I'm Your Baby Tonight

***I'm Your Baby Tonight*** is the third studio album by American singer Whitney Houston. It released on November 6, 1990 by Arista Records. The album has been certified quadruple platinum in the US by the RIAA. For the album, Houston had more control with the album and worked with more R&B and urban artists and songwriters such as L.A. Reid and Babyface, as well as singer Luther Vandross, and did a collaboration with Stevie Wonder, as well as working with previous producers Narada Michael Walden and Michael Masser, making the album a more R&B sounding album than a pop and soul sounding album, while adding dance-pop and new jack swing sounds to the album.

## Track listing

- Notes
- All Non-North American countries had the "Yvonne Turner Mix" of "I'm Your Baby Tonight" replacing the L.A. Reid/Babyface original version as Track 1.

## Personnel

- Whitney Houston – vocals, background vocals, vocal arrangements
- Walter Afanasieff – keyboards, Moog bass, synthesizers
- Tawatha Agee – background vocals
- Gerald Albright – saxophone
- Skip Anderson – drums, keyboards
- Babyface – keyboards, Memorymoog bass, vocals, background vocals
- Kitty Beethoven – background vocals
- Louis Biancaniello – synthesizer, keyboards
- Gary Bias – alto saxophone
- Vernon "Ice" Black – guitar
- Kimberly Brewer – background vocals
- Ray Brown – trumpet
- Chris Camozzi – guitar
- Francisco Centeno – bass
- Paulinho Da Costa – percussion
- Hubert Eaves III – synthesizer, drums, keyboards
- Steve Ferrone – drums
- Lynn Fiddmont – background vocals
- Kenny G – saxophone
- Jerry Hey – strings
- Dorian Holley – background vocals
- Cissy Houston – background vocals
- Paul Jackson Jr. – guitar
- Skyler Jett – background vocals
- Keith John – background vocals
- Melisa Kary – background vocals
- Kayo – Fender bass, Moog bass
- Randy Kerber – strings, keyboards
- Ren Klyce – Fairlight synthesizer

- Robbie Kondor – strings, keyboards, rhythm
- Neil Larsen – Hammond organ
- Ricky Lawson – synthesizer, percussion, drums
- Wayne Linsey – piano
- Frank Martin – piano, keyboards, vibraphone
- Paulette McWilliams – background vocals
- Jason Miles – synthesizer
- Ricky Minor – 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, tenor saxophone
- Jeanie Tracy – background vocals
- Luther Vandross – vocals
- Narada Michael Walden – synthesized bass, percussion
- David Ward II – synthesizer
- Bill Washer – guitar
- Kirk Whalum – saxophone, tenor saxophone
- Brenda White-King – background vocals
- BeBe Winans – background vocals
- CeCe Winans – background vocals
- Stevie Wonder – vocals, multiple instruments, performer
- Reggie C. Young – trombone

### Production

- L.A. Reid - producer <small>(tracks: "I'm Your Baby Tonight", "My Name Is Not Susan", "Anymore" and "Miracle")</small>, arranger
- Babyface  - producer <small>(tracks: "I'm Your Baby Tonight", "My Name Is Not Susan", "Anymore" and "Miracle")</small>, 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

### Year-end charts

|Chart (1990)|Position||
| --- | --- | --- |
|Australian Albums (ARIA)|style="text-align:center;"|41|
|UK Albums (OCC)|style="text-align:center;"|25|
|Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)|style="text-align:center;"|17|
|Japanese Albums (Oricon)|style="text-align:center;"|78|
|Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)|style="text-align:center;"|22|
|US _Billboard_ 200|style="text-align:center;"|10|
|US R&B Albums (_Billboard_)|style="text-align:center;"|1|

### 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 _I'm Your Baby Tonight World Tour_, for her best-selling video and single of "The Star-Spangled Banner" performed at Super Bowl XXV and for her multi-platinum album, _I'm Your Baby Tonight_.

