I'm Your Baby Tonight
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Released | November 6, 1990 | |||
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AllMusic | [3] |
The Baltimore Sun | (negative)[4] |
Entertainment Weekly | D+[5] |
Los Angeles Times | [6] |
Rolling Stone | [7] |
(The New) Rolling Stone Album Guide | [8] |
Smash Hits | 5/10[9] |
I'm Your Baby Tonight is the third studio album by American singer Whitney Houston. It was released on November 6, 1990, by Arista Records. The album has been certified quadruple platinum in the US by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA).[10][11]
Background
By 1989, Whitney Houston had become one of the most successful musicians in the industry, with her last two albums—Whitney Houston (1985) and Whitney (1987)—having sold a combined 30 million copies at the time. Houston's crossover blend of pop and R&B had helped her to break barriers on pop radio and on MTV, which along with the commercial breakthrough of Michael Jackson, led to the music industry enjoying "the best time for crossover artists since the height of disco in the mid-to-late '70s", according to journalist Frank Rizzo in 1987.[12] Despite this, however, some black critics began to voice their disapproval of Houston's music, especially with her sophomore release, Whitney, which included the number-one hits, the dance-pop hit "I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me)" and, in particular, the rock song, "So Emotional", accusing the singer of "selling out".[13] They also felt that her records lacked the soul of her live performances of the same songs.[14] Houston's name was jeered by some in the audience at both the 1988 and 1989 Soul Train Music Awards (where she first met future husband Bobby Brown) after she was announced as a nominee in a category.[15] Houston defended herself against the criticism telling Essence magazine in 1990, "If you're gonna have a long career, there's a certain way to do it and I did it that way. I'm not ashamed of it."[14]
Still, both Houston and her label head Clive Davis agreed to go into a more urban direction as popular music was starting to embrace a new urban pop sound called new jack swing. Even as her sophomore album Whitney was blanketing airwaves in the spring of 1988, music industry insiders were speculating that "[t]here is talk her next album will have a 'black direction'."[16] As the material on her previous albums had been picked by the label, Houston wanted more creative control over the album's content. As a result, Houston would serve as an executive producer for the first time on an album. She recruited the new jack swing production team of L.A. Reid and Babyface, citing their work on Bobby Brown's Don't Be Cruel, to help her with her new direction. The duo would present the songs "I'm Your Baby Tonight", "My Name Is Not Susan", their sole ballad "Miracle" and "Anymore". Houston also recruited longtime idol Stevie Wonder on the album with the two collaborating on the Wonder-composed duet, "We Didn't Know", while longtime friend, singer Luther Vandross, penned the dance-pop song "Who Do You Love".
Houston would also produce a song herself, "I'm Knockin'", which was written for her by longtime musical collaborator and the musical director of her concert tours,
Music
I'm Your Baby Tonight's Walden-produced songs are divided by contemporary
Commercial performance
In the United States, I'm Your Baby Tonight debuted at number 22 on the
This is not its sales total, as the biggest portion of the sales occurred in November 1990, before there was Nielsen SoundScan.The album was a hit internationally (though its sales didn't reach a level as high as the previous two albums), boosting Houston to global super-stardom. In Britain, it entered the
Singles
I'm Your Baby Tonight yielded four top-twenty singles on the Hot 100 Singles chart, and six top-twenty singles on the Hot R&B Singles chart between 1990 and 1992. "I'm Your Baby Tonight" and "All the Man That I Need" both reached number 1. This success earned Houston a ranking of number 3 Pop singles artist and number 1 R&B singles artist on the 1991 Billboard year-end charts.[21][32]
The title track, "
Houston's remake of a ballad, "
After the release of "
The album's fourth single "My Name Is Not Susan" was released in July 1991. In September, the song peaked at number twenty on the Hot 100 and number eight on the Hot R&B, becoming her fifteenth R&B top ten hit.[62]
A fifth single, "
"We Didn't Know", a duet with Stevie Wonder, was the sixth and final single from the album, released exclusively for R&B airplay in April 1992. It peaked at number twenty on the Hot R&B Singles chart in the issue dated July 4, 1992.[65] Included on the tracklisting of the album's Japanese edition is a cover of Steve Winwood's "Higher Love", which was resurrected by Norwegian DJ Kygo in 2019, and "Takin' a Chance"; the latter became a success in the country.
