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''My Love Is Your Love'' is the fourth studio album by American singer
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, released worldwide on November 17, 1998. It was Houston's first studio album in eight years, following ''
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, produced by musicians such as Rodney Jerkins,
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. It is notable for introducing elements of hip hop into Houston's work, only sparingly used in her previous material. Although the album sold less than Houston's previous albums in the US, it was globally successful selling over 10 million copies worldwide. It was certified four times
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in the United States. Particularly, the album was a hit in Europe, peaking #1 for 6 weeks on
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, selling over 4.3 million copies. It generated several hit singles: " When You Believe", a duet with Mariah Carey, which won an Academy Award for Best Original Song for at the 71st Annual Academy Awards ceremony; "
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", which features
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; " 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; and " I Learned from the Best". It was followed by a successful world tour. ''My Love Is Your Love'' received positive reviews and is often regarded by critics as one of her best releases. At the
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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", giving her sixth and final Grammy Award.


Critical reception

Upon the album's debut, the album received positive responses from music critics. Rob Sheffield of ''
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'' magazine commented that "It's easily her most consistent album ever—in fact, it's her first consistent album", and praised her mature voice as follows:
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'', praised her fully developed voice, too. He stated that her sound was "supple and devout", comparing Carey's fidgetting sound with every phrase in "When You Believe", and commented "Ms. Houston used to be similarly showy and disjointed, but now her improvisations bring emotional coherence to technical feats." With expressing his interest about any connections between her troubled marriage and her new materials, commented "Lest anyone draw other conclusions from the songs, the album carries a disclaimer." Also, he was almost positive about songs such as "It's Not Right But It's Okay", "Heartbreak Hotel" and "My Love Is Your Love". In '' Billboard'' magazine's review, the issue dated November 28, 1999, the magazine called the album "A tour de force that showcases her strengths in a wide array of musical genres from pop to R&B to gospel to dance." The publication also opined: "On an album with writing and production input from a diverse roster of players, Houston keeps it all together with her spectacular voice and singular artistic persona", declaring the album had "immense crossover potential" Mark Bautz of ''
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'' gave the album B+, calling ''My Love Is Your Love'' "A schizophrenic album" and "A primer on today's hip-hop/R&B scene: the good, the bad." by reason of the unevenness of the album. He commented "
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's gorgeous reggae-tinged title song and three funky cuts by Rodney Jerkins showcase the 35-year-old Whitney Houston in all her creative, soulful maturity. In contrast, a trio of schmaltzy Babyface-produced tunes expose her as merely a gifted interpreter of bland radio-ready fare.". Similarly, ''
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'' praised some new songs, calling the title song "superb" and Houston's remake of Stevie Wonder's classic "fabulous", but criticized the old-fashioned songs of the album sharply, commenting "The problem is with the Old Guard: producer David Foster's work is dull, and Dianne Warren and Babyface, who both wrote tracks, have better work on their respective resumes." Writing for ''
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'' in November 1998, Steve Jones made a favorable comment on almost every song whether it is a ballad with her formula for success or a new styled song produced by hot, young producers who've updated and diversified her sound, stating "There's something here for just about everybody, whether you favor R&B, pop or adult contemporary radio." But he chose the remake "I Was Made To Love Him" as the best track of the album, complimenting the song highly, "The rollicking, gender-flipping remake". Stephen Thomas Erlewine from
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, who gave the album four out of five stars, called it "easily ranks among her best" and complimented the musical diversity "Houston has never been quite so subtle before, nor has she ever shown this desire to branch out musically." But he also wasn't positive for adult contemporary ballads of the album, stating "In fact, the songs that feel the stiffest are the big production numbers; tellingly, they're the songs that are the most reminiscent of old-school Houston." ''
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'' gave it three out of four stars, writing " treflect her growth as an artist and as an individual."


Commercial performance

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, ''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,
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'' 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." 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. That result was disappointing 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. 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. Across Europe, it was more successful than in 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 ''
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'', which was the highest grossing arena concert tour of 1999 on the continent, and consequently ''My Love Is Your Love'' became the second best-selling album of 1999 in Europe, behind Cher's '' Believe'', spending more than one year on the charts in many countries. In the
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, it reached number four on the albums chart and was certified 3× Platinum for shipments of 900,000 copies of the album by the
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, the album peaked at number two on the albums chart, and was certified 2× platinum by the Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique (SNEP). In
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, it climbed to the number two on the albums chart on its 35th week and has sold more than 670,000 copies. The album reached number one on the albums charts in
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. ''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.


