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Whitney: The Greatest Hits is the first compilation album by American singer Whitney Houston. It was released on May 5, 2000, by Arista Records. Anticipation over a greatest hits album from Houston arose as far as 1995, when Billboard first announced the album's release. However, it was continuously postponed as Houston focused on film projects, before deciding to record several new tracks for the belated collection in 1998. The effort was quickly expanded into her fourth studio album My Love Is Your Love, released in November 1998 to widespread success, which effectively postponed Whitney: The Greatest Hits again.

A two-disc collection, Whitney: The Greatest Hits comprises Houston's ballads on its first disc, titled Cool Down, while replacing most of the original versions of her up-tempo hits with corresponding dance remixes on the second disc, titled Throw Down. Therefore, numerous publications rejected the compilation's classification as a greatest hits album, despite its title and marketing. Whitney: The Greatest Hits also includes four previously unreleased tracks—"Same Script, Different Cast", a duet with Deborah Cox; "Could I Have This Kiss Forever", a duet with Enrique Iglesias; "If I Told You That", a duet with George Michael; and "Fine"—all of which were released as singles to varying levels of success.

Whitney: The Greatest Hits was met with mixed responses from music critics, who praised Houston for her expansive catalog and career longevity, but criticized the album's inclusion of remixes rather than original versions for a majority of Houston's hits; the new tracks elicited polarity among reviewers. A commercial success, Whitney: The Greatest Hits debuted at number five on the US Billboard 200, with first-week sales of 158,000 units, and reached the top 10 in 20 additional countries. By February 2012, it had sold over 10 million copies worldwide. That June, Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) certified the compilation quintuple platinum for double-disc shipments of 2.5 million units in the US.

Although Houston did not promote Whitney: The Greatest Hits as extensively as her previous albums, she embarked on a four-date concert residency from June to November 2000. Furthermore, the compilation was accompanied by the simultaneously released video collection of the same title. In January 2011, Legacy Recordings reissued the album as a part of their Essential album series, retitling it The Essential Whitney Houston. Following Houston's death on February 11, 2012, Whitney: The Greatest Hits registered a significant resurgence of sales, attaining a new peak of number two on the Billboard 200, and new top-10 peaks—either in its original format, or as The Essential Whitney Houston—in numerous countries worldwide.

Background and development

In November 1995, Houston's song "Exhale (Shoop Shoop)"—the lead single from the soundtrack for the 1995 film Waiting to Exhale, starring Houston in a leading role—became the third song in history to debut atop the US Billboard Hot 100.[1] It became Houston's 11th and final number-one single on the chart;[2] with 11 singles, Houston is sixth among artists with most Billboard Hot 100 number-ones of all time, as of 2023.[3] Furthermore, "Exhale (Shoop Shoop)" contributed to Houston becoming the best-selling physical singles female artist in the history of the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA).[4] That August, Billboard had disclosed Houston's first greatest hits album would be released on October 10, which ultimately did not come to fruition.[5] The publication referred to the "long-promised" album again in July 1996, announcing it for that fall.[6] After the release was postponed again, speculation on its timing continued into 1997, with Houston commenting: "Oh, Clive is on my case about this greatest hits album. He's like, Whitney, we have to do a greatest hits album, I mean you're far long overdue."[7]

Intent on releasing the highly anticipated collection, Houston began recording new material, originally intended for a greatest hits album which would include several new tracks, in August 1998. However, she and Clive Davis soon decided to reconstruct the project into Houston's fourth studio album, titled My Love Is Your Love, her first such effort in eight years.[8][9] Houston finished recording My Love Is Your Love within six weeks; it was released on November 17.[8] Although it debuted only at number 13 on the US Billboard 200 due to strong competition from a multitude of established artists who released their new albums the same week, My Love Is Your Love went on to be certified quadruple platinum by the RIAA and produced three consecutive Billboard Hot 100 top-five hits—"Heartbreak Hotel", "It's Not Right but It's Okay" and the title track.[10] Despite her immense commercial success during the extensive promotional cycle for My Love Is Your Love, Houston's "erratic" behavior overshadowed her professional endeavors, as she became notorious for numerous live performance cancellations and alleged drug use.[8][11][12][13]

New material

In addition to Houston's prior hits, including all of her 11 US Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles—either in their original or remixed forms—Whitney: The Greatest Hits included two newly-recorded songs and two re-recordings. Shep Crawford-written and produced "Same Script, Different Cast" is a duet with Deborah Cox, which sees Houston portraying a former lover of Cox's current partner, and warning Cox of his deceitful and disregarding demeanor.[14][15][16] The harp string and piano-driven ballad is built upon a sample of Ludwig van Beethoven's Für Elise, and is infused with "dramatic" key changes.[15][17] A multitude of critics have compared the song to Brandy and Monica's 1998 duet "The Boy Is Mine".[18][19] Raphael Saadiq and Q-Tip wrote and produced "Fine", a "sultry, soulful" track arranged with "languid retro-funk" guitars.[20][21]

"Could I Have This Kiss Forever", a duet with Enrique Iglesias, is a classical guitar-driven mid-tempo Latin pop ballad.[22][23] The song was originally recorded for Iglesias' English-language debut Enrique (1999),[24] and was subsequently re-recorded—and remixed by Brian Rawling and Mark Taylor—for inclusion on Whitney: The Greatest Hits.[22] In March 2000, Houston re-recorded "If I Told You That", originally included on My Love Is Your Love, as a duet with George Michael.[25] Rodney Jerkins, who produced the original version, reprised his role for the re-recording. In an interview for MTV News at the 42nd Annual Grammy Awards (2000), Jerkins revealed that Michael Jackson was the initial choice for the duet but could not schedule recording with Houston.[25] Lyrically, the track discusses its protagonist's contemplations of confessing romantic feelings to a friend.[26]

"Same Script, Different Cast" and "Could I Have This Kiss Forever" appear at the end the album's first disc, titled Cool Down, which comprises R&B, pop and, to a lesser extent, gospel ballads.[27][28] "Fine" and "If I Told You That" follow at the start of the second disc, titled Throw Down, which comprises up-tempo dance tracks, encompassing hi-NRG and house-influenced remixes of Houston's prior hits.[29][27][18] Whitney: The Greatest Hits also includes several tracks which, although released, had never been included on any of Houston's albums. "If You Say My Eyes Are Beautiful", Houston's duet with Jermaine Jackson which had previously solely appeared on Jackson's 1986 album Precious Moments, appears on Cool Down. Houston's 1988 Summer Olympics tribute and top-five hit "One Moment in Time" was included on the North American edition of Throw Down and the international edition of Cool Down. North American edition of Throw Down also includes Houston's 1991 performance of "The Star-Spangled Banner" at Super Bowl XXV.[30]

Marketing

Title and packaging

Despite its title and being marketed as such, Whitney: The Greatest Hits is not a greatest hits album.[b] David LaChapelle photographed the album's cover artwork and booklet imagery.[33] The cover depicts Houston standing on a ladder and smiling as she holds a drill in order to hang her certified records on the wall.[34] On the contrary, critic David Quantick interpreted the artwork as Houston using the drill to destroy the records.[35] Following Houston's death in February 2012, LaChapelle revealed that Houston arrived to the photo shoot six hours late and under the influence of cocaine, which caused him difficulties with photographing her during the 15-hour session.[33] For its 2011 reissue, Whitney: The Greatest Hits was retitled The Essential Whitney Houston, as it was integrated into Legacy Recordings' The Essential album series. Chapelle's cover artwork was replaced by a monochrome portrait of Houston, photographed by Randee St. Nicholas in 1992 to promote The Bodyguard; however, the liner notes and their accompanying images remained unchanged.[36][37]

Release and promotion

After numerous delays, Davis announced the release of Whitney: The Greatest Hits via MTV News in February 2000.[38] In the US, the album was released on May 16, 2000, by Arista Records. Its release was preceded by the limited-edition four-record vinyl box set Whitney: The Unreleased Mixes on April 25; the set included eight previously unreleased extended dance remixes of Houston's prior singles, some of which appeared on the North American edition second disc of Whitney: The Greatest Hits.[11] Exclusively at Circuit City, Whitney: The Greatest Hits was released with a bonus disc including two extended club mixes.[39] Internationally, the compilation was released earlier in most countries, starting with France on May 5, 2000.[40] While its North American edition featured almost exclusively remixes on its second disc,[34] international editions replaced most of them with corresponding original versions.[41]

A video album of the same title was released simultaneously with Whitney: The Greatest Hits worldwide, comprising 23 of Houston's music videos, as well as select live performances, interviews with Houston and Davis, and behind-the-scenes footage. The DVD was noted for its interactive features, which saw Houston introducing its segments and providing commentary; it was one of the first video albums ever to incorporate interactive components.[42][43] In contrast to Houston's previous releases, Whitney: The Greatest Hits was not promoted with televised performances and appearances. However, she did perform a 20-minute medley at Arista's 25th anniversary celebration in Los Angeles on April 10, 2000; the concert aired on NBC on May 15.[11] Houston subsequently embarked on a three-date concert residency at Caesars Atlantic City from June 30 to July 3,[44] and performed an additional show at the Aladdin Theatre for the Performing Arts in Las Vegas on November 10, with then-husband Bobby Brown as the opening act.[45]