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|  style="width:35px; text-align:center;"|1991 || Whitney Houston (herself) || The Music Award ||
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### American Music Awards

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|  style="width:35px; text-align:center;" rowspan="5"|1992 || rowspan="2"|Whitney Houston (herself) || Favorite Pop/Rock Female Artist ||
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|Favorite Soul/R&B Female Artist ||
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| _I'm Your Baby Tonight_ || Favorite Soul/R&B Album ||
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| Whitney Houston (herself) || Favorite Adult Contemporary Artist ||
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| _I'm Your Baby Tonight_ || Favorite Adult Contemporary Album ||
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### _Billboard_ Music Awards

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

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

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|  style="width:35px; text-align:center;"|1991 || _I'm Your Baby Tonight_ || Best Pop Vocal Performance, Female ||
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|  style="width:35px; text-align:center;"|1992 || "All the Man That I Need" || Best Pop Vocal Performance, Female ||
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|  style="width:35px; text-align:center;"|1993 || "I Belong to You" || Best R&B Vocal Performance, Female ||
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### NAACP Image Awards

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|  style="width:35px; text-align:center;" rowspan="2"|1992 || _HBO Presents Welcome Home Heroes with Whitney Houston_ || Outstanding Variety Series or Special ||
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| "I'm Your Baby Tonight" || Outstanding Female Artist ||
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#### The CableACE Awards

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|  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 ||
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|Music Special ||
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### Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) Awards

|width="35"|Year|width="80"|Date|style="width:250px;"|Title|width="80"|Format(s)|style="width:250px;"|Award description(s)|width="75"|Result(s)|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|style="text-align:center;"|1990|style="text-align:center;"|November 27|"I'm Your Baby Tonight"|style="text-align:center;"|Single|Gold|||||
|style="text-align:center;" rowspan="5"|1991|style="text-align:center;" rowspan="3"|January 15|_I'm Your Baby Tonight_|style="text-align:center;"|Album|Gold|||||
|_I'm Your Baby Tonight_|style="text-align:center;"|Album|Platinum|||||||||
|_I'm Your Baby Tonight_|style="text-align:center;"|Album|2× Multi-Platinum|||||||||
|style="text-align:center;"|March 21|"All the Man That I Need"|style="text-align:center;"|Single|Gold|||||||
|style="text-align:center;"|May 2|_I'm Your Baby Tonight_|style="text-align:center;"|Album|3× Multi-Platinum|||||||
|style="text-align:center;"|1995|style="text-align:center;"|April 5|_I'm Your Baby Tonight_|style="text-align:center;"|Album|4× Multi-Platinum|||||

### Soul Train Music Awards

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|  style="width:35px; text-align:center;" rowspan="2"|1992 || _I'm Your Baby Tonight_ || Best R&B/Soul Album, Female ||
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| "All the Man That I Need" || Best R&B/Soul Single, Female ||
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### _Billboard_ Magazine Year-End Charts

Categories which Houston was ranked #1, were excluded. See above awards list for her #1-ranked-categories.
|width="35"|Year|style="width:340px;"|Category|style="width:340px;"|Work|width="75"|Position|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|style="text-align:center;" rowspan="15"|1991|Top Pop Artists|total six charted singles & albums|style="text-align:center;"|#6|||
|Top Albums|_I'm Your Baby Tonight_|style="text-align:center;"|#10|||||
|Top Album Artists|one charted album|style="text-align:center;"|#11|||||
|Top Album Artists – Female|one charted album|style="text-align:center;"|#3|||||
|rowspan="2"|Top Pop Singles|"All the Man That I Need"|style="text-align:center;"|#16||||
|"I'm Your Baby Tonight"|style="text-align:center;"|#42||||||
|Top Pop Singles Artists|five charted singles|style="text-align:center;"|#3|||||
|Top Pop Singles Artists – Female|five charted singles|style="text-align:center;"|#2|||||
|rowspan="3"|Top R&B Singles|"All the Man That I Need"|style="text-align:center;"|#18||||
|"Miracle"|style="text-align:center;"|#24||||||
|"I'm Your Baby Tonight"|style="text-align:center;"|#79||||||
|rowspan="3"|Top Adult Contemporary Singles|"All the Man That I Need"|style="text-align:center;"|#3||||
|"Miracle"|style="text-align:center;"|#33||||||
|"I'm Your Baby Tonight"|style="text-align:center;"|#50||||||
|Top Adult Contemporary Artists|five charted singles|style="text-align:center;"|#6|||||

## Infobox (album)

- **name**: I'm Your Baby Tonight
- **type**: studio
- **artist**: Whitney Houston
- **released**: November 6, 1990
- **recorded**: November 1989–August 1990
- **length**: 53:45
- **prev title**: Whitney (album), Whitney
- **prev year**: 1987
- **next title**: The Bodyguard (soundtrack), The Bodyguard
- **next year**: 1992