August 2000 Nippy News (Part II)

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The Whitney Weekday Request Campaign has been divided by the letters of the alphabet. For example, if your last name begins with the letter "A," you can proceed to the row for "A" and call or e-mail any 3-5 radio stations in that section. The letters will change everyday. The goal is to help ensure that each state gets votes everyday, without all of us voting in huge blocks. Here is Another Option For Anyone With E-mail that Includes a Line For BCC. This method enables you to send a single message to DJs across the country without revealing that other DJs are receiving your message at the same time. DO NOT do this if your e-mail software does not provide a line called BCC!!! Non-AOL users click here. AOL users have to use this different method instead. Note: While the BCC method will be quite effective, it excludes many radio stations that do not provide direct e-mail addresses. Therefore, if you have five minutes, continue to check out the complete request list, because there are many links there that will take you to radio station web sites where you'll be able to send your e-mail message easily. Thanks!
2000/8/31
Platinum Club News: Whitney is getting prepared for the filming of "Fine," her next video. The Platinum Club says it will have special report on the making of the video at some point in the near future. (Thanks Rachel) On the Charts: "Fine" takes a bow on the Bubbling Under R&B/Hip-Hop Singles chart, plus news from Spain and the debut of Wyclef Jean's latest album... The Arista press release that was issued yesterday about Whitney's latest certifications was picked up by newswires including the Associated Press. In turn, it was further reported by other entertainment news pages including the one at Fox News Online and also Electonic Urban Report, which said the following: WHITNEY HOUSTON TRIPS OVER SOME PLATINUM Diva does it again. Whitney Houston can sit on a record, break it, tape it back together and it'll still go platinum plus. Her two CD collection "Whitney's Greatest Hits," an album that a lot of people sold short, has gone double-platinum in the US and quintuple platinum worldwide. (Thanks Alan M.) "Could I Have This Kiss Forever" has debuted at No. 17 in the European Top 20 broadcasted by MTV Europe this week. The song drooped one place to No. 8 on the MTV Select Chart. (Thanks Eddy VB)
2000/8/30
Arista Releases News: The Greatest Hits video has been certified platinum in the U.S., and the album stands at over 5X platinum worldwide after three months... Music Charts Update: News from France... "Could I Have This Kiss Forever" climbed to No. 7 today in the Select MTV chart. The video can be requested here. (Thanks Eddy VB) "Whitney: The Greatest Hits" remains at No. 1 on the FNAC's Top 10 R&B Albums chart in France. (Thanks Julian S.)
2000/8/29
The latest edition of Entertainment Weekly features a two-page article about author E. Lynn Harris (Invisible Life; Not A Day Goes By). As reported from EW here a month ago, Harris has been tapped to write the screenplay for BrownHouse's remake of "Sparkle" starring Aaliyah. Unfortunately, the new article provides no additional information about the project. It also doesn't mention that he is a Whitney fan! (Thanks John G., John-John) The duet "Could I Have This Kiss Forever" was at No. 10 today in MTV Europe's Select Chart. In addition, MTV Europe's Top Selection posted a link to this site today. You can request the "Could I Have This Kiss Forever" video at MTV Europe here. (Many thanks Eddy VB) If anyone has radio station information for the Whitney Weekday Request Campaign, please e-mail the Nippy News! Now is a great time to send it in since "Fine" and "If I Told You That" will be serviced to U.S. radio shortly, and "Could I Have This Kiss Forever" needs to grow overseas. Thanks to Mary S. for additional radio station information!
