Omaggio a Whitney Houston
(Newark, 9 agosto 1963 – Beverly Hills, 11 febbraio 2012)
''The Ultimate Collection'' (2007)
Whitney Houston
Tracklist
Whitney Houston
No. Title Writer(s) Producer(s) Length
1. "I Will Always Love You" Dolly Parton David Foster 4:27
2. "Saving All My Love for You" Gerry Goffin, Michael Masser Michael Masser 3:58
3. "Greatest Love of All" Linda Creed, Michael Masser Michael Masser 4:57
4. "One Moment in Time" Albert Hammond, John Bettis 4:46
5. "I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me)" George Merrill, Shannon Rubicam Narada Michael Walden 4:52
6. "How Will I Know" George Merrill, Shannon Rubicam, Narada Michael Walden Narada Michael Walden 4:34
7. "So Emotional" Billy Steinberg, Tom Kelly Narada Michael Walden 4:37
8. "When You Believe" (Duet with Mariah Carey) Stephen Schwartz Babyface 4:32
9. "Where Do Broken Hearts Go" Frank Wildhorn, Chuck Jackson Narada Michael Walden 4:38
10. "I'm Your Baby Tonight" (Remix) L.A. Reid, Babyface L.A. Reid, Babyface 4:09
11. "Didn't We Almost Have It All" Michael Masser, Will Jennings Michael Masser 4:35
12. "Run to You" Allan Rich, Jud Friedman David Foster 4:27
13. "Exhale (Shoop Shoop)" Babyface Babyface 3:25
14. "If I Told You That" (Duet with George Michael) Rodney Jerkins, Fred Jerkins III, LaShawn Daniels, Tony Estes Rodney Jerkins 4:33
15. "I Have Nothing" David Foster, Linda Thompson David Foster
16. "I'm Every Woman" Nickolas Ashford, Valerie Simpson Narada Michael Walden 4:45
17. "It's Not Right but It's Okay" Rodney Jerkins, Fred Jerkins III, LaShawn Daniels, Isaac Phillips, Tony Estes Rodney Jerkins 4:49
18. "My Love Is Your Love" Wyclef Jean, Jerry Duplessis Wyclef Jean, Jerry Duplessis 4:18
Released October 29, 2007 (UK)
Genre R&B, pop
Italiano
The Ultimate Collection è la terza raccolta di successi di Whitney Houston ed è stata pubblicata nel 2007.
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Whitney Elizabeth Houston, nota come Whitney Houston (Newark, 9 agosto 1963 – Beverly Hills, 11 febbraio 2012), è stata una cantante e attrice statunitense.
Viene universalmente riconosciuta come una delle più iconiche e popolari cantanti di tutti i tempi, spesso chiamata semplicemente "The Voice" per le caratteristiche uniche della sua voce, soprannome datole da Oprah Winfrey.
Il suo grandissimo successo negli anni ottanta ha permesso l'apertura di mercati fino ad allora preclusi alle cantanti di colore. Con essi la cantante ha dominato le classifiche mondiali, in particolar modo la Billboard Hot 100, nella quale ha piazzato sette singoli consecutivi alla numero uno, battendo il record di cinque appartenente a Diana Ross & The Supremes ed ai Beatles. Le sue vendite complessive di album, singoli e video è di 170 milioni di copie.
È una delle donne di maggior successo discografico: è la quarta donna per numero di vendite negli Stati Uniti, con circa 55 milioni di dischi certificati dalla RIAA Detiene anche il primo posto nella classifica degli artisti di colore di maggior successo, insieme a Michael Jackson.
Nel 2008 il Guinness dei Primati ha dichiarato Whitney l'artista più premiata e popolare al mondo.L'artista ha guadagnato 6 Grammy Awards e detiene il record per numero di American Music Awards, avendone ricevuti 22 in tutto.
Whitney Houston è stata inserita alla 34ª posizione nella lista dei 100 cantanti più grandi di tutti i tempi della rivista Rolling Stone.
