Arista Records/Legacy Recordings Ready to Release Whitney Houston – 25th Anniversary Edition on Tuesday, January 19, 2010

NEW YORK, Nov. 20 /PRNewswire/ — On January
19, 2010, Arista Records/Legacy Recordings will release the 25th
Anniversary Edition of Whitney Houston, the astonishing
debut album that catapulted a virtually unknown young artist into the
upper reaches of pop superstardom in 1985.

The Whitney Houston – 25th Anniversary Edition
CD/DVD package includes the international chart-topping original Arista
album remastered in its entirety for the 25th anniversary along with
five bonus tracks including Whitney’s a cappella recording of “How Will
I Know” plus a stunning live performance of “Greatest Love of All.”

As an added bonus for fans, the 25th Anniversary Edition of Whitney Houston
includes a new DVD collection featuring the four iconic music videos
from the album as well as her breakout national TV debut singing “Home”
(from The Wiz) on the Merv Griffin Show in 1983. Exclusive and newly
filmed interviews with Whitney Houston and Clive Davis round out the
bonus DVD portion of the Whitney Houston – 25th Anniversary Edition collection.

Originally released on Valentine’s Day 1985, Whitney Houston
entered The Billboard 200 at #166 the week of March 30. A year later,
in April 1986, the album began its first seven week run at #1, then
spending three weeks at #2 before reclaiming the top slot for a
jaw-dropping second seven week stand. Whitney Houston
became a fixture on The Billboard 200 for 162 weeks, including a
record-breaking 46 weeks in the Top 10 and 14 non-consecutive weeks at
#1.

The strength, beauty
and power of the record’s music including four chart-topping singles
(“You Give Good Love,” “Saving All My Love For You,” “How Will I Know,”
“Greatest Love of All”) have made Whitney Houston one of
the best-loved and most enduring albums in pop music history. The
planet’s top-selling debut album ever released by a solo artist, Whitney Houston
has sold more than 25 million copies worldwide while earning
RIAA-certified 13x Platinum status in the US (in recognition of
domestic sales of more than 13 million pieces).

With Whitney Houston
earning the artist a Best Album Grammy nomination in 1986, Whitney
Houston took home her first Grammy that year in the Best Pop Vocal,
Female category for “Saving All My Love For You.” Her performance on
the Grammys won her an Emmy for Outstanding Individual Performance in a
Variety of Music Program. Whitney, who currently holds the record for
most American Music Awards held by a solo artist (21), picked up her
first seven AMAs, and an MTV Video Award, that same year.

Whitney Houston
topped countless critic’s polls and year-end lists including Rolling
Stone, who named it 1986’s Album of the Year. Billboard ranked Whitney Houston as the #1 album of the year and Whitney Houston 1986’s #1 popular artist.

“I
cannot believe it has been 25 years since my first album!,” writes
Whitney Houston in her exclusive letter to fans appearing in the
packaging for the 25th anniversary release of her debut. “I could never
have done this without the support, encouragement and unconditional
love from my fans all over the world. I love you all!”

Since
the release of her 1985 self-titled debut album, Whitney Houston has
built and sustained an illustrious career, generating combined
worldwide sales of more than 170 million albums, singles and videos.
Cited by the Guinness Book of World Records as music’s “most awarded
female artist of all time,” with an unsurpassed tally of 411 awards
including 6 Grammy Awards, 2 Emmy Awards, 23 American Music Awards and
16 Billboard Music Awards Whitney Houston remains a singular force in
music today.

In August
of 2009, Houston’s seventh studio album, the critically-acclaimed I
Look To You debuted No. 1 in USA, Canada, Germany, Italy, Holland and
Switzerland, marking the biggest first week’s sales of her career in
both the USA and the UK.

Whitney Houston – 25th Anniversary tracklisting

DISC 1 – CD

You Give Good Love

Thinking About You

Someone For Me

Saving All My Love For You

Nobody Loves Me Like You Do

How Will I Know

All At Once

Take Good Care Of My Heart

Greatest Love Of All

Hold Me (Duet With Teddy Pendergrass)

BONUS TRACKS

Thinking About You (Remix by Bruce Forest)

Someone For Me (Remix by Alan Coulthard)

How Will I Know (A cappella)

How Will I Know (Remix by Jellybean)

Greatest Love Of All (Live)

DISC 2 – DVD

“Home” – Whitney Houston’s premiere performance on the Merv Griffin Show

“You Give Good Love” (promo music video)

“Saving All My Love” (promo music video)

“How Will I Know” (promo music video)

“Greatest Love Of All” (promo music video)

Interviews with Whitney Houston and Clive Davis on Whitney Houston

About Legacy Recordings

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multiple Grammy-winning Legacy Recordings, Sony Music Entertainment’s
catalog division, produces and maintains the world’s foremost catalog
of historic reissues, an unparalleled compendium of thousands of
digitally remastered archival titles representing virtually every
musical genre including popular, rock, jazz, blues, R&B, hip-hop,
folk, country, gospel, Broadway musicals, movie soundtracks, ethnic,
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