2000/8/28
Click here to view a Spanish picture disc promo CD for "Could I Have This Kiss Forever." (Thank you Laura) Spanish radio station "Los 40 Principales" is playing "Could I Have This Kiss Forever" every two hours because it is a "5 star" song, which means it is one of the most important hits of the week. The single is at No. 18 on the "Cadena 100" singles chart (another Spanish radio station) and they keep saying how lovely, young and pretty Whitney looks in the video. You can request the song in the Cadena 100 here. (Thanks Laura) The video "Could I Have This Kiss Forever" debuted on TMF Belgium today. Just in time, the duet "If I Told You That" is no longer listed in TMF's Clipparade, the chart compiled by the station's viewers. It won't take long before CIHTKF is in the "Clipparade." (Thanks Eddy VB)
2000/8/27
Music Charts Update: News from the U.K., Germany and Spain... "If I Told You That" is scheduled to premiere on Brazilian MTV on August 30th on the program called "Central." It is credited only to Whitney Houston. (Thanks Fernanda)
2000/8/26
Whitney and Bobby Sighting: On Friday August 25, WBLS DJ JC Jordan was broadcasting live from Six Flags/Great Adventure amusement park in New Jersey. Then I got what appeared to be interference on the radio in the middle of "Same Script, Different Cast." After a few seconds, it became clear that the DJ was breaking into the middle of the song. Why, because Whitney, Bobby and the family were at the park! They came on the air for a couple of minutes live. They didn't have much to say, they just seemed very happy to be at the park with Bobbi Kristina and some of Bobby's kids and other family kids. They gave a shout out to all of New Jersey. (Many thanks Ed S.) Gallery Update: Additional pictures have been added to the gallery courtesy of Ralph R., who sent pictures from Whitney's appearance last year on the TV show "Wetten Dass," and pictures from "Cinderella." Thank you! On Sunday evening there will be a 40-minute Whitney music special on Belgian channel Ka2 at 23h20 CET. Next Wednesday the channel will rebroadcast the movie "The Bodyguard." (Thanks Nathalie, Eddy VB) "Could I Have This Kiss Forever" was at No. 8 on Select MTV's Top 10 on Friday. Britney Spears' "Lucky" was at No. 1. (Thanks Eddy VB) Today VH-1 U.K. broadcasted a special edition of the U.K. Album Chart, a countdown of the ten best albums of the nineties. Whitney's CD "The Bodyguard" was rightly so at No. 1, and the soundtrack of the movie "Titanic" was at No. 2. VJ Paul King played two clips: "I Will Always Love You" and "I'm Every Woman." The channel also broadcasted a Top 40 women chart. Whitney's video for "I Will Always Love You" was played again after a brief summary of her career, with references to Cissy Houston and Dionne Warwick. Whitney was ranked at No. 2. (Thanks Eddy VB) German Fans: Clemens has created a web page for German-speaking Whitney fans to vote for "Could I Have This Kiss Forever." The page lists almost every German and Austrian radio station where you can vote for the upcoming single to boost its airplay. Check it out! You can vote for Whitney and Enrique Iglesias' duet "Could I Have This Kiss Forever" on the web charts of German radio station Bayern 3 here. (Thanks André S.) Whitney and Enrique Iglesias' "Could I Have This Kiss Forever" video debuted strongly on MTV Russia's Top 20 at No. 13. You can request the song at top20@mtv.ru. (Thanks Igor)
2000/8/25
Click here to read Billboard's favorable review of "Fine" from its Pop music reviews section! Princess Update: Read the latest news on "The Princess Diaries" Disney project. Dionne Warwick is asked about Whitney again in an interview with a California newspaper. Click here for the full article. Read Billboard's take on what happened to "Could I Have This Kiss Forever" and "Same Script, Different Cast" in Fred Bronson's Chart Beat Chat column. Music Charts Update: News from Belgium... Whitney and George Michael's "If I Told You That" is up to No. 3 from No. 5 in its sixth week on MTV Asia's Top 10 Hitlist. You can request the song here to get it to No. 1! (Thanks Karen) Whitney and Enrique Iglesias have ruled on Poland's Radio Zet everyday since Tuesday. They are at No. 1 on the station's daily chart. (Thanks Sylwia)
2000/8/24
Remember Quencie T. Thomas? She is the fan who was fortunate enough to interview Whitney on MTV's "Fanatic" at the time when the "My Love Is Your Love" project was released. Whitney spent extra time talking to Quencie that day and she has since met with Whitney again on several occasions. That episode of "Fanatic" was very highly rated, and as a result, a teen magazine called "Twist" interviewed Quencie earlier this year for an article about stars' relationships with their fans. It was to be a positive article printed this month. But when the article did not appear, Quencie was told that it had been pushed down to December, and that Whitney would no longer be included because she is "too controversial." Very upset, Quencie has asked that we take a few minutes to write to the editors at "Twist" to tell them how unfair and unethical it is to kill a positive, true story about Whitney simply because she is "controversial." That does not eliminate Whitney's right to get an accurate story. Click here for more information from Quencie. On the Charts: Read this week's latest U.S. chart statistics, plus news from France... Clive Davis made the official announcement today about his new joint venture with BMG. Click here to read the details. According to alphamusic.de, the German "Could I Have This Kiss Forever" CD single (to be released on September 4th) will include the Metro Mix, the original version and the duet with George Michael, "If I Told You That." (Thanks André S.) "Whitney: The Greatest Hits" DVD did not win the award for "Best Music Release" in the third annual DiVi Awards. Pink Floyd's "The Wall" won instead. "Whitney: The Greatest Hits" remains at No. 18 on the FNAC's Top 20 Albums and at No. 1 on the Top 10 R&B Albums charts. The FNAC is the largest music retail store chain in France. (Thanks Julian S.) Fans can vote for Whitney as "Favorite Pop/Dance Artist" is this poll. You can vote up to five times. (Thanks Lili)
