''I'm Your Baby Tonight'' is the third

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by American singer

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released on November 6, 1990, by

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. The album has been certified quadruple platinum in the US by the

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Background

By 1989, Whitney Houston had become one of the most successful musicians in the industry, with her last two albums - ''

'' (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

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, which along with the commercial breakthrough of

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, 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. 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 "

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" and, in particular, the rock song, "

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", accusing the singer of "

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". They also felt that her records lacked the soul of her live performances of the same songs. While attending the

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, Houston's name was jeered by some in the audience after she was announced as a nominee in a category. Houston defended herself against the criticism telling ''

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'' 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." Still, both Houston and her label head

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agreed to go into a more urban direction as popular music was starting to embrace a new urban pop sound called

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. 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

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's ''

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'', to help her with her new direction. The duo would present the songs "

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", "

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", their sole ballad "

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" and "Anymore". Houston also recruited longtime idol

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on the album with the two collaborating on the Wonder-composed duet, "We Didn't Know", while longtime friend, singer

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, penned the

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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, Rickey Minor and

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. Houston would co-produce and co-write another song with Winans titled "Takin' a Chance". Houston and Davis kept previous producers Michael Masser and

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. With Masser, Houston was received the soft rock song, "After We Make Love", which would end up being their last collaboration together, while with Walden, Houston recorded the songs " I Belong to You", "Lover for Life", and the

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ballad " All the Man That I Need", the sole cover of the album. Houston and Walden also worked on songs such as "

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", "Dancing on the Smooth Edge" and "Feels So Good". At the end, "Takin' a Chance" and the three latter Walden productions were left off the album's final track list, except in Japan where "Higher Love" and "Takin' a Chance" were featured.

Music

''I'm Your Baby Tonight''s Walden-produced songs are divided by contemporary

tracks and ornate

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s, while Reid and Babyface's productions reappropriate 1970s black pop and danceable funk with aggressive 1980s dance rhythms. According to

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's Ashley S. Battel, Houston "attempts to make a larger foray into

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" with this album, while David Browne observed light

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flourishes, thumping drum beats, and "dance-fever settings" throughout. James Hunter of ''

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'' described the album as "a

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in how much

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can get out of her luscious and straightforward vocal gifts within a dancepop framework." J. D. Considine wrote that Houston's singing on the album features "sultry moans, note-bending asides, ndwindow-rattling gospel shouts". ''Rolling Stone'' magazine's Jim Macnie said that the album "displayed a slick R&B edge" and features "funk-and-dance-driven pop".

Commercial performance

In the United States, ''I'm Your Baby Tonight'' debuted at number 22 on the ''Billboard'' 200 chart, for the issue dated November 24, 1990. In its second week, it leapt to number five; the following week saw its peak position, at number three. The album spent 22 weeks in the top ten, and was on the chart for a total of 51 weeks. It also debuted at number 10 on the ''Billboard'' Top R&B Albums chart, the issue date of December 1, 1990, and reached the number one position of that chart three weeks later. The record was at the top of the R&B/Hip-Hop chart for eight non-consecutive weeks, and was present on that chart for a total of 53 weeks. Due to its great performance on the chart, it became the #1 R&B album on the ''Billboard'' year-end charts for 1991. The album was certified 4× platinum by the

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on April 5, 1995, and since

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began tracking sales data in May 1991, it had sold (as of 2009) 1,728,000 copies in the United States; this numerical amount does not include copies sold in the initial months of the album's release or its sales through mail-order sources such as

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. This is not its sales total, as the biggest portion of the sales occurred in November of 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

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at number 6 on November 17, 1990, and peaked at number 4, nine weeks later. The

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certified the album Platinum, for shipments of 300,000 units, on November 1, 1990. In Germany, the album peaked at number three on the Media Control Albums Chart, receiving Platinum certification (for shipments of 500,000 copies), by the

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, in 1991. It also reached the top five in other countries, such as Austria, Norway, Sweden, and Switzerland. To date, the album has sold approximately 10 million copies, worldwide.

