Whitney

Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) Awards
Year Date Title Format(s) Award Description(s) Result(s)
1987 July 28 Whitney Album Gold[88] Won
Whitney Album Platinum[88] Won
Whitney Album 2× Multi-Platinum[88] Won
"I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me)" Single Gold[88] Won
August 4 Whitney Album 3× Multi-Platinum[88] Won
September 30 Whitney Album 4× Multi-Platinum[88] Won
November 20 Whitney Album 5× Multi-Platinum[88] Won
1988 April 18 Whitney Album 6× Multi-Platinum[88] Won
1989 February 13 "I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me)" Single Platinum[88] Won
1993 June 23 Whitney Album 7× Multi-Platinum[89] Won
1994 November 29 Whitney Album 8× Multi-Platinum[89] Won
1995 November 29 Whitney Album 9× Multi-Platinum[90] Won
December 6 "So Emotional" Single Gold[90] Won

Soul Train Music Awards
Year Nominated work Award Result
1988 Whitney Album of the Year, Female[91] Won
"I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me)" Best Music Video[92] Nominated
1989 "Where Do Broken Hearts Go" Best R&B/Urban Contemporary Single, Female Nominated

Billboard Magazine Year-End Charts
Categories which Houston was ranked #1, were excluded. See above awards list if you want to know her #1-ranked-categories.
Year Category Work Position
1987 Top Pop Artists of the Year[71] total five charted albums & singles #3
Top Black Artists of the Year[71] total five charted albums & singles #9
Top Pop Albums[93] Whitney #23
Top Pop Albums Artists[72] two charted albums #3
Top Pop Singles[73] "I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me)" #4
"Didn't We Almost Have It All" #22
Top Pop Singles Artists - Female[74] three charted singels #2
Top Black Albums[94] Whitney #20
Top Black Album Artists[94] two charted albums #10
Top Black Singles[95] "I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me) #24
"Didn't We Almost Have It All" #38
Top Black Singles Artists[95] three charted singles #14
Top Dance Sales 12-inch Singles[96] "I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me) (Remix) #24
Top Dance Club Play Singles[96] "I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me) (Remix) #14
Top Adult Contemporary Singles[97] "Didn't We Almost Have It All" #7
"I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me)" #9
Top Adult Contemporary Artists[76] three charted singles #4
Top Hot Crossover Singles[75] "I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me)" #4
"Didn't We Almost Have It All" #16
Top Hot Crossover Artists[75] three charted singles #3
Top Pop Compact Disks[75] Whitney #7
1988 Top Pop Artists of the Year total six charted albums & singles #7
Top Black Artists of the Year total six charted albums & singles #5
Top Pop Albums Whitney #12
Top Pop Album Artists two charted albums #11
Top Pop Album Artists - Female two charted albums #3
Top Pop Singles "So Emotional" #6
"Where Do Broken Hearts Go" #33
"One Moment in Time" #89
Top Pop Singles Aritsts four charted singles #4
Top Black Albums Whitney #5
Top Black Album Artists two charted albums #5
Top Black Singles "So Emotional" #46
"Where Do Broken Hearts Go" #47
"Love Will Save the Day" #74
Top Dance Club Play Singles "So Emotional" (Remix) #4
Top Dance Club Play Artists two charted singles #2
Top Adult Contemporary Singles "Where Do Broken Hearts Go" #2
"One Moment in Time" #50
Top Adult Contemporary Artists four charted singles #3
Top Hot Crossover Artists four charted singles #3

