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 (tracks: "I'm Your Baby Tonight", "My Name Is Not Susan", "Anymore" and "Miracle"), arranger
 Babyface  - producer (tracks: "I'm Your Baby Tonight", "My Name Is Not Susan", "Anymore" and "Miracle"), 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)PositionAustralian Albums (ARIA)41UK Albums (OCC)25Chart (1991)PositionAustrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)17Japanese Albums (Oricon)78Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)22US Billboard 20010US R&B Albums (Billboard)1

Certifications and sales

Accolades
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
YearDateTitleFormat(s)Award description(s)Result(s)1990November 27"I'm Your Baby Tonight"SingleGold1991January 15I'm Your Baby TonightAlbumGoldI'm Your Baby TonightAlbumPlatinumI'm Your Baby TonightAlbum2× Multi-PlatinumMarch 21"All the Man That I Need"SingleGoldMay 2I'm Your Baby TonightAlbum3× Multi-Platinum1995April 5I'm Your Baby TonightAlbum4× 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.
YearCategoryWorkPosition1991 Top Pop Artists total six charted singles & albums#6 Top Albums I'm Your Baby Tonight#10 Top Album Artists one charted album#11 Top Album Artists – Female one charted album#3Top Pop Singles "All the Man That I Need"#16 "I'm Your Baby Tonight"#42 Top Pop Singles Artists five charted singles#3 Top Pop Singles Artists – Female five charted singles#2Top R&B Singles "All the Man That I Need"#18 "Miracle"#24 "I'm Your Baby Tonight"#79Top Adult Contemporary Singles "All the Man That I Need"#3 "Miracle"#33 "I'm Your Baby Tonight"#50 Top Adult Contemporary Artists five charted singles#6

References

Category:1990 albums
Category:Whitney Houston albums
Category:Dance-pop albums
Category:New jack swing albums
Category:R&B albums