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Whitney Houston will perform live tonight in the first of three shows at the Caesar's Palace Hotel in Atlantic City. I'm sure I speak for all the fans at Classic Whitney in wishing Whitney a great evening doing what she loves the most ~ performing live.
Clive Davis' official last day as the head of Arista Records was today. He is due to announce a new deal with BMG in the next few weeks.
Some fans - including Lopez - will be at the All Star Cafe in Caesar's Palace Hotel at 5pm on Saturday for the fan meet. The concert seating starts at 7:30pm. If you're going along - enjoy! [Thanks Lopez]
The Billboard update for the week ending 8 July 2000: WHITNEY THE GREATEST HITS: COULD I HAVE THIS KISS FOREVER: SAME SCRIPT, DIFFERENT CAST: I LEARNED FROM THE BEST: [This Week Courtesy Of Lisa D.]
'Whitney The Greatest Hits' is down one place to No.4 on the CNN Worldbeat album chart, five weeks on the chart, peak position No.2.
New Reviews... Check out the Orlando Sentinel review of 'Whitney The Greatest Hits'. Also included is the [scathing] review from LA Weekly. [Thanks MG/Duane]
Check out a clip of the 'Could I Have This Kiss Forever' video on the VH1 website (go to Inside VH1 and then click on Videos). [Thanks Andrew] Germany... Media Control Top 100 Albums: Whitney The Greatest Hits - No. 10 (8) Media Control Top 100 Singles: Top 20 R&B Airplay: Top 20 R&B Club Tracks (DJ Playlist): [Thanks Gogi/Lopez]
I LEARNED FROM THE BEST The Greatest Hits album is down to No.5 on the Compilations Charts, five weeks on the chart. [Thanks Sebastien] Worldpop Global Chart... 'If I Told You That' moves up to No.25 (from No.31) on the Worldpop Global Chart. [Thanks Jim] Spain... In Spain, 'Whitney The Greatest Hits' is own to No.8 from No.4. [Thanks Laura]
Daniel reports that the German magazine "MAX" features an article about Whitney Houston. It consists of four pages and is one of the main-topics. The article is quite negative and speaks of the various media issues Whitney is encountering at the moment. There are a few photos, f.e. two official GH-pictures printed full
coloured on two pages. Fans can read the complete article here
- it's in German. [Thanks Daniel]
Wonderful World of Whitney... Nikesh's Whitney Website has been updated and also features a mailing list now. Check it out.
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Whitney The Greatest Hits' Double-Album Tops Worldwide Sales Of 4 Million Units VH1 Premiere This Week for 'Could I Have This Kiss Forever' Duet with Enrique Iglesias, Fastest-Breaking Airplay Single of Whitney's Career If I Told You That' Duet with George Michael Maintains at #2 Airplay Across Europe as 'Greatest Hits' Gold, Platinum & Double-Platinum Certifications Pour In From 20 Territories NEW YORK, June 27 /PRNewswire/ -- Arista recording artist Whitney Houston's brand new album, the 2-CD/2-cassette WHITNEY - THE GREATEST HITS, has surpassed worldwide sales of 4 million units since its May 16th in-store date, it was announced today. The album's success is bolstered by the tandem singles success in the U.S. of "Could I Have This Kiss Forever," Whitney's duet with Enrique Iglesias, the fastest-breaking airplay single of her career (outpacing the all-time record-breaking early numbers of 1992's "I Will Always Love You"); and in Europe with "If I Told You That," Whitney's new duet with George Michael, #1most-added upon its release and maintaining as the #2 airplay record across the Continent, according to trade publication Music & Media. Meanwhile, attention is focused on this week's VH1 premiere of the promotional video for "Could I Have This Kiss Forever." WHITNEY - THE GREATEST HITS has been a top 5 album in every European country and many other territories around the world, and has already been certified gold in Austria, Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Holland, Sweden, Switzerland, Australia, Korea, and Singapore; platinum in Canada, the United Kingdom, Italy, Spain, Taiwan, and Hong Kong; and double-platinum in Japan and Ireland. [Thanks MG/Rodney]
VH1 in the US will tonight air the Arista25 Special at 9PM. [Thanks Lopez]
Anti-Voucher Group Draws Ire From Record
Company [Thanks MG]
Graduation Day... Page Six [Thanks MG]
New reviews of 'Whitney The Greatest Hits' from The New Straits Times and the St Louis Post-Dispatch have been added to the Greatest Hits Reviews Section. [Thanks MG]
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WHITNEY THE
GREATEST HITS IF I TOLD YOU THAT -
WHITNEY HOUSTON & GEORGE MICHAEL I LEARNED FROM THE
BEST
Aria Top 50 Albums Aria Top 50 Singles Charts Around The World... Austria: Belgium: Denmark: Finland: Norway: Portugal: Spain: Switzerland: Canada: New Zealand: [Thanks Gogi/Lopez] NEWSFILE: 25 JUNE 2000 |
Time to start requesting! Please us Global Request Whitney to request either 'Could I Have This Kiss Forever' (Pop/AC) or 'Same Script, Different Cast' (Urban). Also, everyone Click Here and request 'Could I Have This Kiss Forever' on
MTV's TRL.
