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January 2000 Competition - Classic Whitney and Esprit International are giving away this exclusive
promo only four-track 'My Love Is Your Love' sampler CD. Originally issued before
the album,
the CD contains 'It's Not Right But It's Okay', 'If I Told You That', 'I Learned From The
Best'
and 'When You Believe (From 'The Prince Of Egypt')'.
How do you win it? Simple - you have to join the Classic Whitney Mailing List.
A question will be asked on the list (it won't be difficult, I'm not into that) in a
couple of weeks time.
The winner will be selected at random in Mid-January. Couldn't Be Easier.
This is it, the final update of the 20th Century on Classic Whitney. I have to thank everyone who has supported Classic Whitney and my previous website. 1999 has been excellent for proving the power of in internet and I believe Classic Whitney has been a positive reminder of the great things than fans can do. The website works because of contributions from Whitney's fans. From sharing knowledge, ideas, information as well as news, sound and vision, we enrich each other with the gift of Whitney's truly great artistry. I wish you a happy, safe New Year/Century/Millennium.
Global Request Whitney... Global Request Whitney didn't make 'My Love Is Your Love' a hit. It simply gave the song a nudge in the right direction. Take a bow everyone who in their own way phoned, e-mailed and requested the song. Thank you to everyone who helped compile the radio stations and TV station details to make the campaign a success. In the new Millennium, Global Request Whitney will begin the campaign for 'I Learned From The Best'. The approach is just the same, targeting key radio and TV stations.
We're five months into the chart life of 'My Love Is Your Love' and as the single begins to peak, here's a look at it's remarkable trajectory on the Hot100 Airplay, Hot 100 Sales and the Hot 100 Singles Charts. Before debuting on the Hot 100 Airplay Chart, the song moved 24-13-6-5 on the Bubbling Under Chart. Hot 100 Airplay
Tonight Is The Night... The 'I Learned From The Best' promo is issued to DJs throughout the US today, New Millennium's Eve.
[Excerpt From Billboard Chartbeat Chat] Good day Mr. Bronson, I am a regular browser of the Billboard charts and the new chart methodology has me puzzled. Is it not correct that Billboard registers 75% of its points solely based on airplay and that only 25% of its points are allocated to sales? If this is indeed the case, explain to me how Jessica's Simpson's "I Wanna Love You Forever" sits at No.3, while Whitney Houston's "My Love Is Your Love" sits at No.4? When you take into consideration the new chart methodology, as it currently stands, Houston is No.9 in airplay and No.4 in sales, while Simpson is nowhere in the top-10 airplay although, she is in the top-5 of the sales chart. Therefore, how can Simpson be at No.3 while Houston rests at No.4? This has been a particularly confusing issue for me, as Houston's "My Love Is Your Love" should at least be at No.3. It appears as if the Billboard chart methodology is reversed with these particular artists. Please explain! Thanks! And Fred Replies... It's a misconception that the Billboard chart position is an average of the positions a single or track may hold on the component sales and airplay charts. Even with the ratio you mention, a single can have such a large sales figure, that it can overwhelm songs that are way ahead in airplay. So when you add this week's sales and airplay points of "I Wanna Love You Forever," the total is greater than the combined sales and airplay points of "My Love Is Your Love." And not to confuse the issue, but the ratio is an average of the entire chart, not the exact ratio for every single. Let's imagine a hypothetical extreme case. Let's say "I Wanna Love You Forever" had no airplay at all, but massive sales points. In this case, 100% of its total points would come from sales, and if that point total was high enough, it could be No. 1 on the Hot 100. Or to remove this from the hypothetical, Elton John's "Candle In The Wind 1997" had such massive sales points, it wouldn't need any airplay points at all under current Billboard chart policy to have a commanding lead at No. 1. [Thanks Leigh] NEWSFILE: 31 DECEMBER 1999 |
'My Love Is Your Love' is down one place on the Billboard 200 to No.95 this week, it's 58th on the chart. On the R&B Albums Chart, it's down to No.32 (from No.29) but retains it's bullet. Here's the singles update for the week ending 8 January 2000: MY LOVE IS YOUR LOVE: I LEARNED FROM THE BEST: [Compiled By Lopez]
Cyberworks' Li Pays $2.5 Mln to Fly in Whitney for His Party Hong Kong, Dec. 30 -- Richard Li, chairman of Pacific Century
CyberWorks Ltd., the largest Internet company in Asia outside Japan by market value,
will throw a millennium party that features performances by U.S. pop star Whitney Houston
and others, the South China Morning Post reported citing Cyberworks' group Managing
Director Alex Arena. Li spent more than HK$20 million ($2.57 million) to fly in Houston
and a host of other overseas and local music names such as Sister Sledge, Taiwanese act
Dick and the Cowboy, local pop singer Eason Chan and Beijing group Tang Dynasty to
entertain 3,000 guests, the paper said. Houston will perform for about an hour at the
