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.
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
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
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.
References
1990 albums
Whitney Houston albums
Dance-pop albums
New jack swing albums
R&B albums