Billboard Magazine's Eurochart places 'Whitney The Greatest Hits' at No.5 this week. On the CNN Worldbeat Album Chart, the set is down one place to No.3. The album remains No.1 in Ireland since it's debut six weeks ago. In Japan, the album drops to No.6 (from No.4) and in Singapore, it's up to No.6. [Information: Manish/Lopez/Lorenz] Vibe Review... Vibe Magazine (cover- Busta Rhymes): Remixes of her past hits hold up impressively, thanks to the
exuberant rhythmic intuition of such track masters as Junior Vasquez and David David
Morales. On several new duets, though, Houston easily outclasses her collaborators:
Enrique Iglesias on the sinuous, Latin-flavored " Could I Have This Kiss
Forever," George Michael on the lithely thumping "If I Told You That," and
Deborah Cox on the sassy " Same Script, Different Cast." -Elysa Gardner [Thanks Arthur - Review Added] Holland... 'If I Told You That' remains at No.19 on the Dutch Top 40 for a third week (5th week on chart). On the Dutch 200 Albums Chart, 'Whitney The Greatest Hits' drops to No.10 (from No.5) this week. [Thanks Deborah] Radio One... Despite being Radio One's second most played song last week, they have dropped 'If I Told You That' to their B list for the coming week.
ET... The 'Could I Have This Kiss Forever' video debuted on ET on Thursday evening. The segment stated Global sales for the Greatest Hits album at 4 million copies. [Thanks Blackatlantic/Lopez]
If I Told You That... The World Pop Singles Chart sees 'If I Told You That' dropping to No.31 (from No.16). [Thanks Jim] Germany... Here are Whitney's positions on the German charts for this week: Media Control Top 100 Albums: Media Control Top 100 Singles: German R&B Top 20 Singles: German R&B Airplay: R&B Club Tracks (DJ Playlist): On the R&B Singles Chart, 'Fine' moved up to No.11 without a commercial 12" Vinyl or CD-Single out. This is the first time ever that a song managed to climb so high on the R&B charts based on airplay alone. Normally it would be impossible for an airplay only song to climb that high, but Media Control (the German Chart compilation body) have allowed 'Fine' to climb to No.11 due to its abnormally high airplay. According to "Jam FM Radio" the song has 24% more airplay than the second highest song on the airplay chart, ''Try Again' by Aaliyah. [Thanks Gogi/Lopez] Radio & Records... The Radio & Records Airplay Chart For The Week Ending 23 June 2000: Urban- Same Script, Different Cast - Up to No.8 (from No.11) with bullet; Urban AC- Same Script Different Cast - Remains at No.4 (third week); AC Chart - Could I Have This Kiss Forever - Remains at No.15 (second week) with bullet; CHR/Pop - Could I Have This Kiss Forever - Up to No.29 (from No.30) with bullet. [Thanks Jeffrey] NEWSFILE: 24 JUNE
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'Whitney The Greatest Hits' has been certified Double Platinum in the US by the RIAA representing a US unit shipment of one million copies (double sets are counted as 2 CDs sold hence the Double Platinum status). Whitney has now been certified for US shipment of 51 million albums in the US. The Billboard Article: Just over a month after its release, Whitney Houston's "Greatest Hits" (Arista) has been certified double platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America for sales of 2 million copies. Released on May 16, the two-disc set, which features the platinum single "My Love Is Your Love," is at No. 20 on The Billboard 200 this week. New multi-platinum certifications were bestowed upon TLC's 1999 LaFace album "Fanmail" -- six times platinum; Monica's "The Boy Is Mine" (Arista) and Tim McGraw's "A Place In The Sun" (Curb) -- three times platinum; and 112's 1996 self-titled Bad Boy/Arista release -- double platinum. Jessica Simpson's 1999 release "Sweet Kisses" (Columbia) has been certified platinum. New gold certifications, for sales of 500,000 units, include Pearl Jam's "Binaural" (Epic) and Lee Ann Womack's "I Hope You Dance" (MCA Nashville). Also notable is the gold certification of Cypress Hill's, "Los Grandes Exitos En Espanol" (Columbia), for sales of 100,000 units under the RIAA's Los Premios de Oro y Platino program. To be eligible for this award, sound recordings must contain more than 50% Spanish language content. For all of the RIAA's latest certifications, click here.
