New Screen Captures: Check out the video for "All The Man That I Need," which features one of Whitney's earliest appearances wearing an initialed catsuit! Plus revisit the great video that garnered Whitney's first MTV award nomination in probably over 10 years, "Heartbreak Hotel."

Year-End Charts Report: Whitney is in the Top 5 of three 1999 charts that have been released so far! Read the details...

Music Charts Preview For This Week: Whitney's MLIYL single remains at No. 5 on the Billboard Hot 100. More details to come soon for sales and airplay... (Thanks Ralph M.)

There's a magazine in Brazil call "Caras" (in English it means "Faces") that includes a two-page article about the recent metropolitan museum party that Whitney attended. Whitney is quoted as saying, "I've just came to see my friends." There is no picture of her with the article. (Thanks Roberto)

New Screen Captures Section Officially Launched! The largest Whitney Houston picture gallery on the Internet is about to get even bigger. Check out the new screen captures of Whitney's music videos for "I Belong To You" and "Miracle."
New sets of screen captures will debut everyday until there are captures for every Whitney music video that exists! This is for all the fans who have missed some of Whitney's videos. Enjoy!

The Song of the Week: Listen to Whitney's definitive, history-making Super Bowl XXV performance of the U.S. national anthem, "The Star Spangled Banner." There's also the B-side, "America The Beautiful."

Chart News: ILFTB scores a slew of additional radio station adds, also year-end airplay statistics and Canadian radio station news! Read the details...

I heard a remix of ILFTB on Saturday night at a club in Boston called Buzz. I'm assuming it was Hex Hector's version. The crowd was into it. It looks like Arista was serious when they said it would be issued to clubs before December 31st. (Thanks Brian)

UK Chart News Update...

For anyone who may have wondered if there is a remix of "Could I Have This Kiss Forever" on the Japan import of Enrique Iglesias' CD: Apparently there is no such remix! On the new Enrique Iglesias album, the Japan-only bonus track is a remix of "Bailamos." (Thanks Alan M.)

Happy Month of Ramadan!

Complete Chart Statistics Here! The latest U.S. statistics on the MLIYL single and the growth of ILFTB, plus French chart news and more...

From Billboard: Arista assures Dance Trax that club DJs will receive a promo-only 12-inch of the ILFTB Hex Hector and Junior Vasquez remixes by December 31. In other words, expect to hear this club-classic-in-the-making in every club on New Year's Eve.

Enrique Iglesias' new album has been released in Manila, Phillipines and the duet with Whitney is being played at a few local stations. I've already heard it about ten times in three days. (Thanks Paul J.) Remember-- we still should not request this song on the radio yet!

Unfortunately, Whitney did not win any trophies at tonight's Billboard Awards. She also did not attend the awards ceremony.

It looks like ILFTB is off to a good start, because WBLS, New York's biggest R&B station, debuted the song and has been playing it all day long. One of the DJs was raving about it and said Whitney's singing was so good, it gave him chills! (Thanks John G.)

Whitney is No. 1 this week by far on French radio station Fun Radio's Fun List, this time with "It's Not Right But It's Okay." The vote is based on 25 songs and everyday 4 or 5 of them are played between 4 and 7 p.m. The results are given on Friday. None of Whitney's web sites asked the fans to vote this week, so her No. 1 position is not due to fan participation! The French really love this song. But even if Whitney will win this Friday let's all vote for her here. You can have 5 votes -- the first vote counts for 5 points, the second for 4 points, and so on. (Thanks Julian S.)

Whitney's "I Learned From The Best" is this week's World Charts Foundation No. 1 Runner Up single, meaning that it is the top song that doesn't yet have enough points to enter their Internet Singles Top 100 chart. We can get Whitney on that chart by voting here. Just click on their "Complete List" button and highlight all of Whitney's songs that are listed in a row. Click "Done," and they are then added to your voting list. Then just submit your votes! (Thanks Enrico S.)

According to Billboard Online, Bebe Winans has signed with Motown Records and will release an album in June 2000 that will include a duet with Whitney! BeBe is also set to sing with Brian McKnight, Stevie Wonder and his sister CeCe. He says the album will "incorporate [my] signature style, but be more R&B- and pop-flavored." (Thanks Brian)

Today VH-1 mentioned that all next week it will show the Top 90 videos of the 90's. VH-1 said Whitney's "I Will Always Love You" made a strong showing due to the fact that it is a very soulful song, it was sung well and it also had Kevin Costner in the video. They didn't say whether any of her other videos will be included in the countdown. (Thanks Carolyn)

Also, we can vote for Whitney as VH-1 Artist Of The Year! By voting, you also enter yourself into a VH-1 contest.

As reported yesterday, Clive Davis will be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a non-performer.
According to CD Now Allstar News: The timing of Davis' induction is particularly interesting in the music industry today because BMG, the parent company of Arista, and Davis are feuding over his employment contract. BMG claims he is too old at 66 to be in charge. His induction might very well be a political move by the Hall of Fame, which obviously recognizes the valuable assets and importance Davis has brought and still brings to the industry.

