|
|
|
WHITNEY THE
GREATEST HITS HEARTBREAK HOTEL HEARTBREAK HOTEL/GREATEST HITS
MEGAMIX Final Chart Trajectory For 'Whitney The Greatest Hits' in the UK - 2000: 1 - 1 - 2 - 3 - 5 - 6 - 7 -
5 - 5 - 6 - 6 - 7 - 11 - 5 - 8 - 9 - 10 - 13 - Radio One will countdown the best selling singles and albums of 2000 on Monday between 4pm and 7pm.
The Billboard update for the week ending 6 January 2001: WHITNEY THE GREATEST HITS:
'Could I Have This Kiss Forever' drops to No.26 (from No.24) on the French Singles Chart, with 13 weeks on the chart. 'Whitney The Greatest Hits' continues to perform well as it holds at No.10 on the French Compilation Albums Chart. [Thanks Sebastien]
Disney have confirmed that they have no immediate plans to release 'The Preacher's Wife' on DVD in the US any time soon. We can help speed up the process by phoning a request for the movie to be issued on DVD by calling Disney on 1-800-723-4763 or Canadian toll-free number 1-888-877-BVHE. 'The Preacher's Wife' was issued on DVD in the UK/Europe about a year ago. [Thanks Alan M]
'Could I Have This Kiss Forever' ranks at No.23 on the Worldpop Singles Chart of 2000. The song peaked at No.4 on the chart and spent 22 weeks on the chart. A US commercial release would have challenged the Top 10 for a place. [Thanks Jim]
'Whitney The Greatest Hits' is ranked 11 for 2000 on CNN's WorldBeat Album Chart: 1.Santana, "Supernatural,"
NEWSFILE: 31 DECEMBER 2000 |
'Whitney The Greatest Hits' is the tenth best selling foreign language album of 2000 in Korea. A re-packaged version of the album will be available in January. Both 'Could I Have This Kiss Forever' and 'If I Told You That' performed well at MTV in Korea in 2000. Apparently, Classic Whitney is the No.1 choice Whitney website for Korean fans! [Thanks Seop]
'Whitney The Greatest Hits' is the 16th best selling album of 2000 in Spain. [Thanks Laura]
The German Whitney Website by Daniel has a Christmas special located at www.christmas.whitney-fan.de. They have 45 minutes music, an interview with Whitney from 1999 and an exclusive new screensaver that is only available at the website. Check it out. [Thanks Daniel]
NEWSFILE: 27 DECEMBER 2000 |
WHITNEY THE
GREATEST HITS HEARTBREAK HOTEL HEARTBREAK HOTEL/GREATEST HITS
MEGAMIX 'Heartbreak Hotel' is Whitney Houston's 34th UK commercial single release. The song was originally released nearly two years ago in the US where it peaked at No.2 (held off the No.1 spot by Cher's 'Believe' anthem), and was certified Platinum for sales of over 1 million copies. It peaked at No.1 on the US R&B Hip-Hop Singles Chart. This is Whitney's first single to fall short of the UK Top 20 since 'My Name Is Not Susan' and 'I Belong To You' peaked at No.29 and No.54 respectively in 1991. The song is Whitney's 30th UK Top 40 hit. There have been two other Whitney Houston singles in 2000 - both of them collaborations with other artists. 'If I Told You That' with George Michael peaked at No.9 and 'Could I Have This Kiss Forever' with Enrique Iglesias peaked at No.7 in October. 'Heartbreak Hotel' is already one of the most widely owned Whitney Houston songs in the UK following close to a million sales of the 'My Love Is Your Love' album, over a million copies of 'Whitney The Greatest Hits' and a further 2.5 million copies of the enhanced Greatest Hits preview CD that featured the video for the song at the beginning of December. The Greatest Hits is now Whitney's fourth million selling album in the UK following 'Whitney Houston' (1985), 'Whitney' (1987) and 'The Bodyguard' (1992) with 1998's 'My Love Is Your Love' likely to following shortly. The album's UK chart trajectory since it's release on 15 May 2000 is as follows: 1 - 1 - 2 - 3 - 5 - 6 - 7 -
5 - 5 - 6 - 6 - 7 - 11 - 5 - 8 - 9 - 10 - 13 -
Belgium: Finland: Germany: Ireland: Latvia: Netherlands (Holland): Sweden: Switzerland: Canada: [Thanks Gogi]
Check back later today for an update on Whitney's UK chart performance on the Album chart, Singles chart and R&B chart plus a detailed look at Whitney's UK chart success and the complete chart trajectory for 'Whitney The Greatest Hits' for 2000.
