Album · 1987
Whitney
Whitney is a 1987 soul album by Whitney Houston. It runs 11 tracks across 53 minutes on Arista/Legacy. It won the Soul Train Music Award for Best R&B/Soul Album, Female. Riffiter listeners rate it 4.0/5 from 12 ratings.
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- 4.0 /5
- 12 ratings
- 11
- Tracks
- 53 min
- Runtime
- 128 bpm
- Tempo
- A# major
- Key
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12 ratings · avg 4.0
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2 publications
- AllMusic4/5
- Robert ChristgauC+
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Cover art
2 credits
- Design
- Mark Larson
- Photography
- Richard Avedon
Tracklist
11 tracks · 53 min
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According to Riffiter listeners, the best track on Whitney is Just the Lonely Talking Again — rated 4.7/5 by 3 listeners.
Awards
1 win · via Wikidata
- 1988Soul Train Music Award for Best R&B/Soul Album, Female
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Whitney is the second studio album by American R&B/pop singer Whitney Houston, released in the United States on June 2, 1987 by Arista Records as the follow-up to her best selling debut album, Whitney Houston. She became an international star with this album, which made her the era's top female star. Whitney was certified 9× platinum by the RIAA on November 29, 1995. The album met the expectations of many people and was sensationally popular after its release. With this album, Houston set historic records on the charts. It debuted at number one on the Billboard 200 chart the issue of June 27, 1987, becoming the first album by a female artist, and only the fifth album by a solo artist. The album remained at the top for eleven consecutive weeks, creating a record; the most cumulative weeks (25 weeks) at number one on the albums chart by a female artist during 1980s.
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Its first four singles—"I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me)", "Didn't We Almost Have It All", "So Emotional" and "Where Do Broken Hearts Go"—all peaked at number one on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, making her the first female artist to achieve that feat. Along with three straight number one singles from the debut album, they established an unprecedented seven consecutive number one hits by a performer, surpassing the Beatles and the Bee Gees. As well as in United States, the album and the first single, "I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me)", were enormous hits worldwide, topping the charts in the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and mainland Europe. At the 30th Grammy Awards of 1988, the album received three nominations including Album of the Year, winning her second Grammy, "Best Pop Vocal Performance, Female" for "I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me)". It has been announced that it will be re-released as a special anniversary edition by Legacy Recordings along side with "The Bodyguard Original Soundtrack Album".
In brief
- Is Whitney good?
- Riffiter listeners rate Whitney 4.0/5 from 12 ratings.
- What is the highest-rated track on Whitney?
- Just the Lonely Talking Again, rated 4.7/5 by 3 listeners on Riffiter.
- When was Whitney released?
- Whitney was released in 1987 on Arista/Legacy.
- How many tracks are on Whitney?
- Whitney has 11 tracks, with a runtime of 53 minutes.
- What genre is Whitney?
- Whitney is catalogued under Soul, R&B, Pop.
- What BPM is Whitney?
- Whitney runs at a median tempo of 128 BPM across its tracks, most often in A# major, measured from audio analysis.
- What albums are similar to Whitney?
- Listeners of Whitney also rate Thriller by Michael Jackson, The Heat by Toni Braxton, Merry Christmas by Mariah Carey.
- Who produced Whitney?
- Whitney was produced by Narada Michael Walden, Michael Masser, Clive Davis and Jellybean, among 5 credited in total. Narada Michael Walden produced 7 of them.
Credits
- Mixed by
- David FrazerRuss TerranaDarroll GustamachioMichael Hutchinson
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Ken KessieLincoln ClappMaureen DroneyNoah BaronPaul HamingsonRob BeatonRoss WilliamsStuart HirotsuFernando KralRuss TerranaTony MaseratiDean BurtFred LawJim BoyerMichael DeluggMichael ManciniAmy ZifferBob LoftusCal HarrisCraig VogelDarroll GustamachioDennis McKayDennis MitchellDoc DoughertyDon PeterkofskyJay HealyJohn DranchakLarry SmithMark RouleMichael C. RossMichael DotsonMichael HutchinsonMilton ChanNick DelrePaul PesceSteve MacMillanTim ReppertToni Greene- Played by
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- Vocals by
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Niki HarisCissy HoustonClaytoven RichardsonKevin DorseyMyrna Matthews
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