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Classic Whitney and Esprit International present the second competition of the year and this time, the prize is this strictly limited edition 'Takin' A Chance' (Rare Japanese only 3" CD that includes 'Love Is A Contact Sport' in a unique snap pack picture sleeve with lyrics. To win it, make sure you're on the Classic Whitney Mailing List. |
I have it on good authority that last week's Grammy win for Whitney was a bona fide thrill for her and she was very happy.
We're just three days away from Brits 2000, the most prestigious awards ceremony of the UK music calendar. Now would be a good time to make the RealVideo clip of Whitney Houston's outstanding performance from last year's Brits available. Dressed as she did in the video - this was the first time Whitney unveiled her new look and sound to the European audience. No less than thirty dancers joined Whitney for the performance of 'It's Not Right But It's Okay'. In the weeks that followed, 'My Love Is Your Love' was propelled into the top ten of every European album chart. Whitney is nominated this year for Best International Female at the Brits. Also in the category are Macy Gray, Britney Spears, Jennifer Lopez and Mary J Blige. The award will be presented to the winner on Friday 3 March 2000 and will air the following evening. Whitney will not be attending the ceremony. She is due to be presented the Artist Of The Decade award at the Soul Train Music Awards on Saturday 4 March (which also happens to be Bobbi Kristina's birthday).
[Text From Deborah Cox Official Mailing List] By now you all have heard out the duet.......I am so elated and extremely excited at the idea. My Musical Director, Shep Crawford wrote the song. I will let you know more about it the closer we get to releasing it and as I write to you so I don't GIVE IT ALL UP!!!!! We will record it next week together. As soon as I finish this song with Whitney I will continue to work
on more songs for the third album. I am "so" ready for some new joints to
perform!
On the Dutch Top 100, 'I Learned From The Best' drops seven places
to No.45 (11th week). [Thanks Deborah]
Media Control Top 100 Albums: [Thanks Lopez/Gogi]
Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame... Whitney Houston is scheduled to present an award at the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. The show will air on 8 March 2000 on VH1. [Thanks Sky]
NEWSFILE: 29 FEBRUARY 2000 |
Whitney warms to George duet after 10 years of frosty
silence. Whether Houston has forgotten his slight is doubtful - her allies
made it clear the former Wham! heart-throb was not her first choice as a singing partner.
The 37-year-old US star had been hoping to record with Michael Jackson but the two could
not agree on their "artistic direction," Jackson's producer admitted. [Thanks MG] NEWSFILE: 28 FEBRUARY 2000 |
The 42nd Annual Grammy Awards aired in the UK last night and thus I am now able to include Whitney's performance of 'It's Not Right But It's Okay / I Learned From The Best' in Classic Whitney's Video Download Gallery. The performance is presented in it's entirety.
Check out Whitney Houston's win & acceptance speech as she collected her sixth Grammy of her career thus far.
'My Love Is Your Love' slips out of the UK Top 75 Albums chart after 66 consecutive weeks. UK R&B Singles
The week's Top 10 Audio Downloads from Classic Whitney:
The week's Top 10 Video Downloads from Classic Whitney:
Here's the Radio & Records stats for the week ending 25 February 2000: I Learned From The Best My Love Is Your Love [Thanks Jeffrey]
[Danny Mailed Arista About The Greatest Hits - Here's The Reply] From my understanding and please keep in mind I am just the New Media person, we plan to release this single and have many remixes made available. In fact one song on the Greatest Hits will be a remix of 'I Learned
From The Best'. We do not want to slow down the success of 'My Love Is Your Love',
but we do want to get the Greatest Hits package out before the summer and close to the
25th Anniversary of the [Thanks Danny]
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You have just a few more days in which to sign up to the Classic Whitney mailing list and enter the competition to win the 3" Japanese CD single of 'Takin' A Chance'. All entries should be in on 1 March 2000 latest. The competition question will be repeated on the mailing list over the next couple of days.