Singles

The selection and order of singles from Whitney: The Greatest Hits substantially differed depending on region. In France, "I Learned from the Best"—the fifth and final single from My Love Is Your Love—was released ahead of Whitney: The Greatest Hits, on April 18, 2000,[46] peaking at number 44.[47] In the US, "Same Script, Different Cast" and "Could I Have This Kiss Forever" were both released as lead singles from Whitney: The Greatest Hits—the former was serviced to urban contemporary radio on May 2,[48] while the latter was serviced to adult contemporary, rhythmic contemporary and contemporary hit radios two weeks later.[49] "Same Script, Different Cast" peaked at number 70 on the US Billboard Hot 100, becoming Houston's lowest-peaking lead single at the time,[2] but became her fourth Adult R&B Songs number-one single.[50] While "Could I Have This Kiss Forever" peaked only at number 52 on the US Billboard Hot 100,[2] it peaked atop the European Hot 100 Singles and charts in Croatia, the Netherlands, Poland, and Switzerland, after being released as the second European single from Whitney: The Greatest Hits on July 25.[51][52][53][54][55] Furthermore, the song attained top 10 positions in 13 additional countries, including Canada, New Zealand, and the UK.[55][56][57] The song's accompanying music video was directed by Francis Lawrence.[58]

In Europe, "If I Told You That" was released as the lead single from Whitney: The Greatest Hits on May 29, 2000;[59] in the US, it was released as an airplay-only fourth and final single on January 30, 2001.[60] It reached the summit in Croatia, Iceland, and Poland,[61][62][63] and the top 10 in the Czech Republic, Italy, and the UK.[64][65][57] The music video for "If I Told You That" was directed by Kevin Bray.[58] "Fine" was released as the third US single from Whitney: The Greatest Hits on September 19, 2000,[66] peaking at number 51 on the US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs.[67] In Sweden, it was released as the third and final single on December 11,[68] peaking at number 50.[69] The music video for "Fine" was Houston's second consecutive to be directed by Bray.[70] In select European countries, "Heartbreak Hotel"—originally the second single from My Love Is Your Love—was released as the third and final single from Whitney: The Greatest Hits on December 18, 2000,[71] peaking at number 25 in the UK.[57]

Critical reception

Professional ratings for Whitney: The Greatest Hits
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[32]
The Atlanta Journal-ConstitutionB+[27]
The Baltimore Sun[21]
Entertainment WeeklyC+[72]
The Guardian[28]
New York Daily News[c]
Newsweek[73]
NME[74]
Q[35]
USA Today[75]
Professional ratings for The Essential Whitney Houston
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[76]

Upon its release, Whitney: The Greatest Hits was met with mixed to positive reviews from music critics. Steve Huey from AllMusic expressed dissatisfaction with the inclusion of remixes instead of the original versions on Throw Down, writing that Whitney: The Greatest Hits "amply reinforces once again what a fine singles artist Houston has been for the entirety of her career. Still and all, though, it's a frustrating package marred by record company greed".[32] Sonia Murray from The Atlanta Journal-Constitution praised the album, elaborating: "What makes Whitney Houston's first collection of hits great is her. On the first CD there's her masterfully manipulated big pop confections ('I Will Always Love You'), the occasional, really soulful R&B tunes ('Saving All My Love for You') and new radio-ready duets with Whitney-in-training Deborah Cox and Latin smolderer Enrique Iglesias. The second CD of dance remixes is an appropriate nod to an artist who has held sway over so many genres."[27] Billboard editor Michael Paoletta called Whitney: The Greatest Hits "[q]uite the stellar collection",[77] while Jane Stevenson from Canoe.com labeled it "a greatest hits package that makes good listening sense".[78] Writing for Ebony, Lynn Norment stated that the album "reminds listeners of the enormous talent this artist demonstrated on 'You Give Good Love', how she has grown, and the fact she has a long career road ahead", and highlighted its previously unreleased duets.[79] Christine Galera of Orlando Sentinel commended Houston's vocal performances on Whitney: The Greatest Hits and praised "Same Script, Different Cast", but criticized the album's length and the inclusion of "mellow" singles from Waiting to Exhale.[14]

In a positive review for The Guardian, Caroline Sullivan favored Throw Down over its counterpart Cool Down,[28] as did Entertainment Weekly's Ken Tucker, who nonetheless criticized the inclusion of remixes on Whitney: The Greatest Hits due to its title and, by extension, the album's track listing as a whole.[72] Jim Farber of the New York Daily News described Whitney: The Greatest Hits as a "bipolar affair set between two CDs, one of which recycles Houston's boring old ballads", while Throw Down "isn't just an ecstatic piece of party music – it utterly redefines Houston as an artist."[18] Writing less favorably for The Baltimore Sun, J. D. Considine dismissed the title of Whitney: The Greatest Hits as "false advertising", and criticized the new tracks—excluding "Fine", which he singled out as a highlight.[21] NME lambasted the timing of the album's release, in reference to Houston's personal and professional struggles at the time, elaborating: "Issuing a double CD of Whitney Houston's finest moments was intended to shore up her rapidly eroding soul diva supremacy against the rising tide of clued-up, modern successors to her throne – Missy Elliott, Lauryn Hill, Kelis. Instead, appearing among rumours of drug abuse, wobbly appearances at awards ceremonies and the recent application of round-the-clock minders to Whitney – it seems more eulogy than testimonial."[74] Ernest Hardy of LA Weekly dismissed Whitney: The Greatest Hits as "damn near unlistenable"—he summarized Cool Down as "Whitney's voice – so strong, so assured, so boring – anchoring saccharine production and even sappier songwriting", and Throw Down as "filled with astonishingly bad dance remixes of old hits".[80] Reviewing the video edition of Whitney: The Greatest Hits, Heather Phares praised the selection of music videos and live performances.[81] In his review of The Essential Whitney Houston, Stephen Thomas Erlewine wrote that the reissue "plays much like The Greatest Hits; even if it has a handful of songs not on the 2000 collection, it covers the same territory equally well and equally entertainingly."[76]

Commercial performance

In the US, Whitney: The Greatest Hits sold 158,000 units within its first week, debuting at number five on the Billboard 200,[82] and at number three on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums, both dated June 3, 2000.[83] It registered Houston's highest solo effort debut since her second studio album Whitney (1987).[84] Whitney: The Greatest Hits descended to number nine on the Billboard 200, and number six on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums, in its second week.[85][86] On June 20, the album was certified double platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), denoting double-disc shipments of one million units in the US.[87] Meanwhile, its accompanying video album had debuted atop the Music Video Sales chart,[88] and went on to become one of the best-selling video albums of the year.[89] Regardless, the album's domestic commercial performance was deemed underwhelming by Arista executives. Several factors were credited with contributing to the "uncharacteristically meager sales", including release timing, single selection, and replacement of Davis with L.A. Reid as the chief executive officer (CEO) and president of Arista.[90] In Canada, Whitney: The Greatest Hits debuted at number four on the Canadian Albums Chart dated June 3, 2000,[91] and was subsequently certified platinum by Music Canada for shipments of 100,000 units in the country.[92]

In the UK, Whitney: The Greatest Hits debuted atop the UK Albums Chart and UK R&B Albums Chart,[57] and peaked atop the Scottish Albums Chart in its second week.[93] After spending 17 weeks within the top 10 on the UK Albums Chart, the album placed ninth on the chart's year-end issue for 2000.[57] Whitney: The Greatest Hits also reached the summit in Ireland,[94] where its sales earned it the 2001 Meteor Music Award for Best International Female Album.[95] Across Europe, the compilation peaked within the top 10 in 13 additional countries, and at number two on the European Top 100 Albums.[96][97][98][99] By the end of 2000, the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI) had certified the album triple platinum for selling three million units in Europe.[100] In Japan, Whitney: The Greatest Hits peaked at number four on the Oricon Albums Chart,[101] and was certified triple platinum by the Recording Industry Association of Japan (RIAJ) for shipments of 600,000 units;[102] it was also among the winners of the 2001 Japan Gold Disc Award for International Pop Album of the Year.[103] The compilation was also a commercial success across Oceania, debuting at numbers eight and nine in Australia and New Zealand, respectively.[104] By February 2012, Whitney: The Greatest Hits had sold over ten million copies worldwide.[105]

Following Houston's death on February 11, 2012, Whitney: The Greatest Hits registered a global resurgence of sales. In the US, it re-entered the Billboard 200 at number six after selling 64,000 copies in a single day, registering a 10,419% increase in comparison to the prior week.[106][107] After a full tracking week, Whitney: The Greatest Hits ascended to its new peak at number two with 175,000 units.[108] The album remained at the position the following week, with steady sales of 174,000 copies; that week, Houston became the first female artist ever to have three albums simultaneously within Billboard 200's top 10.[109] On June 21, Whitney: The Greatest Hits was certified quintuple platinum by the RIAA, signifying double-disc shipments of 2.5 million units in the country.[87] Internationally, the compilation attained new peaks within the top 10 in Argentina, Australia, and France,[110][104][111] while its reissue The Essential Whitney Houston reached the summit in Poland and South Korea,[112][113] and the top 10 in Australia, Canada, Ireland, South Africa, and the UK.[114][115][116][117][118]

