I Look to You

***I Look to You*** is the seventh and final studio album by American singer Whitney Houston. It was first released on August 28, 2009, through Sony Music in Europe, then August 31, 2009 with Arista Records in the United States before being released by RCA Records in the United Kingdom on October 19, 2009. The album was Houston's first non-holiday studio album since 2002's _Just Whitney_.

## Critical reception

_I Look to You_ received generally positive reviews from music critics.

## Track listing

**Notes**
- "Million Dollar Bill" contains a sample from "We're Getting Stronger", written by Allan Felder, Norman Harris and Ronald Tyson, as performed by Loleatta Holloway.
- "A Song for You" is a cover of the original song by Leon Russell.
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- Unless noted otherwise or not credited, all vocal production handled by Harvey Mason, Jr.

### Personnel

- Marcella "Ms. Lago" Araica – mixing
- Christian Baker – assistant
- Adam Beyrer – additional instrument recording engineer (track 2)
- Courtney Blooding – background vocals
- Anita Marisa Boriboon – art direction and design
- Clive Davis – executive producer, A&R
- Michael Daley – assistant vocal engineer
- Kaseem "Swizz Beatz" Dean – music producer, music programming (track 1)
- Patrick Demarchelier – photography
- Mikkel S. Eriksen – recording engineer (track 3), instrumentation (3, 6), producer (3, 6)
- Abel Garibaldi – instrumental recording engineer (track 11)
- Fernando Garibay – music producer (track 2)
- Chris Gehringer – mastering
- Charlotte Gibson – background vocals (track 8)
- Angela N. Golightly – production coordination
- Christy Hall – production assistant
- Andrew Hey – audio mixing (track 11), vocal recording engineer (2, 4–6, 8–9, 11)
- Gary Houston – background vocals (track 8)
- Whitney Houston – lead vocals (All tracks), executive producer, songwriter (5, 10)
- Dabling Harward – vocal engineer
- Eric Hudson – music producer, all instruments (track 8)
- Tavia Ivey – background vocals (tracks 2, 8)
- Larry Eaglin Jackson – executive producer, A&R
- Chad Jolley – instrumental recording engineer (track 9)
- Claude Kelly – vocal producer
- Robert Kelly (R. Kelly) – music arranger, producer (track 11)
- Alicia Keys – vocal producer, vocal arrangement, music producer (track 1)
- Emanuel Kiriakou – producer, all other instruments (track 4)
- Damien Lewis – engineer
- Donnie Lyle – guitar, musical direction
- Tony Maserati – mixing
- Harvey Mason Jr. – producer (track 4), mixing (11), vocal producer (2, 5–6, 8, 11)
- Kenny Mason – choir director (track 4)
- Jeff Meeks – instrumental recording engineer (track 11)
- Jan Fairchild – engineer
- Nick Fainbarg – engineer
- Ian Mereness – instrumental recording engineer (track 11)
- Ann Mincieli – recording engineer (track 1)
- Luis Navarro – assistant
- Dave Pensado – mixing
- Jochem van der Saag – synthesizer, recording engineer, drum machine, audio mixing, sound design (track 7)
- Miguel Scott – assistant
- Timothy Snell – stylist
- Bernt Rune Stray – guitar
- Phil Tan – mixing
- Aliaune "Akon" Thiam – music producer (tracks 5, 10), vocals (5)
- Pat Thrall – instrumental recording engineer (track 4)
- Miki Tsutsumi – assistant
- Giorgio Tuinfort – co-producer, additional music programming (tracks 5, 10)

### Recording locations and studios

- Atlanta (Konkast, Patchwerk, Soapbox)
- Burbank (Boom Boom Room)
- Chicago (Chocolate Factory)
- Hollywood (Record Plant)
- Las Vegas (Studio at the Palms)
- Los Angeles (1221, Blue, Chalice Recording
- Miami (Hit Factory Criteria)
- New York (Chun King, Germano, KMA, OVEN, Roc the Mic, Sterling Sound)
- Norcross (Tree Sound)
- North Hollywood (Larrabee Sound, Mason Sound)
- San Francisco (Soapbox West)

