Whitney Houston (album)

Whitney Houston
Whitney Houston studio album
Publication (s)	February 14, 1985
admission	1984-1985
Label (s)	Arista Records
Format (s)	CD, record
Genre (s)	R&B , pop , dance , soul
Title (number)	10
running time	47:23
production	Jermaine Jackson , Michael Masser , Narada Michael Walden , Kashif ; Recording studio: Sigma Sound Studios , New York
chronology - Whitney Houston Whitney (1987)

Whitney Houston is the debut album by Whitney Houston , released in February 1985th It has been sold 22 million times worldwide.

history

After Houston performed in a New York nightclub , Clive Davis discovered her talent and believed in her potential to become a superstar. She then signed a record deal.

Work on the album began in early 1984. At first, Davis found it difficult to choose the songs for the album. Because similar pop and dance artists were popular at the time, many songwriters found themselves inspired by Houston's singing voice. Narada Michael Walden , Michael Masser and Kashif were hired as songwriters .

All At Once is a single, written by Michael Masser and Jeffrey Osborne and recorded for the album by Whitney Houston. The song was released as a single in Japan and several European countries in 1985/1986 and became the first hit for Whitney Houston in the Netherlands. Houston also sang the song at the 1987 American Music Awards .

Initially the album did not get a great response on the music market, but after the song You Give Good Love was released as a single, the LP benefited from the success and landed at the top of the Billboard charts in March 1986 , where it spent a total of 14 weeks.

Of all the albums that Houston released, this sold the best - with the exception of the soundtrack to the 1992 film Bodyguard , in which Houston was not only involved, but only contributed six songs. In the list of 500 best albums of all time of Rolling Stone is the album Place 254th

Due to its popularity, the album received critical acclaim and the music industry, it was nominated in the category of album of the year for the Grammy Awards 1986 , but lost to Phil Collins ' album No Jacket Required . The song Saving All My Love for You also won the Grammy Awards for Best Female Vocal Performance .

Track list

1. You give good love
2. Thinking About You
3. Someone for Me
4. Saving All My Love for You
5. Nobody Loves Me Like You Do ( feat.Jermaine Jackson )
6. How will I know
7. All at once
8. Take Good Care of My Heart (feat.Jermaine Jackson)
9. Greatest Love of All
10. Hold Me (feat. Teddy Pendergrass )

Charts

album

year	title	Chart positions
		DE	AT	CH	UK	US
1985	Whitney Houston	2	9	2	2	1

Singles

year	title	Chart positions
		DE	AT	CH	UK	US
1984	Hold Me "Whitney Houston"	/	/	/	44	46
1985	All At Once "Whitney Houston"	/	/	/	99	/
1985	Someone for Me "Whitney Houston"	/	/	/	/	/
1985	You Give Good Love "Whitney Houston"	/	/	/	93	3
1985	Saving All My Love for You "Whitney Houston"	18th	12	5	1	1
1985	How Will I Know "Whitney Houston"	26th	28	11	5	1
1986	Greatest Love of All "Whitney Houston"	30th	25th	20th	8th	1

Awards for music sales

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Australia (ARIA)	4 × platinum	280,000
Denmark (IFPI)	gold	10,000
Germany (BVMI)	platinum	500,000
Finland (IFPI)	gold	29,109
France (SNEP)	gold	100,000
Hong Kong (IFPI / HKRIA)	platinum	20,000
Canada (MC)	diamond	1,000,000
New Zealand (RMNZ)	2 × platinum	30,000
Netherlands (NVPI)	platinum	100,000
Austria (IFPI)	platinum	50,000
Sweden (IFPI)	2 × platinum	200,000
United States (RIAA)	13 × platinum	13,000,000
United Kingdom (BPI)	4 × platinum	1,200,000
All in all	3 × gold 19 × platinum 2 × diamond	16,519,109

Main article: Whitney Houston / Music Sales Awards

Individual evidence

1. ↑ release date
2. ↑ Sales on allwhitney.com
3. ↑ References to the album at Allmusic.com