Track listing

North American edition[d]
Disc 1: Cool Down
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."You Give Good Love"LaLaKashif4:11
2."Saving All My Love for You"
Masser3:57
3."Greatest Love of All"
Masser4:54
4."All at Once"
Masser4:29
5."If You Say My Eyes Are Beautiful" (with Jermaine Jackson)Elliot Willensky
4:20
6."Didn't We Almost Have It All"
Masser4:38
7."Where Do Broken Hearts Go"
Narada Michael Walden4:38
8."All the Man That I Need"
Walden3:57
9."Run to You"
  • Allan Rich
  • Jud Friedman
David Foster4:27
10."I Have Nothing"
Foster4:53
11."I Will Always Love You"Dolly PartonFoster4:28
12."Exhale (Shoop Shoop)"BabyfaceBabyface3:25
13."Why Does It Hurt So Bad"BabyfaceBabyface4:40
14."I Believe in You and Me"
3:54
15."Heartbreak Hotel" (featuring Faith Evans and Kelly Price)
Soulshock and Karlin4:06
16."My Love Is Your Love"
  • Jean
  • Duplessis
4:19
17."Same Script, Different Cast" (with Deborah Cox)
Shep Crawford4:58
18."Could I Have This Kiss Forever" (Metro Mix) (with Enrique Iglesias)Diane Warren
3:55
Total length:78:09
Disc 2: Throw Down
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Fine"
3:35
2."If I Told You That" (with George Michael)
  • R. Jerkins
  • Michael[a]
4:33
3."It's Not Right but It's Okay" (Thunderpuss Mix)
4:15
4."My Love Is Your Love" (Jonathan Peters Mix)
  • Jean
  • Duplessis
4:18
5."Heartbreak Hotel" (Hex Hector Mix) (featuring Faith Evans and Kelly Price)
  • Schack
  • Karlin
  • Savage
4:20
6."I Learned from the Best" (HQ² Mix)Diane Warren
4:23
7."Step by Step" (Junior Vasquez Mix)Annie Lennox
4:04
8."I'm Every Woman" (Clivilles & Cole Mix)
4:30
9."Queen of the Night" (CJ Mackintosh Mix)
3:45
10."I Will Always Love You" (Hex Hector Mix)Parton
  • Foster
  • Hector[a]
4:48
11."Love Will Save the Day" (Jellybean & David Morales Mix)Toni C.
5:06
12."I'm Your Baby Tonight" (Dronez Mix)
5:05
13."So Emotional" (David Morales Mix)
  • Walden
  • Morales[a]
3:57
14."I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me)" (Junior Vasquez Mix)
  • Walden
  • Vasquez[a]
4:24
15."How Will I Know" (Junior Vasquez Mix)
  • Merrill
  • Rubicam
  • Walden
  • Walden
  • Vasquez[a]
4:09
16."Greatest Love of All" (Junior Vasquez Mix)
  • Masser
  • Creed
  • Masser
  • Vasquez[a]
5:09
17."One Moment in Time"
Walden5:02
18."The Star Spangled Banner" (live at Super Bowl XXV)Francis Scott Key 2:15
Total length:77:38
International edition[e]
Disc 1: Cool Down
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Saving All My Love for You"
  • Masser
  • Goffin
Masser3:57
2."Greatest Love of All"
  • Masser
  • Creed
Masser4:52
3."One Moment in Time"
  • Hammond
  • Bettis
Walden4:46
4."I Have Nothing"
  • Foster
  • Thompson
Foster4:51
5."I Will Always Love You"PartonFoster4:27
6."Run to You"
  • Rich
  • Friedman
Foster4:27
7."You Give Good Love"LaLaKashif4:11
8."All at Once"
  • Masser
  • Osborne
Masser4:30
9."Where Do Broken Hearts Go"
  • Wildhorn
  • Jackson
Walden4:38
10."If You Say My Eyes Are Beautiful" (with Jermaine Jackson)Willensky
  • Jackson
  • Keane
4:20
11."Didn't We Almost Have It All"
  • Masser
  • Jennings
Masser4:38
12."All the Man That I Need"
  • Pitchford
  • Gore
Walden3:56
13."Exhale (Shoop Shoop)"BabyfaceBabyface3:25
14."Count on Me" (with CeCe Winans)
  • Babyface
  • W. Houston
  • Michael Houston
Babyface4:27
15."I Believe in You and Me"
  • Wolfert
  • Linzer
  • Warren
  • W. Houston
3:55
16."I Learned from the Best"WarrenFoster4:23
17."Same Script, Different Cast" (with Deborah Cox)
  • Crawford
  • Jones
  • Daniels
  • Jordan
Crawford5:00
18."Could I Have This Kiss Forever" (Metro Mix) (with Enrique Iglesias)Warren
3:55
Total length:78:40
Disc 2: Throw Down
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."If I Told You That" (with George Michael)
  • R. Jerkins
  • F. Jerkins
  • Daniels
  • Estes
  • R. Jerkins
  • Michael[a]
4:33
2."Fine"
  • W. Houston
  • Saadiq
  • Fareed
  • Saadiq
  • Q-Tip
3:35
3."My Love Is Your Love"
  • Jean
  • Duplessis
  • Jean
  • Duplessis
4:18
4."It's Not Right but It's Okay"
  • R. Jerkins
  • F. Jerkins
  • Daniels
  • Phillips
  • Estes
R. Jerkins4:49
5."Heartbreak Hotel" (featuring Faith Evans and Kelly Price)
  • Schack
  • Karlin
  • Savage
Soulshock and Karlin4:35
6."Step by Step"LennoxLipson4:12
7."Queen of the Night" (CJ Mackintosh Mix)
  • Reid
  • Babyface
  • W. Houston
  • Simmons
  • Reid
  • Babyface
  • W. Houston[b]
  • Simmons[b]
  • Mackintosh[a]
3:46
8."I'm Every Woman"
  • Ashford
  • Simpson
Walden4:45
9."Love Will Save the Day"Toni C.Jellybean5:21
10."I'm Your Baby Tonight"
  • Reid
  • Babyface
  • Reid
  • Babyface
4:58
11."So Emotional"
  • Steinberg
  • Kelly
Walden4:32
12."I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me)"
  • Merrill
  • Rubicam
Walden4:49
13."How Will I Know"
  • Merrill
  • Rubicam
  • Walden
Walden4:33
14."I Will Always Love You" (Hex Hector Mix)Parton
  • Foster
  • Hector[a]
4:52
15."Greatest Love of All" (Club 69 Mix)
  • Masser
  • Creed
4:43
16."It's Not Right but It's Okay" (Thunderpuss Mix)
  • R. Jerkins
  • F. Jerkins
  • Daniels
  • Phillips
  • Estes
  • R. Jerkins
  • Thunderpuss[a]
4:16
17."I'm Your Baby Tonight" (Dronez Mix)
  • Reid
  • Babyface
5:03
Total length:77:40
Whitney: The Greatest Hits – Circuit City exclusive edition (bonus disc)[39]
No.TitleLength
1."Greatest Love of All" (Club 69 Mix)11:54
2."So Emotional" (David Morales Emotional Club Mix)11:21
Whitney: The Greatest Hits – Video edition[119]
No.TitleDirector(s)Length
1."You Give Good Love"Michael Lindsay-Hogg 
2."Saving All My Love for You"Stuart Orme 
3."How Will I Know"Brian Grant 
4."Greatest Love of All"Peter Israelson 
5."I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me)"Grant 
6."Didn't We Almost Have It All"  
7."So Emotional"Wayne Isham 
8."Where Do Broken Hearts Go"Israelson 
9."I'm Your Baby Tonight"Julien Temple 
10."All the Man That I Need"Israelson 
11."The Star Spangled Banner"Bob Best 
12."I Will Always Love You"Nick Brandt 
13."Exhale (Shoop Shoop)"Forest Whitaker 
14."I Believe in You and Me"F. Gary Gray 
15."I'm Every Woman"Randee St. Nicholas 
16."I Have Nothing"S.A. Baron 
17."Run to You"Mitchell Sinoway 
18."Queen of the Night"Mick Jackson 
19."Step by Step"Paul Hunter 
20."Heartbreak Hotel"Kevin Bray 
21."My Love Is Your Love"Bray 
22."It's Not Right But It's Okay"Bray 
23."I Learned from the Best"Bray 
24."Home" (live on The Merv Griffin Show)  
25."Lover for Life" (A Concert for a New South Africa)  
26."One Moment in Time" (live at the 31st Annual Grammy Awards)  
27."My Love Is Your Love" (the making of the album)  
28."My Love Is Your Love" (live from Mannheim)  
29."Why Does It Hurt So Bad" (live at the 1996 MTV Movie Awards)  
30."It's Not Right but It's Okay" (from MTV All Access)  
31."Impossible" (from Rodgers & Hammerstein's Cinderella)Robert Iscove 

Notes

  • ^[a] signifies an additional producer
  • ^[b] signifies a co-producer

Personnel

Credits are adapted from the liner notes of Whitney: The Greatest Hits.[34][119]

