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HISTORIC NEWSFILE
SEPTEMBER 1999
Billboard... "My Love Is Your Love" becomes Whitney Houston's 22nd Top 10 hit on the Hot100 climbing to No.9 this week. The song is down to No.3 on the R&B Singles Chart. The album "My Love Is Your Love" is up one place to No.70 on the Billboard 200 (it's 45th week on the chart) with eleven albums debuting above it. On the R&B Albums Chart, it holds at No.29. Expect Lopez' complete chart rundown tomorrow. [Thanks Lopez]
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European Albums... "My Love Is Your Love" is down to No.3 on the European Albums Chart this week. The drop is consistent with the No.25 position the album holds on the UK Albums Chart (Europe's leading music market alongside Germany). [Thanks Lopez]
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Aretha Franklin's autobiography "Aretha: From These Roots" makes 'revelatory references' to Whitney Houston (amongst others) according to Billboard Magazine. NEWSFILE: 30 SEPTEMBER 1999 |
Whitney has added some more shows to her incredibly successful European Tour - Check The Dates Out Here. [Thanks Christiane]NEWSFILE: 28 SEPTEMBER 1999 |
[This is the BMG Australia press release announcing the release of the 'My Love Is Your Love' single]'My Love Is Your Love' is the 4th single from Whitney's worldwide multi-platinum smash album of the same name. This single has been Whitney's biggest hit in the UK and Europe since 'I Will Always Love You'. It spent almost two months in the upper reaches of the UK & European chart and is currently bulleting up the Billboard singles chart. 'My Love Is Your Love' has been a summer anthem across the world with it's sublime groove and infectious, uplifting chorus....This is one of Whitney's finest singles in years. Be on the lookout for Whitney's stunning new image and video! Once again the remixes are AMAZING and are currently lodged at #1 on the US Billboard dance chart, after topping UK and European club charts in through their summer. Australian exclusive track listing includes .... Wyclef Jean Mix The single was released commercially today. |
Says Billboard... [This from Billboard Magazine this week]PIPPED AT THE POST: Whitney Houston lost her chance to collect
her ninth No.1 hit on Billboard's Hot R&B Singles & Tracks chart this week, as My
Love Is Your Love (Arista) remains No. 2, while Deborah Cox surges 11-1 with We Can't Be
Friends (also on Arista). [Thans Syd]NEWSFILE: 27 SEPTEMBER 1999 |
"My Love Is Your Love" is down to No.25 (from No.18) on the UK Album Chart in it's 45th week around. The single "My Love Is Your Love" is down two places to No.14 on the R&B Singles Chart this week. "My Love Is Your Love" is now the 16th best selling single for the year to date and "It's Not Right But It's Okay" is the 17th best seller of the year to date.
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Europe's No.1... In keeping with being Europe's No.1 female artist, Whitney Houston's "I Will Always Love You" was the No.1 song of the 1990's in an MTV Europe Countdown this weekend (featuring one hundred of the decade's best songs). [Thanks Sebastian]
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To Help Us Request... [Thanks Sky]
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CNN Update... "My Love Is Your Love" remains at No.8 on the CNN Worldbeat Albums Chart.
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European Slip... Whitney's "My Love Is Your Love" album is down to No.2 in Europe, being replaced after six weeks at No1. by Shania Twain's "Come On Over" set. NEWSFILE: 26 SEPTEMBER 1999 |
"My Love Is Your Love" slips three places on the Billboard 200 to No.71 this week (it's 44th charting week) with seven albums debuting above it. Here's the other chart statistics for the week ending 2 October 1999: MY LOVE IS YOUR LOVE: [Compiled by Lopez]
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Tour Dates... More German & UK tour dates have been confirmed - Check The Tourdates Section. NEWSFILE: 24 SEPTEMBER 1999 |
I Learned From The Best... In this week's Music Week, Arista confirms the next single to be released in the UK from "My Love Is Your Love" is "I Learned From The Best". The article is a BMG Autumn Product Preview and states the album is now double platinum representing sales of 600,000 and Arista state the album is on target for sales of more than one million copies by Christmas. NEWSFILE: 22 SEPTEMBER 1999 |
This Music Week Advertisment appeared in the issue dated 11 September 1999.