party, the paper Women Rule Europe 1999... [Article From Billboard Website] Britney Spears, Cher, Whitney Houston, Shania Twain, and Christina Aguilera made 1999 the year of the woman in European record stores and radio, according to the year-end charts in Billboard sister magazine Music & Media (M&M). Eiffel 65's "Blue (Da Ba Dee)" (Bliss Co.) and Lou Bega's RCA smash "Mambo No. 5 (A Little Bit Of...)" were, respectively, No. 1 and No. 2 on M&M's Eurochart Hot 100 Singles for the year. However, women locked out positions 3-7, with Spears' "...Baby One More Time" (Jive) at No. 3, followed by Cher's "Believe" (WEA), Aguilera's "Genie In A Bottle" (BMG), Emilia's "Big Big World" (Universal), and Houston's "My Love Is Your Love" (Arista). Cher's "Believe" set was also Europe's No. 1 album of 1999, followed by Twain's "Come On Over" (Mercury) and the Offspring's "Americana" (Columbia). "...Baby One More Time" was Europe's most-played single, ahead of Madonna's "Beautiful Stranger" (Maverick/Warner Bros.) The year-end statistics on M&M's Border Breakers chart, which monitors mainland European records breaking out of their country of signing, showed five Swedish singles in the top 10. Roxette's "Wish I Could Fly" (Roxette Recordings/EMI) came in at No. 1; fellow Swedish tracks making the list included two by Emilia and one each by Jessica Folcker and the Cardigans. Norwegian singer Lene Marlin's "Sitting Down Here" (Virgin) made it six Scandinavian signings in the top 10, while Italy was twice represented with Eiffel 65 and British-born Ann Lee, who enjoyed a pan-European hit with "Two Times" (X-Energy). -- Paul Sexton, London [Thanks Arthur] NEWSFILE: 30 DECEMBER 1999 |
The Dotmusic Site Has A Brief Article About His Death.
BMG Backstage... The BMG Backstage Website has a competition giving away 10 copies of the repackaged 'My Love Is Your Love' UK double CD. Competition ends 3 January 2000.
The MTV Asia Website has a poll asking which female artist is going to reign the charts in 2000. We all know it's Whitney Houston - Please Vote Here. Note: The poll does not place a 'cookie' on your Temporary Internet Files folder so mulitple voting is allowed. Whitney currently has 4% of the votes. [Thanks Katerina/Stig]
Don't forget to check the TV Appearances Section - on 31 December 1999 (US) Whitney Houston & Natalie Cole Present Grammys Greatest Performances. [Thanks Lydia/Arthur] NEWSFILE: 29 DECEMBER 1999 |
'I Learned From The Best' is back up to No.33 (From No.38) in it's fourth week on the UK Singles Chart. All four singles from 'My Love Is Your Love' have now climbed the chart following an initial peak when debuting (a rare occourance once - remarkable four times over). On the R&B Singles Chart, the song remains at No.5. The album, 'My Love Is Your Love' is up one place to No.27 on it's 58th chart week. The album has sold in excess of 40,000 copies in each of the past two weeks and over 120,000 copies in December alone.
The Arista Records Whitney Website confirms Whitney is to appear at the 2000 Grammy Awards. [Thanks Blackatlantic]
The compilation of Whitney Houston's Billboard Rankings for each year she charted over the past fifteen years is complete - check it out.
The Dotmusic Website (the UK equivalent of Billboard) is
running it's own Best Of 1999 Poll in which they have a Pop & Urban Category for Best
Album. Whitney's 'My Love Is Your Love' set is not listed as a possible contender.
Thankfully, Dotmusic recognise they could have missed out important albums and have
also included a 'Suggest Album' section for the categories. Once the album is listed, we can all vote - I'll announce the inclusion when it happens. Dotmusic will only include it if enough people request it so please take the time.
Don't forget to sign up to the Classic Whitney Mailing List - the competition question to win the four track My Love Is Your Love album sampler will be announced on the list this week.
Here's last week's Top 10 Downloads from Classic Whitney:
Enrique Igelsias was on AOL chat earlier this month and when asked about what it was like to work with Whitney he replied "It was great. I grew up with her voice, and I am a big fan. She is amazing. She has great control." [Thanks Lopez]
On the Dutch Top 40 I Learned from the Best climbs 9 spots from No.29 to No.20 in it's third week. On the Dutch Mega Top 100 the single goes from No.38 to No.33 in it's fourth week. [Thanks Deborah] German Charts... Media Control Top 100 Singles: [Thanks Lopez]
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Two Decades Of History...
Whitney Houston features prominently in the
end of decade charts for the 80's & 90's.
The following two images link you to detailed placing of Whitney and her music over
the past two decades. The 1980's section details Whitney's placing for the
decade
as well as for each year that she charted. The 1990's section details Whitney's
ranking
for this decade and her 1999 placing. A detailed account of her performance
in individual
years during the '90's will become available between now and the new year.
My Gift To Whitney's Loyal Fan Base &
Their Assistance In Making
Classic Whitney The No.1 Whitney Houston Website
& To Whitney Houston Herself For Some Of The Best Shows, Songs, Remixes &
Performances.
Merry Christmas to all who celebrate, a peaceful holiday for the rest.