Alan M hopes to arrange for everyone attending the Saturday (1 July) Atlantic City show to have a special cap! There is no money being made by this transaction - the caps are simply to signify that Internet fans of Whitney attended the show. The hats will be two tone black skull with khaki visor. The writing will be in Khaki also. It will read Whitney Fan - AC2000 - Classic Whitney if he can get orders of five or more, the caps will be $16.99 each plus tax. You can have your name on the back or side for an extra $6. If you are going to the Saturday show, please do mail Alan M for further details and to request your cap. [Thanks Alan]
The Billboard update for the week ending 1 July 2000: WHITNEY THE GREATEST HITS: COULD I HAVE THIS KISS FOREVER: SAME SCRIPT, DIFFERENT CAST: I LEARNED FROM THE BEST: [Compiled By Lopez]
Entertainment Tonight will tonight air the World premier of the Whitney Houston and Enrique Iglesias video for their duet 'Could I Have This Kiss Forever'. Check your local listing for air times. [Thanks Rodney]
'Whitney The Greatest Hits' is now one of the Top 10 best selling albums for the year to date in the UK following a fifth week inside the Top 5 of the Albums Chart. Sales are now at around 300,000 copies. Radio continues to be a strong supporter of 'If I Told You That' as the song climbs up to No.4 on the UK airplay listing (from No.5). Although it's total number of plays dropped by 2% to 1688 for the week, it's audience increased by 11%. Radio One helped significantly as the song jumps to No.2 on their airplay listing (from No.13) following a massive 36 spins (just one short of the No.1 record by Sonique). It's Radio One audience for the week was 28.204m. ILR played the song 1477 (an increase of 2 spins over last week) and the song drops to No.7 (from No.6) for the week with 32.237m listeners. MTV UK & Ireland have added 'If I Told You That' last week to their B list. Finally on the UK front, 'Fine' makes it's debut on the UK Urban Chart at No.7 to be the highest new entry of the week. The chart is compiled based strictly on urban influenced airplay. Despite it's strong airplay profile on pop radio, 'If I Told You That' has not debuted on the Urban Top 20.
Sorry this is late - 'Whitney The Greatest Hits' held on as the No.2 album on the CNN Worldbeat Album Chart Radio & Records... The Radio & Records Airplay Chart For The Week Ending 16 June 2000: Urban- Same Script, Different Cast - Up to No.11 (from No.12) with bullet; Urban AC- Same Script Different Cast - Remains at No.4 (second week); AC Chart - Could I Have This Kiss Forever - Up to No.15 (from No.17) with bullet; CHR/Pop - Could I Have This Kiss Forever - Up to No.30 (from No.34) with bullet. [Thanks Jeffrey]
I LEARNED FROM THE BEST The Greatest Hits album holds at No.2 on the Compilations Charts for the second week. following three weeks at No.1. [Thanks Sebastien]
Spain... 'Whitney The Greatest Hits' is back up to No. 4 (from No.5) on the Spanish Albums chart (5 weeks on chart). [Thanks Laura]
The following advert for 'Whitney The Greatest Hits' appeared in the 17 June 200 issue of Billboard.
The advertisement confirms that 'Whitney The Greatest Hits' is the first album to ever have three singles 'explode' simultaneously. A clearer reference is made in Music Week - Newsfile 16 June 2000.
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Belgium: Switzerland: Finland: Denmark: Norway: Austria: [Thanks Gogi/Lopez]
The CD Now review of 'Whitney The Greatest Hits' has been added to the reviews section for the album.
Request stops for Rochester, NY have been added into the Global Request Whitney section. Don't forget your daily round of requesting - at the very least, phone your local station and request the song that best fits their playlist profile (either Could I Have This Kiss Forever or Same Script, Different Cast). [Thanks Dave] NEWSFILE: 20 JUNE 2000 |
WHITNEY THE
GREATEST HITS IF I TOLD YOU THAT -
WHITNEY HOUSTON & GEORGE MICHAEL I LEARNED FROM THE
BEST Enrique... CHART BEAT : Enrique Iglesias' 'Be' On The A-List (Billboard - June 24, 2000) BY FRED BRONSON IT WAS ONLY NINE months ago that Enrique Iglesias had his first No. 1 hit on The Billboard Hot 100 with his chart debut, "Bailamos," from the soundtrack to "Wild Wild West." The second-generation star returns to the top of the chart this issue, thanks to the commercial release of an English-language version of "Be With You" (Interscope). The move on the main chart is fueled by a 40-1 rocket ride on Hot 100 Singles Sales."Be With You" is the third of Iglesias' four chart singles. The follow-up to "Bailamos," "Rhythm Divine," stalled at No. 32 in January. And Iglesias could soon have two titles in the top 10, as a commercial release is scheduled for his fourth chart entry. "Could I Have This Kiss Forever," a duet with Whitney Houston that appears on her greatest-hits collection as well as Iglesias' "Enrique" album, bullets 74-68 based solely on airplay. [Thanks Lopez] Hitmakers... [Comment From Hitmakers Magazine] WHITNEY HOUSTON f/ ENRIQUE IGLESIAS "Could I Have This Kiss Forever" is a superstar duet which is beginning to HEAT UP and MOVE UP on the charts. The Greatest Hits double CD continues to sell and has scanned close to 500,000 units! Wait until you see the magic in this video, Whitney and Enrique look AMAZING TOGETHER! [Thanks Lopez]
Media Control Top 100 Albums Media Control Top 100 Singles German R&B Top 20 German R&B Airplay Top 10 R&B Club Tracks: [Thanks Lopez/Gogi]
Neal has created a new Whitney Houston bulletin board called Whitney The Diva - check it out. [Thanks Neal]
The Wonderful World Of Whitney Website will be updated in the next couple of weeks - Nikesh advises that he's had some PC problems (virus!!) and has only just got things cleared up. [Thanks Nikesh]
On MTV Russia http://www.mtv.net.ru/ 24-25 June will be the weekend dedicated to Whitney Houston. Both days will be everything about Whitney including a huge promotional push for Whitney's Greatest Hits album and of course videos, star track and interviews and more. Russian and Ukrainian fans don't miss it! [Thanks Igor]
'Whitney The Greatest Hits' is down to No.26 (from No.23) on the Australian Album Chart. The first single from the set, 'Could I Have This Kiss Forever' gets it's commercial release tomorrow. [Thanks Scott H.]