The text is quite small & has been re-produced below:
1999 WILL BELONG TO WHITNEY WORLDWIDE!
FIRST THE U.S. CRITICS RAVED
"Singing with a bite in her voice like never before. Did you think she'd crumble? Did
you think she'd lat down and die? Then check out My Love, pal, and hear Houston
prove beyong a doubt that she will survive." Rolling Stone
HER AMERICAN TOUR WAS AN ABSOLUTE TRIUMPH:
"Whitney Houston wasn't onstage 10 minutes before she had the crowd raising the roof.
A pulsating and explosive party! ****" USA Today
"Ms. Houston's voice was impeccable. She is easily one of the best pop singers of her
time. A voice that continues to raise the standard for female rhythm-and-blues vocals in
the 80s and 90s." New York Times
"Houston gave a career-defining concert. She has become a singer's singer.
Spine-chilling, goosebump raising!" New York Post
- SIMULTANEOUSLY, THE SINGLE "MY LOVE IS YOUR LOVE" ERUPTED THROUGHOUT
EUROPE:
- #1 ON THE EUROCHART HOT 100 SINGLES CHART JULY 10
- #1 ALBUM ON THE EUROPEAN TOP 100 ALBUMS CHART AUGUST 21 & 28
- EXPLODING TO OVER 6,000,000 UNITS IN SALES AND SELLING 140,000 COPIES A WEEK.
OUR DEEPEST APPRECIATION TO ARISTA UK & BMG UK ON THEIR INCREDIBLE SUCCESS.
The Voice... Whitney Houston is interviewed in the UK black newspaper (they describe themselves as 'Britains Best Black Paper') "The Voice". I haven't read the whole article but it seems quite interesting, covering old and new ground - I will hopefully have it posted online during the week.
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Austrian Chart News... "My Love Is Your Love" holds on as the No.1 album in Austria this week having been certified Platinum (50,000 copies) and the single holds position at No.2 and is also Platinum (more than 75,000 copies sold). [Thanks Clemens]
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New UK Dates... According to the UK Platinum Club, Whitney has confirmed two new UK shows - 7 November at the Birmingham National Exhibition Centre and 8 November at London's Wembley Arena.
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Reviews... The "My Love Is Your Love" UK Tour 1999 Section Has Moved To The Reviews Section. NEWSFILE: 21 SEPTEMBER 1999 |
UK Chart Update... "My Love Is Your Love" is down to No.18 (from No.14) with four albums debuting above it on this week's UK Albums Chart, it's 44th charting week. The single of the same name is out of the UK Singles Chart having been deleted a few weeks back, and is down to No.12 on the R&B Singles Chart, an indication that a few copies are still around.
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Billboard Chartbeat... [Exerpt from this week's Billboard Magazine]HOUSTON'S "LOVE" IS OUR " LOVE"
[Thanks Andrea]
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Manish Meets Whitney... Okay, I'm not even going to begin to work on this little story tonight - it's almost 4AM now but I will share some of the details of the remarkable events after the final show at Wembley Arena which involved my meeting Whitney tonight, the introduction, the handshake and the photo's - all after I've had a few hours sleep. NEWSFILE: 19 SEPTEMBER 1999 |
Wembley Arena Review... My Review Of Whitney Houston, Wembley Arena London, 18 September 1999.
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More UK Dates... Whitney's return to the UK in November will consist of another show at the Birmingham NEC and a further two shows at the Wembley Arena, London. Full details as and when. NEWSFILE: 19 SEPTEMBER 1999 |
European Tour Extended... The European Leg of the My Love Is Your Love World Tour has been extended with a new show added on 28 October in Munich, Germany in addition to the new Wembley Arena, London show added on 8 November 1999. It's not known how many more dates will be added, if any, as yet. [Thanks Marcus]
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Daily Mail... A short, positive review of Whitney's Wembley Arena show by the Daily Mail can be found On The My Love Is Your Love UK Tour Section.
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Capital Review... You can read the Capital Radio Review of Whitney live in London On The My Love Is Your Love UK Tour Section.
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CNN... On the latest CNN Worldbeat Albums Chart, "My Love Is Your Love" is down to No.8. It's peak position on this chart, a chart of the best selling albums in the world, is No.7 so far. [Thanks John L.]NEWSFILE: 17 SEPTEMBER 1999 |
Whitney Wows Wembley... My Review Of Whitney Houston, Wembley Arena London, 16 September 1999.
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Whitney Returns To Wembley... Whitney Houston has announced an additional show at London's Wembley Arena on 8 November 1999 following the phenomenal success of the UK Tour which concludes this Saturday. Tickets go on sale at the box office from tomorrow morning. Dare I Say - See You There? - Manish.