NEWSFILE: 24 DECEMBER 1999
'My Love Is Your Love' continues it's upward trend on the Billboard 200 as it climbs to No.94 (from No.99) on it's 57th chart week. On the R&B Albums Chart, it's up to No.29 (from No.37) with a bullet. Here's the singles update for the week ending 1 January 2000: MY LOVE IS YOUR LOVE: I LEARNED FROM THE BEST: [Compiled By Lopez]
Vote Whitney @ Billboard... You can vote for 'My Love Is Your Love' as the Best R&B Album on the Billboard Website - Whitney is currently in second place - Click Here. Please also vote for 'Heartbreak Hotel' as the Top Hot100 Single - Click Here.
Be sure to check the TV Appearances Section for an update on Whitney on TV over the coming days.
A photo of Whitney Houston and Bobby Brown appears in the 27 December 1999 issue of Jet Magazine. The photo was taken as Whitney & Bobby arrived at the charity gala for the Whitney Houston Foundation For Children. [Thanks Lydia]
(November 12, 1999) Arista recording artists are being showcased on a specially-produced, limited-edition CD sampler intended for reference use by the voting members of the annual NAACP Image Awards for 1999. The featured [Whitney] performances are as follows: 1. "My Love Is Your Love" by Whitney Houston The RIAA gold title track from My Love Is Your Love, Whitney Houston’s first non-soundtrack related studio album in eight years, was also the album’s fourth consecutive R&B/pop crossover smash. It follows (in order of release since late-1998): "When You Believe (The Prince Of Egypt)," Whitney’s Academy Award winning duet with Mariah Carey; "Heartbreak Hotel," featuring Faith Evans and Kelly Price; and "It's Not Right But It’s Okay." The song was co-written and co-produced by Fugees masterminds Wyclef Jean and Jerry "Wonder" Duplessis. My Love Is Your Love has sold over 8X platinum worldwide to date. 2. "Heartbreak Hotel" by Whitney Houston (Featuring Faith Evans & Kelly Price) When this platinum single hit #1 on Billboard’s Hot R&B chart on February 13th, it led a trio of hits — including "Angel Of Mine" by Monica (at #2) and Deborah Cox’s "Nobody’s Supposed To Be Here" (#3) — into chart history: the fifth time in Soundscan annals that Arista held the top three R&B spots and still the only record label in Soundscan history to accomplish this. The song was co-written and co-produced by the team of Soulshock and Karlin. As for the title, Whitney says "I’ve stayed in that place before, but I checked out!" 3. "It's Not Right But It’s Okay" by Whitney Houston She collected the 17th Top 5 pop hit of her 15-year chart career when this RIAA gold CD single bulleted to the top of the charts in June. "I think every woman feels this way at one time or another," Whitney said of the song, which was co-written and produced by Rodney Jerkins. It was soaring up the charts and rocking the clubs as Whitney triumphantly launched her 16-city tour in Chicago on June 22nd, her first live performances in five years 4. "I Learned From The Best" by Whitney Houston Here is Whitney’s brand new single (released November 1999). Described by Whitney as "a love song about pain," the song is her winning collaboration with songwriter Diane Warren and producer David Foster. Meanwhile, My Love Is Your Love celebrates its 52nd week on the Billboard 200 album chart in the November 27th issue. 14. "I Will Always Love You" by Whitney Houston (from VH1 Divas Live ’99) No diva achieved higher heights at this year’s VH1 gathering than Whitney Houston, who owned the record-breaking cable television broadcast, chronicled on Arista’s recently-issued CD and home video of the live concert event. The high-point of Whitney’s 5-song set was an electrifying performance of her 4 million-selling theme from The Bodyguard, ranked one of the Top 5 pop hits of the last half-century as a result of its 14-week stand at #1 during 1992-93. The New York Times hailed Whitney’s "virtuoso flourishes" in this "song of longing and delicacy." [Thanks Arthur]
Christina Aguilera, Mary J. Blige, Sarah McLachlan, Macy Gray, TLC, Dallas Austin and Diane Warren will be some of the artists who will together announce the nominations for the 42nd Annual Grammy Awards at the Beverly Hilton Hotel on 4 January 2000. [Thanks Lopez] NEWSFILE: 23 DECEMBER 1999 |
The German magazine Bunte recently published some photos (officially authorised) of Whitney backstage during the European leg of her world tour. You can see the complete page scans of the article pages on this specially designed Bunte Gallery Page. The article - along with other German media - suggest that Whitney is to be the star of her own documentary. The film is reportedly directed by Rudi Dolezal who also directed documentaries on the Rolling Stones and Queen. I am still looking for some official confirmation as to the nature of this project if indeed it is true. [Scans Courtesy Of Sylvie]
Canadian Chart Update... MY LOVE IS YOUR LOVE (ALBUM):SoundScan Top 100 Albums - Up to No.90 (from No.93) - 44 weeks on
chart MY LOVE IS YOUR LOVE (SINGLE):SoundScan Top 50 Singles - Down to No.36 (from No.26) - 13 weeks
on chart IT'S NOT RIGHT BUT IT'S OKAY :SoundScan Top 50 Singles - Up to No.48 (from No.51) - 13 weeks on chart [Compiled By Darrell] TV... The TV Appearances Section has been updates. If you know of any Whitney TV appearances anywhere in the world - Please Mail Me.