Check out the Whitney On TV section to see what days/times Whitney is on TV around the world. If you have more TV information to add, please email me.
The album is up to No.10 on France's Compilation Album Chart this week. 'Could I Have This Kiss Forever' is down to No.24 on it's 12th week on the chart. The FNAC website is selling the French 'Fine' CD single. This is considered unusual as they do not promote imported items. A final release date has yet to be confirmed for the single. [Thanks Sebastien]
The German Charts for 22 December 2000: MEDIA CONTROL TOP 100 SINGLE CHARTS MEDIA CONTROL TOP 100 ALBUM CHARTS [Thanks Sabine]
AUSTRIA SINGLE CHARTS Could I Have This Kiss Forever - Down to No.26 (from No.21) - 14 weeks on charts SWITZERLAND SINGLE CHARTS [Thanks Sabine]
NEWSFILE: 24 DECEMBER 2000 |
[From New York Daily News] Diva as Drug-fighter? [Thanks Andrea]
The Bodyguard will air at 20:30EST in the US tomorrow (Wednesday) on CBS. Trailers for the movie feature Kevin Costner talking about how the movie will reveal never before seen behind the scenes footage. Don't miss it. [Thanks Lydia/Sky] UK Airplay... 'Heartbreak Hotel' made its most significant airplay gain in the UK last week with an increase of 205 spins to make it the eighth biggest growing song of the week. The song received 661 spins in total and is positioned just outside the official Top 50.
With just two days sales (out of the three days tracked), 'Heartbreak Hotel' is No.20 on the UK mid-week chart. [Thanks Chris B.]
The biggest CD give-away in UK music history, the Mail On Sunday/Whitney Houston 'Greatest Hits Preview CD' does not get a single mention in Music Week, the UK music industry bible. It's possible that Music Week may tie the story in with the chart placing of the CD's lead song, 'Heartbreak Hotel', however with no issue next week, it's possible this may be over looked. Hopefully, BMG will be on the case.
|
Around 65 members of the Classic Whitney Discussion Board set out to list their Top 20 Whitney Houston recordings over the past couple of weeks. The results have been compiled and a final Top 40 For 2000 has been produced. Check it out. [Special Thanks To Marcus J.]
Finally available, Heartbreak Hotel is now available throughout the UK on CD single, 12" vinyl and cassette. CD 12"
North London based Whitney fans, Dorothy & Phylis pictured with Whitney Houston and then again with Bobby Brown at the Las Vegas after show party. [Thanks Dorothy]
NEWSFILE: 18 DECEMBER 2000 |
WHITNEY THE
GREATEST HITS HEARTBREAK
HOTEL/GREATEST HITS MEGAMIX
Thanks and Well Done to everyone who voted on the Radio One Most Wanted Poll. Whitney Houston's 'Heartbreak Hotel' was the No.1 song for last week taking over 30% of the votes. This week is a new week on the list - please take a moment to vote for Heartbreak Hotel on the Radio One's Most Wanted request page.
Austria: Belgium: Finland: Ireland: Latvia: Netherlands (Holland): Sweden: Switzerland: Canada: [Thanks Gogi] Fine In Europe... A 'Fine' Maxi CD has been issued in France. The release features the album version of the song plus the R.I.P. Radio Mix of 'Heartbreak Hotel and the Greatest Hits Megamix (Love To Infinity Mix) in it's full length version and radio edit. The single version of 'Fine' is also available in Finland. [Thanks Sebastien]
|
[From Whitney Houston Platinum Club] Witness Whitney In Vibe!
