Forget Mariah…Whitney Houston’s New CD is a Certified Banger!

Posted on July 22nd, 2009 - By Bossip Staff

Categories: News, On the Come up, Whitney Houston

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Clive Davis debuted Whitney Houston’s new CD “I Look to You” last night at Jazz at Lincoln Center in NYC.  

Clive played 9 out of 11 tracks from the breakthrough album and from the audience feedback, all nine of the songs heard are potential hits!  After the listening session was over, Whitney came out to a standing ovation from music colleagues such as Alicia Keys, Diane Sawyer, Vivica Fox, Gayle King, Martha Stewart, Nikki Haskell, and lots of family including her mom Cissy Houston, cousin Dionne Warwick, and daughter Bobbi Kristina. 

 Bossip has also learned that Whitney will have an ABC special that is set to air in August before the release of her CD in September.

  • Hannibal

  • Sexy&Smart

    Whitney is a winner…

  • I hear that

    YAY!!

  • Sissy

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  • HelloPrincess

    hope you do well whit

  • Moreaces

    Go Whitney, I wish you the best, no looking back

  • medievalpoetry

    Mariah will not be dethroned, least of all by a washed up ‘former’ crack addict.

  • I HATE THE “N” WORD

    Is that out today?

  • Yeah I Said It

    TEAM WHITNEY ALL DAY!!!! Congrats

  • medievalpoetry

    @Hannibal

    Lol, exactly. It’s not the 90′s people. She needs to retire gracefully like Tina Turner.

  • I HATE THE “N” WORD

    Poetry STFU, legends do not retire they run ish until they decide its over.

  • AlphaKappaAlpha Soror

    Yeah, this may just go platinum!!!

  • Hannibal

    @medievalpoetry

    I AGREE! WHITNEY HAS NEVER BEEN ABLE TO OUTSELL MARIAH!

  • AlphaKappaAlpha Soror

    Hannibal, you’re an idiot!!!

  • AlphaKappaAlpha Soror

    HANNIBAL!!! You’re an idiot!!!

  • Hannibal

    @AlphaKappaAlpha Soror

    THANX

  • AlphaKappaAlpha Soror

    Whitney, I hope she gets back on the up & up!

  • singer

    She back……its all over the net!!

  • http://bossip swan1

    Hannibal, why do you always post your mother’s picture ?

  • Hannibal

    @SWAN1

    LOL, I DIDN’T KNOW MY MOTHER WAS THE FIRST LADY!

  • bobbi

    i will be picking up the new cds by BOTH mariah and whitney. these are two of our living greats and i’m going to support them. why does it have to be one or the other? i’m not understanding… smh

  • Back On My Swag

    SMH @ people acting like this is Beyonce and Mariah.

    Children, these are two of the greatest singers of our time. Both have albums that are among the best selling albums in the US.

    It’s room in the industry for 5 Whitney’s and 5 MiMi’s if you ask me. Just knock some of these other bum b*tches OUT! I’m tired of bubble-gum RnB. Aside from A.Keys, J.Hud, Jazmine, Jill, Erykah(gotta love the Queendom), Mary, Anita Baker (hurry up and come back Anita!), Fantasia and after a long,long hiatus Beyonce. EVERYONE ELSE IS DISMISSED (in my best Joe Clark voice)!

  • BlackDiamondcenter

    Go girl and handle ya biz!!!!

  • MISSY

    MARIAH IS A ICON. You guys always do this and Mariah also wins. Mariah carey has the white people, the black people, the spanish people and the gays. Whitney houston with all her drug use, bad vocals, and craziness, has lost most of her fans. She does not tour, she does not sign autographs.

    Mariah CAREY WINS HANDS DOWN.

  • jERRY

    MARIAH HAS a top 10 single AGAIN, and whitney houston’s single is FLOPPING and they were released at the same time.

    MY VOTE—————————-MARIAH

  • cHELSA

    MARIAH CAREY-CANNON

  • MISSY

    also mariah if she stop whispering like cat woman

  • JOSE VASQUEZ

    MARIAH CAREY WINS

  • JERRY OVA

    mariah carey will slayyyyyyyyyyyyyyy ms. houston

  • Cheanika

    MARIAH OWNS THIS BATTLE

  • Cheanika

    THIS IS A TIRED BATTLE.

    MARIAH HAS THE FAN BASE.

