Whitney Houston: Official Topic

[Stardust]

MDB performance

 

 

http://www.mediafire.com/file/j4nqdwddnyn/046.wmv

[celinefanonline]

http://p6.p.pixnet.net/albums/userpics/6/2/593462/4a9c9ffae2b92.jpg

newer one that was posted in Taiwan's sony music blog they changed the release date!

 

for the MDB performance... it's not that good......

[Nikosn17]

OMG poor Whitney... her performances are even worse than the ones in 08... And it's not only the high notes it's pretty much everything. But at least she managed to do a very good album.

[Nikosn17]

No, I don't.

 

It's just ironic to see that rollingstone has finally published a review that really reflect the reality. lol

 

I've seen the bootlegs vids on youtube this evening and her voice really sucked. Sorry but that's the truth.

 

Oh please... you just go in the threads of every artist you don't like and post every possible negative article.

Edited September 2, 2009 at 08:31 AM by Nikosn17

[reynolds]

i felt so sorry for whitney after watching clips of gma on youtube....

[Scramasboy]

I am not a real Whitney fan, but I cannot watch them. It'd make me to sad I think, as I feel she actually seems to have tried pretty hard to get back to where she is.

[Lymon]

She's on GMA right now doing Million Dollar Bill. She sounds fine so far.

[Davey84]

I listened to the whole album. It's not so bad, but I don't think it's anything special. Her voice sounds dry at times, but looking at what she's been through and how she sounded not so long ago, it's ok.

 

I think the highlights are:

Million dollar bill

Worth it

Salute (a goodbye song for Bobby I guess )

 

I didn't know my own strength sounds weird too me, it could have been much better. Also that cheap disco beat under Song for you was totally unnessecary! I look to you is a nice song, but I feel it's lacking something too.

[Nikosn17]

GMA performances:

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tyDyLA8PunY

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iwGroCVR2aY

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yKmz5MKkCJ8

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CgH4zBBIjFQ

 

OMG ... dubbed at places and still sounds awful. I'm sorry I love Whitney but these performances aren't just bad. They are unacceptable.

Edited September 2, 2009 at 02:23 PM by Nikosn17

[GoldenLeaf]

She sounds dreadful! What a total mess.

 

She's done. Face it Nippy fans.

[Stardust]

this is weird to hear from you, from Mariah fan! unacceptable is what Mariah does!!! i even forgot when i heard Mariah LIVE last time, oh yes, it was MJ concert, and it was also terrible, thats why Mariah does not sing live anymore.

 

Yes Whitney was not great, but she also was not terrible. she just needs to perform more. actually i enjoyed MDM very much!

[Frida]

I like a lot of the songs on the album, but those live clips sound awful

[Nikosn17]

this is weird to hear from you, from Mariah fan! unacceptable is what Mariah does!!! i even forgot when i heard Mariah LIVE last time, oh yes, it was MJ concert, and it was also terrible, thats why Mariah does not sing live anymore.

 

Yes Whitney was not great, but she also was not terrible. she just needs to perform more. actually i enjoyed MDM very much!

 

Sorry to disappoint you but Mariah never sounded as awful as this and yes it was terrible. And you also commented on some of Mariah's recent performances as awful... you are a Whitney fan so that's also weird. And actually that has nothing to do with me being a Mariah fan. I criticise her when she sounds awful so there's nothing strange with me criticising Whitney.

Edited September 2, 2009 at 05:26 PM by Nikosn17

[Stardust]

so, be more realistic when MC also gives sucks performances , and dont say how great she was. then what the meaning to come here and to say how Whitney was sucks? Mariah never was sounded as awful because she does not sing live at all, very smart decision.

 

 

think first of all that Whitney, the person, the entertainer is back 100% ... During Just Whitney and One Wish time, she was just doing barely enough to get the album out.... Now the singing etc and health will take a bit more time. Mariah singing Obsessed on Americas Got Talent but all she did was kind soft singing...which anyone can do..plus she never has any stage presence...

Whitney's songs are not like those soft singin songs

[angelil78]

OMD! after seeing the performance on Perez Hilton, I think she´s done. There wont be a come back. She might sound ok on the cd but live she is terrible! I think even I could sing better than here (and I can't sing)

[Nikosn17]

so, be more realistic when MC also gives sucks performances , and dont say how great she was. then what the meaning to come here and to say how Whitney was sucks? Mariah never was sounded as awful because she does not sing live at all, very smart decision.