2000/8/23
Top 10 of 2000: Access Hollywood has a poll where you can vote for Whitney as "Top Celebrity of 2000" and "Biggest Newsmaker of 2000." You can vote by clicking on the link above and following the directions at their site. The results will air during a primetime special at 8 p.m. EST August 29th on NBC-TV. You can vote as often as you wish. (Thanks Marg) "Could I Have This Kiss Forever" is doing well in Germany. The song is being promoted, it is played on TV and radio, and Enrique Iglesias is promoting it here. But there is a new TV commercial promoting his album and it says something like this: "Enrique and Whitney with 'Could I Have This Kiss Forever' only on his album." He'll start a tour in Germany soon and the TV and radio promotions for his tour use CIHTKF in the background. His record label is obviously trying to profit from Whitney's popularity in Germany. (Thanks Sara) Whitney-Fan.com on MTV! MTV Europe's "Top Selection" showed some pages from this site on television today and called it "a very nice Whitney Houston web site." Then they played the entire "Could I Have This Kiss Forever" music video! Let's keep requesting the song! (Many thanks to Eddy VB and also MTV Europe) The duet "If I Told You That" is no longer listed in the MTV European Top 20. (Thanks Eddy VB) "Could I Have This Kiss Forever" has been released to Singapore's all-request radio station, Power98 FM. The song seems to have been quite well-received here just as "If I Told You That," but it needs our requests to stay on the station playlist. She hasn't been doing well here since "Exhale (Shoop Shoop)," so if you would like to vote, click here. (Thanks Gary) Whitney fans in the Washington, D.C. area got "Fine" up to the No. 1 most-requested song on WKYS 93.9 FM's "job countdown" today, which is incredible since they started playing it about two days ago. (Thanks Rashad, Kyana) VH-1's "Sexiest Diva" poll is still going. Click here if you would like to vote for Whitney! VH-1 will use the results to help determine which artists will be included in a "25 Sexiest Musicians" countdown. They usually rank her low on all of their special countdowns, so every vote counts. (Thanks Gary)
2000/8/22
From the Platinum Club: "Whitney: The Greatest Hits" DVD has been certified Platinum! The DVD includes exclusive video clips that do not appear on the VHS version. If you still don't own a copy, you can buy the DVD at one of the stores listed here. Gorgeous Rare Photos! More pictures have been submitted, including what appear to be two modeling pictures from October 1984 that are simply beautiful! Plus there are two more great advertisments that have appeared in Japan: Whitney among the skyscrapers in New York (1984) - versions 1 & 2 Whitney in N.Y. restaurant (1984) - versions 1 & 2 (Many thanks Butterohei) Picture used with Sanyo advertisement - versions 1 & 2 Nissin advertisement picture (Many thanks Okuno) Whitney and Enrique Iglesias' "Could I Have This Kiss Forever" is up to No. 3 on MTV Poland's chart this week, while the "If I Told You That" duet with George Michael is down to No. 15. You can send votes to listyprzebojow@mtv.pl. In addition, CIHTKF is at No. 1 on Poland's Radio Zet. The song will likely also be No. 1 tomorrow because it had most of today's votes. (Thanks Sylwia) Arista's web site has added a feature called "The Arista Times." You can click here to read their page for Whitney.
2000/8/21
New Music: Wyclef Jean's "The Ecleftic - 2 Sides II a Book" hits U.S. stores tomorrow! The album features the "Whitney Houston Dub Plate," a 1:28 intro in which Whitney changes the lyrics to MLIYL to "My Dub Is Your Dub." At VH1.com, you can suggest ideas for an awards show called "My VH1 Music Awards." You can choose a topic and a nominee, and if they like the idea they'll use it on the show. I suggested Whitney as "Best Diva of Our Time." If we all vote for the same thing, maybe she'll be considered for an award. (Thanks Andrea) "Could I Have This Kiss Forever" is at No. 1 on CKMF 94.3 FM, Montreal's second largest radio station. The song also made it to the top at Montreal's largest radio station a few weeks ago. (Thanks Richy)
2000/8/20
"Could I Have This Kiss Forever" in Germany! This picture is reportedly the cover of the new German single. The tracklisting is not available yet. (Thank you Sebastian) U.K. Chart News: Whitney moves up on all the charts! Read the details! The album may have benefited from advertisements during the U.K.'s "Big Brother," a reality TV show about ten people stuck in a house with no outside contact. On Thursday/Friday, the show reached a really tense time and gained viewing figures of 6 million, which is massive in the U.K. Then lo and behold in the middle, during a commercial break, there was a promo for "Whitney: The Greatest Hits!" Well done! (Thanks Craig) Picture Gallery Updated! At long last, almost 300 pictures have been added to the site gallery! Special thanks to all the fans who submitted the pictures, including the following fans who sent some of the ones you may have not seen before: Katerina, Maria C., Abduel H. and Kate. Unfortunately, some pictures were lost when my computer blew out a few months ago during a storm. If you sent pictures that don't appear in the gallery, it's because they were among those that were lost. Sincere apologies for any inconvenience. I certainly did not want or expect my computer to blow out! If you would like to send pictures to be added to the gallery, just e-mail them as attachments. Thank you!