  • Ashford & Simpson – songwriting (disc 2: track 8)
  • Babyface – executive production (disc 1: tracks 12 and 13), production (disc 1: tracks 12 and 13; disc 2: tracks 9 and 12), songwriting (disc 1: tracks 12 and 13; disc 2: tracks 9 and 12)
  • John Bettis – songwriting (disc 2: track 17)
  • Gerry Brown – orchestra engineering (disc 2: track 1)
  • Toni C. – songwriting (disc 2: track 11)
  • Anne "Auntie Mae" Catalino – engineering (disc 1: track 17)
  • John Clayton, Jr. – arrangement (disc 2: track 18)
  • Diana Clemente – project coordination (video)
  • Clivillés and Cole – additional production (disc 2: track 8)
  • Tony Coluccio – additional production (disc 2: track 4)
  • Deborah Cox – backing vocals (disc 1: track 17), lead vocals (disc 1: track 17)
  • Shep Crawford – backing vocals (disc 1: track 17), instrumentation (disc 1: track 17), production (disc 1: track 17), songwriting (disc 1: track 17), string arrangement (disc 1: track 17), vocal arrangement (disc 1: track 17)
  • Linda Creed – songwriting (disc 1: track 3; disc 2: track 16)
  • Ricky Crespo – additional programming (disc 2: track 8)
  • LaShawn Daniels – songwriting (disc 2: tracks 2 and 3)
  • Stacey Daniels – songwriting (disc 1: track 17)
  • Dave Darlington – mixing (disc 2: track 12)
  • Clive Davis – album production, executive production (all tracks)
  • Tony Dawsey – mastering (disc 1)
  • DJ Quik – mixing (disc 2: track 1)
  • Jon Douglas – mixing (disc 2: track 2)
  • Jerry Duplessis – production (disc 1: track 16; disc 2: track 4), songwriting (disc 1: track 16; disc 2: track 4)
  • Peter Edge – A&R
  • Nir Erelbaum – engineering assistance (disc 2: track 13)
  • Toni Estes – songwriting (disc 2: tracks 2 and 3)
  • Faith Evans – vocals (disc 1: track 15; disc 2: track 5)
  • Dan Fenster – menu design (video)
  • Raul Flores – engineering assistance (disc 2: track 12)
  • The Florida Orchestra – orchestra (disc 2: track 18)
  • Roxanna Floyd – makeup
  • David Foster – arrangement (disc 1: tracks 10, 11 and 18; disc 2: tracks 6 and 10), production (disc 1: tracks 9–11 and 18; disc 2: tracks 6 and 10), songwriting (disc 1: track 10)
  • Jud Friedman – songwriting (disc 1: track 9)
  • Gerry Goffin – songwriting (disc 1: track 2)
  • Michael Gore – songwriting (disc 1: track 8)
  • Hosh Gureli – A&R
  • Albert Hammond – songwriting (disc 2: track 17)
  • Hex Hector – additional production (disc 2: tracks 5, 6 and 10)
  • Whitney Houston – album production, executive production (disc 1: tracks 9–11 and 14–17; disc 2: track 1), production (disc 1: track 14; disc 2: track 9), songwriting (disc 2: tracks 1, 3 and 9), vocal arrangement (disc 1: tracks 6–11 and 14–17; disc 2: tracks 1, 3–7, 10, 12–14, 17 and 18), vocals (all tracks)
  • Enrique Iglesias – vocals (disc 1: track 18)
  • Chuck Jackson – songwriting (disc 1: track 7)
  • Jermaine Jackson – production (disc 1: track 5), vocals (disc 1: track 5)
  • Wyclef Jean – production (disc 1: track 16; disc 2: track 4), songwriting (disc 1: track 16; disc 2: track 4)
  • Jellybean – production (disc 2: track 11)
  • Will Jennings – songwriting (disc 1: track 6)
  • Fred Jerkins III – songwriting (disc 2: tracks 2 and 3)
  • Rodney Jerkins – instrumentation (disc 2: track 2), production (disc 2: tracks 2 and 3), songwriting (disc 2: tracks 2 and 3)
  • Shae Jones – backing vocals (disc 1: track 17), songwriting (disc 1: track 17)
  • Montell Jordan – songwriting (disc 1: track 17)
  • Frederick Jorio – programming (disc 2: track 16)
  • Kashif – arrangement (disc 1: track 1), production (disc 1: track 1)
  • Tom Keane – production (disc 1: track 5)
  • Tom Kelly – songwriting (disc 2: track 13)
  • Francis Scott Key – songwriting (disc 2: track 18)
  • David LaChapelle – photography
  • LaLa – songwriting (disc 1: track 1)
  • Ellin LaVar – hair
  • Annie Lennox – songwriting (disc 2: track 7)
  • Tom Leone – production (video)
  • Ken Levy – creative direction (video)
  • Amy Linden – liner notes
  • Jahja Ling – conducting (disc 2: track 18)
  • Sandy Linzer – songwriting (disc 1: track 14)
  • Stephen Lipson – production (disc 2: track 7)
  • CJ Mackintosh – additional production (disc 2: track 9)
  • Joe Mardin – string arrangement (disc 1: track 17)
  • Michael Masser – production (disc 1: tracks 2–4 and 6; disc 2: track 16), songwriting (disc 1: tracks 2–4 and 6; disc 2: track 16)
  • Al McDowell – bass (disc 2: track 12), guitar (disc 2: track 12)
  • George Merrill – songwriting (disc 2: tracks 14 and 15)
  • George Michael – additional production (disc 2: track 2), vocals (disc 2: track 2)
  • P. Dennis Mitchell – mix engineering (disc 2: track 7)
  • Peter Mokran – mixing (disc 1: track 17)
  • David Morales – additional production (disc 2: tracks 11 and 13)
  • Erick Morillo – additional production (disc 2: track 12)
  • Joe Moskowitz – keyboards (disc 2: track 13), programming (disc 2: tracks 7 and 14)
  • Keith Naftaly – A&R
  • José Nuñez – additional production (disc 2: track 12)
  • Jeffrey Osborne – songwriting (disc 1: track 4)
  • Dolly Parton – songwriting (disc 1: track 11; disc 2: track 10)
  • Jonathan Peters – additional production (disc 2: track 4)
  • Isaac Phillips – songwriting (disc 2: track 3)
  • Dean Pitchford – songwriting (disc 1: track 8)
  • Kelly Price – vocal arrangement (disc 1: track 17), vocals (disc 1: track 15; disc 2: track 5)
  • Q-Tip – production (disc 2: track 1), songwriting (disc 2: track 1)
  • Mac Quayle – additional production (disc 2: track 6), engineering (disc 2: tracks 5 and 10), keyboards (disc 2: tracks 5 and 10), programming (disc 2: tracks 5 and 10)
  • Brian Rawling – additional production (disc 1: track 18), mixing (disc 1: track 18)
  • L.A. Reid – production (disc 2: tracks 9 and 12), songwriting (disc 2: tracks 9 and 12)
  • Allan Rich – songwriting (disc 1: track 9)
  • Danny Romero – engineering (disc 2: track 1)
  • Harry Romero – additional production (disc 2: track 12)
  • Shannon Rubicam – songwriting (disc 2: tracks 14 and 15)
  • Raphael Saadiq – orchestra arrangement (disc 2: track 1), production (disc 2: track 1), songwriting (disc 2: track 1)
  • Tom Salta – programming (disc 2: track 15)
  • Tamara Savage – songwriting (disc 1: track 15; disc 2: track 5)
  • Jamie Seyberth – tracking (disc 1: track 17)
  • Daryl Simmons – production (disc 2: track 9), songwriting (disc 2: track 9)
  • Dexter Simmons – engineering (disc 2: track 2)
  • Soulshock and Karlin – arrangement (disc 1: track 15; disc 2: track 5), production (disc 1: track 15; disc 2: track 5), songwriting (disc 1: track 15; disc 2: track 5)
  • The South Central Chamber Orchestra – orchestra (disc 2: track 1)
  • Jeff Stabenau – executive production (video)
  • Jason Stasium – engineering (disc 2: track 1)
  • Rachel Stein – production management
  • Billy Steinberg – songwriting (disc 2: track 13)
  • Christopher Stern – art direction
  • David Sussman – engineering (disc 2: track 13)
  • Ren Swan – mix engineering (disc 2: track 2)
  • Mark Taylor – additional production (disc 1: track 18), mixing (disc 1: track 18)
  • Thunderpuss – additional production (disc 2: track 3)
  • Linda Thompson – songwriting (disc 1: track 10)
  • Satoshi Tomiie – keyboards (disc 2: track 13)
  • Lenny Underwood – keyboards (disc 2: track 12)
  • Junior Vasquez – additional production (disc 2: tracks 7 and 14–16)
  • Charles Veal, Jr. – orchestra arrangement (disc 2: track 1), orchestra conducting (disc 2: track 1)
  • Narada Michael Walden – production (disc 1: tracks 7 and 8; disc 2: tracks 8, 13–15 and 17), songwriting (disc 2: track 15)
  • Diane Warren – songwriting (disc 1: track 18; disc 2: track 6)
  • Mervyn Warren – production (disc 1: track 14)
  • Frank Wildhorn – songwriting (disc 1: track 7)
  • Elliot Willensky – songwriting (disc 1: track 5)
  • Jay Williams – guitar (disc 1: track 17)
  • Patti Wilson – styling
  • David Wolfert – songwriting (disc 1: track 14)
  • Leon Zervos – mastering (disc 2)