 

 

think first of all that Whitney, the person, the entertainer is back 100% ... During Just Whitney and One Wish time, she was just doing barely enough to get the album out.... Now the singing etc and health will take a bit more time. Mariah singing Obsessed on Americas Got Talent but all she did was kind soft singing...which anyone can do..plus she never has any stage presence...

Whitney's songs are not like those soft singin songs

 

Soft singing ? And Whitney's singing wasn't actually singing but something between talking and screaming. You know that this sounds ridiculous right ? First of all I have always been realistic about Mariah, if you don't believe it read my posts in her thread. I never said that she was amazing when she clearly sucked. And Mariah's Obsessed performance on America's Got Talent was Daydream Tour to me compared to Whitney's performances from GMA. Both were dubbed and both sounded awful dubbed. However if you listen to the undubbed version of that Obsessed performance at least there was some clear vocal there and don't forget that Obsessed has a strong ending that's everything else but soft. It's pointless to compare both. I'm not a Whitney hater, actually I first became a fan of Whitney and then a fan of Mariah. I'm not criticising her because that's what makes me happy (like some other people here )... I don't want her to sound like that but that's the truth.

[Bellamy]

This comment on Perez Hilton is so true.

She is barely singing (like Diana Ross used to do the same thing by pointing the microphone towards the audience and announce "everyone sing"….because I can't) and yes, the voice is struggling.

[Nikosn17]

In speaking of Perez he said that she sounded good

[Bellamy]

In speaking of Perez he said that she sounded good

The dubbed part at the beginning is ok. Maybe he think it's live.

[Stardust]

Look to You Looks Like 250-275k, As Second Release Day Matches First, Cyrus Next

 

September 2, 2009

 

Whitney Houston's comeback is complete.

 

Her Arista/RMG album, Look to You, taking advantage of its Monday release date to be eligible for this year's Grammys, will debut at #1, with a robust sales figure of 250-275k.

 

That's based on two-day sales reports from those among our crack group of retail reporters who haven't yet paved paradise and put up a parking lot. Her second day, Tuesday, which would have been the normal release date, proved every bit as busy as the first.

 

Miley Cyrus' seven-song Wal-Mart exclusive, The Time of Our Lives, which leaked before street date to the tune of 60k+, debuting at #2 on this week's chart and foreclosing an expected diva duel, will nevertheless remain the runner-up, with a total between 140-150k for the Hollywood Records release.

 

Atlantic R&B star and former Grammy nominee Trey Songz' Ready is up next at between 100-115k.

 

Other expected chart debuts include Epic's Chevelle (35-40k), Polo Grounds/J/RMG's Pitbull (30-35k), Silver Arrow's the Black Crowes (30-35k), Reprise's The Used (25-30k) and Verve Forecast's John Fogerty with his Blue Ridge Rangers album (12-15k).

 

The market was up 2% vs. last week, down 19% vs. same week last year and still down 15% year to date.

 

In other news, John Slattery's black-faced rendition of "My Old Kentucky Home" as ad agency chief Roger Sterling from last week's episode of Mad Men is not the #1 download on iTunes. But it should be.

Edited September 2, 2009 at 06:35 PM by Stardust

[Claudette]

That's what happens when you can't count on the people that are suppose to protect and support you... Thank God Celine has the necessary support and that she can count on everyone close to her...

[GoldenLeaf]

That's what happens when you can't count on the people that are suppose to protect and support you... Thank God Celine has the necessary support and that she can count on everyone close to her...

Really? I thought that she had great support from her mother and Clive Davis.

[LVCeline]

My god, her performances were horrible. I'm Every Woman was especially bad, she didn't hit a good note the entire song. I cannot believe after all this time the woman still cannot pull it together for 4 songs every 4 years live. The album itself sounds better, but she is done live. I cannot believe those who still make excuses this late in the game. How many excuses does she get? I'm sure she was humiliated. And now she's blaming it on talking too much? How about years of cigarettes and crack? I just cannot believe my ears, I expected so much more.