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Billboard Update... "My Love Is Your Love" slips to No.68 (from No.63) on the Billboard 200 and it slips to No.28 (from No.25) on the R&B Albums Chart. It has now spent 43 weeks on the charts. Here's Lopez' weekly Billboard update for the week ending 25 September 1999: MY LOVE IS YOUR LOVE: [Compiled By Lopez]
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Europe's No.1... Whitney Houston continues to dominate Europe on the stage and in the charts as "My Love Is Your Love" remains the No.1 selling album for a sixth week. The single is No.4 in Europe for the week. [Thanks Rodney/John/Lopez]NEWSFILE: 16 SEPTEMBER 1999 |
My Review Of Whitney Houston, Wembley Arena London, 15 September 1999.
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UK Single... Flyers being handed out outside Wembley Arena tonight suggest that "I Learned From The Best" is the next UK single.
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Billboard Exclusive... Lopez' has the low-down; "My Love Is Your Love" will rise to No.16 on the Billboard Hot100 to be announced tomorrow (for the week ending 25 September 1999). [Thanks Lopez]
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Hitmaker Houston... Exerpt from Hitmaker Magazine:WHITNEY'S HOUSTON's 'My Love is Your Love' is a worldwide smash! It's now beginning to take over the U.S. as the video and radio play picks up! Big close-out add this week @ WKTU. HUGE early call-out and phones at WERQ, KLUC, KIKI, KBOs and more. [Thanks Lopez]
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France... "My Love Is Your Love" holds on as the No.2 best selling album in France for a second week. The single of the same name is down one place to No.12. [Thanks Julian]NEWSFILE: 15 SEPTEMBER 1999 |
Front Row... Whitney Houston's first London shows for five years begin
tomorrow night at London's 10,000 seat capacity Wembley Arena. The Wembley area is covered
with bill posters advertising the shows (which are completely sold out) as well as
advertisments for the album.
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Neosoul... The Neosoul Website lists the Best Selling Albums in the US according to Billboard ("The Bodyguard" is 8th); the Best Selling Albums Artists (Whitney is 14th - second only to Barbra Streisand amongst the ladies); and the Best Selling Soundtracks ("The Bodyguard" is No.1 and "Waiting To Exhale" is No.9). The site also confirms "I Will Always Love You" as the (joint) second highest certified single in American music history. Do you need any more proof of Whitney Houston's incredible, incomparable success? [Thanks Joseph]NEWSFILE: 14 SEPTEMBER 1999 |
Austria... "My Love Is Your Love" remains the No.1 album in Austria for a third consecutive week having sold over 60,000 copies to date. 60,000 may not seem much by US standards but Europe consists of many small territories which have together helped the album remain No.1 in Europe for 5 weeks and sell over a million copies in August alone - Manish. [Thanks Clemens]NEWSFILE: 13 SEPTEMBER 1999 |
UK Chart Update... "My Love Is Your Love" is down to No.64 on the UK
Singles Chart (from No.46) on it's 12th charting week. The song was deleted four weeks
back. The song is back up to No.7 on the R&B Singles Chart. Whitney Houston is the only artist to feature two singles on the UK's Top 20 Best Sellers for the year to date. "My Love Is Your Love" is No.15 and "It's Not Right But It's Okay" is No.16. Now, how about some certifications Arista? My Love Is Your Love (album & single) are waiting.
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That Guardian Review... Be warned, The Guardian review is cutting at best but it's
interesting to read in contrast to what the fans have to say (read Bryn's review). You'll
find the Guardian Review On The My Love Is Your Love UK Tour Section. |
Bryn's Sheffield Review... Bryn - who also has his own Simply Whitney Website - attended the Sheffield show on Thursday and has written an inspired review. Click Here & Check Out Bryn's Review & His Website. [Thanks Bryn]NEWSFILE: 12 SEPTEMBER 1999 |
Platinum Germany...
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"My Love Is Your Love" has been certified Platinum in Germany representing sales of 500,000 copies. The German BMG website reports the next single from the album is to be "I Learned From The Best". [Thanks Sebastian] |
Guardian... UK broadsheet, The Guardian, reviews Whitney Sheffield show and it's not pretty - I will post this review up during this weekend for those interested in reading it. The Guardian did gave a glowing review of the My Love Is Your Love album when it was released last year.