'My Love Is Your Love' is down two places on the Billboard 200 to No.87 (from No.85) on it's 66th week on the chart. On the R&B Albums Chart, it drops to No.51 (from No.49). Here is the singles update for the week ending 4 March 2000: I LEARNED FROM THE BEST: MY LOVE IS YOUR LOVE: [Compiled By Lopez]
[Exerts From Fox 411 Report] Whitney, Stevie, Santana Salute Clive DavisWhat a night Tuesday night at the Beverly Hills Hotel as 500 movers and shakers in the record industry filled the ballroom to honor outgoing Arista Records president Clive Davis. This what Dick Clark said as he took the stage: "This is not the pre-Grammy dinner. The Grammys are the post-Clive Davis show." Not only did Davis loyalist Whitney Houston perform an unbelievable 45-minute concert, she turned the whole thing into a celebration of her mentor. When she sang "I Will Always Love You," it was to Davis. When Natalie Cole joined her on stage to sing "This Will Be," she pointedly made the lyrics "an everlasting love" to Davis as well. Davis announced, by the way, that in April, for his coup de grace, Arista will release "Whitney Houston's Greatest Hits." My sources tell me the double CD will include four or five new recordings. In June the company will release a new album as well from Whitney's mom, legendary soul singer Cissy Houston. [Thanks Arthur]
Who's That...
In the white having just met Whitney? Special thanks to Klaus Peter for sending in this photo which I didn't even know had been taken. Whitney is meeting a fan in this photo on her way out of the room. Her publicist (Lynn Volkman) is the lady with the blonde hair stood facing her back to the camera. I have received a couple more 'Whitney Meets The Fans' type photos which will appear on the Newsfile & Gallery over the weekend. If you've met Whitney and have had a photo taken with her, please do mail it in.
NEWSFILE: 25 FEBRUARY 2000 |
Whitney Houston picked up the Grammy for Best R&B Female Vocal Performance for 'It's Not Right But It's Okay' at the 42nd Annual Grammy Awards in LA last night. This is the first R&B Grammy to be awarded to Whitney, the sixth of her career. Her previous wins are as follows:
Soul Train: Artist Of The Decade...
Billboard Salutes Arista & Clive Davis...
Billboard Magazine will have a special tribute to mark the 25th Anniversary of Arista Records and Clive Davis on their issue dated 13 May 2000. Expect Whitney Houston to be featured prominently.
New York Daily News Comment... A report in the N.Y. Daily News regarding Whitney's performance at the Arista party reads: "The musical highlight of the night had to be Houston, who performed a virtual best of set. Houston showed her affection for Davis by singing her biggest hit "I Will Always Love You" for him. [Thanks Andrea]
George Michael... [From Variety] Producer/songwriter Rodney Jerkins has a busy schedule in the next several weeks. He will be producing a remake of the Rolling Stones’ “(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction” with Britney Spears, new tracks from Michael Jackson and the Spice Girls as well as a duet between Whitney Houston and George Michael. I am trying to get confirmation of this report - Manish.
NEWSFILE: 24 FEBRUARY 2000 |
The best of luck to Whitney Houston tonight as she contends for four Grammys. My Love Is Your Love is up for a total of eight Grammys over six categories. The show can be viewed over the internet at the Grammy website: www.grammy.com
CLICK HERE TO SEE SOME PICTURES OF WHITNEY REHEARSING FOR [Pictures Originate From www.grammy.com]
Grammy Greatest Love... The official www.grammy.com website has a realvideo of Whitney Houston performance of 'Greatest Love Of All" at the 1987 Grammys. [Thanks Dave]
USA Today: Grammy Preview... Expect the unexpected from Grammys [Thanks Blackatlantic]
French Chart Update... It's Not Right But It's Okay drops to No.56 (from No.51) and on the AlbuM Chart, My love is your love is No.54 (from No.53) after 67 weeks on the chart. [Thanks Sebastien]
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Whitney Houston is pictured twice in the Brits 2000 magazine which promotes the show and it's nominations for the March ceremony.
