[TR24][OF] Whitney Houston - Whitney Houston - 1985/2014 (Soul, R&B, Pop)

Whitney Houston is the eponymous debut album of American R&B and pop singer Whitney Houston, released February 14, 1985 on Arista Records. The album initially had a slow commercial response but began getting more popular in the summer of 1985. Eventually it topped the Billboard 200 chart for 14 weeks in 1986 and generated three number-one singles—"Saving All My Love for You", "How Will I Know" and "Greatest Love of All"—on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, making it the first debut album and the first album by a female artist to achieve that feat. The album was one of those very rare cases that enjoyed global success by a new black female artist, topping the albums chart in many countries such as Canada, Australia, Norway and Sweden, peaking at number two in the United Kingdom, Germany, and Switzerland. The album was certified diamond for shipments of 10 million units or more on March 16, 1999, and later 13× platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America on July 29, 1999. It has sold over 25 million copies worldwide.
At the 28th Grammy Awards in 1986, Whitney Houston received four nominations including Album of the Year and won one of which, Best Pop Vocal Performance, Female for "Saving All My Love for You". For the 29th Grammy Awards of 1987, the album earned one nomination for Record of the Year for "Greatest Love of All". In 2003, the album was ranked number 254 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time
Personnel:
Main vocal – Whitney Houston
Vocals – Jermaine Jackson, Teddy Pendergrass
Clarinet – John Barnes
Keyboard – Robbie Buchanan, Randy Kerber, Yvonne Lewis, Richard Marx
Mary Canty
Bass guitar – Nathan East
Synthesizer – Preston Glass
Drums – Ed Greene, John "J.R." Robinson, J.T. Lewis
Background vocals – Cissy Houston, Jermaine Jackson, Julia Tillman Waters, Maxine Willard Waters, Oren Waters, Yogi Lee
Guitar – Paul Jackson, Jr., Dann Huff, Tim May, Ira Siegel, David Williams
Randy "The Emperor" Jackson
Percussion – Bashiri Johnson, Joe Lala
Arranger rhythm/strings – Gene Page, Jr
Greg Phillinganes
Steve Rucker
Corrado Rustici – synth/guitar
Saxophone – Tom Scott, Ernie Watts
Louie Shelton
Deborah Thomas
Premik Russell Tubbs
Electric bass – Freddie Washington
Digitally remastered