Charts

Certifications

Release history

Release dates and formats for Whitney: The Greatest Hits
RegionDateFormat(s)Label(s)Ref.
FranceMay 5, 2000Double CDArista
[40]
GermanyMay 15, 2000BMG
[124]
United Kingdom
Arista
[204]
United StatesMay 16, 2000
[39][205][206]
JapanMay 20, 2000Double CD
[101]
United Kingdom
  • DVD
  • VHS
[207]
FranceJune 14, 2000
[208][209]
JapanJuly 7, 2000DVD
[210]
Release dates and formats for The Essential Whitney Houston
RegionDateFormat(s)Label(s)Ref.
AustraliaJanuary 10, 2011Double CD
[211]
United Kingdom
[212]
PolandJanuary 14, 2011
[213]
Taiwan
[214]
CanadaJanuary 18, 2011
[215]
FranceFebruary 14, 2011
[216]
GermanyJanuary 6, 2012
[217]

See also

References

Notes

  1. ^ used for Australian, Asian, European and South African pressings; Canadian and Mexican editions cover features the title at the top and in a different typeface
  2. ^ While announcing the release of Houston's posthumous greatest hits album I Will Always Love You: The Best of Whitney Houston in August 2012, Keith Caulfield from Billboard declared it Houston's "first authoritative greatest hits album" and referred to Whitney: The Greatest Hits as a compilation album due to its remix-infused track listing.[31] Numerous other journalists had also classified Whitney: The Greatest Hits as a compilation rather than a greatest hits album.[32][21][18]
  3. ^ In his review of Whitney: The Greatest Hits for Daily News, Jim Farber gave Cool Down two stars, and Throw Down three, thus the album's overall grade averaged two and a half stars.[18]
  4. ^ Also used for Australian and Canadian editions of The Essential Whitney Houston[36]
  5. ^ Also used for international editions of The Essential Whitney Houston[37]

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External links

Quelle: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whitney:_The_Greatest_Hits

Artist(s)

Veröffentlichungen von Whitney Houston die im OTRS erhältlich sind/waren:

Whitney Houston Live: Her Greatest Performances ¦ Whitney: The Greatest Hits ¦ I Will Always Love You: The Best Of Whitney Houston ¦ OST The Bodyguard ¦ Whitney ¦ Whitney Houston

Whitney Houston auf Wikipedia (oder andere Quellen):

Whitney Houston (1991)

Whitney Elizabeth Houston (* 9. August 1963 in Newark, New Jersey; † 11. Februar 2012 in Beverly Hills, Kalifornien) war eine US-amerikanische R&B-, Soul- und Pop-Sängerin und Schauspielerin.

Mit mehr als 220 Millionen verkauften Tonträgern[1] und über 200 Gold-, Platin-, Silber- und Diamantschallplatten sowie sechs Grammys gehört sie zu den weltweit erfolgreichsten Sängerinnen.[2] 1992 erreichte sie durch ihr Schauspieldebüt in der Hauptrolle des Films Bodyguard sowie durch den zum großen Teil von ihr gesungenen Soundtrack The Bodyguard den Höhepunkt ihrer Popularität. I Will Always Love You wurde ihr erfolgreichster Song.

Privatleben

Whitney Houston war das zweite Kind von Cissy Houston und John Russell Houston jr. (1920–2003). Ihre Mutter war 1969 als Sängerin bei den Sweet Inspirations, der Begleitgruppe von Elvis Presley, sowie unter anderem bei Jimi Hendrix engagiert. Houston hatte vier Geschwister: Der Halbbruder Gary Garland stammt aus der ersten Ehe ihrer Mutter mit Freddie Garland; ihr Bruder Michael ist das erste gemeinsame Kind ihrer Eltern. Houstons jüngere Halbgeschwister Alana und John Russell stammen aus späteren Ehen ihres Vaters. Die Sängerinnen Dee Dee Warwick und Dionne Warwick sind ihre Cousinen, die Sängerin Darlene Love ihre Patentante.[3] Sie lebte von Mitte der 1980er bis Mitte der 1990er in Livingston (New Jersey), circa 1995 übersiedelte sie ins kalifornische Los Angeles.

Im 2018 veröffentlichten Dokumentarfilm Whitney des Regisseurs Kevin Macdonald berichten mehrere Personen, darunter ihre Schwägerin und Managerin Pat Houston und ihre letzte Assistentin Mary Jones, Houston habe ihnen gegenüber angegeben, dass sie in ihrer Kindheit von ihrer älteren Cousine Dee Dee Warwick sexuell missbraucht worden sei; auch Whitney Houstons Bruder Gary gab an, als Kind Missbrauchsopfer derselben Person geworden zu sein. Von Houstons Jugendfreundin und langjährigen rechten Hand, Robyn Crawford (* 1960), wurde diese These später für eher unwahrscheinlich befunden: Houston habe ihr gegenüber Missbrauch nie thematisiert.[4][5][6]

Crawford unterstützte Houston bis zu ihrer Entlassung 2000 als Assistentin und lebte in deren Haushalt. Von 1980 bis 1983 hatten die beiden Frauen laut Crawford eine Liebesbeziehung. Anlässlich der Unterzeichnung ihres ersten Plattenvertrages schenkte Houston demnach Crawford eine Bibel, schwor ihr bedingungslose Liebe und beschloss, den sexuellen Aspekt der Beziehung zu beenden und geheim zu halten. Beide fürchteten, dass ein Bekanntwerden dem Weg Houstons als Popstar im Wege stehen könnte.[7] Die weiterhin enge Freundschaft und Nähe zu Crawford wurde von der Familie nicht gerne gesehen und führte zudem über die Jahre immer wieder zu Spekulationen, es handle sich um eine Liebesbeziehung, welche die Sängerin ihr Leben lang dementierte. Crawford äußerte sich erst ab 2019 öffentlich über die intimen Aspekte der Beziehung, auch um das von Drogensucht überschattete Ende der Sängerin in ein anderes Licht zu setzen.[6][8][9][10][11]

1992 heiratete Houston den R&B-Sänger Bobby Brown. Aus dieser Ehe stammte die gemeinsame Tochter Bobbi Kristina (1993–2015). Die Ehe war geprägt von häuslicher Gewalt und Drogenmissbrauch.[11] 2007 wurde das Paar geschieden. Für ihre Tochter hatte Houston fortan das alleinige Sorgerecht.

Seit Mitte der 1990er Jahre litt Houston unter verschiedenen Formen von Drogenabhängigkeit, weshalb sie in den 2000er Jahren mehrere erfolglose Entziehungskuren machte. Im Mai 2011, wenige Monate vor ihrem Tod, begab sie sich zum letzten Mal in eine Entzugsklinik.[12]

Lebenswerk

Houstons Alben und Singles verkauften sich mehr als 200 Millionen Mal. Die US-Amerikanerin war eine der wenigen Musikerinnen, die in drei aufeinanderfolgenden Jahrzehnten ein Nummer-eins-Album in den internationalen Charts platzieren konnten – unter anderem in den USA, Deutschland, der Schweiz, Österreich und Kanada. Anfang der 1990er Jahre betätigte sich Houston auch mit großem Erfolg als Schauspielerin, ihre drei Kinofilme spielten zusammen mehrere hundert Millionen US-Dollar ein. Mit 411 Auszeichnungen[13] für ihr musikalisches und filmisches Schaffen ist Whitney Houston laut Guinness Buch der Rekorde die am häufigsten ausgezeichnete Künstlerin aller Zeiten.[2] Als Preise für ihr Lebenswerk erhielt sie unter anderem 2001 den BET Lifetime Achievement Award und 2004 den Women’s World Award.

Der Grundstein ihrer Karriere war ihre unverwechselbare Stimme, die drei Oktaven umfasste.[14] Sie galt als die bedeutendste zeitgenössische Interpretin moderner Pop-Soul-Musik: 1998 schrieb die New York Times, Houston sei die „definitive Pop-Soul-Sängerin ihrer Generation“,[15] und die amerikanische Musikzeitschrift Rolling Stone nahm sie wenige Jahre später als „beste weibliche Stimme ihrer Zeit“ in ihre Liste Die 100 größten Sänger aller Zeiten auf.[16] In den Medien wurde sie auch mit dem Übernamen „The Voice“ („Die Stimme“) bezeichnet.[17] Ihr Gesang – eine vom traditionellen Gospel beeinflusste Mischung aus Pop und Soul – galt als stilprägend für die Generation nachfolgender Sängerinnen. Künstlerinnen wie Mariah Carey, Christina Aguilera, Jennifer Hudson und Mary J. Blige geben an, von ihr maßgeblich beeinflusst worden zu sein.

Houston setzte sich von Beginn ihrer Karriere an wiederholt für wohltätige Zwecke ein. 1989 gründete sie The Whitney Houston Foundation for Children, für die sie der US-amerikanische Fernsehsender VH1 1995 mit seinem Honors Award auszeichnete. 1988 trat sie zu Ehren des damals inhaftierten Nelson Mandela beim Freedom Fest in London auf. Teile der Einnahmen aus verschiedenen Konzert-Specials, so Welcome Home Heroes oder Classic Whitney, gingen an wohltätige Zwecke.

Karriere

Anfänge und Modelkarriere

Erste Schallplattenaufnahmen machte Houston mit 14 Jahren, als sie 1977 für den Song Life’s a Party der Michael-Zager-Band die Solostimme einsang. 1979 war sie im Background von Chaka Khans Lied I’m Every Woman zu hören, ein Stück, das sie 1992 selbst nochmals zu einem Hit machte. 1982 arbeitete Houston mit Bill Laswell für dessen Projekt Material. Ihre Ballade Memories, mit Archie Shepp am Saxophon, war im selben Jahr ein Highlight des Albums One Down.