NEWSFILE: 22 FEBRUARY 2000 |
The Single & Maxi for 'I Learned From The Best' is commercially released tomorrow in the US. The Maxi features no less than eight versions of the song. A scan of the cover would be welcome. [For the first time since the album was released, London CD stores don't already have the maxi in].
Arista's Weekly Word confirms the May release of Whitney Houston's Greatest Hits CD and also announces the collection will also be issued on DVD and Video.
Sammy Davis Jnr...
This photo of Sammy Davis Jnr with some of his friends was taken in 1990 for a televised tribute concert back shortly before his death. Some of the stars pictured with Sammy include Whitney Houston, Dionne Warwick, Michael Jackson, Frank Sinatra, Goldie Hawn and Gregory Hines. The photo is featured in the February 2000 issue of Ebony Magazine. [Thanks Lydia]
Whitney Houston pictured in the February 2000 edition of Ebony.
You know it's got to be done - Global Request Whitney. New Philadelphia area stations added to the campaign. [Thanks Dan Lynch]
NEWSFILE: 21 FEBRUARY 2000 |
UK Top 75 Albums UK R&B Singles
The week's Top 10 Audio Downloads from Classic Whitney:
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The 42nd Annual Grammy Awards will air on BBC1 next Saturday in the UK. [Thanks Aubrey]
Apologies for the delay - the question to win
the 3" Takin' A Chance CD will be asked on the Mailing List early this week.
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There is an advertisement for the Soul Train Music Awards in Billboard magazine. This is what it says about Whitney. "Whitney Houston The artist of the decade award -female. For extraordinary artistic contributions, in every major entertainment medium, including music, film. television, live concerts and the all important life medium of motherhood." [Thanks Andrea]
A special pre-awards show, titled "Grammy Countdown," will air on tonight at 7 p.m. EST on CBS-TV. The host, singer Gloria Estefan, will present interviews with this year's Grammy nominees. Whitney is listed among the artists scheduled to appear. The program will also be re-broadcast on February 23rd at 1:35 a.m. EST. [Thanks Blackatlantic] Greatest Hits News... MTV: Whitney Recruits Enrique, Q-Tip For Greatest Hits
The head of Houston's record label, Clive Davis, told MTV News that the venerable diva's upcoming greatest hits collection will carry her 1999 duet with Iglesias as well as a new duet with Canadian R&B songbird Deborah Cox. Houston's collaboration with Iglesias, "Could I Have This Kiss Forever," turned up on the Latin singer's "Enrique" album last year. The Houston collection will also carry a new track written for the singer by Q-Tip and Raphael Saadiq. The release would be Houston's first since 1998's "My Love Is Your Love," which has sold more than 2.5 million copies since its release in November of that year. It would also mark Houston's first greatest hits offering. -- Kara Manning
DOTMUSIC: WHITNEY FOR ARTIST OF THE DECADE Whitney Houston has been announced as the female star to join The Artist Formerly Known As Prince and collect the Soul Train Music Awards Artist of the Decade honour at the event's 14th annual ceremony. When nominations were originally announced, it wasn't known who would be joining the male recipient to collect the special award for a female artist. Whitney can add the nomination to those that she has received from Soul Train for Best Soul/R&B Single ('My Love Is Your Love') and Best Soul/R&B Album.
Here's the Radio & Records stats for the week ending 18 February 2000: I Learned From The Best My Love Is Your Love [Thanks Jeffrey]
German Chart Update... Media Control Top 100 Albums: [Thanks Lopez/Gogi]
Check the TV Appearances Section for up to date information on global Whitney TV appearances. If you have any TV appearances to add to this list, please email me.