At Amazon.com's Auction site: Whitney's first music video compilation tape, plus 3 cassingles and her first album on cassette.

According to the Platinum Club, the Metropolitan Museum in New York City celebrated the opening of its new exhibit, "Rock Style," with a gala opening. Whitney donated the red dress she wore when she won her first Grammy for "Saving All My Love For You" in 1986, the white Grammy gown she wore when she won for "I Will Always Love You" and the Fairy Godmother dress from "Cinderella." She reportedly attended with Dolce & Gabbana last night. The show will travel to other U.S. cities so check your local museum to see if it will come to your city.(Thanks Carolyn, Rachel, Michelle S.)

Congratulations! Whitney is in a three-way tie for the lead in American Music Awards nominations, scoring nods in the following three categories:
Favorite Female - Pop/Rock
Favorite Female - Soul/R&B
Favorite Album MY LOVE IS YOUR LOVE - Soul/R&B
Winners will be announced during the live broadcast January 17 on ABC-TV. Check your local listings! (Thanks John G., Rachel, Seng Soon Y., Tony V., Maddy, Danny)

Here is an incredibly positive article about Whitney's charity gala this past weekend, which sounds like it was a huge success...

The Power of Requesting: MTV in the U.S. aired Whitney's full performance from the recent MTV Europe Music Awards tonight! There can be no denying that our e-mails helped to affect their decision. A great deal of thanks go out to all the fans who made their voices heard, including even fans overseas who were generous enough to write in despite the fact that they were not affected by MTV's editing. If you want to thank MTV for seeing the light, you can e-mail them here! And if you missed the show, ask when they're going to air it again!

Excellent News: In the latest issue of Radio & Records Magazine, "I Learned From The Best" is the most added song in the country on the Adult Contemporary charts with 19 adds. So far there are a total of 37 AC stations playing the song. The news is even better on the AC Urban charts, where Whitney makes her debut at No. 30 with a total of 27 Urban AC stations playing her new track. It looks as though the song is off to a promising start at both AC and Urban AC stations. R&B stations should be next to follow. (Thanks Tony V.)

On the Charts: U.K. chart news, plus Canadian chart and radio station updates

For German Fans: The ILFTB remix CD apparently is not available in Germany yet. A music store, "MediaMarkt," said it would be released next Monday, December 13th. (Thanks Tobias H.)

Whitney will be featured on MTV News 1515 this weekend. The topic is about the artists who have toured this year. She also will be featured in their special 1999 The Year In Rock. It airs for the first time December 11th at 3:30 p.m. (Thanks Carolyn)

According to CCM, the Stellar Awards 15th Anniversary will air on TV stations around the country on January 8th. The article says, "Look for encores of the Winans at Oprah, Whitney Houston's duet with mother Cissy, and Kirk Franklin. (Thanks Mervyn)

For more Whitney schedule information, check the Whitney Worship Webpage Calendar.

Clive Laughing All the Way To... The Hall of Fame. If this is likely confirmed tomorrow morning, the timing is impeccable. According to FOX News, Clive Davis is going to be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame this year. The Hall of Fame does not induct many non-performers, so this would be quite an accomplishment. Also, another article regarding Clive's fight to maintain control of Arista Records. Read the full stories...

According to the New York Daily News, Clive Davis will be profiled in February's Vanity Fair. The article says, "Investigative journalist Robert Sam Anson spent months interviewing Davis and those around him. But even Anson was blindsided when BMG boss Strauss Zelnick moved to topple Davis last month. Anson wrote a scathing profile of Sony Music chief Tommy Mottola for the mag in 1996. Look for this one to be much friendlier to Davis." Don't be surprised if it at least mentions or quotes Whitney.

Whitney is featured on the cover of the December 13th issue of Jet Magazine. She and Denzel Washington are cited by the magazine as one of the most memorable movie couples of the decade. The article inside only has one large paragraph dedicated to their roles in "The Preacher's Wife."

According to Top of the Pops in Germany, Whitney is working on a new single that will be released next year as well as a duet with her husband Bobby. Unfortunately they didn't give any details about either project. (Thanks Michaela)

Chart News: An update about MLIYL on New York radio, plus German chart news!

Divas Live/99 has just been released in Taiwan. Divas Live/99 will air January 1st at 1 a.m. for the first time on Asian MTV! Separately, the "My Love Is Your Love" Limited Edition 2CD set has sold very well here even though BMG in Taiwan hasn't made advertisements for the album or any single on either TV or radio. (Thanks Philip)

MTV Europe shows the uncut version of Whitney's great performance on the MTV Europe Music Awards one or two times each day. (Thanks Maharaj V.)

The Whitney Weekday Request Campaign will be shifting gears back a bit more to the MLIYL single in light of the song's gains on the Hot 100 chart. However, we should still continue trying to make more phone requests than e-mail requests for the song at this point. Just click on the link or banner above to access the full request list!

Happy Chanukah!

