Whitney

1987 studio album by Whitney Houston
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Whitney

Summary

Whitney is an album[1]. Whitney ranks in the top 0.87% of album entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,708 views/month, #526 of 60,676).[2]

Key Facts

  • Whitney received the Soul Train Music Award for Best R&B/Soul Album, Female[3].
  • Whitney's instance of is recorded as album[4].
  • Whitney's genre is pop music[5].
  • Whitney's genre is dance music[6].
  • Whitney's genre is contemporary R&B[7].
  • Whitney's genre is adult contemporary music[8].
  • Whitney's genre is rhythm and blues[9].
  • Whitney was followed by I'm Your Baby Tonight[10].
  • Whitney was produced by Narada Michael Walden[11].
  • Whitney was performed by Whitney Houston[12].
  • Whitney's record label is recorded as Arista Records[13].
  • Whitney is part of Whitney Houston's albums in chronological order[14].
  • Whitney's language of work or name is recorded as English[15].
  • Whitney was distributed by music streaming[16].
  • Whitney was published on June 2, 1987[17].
  • Whitney's tracklist is recorded as I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me)[18].
  • Whitney's nominated for is recorded as Grammy Award for Album of the Year[19].
  • Whitney's nominated for is recorded as Soul Train Music Award for Best R&B/Soul Album, Female[20].
  • Whitney's title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Whitney'}[21].
  • Whitney's different from is recorded as Whitney[22].
  • Whitney's duration is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11574', 'amount': '+3168'}[23].
  • Whitney's number of parts of this work is recorded as {'unit': 'Q7302866', 'amount': '+11'}[24].
  • Whitney's form of creative work is recorded as studio album[25].
  • Whitney's recording date is recorded as 1986[26].

Product Details

The following facts are restated verbatim from public-domain and CC0 open-data sources — every line is independently verifiable against the named source's catalog.

MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • Release type: Album[27]

  • First release date: 1987-06-01[28]

  • Genre(s): club, contemporary r&b, dance, dance-pop, disco, electronic, freestyle, pop, pop soul, synth-pop[29]

  • Community tags: 80s, adult contemporary, adult contemporary r&b, club, contemporary r&b, dance, dance-pop, disco, electronic, freestyle, funk soul, pop, pop soul, post-disco, r b, rhythm blues, synth-pop, synthpop, synthpop_funk soul_electronic, urban[30]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 4f5bfc50-7a41-385e-9961-3db0feaec430[31]

Body

Authorship and Creation

Among the performers on Whitney was Whitney Houston[12]. Whitney was produced by Narada Michael Walden[11].

Publication

Whitney was published on June 2, 1987[17]. Whitney's language of work or name is recorded as English[15]. Genres include pop music[5], dance music[6], contemporary R&B[7], adult contemporary music[8], and rhythm and blues[9]. Whitney is part of Whitney Houston's albums in chronological order[14]. Whitney was distributed by music streaming[16].

Reception

Whitney received the Soul Train Music Award for Best R&B/Soul Album, Female[3].

Adaptations and Inspiration

Whitney was followed by I'm Your Baby Tonight[10].

Why It Matters

Whitney ranks in the top 0.87% of album entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,708 views/month, #526 of 60,676).[2] Whitney has Wikipedia articles in 19 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[32]

FAQs

What awards did Whitney receive?

Honors received include Soul Train Music Award for Best R&B/Soul Album, Female[3].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
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  19. [21] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . web.archive.org. web.archive.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [27] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [28] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [29] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [30] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  5. [31] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [32] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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