Erste Erfahrungen als Live-Entertainerin sammelte sie als Teenager während einer Reihe von Nachtclubauftritten mit ihrer Mutter. Sie selbst gab zwei Schlüsselmomente für den Beginn ihrer Karriere an: einen Solo-Auftritt in ihrer Heimatkirche in Newark sowie einen Auftritt im New Yorker Town Hall Theater während eines Konzerts ihrer Mutter.

Parallel zu ihren Aktivitäten als Sängerin verfolgte sie anfänglich eine erfolgreiche Modelkarriere: Sie wurde in Zeitschriften wie Vogue und als eines der ersten schwarzen Models auf der Titelseite der Teenagerzeitschrift Seventeen abgebildet. Auch nach Beginn ihrer Gesangskarriere arbeitete sie kontinuierlich mit den bedeutendsten Fotografen der Branche, unter anderem mit Patrick Demarchelier, Sante D’Orazio und David LaChapelle. Schon bald war sie auf den Titelseiten weltweit führender Mode- und Musikzeitschriften zu sehen, darunter Rolling Stone, Vibe und Harper’s Bazaar.

1980er Jahre

1983 unterzeichnete Houston ihren ersten Plattenvertrag mit der Firma ihres Entdeckers Clive Davis, Arista Records. 1984 erschien die Single Hold me, ein Duett mit Teddy Pendergrass. Nach fast dreijähriger Produktionszeit erschien 1985 das Debütalbum Whitney Houston. Es war mit 13 Millionen allein in den USA verkauften Exemplaren[18] eines der erfolgreichsten Debüts, das je einer Künstlerin gelang. Drei der ausgekoppelten Singles erreichten die Spitze der US-amerikanischen Charts. Außerdem erhielt Houston für das Lied Saving All My Love for You ihren ersten Grammy als beste Popsängerin.

Auch international erreichte Houstons Album Spitzenplätze und wurde unter anderem in Deutschland, Österreich und im Vereinigten Königreich mit Platin und Mehrfach-Platin ausgezeichnet. Die CD enthält einige Coverversionen, deren Originale zuvor nur begrenzten Erfolg gehabt hatten: Greatest Love of All (George Benson), Saving All My Love for You (Marilyn McCoo & Billy Davis, Jr.), Nobody Loves Me Like You Do (Anne Murray & Dave Loggins) und Take Good Care of My Heart (Anne Murray). Dem Album schloss sich 1986 die Greatest Love Tour an. Whitney Houston wird vom Rolling Stone als eines der 500 besten Alben aller Zeiten geführt.[19]

Mit ihrem zweiten Album Whitney etablierte sie sich als eine der herausragenden neuen Künstlerinnen der 1980er Jahre. Mit dem Werk gelang es ihr 1987 als erster Sängerin, direkt auf Platz eins der US-Billboard-Charts einzusteigen. Vier Singles aus diesem Album erklommen die Spitzenposition der US-amerikanischen Charts, darunter das mit einem Grammy ausgezeichnete I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me). Ebenfalls sehr erfolgreich wurde der 1987 veröffentlichte Song Where Do Broken Hearts Go. Diese sieben aufeinander folgenden Nummer-eins-Single-Hits bescherten Houston einen Eintrag im Guinness-Buch der Rekorde und das Attribut der bis dahin „erfolgreichsten Sängerin aller Zeiten“.

Das Album Whitney wiederholte den Erfolg des Vorgängeralbums in fast allen Ländern, in denen es veröffentlicht wurde. Es erreichte die Spitzenposition in verschiedenen europäischen Ländern und wurde mehrfach mit Platin ausgezeichnet. 1988 sang sie das Titellied der NBC-Übertragungen der Olympischen Spiele in Seoul, One Moment in Time, der sie an die Spitze der deutschen und britischen Single-Charts brachte.[20]

1990er Jahre

Whitney Houston (1991)

Im November 1990 folgte das deutlich vom zeitgenössischen R&B beeinflusste Album I’m Your Baby Tonight. Das gleichnamige Titellied und die Auskopplung All The Man That I Need erreichten die Spitze der amerikanischen Singlecharts, während das Album auf den dritten Platz der Albumcharts kam und mit Vierfach-Platin ausgezeichnet wurde. Während sich die Vereinigten Staaten im Zweiten Golfkrieg befanden, sang Houston im Januar 1991 während des Super Bowl XXV die Nationalhymne. Der Auftritt galt später als ein Schlüsselmoment in der Karriere der US-Sängerin. Zeit Online schrieb im Jahr 2009: „Ihre Stimme wurde zum Nationalheiligtum der Reagan/Bush-Ära. Höhepunkt der Vereinnahmung war ihr Auftritt beim Superbowl 1991, als sie im Sportanzug die Nationalhymne sang.“[21]

Ihr Leinwanddebüt gab Houston im Herbst 1992 an der Seite von Kevin Costner mit dem Film Bodyguard. Zum dazugehörigen Soundtrack steuerte sie sechs Lieder bei; die Singleauskopplung I Will Always Love You – eine Coverversion des Liedes von Dolly Parton aus dem Jahr 1974 – hielt sich 14 Wochen an der Spitze der US-amerikanischen Charts und war Weihnachts-Nummer-eins-Hit in Großbritannien. Das Album The Bodyguard ist mit über 17 Millionen verkauften Einheiten der mit Abstand erfolgreichste Soundtrack in den USA und auch eines der erfolgreichsten Alben einer Sängerin.[18] Im Film spielt sie einen Popstar, der von einem verrückten Fan bedroht wird. 1995 folgte ein weiterer Film, Waiting to Exhale, zu dem sie mit unter anderem Mary J. Blige und Toni Braxton den Soundtrack aufnahm. Die Single Exhale (Shoop, Shoop) brachte Houston abermals einen Nummer-eins-Hit in den Billboard Charts ein, der ihr elfter und auch letzter war.

Ende 1996 kam Houstons dritter Film Rendezvous mit einem Engel ins Kino, zu dem sie den kompletten Soundtrack The Preacher’s Wife beisteuerte. Die erste Singleauskopplung Step By Step schaffte es weltweit in die Top Ten der Charts. Im November 1998 erschien Houstons viertes Studioalbum My Love Is Your Love. Es enthält unter anderem die Hit-Singles My Love Is Your Love und It’s Not Right But It’s Okay sowie das Duett When You Believe mit Mariah Carey. Nach den Jahren im Filmgeschäft konzentrierte sich Houston mit diesem Album wieder auf ihre Gesangskarriere. Nachdem das Album kommerziell zunächst mäßig angelaufen war, entwickelte es sich durch Veröffentlichung des Titelliedes als Single im Frühsommer 1999 zu einem der größten Erfolge der Sängerin. Es wurde in Europa und den USA jeweils mit vier Platinschallplatten ausgezeichnet.

2000–2012

Whitney Houston (2009)

Bei der Grammy-Verleihung 2000 erhielt Houston für den Song It’s Not Right, But It’s Okay ihren sechsten Grammy, diesmal für die beste R&B-Gesangsdarbietung einer Frau. Im Mai desselben Jahres folgte das erste Best-of-Projekt ihrer damals 15-jährigen Karriere: Whitney: The Greatest Hits. Auf zwei CDs vereint das Album Houstons größte Erfolge, einige Raritäten – u. a. If You Say My Eyes Are Beautiful – sowie die vier neuen Lieder Fine, Same Script, Different Cast, If I Told You That und den weltweiten Erfolg Could I Have This Kiss Forever. Das Album erreichte weltweit die Top Five der Charts und war in Großbritannien ein Nummer-eins-Erfolg. Im folgenden Jahr erhielt sie den Lifetime Achievement Award des Senders BET für ihr Lebenswerk. Bei der Verleihung des Preises sangen Luther Vandross und Christina Aguilera, die Laudatio hielten Babyface und Mary J. Blige.

Im November 2002 kam mit Just Whitney… Houstons fünftes Studioalbum auf den Markt. Die erste Single Whatchulookinat, von der Houston auch Co-Autorin ist, erregte vor allem wegen ihres medienkritischen Inhalts Aufmerksamkeit. Die folgenden Auskopplungen waren kommerziell wenig erfolgreich; das Album wurde in den USA mit Platin ausgezeichnet. Mehr Aufsehen erregte Houston, indem sie 2002 in einem Interview mit Diane Sawyer deren Frage, ob Houstons auffälliger Gewichtsverlust mit Drogenkonsum zusammenhänge, bejahte und damit Gerüchte bestätigte, die bereits seit Jahren kursierten. Houston behauptete zugleich allerdings, diese Probleme überwunden zu haben und überdies niemals Crack konsumiert zu haben.