Singles

All five singles released from ''My Love Is Your Love'' were successful worldwide. In the United States, they were all top forty ''Billboard'' Hot 100 hits, with three reaching the top five on the chart, selling a total of 3.9 million copies. The album generated two Platinum and two Gold singles, awarded by the Recording Industry Association of America in 1999. In later years, four of the five singles would be re-certified platinum. In the United Kingdom, Houston also had five top forty singles including three top five hits from the album, with a total of 1.09 million copies sold, becoming the eighth best-selling singles artist of 1999. The singles also achieved success in other countries such as Canada, Germany, Sweden, and Switzerland. " When You Believe", duet with Mariah Carey, was released as the lead single of the album on November 2, 1998. The song debuted at number fifty-one without retail single on the new ''Billboard'' Hot 100 chart, which had changed to allow airplay-only tracks to enter the chart, the issue date of December 5, 1998. Before release, it led to expectations that the song would be a smash hit due to the star power of two music rivals. However, after the single had released, it managed to peak at number fifteen on the chart, the issue dated January 30, 1999. It reached number thirty-three on the ''Billboard'' Hot R&B Singles & Tracks chart. ''Billboard'' was unfavorable towards the single, commenting "Given the potential of these two ouston and Careypowerhouse voices, however, the song falls flat with a surprisingly understated and downright disappointing bridge: You wait and wait for the duel of the divas, and it simply never materializes," but positive of Houston's performance; "The genuine story in this track is the return of Houston, who sounds fantasticㅡas clear and confident as ever." The RIAA certified it Gold for shipments of 500,000 copies on March 24, 1999. Unlike in the United States, the single was a success on the world charts. It reached the top five in the U.K. with 260,000 copies sold, Belgium, France, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, and the top ten in Austria, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Ireland, and New Zealand. Thanks to popularity for the song across Europe, it eventually peaked at number two on the Eurochart Hot 100. The album's second single, "
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", was released on December 15, 1998, and features Faith Evans and Kelly Price. The song entered the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 chart at number eighty-four on the issue date of December 26, 1998. In its first week when the song was commercially available, it leaped to number twenty-nine, and after six weeks peaked at number two on the Hot 100, making it the first Houston single to peak in the runner-up spot. The song entered the revamped ''Billboard'' Hot R&B Singles & Tracks chart at number twenty-three with the mark of its seventh week on the chart, the issue date of January 9, 1999. In Its first week of retail release, it reached the number six and the following week topped the chart, becoming her eighth No.1 single on the Hot R&B chart. The single stayed on the summit for seven consecutive weeks from February 13 to March 27, 1999, which was her third longest stay atop this chart behind " I Will Always Love You" for eleven weeks and " Exhale (Shoop Shoop)" for eight weeks, and was on the chart for a total of thirty-one weeks. The single sold over 1,400,000 copies in the U.S. alone, becoming the third-best-selling single of 1999, and was certified Platinum by the RIAA on March 2, 1999. "
It's Not Right, But It's Okay "It's Not Right but It's Okay" is the third single from American singer Whitney Houston's fourth studio album, '' My Love Is Your Love''. It was written by LaShawn Daniels, Rodney Jerkins, Fred Jerkins III, Isaac Phillips, Toni Estes, and produc ...
" was released as the third single from the album on February 22, 1999. Before May, it was featured as the B-side of maxi-singles with "Heartbreak Hotel", and charted on the Hot 100 and Hot R&B with its only airplay and sales of maxi-singles. The song appeared firstly at number sixty-four on the Hot R&B Singles & Tracks chart, the issue date of January 9, 1999. It rose higher position of the chart steadily, and eventually reached its peak position, number seven, in its twenty-fourth week on the chart. On the Hot 100 chart, the single debuted at number eighty-seven, the issue date of May 8, 1999, and after the regular-length cassette & CD configurations had hit stores, peaked at number four, selling 522,000 copies in the United States. The RIAA certified it Gold on June 29, 1999. It was also successful in the United Kingdom. The single reached the number three on the singles chart, making it her twelfth top ten hits, and sold over 510,000 units, ranked at number twenty-five in the list of UK's best-selling singles in 1999. In Canada, it made rare chart performances, peaking at number three for the regular single and number five for its import single simultaneously on the Canadian SoundScan Singles chart in August 1999. After her European promotion during February in 1999, it was popular in many countries of Europe, reaching the number one in Spain, top twenty in Austria, Germany, Netherlands, Switzerland, and Sweden. Finally it peaked at number nine on the Eurochart Hot 100. The title track, " My Love Is Your Love" was the fourth single from the album on June 26, 1999. It was a massive hit worldwide, becoming another signature song for Whitney. Firstly, the single was released in each country of Europe from June 1999, prior to the United States. Upon release, the song was popular immediately across Europe, and became a bigger hit during her ''My Love Is Your Love European Tour.'' In the U.K., it went straight to its peak position, number two, on the singles chart, the issue date of July 3, 1999. The single sold 525,000 copies, becoming the twenty-second best-selling single of 1999. In Germany, it peaked at number two and was certified Platinum for shipments of 500,000 copies by the
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(BVMI). It also reached the number two in countries such as Austria, Ireland, the Netherlands, Sweden, and Switzerland. It went to top ten in Belgium, Denmark, France, and Norway. Eventually the single topped the Eurochart Hot 100 for a week, becoming her fourth number one single, and was positioned at number six in the Europe's Top Singles list of 1999. In New Zealand, it peaked at number one for a week, which was Houston's third number-one single after 1987's " I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me)" and 1992's "I Will Always Love You". Likewise, it was a hit in the United States. The song debuted at number eighty-one on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 chart in September 1999 and peaked at number four in January 2000, becoming her 22nd top ten hit. In addition, it reached the number two position on the Hot R&B Singles & Tracks chart, spending a total of twenty-nine weeks on the chart. The single sold 1,100,000 copies and was certified Platinum by the RIAA on December 14, 1999. Worldwide it sold over 3 million copies and became her third-best-selling single ever, behind "I Will Always Love You" and "I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me)", with 12 million and 4.2 million copies sold, respectively. " I Learned from the Best" became the fifth and final single to be released from the album on November 29, 1999, in the UK, and on February 22, 2000, in the United States. The song debuted at number eighty-three on the Hot 100 and peaked at number twenty-seven. It reached the number thirteen on the Hot R&B Singles & Tracks. According to the Nielsen SoundScan, the single sold 352,000 units in the United States alone. Outside the U.S., it wasn't successful as big as the previous singles from the album. The single reached the number six in Finland, the number eight in Spain, and the number nineteen in the United Kingdom with 95,000 copies sold. Besides, it went to the top forty in the Netherlands, Sweden, and Switzerland.