NEWSFILE: 21 DECEMBER 1999 |
'I Will Always Love You' is officially the tenth best selling single of the 1990's in the UK with sales of 1.37 million copies. The Bodyguard' registers as the 13th best selling album of the decade with sales of 2.05 million copies. The complete UK Top 20 Best Selling albums and singles will appear on Classic Whitney shortly, placing Whitney's achievements in context.
UK Music trade magazine Music Week has begun it's round up of the highlights of 1999 and their writers always compile a Top 10 list of the best albums that are released in that year. Obviously, 'My Love Is Your Love' doesn't qualify as it was released in 1998 but the album does get a mention: Other favourites were genuinely
groundbreaking albums by Beck and Missy Elliott, although there is no doubt that had
Whitney Houston's 'My Love Is Your Love' been released this year it would have made the
grade. Austria's Finest... The Austrian Entertainment Magazine "TV Media", details
the ranking of the best selling albums of the year. Whitney holds second place with
80,000 copies sold after The Offspring's "Americana" which sold 85,000 copies.
Here the complete list: [Thanks Clemens] NEWSFILE: 20 DECEMBER 1999 |
In the second biggest sales week of the year, 'My Love Is Your Love' posts another strong sales gain to climb to No.28 (from No.32) on the UK albums chart, it's 57th week on the chart. Not so great news for 'I Learned From The Best' which dips to No.38 (from No.26) just three weeks into it's chart career. It does continue to climb on the R&B Singles Chart - this week No.5.
Apologies for being late with this: 'I Learned From The Best is down to No.24 (from No.23) on the UK Airplay Chart. The song received 746 spins (an increase of 15% over last week) although it's audience dropped to 27.78 million (down 7%).
This is last week's Top 10 Downloads from Classic Whitney:
Whitney is one of the 12 nominees for artist of the year on VH-1. Click Here To Vote For Whitney. [Thanks Keri]
Here's some of Whitney's rankings in
Billboard's end of year charts: Whitney's Decade... A brief look at how Whitney ranks in the 1990's according to Billboard Magazine: #8 Pop artist of the 90s. DVD... According to Arista, there isn't a confirmed release date to issue Divas Live '99 on DVD although there is a good chance this will happen. [Thanks Alan M.] Dutch Charts... On the Dutch Top 40 'I Learned From The Best' climbs from No.34 to No.29 in it's second week. On the Dutch Mega Top 100 the single moved up from No.51 to No.38 in it's third week. Meanwhile the album 'My Love Is Your Love' is at the No.50 spot in the Dutch Album Top 100 (55th week). [Thanks Deborah]
I Learned From The Best is available as a single in Poland. The tracklisting is: 1 - Radio Edit 3:49 [Thanks Sylwia]
Media Control Top 100 Singles: [Thanks Lopez]
AC Urban CHR/POP CHR/Rhythmic [Thanks Lopez] Global Request Whitney... More US radio stations have been added to the
Global Request Whitney
campaign stations list thanks to Lopez - please take some time to phone or e-mail requests
for 'My Love Is Your Love' - The campaign has been remarkably successful. Keep up
the excellent work. NEWSFILE: 19 DECEMBER 1999 |
'My Love Is Your Love' returns to the Billboard 200 top 100 positions climbing from No.107 to this week's No.99 - 56 weeks into it's career. On the R&B Albums Chart, the album climbs from No.43 to No.37 (with a bullet). Here's the singles update for the week ending 25 December 1999: MY LOVE IS YOUR LOVE: I LEARNED FROM THE BEST: [Compiled By Lopez]
'My Love Is Your Love' has been certified Platinum by the RIAA. This is Whitney's sixth Platinum single following: I Wanna Dance With Somebody NEWSFILE: 16 DECEMBER 1999 |
This is a run down of some of the Billboard End Of Year Charts which feature Whitney - complete details should be available shortly: Billboard Hot 100: Top 20 Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles Hot Dance Music - Club Play Singles [Special Thanks To Lopez]
New York Times Sunday, December 12, 1999 [Thanks Blackatlantic]
The BMG Backstage Website now sports a 30 second clip of the 'I Learned From The Best' video. The site itself has become painfully slow in recent weeks - something BMG need to address.
