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Post by jenglisbe on Dec 16, 2022 13:37:48 GMT -5
I Wanna Dance With Somebody (The Movie: Whitney New, Classic and Reimagined) is out now. I wish they had gotten Whitney's star collaborators during her career (Babyface, David, Narada, Mariah, Brandy, Denzel, Angela, Kevin, etc.) be involved in some capacity; get the producers/duet partners involved in the soundtrack and have them help promote the movie to truly make it a celebration of her life and songs. This all seems like a non-starter to me, though maybe I will be pleasantly surprised.
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Post by syrus on Dec 17, 2022 9:22:33 GMT -5
They should send “Honest” to Urban AC.
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Post by Relaxing Cup on Dec 17, 2022 12:54:29 GMT -5
It’s crazy how Higher Love is a signature song of hers now
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Post by divasummer on Dec 19, 2022 9:40:06 GMT -5
Being a long time Whitney fan I like most of this new project. At first I was surprised they didn’t clean up her vocals on the reimagined versions of her rendition of “Don’t Cry For Me” but I got over it. I think Rodney’s country esque version is stunning. I like most of the remixes and the reimagined version. I think “Okay” (INRBIO) is hott and most of her fans are loving “Honest” (hh). The remix of “I Love The Lord” with BeBe Winans is getting trashed in the Whitney fan community but I love it. It’s strange but something’s very haunting about it. The unreleased track “Far Enough” is nice. Normally I don’t gravitate to her smooth UAC stuff but I’m enjoying it. Maybe I’m in the minority and I can see why some people may think it’s a bit messy but as a fan I think it comes together nicely. I didn’t want a standard GHs cd disguised as a sdtk and this isn’t that. I’m a happy Nippy fan!!!
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Post by jenglisbe on Dec 21, 2022 22:48:11 GMT -5
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Post by 🇯🇲 lucy88 🇯🇲 on Dec 22, 2022 18:53:02 GMT -5
I did not know that either, but I'm glad it worked out the way that it did. Otherwise, Whitney would not have been the global icon that we had come to know today, and we would not have been introduced to the style icon Lisa Bonet.
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Post by colson on Dec 22, 2022 22:20:15 GMT -5
I read about that years ago. I'm not sure why it wasn't mentioned more by Whitney or in the media. But everything worked out the way it should have and there was no way Clive was going to let a once in a generation talent like Whitney's slip away. He probably envisioned her as a potential money making machine which came into fruition.
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Post by iHype. on Dec 28, 2022 0:33:52 GMT -5
One of her most underrated 'singles'.
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Post by Nick on Jan 1, 2023 18:51:12 GMT -5
Even in death, she is still being shown her flowers. I agree with the recent Rolling Stone list, well at least the top 2 as Aretha and Whitney. Mariah is the only living female artist who deserves to be in that company.
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Post by 🇯🇲 lucy88 🇯🇲 on Jan 11, 2023 10:38:25 GMT -5
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Post by Dreams on Jan 11, 2023 10:56:27 GMT -5
How crass. And unfunny.
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Post by Hurricane Lee on Jan 11, 2023 12:21:34 GMT -5
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Post by Dreams on Jan 12, 2023 5:48:40 GMT -5
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Post by Hurricane Lee on Jan 12, 2023 15:04:05 GMT -5
Agreed. Nothing Jerrod said landed or was in good taste, but this was just...ugh. He seemed so pleased with himself, too.
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Post by areyoureadytojump on Jan 27, 2023 11:30:00 GMT -5
New RIAA certifications that were posted on Instagram:
Whitney Houston album 14xP
Singles:
Greatest Love of All 2xP So Emotional 1xP I'm Your Baby Tonight 1xP I Look to You 1xP Do You Hear What I Hear Gold
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Post by Mike on Jan 27, 2023 12:22:58 GMT -5
This is so sweet. I had no idea she had a co-write on the soundtrack!
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Post by bat1990 on Jan 27, 2023 13:16:27 GMT -5
This is so sweet. I had no idea she had a co-write on the soundtrack! Yeah! Michelle Visage was the vocalist for The S.O.U.L.S.Y.S.T.E.M. after Seduction disbanded.
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Post by areyoureadytojump on Jan 27, 2023 18:23:28 GMT -5
RIAA.com:
WHITNEY HOUSTON Title: WHITNEY HOUSTON Certification Date: January 27, 2023 Label: ARISTA Format: ALBUM 14x Platinum
WHITNEY HOUSTON Title: GREATEST LOVE OF ALL Certification Date: January 27, 2023 Label: ARISTA Format: SINGLE 2x Platinum
WHITNEY HOUSTON Title: SO EMOTIONAL Certification Date: January 27, 2023 Label: ARISTA Format: SINGLE Platinum
WHITNEY HOUSTON Title: I'M YOUR BABY TONIGHT Certification Date: January 27, 2023 Label: ARISTA Format: SINGLE Platinum
WHITNEY HOUSTON Title: I LOOK TO YOU Certification Date: January 27, 2023 Label: ARISTA Format: SINGLE Platinum
PENTATONIX & WHITNEY HOUSTON Title: DO YOU HEAR WHAT I HEAR? Certification Date: January 27, 2023 Label: RCA Format: SINGLE Gold
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Post by iHype. on Feb 1, 2023 21:18:49 GMT -5
How did it I never notice that “All At Once” and “Didn’t We Almost Have It Al” sound identical???