NEWSFILE: 18 JUNE 2000 |
[Music Week Comment] The pairing of superstars Whitney Houston & George Michael gives both artists another top 10 hit, with 'If I Told You That' - formerly a solo Houston track on the album 'My Love Is Your Love' - debuting at number nine. Houston has achieved a unique record, debuting on both the UK and US charts with no fewer than three different singles and partners in the same week - in the US she debuts on the Hot 100 at 71 with Canadian diva Deborah Cox and 'Same Script, Different Cast' and at 74 with Spaniard Enrique Iglesias on 'Could I Have This Kiss Forever'.
'If I Told You That' is up to No.5 (from No.6) on the UK airplay chart, increasing it's number of plays by 5% to 1721 for the week and an audience impression of 65.74m (up 4%). Radio One played the song 21 times in the week and the song climbs from No.22 to No.13 on their airplay chart (15.359m audience). On Independent Local Radio, the song is up to No.6 (from No.8), an audience of 34.414m, spins of 1475 (up from last week's total of 1418). 'If I Told You That' remains A listed on all
major UK radio stations including Radio One, B listed on Radio Two - an AC styled station.
Whitney Houston - Fine The review is of the 12" vinyl set that is available in Britain, in limited
editions.
[Comment From FMQB Magazine] Whitney Houston & Enrique Iglesias "Could I Have This Kiss Forever" (Arista). Reacting at: WKTU; WPOW; KLUC; KTFM; KDON; WNVZ; and, KQMQ! The amazing video is coming soon! [Thanks Lopez]
'Whitney The Greatest Hits' is up to No.5 on the Spanish Album Chart - it's moved 4-4-6-5 since it's release. [Thanks Laura]
The French talk show, NPA on CANAL+, they interviewed Eric Jerome Dickens in which he commented that Whitney Houston is to buy the right of his book 'Friends & Lovers' to turn into a movie which could be on the the screens during next year. [Thanks Luca]
Billboard's Eurochart has 'Whitney The Greatest Hits' slipping to No.4 (from No.3) this week. [Thanks Lopez] NEWSFILE: 16 JUNE 2000 |
An important correction to the Bobby Brown story which appeared on Classic Whitney on 13 June as well as on what is being reported in various news reports: The state of Florida DISMISSED the charge of cocaine in Bobby's system. They did not merely "let it slide". It was dismissed because it could not be proven and if they did not dismiss it and Bobby chose not to plead, the state of Florida may well have lost their entire case against him. Good grounds for a lawsuit from Bobby Brown. Bobby has served more active jail time than anyone can recall for a 1st time D.U.I. charge. He was held to a higher standard than any other 'average person', while he was never given preferential treatment by the court system, completely contradicting the legal process. During his time at Broward County Jail, Bobby has been a model inmate, never complaining or asking for special treatment. Internet media organisations should be challenged on their unfair reporting citing specifics for them to research - for example, how many of Bobby's critics have someone in their family or group of friends that has had one violation for D.U.I and served 75 days in jail? Internet sleuths, please research Florida's legal system, especially Broward county where several judges have been removed from the bench recently for ethics and criminal violations, as opposed to digging up allegations and innuendo on celebrities who can't possibly defend themselves from endless and baseless allegations on a global basis - nor should they, because any defence lends a small amount of credibility to the charge in some peoples eyes. Please use the text of this report to post on Whitney Houston websites, bulletin boards, mailing lists, as well as mailing it to internet media organisations and ask them to at least consider what is being said here and ask that these organisations - as well as fans - take up the challenge of doing their own research. The reporting can at least be fair and accurate.
The video for 'Could I Have This Kiss Forever' has been completed - as reported previously - and is in the final stages of editing. Expect to see it soon.
The Billboard update for the week ending 24 June 2000: WHITNEY THE GREATEST HITS: COULD I HAVE THIS KISS FOREVER: SAME SCRIPT, DIFFERENT CAST: I LEARNED FROM THE BEST: [Compiled By Lopez]
I LEARNED FROM THE BEST The Greatest Hits albums slips to No.2 on the Compilations Charts after three weeks at No.1. 'If I Told You That' has been serviced to French radio stations and is registering strong airplay numbers. No confirmation as yet to when the single will air. [Thanks Sebastien]
Tomorrow night's TOTP will feature the video for 'If I Told You That' - this is considered a real coup as it is extremely rare for the show - the UK's number one music show - to show videos. Hopefully, we'll be able to vote for the song on the TOTP Website tomorrow evening as the best part of the show.