NEWSFILE: 19 FEBRUARY 2000 |
'My Love Is Your Love' is down 1 place on the Billboard 200 to No.85 (from No.84) on it's 65th week on the chart. On the R&B Albums Chart, it slips to No.49 (from No.47). Here is the singles update for the week ending 26 February 2000: I LEARNED FROM THE BEST: MY LOVE IS YOUR LOVE: [Compiled By Lopez]
BMG's Star-Studded Post-Grammy Celebration to Fete Musical
Artists For
The VH-1 Divas Live '99 show will shortly be released on DVD as announced in a statement detailing a new deal between CDNOW and Image Entertainment. From now through March 10, visitors to CDNOW will be able to stream a customized video featuring VH1 personality and supermodel, Roshumba. This clip is designed to encourage preorders of VH1 Divas Live 1999 on DVD and to entice visitors to enter a sweepstakes to win an all-expense paid trip for two to New York City for the April taping of the VH1 Divas Live 2000 concert. Streaming clips of Whitney Houston and honorary guest-diva, Sir Elton John, taken from the DVD's ancillary materials, will also be offered exclusively on CDNOW. The VH1 Divas Live 1999 DVD features Dolby Digital 5.1 surround, DTS and two-channel stereo on the same disc. The program, completely remastered for DVD, also features discographies, filmographies and soundbites from Whitney Houston, Cher, Tina Turner, Brandy and Elton John. Image and VH1 will donate a portion of the proceeds from sales of the DVD to "VH1 Save the Music," a charity which supports music education throughout the United States. The DVD will be released on April 4, 2000. There is no word yet on the performers for the VH-1 Divas Live 2000 show. [Thanks Lopez]
On the Dutch Top 100 'I Learned From The Best' drops 5 places to
No.38 (11th week). The album's climb will have a lot to do with a new commercial that
was shown on Dutch television. In this commercial the album is called "....an album
full of hits from a wonderful singer." [Thanks Deborah]
French Update... It's Not Right But It's Okay is down 8 places to No.51 on the
French Singles Chart this week. The video for the single (Thunderpuss 2000
incarnation) continues it's profile in heavy rotation on the French music channel, M6
Music. [Thanks Sebastien] Ask Billboard... [Classic Whitney's Resident Chart Guru, Lopez, Has Her Questioned Featured In Billboard This Week] The Question: As you may probably know, "I Learned From The Best," the
fourth single from Whitney Houston's album "My Love Is Your Love," went to No. 1
on the Billboard Dance/Club Play chart. This is the fourth-consecutive single from her
album reach No. 1 on this chart. The Answer: Technically speaking, "I Learned From The Best" isn't the
fourth release from "My Love Is Your Love." You have to remember that her duet
with Mariah Carey, "When You Believe," was promoted to radio -- but not, as far
as I know, to dance clubs. NEWSFILE: 17 FEBRUARY 2000 |
Whitney Houston collected the Best Female Artist award for 'Heartbreak Hotel' at the 2000 NAACP Image Awards. The show will be broadcast across the US on 6 April 2000 on the Fox Network. [Thanks Shauren]
NEWSFILE: 16 FEBRUARY 2000 |
Now might be a good time to pay special attention to Music Video Channels (a list of them are available on the top half of the Global Request Whitney section) with the news that 'I Learned From The Best' will be profiled on TRL in the US. A few new stations have also been added to the panel - don't forget to request.
Media Control Top 100 Albums: [Thanks Lopez/Gogi]
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Total Request Line on MTV USA reports that it will be premiering the new video for 'I Learned From The Best' on Friday 18 February 2000. No word yet as to whether this is in fact a totally new video or the original video which first debuted on MTV back in November but was not added to TRL at the time.
