RIAA GOLD CERTIFICATION
Whitney Houston's latest hit "Step By Step", which has already been certified silver for 200,000 copies sales in UK, receives another certification. This time, it is in the US. "Step By Step" is now a gold single, having sold 500,000 copies in the US. This follows the platinum smash, "I Believe In You And Me" which garnered 1 million copies, peaking at #4. Although "Step By Step" missed the top ten, it did achieve enough sales. Airplay was low for this song, peaking only at #39. Meanwhile, at the same time, Madonna achieves her 17th gold certificate for "You Must Love Me", which gives her the title (once again) of the female artist with the most gold singles. Janet Jackson and Whitney Houston are both at 16. Whitney's airplay has been low for both the singles from "Preacher's Wife" and we hope it reverses with the releases of the next two "Preacher's Wife" singles, "My Heart Calling" (late April/early May) and "You Were Loved" (to be announced). A final gospel single may be released. It is probably going to be "Joy".
NEW PREACHER'S WIFE SINGLE
From Rachel's page I found out My Heart Is Calling is the next single to be released late April, very soon, together with the home video. Hope this hits!
AUSTRALIAN CHARTS UPDATE
"Step By Step" falls down to no. 40 after peaking at numberr 12 and staying in the top 20 for 4 months! Big hit even though it didn't make top ten. Also happened in the UK. However, "I Believe In You And Me" hits number 80 and falls out of the chart after one week. Too bad.
EVERYTHING
Wow! I haven't updated this for ages. But, at this week, Step By Step is at 22 again after peaking at no. 15. I Believe In You And Me hangs on a 16th week at no. 44. It might go back to Top 40 next week. Meanwhile, Whitney's next movie is set to be a role of an undercover cop. Should be interesting! In the UK, "I Believe In You And Me" peaks at 16 on its first week, dropping to 33 and leaving the Top 40 after only 2 weeks. "step by step" was a top 5 airplay hit in the UK peaking at no. 13 on the UK singles charts! Whitney is set to perform in May in Japan!
BILLBOARD CHARTS UPDATE
"Step By Step" debuts at no. 22! "I Believe In You And Me" falls to no. 15 while the Preacher's Wife OST moves down to no. 33.
AIDS BENEFIT SONG
Whitney will do a song for AIDS benefit with artists like R. Kelly (who wrote and produced it) Mariah Carey, Monica, Mary J. Blige and Lauryn Hill (Fugees). It's called "Every Nation" to be released Spring. A video of it will also be serviced.
GRAMMY REPORT
Whitney, Brandy, Cece and Mary J. Blige were the last performers on Grammy night. The "Waiting To Exhale" medley was beautiful, a special moment, when Babyface claimed "he was trying to prevent himself from crying". He won "Producer of the Year" for the various tracks he produced. However, Whitney looked very thin that night and she used her falsetto (I'm not too good with these terms but you know the false voice we all have), finding it hard to hit the high notes. She was struggling throughout the whole "Exhale" song and was saved by Cece's wonderful voice on "Count On Me". Hope she gets better and relieves her stress.
BILLBOARD CHARTS UPDATE
"I Believe In You And Me" stays at no. 11 for a second week while the "Preacher's Wife" soundtrack drops 3 to 28. "Step By Step" moves up to no. 4 on the Dance Club Play charts. It is also number 58 on the Hot 100 Airplay Chart. Watch for a high debut next week as its single may boast high sales. Look out for it on the Hot 100 in 2 weeks as it is now commercially available.
BILLBOARD CHARTS UPDATE
"I Believe In You And Me" falls down to number 11 after 9 weeks in the Top 10. "Preacher's Wife" is down to number 25. However, "Step By Step" enters the Hot 100 Airplay Chart at no. 70 and is number 5 on the Dance Club Play chart.
BILLBOARD CHARTS UPDATE
"I Believe In You And Me" slips down to number 7, but has achieved platinum status, selling over a million copies. "Step By Step" moves up to number 8 on the Dance Music Club Play Chart. The Preacher's Wife OST moves down to number 18 this week.
STEP BY STEP
"Step By Step" the dance song written by Annie Lennox has hit US clubs and is receiving extensive club play. It hits number 10 this week on Billboard Hot Dance Music Club Play chart. Its video has premiered on the various music channels and will be the Preacher's Wife's second single release in the US. It was formerly only a UK release. Watch for it soon.
BILLBOARD CHARTS UPDATE
"I Believe In You And Me" falls another spot to number 6 and doesn't seem to have a chance of hitting number one as intense competition has risen from Spice Girls and Toni Braxton. Also, "I Believe In You And Me" is not that popular on the radio and airplay is low. However, sales are high, keeping it in the top 5 for 5 weeks, peaking at number 4. Meanwhile, the album continues to fall, but will have no problem rising back up since "Step By Step" will hit radio soon and is number 10 on the Dance Club Play.