The Billboard update for the week ending 23 December 2000: WHITNEY THE GREATEST HITS: [Compiled By Lopez]
The German Charts for 18 December 2000: MEDIA CONTROL TOP 100 SINGLE CHARTS MEDIA CONTROL TOP 100 ALBUM CHARTS [Thanks Sabine] Spain...
[Thanks Eduardo] NEWSFILE: 15 DECEMBER 2000 |
The Nippy Inc/Whitney Houston Foundation Christmas party is next week in Newark. As always, Whitney brings several busloads of underprivileged children in for Christmas dinner and gifts of clothes and toys. Whitney and Bobby hand deliver all the toys to the children, one at a time, themselves.
The 'Fine' remixes are unlikely to see the light of day - the Junior Vasquez remixes were not to Arista's liking apparently and the remix by Razor N Guido remain incomplete. At this point, the only way to hear Junior's remix is to go to the Twilo club where Junior spins. Arista still intend to issue 'If I Told You That' to US radio stations in the near year. [Thanks Kevin]
|
Want Facts About The Bahamas?.... It was a very humid night and the performance took place in a PLASTIC tent constructed by the pool of the Ocean Club therefore it was like a sauna, especially with the audience and all the lighting inside. Whitney & Bobby performed a duet (Something In Common) as well as singing with Jose Feliciano, Stevie Wonder, Emilio & Gloria Estefan amongst others. After the performance, Whitney and Bobby went to the Casino where they had dinner with Star Jones and then did some gaming with Michael Jordan.
Vote 'Heartbreak Hotel'... Radio One's Most Wanted request page finally lists 'Heartbreak Hotel' as one of it's options. Everyone should take a moment to vote Whitney - as it's a listed song, you do not have to submit your name or email address as before. Whitney has just 12 votes at time of publishing. Radio One is an incredibly important UK radio station and it's audience reach is unmatched as it has a national audience. Voting for Whitney here will help get the song more airplay in the UK.
UK trade magazine Music Week confirms that Heartbreak Hotel will be commercially available from Monday 18 December 2000. The final tracklisting for the single has not been confirmed except to say that at least one version of 'Heartbreak Hotel' will feature alongside the Greatest Hits Megamix. The single will be issued on one CD, 12" and cassette.
UK Dance Profile... Whitney Houston is the only artist to appear in all three UK dance charts this week. 'Heartbreak Hotel' is down to No.40 (from No.27) on the Urban Top 20, it debuts at No.9 on the Pop Top 20 and is up to No.17 (from No.25) on the Club Chart Top 40. Most mainstream pop singers from the US fail to make any impact on the UK Club Chart Top 40.
UK Best Sellers... The Top Twenty best selling albums in the UK for the year to date:
The albums listed in the Top 5 have all sold over one million copies and this week's music week states that they expect the following five albums to hit the million mark before the year is out: Whitney Houston, Westlife, Texas, Coldplay and Ronan Keating. All albums in the UK top 40 saw an increase in sales over last week (except Martine McCutcheon's 'Wishing' which drops to No.37). NEWSFILE: 12 DECEMBER 2000 |
Whitney Houston graces the cover of the Mail On Sunday, a UK Sunday newspaper as well as it's supplementary magazine, Night & Day with the inclusion of a free Greatest Hits preview CD. The tracklisting for the CD is as follows: 1 Heartbreak Hotel CD ROM Video (4:11) The CD is being promoted by Arista Records, Mail On Sunday and Zoom (who provide internet access software as well as a 'Zoom Guide To Shopping Online' all on CD ROM). You Can Read The Complete Night & Day Article Here. The newspaper was sold out in most locations by mid-day and no further copies of the CD are available. Mail On Sunday has a regular circulation of two million copies.