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Post by Ling-Ling on Feb 1, 2023 21:36:56 GMT -5
How did it I never notice that “All At Once” and “Didn’t We Almost Have It Al” sound identical??? At least they're on separate albums I guess. Masser was definitely one note. I can't believe they put "You're Still My Man" on the same album as "DWAHIA" with a straight face.
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Post by bat1990 on Feb 2, 2023 9:24:13 GMT -5
The album cuts on Whitney are not my favorite, to say the least. I'm Your Baby Tonight is a much stronger album as a body of work.
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Post by KeepDeanWeird on Feb 9, 2023 20:30:36 GMT -5
Gospel album out March 24 'I Go to the Rock' ... 'Testimony' is the first release out today. Six unreleased tracks. Was not expecting this.
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Post by jenglisbe on Feb 23, 2023 11:54:33 GMT -5
Gospel album out March 24 'I Go to the Rock' ... 'Testimony' is the first release out today. Six unreleased tracks. Was not expecting this. Oh wow. When were the unreleased tracks recorded? :ETA: Ok apparently this is on there and is from when she was 17 wow. This was cool to run across today:
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Post by 🇯🇲 lucy88 🇯🇲 on Mar 2, 2023 17:38:35 GMT -5
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Post by 🇯🇲 lucy88 🇯🇲 on Mar 8, 2023 9:46:34 GMT -5
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Post by areyoureadytojump on Apr 5, 2023 13:22:01 GMT -5
www.billboard.com/pro/whitney-houstons-i-go-to-the-rock-top-gospel-albums-chart-debut/?fbclid=IwAR27Ia4paVcreHZpxvT-3s2JAobPah4WUZEBsqdb4020Fu8Tp97oBRN6pR4Whitney Houston’s ‘I Go to the Rock’ Debuts on Top Gospel Albums ChartBY JIM ASKER 4/5/23 It's the late legend's first entry since 1996, and her second top 10. Whitney Houston’s I Go to the Rock: The Gospel Music of Whitney Houston arrives at No. 2 on Billboard’s Top Gospel Albums chart dated April 8. The set, released March 24, earned 4,000 equivalent album units in the tracking week ending March 30, according to Luminate. The 14-track collection, which includes six previously unreleased songs, marks Houston’s second entry on the Top Gospel Albums chart. Her first faith-based LP, the soundtrack to the film The Preacher’s Wife, entered at No. 1 in December 1996 and proceeded to dominate the list for 26 frames. It has charted for 158 weeks and was most recently on the ranking this January. Houston co-starred in the comedy-drama, which was directed by Penny Marshall, and whose cast also featured Denzel Washington and Courtney B. Vance (plus Lionel Richie). I Go to the Rock comprises studio recordings and live performances. The six songs not available until now: “He Can Use Me,” “I Found a Wonderful Way,” “Testimony,” “This Day,” “He/Believe” and a live version of the Simon & Garfunkel classic “Bridge Over Troubled Water,” which ruled the all-genre Billboard Hot 100 for six weeks in 1970. Houston’s take on the ballad was recorded with gospel star CeCe Winans in June 1995 at a VH1 Honors special. Houston, who passed away Feb. 11, 2012, at age 48, posted 11 No. 1s among 23 top 10s on the Hot 100. On the all-genre Billboard 200 albums chart, she has scored four No. 1s, among eight top 10s. The Preacher’s Wife generated one of those top 10 singles: the No. 4-peaking “I Believe in You and Me,” as well as the No. 15 hit “Step by Step” (written by Annie Lennox).
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Post by divasummer on Apr 5, 2023 22:44:08 GMT -5
It’s so strange that Whitney’s new album release’s can’t hit The Top 200 but when they do something on tv about her the ratings are amazing???? Her GHs album is still in the Top 200 every week but I wish more people would search out the new projects. Maybe people only want old Whitney ???? Or is it promotion????
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Post by #LisaRinna on Apr 28, 2023 18:52:12 GMT -5
Just got around to watching the movie (I know I'm extra late). The unreleased track "Far Enough" is GREAT.
They should've released it as a single to coincide with the movie.
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Post by Ryan on May 4, 2023 11:04:08 GMT -5
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Post by Hurricane Lee on May 4, 2023 12:50:48 GMT -5
Far Enough sounds more like it belongs on her debut, tbh.
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