  • kYLE A.

    mariahs lambs actually buy cds and download, mariah is relevant. whitney-not so much

  • toni braxton’s fan

    sorry i love old schoolz whitney but mariah would against her. MARIAH

  • Sanya

    I want to hear professional and customer reviews on this CD when it comes out.

  • medievalpoetry

    Do you Whitney stans actually think she can sing after all that crack and meth? Puhlease.

  • http://jummm22@verizonmail.com kisses

    Mariah is fake? Come on if she was not half white we wouldnt be hearing this. Whitney has a new single her voice is shot. People will buy her CD out of pity because she kicked a crack habit. You guys are racist.

  • cherokee23

    A true diva is back from vacation.

  • WordtotheWise

    Correction: Can’t wait for the CD to drop.

  • http://jummm22@verizonmail.com kisses

    Clive Owen was the first one on his feet crying and clapping at the 2006 Grammy when Mariah killed it singing we belong together and Fly like a bird. He knows whats up he is hoping for synpathy buyers.

  • Amanda

    WAY TO GO WHITNEY!!!!

  • COME ON

    EXCUSE ME BUT I THOUGHT THIS POST WAS ABOUT WHITNEY NOT MARIAH!!!! THEY ARE BOTH GREAT….. ONE THING IS FOR SURE >>>>> THEY DON’T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH EACH OTHER JUST THEIR FANS …..NOW THAT’S SAD. 2 DIVAS FOREVER. GOOOOO WHITNEY ON YOUR NEW ALBUM. PEACE OUT…….

  • http://bossip.com too cute

    congrats Whitney,good luck,miss the sounds of good music,that I just dont see today in any female artist

  • Bringthanoize

    There’s enough room for both of them- don’t believe the hype! As Chuck D would say.

  • misty blu from N.C.

    Bravo Nippy! People please stop hating on this 2 MUSICAL ICONS.Quote of the Day;” No one is good-no one in all the WORLD is innocent.”No one has ever really followed GOD’S PATH,or even truly wanted to.Every one has turned away;all have gone wrong. No one anywhere has kept on doing what is RIGHT;not one.Romans 3:10-12.

  • Cause_I_Can

    They are both very talented women, and its obviously some very ignorant people in this post, how in the hell yall going to be all over Mariah when she lost her damn mind at once and bounced back, but you dont want to root for Whitney who has obviously come a long way to try and get back on her feet, f’ng ignorant assed people.

  • Maybe I am your Baby Mama !!!

    Waiting for the September release !
    Love ya Whitney !!!!

    pumping your old stuff in my new truck while I wait !!!

  • http://www.wyldstylz.blogspot.com WYLD STYLZ

    Wow, the level of hatred in these comments against Ms. Houston is unbelievable. If she died tomorrow all the people posting ugly comments will be saying how great she was, buying up her music and wearing t-shirts with her picture on it. Just like they are doing Michael Jackson. Whitney is in a class by herself. After all the struggles she’s been through fairly recently, I wish her all the best.

  • She_4_Real

    She looks good! I’m glad she stopped spaceship hoppin!

  • okk

    good lucky whitney yr a lucky one now show this rookies how its done n get yr semi spot back

  • http://www.lime-in.net The Lime

    Whitney will never go out of style!

    limeindotcom

  • http://Bossip Ginger

    Hannibal,
    To write something like that, you are quite the jackass. Why don’t you just not write at all!

  • http://BOSSIP KR

    I KNOW THE DOPE MAN WILL BE HAPPY.

  • http://Bossip Ginger

    Whitney will ALWAYS have fans; Mariah, too. Haters, get a life! In looking at your picture, you look more First Jackass than our beautiful 1st lady. The first lady and Whitney both can probably kick your butt!

  • http://BOSSIP KR

    I KNOW THE DOPE MAN WILL BE HAPPY. !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • Bunnz

    We love you Whitney, STILL and we are pulling for a great come back. I think people still love her even though she had some problems, you cannot deny that she is gifted and talented. We have been waiting a long time for the come back album. This is the perfect time for her to come back….when she is good and ready for it: Healthy, cleaned up, and strong. Go Whitney, Go Whitney!

  • LogicallySpeaking

    I love you Whitney!!!!! Whitney has waaaay more longevity in the game. Did you guys hear the old interview Whitney did with Wendy Williams?/ Whitney is not to played with baby… She gave Wendy the business…TEAM WHITNEY ALL DAY BABY!!