WHITNEY THE
GREATEST HITS HEARTBREAK
HOTEL/GREATEST HITS MEGAMIX No Heartbreak Hotel Tomorrow?... Radio One failed to list 'Heartbreak Hotel' as a new release for tomorrow in their round-up of new releases for the week. The Pepsi Chart also did not mention the single. UK Whitney fan Mike M phoned a couple of HMV stores who said the single is now being released on 18 December 2000. [Thanks Mike]
Chart for 8 December 2000: Urban AC [Thanks Jeffrey]
The German Charts for 11 December 2000: MEDIA CONTROL TOP 100 SINGLE CHARTS MEDIA CONTROL TOP 100 ALBUM CHARTS German Radio Charts... ANTENNE BAYERN TOP 20 Radio Hits FFN Radio Superhit Countdown - Listener's Charts [Thanks Sabine]
AUSTRIA SINGLE CHARTS SWITZERLAND SINGLE CHARTS [Thanks Sabine]
Sunday, the new group managed by Whitney Houston & Robyn Crawford have their own section on the Capital Records Website. You can see their new video for 'I Know' as well as read their official bio on how the girls got together with Whitney & Robyn. It also details a bio of each of the girls and they talk about their musical influences. Whitney is mentioned several times throughout. Sunday's self titled debut album is due out in Spring 2001. [Thanks Sabine]
[The NME Review of Heartbreak Hotel] Whitney Houston : Heartbreak Hotel This track, taken from Houston's multi-award-winning, multi-million-selling 'My Love Is Your Love' album has already struck gold in the States, where it was released over a year ago. Although the appeal of this oddly-paced mid-tempo relies heavily on the 'girls united in rejection' ethos, it works because the guest vocalists appearing with Houston - Faith Evans and Kelly Price - are two enormously talented singers who have carved out careers specialising in soulful balladry. Their respective abilities to wring emotion out of the written word means that anything they sing is seen as sincere. They are, it is presumed, R&B narrators of the heart. But the risk of having three individually successful singers collaborate on one track is that the song could drown in the weight of competitive vocal acrobatics. But Houston, Evans and Price are secure in their gifts (Price started out as a backing singer for Mariah Carey while Evans, who was married to The Notorious B.I.G., was the first female artist signed to Puff Daddy's Bad Boy label). Confident without being cocky, emotive without being melodramatic, they've made a tidy meal of this track which does nothing for Houston's increasingly derided image, but reminds you why she had an image in the first place. 6/10. [Thanks Sabine]
Whitney In The Bahamas... Bahamas' Legendary Ocean Club Resort Celebrates
Rebirth With Celebrity-Studded Gala on December 9 [Thanks Tony L] NEWSFILE: 10 DECEMBER 2000 |
The Mail On Sunday, a UK national Sunday newspaper, today confirmed that they would give away approximately two million copies of a specially pressed 'Heartbreak Hotel' CD single this weekend. The CD is being packaged with the newspaper itself and contains two audio tracks and two videos for use on a multimedia PC. The tracklisting has not been confirmed although the buzz confirms 'Heartbreak Hotel' as being the focal song on the CD. The Mail On Sunday also confirmed they will advertise this exclusive offer over the weekend. This is the second time BMG have struck a deal with a leading UK Sunday newspaper. On 14 May 2000, the Eurythmics single, 'Peace Is Just A Word' was distributed with The Sunday Times with over a million copies of the song given away. That CD contained three songs, a video interview about the band's latest album, 'Peace', three live video performances and a video interview with Annie Lennox & Dave Stewart. The commercial single for 'Peace Is Just A Word' was due for release the following day but did not appear and was subsequently never issued following the promotion. The Sunday Times featured an interview [in print] with the band and discount vouchers to buy the Eurythmics Greatest Hits album at discount pricing - it propelled the album back up the chart and edged it closer to 2 million copies sold. The album 'Peace' returned to the Top 75 on the back of the promotional give-away. The campaign behind the Eurythmics offer was backed with a £1 million spend (US$1.6m) and BMG/19 Management justified the apparent act of self-sabotage by stating that that the purpose of a single is to promote an album and that this was the best way to reach the 'ardent Eurythmics fans from the eighties' that may no longer buy singles or visit record stores. Judging from the eleventh-hour cancellation of the Eurythmics single in favour of this mass give-away, the commercial single for 'Heartbreak Hotel' seems increasingly unlikely. 'Heartbreak Hotel' is featured on 'My Love Is Your Love' and 'Whitney The Greatest Hits' and is therefore already in close to two million homes within the UK. If this promotional single reaches more than 1.6 million homes, it will be the most widely owned Whitney Houston single in the UK, topping 'I Will Always Love You'.
