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My Love Is Your Love is the fourth studio album by American singer Whitney Houston,
released worldwide on November 17, 1998. The album, her first studio album in eight years
since I'm Your Baby Tonight, was composed of mid-tempo R&B, hip hop, ballads, urbandance,
reggae, and torch songs, produced by different musicians such as Rodney Jerkins,
Soulshock & Karlin, Wyclef Jean, David Foster, and Babyface. Although the album only
peaked at number thirteen / her lowest position at the point / on the Billboard 200, and it sold
less than Houston's previous albums in the United States, it was a hit globally, with
successful world tour in support of the album. In particular, it was a hit in Europe, topping the
charts in Austria, the Netherlands, and Switzerland. It also reached the top five in other
Euroepan countries like Belgium, Denmark,Finland, France, Germany, Norway, and the
United Kingdom. The album generated five hit singles, including three top five Hot 100 hits:
"Heartbreak Hotel", "It's Not Right But It's Okay" and the title track, "My Love Is Your Love",
became Houston's third best-selling single ever. The Recording Industry Association of
America (RIAA) and the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry [IFPI, Europe]
certified it 4× platinum for shipping 4 million copies of the album in 1999 and 2002,
respectively. Worldwide it has sold over 10 million copies.
With its commercial success, My Love Is Your Love received rave reviews from many critics,
regarded as one of her best works. At the 42nd Grammy Awards of 2000, the album got
seven nominations including Best R&B Album and two Best R&B Songs, and won one of
which, Houston's sixth Grammy Award, Best Female R&B Vocal Performance
01 - It's Not Right But It's Okay [04:52]
02 - Heartbreak Hotel[featuring Faith Evans and Kelly Price][04:41]
03 - My Love Is Your Love [04:21]
04 - When You Believe[duet with Mariah Carey] [04:32]
05 - If I Told You That [04:37]
06 - In My Business[featuring Missy 'Misdemeanor' Elliott] [03:27]
07 - I Learned From The Best [04:20]
08 - Oh Yes [06:47]
09 - Get It Back [04:53]
10 - Until You Come Back [04:52]
11 - I Bow Out [04:30]
12 - You'll Never Stand Alone [04:21]
13 - I Was Made To Love Him [with Lauryn Hill] [04:26]
Playing Time.........: 01:00:45
Total Size...........: 404.06 MB
Whitney Elizabeth Houston [born August 9, 1963] is an American R&B / pop singer and
actress, most famous for her work as the former. Houston is the most awarded female artist
of all time, according to Guinness World Records, and her list of awards include 2 Emmy
Awards, 6 Grammy Awards, 30 Billboard Music Awards, 22 American Music Awards, among
a total of 415 career awards as of 2010. Houston is also one of the world's best-selling music
artists, having sold over 170 million albums and singles worldwide.
Inspired by several prominent soul singers in her extended family, including mother Cissy
Houston and cousins Dionne Warwick and Dee Dee Warwick, as well as her godmother,
Aretha Franklin, Houston began singing with New Jersey church's junior gospel choir at age
11. After she began performing alongside her mother in night clubs in the New York City
area, she was discovered by Arista Records label head Clive Davis. As of 2011, Houston has
released seven studio albums and three movie soundtrack albums, all of which have had
diamond, multi-platinum, platinum, or gold certification.
Houston's 1985 debut album, Whitney Houston, became the best-selling debut album by a
female act at the time of its release. Her second studio album, Whitney [1987], became the
first album by a female artist to debut at number one on the Billboard 200 albums chart.
Houston's crossover appeal on the popular music charts as well as her prominence on MTV,
starting with her video for "How Will I Know", enabled several African-American female artists
to follow in her success.
Houston's first acting role was as the star of the feature film The Bodyguard [1992]. The
movie's original soundtrack won the 1994 Grammy Award for Album of the Year. Its lead
single, "I Will Always Love You", became the best-selling single by a female artist in music
history. The album makes her the only female act ranked in the list of the top-10 best-selling
albums, at number four. Houston continued to star in movies and contribute to soundtracks,
including with the films Waiting to Exhale [1995] and The Preacher's Wife [1996] Three years
after the release of her fourth studio album, My Love Is Your Love (1998), she renewed her
recording contract with Arista Records. She released her fifth studio album, Just Whitney, in
2002, and the Christmas-themed One Wish: The Holiday Album in 2003. Amid widespread
media coverage of personal and professional turmoil, Houston ended her 14-year marriage to
singer Bobby Brown in 2006. In 2009, Houston released her seventh studio album, I Look To
You.
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