Ende 2003 veröffentlichte sie ihr erstes Weihnachtsalbum: One Wish – The Holiday Album. Es enthält bekannte Weihnachtsklassiker sowie zwei Stücke aus dem Soundtrack The Preacher’s Wife. Das Lied Little Drummer Boy sang Houston zusammen mit ihrer Tochter Bobbi Kristina Brown. Nach den Veröffentlichungen der Alben Just Whitney … und One Wish wurde es zunehmend stiller um Houston. Ihre weiteren Musikveröffentlichungen in der Zeit von 2001 bis 2007 beschränken sich, auch aufgrund ihrer Drogensucht, auf die zwei weiteren Best-of-Alben Love Whitney und The Ultimate Collection. 2006 nahm Houston mit ihrer Mutter Cissy Houston, ihrer Cousine Dionne Warwick und ihrer Tochter das Lied Family Comes First auf, das zum Soundtrack des Films Daddy’s Little Girls gehört. 2004 trat Houston bei den World Music Awards auf. Anschließend gab sie dem amerikanischen TV-Magazin Entertainment Tonight ein Interview, in dem sie und ihr Entdecker Clive Davis ihre Pläne für ein neues Album bekanntgaben.[22] Die Arbeiten daran zogen sich dann allerdings über Jahre hin und wurden von wiederkehrenden Gerüchten um Houstons Drogenkonsum und schlechten Gesundheitszustand überschattet. Im Internet tauchte im Juli 2008 das Lied Like I Never Left auf, ein Duett Houstons mit dem Sänger Akon. Ein Jahr später wurde das Album I Look to You auf Listening Parties in London, New York und Los Angeles der weltweiten Fachpresse vorgestellt. Das Titellied sowie das von Alicia Keys geschriebene Million Dollar Bill wurden im Doppelpack als erste Singles veröffentlicht. Im September 2009 gab Whitney Houston der US-amerikanischen Talkmasterin Oprah Winfrey ein mehrstündiges Interview, in dem sie ausführlich über ihre nun angeblich überwundene Drogensucht und ihre gescheiterte Ehe sprach.

Im selben Monat stieg das Album I Look To You auf Platz eins der Charts in den USA und Kanada. Weitere Nummer-eins-Positionen in Deutschland, der Schweiz, Italien, Polen und den Niederlanden machten es auch zur europäischen Nummer eins. Das Album verkaufte sich in den USA bereits in der ersten Woche über 300.000 Mal und bescherte der US-Sängerin damit die erfolgreichste Startwoche ihrer Karriere. Das Album verkaufte sich anschließend weltweit mehr als zwei Millionen Mal. Es steht damit zwar deutlich hinter Houstons anderen Alben – besonders denen der 1990er Jahre – zurück, erhielt aber Platin- und Goldauszeichnungen unter anderem in den USA, der Schweiz, Österreich, Italien und Polen. Im November 2009 wurde Whitney Houston bei den American Music Awards mit dem Sonderpreis International Artist Award ausgezeichnet.

Obwohl ihr Umfeld aufgrund ihrer schlechten körperlichen Verfassung Bedenken hatte, entschloss sich Houston, die nach der Scheidung von Brown in Geldnöten war, dazu, eine Reihe von Konzerten zu geben. Zehn Jahre nach Houstons letzter Welttournee begann im Dezember 2009 ihre neue Konzertreise im Olimpijski-Stadion in Moskau. Die Kritiken zu diesem Tourneeauftakt waren von der Enttäuschung über ihre nach jahrelangem Substanzmissbrauch brüchige Stimme gekennzeichnet, die nicht mehr das Niveau früherer Jahre erreichte. Diese letzte Welttournee spielte zwar etwa 32 Millionen US-Dollar ein,[23] hatte jedoch bei der Musikkritik kaum Erfolg. Nicht nur die deutschsprachige Presse beurteilte sie zum größten Teil negativ, teils verließen Zuhörer verärgert noch laufende Konzerte. Bei einem Auftritt in der O2 World in Berlin versagte ihre Stimme mehrfach; ihr Auftritt in Hamburg erinnerte hingegen in einigen Momenten noch einmal daran, welche Kraft ihre Stimme einst hatte. Höhepunkt des Abends war die Rückkehr Houstons zu ihren Wurzeln, den Gospels. Die Mehrheit des Publikums spendete wohlwollenden Applaus.[24] Im Mai 2011 trat Houston als musikalischer Gast bei einem Konzert von Prince im The Forum in Inglewood in Los Angeles auf.

Nach Houstons Tod im Februar 2012 kamen einige ihrer Lieder nochmals in die Top 100 der deutschen Singlecharts: I Will Always Love You auf Platz 19, One Moment in Time auf Platz 40, My Love Is Your Love auf Platz 64, der 2009 veröffentlichte Titel I Look to You auf Platz 84 und Run to You auf Platz 98. Auch drei ihrer Alben platzierten sich nochmals in den Top 100, jedoch nur Greatest-Hits-Alben: The Ultimate Collection auf Platz 3 (vorher Platz 11), The Essential Whitney Houston auf Platz 20 und All Time Best – Reclam Musik Edition auf Platz 76. Die zwei letztgenannten Alben erschienen im Jahr 2011, kamen aber erst nach Houstons Tod in die Charts.[25]

Tod und Beisetzung

Whitney Houston starb am 11. Februar 2012 im Alter von 48 Jahren im Hotel Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills.[26][27] Sie wurde von ihrer Assistentin leblos in der Badewanne aufgefunden.[28] Als Todesursache wurde Ertrinken festgestellt; der chronische Missbrauch von Kokain und eine Herzkrankheit sollen zu ihrem Tod beigetragen haben.[29] Ihr Tod überschattete die am folgenden Abend ebenfalls in Beverly Hills stattfindende Verleihung der Grammy Awards 2012.

Die Trauerfeier fand am 18. Februar 2012 in der New Hope Baptist Church in Newark in New Jersey statt, wo Houston als junges Mädchen Mitglied im Gospelchor gewesen war. Der fast vierstündigen Zeremonie wohnten unter anderen Stevie Wonder, Alicia Keys und Kevin Costner bei. Im Rahmen der Beerdigung hielt Costner, ihr Filmpartner in Bodyguard von 1992, eine Trauerrede.[30] Die Beisetzung folgte am nächsten Tag auf dem Fairview Cemetery in Westfield neben dem Grab ihres Vaters.[31][32]

Diskografie

Studioalben

JahrTitel
Musiklabel		Höchstplatzierung, Gesamtwochen/​‑monate, AuszeichnungChartplatzierungenChartplatzierungenTemplate:Charttabelle/Wartung/Monatsdaten
(Jahr, Titel, Musiklabel, Plat­zie­rungen, Wo­chen/Mo­nate, Aus­zeich­nungen, Anmer­kungen)		Anmerkungen
 DE AT CH UK US R&B
1985Whitney Houston
Arista Records		DE2
Platin
Platin

(69 Wo.)DE		AT9
Platin
Platin

(7½ Mt.)AT		CH2
(33 Wo.)CH		UK2
Vierfachplatin
×4
Vierfachplatin

(119 Wo.)UK		US1
Diamant + Vierfachplatin
Diamant + Vierfachplatin
×4
Diamant + Vierfachplatin

(176 Wo.)US		R&B1
(116 Wo.)R&B
Erstveröffentlichung: 14. Februar 1985
Verkäufe: + 22.000.000[33]
1987Whitney
Arista Records		DE1
Platin
Platin

(35 Wo.)DE		AT1
Doppelplatin
×2
Doppelplatin

(12 Mt.)AT		CH1
Doppelplatin
×2
Doppelplatin

(20 Wo.)CH		UK1
Siebenfachplatin
×7
Siebenfachplatin

(102 Wo.)UK		US1
Diamant
Diamant

(88 Wo.)US		R&B2
(75 Wo.)R&B
Erstveröffentlichung: 1. Juni 1987
Verkäufe: + 20.000.000[34]
1990I’m Your Baby Tonight
Arista Records		DE3
Platin
Platin

(26 Wo.)DE		AT2
Platin
Platin

(20 Wo.)AT		CH2
Doppelplatin
×2
Doppelplatin

(22 Wo.)CH		UK4
Platin
Platin

(29 Wo.)UK		US3
Vierfachplatin
×4
Vierfachplatin

(57 Wo.)US		R&B1
(53 Wo.)R&B
Erstveröffentlichung: 6. November 1990
Verkäufe: + 10.000.000[35]
1998My Love Is Your Love
Arista Records		DE2
Platin
Platin

(70 Wo.)DE		AT1
Platin
Platin

(48 Wo.)AT		CH1
Dreifachplatin
×3
Dreifachplatin

(67 Wo.)CH		UK4
Dreifachplatin
×3
Dreifachplatin

(70 Wo.)UK		US13
Vierfachplatin
×4
Vierfachplatin

(87 Wo.)US		R&B7
(79 Wo.)R&B
Erstveröffentlichung: 17. November 1998
Verkäufe: + 10.000.000[36]
2002Just Whitney...
Arista Records		DE16
(8 Wo.)DE		AT33
(7 Wo.)AT		CH10
Platin
Platin

(12 Wo.)CH		UK76
(5 Wo.)UK		US9
Platin
Platin

(30 Wo.)US		R&B3
(31 Wo.)R&B
Erstveröffentlichung: 25. November 2002
Verkäufe: + 2.000.000[37]
2009I Look to You
Arista Records		DE1
Gold
Gold

(17 Wo.)DE		AT3
Gold
Gold

(13 Wo.)AT		CH1
Gold
Gold

(14 Wo.)CH		UK3
Gold
Gold

(14 Wo.)UK		US1
Platin
Platin

(39 Wo.)US		R&B1
(43 Wo.)R&B
Erstveröffentlichung: 28. August 2009
Verkäufe: + 2.500.000[38]

