October 1999 Nippy News (Part I)

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99/10/15

Whitney/Enrique Duet Update: "Could I Have This Kiss Forever" produced by David Foster.

New reviews added for the Netherlands and Finland!

Here's a magazine article excerpt in which Whitney's film agent, Nicole David, talks about singers who act.

BMG BackStage is running a contest through October 20th in which you could win a Whitney Fun Camera. They're cute if you're a collector.

99/10/14

Whitney/Enrique Duet Details: ''Could I Have This Kiss Forever" by Diane Warren
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Chart News: MLIYL single moves up Billboard Hot 100...

According to Yahoo.de, Whitney will perform at this year's German award show "Bambi-Verleihung," and will receive an award for her outstanding career! The Bambi Awards will be given out November 13 at the Stella Musical Theater in Berlin. (Thanks Sylvie, Michaela)

Whitney is in the November issue of Ebony Magazine for an article about the greatest divas of the 20th century. (Thanks Lydia)

Fans in the Netherlands! You can post reviews of Whitney's Rotterdam concerts here!

New concert reviews have been added for the Netherlands! Thanks!

99/10/13

According to RockOnTV, Whitney's episode of MTV's Making of the Video for "I Learned From The Best" will air November 2. They also report that the 1999 MTV Europe Music Awards will air November 11. (Thanks Lydia)

Brief Chart Update: MLIYL single slips to Number 5 on Billboard R&B Singles & Tracks chart. More news to come...

Today's the big day to request Whitney on MTV Total Request Live! We're going to try voting repeatedly today to see if it has a bigger impact than usual. Don't forget to delete your cookies or your votes won't count! (Thanks Tony)

99/10/12

Fans in Germany! Please post reviews of the latest concert here! Thanks!

The MLIYL single drops one notch on the MTV Top 20 chart to Number 7. Let's keep voting! Keep up the great work! Thanks!

Check out Foekje A.'s poll here. You can pick the songs you'd like to see on the Greatest Hits CD.

99/10/11

Chart News: CNN WorldBeat Top 30 Albums update

On VH-1's "The List" today, the question was "The Sexiest Female Artist." Brian McKnight said the sexiest of them all would have to be... you know who....THE DIVA Whitney Houston. He spoke about her classic beauty and body structure, especially her legs, her strength as a black woman and longevity as an artist. He also went on to say "THE VOICE" cannot be forgotten. She is just blessed, he concluded. (Thanks Emanuel R.)

For Brazilian Fans: Whitney is currently at Number 6 with her "It's Not Right But It's Okay" video on Top TVZ, a show from cable TV channel Multishow (Globosat/NET). The show airs Saturday, 10 a.m. and 7 p.m. (Thanks Fernanda)

New lyrics have been added for "Abraham, Martin and John," which Whitney performed during her HBO "Classic Whitney" concerts in 1997. (Thanks Paula P.)

99/10/10

Please vote for Whitney at mwasia@mtv-asia.com She needs more promotion in Asia. You can also help increase Whitney's sales in the Philippines by requesting MLIYL at the hottest radio station in Manila at info@rx931.com This station influences most of the Filipino radio audience. (Thanks Reinald) If you have any additional radio or video request information, please send it to the Nippy News. Thank you!

Here is an excerpt from MTV's All Access special where Whitney discusses her clothes for the "My Love Is Your Love" world tour. (Thanks Carlos)

In Germany, there is a new CD called "Cissy & Whitney Houston" that costs about 9,95 DM, which would be about less than US$5. The cover shows Cissy and a old picture of Whitney. WARNING: THIS CD CONTAINS SONGS WITH WHITNEY AS A BACKGROUND SINGER! (Thanks Dominik)
This CD's tracklisting is almost exactly the same as another CD called "Cissy and Whitney Houston: A Family Affair." However, this new CD contains the song "Life's A Party," which may be the first song Whitney ever recorded with some lead vocals when she was just a teenager. "Life's A Party" can also be found on the Michael Zager Dance Collection, a greatest hits package that was released maybe a year ago.

