Whitney Houston (album)

Whitney Houston is the self titled debut album of American recording artist Whitney Houston, released February 14, 1985 on Arista Records.

Reviews

Whitney Houston received positive reviews.

Track listing

Personnel

Musicians

 Lead vocal – Whitney Houston
 Duet vocals – Jermaine Jackson, Teddy Pendergrass
 Clarinet – John Barnes
 Keyboards – Robbie Buchanan, Randy Kerber, Yvonne Lewis, Richard Marx
 Bass guitar – Nathan East, Freddie Washington, Randy "The Emperor" Jackson
 Synthesizer – Preston Glass, Greg Phillinganes
 Drums – Ed Greene, John "J.R." Robinson, J.T. Lewis, Steve Rucker
 Background vocals – Cissy Houston, Jermaine Jackson, Julia Tillman Waters, Maxine Willard Waters, Oren Waters, Yogi Lee, Mary Canty, Deborah Thomas
 Guitar – Paul Jackson, Jr., Dann Huff, Tim May, Ira Siegel, David Williams, Louie Shelton

 Percussion – Bashiri Johnson, Joe Lala
 Rhythm and string arrangements – Gene Page, Jr
 Synth guitar – Corrado Rustici
 Saxophone – Tom Scott, Ernie Watts, Premik Russell Tubbs

Production
 Producers: Jermaine Jackson, Kashif, Michael Masser, Narada Michael Walden
 Executive producer: Clive Davis
 Engineers: Michael Barbiero, Michael Mancini, Michael O'Reilly, Russell Schmitt
 Mixing: Michael Barbiero, Michael O'Reilly, Bill Schnee
 Arrangements: Gene Page Jr., Kashif, Narada Michael Walden
 Art direction: Donn Davenport
 Photographer: Garry Gross
 Fashion stylist: Tiagi Lambert (Gown by Giovanne De Maura, Bathing Suit by Norma Kamali)
 Makeup: Quietfire
 Coordinator: Brenda Gorsky
 Hair sylist: Jeffrey Woodly

Charts and certifications

Chart positions
Chart (1985–86)PeakpositionAustralian Albums Chart1Austrian Albums Chart3Canadian Albums Chart1French Albums Chart13Finnish Albums Chart2German Albums Chart2Italian Albums Chart11Japanese Albums Chart (CD)2Japanese Albums Chart (LP)4Japanese Albums Chart (CT)6New Zealand Albums Chart3Norwegian Albums Chart1Swedish Albums Chart1Swiss Albums Chart2UK Albums Chart2U.S. Billboard 2001U.S. Top Black Albums1Chart (2012)PeakpositionAustrian Albums Chart44Argentine Albums Chart Note: Reader must define search parameters as "Ranking Semanal Pop" and "12/02/2012".The Deluxe Anniversary Edition14Swiss Albums Chart71U.S. Billboard 2009U.S. Top Pop Catalog Albums (Billboard)4Chart (2015)Peak  position

Year-end charts
 Chart (1985)  PositionU.S. Pop Albums29U.S. Top Black Albums4 Chart (1986)  PositionAustralian Albums Chart1Austrian Albums Chart17Canadian Albums Chart1Japanese Albums Chart17Swiss Albums Chart  1UK Albums Chart5U.S. Pop Albums1U.S. Top Black Albums1 Chart (1987)  PositionItalian Albums Chart43U.S. Pop Albums22Chart (2012)PositionUS Billboard 200198

Decade-end charts
 Chart (1980–1989)  PositionAustralian Albums Chart5

Certifications
RegionProviderCertification(sales thresholds)Sales/ShipmentsAustraliaARIA4× Platinum400,000AustriaIFPIPlatinum50,000BelgiumGold70,000CanadaCRIADiamond1,100,000 Denmark IFPI Gold10,000 France SNEP Gold115,000+ Finland IFPI Gold29,109 Germany BVMI Platinum500,000 Hong Kong IFPI Platinum20,000 Japan RIAJ 2xPlatinum 500,000 Netherlands NVPI Platinum120,000New ZealandRIANZ2xPlatinum40,000NorwayIFPIPlatinum50,000South AfricaRiSAGold30,000SwedenIFPI2× Platinum100,000SwitzerlandPlatinum50,000United KingdomBPI6× Platinum1,800,000United StatesRIAA13× Platinum(Diamond)13,000,000Worldwide30,000,000

Singles chart positions
 Year Single Peak chart positions US US R&B US AC US Dance CAN UK AUS AUT BEL FRA GER IRL ITA NED NOR NZ SWE SWI 1984 "Hold Me" 46 5 6 ― ― 44 ― ― ― ― ― 25 ― 24 ― ― ― ― 1985 "Thinking About You" ― 10 ― 24 ― ― ― ― ― ― ― ― ― ― ― ― ― ― "Someone for Me" ― ― ― ― ― ― ― ― ― ― ― ― ― ― ― ― ― ― "You Give Good Love" 3 1 4 ― 7 93 58 ― ― ― ― ― ― ― ― 44 ― ― "All at Once" ― ― ― ― ― ― ― ― 2 ― ― ― 4 5 ― ― ― ― "Saving All My Love for You" 1 1 1 ― 8 1 20 12 11 11 18 1 ― 16 10 5 ― 5 1986 "How Will I Know" 1 1 1 3 1 5 2 28 20 ― 26 3 23 12 2 19 2 11 "Greatest Love of All" 1 2 1 ― 1 8 1 25 26 ― 30 4 13 24 ― 12 14 20 "—" denotes releases that did not chart

References

Category:1985 albums
Category:Debut albums
Category:Whitney Houston albums
Category:Dance-pop albums
Category:Soul albums
Category:R&B albums
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