This is how Whitney Houston faired in the 2000 Billboard End Of Year charts: Billboard 200 Hot100 Singles Hot Dance/Club Play Singles You can see Billboard's Preview of the final charts here. [Thanks Chris B.]
More World Power Support... Retired Yeltsin prefers Celine Dion to spotlight [Thanks Lopez]
NEWSFILE: 8 DECEMBER 2000 |
Details are not confirmed as yet but it seems that a special 'Heartbreak Hotel' CD is to be packaged with every copy of The Mail On Sunday in the UK this coming weekend. The CD is reported to contain 27 minutes of music including video clips. The Mail On Sunday is a mid-market Sunday paper with a circulation of 2 million and a readership of 6 million. UK People: Investigate! If this story can be confirmed, it means that Heartbreak Hotel will hit 2 million homes in the UK the day before it's UK commercial release. [Thanks Dorothy]
The Billboard update for the week ending 16 December 2000: WHITNEY THE GREATEST HITS: FINE: [Thanks Jim R.]
'Heartbreak Hotel' is C listed on Radio One for a third week. The song has also been added to the C list for Radio Two. Please continue to vote for 'Heartbreak Hotel' in Radio One's Most Wanted Section.
'Heartbreak Hotel' debuted on the UK Club Chart Top 40 at No.25 for the week ending 9 December 2000. The track is credited alongside the Greatest Hits Megamix.
|
[Associated Press Report] [Thanks MG] Also... [From Billboard Online]
Sales of 'Whitney The Greatest Hits' in the UK stood at 707,000 as of two weeks ago. Since then, the album has scanned approximately 100,000 copies to take it's total sales in excess of 800,000 units. The album is on target to hit one million copies before the end of the year. [Thanks Max]
NEWSFILE: 5 DECEMBER 2000 |
WHITNEY THE
GREATEST HITS
MEDIA CONTROL SINGLE CHARTS MEDIA CONTROL ALBUM CHARTS German Radio Charts... ANTENNE BAYERN TOP 20 Radio Hits FFN Radio Superhit Countdown - Listener's Charts [Thanks Sabine]
SWITZERLAND SINGLE CHARTS from 26 November 2000 SINGAPORE Power 98 FM Airplay Charts [Thanks Sabine]
'Could I Have This Kiss Forever' is down 10 places to No.29 (from No.19) on the Dutch Top 40. 'Whitney The Greatest Hits' is at No.59 on the Dutch Album Top 100. Previous weeks: 59-62-49. [Thanks Deborah]
Urban AC [Thanks Jeffrey]
'Heartbreak Hotel' debuts at No.20 on Trevor Nelson's Radio One R&B Chart Countdown this week. The song is still C listed on Radio One - we can help increase it's profile on this very important radio station by voting for Whitney in Radio One's Most Wanted Section.
NEWSFILE: 3 DECEMBER 2000 |
[Thanks MG]
Save The Music... VH1.com Presents the 'VH1 Save The Music Holiday Auction'
At Amazon.com Starting December 1st [Thanks MG]
More On Paul Robeson...
