for You (1985 ) • How Will I Know ( 1985) • Greatest Love of All (1986 ) • I Wanna Dance with Somebody ( Who Loves Me) (1987 ) • Did not We Almost Have It All (1987 ) • So Emotional (1987 ) • Where Do Broken Hearts Go ( 1988) • Love Will Save the Day (1988 ) • One Moment in Time (1988 ) • It Is not 't, It Was not, It Is not Never Gonna Be ( 1989) • I Know Him So Well ( 1989) • I'm Your Baby Tonight (1990 ) • All the Man That I Need (1990 ) • The Star -Spangled Banner (1991 ) • Miracle (1991 ) • My Name Is Not Susan (1991 ) • I Belong to You (1991 ) • I Will Always Love You (1992 ) • I'm Every Woman ( 1993) • I Have Nothing (1993 ) • Run to You (1993 ) • Queen of the Night ( 1993) • Something in Common ( 1994) • Exhale ( Shoop Shoop ) ( 1995) • Count on Me (1996 ) • Why Does It Hurt so Bad (1996 ) • I Believe in You and Me (1996 ) • Step by Step (1996 ) • My Heart Is Calling (1997) • When You Believe (1998) • ​​Heartbreak Hotel (1998) • ​​It's Not Right but It's Okay (1999) • My Love Is Your Love (1999) • I Learned from the Best ( 2000) • If I Told You That ( 2000) • Could I Have This Kiss Forever ( 2000) • Same script, Different Cast (2001) • The Star- Spangled Banner (2002) • One of Those Days (2002) • Try It on My Own ( 2003) • I look to You ( 2009) • Million Dollar Bill (2009)

Discography

  • Number-one album
  • Album 1987
  • Album ( Pop )
  • Whitney Houston
  • Multi-platinum album (United States)
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