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. The title track, "

", was released as the first single from the album in October 1990. While the L.A. Reid/Babyface mix version was released in the United States, an alternate Yvonne Turner mix, labeled the international version or European version, was released in other countries. The single debuted at number forty-two on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 singles chart in the week ending October 20, 1990. Six weeks later, in the issue dated December 1, 1990, it reached number one and stayed there for a week, becoming Houston's eighth number-one single on the chart. It also peaked at number one in the same week on the

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chart and remained on the top for two weeks, making it her fourth R&B chart topper. In addition, the song peaked at number seven on the

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chart, spending a total of twenty-eight weeks on the chart. The single was certified Gold for shipments of 500,000 copies by the

(RIAA) on November 27, 1990. Worldwide it was a big hit during her European promotion in November–December 1990. In Italy, it reached number one on the ''Musica e dischi'' singles chart in November 1990 and remained atop for five weeks, becoming her second number-one song on the chart, after 1987's "

". In the United Kingdom, the single entered the

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at number sixteen on October 20, 1990, and peaked at number five two weeks later, becoming her eighth top ten hit. It also reached the top five in many countries such as Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, and Switzerland. It also went top ten in Australia and Ireland. Houston was nominated for Best Pop Vocal Performance, Female with this track at the

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of 1991. Houston's remake of a ballad, " All the Man That I Need" was the album's second single, released in December 1990. The single achieved great success on the ''Billboard'' charts. It debuted at number fifty-three on the Hot 100 on December 22, 1990, and topped the chart nine weeks later, in the issue dated February 23, 1991. On March 2, 1991, when it reached the number one on the Hot R&B Singles chart, the single enjoyed its second and third week at the top of the Hot 100 and Hot Adult Contemporary chart, respectively. As a result, it became her first single to top the Hot 100, Hot R&B, and Hot Adult Contemporary chart simultaneously—which "

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" also achieved for five weeks in 1992/93—and overall her third triple-crown hit, after 1985's "

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" and 1986's " How Will I Know" both reached the top spot on those three charts in different weeks. The RIAA certified it Gold on March 21, 1991. Unlike the United States, it was a modest hit globally. It peaked at number one on the Canadian '' RPM'' Top 100 Singles chart for one week and number ten on Belgian VRT Top 30 chart. However, it only reached the top twenty in Ireland, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom. With this song, Houston received a nomination for Best Pop Vocal Performance, Female at the

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in 1992, which was her fifth nomination in that category. After the release of " The Star Spangled Banner" single, "

" was released as the third single from the album in April 1991. It peaked at number nine on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 on June 8, 1991, becoming her thirteenth top ten hit on the chart. It also reached number two and number four, on the Hot R&B Singles and Adult Contemporary chart, respectively. The album's fourth single "

" 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. A fifth single, " I Belong to You", became a top ten R&B single and garnered Houston a

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nomination for Best Female R&B Vocal Performance at the 35th Grammy Awards. "

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's "

", 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

Track listing

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

– vocals, background vocals, vocal arrangements *

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– keyboards, Moog bass, synthesizers *Tawatha Agee – background vocals *

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– saxophone *Skip Anderson – drums, keyboards * Babyface – keyboards,

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bass, vocals, background vocals *Kitty Beethoven – background vocals *Louis Biancaniello – synthesizer, keyboards *Gary Bias –

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*Vernon "Ice" Black – guitar *Kimberly Brewer – background vocals * Ray Brown – trumpet *Chris Camozzi – guitar *Francisco Centeno – bass * Paulinho Da Costa – percussion *

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– synthesizer, drums, keyboards * Steve Ferrone – drums *Lynn Fiddmont – background vocals *

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– saxophone *

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– strings *Dorian Holley – background vocals *

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– background vocals *

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– guitar * Skyler Jett – background vocals *Keith John – background vocals *Melisa Kary – background vocals *Kayo –

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, Moog bass *

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– strings, keyboards *Ren Klyce – Fairlight synthesizer *

