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I'm Your Baby Tonight

1990 studio album by Whitney Houston

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.[7][8] 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.

I'm Your Baby Tonight
Studio album by
Whitney Houston
ReleasedNovember 6, 1990
RecordedNovember 1989–August 1990
Genre
Length53:45
Label
Producer
Whitney Houston chronology
Whitney
(1987) 		I'm Your Baby Tonight
(1990) 		The Bodyguard
(1992)
Singles from I'm Your Baby Tonight
  1. "I'm Your Baby Tonight"
    Released: October 2, 1990
  2. "All the Man That I Need"
    Released: December 4, 1990
  3. "Miracle"
    Released: April 16, 1991
  4. "My Name Is Not Susan"
    Released: July 21, 1991
  5. "I Belong to You"
    Released: October 18, 1991
  6. "We Didn't Know"
    Released: April 14, 1992
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic2/5 stars[1]
Entertainment WeeklyD+[2]
Rolling Stone3/5 stars[3]
The Rolling Stone Album Guideunfavorable[4]
Smash Hits5/10[5]
The Baltimore Sunnegative[6]

Track listing

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I'm Your Baby Tonight – Standard edition
No. TitleProducer(s) Length
1. "I'm Your Baby Tonight"  
  • Reid
  • Babyface
 4:59
2. "My Name Is Not Susan"  
  • Reid
  • Babyface
 4:39
3. "All the Man That I Need"  Narada Michael Walden 4:11
4. "Lover For Life"  Walden 4:49
5. "Anymore"  
  • Reid
  • Babyface
 4:23
6. "Miracle"  
  • Reid
  • Babyface
 5:42
7. "I Belong to You"  Walden 5:30
8. "Who Do You Love"  Vandross 3:57
9. "We Didn't Know" (duet with Stevie Wonder)Wonder 5:30
10. "After We Make Love"  Masser 5:07
11. "I'm Knockin'"  
  • Minor
  • Whitney Houston
 4:58
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

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Production

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  • 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

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Chart (1990) Position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[9] 41
UK Albums (OCC) 25
Chart (1991) Position
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[10] 17
Japanese Albums (Oricon)[11] 78
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[12] 22
US Billboard 200[13] 10
US R&B Albums (Billboard)[13] 1


Certifications and sales

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Region Certification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA)[14] Platinum 70,000^
Austria (IFPI Austria)[15] Platinum 50,000*
Canada (Music Canada)[16] Platinum 100,000^
Finland (Musiikkituottajat)[17] Gold 35,702[17]
France (SNEP)[18] Platinum 300,000*
Germany (BVMI)[19] Platinum 500,000^
Japan (RIAJ)[20] 2× Platinum 400,000^
Netherlands (NVPI)[21] Platinum 100,000^
Spain (PROMUSICAE)[22] 2× Platinum 200,000^
Sweden (GLF)[23] Platinum 100,000^
Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland)[24] 2× Platinum 100,000^
United Kingdom (BPI)[25] Platinum 300,000^
United States (RIAA)[27] 4× Platinum 4,150,000[26]
Summaries
Worldwide — 10,000,000[28]

*sales figures based on certification alone
^shipments figures based on certification alone

Accolades

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American Black Achievement Awards

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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.[29]

Year Nominee / work Award Result
1991 Whitney Houston (herself) The Music Award[29] Won

American Music Awards

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Year Nominee / work Award Result
1992 Whitney Houston (herself) Favorite Pop/Rock Female Artist[30] Nominated
Favorite Soul/R&B Female Artist[30] Nominated
I'm Your Baby Tonight Favorite Soul/R&B Album[30] Nominated
Whitney Houston (herself) Favorite Adult Contemporary Artist[30] Nominated
I'm Your Baby Tonight Favorite Adult Contemporary Album[30] Nominated

Billboard Music Awards

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Year Nominee / work Award Result
1991 Whitney Houston (herself) Top Pop Album Artists - Female[31][32] Nominated
Top Pop Singles Artist[31][32] Nominated
Top Pop Singles Artist - Female[31][32] Nominated
Top R&B Artist #1[31][32] Won
I'm Your Baby Tonight Top R&B Album #1[31][32] Won
Whitney Houston (herself) Top R&B Album Artist #1[31][32] Won
Top R&B Singles Artist #1[31][32] Won
"All the Man That I Need" Top Adult Contemporary Single[31][32] Nominated

BRIT Awards

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Year Nominee / work Award Result
1991 Whitney Houston (herself) Best International Female Artist[33] Nominated

Grammy Awards

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Year Nominee / work Award Result
1991 I'm Your Baby Tonight Best Pop Vocal Performance, Female[34] Nominated
1992 "All the Man That I Need" Best Pop Vocal Performance, Female[34] Nominated
1993 "I Belong to You" Best R&B Vocal Performance, Female[35] Nominated

NAACP Image Awards

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Year Nominee / work Award Result
1992 HBO Presents Welcome Home Heroes with Whitney Houston Outstanding Variety Series or Special[36] Nominated
"I'm Your Baby Tonight" Outstanding Female Artist[37] Nominated

The CableACE Awards

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Year Nominee / work Award Result
1992 HBO Presents Welcome Home Heroes with Whitney Houston Performance in a Music Special or Series[38] Won
Music Special[38] Nominated

Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) Awards

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Year Date Title Format(s) Award description(s) Result(s)
1990 November 27 "I'm Your Baby Tonight" Single Gold[39] Won
1991 January 15 I'm Your Baby Tonight Album Gold[39] Won
I'm Your Baby Tonight Album Platinum[39] Won
I'm Your Baby Tonight Album 2× Multi-Platinum[39] Won
March 21 "All the Man That I Need" Single Gold[40] Won
May 2 I'm Your Baby Tonight Album 3× Multi-Platinum[40] Won
1995 April 5 I'm Your Baby Tonight Album 4× Multi-Platinum[41] Won

Soul Train Music Awards

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Year Nominee / work Award Result
1992 I'm Your Baby Tonight Best R&B/Soul Album, Female[42] Nominated
"All the Man That I Need" Best R&B/Soul Single, Female[42] Nominated

Billboard Magazine Year-End Charts

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Categories which Houston was ranked #1, were excluded. See above awards list for her #1-ranked-categories.

Year Category Work Position
1991
[43] 		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 #3
Top 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 #2
Top R&B Singles "All the Man That I Need" #18
"Miracle" #24
"I'm Your Baby Tonight" #79
Top 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

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  1. ↑ Ashley S. Battel. "I'm Your Baby Tonight". Allmusic. Retrieved January 11, 2012.
  2. ↑ David Browne (journalist) (November 23, 1990). "I'm Your Baby Tonight Review | Music Reviews and News". EW.com. Archived from the original on February 16, 2012. Retrieved January 11, 2012.
  3. ↑ Hunter, James (January 10, 1991). "I'm Your Baby Tonight | Album Reviews". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on February 16, 2012. Retrieved January 11, 2012.
  4. ↑ Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian David (2004). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide. Simon and Schuster. p. 397. ISBN 978-0-7432-0169-8. the bodyguard rolling stone album guide.
  5. ↑ Andrews, Marc. "Review: Whitney Houston: I'm Your Baby Tonight (Arista)". Smash Hits (November 28–December 11, 1990). EMAP Metro: 60.
  6. ↑ "Whitney Houston's latest release never quite ignites - Baltimore Sun". Archived from the original on April 24, 2013. Retrieved June 2, 2021.
  7. ↑ "Whitney Houston: I'm Your Baby Tonight". 45worlds.com.
  8. ↑ "Whitney Houston: I'm Your Baby Tonight". riaa.com.
  9. ↑ "ARIA Charts – End Of Year Charts – Top 100 Albums 1990". Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved May 31, 2011.
  10. ↑ "Jahreshitparade 1991 - austriancharts.at". Hung Medien. Archived from the original on November 4, 2012. Retrieved May 30, 2010.
  11. ↑ "Oricon Year-end Albums Chart of 1991" (in Japanese). Archived from 1991年 アルバム年間TOP100 the original on July 21, 2014. Retrieved January 1, 2011. {{cite web}}: Check |url= value (help)
  12. ↑ "Schweizer Jahreshitparade 1991". Archived from the original on December 24, 2013. Retrieved May 29, 2011.
  13. ↑ 13.0 13.1 "Billboard's list reveals best sellers". Houston Chronicle Archives. Billboard. Archived from the original on October 21, 2012. Retrieved August 7, 2011.
  14. ↑ Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010. Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia: Moonlight Publishing.
  15. ↑ "Austrian album certifications – Whitney Houston – I'm Your Baby Tonight" (in German). IFPI Austria. Retrieved April 7, 2021.
  16. ↑ "Canadian album certifications – Whitney Houston – I'm Your Baby Tonight". Music Canada. Retrieved April 7, 2021.
  17. ↑ 17.0 17.1 "Whitney Houston" (in Finnish). Musiikkituottajat – IFPI Finland. Retrieved April 7, 2021.
  18. ↑ "French album certifications – Whitney Houston – I'm Your Baby Tonight" (in French). Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique. Retrieved April 7, 2021.
  19. ↑ "Gold-/Platin-Datenbank (Whitney Houston; 'I'm Your Baby Tonight')" (in German). Bundesverband Musikindustrie. Retrieved April 7, 2021.
  20. ↑ "Japanese album certifications – Whitney Houston – I'm Your Baby Tonight" (in Japanese). Recording Industry Association of Japan. Retrieved April 7, 2021. Select 1997年2月 on the drop-down menu
  21. ↑ "Dutch album certifications – Whitney Houston – I'm Your Baby Tonight" (in Dutch). Nederlandse Vereniging van Producenten en Importeurs van beeld- en geluidsdragers. Retrieved April 7, 2021. Enter I'm Your Baby Tonight in the "Artiest of titel" box. Select 1991 in the drop-down menu saying "Alle jaargangen".
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  25. ↑ "British album certifications – Whitney Houston – I'm Your Baby Tonight". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved April 7, 2021. Select albums in the Format field. Select Platinum in the Certification field. Type I'm Your Baby Tonight in the "Search BPI Awards" field and then press Enter.
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  34. ↑ 34.0 34.1 "Grammy Awards: Best Pop Vocal Performance, Female". National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. Retrieved February 9, 2010.
  35. ↑ "Grammy Awards: Best R&B Vocal Performance, Female". National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. February 24, 1993. Retrieved February 9, 2010.
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