Janet Speaks Out... Janet Jackson will have an interview air on BET tonight at 11pm Eastern / 8pm Pacific. In speaking for the first time about the break-up of her marriage with Renee Elizondo and why she kept it a secret, Janet says: "I've always felt that you're never given a fair chance. Immediately when they (media) know (about a celebrity marriage), you know some people try and knock it or say it won't last. For instance, and not to bring them in it, but a lot of people did the same thing with Bobby (Brown) and Whitney (Houston). And I know they have their things that they are going through and they'll work through them, I hope so. But look how long they've stayed together ... Some people said, oh I'll give them six months or give it a year, and that's such negative energy. That's such negative energy going into a beautiful thing, and I wanted my privacy and to try and have a normal family life as much as I possibly could." [Thanks Alan M]
'Whitney The Greatest Hits' is No.4 on the Italian Album Chart this week, the third week on the chart. The video for 'If I Told You That' gets it's Italian TV debut for the first time today. [Thanks Luca] Holland...'If I Told You That' remains at No.19 on the Dutch Top 40 (4th week on chart). On the Dutch 200 Albums Chart, 'Whitney The Greatest Hits' remains at No.5 this week. [Thanks Deborah] Worldpop Global Chart... 'If I Told You That' moves up to No.16 (from No.26) on the Worldpop Global Chart based on commercial release in just a few European territories so far. A promising start. [Thanks Jim]
German Requests... German Fans - You can request Whitney's music at this German specific website listing key radio stations. [Thanks Clemens] Canada: TV Tonight... Tonight on muchmoremusic, there will be a Whitney documentary entitled Whitney Houston - Giving You Her Best at 9PM (repeats Friday) 12AM and 2PM, duration 60 minutes. [Thanks Stephane] NEWSFILE: 15 JUNE 2000 |
This time, Brown was sentenced to 75 days Broward County Judge Leonard Feiner, who was impressed enough by Brown's plea to let a further charge of cocaine use slide. Whitney Houston, did not appear in court, but he was joined by his mother, Carole, who also acted as a character witness. "[Whitney] wants to help him, not hurt him," explained Brown's attorney. "If she showed up today it would have been a major zoo."Carole Brown told the Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel, "This has been very painful. I don't condone anything he did." Bobby, 33, should be released from jail on July 18, as his 39-day spell in the Broward County Jail was credited as time served. As reported on Classic Whitney on 12 May, Bobby surrendered voluntarily to Florida authorities after US Customs met him at Newark NJ airport to tell him that Florida had a warrant out. Contrary to reports being published, he was not arrested by customs in N.J., he went to Florida on his own, not under arrest, and not accompanied by any Law Enforcement officials. "I just want to continue on with my sobriety and get back home to my family," he told the Associated Press after the sentencing. "It's been really tough."[Report Compiled From Various News Sources To Maintain Accuracy/Focus]
By popular demand, here are the direct links to the 'If I Told You That' video: Enjoy!NEWSFILE: 13 JUNE 2000 |
The Top Of The Pops website confirms that Whitney Houston & George Michael will be featured on the show this Friday. No word yet as to whether they have filmed a live performance or whether it is the video that will be shown. [Thanks Craig]
WHITNEY THE
GREATEST HITS IF I TOLD YOU THAT -
WHITNEY HOUSTON & GEORGE MICHAEL 'If I Told You That' is Whitney's 32nd UK single release, the 15th to hit the top ten, the 26th to reach Top 20, and 28th in the Top 30/40.
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Lion of Syria is dead..long live the pussycat [Thanks MG]
A little background music [Thanks Stavrone] JAY WEBB THE DALLAS MORNING NEWS Buying music video collections on DVD can be a hit-or-miss affair. Much too often they hold the same content as a VHS tape with slightly better resolution and inserted chapter breaks. If you're really lucky, they'll throw in a menu, but frankly, it's not enough to justify the inflated DVD price. However, Arista has produced an intriguing DVD with more than just video clips. Whitney Houston: The Greatest Hits (Arista, DVD $24.98/VHS $19.99) traces the singer's 15-year career from pop-tart sweetheart doing awkward dances in pastel miniskirts to chart-topping disgruntled dance diva. And it unmasks the influences behind her. Or make that influence, singular. Arista label founder Clive Davis shaped Houston's early
career, and, though she now presents herself as a tough independent entertainer, Davis
still eerily appears by her side. In Houston's interview segment, she recounts the story of how Davis told her she had to record "Where Do Broken Hearts Go" and that it would be her seventh No. 1 single. She did and it was, breaking previous records set by the Beatles and Elvis Presley. She didn't even like the song. Most telling is an interview with Davis, who at one point
refers to Houston as "a property" in reference to her crossover acting career.
It's these kinds of revealing facts that make DVD extras so much more than just a
string of videos on VHS. [Thanks Stavrone]
The Radio & Records Airplay Chart For The Week Ending 9 June 2000: Urban- Same Script, Different Cast - Up to No.12
(from No.15) with bullet; [Thanks Lopez]
Whitney and George now are in the charts of Germany's largest radio station, SWR3. They are at 12th (out of 25) on the stations chart and we can vote for "If I Told You That" on the internet under http://www.shttp://wr3.de/Webradio/Charts - you don't have to fill in the form, it's only, if you want to win something. The votes from internet will be added to the telephone-votes, so "If I Told You That" has the chance to reach the Top 10. The coming Sunday between 7:00 PM and 11:00 PM the audience can vote by telephone (Germany: 0137/1072211), during the title is in radio. After the charts you can vote in the internet the whole week (from Monday, 12:00AM until Thursday, 12:00AM). [Thanks Daniel] NEWSFILE: 12 JUNE 2000 |
CeCe Winans has spoken for the first time about her friendship with Whitney Houston since recent tabloid stories on Fox News: The Edge With Paula Zahn . You can read the transcript here. [Thanks MG] Picture This...