Some of the Year End performance chart placings for Whitney & Arista are listed below as reported by R&R Magazine. Year-end R&B rankings (airplay) Whitney Houston's trio was 'Heartbreak Hotel' at No.9, 'It's Not Right But It's Okay' at No.40 and 'My Love Is Your Love' at No. 51. Only Jay Z had four songs on the chart. Label Shares for R&B radio are as follows: Top AC-Urban song of the year: 7 -Whitney Houston - Heartbreak Hotel Top songs year-end rankings for the rhythmic
charts: Market shares for the labels CHR/Rhythmic: The year-ending top songs of the year for pop
radio: The CHR/POP label shares: [Special Thanks To Tony] NEWSFILE: 15 DECEMBER 1999 |
New stations (both pop & AC) have been added to the Global Request Whitney Campaign - please take some time to phone or mail these stations (especially phone your own local station!) and request 'My Love Is Your Love'. [Thanks Lopez]
Here's the latest info from R&R: Whitney has the second most adds of the week with 52 R&B stations picking up 'I Learned From The Best' last week. 'I Learned From The Best' on the AC Urban charts is up eight spots to No.22. The song was the fifth most added song on the AC Urban charts with 5 new adds this week. It is also the number one song in the "most increased Plays" section. On the AC charts the news is just as good for 'I Learned From The Best'. Whitney was ranked fourth for most adds with a total of 14 adds! Her song is ranked second in "Most Increased Plays". As for the New and Active (much like Billboards bubbling under), it jumps to number one. This means that next week it's likely to debut on the Top 30. The stats for 'I Learned From The Best' on the AC charts are as
follows: [Thanks Tony/Lopez]
Do You Hear What I Hear... 'I Learned From The Best' is getting played across the US at an increasing rate - Altuaniko reports that 101.1 WBEB (an AC station) played it yesterday, and Lydia reports that 102.3 in Havelock, NC have been playing the song. [Thanks Altuaniko/Lydia/Lopez]
MY LOVE IS YOUR LOVE (ALBUM): [Compiled By Darrell] NEWSFILE: 14 DECEMBER 1999 |
WHITNEY HOUSTON & BOBBY BROWN AT TREVOR
NELSON'S LATE LICK PARTY
Dutch TV... The Dutch TV channel FOX 8 will broadcast 'Waiting to Exhale' on Tuesday the 14th at 21.30 hrs. [Thanks Deborah]
Last Week I Learned From The Best was the 'highlight single' of the week on Radio 538, one of the biggest radio stations in Holland. These 'highlight singles' are played every three hours.This means that Radio 538 expects I Learned From The Best to become a hit. [Thanks Deborah] NEWSFILE: 13 DECEMBER 1999 |
Reminder - You'll want to sign up to the Classic Whitney Mailing List to be in with a chance of winning a special prize (to be announced shortly) which has been provided by Esprit International.
'I Learned From The Best' drop to No.26 (from No.19) on this week's UK Singles Chart. The single is up one place to No.6 on the R&B Singles Chart. Better news for the album, 'My Love Is Your Love', as it climbs 16 places to No.32 (from No.48) on it's 56th consecutive chart week. The album registered a significant sales increase of more than 50% over last week. 'My Love Is Your Love' is the No.14 best selling album in the UK for the year to date and the single of the same name is No.19 for the year to date.
No prizes for guessing what the Top 3 most downloaded songs from Classic Whitney were last week. The remixes of 'I Learned From The Best' proved very popular (second only to the demand for 'Could I Have This Kiss Forever' on it's first week of being available). Also noteworthy is the continued Top 5 demand for Whitney MTV Europe Music Awards performance of 'Get It Back/My Love Is Your Love' and, curiously, the Salaam Remi Remix of 'My Love Is Your Love'. Here's last week's Top 10 Downloads:
Dutch Chart Update... 'I Learned From The Best' entered the Dutch Top 40 at No.34 (official list). In the Dutch Mega Top 100, the single entered at No.100 last week and has shot up to No.51this week. [Thanks Deborah]
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Whitney's fanbase on the 'net has done really well to promote 'My Love Is Your Love' to US radio stations using Global Request Whitney. It's been an incredible run for this song and is now a Top 10 airplay hit for Whitney, the second from 'My Love Is Your Love'. Don't rest now, we have much more work left to do - take some time to request 'My Love Is Your Love' on the radio stations listed on Global Request Whitney.
[Top 10 Selling Albums & Singles In Germany - January To September 1999] Top Selling Albums: Jan.Sept. 1999 [Thanks Rita]
VH-1 Divas Live '99 is available in Belgium now. Pick it up! [Thanks Marie-Eve] Belgium Request Whitney... RTL TVI and Club RTL are 2 TVs in Belgium: they diffused stuff on
Michael Jackson,Celine Dion,Queen, the first Divas live but nothing about Whitney.
Please send aan e-mail (in French) to ask for more Whitney. Send your e-mails to avariane@rtl.be with a
comment along the lines of: Probably advisable to word it yourself if at all possible - French speaking/writing fans should really take the lead on this one. [Thanks Marie-Eve] NEWSFILE: 11 DECEMBER 1999 |
You will want to Join The Mailing List - in the next couple of weeks, Classic Whitney in conjunction with Esprit International will run a cool competition - the prize will be announced on this Newsfile shortly but you'll need to be on the Mailing List to be able to take part. Watch This Space.
We did really well the last time with voting for Whitney as the best performer on Top Of The Pops. Whitney's performance was shown again tonight - Please Vote Whitney - you get three votes before the TOTP website places a cookie on your Windows, Temporary Internet Files directory. I won't advise you to delete the cookies and
vote again...
