My Love Is Your Love
My Love Is Your Love is the fourth studio album by American singer Whitney Houston, released worldwide on November 17, 1998. It was Houston's first studio album in eight years, following I'm Your Baby Tonight (1990) although she had participated on three movie soundtracks during that period. My Love Is Your Love is composed of mid-tempo R&B, hip hop soul, pop and dance music, produced by musicians such as Whitney Houston herself, Rodney Jerkins, Soulshock & Karlin, Missy Elliott, Wyclef Jean, David Foster, Lauryn Hill, and Babyface.
This article is about the album. For the song from the album, see My Love Is Your Love (song).My Love Is Your Love
November 17, 1998[1]
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- Whitney Houston
- Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds
- Kelvin Bradshaw
- Lloyd "Spec" Turner
- Clive Davis
- Jerry 'Wonder' Duplessis
- Missy Elliott
- David Foster
- Lauryn Hill
- Wyclef Jean
- Rodney "Darkchild" Jerkins
It is notable for introducing elements of hip hop into Houston's work, only sparingly used in her previous material. The album was globally successful, selling over 10 million copies.[4] It was certified four times platinum in the United States. Particularly, the album was a hit in Europe, peaking #1 for 6 weeks on European Top 100 Albums, selling over 4.3 million copies.[5] It generated several hit singles: "When You Believe", a duet with Mariah Carey, which won an Academy Award for Best Original Song at the 71st Academy Awards ceremony; "Heartbreak Hotel", which features Kelly Price and Faith Evans; "It's Not Right but It's Okay". The title track "My Love Is Your Love", was certified platinum and became Houston's third-best-selling single ever;[6][7][8] and "I Learned from the Best".
My Love Is Your Love received positive reviews and is regarded as one of her best studio albums.[9] At the 42nd Grammy Awards of 2000, the album received seven nominations, including Best R&B Album and Best R&B Song, twice. Houston won for Best Female R&B Vocal Performance for "It's Not Right But It's Okay",[10] her sixth and final Grammy Award.
Commercial performance[edit]
In the United States, My Love Is Your Love was released on November 17, 1998, when major records were released simultaneously for the holidays by high-profile musicians like Garth Brooks, Mariah Carey, Celine Dion, Jewel, Method Man, The Offspring and Seal besides her. Time magazine wrote, "Music-industry folks have dubbed it Super Tuesday because more than ten major pop acts issued new CDs on the single day, making it the heaviest release date ever."[17][20] The week of December 5, 1998, the album entered the US Billboard 200 chart at number thirteen, which was the peak position of the album, and her lowest chart position at that point in time, with sales of 123,000 copies in its first week.[21][22] That result was disappointing initially because the release was Houston's first non-soundtrack album in eight years and was highly anticipated. But eventually, the album became a commercial success, thanks to a series of hit singles, her energetic promotions and a successful world tour. My Love Is Your Love was present on the Billboard 200 chart for over a year, at 75 weeks, and on Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart for 79 weeks, peaking at number seven.[23][24] The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) certified the album four-times platinum on November 1, 1999, for shipments of four million copies. According to the Nielson SoundScan, the album has sold 2,753,000 copies.[25]
Across Europe, it was more successful than in the United States. In early times of its release, the commercial response for the album was short of expectations, but its sales rose sharply during the European leg of the My Love Is Your Love World Tour, which was the highest grossing arena concert tour of 1999 on the continent,[26] and consequently My Love Is Your Love became the second best-selling album of 1999 in Europe, behind Cher's Believe,[27] spending more than one year on the charts in many countries. In the United Kingdom, it reached number four on the albums chart[28] and was certified 3× Platinum for shipments of 900,000 copies of the album by the British Phonographic Industry(BPI). In France, the album peaked at number two on the albums chart,[29] and was certified 2× platinum by the Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique (SNEP). In Germany, it climbed to the number two on the albums chart on its 35th week and has sold more than 670,000 copies.[30][31] The album reached number one on the albums charts in Austria,[32] Switzerland[33] and Netherlands,[34] and the top five in Belgium,[35][36] Denmark,[37] Norway[38] and Finland.[39] My Love Is Your Love was certified 4× platinum by the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI) for shipments of four million copies of the album in Europe.
Worldwide, the album has sold over 10 million copies.[4][40]
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