  • BE

    Whitney Houston is timeless. Her voice is so unique her songs can never be remade. Mariah gives props to whitney so why are we ocmparing them?

    So what if she used drugs, as did a lot of singers, actors etc she was just more open. Does not change her talent.

  • 1TruDiva w/the PlatinumVocals—Chemo kicks my ass sometimes!

    cherokee23 wrote

    “A True Diva is back from vacation”
    _________________________________________________

    I was only gone for a little while. I just went to my doctor’s appointment.

    Lol!!!!

  • 1TruDiva w/the PlatinumVocals—Chemo kicks my ass sometimes!

    Hiya BE!!!!!

    **singing**

    “You are my sunshine. My only sunshine. You make me haaaaaaaaaapppppppppppppy……”

  • Just Me

    I’m not really looking forward to either one of their returns, but I will go with Whitney before Mariah. Mariah is so fake she annoys me. At least Whitney dresses her age. Mariah always looks trashy like that “midlife crisis I think I’m 20 years old when I’m really 40″ look

  • mjj

    This is crazy..I read some of these comments and I do not understand at all lol….

    Like this is not a new singer…This is arguably one of the greatest singers ever….Mariah and Houston are not competing…they never was….They both will know they place in history….when it is all said and done…..

    I am impress with a woman to go thru everything Ms Houstan have gone through and still fight her way back on solid ground….Some of yall act like pawns….and if I did not know any better i would think yall best friends with these people how yall go back and forward for them….

    Enjoy the body of work and the mere effort to entertain you….stop using a person misfortunes to prove whatever silly point you may have…people go thru things….and people bounce back…I am really glad Houstan bounce back

  • MIKE

    Mariah Carey is an incredible singer, songwriter and arranger, Whitney houston was an incredible singer, but it sounds like she’s lost her voice. Her new song, i had to turn it off, the vocals were just OFF

  • http://Bossip Ginger

    kr,
    you’re a jackass, too

  • dayg715

    it’s already pretty well known that mariah is gonna flop. Whitney is gonna slay this fall.

  • Vangogh

    R&B fans win with Miss Houston back. She is a talented singer who does not OVERSING.

  • Jazlene

    Have these lambs checked out SNIPPETS of the two whitney songs on youtube…HER VOICE IS BACK BIIIIIIIG TIIIIME!!!!….No auto-tune enhancement like MC=JOKE….sorry truth be told…Whitney is the HOTTEST BUZZ in the music Industry right now….Martha Stewart Benny Medina Gayle King to state a few were at the listening sesh check out what MARTHA STEWART TWITTERED ABOUT WHITNEY….BOOYAH K.O.-MC IS GOING DOWWWWWN….DON’T SAY I DIDN’T WARN YOU LOL..WHITNEYYYYYYY IS BAAAAAAACK & SHE AÍNT PLAYING HAHAHAHA!!!!

  • happy to be alive

    She looked Radiant!!!! the Listening Party was the party of the Season. The Album was very very on point, not as potent as I expected, but worth the money if you buy it. Go Nippy!!!!!

  • Dzenni

    All I have to say is that Whitney will win any battle against Mariah!!
    Mariah should accept her age and start to behave like that!!
    Whitney is a lady and worlds best vocalist!!!!!!
    the sooner you all haters accept that, less frustrations you ll have when she gets back on the throne!!!
    nothing but love!!!

  • mr.mush

    whitney started the trend for all these new feamale artis if it weren’t for her there would’nt be no mimi’s, mary j’s, beyonce’s, a keys, k coles so on and so on. real music is comming back the real diva is about to take back her throne

  • DWA

    All you people making reference to Whitney’s drug addiction….I wonder what personal struggle you have or will endure. This has nothing to do with her great talent! Let’s be thankful that she has rehabilitated herself because she is a human being not because of who she is. Furthurmore, her talent is amazing, and she has more of her voice than Mariah. Not that I think one is better, but she still has some power in her vocals and MC doesnt.

  • DWA

    GO Whitney!

  • angiandkids

    Whitney just keep doing what your doing!!
    Your past doesnt dictate who you are, and if the haters need it to….more power to them….your success will just be sweeter.

    Cant wait to get your new album!