[Lopez Posed A Question To The Ask Billboard Section - Below Is Q & A] The Q... Hi Keith, The A... Lopez, [Thanks Lopez]
The Billboard Chart Statistics for the week have been updated fully - see the Newsfile below for 9 December 1999. Also amended is the Hot100 Sales Chart information for 'My Love Is Your Love' - the song actually climbs this chart to No.4 this week. [Thanks Lopez] German Chart Update... Top 100 Singles: [Thanks Lopez]
This is what is said about Whitney and Denzel... [Thanks Lydia]
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'My Love Is Your Love' is down two places to No.107 with six albums debuting above it on the Billboard 200 this week, it's 55th week on. On the R&B Albums Chart, it falls to No.43 from No.41. Here's the singles update: MY LOVE IS YOUR LOVE: I LEARNED FROM THE BEST: IT'S NOT RIGHT BUT IT'S OKAY/I WILL ALWAYS LOVE
YOU: [Compiled By Lopez]
UK fans - TOTP will re-broadcast Whitney's performance of 'I Learned From The Best' tomorrow. Hopefully, the performance will not be edited down. No doubt, we'll all vote the performance the best of the week on the TOTP website from tomorrow evening onward.
[From Grammy.com Website]
Clive Davis, president and founder of Arista Records, has helped launch
the careers of Whitney Houston, Sarah McLachlan, Bruce Springsteen and many other artists.
Before Arista, Carlos Santana, Janis Joplin, and Carly Simon also rose to prominence on
his watch. At work for more than three decades, the 65 year-old Davis has risen through
the record label ranks from lawyer to president of CBS Records, and then as the head of
Arista Records, which celebrates its 25th anniversary next year and recently closed its
fiscal year with more than $425 million in sales. Davis remains not only a major industry
player, but also a trendsetter who has signed such musical trailblazers as Sean
"Puffy" Combs and producers Antonio L.A. Reid and Kenneth Babyface Edmonds,
before they became superstars. [Thanks Arthur] NEWSFILE: 9 DECEMBER 1999 |
[UK Singles Chart Commentary From Music Week] One of only two female solo artists to top a million singles sales this year - the other is Britney Spears - Whitney Houston returns to the chart with I Learned From The Best, the fourth hit from her album 'My Love Is Your Love'. While its predecessors have all made the Top 5, 'I Learned From The Best' is a much more modest success, debuting at 19. It's another hit written by the Nineties'
most successful songwriter, Diane Warren. Since launching her career with the
DeBarge hit 'Rhythm Of The Night' in 1985, Warren has penned exactly 60 UK hits.
Though the recent failure of Eric Clapton's recording of her song Blue Eyes Blue prove she
is after all a mere mortal, Warren can look forward to several hits in the early part of
2000. Those who have recorded her songs tentatively scheduled for singles release
include Enrique Iglesias & Whitney Houston, 'N Sync & Gloria Estefan, Toni
Braxton, Kristine W, TLC, Ricky Martin, Tracie Spencer, Mya and Christina Aguilera, to
name but a few. UK Airplay Update... It was a good week for Whitney - 'I Learned From The Best' is up to No.23 (from No.34) on the UK Airplay Chart. Posting an audience increase of 33% to 646 spins, 'I Learned From The Best' found itself with an audience of 29.64 million, itself an increase of 30% over last week.
The sales increase posted by 'My Love Is Your Love' in the UK last week (from No.62 - No.48) was more than 50% over last week. The album was one of only five albums to post such a significant gain over the previous week. Expect another strong gain this week.
NEWSFILE: 8 DECEMBER 1999 |
Just above, you will see the link/logo to Esprit International's Whitney Houston catalogue - definitely worth checking out for rare and collectable Whitney CDs and vinyl. Esprit have set up the page which links directly from the above banner especially for Whitney's growing internet fanbase.
[Winans Plans Star-Studded Set On Motown - Billboard
Article]
Whitney Houston can be voted the VH-1 Artist Of The Year - Your Vote Counts! [Thanks Arthur] Canada... Canadian fans - Don't miss the 1999 MTV Europe Music Awards on Much Music this coming Thursday at 9PM. Details also updated on the Upcoming Television Appearances Section. [Thanks Mike]
MY LOVE IS YOUR LOVE (ALBUM): MY LOVE IS YOUR LOVE (SINGLE): IT'S NOT RIGHT BUT IT'S OKAY: [Thanks Darrell]
Another update featured on the Upcoming Television Appearances Section - Whitney & Mariah on the Oprah Show from last year will be re-broadcast on Sky One in the UK on Sunday 12 December 1999 at 3pm. [Thanks Sanj]
Clive's Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame... How's this for timing - Clive Davis will be inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame in the 6 March 2000 ceremony. Well Done Clive. [Thanks Lopez] NEWSFILE: 7 DECEMBER 1999 |
Whitney Houston has received three nominations for the 2000 American Music Awards: Favorite Female - Pop/Rock
[Review Of 'I Learned From The Best':
Sky Digital Interactive] [Thanks Bryn]
Available on Classic Whitney, 'I Learned From The Best' remixes. Featured here are the HQ2 Remix (by Hex Hector & Mac Quayle) and the Junior Vasquez Club Mix. It's likely that a longer HQ2 Remix has been completed. UK single regulations restrict each CD single to 3 tracks with a total playing time of no more than 20 minutes.