MTV's Total Request Line Website is running their own Grammy nominations for fans to vote for. The nominations are the same as the official Grammy list. You can vote for Whitney in the following Categories which are included in the MTV TRL Grammys: Best Pop
Collaboration with Vocals Performance NEWSFILE: 14 FEBRUARY 2000 |
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Here's the Radio & Records stats for the week ending 11 February 2000: I Learned From The Best My Love Is Your Love [Thanks Jeffrey]
Classic Whitney Downloads... The week's Top 10 Audio Downloads from Classic Whitney:
The week's Top 10 Video Downloads from Classic Whitney:
NEWSFILE: 13 FEBRUARY 2000 |
Classic Whitney was originally the name of two concept shows Whitney performed in Washington DC in October 1997. The shows saw Whitney singing some classic songs from a generation passed and showcased her stature as the pre-eminent vocalist of this generation. Missing You was performed on the 5 October
1997 show that did not air in most territories around the world in favour of the more
concise show two nights earlier. However, the latter show produced some classic
moments and Missing You was one of those. Dedicated to some tragic losses during the
last decade including Diana, Princess of Wales, Notorious BIG and 2Pac, this Diana Ross
classic is an understated highlight of the show.
Global Request Whitney is the name of the very successful campaign to promote Whitney's radio profile around the world but primarily in the US. The campaign run here on Classic Whitney asks Whitney's fans to e-mail the radio stations listed and ask them to play the latest Whitney song - in this case, 'I Learned From The Best'. Last year, Global Request Whitney was instrumental in helping 'My Love Is Your Love' attain a strong showing on US radio. We can do it again for 'I Learned From The Best'. Please Visit Global Request Whitney.
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LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - R&B trio TLC added three Soul Train
Music Award Whitney Houston's nominations are in the following Categories:
[Thanks Lopez] NEWSFILE: 11 FEBRUARY 2000 |
'My Love Is Your Love' is down 3 places on the Billboard 200 to No.84 (from No.81) on it's 64th week on the chart. On the R&B Albums Chart, it slips to No.47 (from No.43). Here is the singles update for the week ending 19 February 2000: I LEARNED FROM THE BEST: MY LOVE IS YOUR LOVE: [Compiled By Lopez]
Whitney Houston takes the number one position on the US Dance/Club Play Chart for the tenth time in her career, the fourth from 'My Love Is Your Love', with 'I Learned From The Best'. The song rises to the top spot in just five weeks. No word yet on whether or not four No.1 Club/Dance Play singles from one album constitutes some kind of record. It is a rare occurrence. Whitney is now ranked joint third alongside Donna Summer as the artist with the most number one Dance/Club Play singles:
[Report Assisted By JR &
TheBigHam] dick clark...
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Billboard Magazine Report On Whitney Houston's Blockbuster Nominations Houston Snags Three Blockbuster Nominations
Christina Aguilera, Cher, Backstreet Boys, Limp Bizkit, Britney Spears, and Ricky Martin each garnered two nominations. Fans can now cast their votes in 23 categories via the Blockbuster.com Web site. Backstreet Boys (favorite CD, favorite pop group) and Shania Twain (favorite single, favorite female country artist) took home two awards each at last year's ceremony. You Can Vote For Whitney On The Blockbuster Website.