''Billboard'' Hot Dance Music chart

The songs with various remix versions, released from ''My Love Is Your Love'', were very popular in dance clubs and smash hits on the ''Billboard'' Dance Music chart. Four consecutive singles reached the number one on the ''Billboard'' Hot Dance Music/Club Play chartㅡ"It's Not Right But It's Okay" for three weeks, "Heartbreak Hotel" for a week, "My Love Is Your Love" for two weeks, and "I Learned from the Best" for three weeks. Moreover, the maxi-singles, released as
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, cassette and CD formats, were successful on the ''Billboard'' Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales chart. "My Love Is Your Love" topped the chart for two weeks, and "I Learned from the Best" for one week. "Heartbreak Hotel/It's Not Right But It's Okay" and "It's Not Right But It's Okay/I Will Always Love You" peaked at number two on the chart, respectively.


Promotion and appearances


Tour

;Concerts Houston performed three sold-out concerts, two shows a few days before the album's release, on November 13 and 14 at the
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in Atlantic City. Both concerts showcased new songs from the album as well as hit songs from previous releases. Several media critics as well as a host of celebrities attended, including Luther Vandross, Brandy, and
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. The third show on November 19, Houston performed an expensive invitation-only charity concert at Cipriani's Wall Street's Grand Ballroom, audience attendees included Clive Davis,
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, and wealthy business socialites. ;Set list #"Video Interlude" (contain elements of " When You Believe)" #"
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" #"All the Man That I Need" #"My Love Is Your Love" #"If I Told You That" #" Exhale (Shoop Shoop)" #"I Believe in You and Me #"I Love the Lord" #" I Will Always Love You" #"I Was Made to Love Him" #" Step by Step" ;Notes ;Shows ;TV


