Whitney Houston (album)
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Whitney Houston is the debut studio album by American singer Whitney Houston. It was released on February 14, 1985, by Arista Records. The album initially had a slow commercial response, but began getting more popular in mid-1985. It eventually topped the Billboard 200 for 14 weeks in 1986, generating three number-one singles—"Saving All My Love for You", "How Will I Know" and "Greatest Love of All"—on the Billboard Hot 100, which made it both the first debut album and the first album by a solo female artist to produce three number-one singles.[5][6]
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Released | February 14, 1985 | |||
Recorded | 1983–1984 | |||
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Length | 46:54 | |||
Label | Arista | |||
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The album topped the albums charts in many countries, including Canada,[7] Australia,[8] Norway,[9] and Sweden,[10] while peaking at number 2 in the United Kingdom,[11] Germany,[12] and Switzerland.[13] The album was certified diamond for shipments of 10 million units or more on March 16, 1999, and later 14× Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America on January 27, 2023.[14][15] With sales of over 25 million copies worldwide, Whitney Houston is one of the best selling albums of all time.[16]
In 1986, at the 28th Grammy Awards, Whitney Houston received four nominations, including Album of the Year,[17] and won one, Best Pop Vocal Performance, Female, for "Saving All My Love for You".[18] For the 29th Grammy Awards of 1987, the album earned one nomination for Record of the Year for "Greatest Love of All".[19] The album has ranked on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time in all three editions.[20][21]
In honor of its 25th anniversary, the album was reissued as Whitney Houston – The Deluxe Anniversary Edition on January 26, 2010, an expanded edition with five bonus tracks including the a cappella version of "How Will I Know" that original 12-inch remixes, a booklet on the history of the original album, along with a DVD of live performances and interviews by Whitney Houston and Clive Davis.[22] On June 30, 2020, after the 35th anniversary celebration in February 2020, the album re-issued as a double vinyl including the singles from Whitney Dancin' Special. Also, they released a box set including the 40-page hard cover photo and lyric book.[23]