Filmografie

Auszeichnungen

  • 1986: Grammy Award Beste weibliche Pop Performance für „Saving All My Love For You“[39]
  • 1988: Grammy Award Beste weibliche Pop Performance für „I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me)“
  • 1988: BRAVO OTTO in Silber für „Beste Sängerin“
  • 1993: 2 BRAVO OTTOs in Silber für „Beste Sängerin“ & „Beste Schauspielerin“
  • 1994: Grammy Award Song des Jahres für „I Will Always Love You“
  • 1994: Grammy Award Beste weibliche Pop Performance für „I Will Always Love You“
  • 1994: Grammy Award Album des Jahres für „The Bodyguard“
  • 1999: Bambi in der Kategorie „Pop International“
  • 1999: MTV Europe Music Award in der Kategorie Best R&B
  • 2000: Grammy Award in der Kategorie R’n’b Song des Jahres für „It’s Not Right But It’s Okay“
  • 2001: BET Lifetime Achievement Award
  • 2004: Women’s World Award – World Artist Award for Lifetime Achievement
  • 2009: International Artist Award (AMA's)
  • 2012 MTV Europe Music Award in der Kategorie Global lcon (EMAs)
  • 2012: Echo Hall of Fame

Literatur

  • Mark Bego: Whitney Houston – Die Biografie (Aktualisierte und erweiterte Neuausgabe). Hannibal Verlag, Höfen 2012, ISBN 978-3-85445-389-5 (Originalausgabe: Whitney Houston: The Biography)
  • Cissy Houston mit Lisa Dickey: Whitney: Die Geschichte einer Mutter über Liebe und Verlust. Edel Books, Hamburg 2013, ISBN 978-3-8419-0232-0 (Originalausgabe: Remembering Whitney: My Story of Love, Loss, and the Night the Music Stopped)
  • Robyn Crawford: I Will Always Love You: Mein Leben mit Whitney Houston. Goldmann Verlag, München 2021, ISBN 978-3-442-31613-7 (Originalausgabe: A Song for you: My Life with Whitney Houston)

Dokumentationen und Filmbiografie

Coverversionen und Interpretationen

Von Whitney Houston gesungenen Lieder waren vielfach Thema in Musiksendungen und wurden in Musik-Castingshows wie The Voice of Germany von jungen Talenten aufgegriffen und neu interpretiert. Gleich mehrfach gesungen wurden "How Will I Know", "I Wanna Dance With Somebody" und "I Have Nothing".[40]

Der Welterfolg "I Will Always Love You" (Original von Dolly Parton) wurde von zahlreichen bekannten Sängern wie Michael Bolton, Glennis Grace oder Samantha Harvey sowie dem multinationalen Musiker-Quartett Il Divo gecovert.

Weblinks

Commons: Whitney Houston – Sammlung von Bildern, Videos und Audiodateien
 Wikinews: Whitney Houston – in den Nachrichten

Einzelnachweise

  1. ↑ Whitney Houston story, song by song. In: Marie Claire. 25. Mai 2022, abgerufen am 28. Juni 2023.
  2. ↑ a b Offizielle Whitney Houston Biografie (Memento vom 19. Januar 2010 im Internet Archive) oderGold- und Platinstatistik (Memento vom 14. Februar 2012 im Internet Archive)
  3. ↑ Whitney’s godmother: ‘She was a light’ (Memento des Originals vom 1. Oktober 2013 im Internet Archive) In: Nancy Grace spoke with Whitney Houston’s godmother and Rock and Roll Hall of Fame singer Darlene Love., 13. Februar 2012. Abgerufen am 20. Februar 2012 
  4. ↑ The True Story of Whitney Houston. Abgerufen am 7. Juli 2021.
  5. ↑ Andy Greene, Andy Greene: 'Whitney': The Story Behind the Controversial New Whitney Houston Doc. In: Rolling Stone. 5. Juli 2018, abgerufen am 7. Juli 2021 (amerikanisches Englisch).
  6. ↑ a b Robyn Crawford, A Song for You, My Life With Whitney Houston, Dulton 2019, ISBN 978-1-5247-4284-3
  7. ↑ A Homophobic Culture Killed Whitney Houston. 14. November 2019, abgerufen am 9. Juli 2022 (englisch).
  8. ↑ Whitney Houston's close friend Robyn Crawford says they had sexual relationship. 7. November 2019, abgerufen am 9. Juli 2022 (englisch).
  9. ↑ Emma Brockes: 'Our friendship was intimate on all levels': Robyn Crawford on her love for Whitney Houston. 16. November 2019, abgerufen am 8. Juli 2022 (englisch).
  10. ↑ Robyn Crawford says relationship with Whitney Houston was 'love - open and honest'. In: BBC News. 17. November 2019 (bbc.com [abgerufen am 9. Juli 2022]).
  11. ↑ a b Emma Brockes: 'Our friendship was intimate on all levels': Robyn Crawford on her love for Whitney Houston. 16. November 2019, abgerufen am 9. Juli 2022 (englisch).
  12. ↑ Facebook, Twitter, Show more sharing options, Facebook, Twitter: Quick Takes: Whitney Houston returns to rehab. 10. Mai 2011, abgerufen am 9. Juli 2022 (amerikanisches Englisch).
  13. ↑ Musik: Whitney Houston kommt nach Deutschland. In: Focus. 13. Oktober 2009
  14. ↑ Deutschlandradio Kultur, Kulturnachrichten vom 12. Februar 2012.
  15. ↑ Whatever Love May Be, At Heart It’s Ever Powerful. New York Times, 17. November 1998
  16. ↑ 100 Greatest Singers of All Time (2008). In: rollingstone.com. 3. Dezember 2010, abgerufen am 18. März 2024 (englisch).
  17. ↑ Whitney Houston back from space | Tim Adams. 18. Juli 2009, abgerufen am 9. Juli 2022 (englisch).
  18. ↑ a b Gold & Platinum. RIAA – Recording Industry Association of America
  19. ↑ The Rolling Stone Top 500 Albums (Memento vom 5. Januar 2011 im Internet Archive)
  20. ↑ 15. Oktober 1988 – Whitney Houstons One Moment In Time. (Memento vom 15. Oktober 2007 im Internet Archive) SWR 3 Täglich Pop
  21. ↑ Vom Tropf auf die Füße gestellt. Zeit Online; abgerufen am 20. September 2009
  22. ↑ Whitney Houston und Clive Davis (Memento vom 5. März 2016 im Internet Archive) ET-Interview Transcript – 2004.
  23. ↑ pollstarpro.com (PDF; 75 kB)
  24. ↑ Hamburger Abendblatt - Hamburg: Whitney Houston - starke Momente trotz schwacher Stimme. 18. Mai 2010, abgerufen am 9. Juli 2022 (deutsch).
  25. ↑ Whitney Houston zurück in den Charts. Abgerufen am 9. Juli 2022.
  26. ↑ Zippyshare.com -. Abgerufen am 9. Juli 2022.
  27. ↑ bild.de abgerufen am 18. Februar 2013
  28. ↑ Whitney Houston: Brisante Nachforschungen zu ihrem Tod in der Badewanne. 7. Juli 2022, abgerufen am 9. Juli 2022 (deutsch).
  29. ↑ Details zu Whitney Houstons Tod veröffentlicht bei welt.de
  30. ↑ Fernseh-Zeitschrift TV Spielfilm, Nr. 24, 12. November 2021: Programmankündigung für den Houston/Costner-Film Bodyguard von 1992, TV Spielfilm Verlag GmbH, Hamburg. S. 155
  31. ↑ Whitney Houston to be buried in Westfield: A Jersey girl comes home. nj.com
  32. ↑ Whitney Houston in der Datenbank Find a Grave, abgerufen am 4. November 2016 (englisch).
  33. ↑ Dan Hyman: Clive Davis Talks New Career-Spanning Doc, Whitney Houston’s Brilliance. 3. Oktober 2017, abgerufen am 20. Oktober 2021.
  34. ↑ This Day in Black History: June 27, 1987. 27. Juni 2013, archiviert vom Original am 2. Juli 2013; abgerufen am 20. Oktober 2021.
  35. ↑ Jordan Runtagh: Music’s 30 Fiercest Feuds and Beefs. 15. September 2017, abgerufen am 20. Oktober 2021.
  36. ↑ Billboard 25 Arista. Billboard, New York City 13. Mai 2013, S. 33.
  37. ↑ Lynn Norment: Billboard 25 Arista. Hrsg.: Ebony. Johnson Publishing Company, Juni 2003, S. 124.
  38. ↑ Danielle Dwyer: Whitney Houston plays first UK gig in 11 years. The Independent, 23. Oktober 2011, abgerufen am 20. Oktober 2021.
  39. ↑ Ehrungen und Preise (Memento vom 5. März 2016 im Internet Archive)
  40. ↑ Die gefühlvollsten Whitney-Houston-Coverversionen aus allen Staffeln von "The Voice". 7. September 2023, abgerufen am 27. November 2023.
Personendaten
NAMEHouston, Whitney
ALTERNATIVNAMENHouston, Whitney Elizabeth (vollständiger Name)
KURZBESCHREIBUNGUS-amerikanische R&B-, Soul- und Popmusik-Sängerin, Schauspielerin und Filmproduzentin
GEBURTSDATUM9. August 1963
GEBURTSORTNewark, New Jersey
STERBEDATUM11. Februar 2012
STERBEORTBeverly Hills, Kalifornien
Quelle: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whitney_Houston

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