With sales of over 20 million copies worldwide, Whitney is one of the best-selling albums of all time. The album remained at the top for eleven consecutive weeks, creating a record the most cumulative weeks (25 weeks) at number one on the albums chart by a female artist during the 1980s.Īt the 30th Grammy Awards, it received three nominations including Album of the Year, with Houston winning Best Pop Vocal Performance, Female for 'I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me)'. This made Houston the first female artist to ever debut at number one in the United States. The album was a global success, and debuted at number one on the US Billboard Top 200 Album Chart on June 27, 1987.

It also became a major hit in various other countries in Asia, South America, and Africa. The album and the first single, 'I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me)', were hits worldwide, peaking at number one in the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and several countries throughout Europe. The album Whitney also included the top-ten US hit ' Love Will Save the Day'. Also, with Houston's seven consecutive number one singles were all non-duets and not recorded with other major acts, she was the only act featured on each of the seven consecutive number one hits. Along with three straight number one singles from Houston's previous album, this gave the singer an unprecedented seven consecutive number one hits, surpassing the Beatles and the Bee Gees, who each had six number one consecutive hits. The album's first four singles-' I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me)', ' Didn't We Almost Have It All', ' So Emotional' and ' Where Do Broken Hearts Go'-all peaked at number one on the US Hot 100, making her the first female act to achieve four number one hits from one album. The album features five top 10 hits on the US Billboard Hot 100, which also became international hits. Whitney is the second studio album by American singer Whitney Houston, released on Jby Arista Records as the follow-up to her best-selling debut album, Whitney Houston.

' I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me)'.

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