WHITNEY HOUSTON & GEORGE MICHAEL PICTURED IN THE SUN NEWSPAPER (UK) ON 8 JUNE 2000 FROM VIDEO SHOOT OF 'IF I TOLD YOU THAT' [Thanks Neal M]
The Atlantic City shows at the end of the month/beginning of July are 'one off' performances. No US tour or shows anywhere else are planned.
Billboard Magazine confirms 'Could I Have This Kiss Forever' will see commercial US release on 11 July 2000. [Thanks Lopez]
NEW YORK (Variety) - Warner Bros. has set a remake of the 1976 film ``Sparkle'' with singer-actress Aaliyah poised to play the title role originated by Irene Cara. Powered by a Curtis Mayfield soundtrack and vocals by Cara and Lonette McKee, ``Sparkle'' chronicled the rise and fall of a group of singing sisters during the 1960s. The story closely paralleled that of Diana Ross and the Supremes. The film was directed by Sam O'Steen and scripted by Joel Schumacher. The ``Sparkle'' remake was set up at WB by Whitney Houston and Debra Martin Chase's BrownHouse Prods. The pair will serve as producers. ``Whitney and I always loved the movie, and felt that the music business is so pervasive, it's surprising there hasn't been a contemporary look at what happens behind the scenes,'' Chase said. ``And the studio wanted to be in the Aaliyah business.'' Aaliyah made her film debut alongside Jet Li in WB's action drama ``Romeo Must Die.'' That film has grossed more than $60 million and spawned a strong selling soundtrack featuring Aaliyah's song ``Try Again.'' E. Lynn Harris, making his screenwriting debut, has been signed to pen the contemporized redo. Harris calls the original ``an African-American classic.'' The remake will have an entirely new soundtrack. Aaliyah has been topping the charts since making her recording debut at age 14 in 1994 with the platinum-selling album ``Age Ain't Nothing But A Number.'' It's the second recent screen development for BrownHouse, which will produce ``The Princess Diaries,'' a comedy greenlit by Walt Disney Pictures with Garry Marshall directing. [Thanks Lopez]
According to Billboard Magazine, 'Whitney The Greatest Hits' is the No.3 album in Europe for the week. CNN Worldbeat has the album climbing to No.2 this week in it's global rankings following it's No.2 debut last week. Here's some of the other Whitney chart positions around the world (last week in brackets): Denmark: Switzerland: Austria: Finland Italy Japan
Whitney's official German website cites the following certifications: Ireland (Double Platinum) [Thanks Gogi/Lopez]
German R&B Top 20 (Official): German R&B Airplay: Jam FM Charts (Biggest German R&B radio): 'Whitney The Greatest Hits' holds at No.4 for a second week in Germany, it's third week on the chart. [Thanks Lopez/Gogi] New Nation Review... [Great Review of 'Whitney The Greatest Hits From New Nation] Whitney: The Greatest Hits (Arista)During Every decade in R&B, there’s one female artist whose vocal style, mixed with the right material, stands tall. In the 60s there was Aretha, the 70s Diana and then Whitney in the 80s. Seven albums, a staggering 140 million sales and an enormous list of awards later, Whitney brings out her greatest hits. The 36-track double CD complication takes you through a musical journey from her days of doggy pop wigs in tracks like I Wanna Dance With Somebody, to her vocal blossoming in I Will Always Love You. New Material like Fine produced by Q-Tip and Raphael Saadiq – take Whitney to even greater heights, changing Whitney's vocals to a much lower tone, with an added hip-hop bassline. An ideal gift for die-hards and, for those that think she’s a bland ballad singer, this album proves why she’s still perched on the diva throne. 4/5- Alive and kickin’ ass. [Thanks Ben - Review Also Added To 'Whitney The Greatest Hits' Reviews Page]
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The Billboard update for the week ending 17 June 2000: WHITNEY THE GREATEST HITS: SAME SCRIPT, DIFFERENT CAST: COULD I HAVE THIS KISS FOREVER: I LEARNED FROM THE BEST: 'Whitney The Greatest Hits' scanned 84,500 copies last week. Total US sales approximately stand at 347,500 copies. [Compiled By Lopez]
Billboard Comment... [From Billboard Online] Two of the duets from Whitney Houston's new Arista greatest hits package "Whitney: The Greatest Hits" debut on the chart. "Same Script, Different Cash," a duet with Deborah Cox, opens at No. 71, while "Could I Have The Kiss Forever," a pairing with Enrique Iglesias, bows at No. 74. [Thanks Chris]
If I Told You That: Video Download... Finally, the video for 'If I Told You That' can be downloaded from the BMG-Backstage Website. Check it out.
'If I Told You That' is up to No.6 (from No.8) on the UK airplay chart, increasing it's number of plays by 6% to 1645 for the week and an audience impression of 63.20m (up 8%). Radio One played the song 17 times in the week and the song slips down to No.22 on their airplay chart (14.847m audience). On Independent Local Radio, the song is up to No.8 (from No.10), an audience of 33.535m, spins of 1418 (up from last week's total of 1331). The song remains at No.1 on the Pre-Release
chart representing airplay hits that have not been commercially released. French Update... I LEARNED FROM THE BEST The Greatest Hits albums remains at No.1 at the Compilations Charts for the third week. [Thanks Sebastien/Guy]
France: Fun Radio...
