February 14, 1985 (U.S.)
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RIAA Certification:
Diamond, 14x Platinum
Peak Position on Billboard 200:
Weeks on Billboard 200 Chart:
= Released as a Single
1. You Give Good Love
You Give Good Love
Director: Michael Lindsay-Hogg
2. Thinking About You
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3. Someone For Me
4. Saving All My Love For You
Saving All My Love For You
Director: Stuart Orme
5. Nobody Loves Me Like You Do
6. How Will I Know
How Will I Know
Director: Brian Grant
7. All At Once
8. Take Good Care Of My Heart
9. Greatest Love Of All
Greatest Love Of All
Director: Peter Israelson
Location: Apollo Theater in New York, NY
10. Hold Me
Whitney Houston's self-titled debut album became the biggest-selling debut ever by a solo artist. It was the top-selling album of 1986, and garnered multiple awards and nominations, including a GRAMMY Award for Best Pop Vocal Performance, Female, for "Saving All My Love For You." The album has sold more than 22 million copies worldwide, and includes three #1 Billboard Hot 100 hits: "Saving All My Love For You," "How Will I Know" and "Greatest Love Of All."
Producer: Clive Davis
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How Will I Know (Live)
Location: Grosvenor House Hotel - London, England
Greatest Love Of All (Official Lyric Video)
In commemoration of Whitney and her enduring musical and cultural influence, the Whitney E. Houston Estate and Sony Music partnered with Black Archives, an archive of black life researched and curated by multimedia artist Renata Cherlise, to create an inspirational lyric video for Whitney's transcendent "Greatest Love of All."
Archival Producer: Renata Cherlise
Whitney Houston on As The World Turns (1984 – Part 6)
The Far Side Of The Hill (with Liesbeth List)/Greatest Love Of All (Dutch TV 1985)
Someone For Me (Swiss TV 1985)
You Give Good Love (Live from The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson)
Whitney Houston Interview/You Give Good Love (The Merv Griffin Show 1985)
Greatest Love Of All/Love Will Find A Way/Nobody Loves Me Like You Do (The Summit – Houston, TX – 1985)
Saving All My Love For You (Tonight Show 1985)
Saving All My Love for You (Live on Wogan 1985)
Whitney Houston performs "Saving All My Love For You" on British TV show Wogan on December 9, 1985.
Location: London, UK
Whitney Houston Interview (Today Show 1986)
How Will I Know (American Music Awards 1986)
Greatest Love Of All (Statue of Liberty 1986)
All At Once (American Music Awards 1987)
Whitney Houston Wins 5 American Music Awards (1987)
You Give Good Love (Japan 1990)
Saving All My Love For You (Japan 1990)
All At Once (C'era Un Ragazzo 1999)
Chart: Billboard 200
Weeks On Chart
Peak Position
Peak Date
Whitney Houston 176 1 03/08/1986
Chart: Official Albums Chart
Chart: Top 100 Albums Chart
Whitney Houston 67 2 03/31/1986
Credits And Personnel
Published and Copyrighted 1985 Arista Records, Inc., 6 West 57th Street, New York, NY 10019. Printed in USA
Whitney Thank You's
"God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can and the wisdom to know the difference…"
To Clive Davis, Thank you for personal guidance, wisdom and confidence. Love, Whitney
To Jermaine Jackson, Thank you for sharing your talents with me. Let's make hit records, together, at Arista. God bless you and your family. Your friend, Whitney
To Kashif, I enjoyed working with you so much that I know we ought to do it again and again and again. You are great! Love, Whitney
To Michael Masser, You write beautiful love songs. I'm glad that we worked together and I'm sure that we will again.
To Narada M. Walden, Thank you for giving me your time and doing a great job.
And Neil Portnow, I didn't even have to ask, thank you for being there. Roy Lott, Thanks for knowing.
Kenneth Reynolds, Looking forward to working with you, we'll make a great team. Richard Smith,
Your enthusiasm and knowledge will surely lead the way. Donn Davenport, Thank you for your expertise.
Arista East and West, Thank you all!
Also…To my fearless threesome, Gene, Seymour and Steve, I love you! Danny & Sheila, You are very special people, love always. Hi Randi, Love ya! LaLa, Keep writing great songs, I love 'em. Michael O'Reilly, Thanks for stepping in and mixing down. Ira, You're fresh. Gerry Griffith, Thanks for everything, good luck and God bless you! Bruce Lundvall, I wish you all the success in the world. Teddy Pendergrass, It was both an honor and a pleasure working with you. You are truly an example of what God can do and may he continue to bless you!
Especially…My mother, Cissy Houston, Mommy, I love you with all my heart. You are how it all began for me and for many others, too. But I had you all to myself and got the best of you. Here's to you, Mommy! Daddy, Thank you for being my daddy, "This girl's in love with you." My brothers, Michael and Gary, Being that I was the only girl, you with think that I had it rough. I did. But I must admit, I wouldn't have wanted it any other way! Dionne, "D," you are very special to me. You are and have been a major influence not only in my career but also in my life. I love you! Dee Dee Warwick, I love you, Nippy. And everyone in my Oooh so talented family, I love you! Robyn, What an assistant! I love you and I guess you all need to do is stay in my life, Nip.
Lastly…to anyone I may have missed, I thank you from the bottom of my heart. I hope this album will be enjoyed as much as I enjoyed making it.
Love, Whitney