Here's a full-page article from the December 10th issue of Entertainment Weekly that looks back at the unprecedented success of "The Bodyguard" soundtrack.

Whitney has been nominated as Best Female Artist at the Teen.com Entertainment Awards! The nominations were compiled from submissions by Teen.com visitors during November. We can vote for Whitney here. Winners will be announced on February 1.

We also can vote for Whitney in the following five polls:
1) #1 Diva poll.
2) Favorite Song.
3) Favorite Music Groups.
4) Favorite Singers.
5) Favorite Saturday Night Live Musical Guest.
(Thanks Francis L.)

Access Hollywood showed a brief interview with Whitney at the Sports Illustrated 20th Century Sports Awards as she was preparing to perform. Whitney said she wasn't nervous about the performance at all, but she felt tired and just wanted to go to bed. Entertainment Tonight's follow-up coverage of the show merely included a brief clip of Whitney's performance.

New Screen Captures, RealVideo and RealAudio!
1) Take a look at Whitney at the Sports Illustrated 20th Century Sports Awards!
2) See and hear her performance of "You'll Never Stand Alone!"
3) Listen to it more clearly in RealAudio here!

Chart News: MLIYL keeps moving up the Billboard Hot 100 chart, also great Canadian radio station news! Read the details...

Here's RealVideo of Whitney discussing her first audition for Clive Davis!

According to Music999, Whitney's "My Love Is Your Love" has been nominated as ITV's "Record of the Year" for 1999. Public voting begins on December 4th with the winner announced on December 11th during an ITV special. Here are all of the nominees:
Shania Twain - 'Don't Impress Me Much'
Ronan Keating - 'When You Say Nothing'
Britney Spears - 'Baby One More Time'
ATB - '9pm ('Til I Come)'
Christina Aguilera - 'Genie in a Bottle'
Alice Deejay - 'Better Off Alone'
Eiffel 65 - 'Blue'
S Club 7 - 'Bring It All Back'
Mr Oizo - 'Flat Beat'
Westlife - 'Flying Without Wings'
Ricky Martin - 'Livin' La Vida Loca'
Macy Gray - 'I Try'
Jennifer Lopez - 'If You Had My Love'
Martine McCutcheon - 'Perfect Moment'
Lou Bega - 'Mambo No 5'
Whitney Houston - 'My Love is Your Love'
TLC - 'No Scrubs'
Shanks & Bigfoot - 'Sweet Like Chocolate'
Phats & Small - 'Turn Around'
Vengaboys - 'Boom Boom'

MTV aired the Jonathan Peters remix video of MLIYL today on MTV Hot Zone. (Thanks CJ)

USA Today Reviews Enrique Iglesias' album, and speaks highly of the "Could I Have This Kiss Forever" duet...

U.K.'s Capital Radio has this to say about the "I Learned From The Best" single: The Queen of Smooch succumbs to a traditional ballad following two funkier more up-tempo hits. Digging out her best ballad vocals she opts for a very atmospheric Bond-theme style which is way cooler than the soppy ballads we're used to from La Houston.

Dutch TV channel RTL4 will rebroadcast Divas Live/99 on December 25 or 26. The station aired parts of the show previously in November, and showed Whitney's entire performance. (Thanks Foekje A.)

From Time Out New York Magazine: Whitney Houston's All Star Holiday Gala featuring Marc Anthony, Michael Bolton, Petula Clark, Gloria Gaynor, Marilyn McCoo, Billy Davis Jr., Brian McKnight, Michael McDonald and more at the Marriott Marquis @7:30pm. $5000, $2000, $1000, $500 and $350. Our Diva of Perpetual Sweat hosts a superstar extravaganza that is surely geared toward a good cause or two. The pricey price includes a black tie dinner and celebrity auction. (Thanks Robert S.)

Kevin "She'kspere" Briggs to be Honored at the Whitney Houston All-Star Holiday Gala on December 4th... Read all about it!

A Reuters article today quoted officials' and celebrities' advice for the millennium. Here's what Whitney said: "Be at peace. Just be at peace with yourself.''

Whitney has been nominated for two NAACP Image Awards as Best Female Artist as well as Outstanding Song for "My Love Is Your Love." The 31st NAACP Image Awards will take place February 11th and 12th at the Pasadena Civic Auditorium. The primetime telecast will air in in the spring on FOX. (Thanks Reggie P.)

According to MTV, Whitney has recorded additional vocals for a house remix of "I Learned From The Best." You can read the full article here and see part of an interview she gave with MTV's John Norris here from the MTV Europe Music Awards.

French Chart News: It's Not Right But It's Okay makes a steep climb...

We can vote for Whitney and her music videos on BET's Videolink as having the top songs of the century. There is no limit to how many songs one can request. (Thanks Dee)

Dutch TV host Paul de Leeuw said he considers "My Love Is Your Love" the best album of 1999! He was the host of V.I.G. (music program on TMF) and he chose several video clips. He chose two Whitney clips: INRBIO & MLIYL. (Thanks ZuZy "zuzer")

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