Dopo un periodo di declino negli anni 2000 dovuto a durissime vicende personali e cause legali contro l'ex marito, nel giugno 2009 la casa discografica Arista Records ha annunciato il nuovo album di Whitney dal titolo I Look To You, pubblicato il 28 agosto 2009 in Italia e in Germania e negli Stati Uniti il 31 agosto.
Nel febbraio del 2012 si è convertita all'Islam. Lo stesso mese, l'11, è stata trovata in condizioni critiche in una stanza di un hotel a Beverly Hills, ed è morta poco dopo.
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English
The Ultimate Collection is a Whitney Houston greatest hits collection, released on October 29, 2007.[1] It was the first time a single CD of Houston's hit singles had been released. It debuted at number five in the UK, with sales of 37,228. It climbed to number three in its second week on the chart. In Brazil, the album was released as Whitney Houston – The Best So Far.
Unlike the North American edition of her previous singles compilation, Whitney: The Greatest Hits, the upbeat and dance-oriented songs—with the exception of "I'm Your Baby Tonight"—are not remixed and contain the original version of those songs (although a couple are shortened by up to 30 seconds).
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Whitney Elizabeth Houston (August 9, 1963 – February 11, 2012) was an American singer, actress, producer, and model. In 2009, the Guinness World Records cited her as the most-awarded female act of all time. Her list of awards includes two Emmy Awards, six Grammy Awards, 30 Billboard Music Awards, 22 American Music Awards, among a total of 415 career awards as of 2010. Houston was also one of the world's best-selling music artists, having sold over 170 million albums, singles and videos worldwide. Inspired by prominent soul singers in her family, including her mother Cissy Houston, cousins Dionne Warwick and Dee Dee Warwick, and her godmother Aretha Franklin, Houston began singing with New Jersey church's junior gospel choir at age 11. After she began performing alongside her mother in night clubs in the New York City area, she was discovered by Arista Records label head Clive Davis. Houston released seven studio albums and three movie soundtrack albums, all of which have diamond, multi-platinum, platinum or gold certification.
Houston was the only artist to chart seven consecutive No. 1 Billboard Hot 100 hits ("Saving All My Love for You", "How Will I Know", "Greatest Love of All", "I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me)", "Didn't We Almost Have It All", "So Emotional" and "Where Do Broken Hearts Go"). She was the second artist behind Elton John and the only female artist to have two number-one Billboard 200 Album awards (formerly "Top Pop Album") on the Billboard magazine year-end charts. Houston's 1985 debut album Whitney Houston, became the best-selling debut album by a female act at the time of its release. The album was named Rolling Stone's best album of 1986, and was ranked at number 254 on Rolling Stone's list of the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time. Her second studio album Whitney (1987), became the first album by a female artist to debut at number one on the Billboard 200 albums chart. Houston's crossover appeal on the popular music charts as well as her prominence on MTV, starting with her video for "How Will I Know", influenced several African-American female artists to follow in her footsteps.
Houston's first acting role was as the star of the feature film The Bodyguard (1992). The film's original soundtrack won the 1994 Grammy Award for Album of the Year. Its lead single "I Will Always Love You", became the best-selling single by a female artist in music history. With the album, Houston became the first act (solo or group, male or female) to sell more than a million copies of an album within a single week period. The album makes her the only female act in the top 10 list of the best-selling albums of all time, at number four. Houston continued to star in movies and contribute to their soundtracks, including the films Waiting to Exhale (1995) and The Preacher's Wife (1996). The Preacher's Wife soundtrack became the best-selling gospel album in history. Three years after the release of her fourth studio album My Love Is Your Love (1998), she renewed her recording contract with Arista Records. She released her fifth studio album Just Whitney in 2002, and the Christmas-themed One Wish: The Holiday Album in 2003. In 2009, Houston released her seventh studio album I Look to You.
On February 11, 2012, Houston died of unknown causes at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, California.
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