Product Code: 19658714681
Artist: Whitney Houston
Origin: Europe
Label: Arista (2023)
Format: LP
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Genre: Contemporary , Disco , Funk , Pop , Rhythm and Blues , Soul N

Whitney Houston ( Peach Vinyl)

Brand new sealed reissue LP, Reissue, Special Edition, Peach Vinyl.

Whitney Houston is the eponymous debut album of American R&B and pop 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 the summer of 1985, and it eventually topped the Billboard 200 for 14 weeks in 1986, generated three number-one singles — "Saving All My Love for You", "How Will I Know" and "Greatest Love of All" (a cover of "The Greatest Love of All", originally recorded in 1977 by George Benson) — on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, making her first debut album as the first album to ever achieved as a solo female artist.[3][4] The album in these very rare cases, it began to enjoyed the global success by a new black female artist, topping the albums chart in many countries such as Canada,[5] Australia,[6] Norway[7] and Sweden,[8] peaking at number 2 in the United Kingdom,[9] Germany,[10] and Switzerland.[11] The album was certified diamond for shipments of 10 million units or more on March 16, 1999, and later 13× platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America on July 29, 1999,[12][13] making it one of the top 100 best-selling albums in the United States.[14] It has sold over 30 million copies worldwide.[15][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] In 2003, the album was ranked number 254 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time.[20]