On the French Singles Chart, "It's Not Right But It's Okay" is down to No.43 (from No.37) and the album 'My Love Is Your Love' is down to No.41 (from No.38). [Thanks Sebastien]
Beverly (no last name) began the road to her recording contract at the age of four, singing in the adult gospel choir at her church. "I come from one of those families were everybody can sing," Beverly says. She grew up listening to singers like Vanessa Bell Armstrong, Aretha, and her main inspiration, Whitney Houston. "When I first saw Whitney's The Greatest Love of All video, I said to myself, 'I want to do that,' remembers Beverly. "I think we have to give our young people something more than what gets on the radio today," she continues. "I'm not selling sex. I refuse to do that ... I believe talent will win out." Beverly is now in the capable hands of the Edmonds family (Tracey and Babyface) who are now crafting her career. After becoming a background singer for Babyface, she performed on his MTV Unplugged show. Then she recorded with Blackstreet on "Can't Get You Out Of My Mind" from the Edmonds-produced film, Have Plenty. Next, a dream was fulfilled for Beverly when she performed on "You'll Never Stand Alone," with her idol Whitney Houston on her CD Your Love Is My Love. One listen to Beverly's debut Heart and Soul, (Yab Yum/Elektra) and it's obvious that this soulful singer has the passion and sincerity of her role models. Her first single "You Came Along," rings with old school honesty. "I'm not in this for fame," she says. "I do this for the love of music, and for the opportunity to perform." [Thanks Anderz] NEWSFILE: 9 FEBRUARY 2000 |
Report From The Platinum Club Website The photo shoot for Whitney's Greatest Hits CD cover took place on Friday. Our Lady Of Song was photographed by famed photographer David LaChapelle. The nature of the photo shoot is under wraps, but The Platinum Club can say that everyone had a great time. Clive Davis, head of Arista and Whitney's good friend, reportedly stopped by to watch Whitney strike a pose.
Blockbuster... Nominees for the Sixth Annual Blockbuster Entertainment Awards scheduled to air in June on FOX were announced today. The star-studded event, which honors the lead and supporting actors and actresses in top performing movies in 1999, as well as music artists based on the top-selling albums for 1999, will be broadcast live from the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles. Whitney Houston has been nominated for three awards: Favorite Female Artist -- R&B Whitney Houston - Heartbreak Hotel [Thanks Lopez]
The Platinum Club Website has listed all of Whitney's US award nominations and wins including details of her Grammy nominations and American Music Award Nominations. You can check it out on the Platinum Club Website. The listing has also been made available on Classic Whitney's Awards Section. You may want to drop the Platinum Club an e-mail to thank them - I know this information has been much sought after and it would be nice to say thanks. [Thanks Lydia]
Dutch Chart Update... After 9 weeks on the chart, 'I Learned From The Best' drops out of the Dutch Top 40. On the Dutch Top 100 the single drops three places from No.30 to No.33. [Thanks Deborah]
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Gregory Godek, best-selling author of 1001 Ways To Be Romantic, has just
released the results of a massive study that has determined the 100 best love songs of the
20th Century. [Thanks Lopez]
Billboard Report - Whitney, Santana To Play Arista TV Special Top acts associated with Arista will perform on an upcoming NBC-TV special celebrating the label. Featured on "25 Years Of #1 Hits: Arista Records' Anniversary Celebration" will be Whitney Houston, Santana, Sarah McLachlan, Annie Lennox, LFO, Kenny G, Barry Manilow, Monica, Deborah Cox, Carly Simon, Patti Smith, Alan Jackson, and Brooks & Dunn. The show, produced by Dick Clark Productions, will be taped April 10 at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles and will air May 15.
