My Love Is Your Love

This article is about the album. For the song from the album, see My Love Is Your Love (song).

My Love Is Your Love
Studio album by
Whitney Houston
ReleasedNovember 17, 1998 (1998-11-17)[1]
RecordedAugust–October 1998[2][3]
Genre
Length60:35
LabelArista
Producer
Whitney Houston chronology
The Preacher's Wife: Original Soundtrack Album
(1996) 		My Love Is Your Love
(1998) 		Whitney: The Greatest Hits
(2000)
Singles from My Love Is Your Love
  1. "When You Believe"
    Released: November 2, 1998
  2. "Heartbreak Hotel"
    Released: December 15, 1998
  3. "It's Not Right but It's Okay"
    Released: February 15, 1999
  4. "My Love Is Your Love"
    Released: May 31, 1999
  5. "I Learned from the Best"
    Released: November 15, 1999

My Love Is Your Love is the fourth studio album by American singer Whitney Houston, released worldwide on November 17, 1998. The album is one of the best-selling female albums of all time, selling over 10 million copies worldwide.[5] It was Houston's first studio album in eight years, following I'm Your Baby Tonight (1990) although she had participated on three movie soundtracks during that period. Musically, My Love Is Your Love is a hip hop and R&B album that is composed of elements of pop, gospel and dance music, produced by musicians such as Whitney Houston herself, Rodney Jerkins, Soulshock & Karlin, Missy Elliott, Wyclef Jean, David Foster, Lauryn Hill, and Babyface.

It is notable for introducing elements of hip hop into Houston's work, only sparingly used in her previous material. The album was certified four times platinum in the United States. Particularly, the album was a hit in Europe, peaking #1 for 6 weeks on European Top 100 Albums, selling over 4.3 million copies.[6] It generated several hit singles: "When You Believe", a duet with Mariah Carey, which won an Academy Award for Best Original Song at the 71st Academy Awards ceremony; "Heartbreak Hotel", which features Kelly Price and Faith Evans; "It's Not Right but It's Okay". The title track "My Love Is Your Love", was certified platinum and became Houston's third-best-selling single ever;[7][8][9] and "I Learned from the Best".

My Love Is Your Love received positive reviews and is regarded as one of her best studio albums.[10] At the 42nd Grammy Awards of 2000, the album received seven nominations, including Best R&B Album and Best R&B Song, twice. Houston won for Best Female R&B Vocal Performance for "It's Not Right But It's Okay",[11] her sixth and final Grammy Award.

  1. ^ "My Love Is Your Love release date". Retrieved May 19, 2008.
  2. ^ Sandra P. Angulo (November 6, 1998). "Whitney Houston records her new album in just six weeks". Entertainment Weekly. Archived from the original on June 25, 2009. Retrieved June 7, 2010.
  3. ^ George Rush and Joanna Molloy with Marcus Baram and K. C. Baker (August 7, 1998). "Two of America's reigning pop divas have a date to duet today". Daily News. Archived from the original on August 15, 2011. Retrieved June 7, 2010.
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  10. ^ The Critics Are Raving about My Love Is Your Love. Billboard. December 12, 1998. p. 91. Retrieved October 15, 2010.
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