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CNN... On the latest CNN Worldbeat Albums Chart, "My Love Is Your Love" is back up to No.7 - it's highest peak. [Thanks Joseph]
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Switzerland... "My Love Is Your Love" is the No.1 album in Switzerland this week, joining Holland where the album went to No.1 last week. This continued spread of success has helped the album stay as Europe's No.1 through the summer. [Thanks David]
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Next Single?... Trevor Nelson's MTV Late Lick aired the video for Heartbreak Hotel in the UK this week - the single's release date appears to have been put back to 8 November 1999. YOU reports that the next single is "I Learned From The Best". As soon as I get clarification, it'll be posted here.
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Capital Winning Weekend... London's Capital Radio is giving away tickets to Whitney's sold out Wembley Arena shows throughout the weekend. On Sunday, one of the winners will be selected to meet and greet Whitney after one of the shows.
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YOU... Whitney was the cover story on last weekend's YOU magazine (with The Mail On Sunday)- the photo used was the same as that of Ebony. The interview is quite interesting covering some new and old ground. I'll hopefully have the article on the website soon.
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Birmingham... Whitney takes the stage at the Birmingham National Exhibition Centre, England tonight and tomorrow performing to a sold out audience of 25,000 fans over the two nights.
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Billboard Update... Apologies for being a couple of days late - here' Lopez' weekly Billboard Chart Update. "My Love Is Your Love" is up one place to No.63 on the Billboard 200 with six albums debuting above it on it's 42nd chart week. The album holds it's No.25 position on the R&B Albums Chart (bulleted) with four albums debuting above it. Here's the singles positions for the Whitney on the Billboard Charts for the week ending 18 September 1999: MY LOVE IS YOUR LOVE: IT'S NOT RIGHT BUT IT'S OKAY: [Compiled by Lopez]
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Europe's Number One... It proved it wasn't just a flash in the pan some weeks ago and now it's one of the biggest selling albums in Europe of 1999 as "My Love Is Your Love" holds on as the No.1 Album for a fifth week. NEWSFILE: 11 SEPTEMBER 1999 |
Soundbyte... You know Whitney is in London when all the weird could-this-be-true type stories start to surface. The first is that Whitney has expressed an interest in performing at next year's Glastonbury Festival (an open air gig to around 100,000 fans which is usually performed at by rock/guitar based acts). The second story that surfaced today is that a Japanese
experiment to discover the song to which you can best lose weight to while singing kareoke
is Whitney's "Greatest Love Of All". |
France... "My Love Is Your Love" reached a new high in France as the album climbs to No.2 on the French Albums Chart (the No.1 album is a new live CD by Celine Dion). The single remains at No.11 this week. [Thanks Julian]
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Untold... Nikesh has three great new pictures of Whitney on his website scanned from the latest edition of "Untold Magazine" - Check Them Out! [Thanks Nikesh]
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UK Tour Sold Out... Whitney Houston's UK tour has sold out - she will perform to some 100,000 fans over the next ten days. [Thanks Nikesh]NEWSFILE: 8 SEPTEMBER 1999 |
German Show, UK Review...
UK tabloid newspaper, The Mirror today published a review of Whitney's Hamburg show. along with this fabulous photo of her in concert, in the build up to her first UK show in a year The Voice Thrills Us All To Whits....
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They call her The Voice. She has a reputation for being
"difficult". But Whitney Houston showed the mellow side of her nature in Germany
on Saturday. The mega-selling diva comes across as so polished on record, so "in charge" that I expected her to be the same on stage. But live it's another story. That's not to say her routine was sloppy. When she strode on stage at the Derbypark Arena outside Hamburg, it was with all the confidence I'd anticipated. Clad from wig to toe in Dolce & Gabbana - a shocking pink coat over black bustier and zebra-print trousers - she appeared first on a metal bridge that led down to a stage decorated with three giant metal spider's webs. Clad from wig to toe in Dolce & Gabbana - a shocking pink coat over black bustier and zebra-print trousers - she appeared first on a metal bridge that led down to a stage decorated with three giant metal spider's webs. Midway through the gig with the band firing on all cylinders, Whitney had achieved the impossible and all 15,000 of the well-heeled Hamburgers were up and smiling. |
| Fuelled by the local Ratzenpiess lager I suddenly found myself
among them, dancing and weaving my way through towards the front of the stage. Whitney rounded off the evening with a movie medley climaxing with a show-stopping I Will Always Love You from The Bodyguard. It was a warm evening but everyone had goosebumps. Her encore turned out to be the best bit, a stomping version of It's Not Right. Whitney rounded off the evening with a movie medley climaxing with a show-stopping I Will Always Love You from The Bodyguard. It was a warm evening but everyone had goosebumps. Her encore turned out to be the best bit, a stomping version of It's Not Right. [Report By Matthew Wright] |
NEWSFILE: 6 SEPTEMBER 1999
UK Chart Update... After ten weeks on the UK Top 40, "My Love Is Your Love" continues it's rapid downward slip , this week dropping to No.46 (from No.27) on it's eleveth week as stocks of the single dry up. The song is also down to No.9 on the R&B Singles Chart. The album, "My Love Is Your Love" is down to No.15 (from No.12) this week - it's 42nd week around. "My Love Is Your Love" is now Whitney's best selling single of the year so far as it jumps over "It's Not Right But It's Okay" on the Best Sellers Chart for the year to date, now placed as the year's No.14 to "It's Not Right But It's Okay"'s No.15 position.
