Editing Whitney Houston (section)

=== 1998–2000: ''My Love Is Your Love'' and ''Whitney: The Greatest Hits'' ===
In 1998, Houston released ''[[My Love Is Your Love]]'', her first [[studio album]] in eight years. Released during the so-called "Super Tuesday" week on November 17 of the year where multiple albums by other recording artists were also issued, the album debuted and peaked at number 13 on the ''Billboard'' 200.<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://ew.com/article/1998/11/27/big-day-music/ |title=A big day in music |magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]] |date=November 27, 1998 |author=Rob Brunner |accessdate=March 26, 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://time.com/archive/6734042/music-super-tuesday/ |title=Music: Super Tuesday |magazine=[[Time (magazine)|Time]] |date=November 23, 1998 |author1=Christopher John Farley |author2=David E. Thigpen |accessdate=March 26, 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://variety.com/1998/music/news/super-cd-week-1117488917/ |title=Super CD week |work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |date=November 29, 1998 |author=Phil Gallo |accessdate=March 26, 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|magazine=Billboard | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=LgoEAAAAMBAJ&pg=RA1-PA126 | title = The ''Billboard'' 200 chart listing for the week of December 5, 1998 | page = 126 | volume = 110 | issue = 49 | issn = 0006-2510 | date = December 5, 1998 | access-date =October 29, 2011}}</ref> The album featured production from [[Rodney Jerkins]], [[Wyclef Jean]] and [[Missy Elliott]] and resulted in Houston receiving some of her strongest reviews ever, with ''Rolling Stone'' writing that Houston was singing "with a bite in her voice"<ref name="Group1999">{{cite magazine|title=Vibe|magazine = Vibe Vixen|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sigEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA60|date=April 1999 |page=60|issn=1070-4701}}</ref> while ''The Village Voice'' called it "Whitney's sharpest and most satisfying so far".<ref>{{cite web |first=Vince |last=Aletti |url=https://www.villagevoice.com/1998/12/08/look-whos-ticking/ |title=Look Who's Ticking |website=The Village Voice |date=December 8, 1998 |access-date=September 7, 2021}}</ref> ''Billboard'' magazine noted the album had a "funkier and edgier sound than past releases" and saw Houston "handling urban dance, [[hip hop music|hip hop]], mid-tempo [[Rhythm and blues|R&B]], [[reggae]], [[torch song]]s and ballads all with great dexterity".<ref>{{cite magazine|magazine=Billboard | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=IwoEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA1| title = Houston Finds a New Groove with Arista Set | first1 = Melinda | last1 = Newman | pages = 1, 86 | volume = 110 | issue = 44 | issn = 0006-2510 | date = October 31, 1998 | access-date =October 29, 2011}}</ref> The album produced five top 40 singles on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100, the most for a Houston album since 1987's ''Whitney''. 

The leading single was the [[Mariah Carey]]-featured duet, "[[When You Believe]]", off ''[[The Prince of Egypt]]'', which peaked at number 15 in the US and reached number two on the [[Eurochart Hot 100]], and later won an [[Academy Award for Best Original Song#1991-2000|Academy Award]] for [[Academy Award for Best Original Song|Best Original Song]].<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.oscars.org/awards/academyawards/legacy/ceremony/71st-winners.html | title = The 71st Academy Awards (1999) Nominees and Winners | publisher = Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences | date = March 21, 1999 | access-date =October 29, 2011}}</ref> The second single, "[[Heartbreak Hotel (Whitney Houston song)|Heartbreak Hotel]]", peaked at number two on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100, while the following two singles, "[[It's Not Right but It's Okay]]" and [[My Love Is Your Love (song)|the title track]], produced by Jean, each peaked at number four. The final single, "[[I Learned From the Best]]", also reached the US top 40. The album remained on the ''Billboard'' 200 for almost two years and sold four million units alone in the US, where it was certified four-times platinum by the RIAA.<ref name="whitneycert"/> Besides "Believe", the latter four singles reached number one on the ''Billboard'' [[Dance Club Songs]] chart. 

