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Whitney Houston - Whitney (LP, Album, Reissue, Special Edition)

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Whitney Houston is the self-titled debut studio album by American 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 mid-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" — on the Billboard Hot 100, which made it both the first debut album and the first album by a solo female artist to produce three number-one singles.The album topped the albums charts in many countries, including Canada, Australia, Norway, and Sweden, while peaking at number 2 in the United Kingdom, Germany, and Switzerland. The album was certified diamond for shipments of 10 million units or more on March 16, 1999, and later 14× Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America on January 27, 2023. With sales of over 25 million copies worldwide, Whitney Houston is one of the best selling albums of all time.In 1986, at the 28th Grammy Awards, Whitney Houston received four nominations, including Album of the Year, and won one, Best Pop Vocal Performance, Female, for "Saving All My Love for You". For the 29th Grammy Awards of 1987, the album earned one nomination for Record of the Year for "Greatest Love of All". The album has ranked on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time in all three editions.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" that original 12-inch remixes, a booklet on the history of the original album, along with a DVD of live performances and interviews by Whitney Houston and Clive Davis. On June 30, 2020, after the 35th anniversary celebration in February 2020, the album re-issued as a double vinyl including the singles from Whitney Dancin' Special. Also, they released a box set including the 40-page hard cover photo and lyric book.

Release Info

Artist: Whitney Houston
Label: Arista
Format: LP, Album, Reissue, Special Edition
Country: US
Label: Arista
Released: 2023
Genre: Funk / Soul, Pop
Style: Disco, Contemporary R&B, Ballad

Tracklist

A1 I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me)
A2 Just The Lonely Talking Again
A3 Love Will Sure Save The Day
A4 Didn't We Almost Have It All
A5 So Emotional
B1 Where You Are
B2 Love Is A Contact Sport
B3 You're Still My Man
B4 For The Love Of You
B5 Where Do Broken Hearts Go
B6 I Know Him So Well

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