  • Jose Lopez

    jjngjgkl

  • Janay

    WHitney Houston, Mariah Carey = September
    TONI BRAXTON = NOVEMBER .. NOW THAT’S WHO I’M WAITING ON.

  • jamel

    Whitneyyyyyyyyyy go

  • http://heavenhollywood.wordpress.com/2009/07/24/whitney-vs-mariah-whos-album-will-sell-more/ Whitney vs Mariah who’s album will sell more? « The word According 2 Heaven Hollywood

    [...] vs Mariah who’s album will sell more? Clive Davis debuted Whitney Houston’s new CD “I Look to You” last night at Jazz at Lincoln Center in [...]

  • DAYWALKER( OFTEN IMITATED, NEVER DUPLICATED!!!)

    @tate:
    Mariah Carey (1990)
    Emotions (1991)
    Music Box (1993)
    Merry Christmas (1994)
    Daydream (1995)
    Butterfly (1997)
    Rainbow (1999)
    Glitter (2001)
    Charmbracelet (2002)
    The Emancipation of Mimi (2005)
    E=MC² (2008)
    Memoirs of an Imperfect Angel (2009)

    Mariah Carey (1990)
    Emotions (1991)
    Music Box (1993)
    Merry Christmas (1994)
    Daydream (1995)
    Butterfly (1997)
    Rainbow (1999)
    Glitter (2001)
    Charmbracelet (2002)
    The Emancipation of Mimi (2005)
    E=MC² (2008)
    Memoirs of an Imperfect Angel (2009) Other albums
    MTV Unplugged (1992)
    #1′s (1998)
    Valentines (2000)
    Greatest Hits (2001)
    The Remixes (2003)
    The Ballads (2008)

  • DAYWALKER( OFTEN IMITATED, NEVER DUPLICATED!!!)

    With her 18th chart-topper Touch My Body, Mariah Carey has passed Elvis Presley for the most No. 1 singles on the Billboard singles chart, and is now second only to the Beatles.

  • DAYWALKER( OFTEN IMITATED, NEVER DUPLICATED!!!)

    NOW THAT’s WHAT’s UP!!!!

    MICHAEL JACKSON HAS MORE #1 HITS THAN MARIAH, BUT MADONNA HAS EVEN MORE THAN HER…( NOT THAT I LIKE MADONNA, I’M JUST STATING A FACT!) BUT MIMI RUNS A CLOSE SECOND, SO ALL YOU WHITNEY FANS CAN RECOGNIZE GREATNESS WHEN IT’S IN YO FACE!!!!

  • Ronald

    This is not about sales. What usually sells is about sex, passing away (MJ) and in Mariah’s case – stupidity. This is about QUALITY OF MUSIC. Noone can doubt the power of I WILL ALWAYS LOVE YOU, WHERE DO BROKEN HEARTS GO?, HOW WILL I KNOW, MY LOVE IS YOUR LOVE. For these singles alone, Whitney is the greatest vocalist ever. Period.

  • marc

    why does every one compare whitney to mariah they are both talented im sick of mariah but used to be a huge fan im a much bigger whitney fan now

  • Rita

    Who are we to judge? Everyone have issues and no matter what the situation, God is a restorer. I wish the best for Whitney and the cd is great! Instead of throwing stones support her and pray her strength. That could be anyone of us or a family member. Do your thing Whitney, I pray your strength.
    much love…

  • http://www.ilooktoyoureviews.blogspot.com Monique

    There is no comparison between the two. Whitney Houston still has it going on despite all that she has been through. Check out the Oprah interview
    http://www.ilooktoyoureviews.blogspot.com.

  • Jatee

    Well Lambs…guess the debate is over. Mariah lost this one…big…debut at number three, two flop singles, even after lowering prices and getting favortism on radio airplay, she STILL couldnt pull out a big debut. Whitney sold more in her third week than Mariah on her first. Whit is going to go platinum in about a month, Mariah will probably not get there. Im sure you all are listening to “cant take that away” and crying now.

  • Green Line

    All those comments from July 2009 stating Mariah would outsell Whitney. Well look at this. Whitney’s album gold after only 5 weeks and Mariah’s album may not ever go gold. Whitney will be looking at platinum 3-4 months after the album’s release while most acts take a year to get there, if ever. What you guys failed to realize is that Whitney has always outsold Mariah on a per-album-basis. Mariah simply released more albums to make up the difference.

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