Credits

I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me)1
Narada Michael Walden - Drums
Walter "Baby Love" Afanasieff - Synths
Randy Jackson - Bass Synth
Corrado Rustici - Guitar Synth
Preston Glass - Percussion Programming
Marc Russo - Alto Sax
Greg "Gigi" Gonaway - Simmons
Sterling - Synth Horns
Background Vocals - Jim Gilstrap, Kitty Beethoven, Kevin Dorsey, Myrna Matthews, Jennifer Hall, Whitney Houston
Just the Lonely Talking Again1
Narada Michael Walden - Brushes on the Kit of Life
Frank Martin - DX7 Vibes, Synths
Corrado Rustici - Guitar Synth
Kenny G - Tenor Sax
Background Vocals - Jim Gilstrap, Kitty Beethoven, Niki Haris, Jennifer Hall
Strings Arranged and Conducted by Michael Gibbs
Love Will Save the Day2
Jellybean - Drum Programming
Linden Aaron - Simmons Toms
Jack Waldman, Fred Zarr - Synths
Paul Jackson, Jr. - Guitar
Roy Ayers - Vibes
Paulinho da Costa, Bashiri Johnson, Sammy Figueroa - Percussion
Background Vocals - Whitney Houston
Didn't We Almost Have It All3
John Robinson - Drums
Paul Jackson, Jr. - Guitar
Nathan East - Bass
Robbie Buchanan - Rbodes, Acoustic Piano, Rhythm Arrangement
Lee Holdridge - String Arrangement
So Emotional1
Narada Michael Walden - Drums
Walter "Baby Love" Afanasieff - Keyboards, Synth Bass
Corrado Rustici - Guitar Synth
Bongo Bob - Percussion Programming, Drum Sampling
Background Vocals - Whitney Houston
Where You Are4
Kashif, Ralph Schukett - Keyboard, Synths
Kashif - Programming, Rhythm Arrangement
Paul Leim - Drums
Bashiri Johnson - Percussion
Marcus Miller - Bass
Dann Huff, Ira Siegel, Paul Pesco - Guitar
Vincent Henry - Sax Solo
Gene Page - String and Horn Arrangements
Background Vocals - Whitney Houston, Kashif
Love Is A Contact Sport1
Narada Michael Walden - Drums
Preston Glass - Keyboards, Syhth Strings, Percussion Programming
Paul Leim - Drums
Walter Afanasieff - DX7, Prophet 2002, Oberheim, Matrix-12
Cory Lerios - Oberheim Expander
Randy Jackson - Electric Bass
Corrado Rustici - Guitar Synth
Shambhu Neil Vineberg - Acoustic Guitar Takamine
Bongo Bob - Percussion Programming
Greg "Gigi" Gonaway - Simmons, Tambourine
Kenny G - Tenor Saxophone
Raul Rekou - Congas
Jerry Hey - Horn Arrangements
Horn Section - Jerry Hey, Marc Russo, Wanye Wallace, Premik Russell Tubbs
Background Vocals - Jim Gilstrap, Kitty Beethoven, Niki Haris, Claytoven Richardson, Jennifer Hall
You're Still My Man3
Robbie Buchanan - Rhodes Piano
Randy Kerber - Acoustic Piano
Nathan East - Bass
Paul Jackso, Jr. - Guitar
John Robinson - Drums
Michael Boddicker - Synths
Gene Page - String and Rhythm Arrangements
For the Love of You1
Narada Michael Walden - Drum Programming
Randy Jackson - Moog synthesizer
Preston Glass - DX7, Oberheim, Matrix-12, Birds
Kenny G - Alto Sax Lyricon
Raul Rekou - Congas
Background Vocals - Whitney Houston
Where Do Broken Hearts Go1
Narada Michael Walden - Drum Programming
Frank Martin - Piano, Synths
Preston Glass - Synth Programming, Bells
Randy Jackson - Bass Synth
Corrado Rustici - Guitar Synth
Greg "Gigi" Gonaway - Simmons
Strings Arranged and Conducted by Michael Gibbs
Background Vocals - Jim Gilstrap, Kitty Beethoven, Niki Haris, Jennifer Hall
I Know Him So Well1
Narada Michael Walden - Acoustic Drums
Walter "Baby Love" Afanasieff - Kurzweil, DX7, Super Jupiter
Preston Glass - DX7
Cory Lerios - Synth
Randy Jackson - Electric Bass
Corrado Rustici - Guitar Synth
Strings Arranged and Conducted by Michael Gibbs

Produced and Arranged by Narada Michael Walden
Recorded and Mixed by David Frazer
Assistant Engineer - Dana Jon Chappelle
Additional Engineers - Lincoln Clapp, Gordon Lyon, Jay Rifkin, Ken Kessie, Maureen Droney
Additional Assistant Engineers - Gordon Lyon, Stuart Hirotsu, Palu "Goatee" Hamingson, Noah Baron, Bill "Sweet William" Miranda, Ross Williams, Rob Beaton
2 Produced by Jellybean Benitez
Arranged by Jack Waldman and Toni C.
Engineers - Michael Hutchinson, Doc Dougherty
Additional Engineer - Dennis McKay
Assistant Engineers - Nick Delre, Toni Greene, Jay Healy, Fernando Kral, Tony Maserati, Paul Pesce, Don Peterkofsky, Tim Reppert, Mark Roule, Craig Vogel
Mix Engineer - Michael Hutchinson
3 Produced by Michael Masser
Engineers - Michael DeLugg, Dean Burt, Jim Boyer, Mike Mancini, Russ Terrano, Fred Law
Assistant Engineers - Fernando Kral, Tony Maserati
Mix Engineer - Russ Torrano
Productin Cocordinator - Alicia Winfield
4 Produced by Kashif
Engineer - Darroll Gustamachio
Additional Engineers - Russ Terrana, Calvin Harris
Assistant Engineers - Larry Smith, Dennis Mitchell, Bob Loftus, Steve MacMillian, Mike Ross, Mike Dotson, Amy Ziffer, Milton Chan, John Drankchak
Mix Engineer - Darroll Gustamachio
Production Coordinator - Russell Sidelsky
Mastered at Sterling Sound by George Marino
Vocal Arrangements by Whitney Houston
Executive Producer - Clive Davis

Other credits
Front Cover and Innersleeve Photographs by Richard Avedon
Design by Marl Larson
Hand Lettering by Bernard Maisner
Art Production - Milton Sincoff