Promotion and appearances
Tour
Date | Title | Details |
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December 4, 1990 | The Arsenio Hall Show |
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December 11, 1990 | The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (Guest Host: Jay Leno) |
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January 4, 1991 | The Arsenio Hall Show |
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February 23, 1991 | Saturday Night Live |
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March 31, 1991 | Welcome Home Heroes with Whitney Houston |
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May 12, 1991 | The Simple Truth: A Concert for Kurdish Refugees |
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June 23, 1991 | Coca Cola Pop Music Backstage Pass to Summer |
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January 27, 1992 | The 19th American Music Awards | |
February 16, 1992 | Muhammad Ali's 50th Birthday Celebration |
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May 6, 1992 | Whitney Houston: This Is My Life |
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Track listing
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Length |
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1. | " Ricky Minor |
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13. | "Higher Love" | Walden | 5:09 |
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Notes
- All non-North American countries have the "Yvonne Turner Mix" of "I'm Your Baby Tonight" replacing the L.A. Reid/Babyface original version as track 1.
Personnel
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Production
- L.A. Reid - producer (tracks: "I'm Your Baby Tonight", "My Name Is Not Susan", "Anymore" and "Miracle"), arranger
- Babyface - producer (tracks: "I'm Your Baby Tonight", "My Name Is Not Susan", "Anymore" and "Miracle"), arranger
- Jon Gass - recording
- Barney Perkins - recording
- Donnell Sullivan - engineer
- Ryan Dorn - engineer
- Jim Zumpano - engineer
- Cynthia Ahiloh - production coordination
- Marsha Burns - production coordination
- Susanne Edgren - production coordination
- Janice Lee - production coordination
- Cynthia Shiloh - production coordination
- Kevin Walden - production coordination
- Gar Wood - production coordination
- Stephanie Andrews - project coordinator
- Robert A. Arbittier - sound design
- Louis Biancaniello - drum programming, additional programming
- Walter Afanasieff - drum programming
- Ren Klyce - programming
- Ricky Lawson - programming
- Jason Miles - programming
- David Ward II - programming
- Hubert Eaves III - drum programming
- Skip Anderson - keyboard programming
- Donald Parks - keyboard programming
- John Anderson - arranger
- Hubert Eaves III - keyboard programming, arranger
- Whitney Houston - arranger, vocal arrangement
- Randy Kerber - arranger
- Robbie Kondor - arranger
- Ricky Minor - arranger, horn arrangements
- Billy Myers - arranger, horn arrangements
- Steve Tavaglione - arranger, horn arrangements
- Luther Vandross - arranger
- Narada Michael Walden - arranger
- BeBe Winans - arranger
- CeCe Winans - arranger
- Stevie Wonder - arranger
- Jerry Hey - string arrangements
- Susan Mendola - art direction
- Andrea Blanch - photography
- Tim White - photography
- Bernard Maisner - lettering
- Kevyn Aucoin - make-u
- Patrick Poussard - make-up
- Barbara Dente - stylist
- Ellen La Var - hair stylist
- George Marino - mastering
Charts
Weekly charts
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Year-end charts
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Certifications and sales
‹See Tfd›‹See Tfd›Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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Australia (ARIA)[101] | Platinum | 70,000^ |
Austria (IFPI Austria)[102] | Platinum | 50,000* |
Brazil | — | 250,000[103] |
Canada (Music Canada)[104] | Platinum | 100,000^ |
Finland (Musiikkituottajat)[105] | Gold | 35,702[105] |
France ( SNEP)[106]
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Platinum | 300,000* |
Germany (BVMI)[107] | Platinum | 500,000^ |
Ghana | — | 7,000[108] |
Japan (RIAJ)[109] | 2× Platinum | 400,000^ |
Netherlands (NVPI)[110] | Platinum | 100,000^ |
Spain (PROMUSICAE)[111] | 2× Platinum | 200,000^ |
Sweden (GLF)[112] | Platinum | 100,000^ |
Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland)[113] | 2× Platinum | 100,000^ |
United Kingdom (BPI)[114] | Platinum | 300,000^ |
United States (RIAA)[116] | 4× Platinum | 4,150,000[115] |
Summaries | ||
Worldwide | — | 10,000,000[31] |
* Sales figures based on certification alone. |
Accolades
American Black Achievement Awards