The second CD for I Learned From The Best is released today in the UK. The tracklisting is as follows: 1 - I Learned From The Best (Album Version)
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The repackaged 'My Love Is Your Love' album has the original album (cover and booklet the same) inserted into the cardboard sleeve (as picture) fairly similar to the limited edition 'The Bodyguard' CD. The second CD, titled 'My Love Is Your Love - The Club Remix CD' features five remixes: - It's Not Right But It's Okay (Thunderpuss
2000 Club Mix) 9:15 The only remix which has appeared in the UK before is the Johnny Vicious Radio Mix of 'It's Not Right But It's Okay' so this CD is quite a good buy for UK fan - well done Arista.
UK retailer Woolworths who are usually quite good at predicting chart performance for the coming week look like they can't decide about Whitney. Last week, Woolworths predicted a No.6 debut for 'I Learned From The Best' (13 places too high) and this week they predict a No.35 placing.
The 1999 MTV Europe Music Awards are scheduled to be rebroadcast tonight on MTV in the USA. No word as to whether Whitney's complete performance will be shown. [Thanks Andrea] NEWSFILE: 6 DECEMBER 1999 |
[Dotmusic Chart Commentary By James Masterman] 19 I LEARNED FROM THE BEST (Whitney Houston) This time last year Whitney Houston made a fleeting appearance in the Top 10 on a one-off duet with Mariah Carey on When You Believe. The track was actually on albums by both women but the attention was focussed on Mariah's Greatest Hits collection rather than My Love Is Your Love, the first studio album from Whitney Houston since 1990 and which had been released at the same time as the single with little or no fanfare. 12 months later and the album is credited with transforming her career, burying the ghosts of her glamorous 80s past and reinventing her as a modern R&B diva who has producers like Wyclef Jean queuing up to work with her. It's Not Right But It's Okay and My Love Is Your Love both went Top 3 and spent 11 weeks combined inside the Top 10. Whitney rounds off a very successful 1999 with a slightly smaller hit and ironically one of the few tracks from the album which hark back to her old style, this lush heartbreaking ballad sounding like it could have been made ten years ago. A small hit it may be but it still sneaks into the Top 20 to extend a run which stretches back to 1991 when her single My Name Is Not Susan became her chart nadir by peaking at Number 29.
'I Learned From The Best' has debuted on the UK Singles Chart at No.19 this week. This is Whitney's fourth hit single from the 'My Love Is Your Love' album which has so far peaked at No.4. The previous singles from the set have peaked as follows:
The previous three singles peaked where they debuted. If 'I Learned From The Best' peaks at No.19, it'll be Whitney lowest chart peak since 'I Belong To You' debuted and peaked at No.54 following a distribution problem. 'I Learned From The Best' is Whitney's 31st UK Single, the 27th to get top 40/30 placing and the 25th to get to the Top 20. 'I Learned From The Best' debuts at No.7 on the UK R&B Singles Chart. On the Albums Chart, 'My Love Is Your Love' climbs 14 places to
No.48 (from 62) on it's 55th charting week.
As reported earlier in the week, 'My Love Is Your Love' was nominated in the UK Record Of The Year Poll. To vote for Whitney into the final ten records, phone 09011 980 015. Lines close at midnight tonight (GMT). Calls cost 10p from the UK. [Thanks Gary]
UK fans - Don't forget to pick up the 'I Learned From The Best' remix CD due for commercial release tomorrow (Monday). Top Ten Downloads... These are the most popular RealAudio sound clips on Classic Whitney for last week:
[Expert from the Thunderpuss2000 Website]
"My Love Is Your Love" and "Sexual (LiDaDi)" were #1's on both the Billboard Club Play and Billboard Maxi-Singles Sales charts. "Sexual (LiDaDi)" topped the Maxi-Singles Sales Chart six consecutive weeks and was replaced by "My Love Is Your Love." The Gold-certified TP2k remix of "It's Not Right But It's Okay" also went Top 5 on the Billboard Hot 100 and has been the anthem of 1999 as the remix is still getting major airplay on radio stations around the country and is a dance club favorite around the world. Both MTV and VH1 had the remix version of the video in regular rotation this past Summer. And most recently, Whitney has incorporated the TP2k remix of "It's Not Right But It's Okay" on the European part of her 1999 World Tour.
TOTP Poll... On last week's TOTP poll for best performance, Whitney came in second place with an impressive 44% of the votes. Cliff Richard pulled in the lead on the last day with 50% of all votes cast. Thank you to everyone who voted - we make a difference and hopefully, the performance will not be edited down when it is shown again this Friday.
Request MTV... 'I Learned From The Best' is B listed on MTV UK. Clearly the song needs more exposure. Please E-Mail MTV UK & Request The Song Here.