[Thanks Guy] Worldpop... 'If I Told You That' is up to No.26 (from No.34) on the Worldpop Singles Chart. [Thanks JR]
'Whitney The Greatest Hits' has been certified Platinum in Spain as it drops from No.4 to No.6 on this week's Albums Chart. [Thanks Laura] Holland...'If I Told You That' is up from No.31 to No.19 on the Dutch Top 40 (3rd week on chart). On the Dutch 200 Albums Chart, 'Whitney The Greatest Hits' is down to No.5 this week (from No.3). [Thanks Deborah] NEWSFILE: 8 JUNE 2000 |
Much Music Clip...
Enrique: "It's a sexy song - you gotta have a sexy video for it". [Thanks Dzemil] Access Hollywood... Today on Access Hollywood, the video 'Could I Have This Kiss Forever' will feature which completed filming last week. In the video, Whitney is wearing a lime green flowered print dress. Her hair is black with the flip in the back but it comes in toward her face in the front. The two were back to back singing while people were walking around them as they sing the chorus. The video is set to air mid-June. [Thanks Damon G./Dave]
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If I Told You That Remix... The only remix to be made available to Europe of 'If I Told You That' is by Jon Douglas. Known for his production work with George Michael, the remix is 4:48 long and strips out about 90% of the original Rodney Jerkins production. Another Classic Whitney exclusive! [1.12MB] Woolworths Predict... UK store Woolworths -
who are also a major UK music retailer - predict 'If I Told You That' to debut at No.1 on
the UK Singles Chart on Sunday. Atlantic City Sold Out... Alan M phoned the Platinum Club office today to enquire about tickets for one of the Atlantic City shows and was told that they were all sold out last week. Ticketmaster still have a few tickets. [Thanks Alan] NEWSFILE: 5 JUNE
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UK Chart Update... Confirmed sales figures are not available as yet but it's a safe bet to say that 'Whitney The Greatest Hits' has sold over 200,000 copies in the UK in it's first three weeks. The album has been certified Platinum representing a unit shipment of 300,000. Note: UK shipment does not work like the RIAA's methodology and thus 300,000 shipped means exactly that and no further consideration is given if an album is a double set. WHITNEY THE
GREATEST HITS
The video director for 'Could I Have This Kiss Forever' is Francis Lawrence, and not Kevin Bray as reported in Billboard.
'If I Told You That' gets it's commercial UK single release tomorrow. According to Music Week, it will feature on one CD and one cassette. The tracklisting was confirmed on the Newsfile on 2 June. The song's main challengers for the No.1 spot are new releases by Travis and Fat Les - both of which are likely to pull in 100,000 copies-plus debuts alongside Whitney's single.
The Radio & Records Airplay Chart For The Week Ending 2 June 2000: Urban- Same Script, Different Cast - Up to No.15 (from No.19) with
bullet; [Thanks Lopez]
This is a good time to re-familiarise yourselves with Global Request Whitney. The airplay campaign needs to kick into action to help promote 'Same Script, Different Cast' to the Urban stations and 'Could I Have This Kiss Forever' to the Pop/Top 40/AC stations.
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Anita Baker Speaks Out... One of the finest vocalists of all time, Anita Baker, is interviewed in the July 2000 issue of Sister-2-Sister magazine in which she speaks out about the media's treatment of Whitney Houston. Anita Baker ain't laughing at the Whitney Jokes. (This title also appears on the cover of the mag.) I spoke with Anita Baker around the time that folks seemed to be attacking Whitney Houston left and right about her possible drug use. Anita was very distraught about it. She told me she's upset about people making jokes about Whitney. She explained that "Whitney is our Barbra Streisand and if you don't have anything good to say, Don't help to destroy her" She said, "It takes us three generations to build a WHITNEY HOUSTON - ARETHA FRANKLIN, CISSY HOUSTON,DIONNE WARWICK, on up to our Whitney." Anita went on the say,"The people on the radio don't mean no harm {white Folks} do this to their stars, so we're supposed to do it to ours because that's what they do. But it takes us so much more to come up than it does for them."Anita was reaching out to help sister Whitney. There is more but nothing that leads directly to Whitney - They just go on to talk about the media and Black stars. On page 16 there is a photo of Barbara and the caption reads- Barbra Streisand is an icon and Anita Baker feels that Whitney should be treated like one, too. Whitney is feature though out this edition. There is a two page ad for the Greatest Hits package. There is also a photo of Whitney Posing with Puffy, Bobby and Clive at the Arista taping. [Thanks Alan M] If I Told You That Video... A Few Screen Captures From CD: UK Of The Making Of The New 'If I Told You That' Video (Director: Kevin Bray)
BMG Backstage - Incorrect DVD Information... Apologies - I should have done this sooner. The BMG Backstage website cites the wrong track listing for the new Whitney Houston DVD. The actual UK/European track list is exactly the same as the US version. For whatever reason, BMG re-quoted the incorrect information two days after the DVD was issued. Ireland's Finest... 'Whitney The Greatest Hits remains the No.1 album in Ireland for the third week. The single, 'If I Told You That' was commercially released yesterday. [Thanks Tom] Holland... 'If I Told You That' is up from No.37 to No.31 on the Dutch Top 40 (2nd week on chart). [Thanks Deborah]
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BMG Backstage - New Release Info... Whitney Houston: Whitney Duet with George Michael! The inimitable Whitney Houston and the
super talented George Michael have collaborated on a sensational track 'If I Told You
That', released 5th June 2000.