New lyrics have been added for the song "Are You The Woman," on which Whitney sang background vocals for Kashif early in her career. (Thanks Eita Okuno)

99/10/9

Austrian TV channel ORF 1 said Whitney has cancelled her third Vienna concert scheduled for October 25th. (Thanks Michelle S.) I never saw this concert listed by the fan club, but it was advertised by the Stadthalle in Vienna.

According to the Mediacontrol Charts, Whitney´s album "My Love Is Your Love" and also the single have broken the double-platinum mark in Germany. Both the album and the single stayed at least at #2 on the German charts. (Thanks Maharaj)

Here's the excerpt regarding Whitney from Aretha Franklin's book, "Aretha: From These Roots." Keep in mind that Whitney was in her early twenties at the time of which Aretha speaks.

99/10/8

Whitney's Platinum Club confirmed the duet with Enrique Iglesias was recorded in August, and said the rumored song with Toni Braxton and Lauryn Hill is false. (Thanks Tony L.) Also, the fan club said Dolce & Gabbana are tentatively planning to throw Whitney a celebration when she arrives in Milan, Italy for her concert date.

The fan club also said the "I Learned From The Best" music video is being directed by Kevin Bray, who also directed the other videos from the "My Love Is Your Love" album, excluding WYB.

More info about the ILFTB video: Whitney was in Koln, Germany today, filming the video! The news was featured on Germany TV (I think on the ATL channel). Whitney was wearing a white, long coat and she had dark pink gloves on. Her hair was pinned up. They also had auditions for the extras in the video today. Germans should keep a lookout for TV news footage of the video shoot. (Thanks Philipp)
A German TV magazine show also reported that a woman working on the set of the video said Whitney is wearing a brown leather dress and that she is looking very beautiful! (Thanks Sylvie) If anyone has information about the video, please submit it to the Nippy News. Thanks!

According to the Philadelphia Inquirer, Gloria Lewis Sulvetta, executive producer with Haverford's Cornerstone Pictures, is just back from Cologne, Germany, where she shot a segment with Whitney to be used in a White House mammography campaign. Two weeks ago Cornerstone shot another segment with Hillary Rodham Clinton at the White House for the same campaign. (Thanks Dan L.)

I was browsing through Aretha Franklin's new biography and under the chapter entited "Through The Storm" (also the album title of her album), she talks about recording her duet "It Isn't, It Wasn't, It Ain't Never Gonna Be" with Whitney. There was some misunderstanding that occured between the two but Aretha seems to be still very favorable towards Whitney. (Thanks Timothy Y.)

This is cool! Check out RealGuide's listing of 7 full remixes of Whitney's song "My Love Is Your Love," plus more!

99/10/7

Fans in Finland! Please post your concert reviews! Thanks!

Latest Chart News can be found here!

Whitney/Enrique Duet to be Released in November?

Whitney is featured in the daily MTV Online News Stream. They showed parts of MLIYL (saying it's her next big hit) and they also said that Whitney will shoot the video for her next single ILFTB over the next days in GERMANY. I don't know what that means-- if she will record a concert or do a separate video. (Thanks Sebastian, Sam)

Divas Live/99 Set For Release November 2: See the track listing.

Lucky Dutch fans: Divas Live/99 is to be released in the Netherlands on October 22, which is earlier than the US release date. (Thanks Foekje A.)

New concert reviews have been added for Finland and Sweden, including a super-detailed one!

New lyrics have been added in the music section for the gospel song, "It Is Well With My Soul." Whitney apparently performed this song during a concert in Helsinki, Finland.

Whitney's concert scheduled for October 8 at the Oberhausen Arena in Germany has been postponed until October 31. Whitney has been long-scheduled to perform there on October 30, so now she will do two shows in a row. More details can be found (in German) at the arena's web site.

On the October 5th edition of VH-1's "The List", a panel of celebrities voted on their top 3 favorite love songs. James Brown chose "Saving All My Love For You" as his third favorite love song. (Thanks Bud, Sergio)

In the current issue of Czech Spy magazine, there is a chart showing Hollywood's best paid actresses. Whitney is at No. 9, getting paid $10 million per role. (Thanks Katerina)

99/10/6

Fans in Sweden! You can post your concert reviews here!