NEXT PREACHER'S WIFE RELEASE
Album sales for Preacher's Wife have been steadily declining. Arista should be releasing a new single from Preacher's Wife which is set to be the Dianne Warren ballad, "You Were Loved". So far Dianne's works have been widely accepted including this week's current number one, "Unbreak My Heart".
BILLBOARD CHARTS UPDATE
"I Believe In You and Me" has dropped a notch to number 5, replaced by the new Spice Girls song, "Wannabe". Preacher's Wife drops to number 8 from 7.
AMERICAN MUSIC AWARDS
Whitney has just won 2 awards for both her nominations in 1997's American Music Awards. They include "Favorite Adult Contemporary Artist" and "Best Soundtrack" for "Waiting To Exhale". Good Job! She couldn't attend though. Neither could Bobby who got the "Favorite Soul/R&B Duo or Group award". Check the full listings
BILLBOARD CHARTS UPDATE
"I Believe In You and Me" has jumped a spot to number 4 in the Billboard Charts!
MTV VIDEOS
Whitney's "I Believe In You And Me" is receiving a lot of video airplay and is at number 17 on its first week on the Top US Video Countdown on MTV!
FASHION NEWS
Whitney is named a "fashion independent" by Blackwell's fashion review. However, Dennis Rodman, the cross-dressing basketball player, was named the no. 1 worst dresser. Lisa Kudrow, Helen Hunt and lots of others follow the worst dressers. Of course, there's Whitney on the best dressers, Madonna and I forgot who else. Good job Whitney!
BILLBOARD CHARTS UPDATE
Whitney stays on the number 5 position with "I Believe In You And Me". Funny this week since there seems to be no movement in the top ten except for Sheryl Crow finally entering no. 10 on its 19th week on the charts. Whitney slips to number 6 from 4 on the Billboard 200. However, Step By Step debuts at no. 29 on the Dance Charts. I got this info from Rachel. There are more chart notes there. Please check it out.
BILLBOARD CHARTS UPDATE
In the Hot 100 Countdown, Whitney stays at number 5 with "I Believe In You and Me" while the Preacher's Wife OST returns a spot to number 4. In the R&B charts she's number 2. Check Billboard Online for confirmation. And in 1988 last week, Whitney was no. 1 with "So Emotional".
BILLBOARD CHARTS UPDATE
In the Hot 100, Whitney scores her 16th Top 5 hit with "I Believe In You and Me" which moves up a spot from 6 to 5 this week. Whitney loses the number one spot on the R&B charts with the "Preacher's Wife" soundtrack and falls 2 places from 3 to 5 on the Billboard 200 Albums Chart.
PREACHER'S WIFE PARTY
The Preacher's wife party saw Whitney sing with the Georgia Mass Choir.
BILLBOARD CHARTS UPDATE
Whitney moves up one spot from 7 to 6 on the Billboard Hot 100. Also, the preacher's wife original soundtrack is number one on the R&B albums chart! A great start of the new year.
CASEY CHARTS UPDATE
Whitney moves up from no. 8 to no. 5 on Casey's Adult charts. On the Pop Chart, she makes a debut at no. 39.
END-OF-YEAR CHARTS
Also on billboard's end-of-year charts, she makes it to no. 14 with Exhale and no. 48 with Count on me! The Waiting to exhale soundtrack is the number one soundtrack for 1996!
I BELIEVE IN YOU AND ME VIDEO
I just saw the new video for "I Believe In You and Me". Whitney is dressed in a big outfit and she's singing in the snow and there's an orchestra playing while she sings. Some clips from the movie are shown and it's the typical Whitney video. Hope you catch it as soon as I did on your music channels!
MISCARRIAGE/TOKYO CONCERT
Whitney is recovering from her second miscarriage. Hope she recovers quickly. Meanwhile, Tokyo dates are cancelled.
BILLBOARD CHARTS UPDATE
Whitney's new hit "I Believe In You and Me" has entered the Billboard Hot 100 Singles Charts at no. 7, making it the Hot Shot Debut of the week. It has also become her second highest debut, after last year's no. 1 entry for "Exhale". This will become Whitney's 12th no. 1 if it reaches that position. But so far, Whitney's had no. 1's from EVERY album she's released. Meanwhile, the Preacher's wife soundtrack moves up a spot from no. 4 to no. 3, after 3 wks. (It debuted at no. 12)
CASEY CHARTS UPDATE
In Casey's Adult Contemporary Charts, Whitney's "I Believe In You And Me" has moved up from no. 16 to no. 8.
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