The Music Award is for the most creative and enduring contribution by a performer in live appearances or as a recording artist. Houston was presented this award for her achievements as an award-winning recording, performing and video artist, for her successful
Year | Nominee / work | Award | Result |
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1991 | Whitney Houston (herself) | The Music Award[117] | Won |
American Music Awards
Year | Nominee / work | Award | Result |
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1992 | Whitney Houston (herself) | Favorite Pop/Rock Female Artist[118] | Nominated |
Favorite Soul/R&B Female Artist[118] | Nominated | ||
I'm Your Baby Tonight | Favorite Soul/R&B Album[118] | Nominated | |
Whitney Houston (herself) | Favorite Adult Contemporary Artist[118] | Nominated | |
I'm Your Baby Tonight | Favorite Adult Contemporary Album[118] | Nominated |
Billboard Music Awards
Year | Nominee / work | Award | Result |
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1991 | Whitney Houston (herself) | Top Pop Album Artists - Female[21][22] | Nominated |
Top Pop Singles Artist[21][22] | Nominated | ||
Top Pop Singles Artist - Female[21][22] | Nominated | ||
Top R&B Artist #1[21][22] | Won | ||
I'm Your Baby Tonight | Top R&B Album #1[21][22] | Won | |
Whitney Houston (herself) | Top R&B Album Artist #1[21][22] | Won | |
Top R&B Singles Artist #1[21][22] | Won | ||
"All the Man That I Need" | Top Adult Contemporary Single[21][22] | Nominated |
BRIT Awards
Year | Nominee / work | Award | Result |
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1991 | Whitney Houston (herself) | Best International Female Artist[119] | Nominated |
Grammy Awards
Year | Nominee / work | Award | Result |
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1991 |
"I'm Your Baby Tonight" | Best Pop Vocal Performance, Female[120] | Nominated |
1992 |
"All the Man That I Need" | Best Pop Vocal Performance, Female[120] | Nominated |
1993 |
"I Belong to You" | Best R&B Vocal Performance, Female[121] | Nominated |
NAACP Image Awards
Year | Nominee / work | Award | Result |
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1992 | HBO Presents Welcome Home Heroes with Whitney Houston | Outstanding Variety Series or Special[122] | Nominated |
"I'm Your Baby Tonight" | Outstanding Female Artist[123] | Nominated |
The CableACE Awards
Year | Nominee / work | Award | Result |
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1992 | HBO Presents Welcome Home Heroes with Whitney Houston | Performance in a Music Special or Series[124] | Won |
Music Special[124] | Nominated |
Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) Awards
Year | Date | Title | Format(s) | Award description(s) | Result(s) |
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1990 | November 27 | "I'm Your Baby Tonight" | Single | Gold[36] | Won |
1991 | January 15 | I'm Your Baby Tonight | Album | Gold[36] | Won |
I'm Your Baby Tonight | Album | Platinum[36] | Won | ||
I'm Your Baby Tonight | Album | 2× Multi-Platinum[36] | Won | ||
March 21 | "All the Man That I Need" | Single | Gold[54] | Won | |
May 2 | I'm Your Baby Tonight | Album | 3× Multi-Platinum[54] | Won | |
1995 | April 5 | I'm Your Baby Tonight | Album | 4× Multi-Platinum[23] | Won |
Soul Train Music Awards
Year | Nominee / work | Award | Result |
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1992 | I'm Your Baby Tonight | Best R&B/Soul Album, Female[125] |
Nominated |
"All the Man That I Need" | Best R&B/Soul Single, Female[125] |
Nominated |
Billboard Magazine Year-End Charts
Categories which Houston was ranked #1, were excluded. See above awards list for her #1-ranked-categories.
Year | Category | Work | Position |
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1991 [32] |
Top Pop Artists | total six charted singles & albums | #6 |
Top Albums | I'm Your Baby Tonight | #10 | |
Top Album Artists | one charted album | #11 | |
Top Album Artists – Female | one charted album | #3 | |
Top Pop Singles | "All the Man That I Need" | #16 | |
"I'm Your Baby Tonight" | #42 | ||
Top Pop Singles Artists | five charted singles | #3 | |
Top Pop Singles Artists – Female | five charted singles | #2 | |
Top R&B Singles | "All the Man That I Need" | #18 | |
"Miracle" | #24 | ||
"I'm Your Baby Tonight" | #79 | ||
Top Adult Contemporary Singles | "All the Man That I Need" | #3 | |
"Miracle" | #33 | ||
"I'm Your Baby Tonight" | #50 | ||
Top Adult Contemporary Artists | five charted singles | #6 |
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External links
- I'm Your Baby Tonight at AllMusic
- I'm Your Baby Tonight at Discogs
- I'm Your Baby Tonight at Whitney Houston's Official Website