WBLS 107.5 FM in New York said Whitney just completed a couple of new songs, including a duet with Enrique Iglesias. They did not mention specific details of the song. (Thanks Emanuel R.)

According to previews of upcoming MTV "Making of the Video" episodes, Whitney will have an episode for the "I Learned From the Best" video. They showed footage from Whitney's older videos in the preview. (Thanks Joe O., Sam and Al)

More Chart News: CNN WorldBeat Top 30 Album Chart update, Swiss and French chart news

Check out Foekje's site, Whitney's Web World, which has moved!

99/10/5

More about Whitney in Brazil: A friend of mine saw a Whitney picture at the Credicard Hall (in São Paulo, Brazil). It says March 2000!! (Thanks Roberto A.)

They're listening to us! Whitney's MLIYL shoots back up the MTV Top 20 countdown to #6!!!! It had fallen to #17 last week! A Big Thank You to everyone who is voting!

The release date for the VH-1 Divas Live 1999 CD has been revised to November 2. (Thanks Foekje A.)

This is superficial and only states the obvious, but here it is anyway! Mademoiselle magazine cites Whitney as having the ideal Hollywood smile. "Teeth that are uniformly straight are considered the Hollywood ideal. A star-quality smile like Whitney's is practically automatic: Just part your lips and you seem to beam."

99/10/4

Whitney's Greatest Hits project starts making news! According to an insider, Whitney and Enrique Iglesias recorded a duet together in August. This was one week after she recorded a duet with Toni Braxton & Lauryn Hill right before her European tour. Read more here...
What do you think? You can post your views on the BBS.

Whitney has been nominated in the Best Female and Best R&B categories at the MTV Europe Music Awards, which will air November 11. She is also expected to perform at the show. (Thanks Michelle S.)

Latest Chart News: MLIYL single slides on World Chart Show, album leaps up UK chart!

As we know, Whitney's next single is expected to be I Learned From The Best/I Bow Out. Arista apparently wants Whitney to have the first No. 1 hit in the year 2000. I Bow Out is expected to have at least 4 remixes, including a remix by Junior Vasquez and another by Thunderpuss 2000. (Thanks M.G.) Junior Vasquez's site says the following in its upcoming releases section: "Whitney Houston - I Learned From The Best/ I Bow Out to be released as double A-side follow up to My Love Is Your Love single at the end of the year. (Possible Junior Remix of one of these tracks.)"

Check out the new Sweden concert reviews!

Visit Dan L.'s webpage about Whitney's albums and singles on the record charts!

99/10/3

Whitney came in at No. 2 on the VH1 100 Women of the Millennium countdown. Madonna was No. 1, Celine Dion came in at No. 3 with Cher at No.4 and Aretha Franklin at No. 5. (Thanks Jonathon Ashley)

Vibe Magazine says that Whitney's next project will be the Disney musical with Monica which they are slated to start shooting after January 1. Then the magazine mentioned how Whitney will produce the movie based on the Princess Diaries. It looks like Whitney will only get about a 2-3 week vacation before she starts making appearances at award shows, and starts working on these projects. (Thanks CJ)

Check out Larry's site, A Shrine to Whitney Houston!

99/10/2

According to the RIAA, the "My Love Is Your Love" single has been certified Gold for sales of 500,000 copies in the USA! The song is Whitney's 20th Gold single, and the fourth song from the album to reach this certification. (Thanks N.)

99/10/1

Chart News: MLIYL becomes the third single from the album to hit the Hot 100 Top 10.

Whitney in Brazil? I read in Folha de São Paulo (a big newspaper in Brazil ) that Whitney will be performing. (Thanks Roberto A.) Brazil's Veja São Paulo magazine also has said Whitney may perform in Brazil in March 2000 at Credicard Hall in São Paulo, Brazil.

The French radio station "Fun Radio" is giving fans the chance to win tickets for the concert in Milan, Italy. On October 6th, if you hear HH followed by MLIYL, and you are the first caller, you win 2 tickets!!! Phone Number: 0803 08 5000 (Thanks Melisande)

Whitney Attends Dolce & Gabbana Fashion Show in Milan, Italy.

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