Track listing

Notes * denotes additional producer


Personnel

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– engineer * Tim Boyle – engineer * Mariah Carey – guest artist * Sue Ann Carwell – background vocals * Beverly Crowder – background vocals * James “Petawane” Burris(Eric Cherry's Family & Friend's Ensemble) - backgrounds vocals * Clive Davis – producer *Robyn Crawford - Production Coordination *Donna Houston - Manager (Nippy Inc.) *Lynne Volkman - Director of Publicity (Nippy Inc.) *Alan Jacobs - Director of Security (Nippy Inc.) *Silvia Vejar - Personal Assistant to Ms. Houston (Nippy Inc.) *Danny Markowitz - Publicity Intern Tour (Nippy Inc.) * Loren Dawson – strings * Jerry "Wonda" Duplessis – producer * Nathan East – bass * Felipe Elgueta – engineer * Missy Elliott – guest artist, producer * Missy "Misdemeanor" Elliott – featured artist, vocals * Toni Estes – background vocals * Faith Evans – featured artist, guest artist * Paul J. Falcone – engineer, mixing * David Foster – arranger, guest artist, keyboards, producer * Jon Gass – mixing *
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– conductor * Mick Guzauski – mixing * Whitney Houston – primary artist, producer, vocals, background vocals * Wyclef Jean – producer * Rodney Jerkins – drum programming, keyboards, producer, strings * Karlin – arranger, producer * Larry Kimpel – bass *
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– engineer, mixing * Bill Meyers – conductor * Don Murray – engineer * Kevin Parker – engineer *
Greg Phillinganes Gregory Arthur Phillinganes (born May 12, 1956) is an American keyboardist, singer-songwriter, and musical director based in Los Angeles, California. A prolific session musician, Phillinganes has contributed the role of keyboards to numerous alb ...
– piano * Kelly Price – featured artist, guest artist *
Eric Rigler Eric Rigler is an American player of the Uilleann pipes, Great Highland Bagpipes, and tin whistle. He performs as a solo artist and with the band Bad Haggis, and has been featured on a number of movie soundtracks. He has been described as "th ...
– pipe * William Ross – arranger, conductor * Sheila E. – guest artist, percussion * John Smeltz – engineer * V. Jeffrey Smith – flute * Soulshock – arranger, mixing, producer * Michael Thompson – guitar * Ryan Toby – vocals * Tommy Vicari – engineer * Shanice Wilson – background vocals *
Hans Zimmer Hans Florian Zimmer (; born 12 September 1957) is a German film score composer and music producer. He has won two Oscars and four Grammys, and has been nominated for two Emmys and a Tony. Zimmer was also named on the list of Top 100 Living G ...
– arranger * Ray Cervenka – Pro Tools consultant


Charts


Weekly charts


Year-end charts


Decade-end charts


Certifications and sales


Accolades


Academy Awards

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Best Original Song This is a list of categories of awards commonly awarded through organizations that bestow film awards, including those presented by various film, festivals, and people's awards. Best Actor/Best Actress *See Best Actor#Film awards, Best Actress#F ...
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American Latino Media Arts (ALMA) Awards

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American Music Awards

During Houston's career, she was nominated a total of seven times for "Favorite Pop/Rock Female Artist" and "Favorite Soul/R&B Female Artist" category, which of them won four and three respectively. Also, ''My Love Is Your Love'' was her fourth nomination for "Favorite Soul/R&B Album" category. , - , width="35" align="center" rowspan="3",
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Favorite Pop/Rock Female Artist The American Music Awards for Favorite Female Artist – Pop/Rock has been awarded since 1974. Years reflect the year in which the awards were presented, for works released in the previous year (until 2003 onward when awards were handed out on Nove ...
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Bambi Verleihung (Bambi Awards)

Houston was honored with "Pop International" award for her 20 years outstanding career as a musical artist. , - , width="35" align="center", 1999 , , align="center", — , , Pop International , , , -


Billboard Music Awards

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(Featuring Faith Evans and Kelly Price) , , Hot 100 Single of the Year , , , - , R&B Single of the Year , , , -


Blockbuster Entertainment Awards

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(Featuring Faith Evans and Kelly Price) , , Favorite Single , , , - , "When You Believe" (Duet with Mariah Carey) , , Favorite Song from a Movie , , , -


BMI Pop Awards

All winners are determined by the number of feature broadcast performances on American radio and TV during the eligibility year. , - , width="35" align="center" rowspan="3", 2000 , , "Heartbreak Hotel" , , BMI Pop Award (Karlin, Soulshock) , , , - , "It's Not Right But It's Okay" , , BMI Pop Award (Fred Jerkins, Rodney Jerkins) , , , - , "When You Believe" , , BMI Pop Award (Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds) , , , - , width="35" align="center", 2001 , , "My Love Is Your Love" , , BMI Pop Award (Jerry "Wonder" Duplessis) , ,


