36 years ago today, Whitney Houston released “I'm Your Baby Tonight”
Her third studio album arrived on Arista on November 6, 1990. It peaked at No. 3 on the Billboard 200, topped Top R&B Albums, and sent the title track and "All the Man That I Need" to No. 1 on the Hot 100.
Whitney Houston's third studio album, I'm Your Baby Tonight, was released on November 6, 1990 by Arista Records. It is 36 years old today.
Houston took an executive producer credit for the first time and leaned into new jack swing with L.A. Reid and Babyface on the title track, "Miracle" and "My Name Is Not Susan". Narada Michael Walden, Luther Vandross, Michael Masser and Stevie Wonder also worked on the set. The Stevie Wonder duet "We Didn't Know" closed the original tracklist with a quieter note.
- Album
- I'm Your Baby Tonight
- Released
- November 6, 1990 · Arista
- Billboard 200
- No. 3 (22 weeks in the top 10)
- Top R&B Albums
- No. 1 · 8 weeks
- US RIAA
- 4× Platinum
- Hot 100 No. 1s
- I'm Your Baby Tonight · All the Man That I Need
The album peaked at No. 3 on the Billboard 200 and spent eight weeks at No. 1 on Top R&B Albums. The RIAA later certified it four times platinum. The title track and "All the Man That I Need" both topped the Hot 100; "Miracle" reached the top 10.
Thirty-six years on, the Arista date still marks the album that put Houston back on the R&B chart summit after Whitney.