CD:UK will be showing the video shoot for 'If I Told You That' tomorrow morning.
Commentary From Alan Jones: The Greatest Hits by Whitney Houston is number one for the second straight week, suffering a fairly minor (11%) dip in sales to just under 80,000, while beating off the challenge of Eminem's The Marshall Mathers LP (63,000 sales) fairly comfortably. Britney Spears' Oops! I Did It Again slips 2-3, but it's sales (nearly 48,000), are easily the highest for a number three album this year. These three albums give us our first all-American top three for more than two years, with the leading British contenders being Tom Jones' Reload (down 3-4 but selling more copies - 37,000 - than when it was number one a fortnight ago) and Toploaders's debut album Onka's Big Moka, which sold nearly 33,000 copies to take fifth spot in The Moonlight and Achilles Heel. More heavy discounting brings several old favourites - mostly Warner Music releases - back to the chart. Simply Red's Greatest Hits leads the way at number 26 closely followed by Madonna's Ray Of Light and The Immaculate Collection (number 39 and 41) and The Corrs' Unplugged at number 44.
'If I Told You That' is up to No.8 (from No.9) on the UK airplay chart. The song increased it's number of plays by 10% to 1550 for the week and it's audience was 58.41m (up 18%). Radio One played the song 21 times in the week and the song holds at No.14 on their airplay chart (14.16m audience). On Independent Local Radio, the song is up to No.10 (from No.12), an audience of 30.589m, spins of 1331 (up from last week's total of 1208). The song is No.1 on the Pre-Release chart representing airplay hits that have not been commercially released.
'If I Told You That' will be issued on one CD and cassette in the UK. A second CD does not look likely.
'If I Told You That' remains A listed on Radio One (UK).
Charts Of The World... Spain - No.4 (No change)Norway: - No.15 (from No.11) Sweden: - No.4Germany:- No.4 (down from No.2) Japan: - No.3 (up from No.5) Italy: - No.10 (New) Netherlands: - No.3 (down from No.2) Denmark: - No.3 [Thanks Andreas/Laura/Gogi/Lopez]
'If I Told You That' debuts at No.34 on the Worldpop singles chart with just a very small group of European territories having the commercial single available. Complete release throughout Europe is on 5 June 2000. [Chart Info: Thanks Jim] NEWSFILE: 2 JUNE 2000 |
You can't keep Whitney Houston off the stage long! The Platinum Club Website confirms Whitney will perform three shows at Caesars in Atlantic City on 30 June, 1 July 2000 and 3 July 2000. Please check the Platinum Club's Tour Information Page for further details.
The Billboard update for the week ending 10 June 2000: WHITNEY THE GREATEST HITS: MY LOVE IS YOUR LOVE: SAME SCRIPT, DIFFERENT CAST: COULD I HAVE THIS KISS FOREVER: I LEARNED FROM THE BEST: 'Whitney The Greatest Hits' scanned over 105,000 copies last week. Total US sales approximately stand at 262,000 copies. [Compiled By Lopez] Competition Winner.... Michael Dufner of Chicago IL is the winner of the 2 track UK promo CD for 'I Learned From The Best'. Well done Michael! New competition soon. Czech Chart... Chart update from Czech Republic - Whitney The
Greatest Hits debuts at No.16. Hong Kong... The Whitney Houston and George Michael duet, 'If I Told You That', became Hong Kong's No.1 Hit on the Hong Kong Top 10. [Thanks Carlo] MTV All Access Clip... Not sure if we all know about this one - Click Here for an unedited clip of Whitney Houston talking to Jon Norris from MTV about her outfits from the MTV All Access show.
This is what Billboard's Director of Charts, Geoff Mayfield had to say about 'Whitney The Greatest Hits' US debut in a chart review for USA Today: Whitney Houston's Whitney: The Greatest Hits, a two-CD collection of previously released singles and remixes with four new tracks, makes its debut at No. 5 with 158,000 copies sold - hardly a disappointing figure for a hits compilation. [Thanks Dave/Lopez]
French Interview... To all the fans in France: There will be an exclusive interview on French radio "FunRadio" June 9th at 6:00pm. The ad is on Fun Radio website funradio.fr and it says "All what Whitney has never told you before". [Thanks Melisande]
I LEARNED FROM THE BEST The Greatest Hits albums remains at No.1 at the Compilations Charts (25 places only). [Thanks Sebastien]
'Whitney The Greatest Hits' is down one place from No.2 to No.3 (3rd week on the chart). 'If I Told You That' debuted last week at No.37 on the singles chart - expect the new singles chart position shortly. [Thanks Deborah]
The Music & Media European Chart has 'Whitney The Greatest Hits' at No.2 (up from No.3). [Thanks Lopez] NEWSFILE: 1 JUNE 2000 |
MAY 2000 NEWSFILE CAN BE FOUND HERE
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