Houston's North American leg of her [[My Love Is Your Love World Tour|world tour]] to promote the album was successful but plagued by cancellations with Houston's publicist citing "throat problems and a 'bronchitis situation'".<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/430811.stm |title=US city makes $100,000 Whitney claim |work=BBC News |date=August 26, 1999 |access-date=March 3, 2018}}</ref> However, its European leg was ranked as the highest-grossing arena tour of the year in the continent.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.allbusiness.com/media-telecommunications/movies-sound-recording/6714253-1.html |title=Whitney Houston World Tour '99 Becomes Europe's Highest Grossing Arena Tour of the Year |publisher=AllBusiness.com |date=October 19, 1999 |access-date=October 29, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090725205420/http://www.allbusiness.com/media-telecommunications/movies-sound-recording/6714253-1.html |archive-date=July 25, 2009 }}</ref> The success of the tour led to ''My Love Is Your Love'' reaching number one on the [[European Top 100 Albums]] chart in August 1999, staying there for six weeks.<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/90s/1999/MM-1999-08-21.pdf |title=Eurochart Hot 100 Singles / European Top 100 Albums |magazine=Music & Media |volume=16 |issue=34 |date=21 August 1999 |pages=11–12 |oclc=29800226 |via=World Radio History}}</ref> All of Houston's singles from the album were successful internationally, with the title track reaching number one on the Eurochart Hot 100 and selling more than three million units worldwide while the last release, "I Learned From the Best" topped the charts in Poland and Romania.<ref name="mylove">{{cite magazine|magazine=Billboard | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=fwgEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA137 | title="My Love Is Your Love" single; triple platinum worldwide | page = 137 | volume = 111 | issue = 47 | date = November 20, 1999 | access-date =September 25, 2010 | issn = 0006-2510}}</ref> Eventually, global sales of the album reached 10 million units worldwide.<ref name=":02">{{Cite web |date=November 18, 2016 |title=Whitney Houston Released Two Albums This Week In 1992 & 1998 |url=https://www.whitneyhouston.com/news/whitney-houston-released-two-albums-week-1992-1998/ |website=whitneyhouston.com}}</ref>

The album's European success helped Houston win the [[MTV Europe Music Award]] for [[MTV Europe Music Award for Best R&B|Best R&B]], while the music video for "Heartbreak Hotel" led to Houston receiving her first [[MTV Video Music Awards|MTV Video Music Award]] nomination in over a decade.<ref name="1999emabbc">{{cite news | url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/515689.stm | title = Entertainment: Dublin gears up for MTV show |work=BBC News | date = November 11, 1999 | access-date =July 3, 2010}}</ref><ref name="1999ema">{{cite magazine | url = https://www.billboard.com/news/spears-tops-1999-mtv-europe-music-awards-949845.story#/news/spears-tops-1999-mtv-europe-music-awards-949845.story | title = Spears Tops 1999 MTV Europe Music Awards | magazine = [[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] | date = November 12, 1999 | access-date =July 2, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121105153513/http://www.billboard.com/news/spears-tops-1999-mtv-europe-music-awards-949845.story#/web/20121105153513/http://www.billboard.com/news/spears-tops-1999-mtv-europe-music-awards-949845.story |archive-date=November 5, 2012}}</ref><ref name="1999emamtv">{{cite web | first = Brian | last = Ives | url = http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1434401/19991112/spears_britney.jhtml | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20010417214300/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1434401/19991112/spears_britney.jhtml | url-status = dead | archive-date = April 17, 2001 | title = Bono Honored As Britney Spears Dominates MTV Europe Awards | publisher = MTV Network | date = November 12, 1999 | access-date= July 3, 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.mtv.com/ontv/vma/1999/ | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080828041546/http://www.mtv.com/ontv/vma/1999/ | url-status = dead | archive-date = August 28, 2008 | title = 1999 MTV Video Music Awards | publisher = MTV Network | date = September 9, 1999 | access-date =July 3, 2010}}</ref> Nominated for four Grammys at the [[42nd Annual Grammy Awards|2000 ceremony]], Houston nabbed her sixth and final competitive Grammy in the [[Grammy Award for Best Female R&B Vocal Performance|Best Female R&B Vocal Performance]] category for "It's Not Right but It's Okay".<ref name="whitneygrammy">{{cite web |url=https://www.grammy.com/artists/whitney-houston/3899 |title=Whitney Houston - Grammy History |work=[[Grammy Award]]s |accessdate=June 19, 2023}}</ref> Near the end of the year, the [[Recording Industry Association of America]] hosted its Century Awards and named Houston the top-selling R&B female artist of the century with certified US sales of 51 million records at the time while the [[The Bodyguard (soundtrack)|soundtrack to ''The Bodyguard'']] received the award for top-selling soundtrack album of the century.<ref name="riaacentury">{{cite web|url=http://www.riaa.net/newsitem.php?news_month_filter=11&news_year_filter=1999&resultpage=&id=3ABF3EC8-EF5B-58F9-E949-3B57F5E313DF |title=The American Recording Industry Announces its Artists of the Century |publisher=Recording Industry Association of America |date=November 10, 1999 |access-date=July 23, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110724032619/http://www.riaa.net/newsitem.php?news_month_filter=11&news_year_filter=1999&resultpage=&id=3ABF3EC8-EF5B-58F9-E949-3B57F5E313DF |archive-date=July 24, 2011 }}</ref> In March 2000, Houston earned a special honor at the [[2000 Soul Train Music Awards|14th Soul Train Music Awards]] as the female artist of the decade for her extraordinary artistic contributions during the 1990s.<ref name="2000soultrain">{{cite web | first = David | last = Basham | url = http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1434868/20000211/tlc.jhtml | archive-url = https://archive.today/20130104040605/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1434868/20000211/tlc.jhtml | url-status = dead | archive-date = January 4, 2013 | title = TLC Nominated For Three Soul Train Music Awards | publisher = MTV | date = February 11, 2000 | access-date =July 4, 2010}}</ref><ref name="2000soultrainbillboard">{{cite magazine|magazine=Billboard | first1 = Gail | last1 = Mitchell | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=nA4EAAAAMBAJ&q=soul%20train%20music%20awards%2014th&pg=PA20 | title = TLC Rides Soul Train | date = March 18, 2000 | access-date =July 4, 2010 | issn = 0006-2510 | volume = 112 | issue = 12 | page = 20}}</ref>