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The live version of 'Why Does It Hurt So Bad' that features on the US CD single was performed at the 1996 MTV Movie Awards. It remains one of Whitney's more understated yet effective performances and is one of just two occasions where Whitney's live work has been committed to CD. (RealVideo 1.37MB, 5:29mins)
Classic Whitney Downloads... The week's Top 10 Audio Downloads from Classic Whitney:
The week's Top 10 Video Downloads from Classic Whitney:
Media Control Top 100 Albums: [Thanks Lopez/Gogi] Diva Report.... Houston on Diva Duty for Smith - Mr Showbiz Article You're making a movie called Diva, and the part calls for a gorgeous, black singer with an obsessive fan or two. Mmm hmm, it's diva with a capital "D" Whitney Houston you'd be calling for the part. Houston, whose big-screen acting career has been limited to The Bodyguard, Waiting to Exhale, and The Preacher's Wife, is attached to star in the remake of the extremely stylish 1981 French thriller. The remake had been intended for another diva, Diana Ross, but her option lapsed a year and a half ago. Will Smith's production company snapped up the rights to the project from owner Canal Plus Image this week, reports Variety. Smith is not expected to appear in front of the camera. His Universal-based Overbrook Entertainment will co-produce with Houston's Brownhouse Productions. The first Diva, based on the novel by Delacorta, was shot by Betty Blue director Jean-Jacques Beineix. The plot concerns a mail courier who surreptitiously tapes a performance by his favorite singer but ends up with the confessions of a murdered prostitute instead. Much chasing — including a memorable moped dash through the Paris metro in the original film — ensues. That film, which was released in the United States in 1982, starred real-life opera singer Wilhelmenia Wiggins Fernandez as the titular diva. Smith is attached to another remake: Jonathan Demme is shaping up a remake of the 1963 romantic thriller Charade, which starred the inimitable Cary Grant and Audrey Hepburn, for the actor-rapper to star in. Smith is currently shooting the period golf pic The Legend of Bagger Vance. [Thanks Danny] Celebrity 1000 Online Voting...Please take a moment to vote for Whitney at the Celebrity 1000 Online Voting Site: Vote for Whitney for Best Pop Female [Thanks Alan M]
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Clive Davis & Arista Records Host Biggest Pre-Grammy Party Of the New Millennium Legendary Arista Records founder/president Clive Davis hosts a very
special evening: his annual Pre-Grammy celebration. Davis' Pre-Grammy affair has
been one of the most talked about soirees of the Grammy proceedings for the past
several years, and this year promises to be the best yet! Arista artists generated a
remarkable 46 Grammy nominations, led by Santana, who topped this year's nominations with
11 nods (including Album of the Year and Song of the Year). Whitney Houston followed
with 7; LaFace/Arista artists TLC garnered 8; Sarah McLachlan received 3. Clive
Davis -- with 3 nominations as producer for Santana and Whitney Houston -- will also be
honored by NARAS with the prestigious Trustees Grammy Award. Guest list to include an eclectic mix of celebrities and the who's who from the film, television and music worlds. [Thanks Lopez]
Here's the Radio & Records stats for the week ending 4 February 2000: I Learned From The Best My Love Is Your Love [Thanks Jeffrey]
Divas... The VH1 Divas Live '99 CD has been released in Australia. No word on a UK release date as yet. [Thanks Yohan] Glastonbury... UK music festival Glastonbury organiser Michael Eavis says he's turned down Whitney Houston's offer to play at this year's event. His loss.
NEWSFILE: 5 FEBRUARY 2000 |
Classic Whitney and Esprit International will announce yet another exclusive Whitney Competition sometime this weekend - the prize this time is a real collector's item. Wanna join in? You'll have to sign up to the Mailing List to enter.