[celinesounds]

I look To You was amazing, the live performence was OWWWW

[smw]

My god, her performances were horrible. I'm Every Woman was especially bad, she didn't hit a good note the entire song. I cannot believe after all this time the woman still cannot pull it together for 4 songs every 4 years live. The album itself sounds better, but she is done live. I cannot believe those who still make excuses this late in the game. How many excuses does she get? I'm sure she was humiliated. And now she's blaming it on talking too much? How about years of cigarettes and crack? I just cannot believe my ears, I expected so much more.

 

I'm right there with you. It's incredibly strange to me....that she didn't rest her voice and pull off even TWO live songs that are respectable. I think all of her fans would have preferred ONE good live song - than those "performances" that she gave on GMA.

 

I appreciated her energy - but she tried to make up for her lack of vocal ability through energy. But it didn't work - at all.

 

I am ALL for Whitney cleaning up her image. I think it's important for new, younger people to be introduced to her for her work from the 1980s and into the 1990s. But - it's obvious that she is not an amazing singer anymore. Frankly - and this hurts to say - but the younger divas can sing circles around her today. Even though Whitney could have smothered anyone in her path in her day. And those are the performances that I hope new generations will witness.

 

Sorry - Clive - but you can't claim that this woman is still the best. It makes you look like a crazy old man.

[Stardust]

i wanna see how she was on Oprah! maybe she reall was overtired for GMa performance. Damn , i still have hope for her, she is such a great singer, and even pre-Grammy concert was good sign for me. pls Whitney , we love you, pls bring your voice back.

 

Awaiting for Oprah show.

[Stardust]

OMG, Whitney will talk about lost her voice on Oprah!!!

 

 

Oprah preview

 

[Stardust]

http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20090902/capt.19aba2382b9641d3bc64313048e75960.people_houston_winfrey_cx304.jpg

 

 

 

Whitney Houston's Comeback Headed To Top Billboard 200 Chart

 

Whitney Houston struggled with her voice during her much-hyped comeback performance on ABC's "Good Morning America" on Tuesday (Sept. 1). But, industry prognosticators are suggesting the soul music diva won't trip up on the charts next week.

 

Released on Aug. 31st, "I Look To You" -- Houston's first album in seven years -- is expected to sell upward of 200,000 copies, which should easily enable it to debut at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart. If this is the case, Miley Cyrus' "The Time of Our Lives" exclusive Wal-Mart EP, which entered at No. 3 with 62,000 copies sold this week, according to Nielsen Soundscan, will drop down a few slots below Houston's "You."

 

"Lives," which was originally due on August 31st like Houston's album, was pushed up three days last minute for an early release.

 

With return sales and chart entry like that, Houston won't need to apologize to her fans, although she did find herself asking for forgiveness from the 5,000 concert-goers at Central Park's Rumsey Playfield on Tuesday for overusing her famous pipes. "I'm sorry. I did 'Oprah.' I've been talking so long... I talked so much, my voice," she attempted to explain. "I shouldn't be talking, I should be singing," she said before breaking into "I'm Every Woman," the last of her three-song set.

 

Other tracks performed included "Million Dollar Bill" and the album's title track, during which Houston choked up.

 

Since the official announcement of the new album on June 4th, internet buzz on Houston, who'd made headlines the past few years for the lapse in her career, marriage to ex-husband Bobby Brown and alleged history of drug abuse, among other negative things, has increased. On July 3rd, when the track "I Didn't Know My Own Strength" leaked, chatter on Houston went up; on July 15th, when she held her first listening event in London, web chatter rose again; on July 24th, when the R. Kelly-penned title track was released, buzz jumped further; and then on July 29, when it was announced her album would arrive early, buzz on Houston improved yet again.

 

http://www.billboard.com/photos/stylus/101555-whitney_houston_graph_412.jpg

 

Houston isn't the only artist with an album that bowed on Aug. 31: this week also greeted new sets from the Used, Trey Songz, Pitbull, Chevelle and John Fogerty.

 

http://www.billboard.com/news/whitney-hous...004008913.story

Edited September 3, 2009 at 06:45 AM by Stardust

[Davey84]

i wanna see how she was on Oprah! maybe she reall was overtired for GMa performance.

 

that is no excuse!! If you know that your voice can give you trouble during a live performance, you should as a professional do anything to prevend that! this 'concert' was planned a while ago, they and she should have allowed enough rest for her voice for that performance!

[Stardust]

yes you are right