March 2001 Nippy News (Part I)

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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!
2001/3/11
Music Charts Update: News from the U.K. Please continue to vote for Whitney as MTV's next Icon honoree in TV Guide's new online poll. Due to our voting, she's moved into first place! She is currently in the lead by just over 200 votes. Fantastic job!
2001/3/10
World Music Charts: News from Canada, France, Germany and Switzerland Germany: The German single for "Heartbreak Hotel," which was released on March 5th, includes a multimedia track with a screensaver which has the Greatest Hits cover as the background and changing pictures in the front. It also includes the "Heartbreak Hotel" remix video and the "Love to Infinity Megamix" video -- several clips are included (I Wanna Dance With Somebody, Step By Step, My Love Is Your Love, It's Not Right But It's Okay, So Emotional, My Name Is Not Susan, I'm Your Baby Tonight and Heartbreak Hotel). The single also features an excerpt from Whitney's 1999 concert in Mannheim, Germany (the "My Love Is Your Love" performance, when Bobbi Kristina is standing next to her) and some seconds from rehearsals for the 1999 tour, which had been shown during breaks at the European shows. Besides that, all participants who voted for their favorite Whitney song ("I Will Always Love You" won the poll) are listed who voted for that song. Here is the tracklisting: Heartbreak Hotel R.I.P. mix Heartbreak Hotel Undadoggz Mix Heartbreak Hotel Album Version Love to Infinity Megamix I Will Always Love You (Thank you Lili) Please continue to vote for Whitney as MTV's next Icon honoree in TV Guide's new online poll. She's currently only trailing in second place by just over 300 votes! Great work everyone! There is a great picture of Whitney, BeBe Winans and Marvin Winans performing in the Bahamas last December in this month's issue of In Style Magazine. Also, in a teen magazine, the new girl group Dream was interviewed and two of the girls said Whitney is their favorite singer, and they always listened to her music everyday and knew all of her songs by heart. Also in the same magazine, they had another interview with teen singer Samantha Mumba, who said she would like to meet Whitney more than anyone. (Thanks Karly)
2001/3/8
Here's a brief update on Whitney's Hawaii case. The latest articles today add that the judge officially dismissed the case. Greek music channel "Mad TV" aired a Whitney video montage that was like a remix of all the videoclips she has made. Some of the songs were in nonstop remixes and continued from one to another. It was excellent! (Thanks Irene) On Emma Bunton's (Baby Spice) web site, emmabunton.net, her profile says: Who do you admire most as a singer? Whitney Houston (Thanks Mkin)
2001/3/7
Hawaii Case Is Over! The case has been recommended to be dismissed! Read the complete articles... From CNN: Whitney's "I Will Always Love You" has been ranked at No. 108 on "Songs of the Century," a list of 365 songs compiled by the Recording Industry of America and the National Endowment for the Arts. Click here to view the complete list. (Thanks Seng Soon Y.)
2001/3/6
You can vote for Whitney as MTV's next Icon honoree in TV Guide's new online poll. (Thanks Marg, Nic) On Saturday, the weekly question for "Top of the Pops" viewers in Germany was: Who should be touring in Germany again - Whitney Houston or Janet Jackson? Whitney won with 53.6%. (Thanks Lili) Whitney's "I Will Always Love You" was at No. 3 yesterday on Polish Radio Zet's daily chart. Everyone can vote for the song here. You can vote by typing Whitney Houston in the "wykonawca" box and I Will Always Love You in the "utwór" box. (Thanks Sylwia)
2001/3/5
Here are two pictures from Germany's GALA Magazine of Whitney recently traveling in Paris. The first picture shows Whitney and Bobby walking in Paris wrapped in fur coats, while the second picture shows Whitney trying a dress in a Paris boutique. (Thank you Simon)
2001/3/4
Happy 8th Birthday to Bobbi Kristina Brown! Music Charts Update: News from the U.K. Echo Awards Correction: The information that Whitney has not won the 2001 German Echo Award for Best International Artist - Female, which appeared here within the past 12 hours, is incorrect. The report was actually that Whitney was not expected to win the award, and that it may go to singer Anastacia instead. It was merely a newspaper opinion and Whitney could still win the award. The error was due to a news submission that did not state it was merely an opinion. TV Reminder: An old episode of "Silver Spoons" featuring Whitney will air on Nickelodeon tomorrow, March 5th at 11:30 p.m. EST. For more appearances, check the Nippy Events Calendar. The "VH1 All Access: Hot Bodies" poll is still going. As reported, Whitney was nominated in two categories -- Best Mouth and Best Diaphragm. If you don't want to see Whitney ranked yet again by VH1 in the lower half of the list, click here to vote for her. The show is due to premiere on March 22nd.
2001/3/3
World Music Charts: News from Canada, France Germany and Switzerland The Platinum Club confirmed that Whitney and Will Smith are in talks to possibly co-star in "Anything For You." The script for the movie is still in the works and no filming or production has begun. For early background information about the romantic comedy, which as we know has been in development for several years, click here. (Thanks Esra) Italian TV channel RETE4 will broadcast "Waiting To Exhale" at 10:40 p.m. in Italy on March 6th. (Thanks Rosilde)
2001/3/1
Soul Train: Unfortunately, Whitney and Deborah Cox did not win the Soul Train Award for Best R&B/Soul Single (Group, Band or Duo) for "Same Script, Different Cast." The award went to Jagged Edge for the song "Let's Get Married." Whitney's Greatest Hits Megamix is up to No. 5 on Poland's Radio Eska Hot Top 20. (Thanks Olenka) If you missed the earlier Nippy News, use the News Archive or the newslog.