2000/8/19
Music Charts Update: News from Germany... Fans can request "Could I Have This Kiss Forever'" on MTV Select in the U.K. and Ireland everyday. Select does a daily "Select Chart" in which the Top 5 most-requested videos are played. You can send requests to selectuk@mtvne.com or request the video via the web site. (Thanks Paul S.) Fan Meeting Report: Read about the recent fan meeting in Lindau, Germany! There will be another fan meeting in Nuernberg , Germany later this year for fans who are interested in attending.
2000/8/18
According to an advertisement by Arista in the latest edition of Billboard Magazine, the songs "If I Told You That" and "Fine" will be promoted at U.S. radio stations beginning September 18. (Thanks John) Music Charts Update: News from Spain and Belgium... "Could I Have This Kiss Forever" was at No. 9 on Thursday's edition of the Select MTV Top 10. It was up to No. 8 today. Although the song climbed one place, they didn't bother to show the video. They only played a very brief excerpt from an interview with Whitney from last year, and in general, haven't played the video very often. In contrast, the video for "If I Told You That," with George Michael, who is popular with the VJs, was promoted well by MTV Europe. So once again, all European fans are urged to request this song. (Thanks Eddy VB) The Chris Rock Show returned to HBO tonight including his mock vigil when Bobby Brown was released from jail last month. The segment did not feature Whitney at all and had maybe only five seconds of Bobby in it. It was devoted mostly to Rock's "vigil." It was rather tongue-in-cheek and thankfully was not very bad. The duet "If I Told You That" is down nine places to No. 28 this week in Clipparade, a chart compiled by the viewers of TMF Belgium. "Could I Have This Kiss Forever" is not on the TMF Belgium playlist yet. (Thanks Eddy VB)
2000/8/17
Teen actress Heather Matarazzo has been cast in "The Princess Diaries" project. Click here for the full article. On the Charts: Read the complete U.S. statistics plus more... On Tuesday, August 22, VH-1's POP-UP VIDEO will feature "Could I Have This Kiss Forever." The show premieres at 8-8:30 p.m. EST. The "I Learned From The Best" Disco Padappella remix has been replaced at this site with a newer file. It's a true gem featuring Whitney's completely new vocals specifically for the remixes. Be sure to listen to it! (Many thanks Rachel) BeBe Winans' upcoming CD includes 13 tracks and guest artists including Stevie Wonder, CeCe Winans, Stephanie Mills and Marvin Winans. The first single is "Coming Back Home" with Brian McKnight and Joe. Unfortunately, there is no sign of a duet with Whitney, which had been reported earlier as a possible recording. (Thanks Alan M.) Let's keep voting for Whitney in the VH-1 "Sexiest Diva" poll! She has slipped to sixth place. VH-1 will use the results to help compile a "25 Sexiest Musicians" countdown. (Thanks Ray) The duet "If I Told You That" is at No. 16 in MTV's European Top 20 this week. (Thanks Eddy VB) Seeking Volunteer(s)! If you subscribe to Billboard's online service or are planning to do so, I need your help! Ralph M. will no longer be able to compile the weekly chart statistics every Thursday as he has done in the past, which means I need one or more volunteers to look up Whitney's statistics instead. If you are able to help, please e-mail me. If I have more than one volunteer, we can even take turns each week. For a look at the kind of statistics that need to be compiled, just click on the charts link above. Thank you!
2000/8/16
Listen to the 45 King Hip-Hop Remix of "Fine" from the Q-Tip Productions promo 12" vinyl. The remix stays true to the song's R&B roots with a fantastic bass beat and a few extra adlibs included. It is great and would be wonderful as an official remix. As reported at an earlier date, here is the 12" vinyl tracklisting again: Fine 45 King Hip-Hop Remix 4:06 Instrumental (music identical to the 45 King Hip Hop-Hop Remix) Original Q-Tip Club Mix 3:34 (identical to the Greatest Hits version) Instrumental 3:36 (music identical to Greatest Hits version) You can also hear the full Acapella 4:00, which features the same extra adlibs as the 45 King remix. You can listen to both tracks here. French Chart News Update... "Whitney: The Greatest Hits" is down to No. 18 on the FNAC Top 20 Albums and remains at No. 1 on the FNAC R&B chart. FNAC is the largest retail music chain in France. (Thanks Julian S.) If you missed the earlier Nippy News, use the News Archive or the newslog.