The next year, in May 2000, Houston's first compilation album, ''[[Whitney: The Greatest Hits]]'', was released. The album reached number five in the US and number one in the UK and also reached the top ten in multiple countries.<ref>{{cite magazine|magazine=Billboard | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=mQ8EAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA116 | title = The ''Billboard'' 200 chart listing for the week of June 3, 2000 | page = 116 | volume = 112 | issue = 23 | issn = 0006-2510 | date = June 3, 2000 | access-date =October 29, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|magazine=Billboard | title = Hits of the World | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=mw8EAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA88-IA2 | pages = 72–73 | volume = 112 | issue = 25 | date = June 17, 2000 | access-date =October 29, 2011 | issn = 0006-2510}}</ref> A double-disc collection, the album's first disc, "Cool Down", featured all of Houston's hit ballads, while the second disc, "Throw Down", featured [[house music|house]] and [[club music|club]] remixes of the singer's uptempo hits, in response to the well-received dance remixes from the previous album.<ref>{{cite magazine|magazine=Billboard | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=PA8EAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA26| title = Reviews & Previews: Spotlight | page = 26 | volume = 112 | issue = 21 | issn = 0006-2510 | date = May 20, 2000 | access-date =October 29, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | first = Steve | last = Huey | url = https://www.allmusic.com/album/greatest-hits-import-version-r1226396/review | title = Whitney: The Greatest Hits review | work = AllMusic | access-date =October 29, 2011}}</ref> It also included four new tracks, three of them duets from the likes of [[Deborah Cox]], [[Enrique Iglesias]] and [[George Michael]]. The singles with the latter two artists, "[[Could I Have This Kiss Forever]]" and "[[If I Told You That]]", both became hits in Europe. The set was later certified five times platinum in the US for sales of five million copies, while worldwide sales reached 10 million.<ref name="whitneycert"/><ref>{{cite magazine | url = https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/77413/florida-orchestra-sues-arista-over-anthem | title = Florida Orchestra Sues Arista Over Anthem | magazine = [[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] | date = December 17, 2001 | access-date =October 29, 2011}}</ref>