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UK Tour... Whitney's UK Tour begins this week in Sheffied and ends next week with three shows next week at Wembley Arena in London. I will be attending all three London shows, 15/16/18 September 1999 and once again have the honour of front row seats on the first show. (The second and third show seats won't be confirm until the night of the show as per the Platinum Club's way of doing things). If you're at Wembley next week - make yourself known. It'll be great to see you.
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Whitney Radio 2 Interview... Whitney's Radio 2 interview/special was an hour long insight into Whitney's career - the show was filled with detail not revealed before and insight into the thought processes of Whitney and Clive in making her albums. I have put together a detailed account of the hour long show in a special section dedicated to Whitney's 1999 UK Tour which can be found here or by clicking on the UK Tour banner above. This interview is really worth your while - I have tried to compile as detailed a report of it as I can -Manish. NEWSFILE: 5 SEPTEMBER 1999 |
MOBO... The 1999 Music Of Black Origin Awards take place in London's Royal Albert Hall on 6 October 1999 and will be televised on 7 October 1999. Whitney Houston has been nominated this year for Best International Act. You can vote for Whitney at the MOBO Website. NEWSFILE: 4 SEPTEMBER 1999 |
Streetbeat... [From FMQB, a radio industry airplay magazine, the following quote taken from their Streetbeat column]Arista's Tom Maffei also has a menu of hits that includes: Whitney Houston's My Love Is Your Love (Arista). MTV moves the video into power rotation! Checkout the Wyclef Remix Featuring Dyme and the Jonathan Peters' Rhythmic Remix which is the #1 dance record in the country for 2 weeks in a row! Anyone know anything about the Rhythmic Remix (by Jonathan Peters)? Keep requesting "My Love Is Your Love" on MTV - Use the banner above. [Thanks Lopez]NEWSFILE: 3 SEPTEMBER 1999 |
The Billboard Update... On the Billboard 200 Albums Chart, "My Love Is Your Love" loses ground and slips to No.64 (from No.55) with eleven albums debuting above it. The album also slips three places to No.25 on the R&B Albums Chart. Here's Lopez' details breakdown of what Whitney's music is doing on the other Billboard Charts for the week ending 11 September 1999: MY LOVE IS YOUR LOVE: IT'S NOT RIGHT BUT IT'S OKAY: [Compiled By Lopez]
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Europe's No.1... For the fourth consecutive week, "My Love Is Your Love" remains as the No.1 album in Europe having shifted close to a million copies globally in August.
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One Moment In Time... UK's BBC Radio 2 are to broadcast a programme called "The story of Whitney Houston: One Moment In Time" and will feature interviews with Whitney, Cissy Houston and Arista Records President Clive Davis. [Thanks Aubrey]
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Untold... Whitney Houston features on the cover of UK magazine 'Untold' with an article which discusses Whitney's musical metamorphosis. [Thanks Aubrey]
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8 O'Clock Showdown: Day 4... "My Love Is Your Love" dropped out of the Canadian 8 O'Clock Showdown (Toronto, KISS 92.5fm) losing out to "Wild Thing " by Prozzäk. Oh well - we tried! [Thanks to Darrell for the regular update]NEWSFILE: 2 SEPTEMBER 1999 |
Total Request... Don't forget to use the banner above to go to the MTV Website and request the "My Love Is Your Love" video.
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8 O'Clock Showdown: Day 3... Tuesday's edition of the Showdown was successful as Whitney remains the Champ for night number 3. She won against the new track from Jagged Edge, "Keys To The Range," featuring Jermaine. [Thanks Darrell]NEWSFILE: 1 SEPTEMBER 1999 |
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