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– strings, keyboards, rhythm *Neil Larsen –

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*Ricky Lawson – synthesizer, percussion, drums *Wayne Linsey – piano *Frank Martin – piano, keyboards,

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*Paulette McWilliams – background vocals *Jason Miles – synthesizer *

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– synthesizer, bass, horn, background vocals, rhythm, synthesized bass *Billy Myers – horn *Rafael Padilla – percussion *Donald Parks – Fairlight synthesizer * L.A. Reid – percussion, drums *Claytoven Richardson – background vocals * Tom Scott – saxophone *Michael "Patches" Stewart – trumpet *Annie Stocking – background vocals *Steve Tavaglione – horn,

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*Jeanie Tracy – background vocals *

– vocals *

– synthesized bass, percussion *David Ward II – synthesizer *Bill Washer – guitar *

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– saxophone, tenor saxophone *Brenda White-King – background vocals *

– background vocals *

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– background vocals *

– vocals, multiple instruments, performer *Reggie C. Young –

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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 *

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- 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

Year-end charts

Certifications and sales

Accolades

American Black Achievement Awards

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'', for her best-selling video and single of "

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, , rowspan="2", Whitney Houston (herself) , , Favorite Pop/Rock Female Artist , , , - , Favorite Soul/R&B Female Artist , , , - , ''I'm Your Baby Tonight'' , , Favorite Soul/R&B Album , , , - , Whitney Houston (herself) , , Favorite Adult Contemporary Artist , , , - , ''I'm Your Baby Tonight'' , , Favorite Adult Contemporary Album , , , -

''Billboard'' Music Awards

, - , style="width:35px; text-align:center;" rowspan="8", 1991 , , rowspan="4", Whitney Houston (herself) , , , Top Pop Album Artists - Female , , , - , Top Pop Singles Artist , , , - , Top Pop Singles Artist - Female , , , - , Top R&B Artist #1 , , , - , ''I'm Your Baby Tonight'' , , Top R&B Album #1 , , , - , rowspan="2", Whitney Houston (herself) , , Top R&B Album Artist #1 , , , - , Top R&B Singles Artist #1 , , , - , " All the Man That I Need" , , Top Adult Contemporary Single , , , -

BRIT Awards

, - , style="width:35px; text-align:center;", 1991 , , Whitney Houston (herself) , , Best International Female Artist , , , -

Grammy Awards

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1991 File:1991 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Boris Yeltsin, elected as Russia's first president, waves the new flag of Russia after the 1991 Soviet coup d'état attempt, orchestrated by Soviet hardliners; Mount Pinatubo erupts in the Phi ...

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, , "All the Man That I Need" , , Best Pop Vocal Performance, Female , , , - , style="width:35px; text-align:center;",

1993 File:1993 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The Oslo I Accord is signed in an attempt to resolve the Israeli–Palestinian conflict; The Russian White House is shelled during the 1993 Russian constitutional crisis; Czechoslovakia is peacefu ...

, , "I Belong to You" , ,

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NAACP Image Awards

, - , style="width:35px; text-align:center;" rowspan="2", 1992 , , '' HBO Presents Welcome Home Heroes with Whitney Houston'' , , Outstanding Variety Series or Special , , , - , "I'm Your Baby Tonight" , , Outstanding Female Artist , , , -

The CableACE Awards

, - , style="width:35px; text-align:center;" rowspan="2", 1992 , , rowspan="2", ''HBO Presents Welcome Home Heroes with Whitney Houston'' , , Performance in a Music Special or Series , , , - , Music Special , , , -

Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) Awards

Soul Train Music Awards

, - , style="width:35px; text-align:center;" rowspan="2", 1992 , , ''I'm Your Baby Tonight'' , , Best R&B/Soul Album, Female , , , - , "All the Man That I Need" , , Best R&B/Soul Single, Female , , , -

''Billboard'' Magazine Year-End Charts

Categories which Houston was ranked #1, were excluded. See above awards list for her #1-ranked-categories.

References

External links

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