NEWSFILE: 5 DECEMBER 1999 |
Whitney Houston has been nominated for Best Female Artist for this year's teen.com awards. You can help things along by voting Whitney on the Teen.com Website. [Thanks Lopez] 20th Century Images...
Whitney performing 'You'll Never
Stand Alone' at the [Thanks Lisa] NEWSFILE: 4 DECEMBER 1999 |
This week's UK midweek chart has Whitney's "I Learned From The Best" as the No.25 selling single for the week. The midweek chart is usually an excellent indicator to the main chart on Sunday, however, things can shift significantly when Saturday's sales are figured in, just three weekends before Christmas. Watch this space.
Here is an update as to Whitney's US Sales this year (actual Soundscan information):
[Thanks Anderz] German Chart Update... Top 100 Singles: [Thanks Lopez]
Whitney performed 'You'll Never Stand Alone' for last night's CBS special, Sports Illustrated.
Reuters Television compiled a series of messages from around the world by personalities (achievers of the 20th century). Whitney's message: ``Be at peace. Just be at peace with yourself,'' [Thanks Lopez] Chartbeat... Whitney Houston gets a couple of mentions on this week's Billboard Chartbeat Chat. Four On One... 'I Learned From The Best' is B listed on UK's Radio One for a fourth week.
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'My Love Is Your Love' dips to No.105 (from No.97) on the Billboard 200 this week, it's 54th chart week. Some 13 albums debut above it. This is the first time the album has left the top 100 positions. Better news is on the R&B Albums chart where it climbs to No.41 (from No.45). Congratulations have to be said to Whitney for landing the third Top 5 single from 'My Love Is Your Love' with the title track. This is Whitney's 19th Top 5 Hot100 single. Here's the singles update: MY LOVE IS YOUR LOVE: I LEARNED FROM THE BEST: IT'S NOT RIGHT BUT IT'S OKAY/I WILL ALWAYS LOVE
YOU: [Compiled By Lopez]
Whitney On TV... The TV Appearances Section has been updated - Check out Whitney on Videotech (UK) tonight and on OK TV (UK) tomorrow night. Does anyone know what OK TV is? This
show will broadcast a segment from Whitney's end of tour party. Global Request Whitney... Time to refocus - be sure to call you local radio station and request 'My Love Is Your Love'. You can also use the Global Request Whitney page to e-mail radio stations but phoning would be preferable at that this juncture. I'm sure everyone would love to see 'My Love Is Your Love' in the Top 10 Airplay Chart.
Whitney has two nominations in the 31st annual NAACP Image Awards, set for February 11-12 at the Pasadena (Calif.) Civic Auditorium. She's been nominated for Best Female Artist and 'My Love Is Your Love' is nominated for Outstanding Song.
Capital Reviews... [I Learned From The Best Review From Capital Radio Website] Whitney Houston Celeb TV... Whitney was featured on late night UK show Celeb TV. A short interview segment was shown from her London end of tour party. She was stood next to Clive Davis (leaning on him no less) as she talked about the decision to have the video for 'I Learned From The Best' feature her in a 60's look which no-one had seen her in before. When asked what Whitney had planned to do next, she replied she had gathered a lot of gifts for her daughter and was looking forward to going home.
Canadian Chart Update... MY LOVE IS YOUR LOVE (ALBUM): MY LOVE IS YOUR LOVE (SINGLE): [Thanks Darrell] Reminder... US fans - don't forget to watch Sports
Illustrated Awards on CBS tonight (8PM - 11PM). Whitney is scheduled to perform. NEWSFILE: 2 DECEMBER 1999 |
[Text From MTV Online - Whitney Discusses Recording New Remix Vocals]
"I did the remix, the house remix of 'I Learned From The Best' over the phone," Houston told MTV News' John Norris during the 1999 MTV Europe Music Awards. New York-based producer Junior Vasquez handled the duties of adding the phoned-in vocals to the "Best" house remix; the original version of the song appears on Houston's 1998 album "My Love Is Your Love." -- Raquel CepedaFrench TV... Whitney will be on TF1 (French TV) on December 3 at 20.50 in
"Les Années Tubes". --Updated on the Whitney TV Appearances Section. [Thanks Marie-Eve] New Entry... 'My Love Is Your Love' has debuted at No.15 in Czech Republic. [Thanks Katerina]
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Curtis Mayfield died at the age of 57 this past Sunday. As a friend
of his and an admirer of his work, Whitney Houston recorded "Looking Into You
Heart" for a 1994 tribute album to Curtis.
Whitney
makes the cover of Jet December 13 1999 issue for the Most Memorable Movie Couples of the
Decade, Whitney and Denzel for (The Preachers Wife) Angela Bassett and Tye Diggs (How
Stella Got Her Grove Back) Laurence Fishburne and Vanessa Williams (Hoodlum) Eddie Murphy
and Halle Berry (Boomerang) Jada Pinkett and Allen Payne (Jason Lyric) Will Smith and
Vivica Fox (Independance Day) Oprah Winfrey and Danny Glover(Beloved). 