### Weekly charts

|Chart (2009–2010)|Peak position|
| --- | --- |
|style="text-align:center;"|6|
|style="text-align:center;"|22|
|style="text-align:center;"|4|
|16||
|style="text-align:center;"|42|

|Chart (2012)|Peak position|
| --- | --- |
|align="center"|10|
|style="text-align:center;"|13|

### Year-end charts

|Chart (2009)|Position|
| --- | --- |
|align="center"|19|
|style="text-align:center;"|67|
|align="center"|83|
|align="center"|88|
|align="center"|28|
|align="center"|51|
|align="center"|32|
|align="center"|65|
|align="center"|32|
|align="center"|42|
|align="center"|70|
|align="center"|29|
|align="center"|9|

|Chart (2010)|Position|
| --- | --- |
|align="center"|46|

### American Music Awards

|-
|  style="width:35px; text-align:center;"|2009 || Whitney Houston (herself) || International Artist Award ||

The 'International Artist Award' was given "in recognition of her worldwide success exemplified by her international record sales, radio airplay in countries all over the world, live performances that span the globe, and popularity that knows no borders or boundaries."

### Soul Train Music Awards

|-
|  style="width:35px; text-align:center;" |2009 || Whitney Houston (herself) || Best R&B/Soul Artist — Female ||
|-

### The BET Honors

|-
|  style="width:35px; text-align:center;" |2010 || Whitney Houston (herself) || The BET Honor for Entertainment ||
|-

### NAACP Image Awards

|-
|  style="width:35px; text-align:center;" rowspan="2"|2010 || Whitney Houston (herself) || Outstanding Female Artist ||
|-
| "I Look to You" || Outstanding Music Video ||
|-
|  style="width:35px; text-align:center;" |2013 || "I Look to You" || Outstanding Best Song ||
|-

### Echo Awards

|-
|  style="width:35px; text-align:center;" |2010 || Whitney Houston (herself) || Künstlerin International Rock/Pop (Best International Rock/Pop Artist ― Female) ||
|-
|}

## Release history

|Country|Date|Label(s)|Format|Catalogue|||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|Germany|rowspan="6"||rowspan="6"|Sony Music Entertainment|rowspan="19"|CD, digital download|rowspan="5"|88697580202|
|Italy|||||||||
|Denmark|||||||||
|Finland|||||||||
|Sweden|||||||||
|Ireland|88697100332||||||||
|United States|rowspan="5"||Arista Records|rowspan="2"|886971003321||||
|Canada|rowspan="9"|Sony Music Entertainment|||||||
|Hong Kong|88697100332||||||||
|France|rowspan="3"|88697580202|||||||
|Greece|||||||||
|Netherlands|rowspan="2"||||||||
|South Korea|88697100332||||||||
|Australia||88697580202|||||||
|Taiwan||88697100332|||||||
|Spain||88697580202|||||||
|Japan||Sony Music Japan|BVCP-40096||||||
|Brazil||Sony Music Entertainment|886971003321||||||
|rowspan="2"|United Kingdom||rowspan="2"|RCA Records|88697100332||||
||Remix album||||||||

## Other websites

- _I Look to You_  at Metacritic

## Infobox (album)

- **name**: I Look to You
- **type**: studio
- **artist**: Whitney Houston
- **border**: yes
- **released**: August 28, 2009
- **recorded**: 2008–2009
- **genre**: *Pop-soul
*disco
*Contemporary R&B, R&B
- **label**: Arista Records, Arista
- **producer**: *Alicia Keys
*Danja (record producer), Danja
*David Foster
*Fernando Garibay
*Eric Hudson
*Emanuel Kiriakou
*Harvey Mason, Jr.
*R.Kelly
*Stargate (record producers), Stargate
*Tricky Stewart, C. "Tricky" Stewart
*Swizz Beatz
*Giorgio Tuinfort
- **prev title**: The Ultimate Collection (Whitney Houston album), The Ultimate Collection
- **prev year**: 2007
- **next title**: The Collection (Whitney Houston album), The Collection
- **next year**: 2010