EMAIL TO ARISTA:

Hello , I just wanted to write you and say that I hope that you guys don't make the same mistake as you did with the last single from the Preachers Wife , You released a retail single with NO VIDEO , As you know we now live in a time were a video can make or break a song ( and an artist ) . I hope to see music videos with NO SINGLES or maybe just maxi singles with mixes and not the album version , So people who like the song will have to purchase the WHOLE CD and the dance crowd will have the mixes they so look forward to . This worked for Sony with Mariah Carey and Celine Dion .As you know these are thier top two artist ! All in all I think that you guys are doing a great job so far promoteing this cd but we the fans want it to go NUMBER 1 and out sell M.Carey hits package .
Thank You for your time !
Whitney all the way in 1999 !!!!!!!!

ARISTA'S RESPONSE:
Date: Wed, 2 Dec 1998 17:53:26 -0500
To: *******@webtv.net (Alan M.)
From: ********@tuna.net
Subject: Re: Whitney Houston

You said it all in the last two lines of your message. You will see the album go to #1, you will also see it blow away Mariah within the next few months. Arista has a multi level marketing plan for this album that extends well into next year. One person said, we are not concerned with the first week of release, we are working on being noticed the other 51 weeks in the year. You will see a lot more of the album very soon.