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Souza, Tárik de (December 25, 1992). "Balada de estio". Jornal do Brasil (in Portuguese): 2 . Retrieved April 3, 2020. The theme song is also a leader: the big ballad "I Will Always Love You" occupies the first place for three weeks in the United States and in Brazil, she has sold 250,000 copies with each of her three previous albums. Bakker, Machgiel; Inglis, Cathy (December 23, 1985). "EUROTIPSHEET Year-End 1985" (PDF). Music & Media. p.31. Archived (PDF) from the original on August 23, 2020 . Retrieved August 2, 2023.a b "Gold & Platinum Awards 1986" (PDF). Music and Media. World Radio History Archive. December 27, 1986. p.33 . Retrieved February 18, 2021.

There was an incident when Houston met France's greatest pop icon, the beloved Serge Gainsbourg on this live talk show, which was then the most watched Saturday evening show in France. [98] Houston received 6 nominations and won 2 of them including her first AMA – Favorite Soul/R&B Single. [95] [96] Billboard 110 Years: A Billboard Anniversary Salute". Billboard. November 27, 2004 . Retrieved October 19, 2010. She sang "Saving All My Love for You" changing some of the words – "making love the whole night through" was changed to "holding each other the whole night through" – for the censors on the episode.Nice Story, Solo Whitney, 1985". New York Daily News. May 30, 2005 . Retrieved March 15, 2011. [ dead link] Liam Lacey (March 7, 1985). "Review: Whitney Houston". The Globe and Mail. Archived from the original on September 23, 2009 . Retrieved June 17, 2010. a b "We Are The World" Big Winner At 28th Grammys (p14). Johnson Publishing Company. March 17, 1986 . Retrieved January 14, 2010. {{ cite book}}: |work= ignored ( help) Top 100 Albums of '87". RPM. Vol.47, no.12. Library and Archives Canada. December 26, 1987 . Retrieved May 12, 2015.

At the 28th Grammy Awards in 1986, Whitney Houston received four nominations— Album of the Year, Best Female Pop Vocal Performance for "Saving All My Love for You", Best Female R&B Vocal Performance for "You Give Good Love" and Best Rhythm & Blues Song for "You Give Good Love"—and won Houston's first Grammy, Best Pop Vocal Performance, Female. [17] [18] In addition, the album earned one nomination for Record of the Year in 1987 for "Greatest Love of All", a cover of " The Greatest Love of All", originally recorded by George Benson in 1977, ten years before and was the main theme of the boxer Muhammad Ali biopic " The Greatest" in the same year. [19] Whitney Houston on Canadian Albums Chart". RPM. March 8, 1986. Archived from the original on October 15, 2012 . Retrieved June 1, 2010. Geoff Mayfiled (March 4, 2000). " Billboard magazine's Between The Bullets". Billboard . Retrieved June 19, 2010.

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Top Selling Albums of 1985 — The Official New Zealand Music Chart". Recorded Music New Zealand . Retrieved February 3, 2022. The Official Swiss Charts and Music Community: Awards (Whitney Houston; 'Whitney Houston ')". IFPI Switzerland. Hung Medien. In 1986, at the 28th Grammy Awards, Whitney Houston received four nominations, including Album of the Year, [17] and won one, Best Pop Vocal Performance, Female, for "Saving All My Love for You". [18] For the 29th Grammy Awards of 1987, the album earned one nomination for Record of the Year for "Greatest Love of All". [19] The album has ranked on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time in all three editions. [20] [21] Whitney Houston Appears on TV's 'Silver Spoons' . Johnson Publishing Company. September 23, 1985 . Retrieved January 8, 2010. {{ cite book}}: |work= ignored ( help) Clive Davis, then the president of Arista Records, sent a letter of complaint to NARAS president Michael Greene disputing the disqualification. [75] He also wrote to Billboard magazine, noting that the rule had been applied much less strictly in previous years. [75] According to Davis, artists including Cyndi Lauper, Luther Vandross, the Power Station, Carly Simon, and Crosby, Stills & Nash, had already received credits on other albums or been previously well known as a member of other acts prior to their nominations for the Best New Artist award. [75] He referred to the disqualification as "a conspicuous injustice". [75]