BRIT Awards

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Golden Globe Awards

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, , "When You Believe" (Duet with Mariah Carey) , , Best Original Song, Motion Picture (the songwriter: Stephen Schwartz) , , , -


Grammy Awards

Houston won her first "Best Female R&B Vocal Performance" award through her career. She had been nominated six times for this category but not won. This was her sixth and final Grammy Award. , - , align="center" rowspan="7",
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Best Female R&B Vocal Performance The Grammy Award for Best Female R&B Vocal Performance (previously called Best Rhythm and Blues Solo Vocal Performance, Female) was an honor presented at the Grammy Awards, a ceremony established in 1958 and originally called the Gramophone Awards ...
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Best R&B Album The Grammy Award for Best R&B Album is an honor presented at the Grammy Awards, a ceremony that was established in 1958 and originally called the Gramophone Awards, to recording artists for quality works on albums in the R&B music genre. Honors ...
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Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal The Grammy Award for Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal was awarded between 1970 and 2011. From 1967 to 1969 and in 1971 the award included instrumental performances. The award had several minor name changes: *From 1967 to 1968 the ...
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Best R&B Song The Grammy Award for Best R&B Song (sometimes known as the R&B Songwriter's Award) has been awarded since 1969. From 1969 to 2000, it was known as the Grammy Award for Best Rhythm and Blues Song. Beyoncé has won it a record four times, while Bab ...
(the songwriters: Kenneth Karlin, Tamara Savage and Carsten Schack) , , , - , "It Not Right But It's Okay" , , Best R&B Song (the songwriters: LaShawn Daniels, Tony Estes,
Fred Jerkins III Fred Jerkins III, also known as Uncle Freddie, is an American songwriter and record producer who is best known for his work with his brother Rodney "Darkchild" Jerkins. Jerkins has co-written several hit songs with Rodney Jerkins and LaShawn Dan ...
, Rodney Jerkins, and Isaac Phillips) , , , - , "When You Believe" , , Best Song Written for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media (the songwriters: Stephen Schwartz,
Babyface Babyface or Baby Face can refer to: Nicknames * Lester Joseph Gillis a.k.a. Baby Face Nelson, an infamous 1930s bank robber * Roosevelt "Baby Face" Willette (1933–1971), an American hard bop and soul-jazz musician * "Baby Face", Jimmy McLarnin ...
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MOBO (Music of Black Origin) Awards

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MTV Europe Music Awards

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MTV Video Music Awards

Houston was nominated for "Best R&B Video" for "Heartbreak Hotel" music video directed by Kevin Bray, which was her first nomination in thirteen years at VMAs since she has won the " Best Female Video" for "
How Will I Know "How Will I Know" is a song recorded by American singer Whitney Houston for her self-titled debut studio album. The song was released on November 22, 1985, by Arista Records as the album's third single. Originally written and composed by Geo ...
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1986 MTV Video Music Awards The 1986 MTV Video Music Awards aired live on September 5, 1986, honoring the best music videos from May 2, 1985, to May 1, 1986. The show was hosted by MTV VJs Downtown Julie Brown, Mark Goodman, Alan Hunter, Martha Quinn, and Dweezil Zappa, ...
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Best R&B Video The MTV Video Music Award for Best R&B was first awarded in 1993 under the name of Best R&B Video, and it was given every year until 2006, as the following year MTV revamped the VMAs and eliminated all the genre categories. The following year, thou ...
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NAACP Image Awards

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NRJ Music Awards

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Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) Awards


Certification awards


Artists of the Century Awards

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Soul Train Lady of Soul Awards

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(Featuring Faith Evans and Kelly Price) , , , Best R&B/Soul Single, Group, Band or Duo , , , - , ''My Love Is Your Love'' , , Best R&B/Soul Album of the Year, Solo , , , -


Soul Train Music Awards

Houston was honored "the Artist of the Decade, female" award in recognition of extraordinary artistic contributions during the 1990s. , - , width="35" align="center" rowspan="3", 2000 , , "My Love Is Your Love" , , , Best R&B/Soul Single, Female , , , - , ''My Love Is Your Love'' , , Best R&B/Soul Album, Female , , - , Artistic Achievement Award , , The Artist of the Decade — Female , , , -


''Billboard'' Magazine Year-End Charts


See also

* List of best-selling albums by women


References

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