The Amazon.com Website confirms a 22 February 2000 release date for the single & maxi of 'I Learned From The Best'. [Thanks Lopez] IFPI Awards... The International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI) Platinum Europe Awards will take place this summer (the third ceremony since the awards were launched) and will mark the successes of Platinum album sales in Europe. This Article Mentions 'My Love Is Your Love' And It's Triple Platinum European Status. [Thanks Lopez]
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'My Love Is Your Love' is down 3 places on the Billboard 200 to No.81 (from No.78) on it's 63rd week on the chart. On the R&B Albums Chart, it remains at No.43 for a second week. Here is the singles update for the week ending 12 February 2000: MY LOVE IS YOUR LOVE: I LEARNED FROM THE BEST: [Compiled By Lopez] DMA... The DMA Review of 'I Learned From The Best': PICK HIT And so here we are, a new year. Just as
Thunderpuss 2000's remix of "It's Not Right But It's Okay" altered everyone's
perception of Whitney Houston at this time last year, Hex "I Learned From The Best" is the most "traditional" Whitney song on My Love Is Your Love; it's one of the grand, heartbreaking, reflective ballads she built her career on, with just the right dash of powerful yet, melancholic horns lending musical support. For the HQ2 CLUB MIX, Hector and Qauyle pull out all the stops to transform the song into grand heartbreaking dance anthem. The horns are a prominent feature in the mix, while the duo's trademark thick as molasses percussion (with a defiantly militant edge in the intro) forms an unshakeable base. Hector and Quayle often use synths in their mixes that are key to the overall sound without becoming too involved in the main melody; such as the case here, save for the middle break, when the pair rip through a spectacularly over-the-top run that is matched only by the sheer force of Houston's looped vamps. Also notable is how Hector and Quayle use something as small as Houston's breathing as part of the record's sound, looping her exhale to the beat and the in effect creating another percussive element of the mix. And the there's Houston herself, who deserves
her own paragraph. As terrific as the remixes of her previous singles were there is
nothing like hearing a vocal designed to [Thanks Alan M]
Check Out This Article Announcing The Arista 25 Anniversary Show. The show will be taped on 10 April 2000 and will air in the US on 15 May 2000. [Thanks Dave W/Lopez]
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[MTV News Report] Whitney Houston To Play "Diva" In Film Remake Whitney Houston is in talks to play the lead role of opera singer
Cynthia Hawkins in a remake of the early '80s French thriller, "Diva." [Thanks Blackatlantic] Grammy News... [MTV News Report] TLC, Britney, Whitney, Santana To Hit Grammy Stage When the lights go up on this year's Grammy Awards ceremony in Los Angeles next month, multiple nominees TLC, Britney Spears, Whitney Houston, and Santana will be among the performers on hand to spice things up. Teen genie Christina Aguilera is also on board as a presenter, while talk show maven Rosie O'Donnell returns as the show's host. "It's amazing, I have to say," double-nominee Britney told MTV News on Friday afternoon of her involvement with the Grammys. "At award shows, that's where I get the most nervous. I have to say I get really, really tense, so I know I'll be freaking out. I'm really, really excited." [RealVideo] Spears went on to say that she is now off to Los Angeles to begin rehearsing for the February 23 Grammy broadcast. In addition to her performance, Spears is also up for Best New Artist and Best Female Pop Vocal Performance. Of course, the night's other performers are vying for plenty of awards as well. Santana's "Supernatural" album stirred up eleven nominations, while TLC's "Fanmail" garnered eight nominations and Whitney generated five nods.
-- Robert Mancini, with additional reporting by John Gill and Tina Johnson
European Albums... On the Billboard European Album Chart, 'My Love Is Your Love' is No.24 (from No.22) on it's 62nd week on the chart, the second longest charting album. [Thanks Lopez] French Chart Update... It's Not Right But It's Okay slips to No.37 (down from No.35) My Love Is Your Love have charted for 64 consecutive weeks. It is the third longest charting album after Manu Chao with Clandestino (94 weeks), and the musical Notre Dame de Paris (92 weeks). [Thanks Sebastien] NEWSFILE: 2 FEBRUARY 2000 |
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When Whitney Houston delivers
her greatest hits package in May, the collection will boast a bit of help from Enrique
Iglesias, Deborah Cox, and Q-Tip, among others... not that she needs it.
Whitney Houston earned
nominations for favorite female R&B artist, favorite song from a movie ("When You
Believe," from "Prince Of Egypt"), and favorite single ("Heartbreak
Hotel") in this year's Blockbuster Entertainment Awards, to be held in June at Los
Angeles' Shrine Auditorium. The event, which presents awards for film and video games in
addition to music, will be broadcast live on Fox.
A few years from now Beverly will be known as the woman who
went from working at a local Pizza Hut to an amazing recording career--on the basis of one
phone call. On the other end of the phone was Tracey Edmonds, CEO of Yab Yum
Entertainment, who ignited this singer/songwriter career to the forefront of the Urban
music landscape. 
