My love is your love
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Whitney Houston studio album | |||||||||||
Publication |
November 17, 1998 |
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Label (s) | Arista Records | ||||||||||
Format (s) |
CD, record |
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Title (number) |
11 |
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running time |
60:45 |
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My Love Is Your Love is the fourth studio album by Whitney Houston . It was released in November 1998 and was their first studio album in eight years. In the US , where the album made it to number 13, sales were lower than the previous albums; The album was still a success internationally. In Germany the album sold over 670,000 times.
history
The album was produced by various producers and production teams such as Rodney Jerkins , Soulshock & Karlin , Wyclef Jean , David Foster and Babyface . Originally planned as a greatest hits compilation , it was recorded in just six weeks. Stylistically, it covered a range of mid-tempo R&B , hip-hop , dance and reggae influences, which made it a little more diverse than the previous releases. The album was particularly successful in Europe, where it reached number one on the charts in Austria and Switzerland . In Germany it took second place. To promote the album, Houston also sang on Wetten, dass ..? On February 20, 1999 . It's Not Right but It's Okay . On June 21, 1999, she appeared on The Oprah Winfrey Show .
Reception and awards
Stephen Thomas Erlewine wrote on the Allmusic.com website that the album easily ranks among the best of Houston’s best releases. He awarded four out of five stars.
Whitney Houston received several music awards and nominations for My Love Is Your Love . It's Not Right but It's Okay won the 2000 Grammy Award for Best R&B Vocal Performance - Female .
Track list
- It's Not Right but It's Okay - 4:51 - (LaShawn Daniels, Toni Estes, Rodney Jerkins, Fred Jerkins III , Isaac Phillips)
- Heartbreak Hotel - 4:41 - (K. Karlin, T. Savage, C. Schack) - feat. Faith Evans e Kelly Price
- My Love Is Your Love - 4:24 - (Jerry Duplessis, Wyclef Jean )
- When You Believe - 4:28 - ( Babyface , Stephen Schwartz ) - feat. Mariah Carey
- If I Told You That - 4:37 - (Daniels, Estes, R. Jerkins, F. Jerkins)
- In My Business - 3:26 - (Kelvin Bradshaw, Missy Elliott, Lloyd Turner) - feat. Missy Elliott
- I Learned from the Best - 4:19 - ( Diane Warren )
- Oh Yes - 6:52 - (Bradshaw, Elliott, Turner)
- Get It Back - 4:56 - (Daniels, Estes, R. Jerkins, F. Jerkins)
- Until You Come Back - 4:53 - (Babyface, D. Simmons)
- I Bow Out - 4:30 - (Warren)
- You'll Never Stand Alone - 4:21 - (Warren)
- I Was Made to Love Him - 4:29 - (Henry Cosby, Lula Mae Hardaway , Sylvia Moy, Stevie Wonder )
Awards for music sales
Country / Region | Award | Sales |
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Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales) |
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Australia (ARIA) | gold | 35,000 |
Belgium (BEA) | platinum | (50,000) |
Europe (IFPI) | 4 × platinum | 4,000,000 |
Finland (IFPI) | gold | (23,109) |
France (SNEP) | 2 × platinum | (600,000) |
Japan (RIAJ) | platinum | 200,000 |
Canada (MC) | 2 × platinum | 200,000 |
New Zealand (RMNZ) | gold | 7,500 |
Netherlands (NVPI) | platinum | (100,000) |
Austria (IFPI) | platinum | (50,000) |
Poland (ZPAV) | platinum | (100,000) |
Sweden (IFPI) | 2 × platinum | (160,000) |
Switzerland (IFPI) | 3 × platinum | (150,000) |
Spain (Promusicae) | platinum | (100,000) |
United States (RIAA) | 4 × platinum | 4,000,000 |
United Kingdom (BPI) | 3 × platinum | (900,000) |
All in all |
3 × gold, 26 × platinum |
8,442,500 |
Main article: Whitney Houston / Music Sales Awards