Paul Robeson Jr. discussed his father's legacy, and Robeson himself made a dazzling appearance via film, singing Ol Man River in his deep, resonant voice, every note conveying a sense of steely determination. There was some discussion of his achievements. Host actress Lynn Whitfield got caught up in the grandeur of the evening when she declared that as an actor, he was equal to Denzel Washington. As an athlete he was in the class of Michael Jordan. As a singer, he was as popular as Pavarotti. And as an activist, he was in the league of Martin Luther King Jr. The event, which was taped for broadcast in March on PBS, was primarily an all-star concert, and most of the performers, in their brief moments on stage, rose to the occasion. The evening's most famous participant, Whitney Houston, wasn't at her best, but didn't flop either. First she treated the crowd to an all-too-brief a cappella excerpt from the Porgy and Bess classic, I Loves You, Porgy. Then she sang You ll Never Stand Alone, the soaring, Diane Warren-written ballad from her 1998 album, My Love Is Your Love. Her voice was a little shaky, but she conveyed enough heartfelt emotion to sell it. She also reappeared, briefly, to sing backing vocals for her husband, Bobby Brown, during his Vegas-like performance of his 1989 hit, Every Little Step. A glittery curtain, used for his segment only, seemed a bit tacky. Brown s voice was gruff but commanding and, dressed in a long leather skirt and jacket, he showed off some nifty dance steps. But it wasn't clear what this song or his other number a cover of the soul-searching Leon Russell ballad, A Song For You had to do with Robeson. The Houston clan had a huge presence in this show, which made sense, since Robeson was the godfather of Whitney's father, John Houston. Young dance students at the Whitney E. Houston Academy of Creative and Performing Arts in East Orange demonstrated what they've been learning, directly before Houston's set. Whitney's mother, Cissy Houston, wrote a new, uplifting song called This Day for the occasion; she sang it as the evening's grand finale, with backing from two gospel choirs, the New Hope Gospel Youth Choir and the Marble Collegiate Community Mass Choir. The Marble Collegiate Community Mass Choir, performing on its own, made one of the biggest impressions of the evening, with its tight teamwork on Jesus is a-Listening. The song concluded with a series of lines that ended abruptly, then started again just as suddenly; no one missed a beat. Melba Moore offered a stirring, theatrical version of Ballad For Americans. Angela Bofill sang God Bless the Child with larger-than-life passion, but didn't know when to stop, and ended up seeming a bit overwrought. Sam Harris suffered from the same problem on a dramatic, crowd-pleasing version of Simon & Garfunkel s Bridge Over Troubled Water. Again, the relevance of this song to Robeson's life never became clear. Other performers in the marathon (31/2-hour) show included representatives from the worlds of jazz (Branford Marsalis, Eddie Palmieri), classical music (Denyce Graves) and dance (the Dance Theatre of Harlem). The Duke Ellington Orchestra served as a kind of house band, ably backing many of the performers, and also opened the show with a swinging version of Elllington s Take the A Train. A 3-D fantasy film a fictional visit by Robeson to Harlem's Cotton Club (where he ended up singing Danny Boy, with Ellington accompanying him on piano) was clever but silly. Some of the shots of a champagne bottle's cork hurtling toward the camera, for instance, and the Robeson character raising a glass in the same direction were there only because they looked cool in 3-D. It s hard to imagine an artist who radiated as much dignity as Robeson looking kindly on something so gimmicky. Proceeds from the show, whose tickets ranged from $75 to $1,000,
will support efforts by the New York-based Paul Robeson Foundation to educate people about
Robeson s life, and aid inner-city students at Rutgers University, which counts Robeson
among its most famous alumni. [Thanks MG]
MTV: Paul Robeson... Whitney, Bobby Sing At Robeson Tribute NEWARK, New Jersey A Houston family reunion highlighted the
nearly four-hour "Paul "As I was growing up [my grandmother] told me of this
wonderful, wonderful man, who could do anything, anything, from sports to academics to
singing,'' Houston said from the stage. "I didn't believe at that time that a black
man could ever, ever do that, and I understand that why I stand here today is because of
Paul Robeson.''
|
NOVEMBER 2000 NEWSFILE CAN BE FOUND HERE
© 1996-2000 Manish
www.classicwhitney.com - Disclaimer.