Whitney Houston's I'm Your Baby Tonight
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Description
Whitney Houston's first two albums, Whitney Houston (1985) and Whitney (1987), propelled her to international fame and produced a record-setting run of seven consecutive No. 1 singles on the Billboard Hot 100. Yet those triumphs were accompanied by criticism that she had diluted her racial identity to appeal to white audiences. With her third album, 1990's I'm Your Baby Tonight, she confronted those charges by more fully embracing a Black musical lineage.
At a moment when Houston's cultural presence is enjoying a resurgence and critics are reexamining U.S. media's treatment of women celebrities, this book positions I'm Your Baby Tonight as a vital act of self-assertion. The album revealed the racialized pressures often placed on Black crossover artists--and demonstrated how Houston, the superstar beloved as “The Voice,” charted her own path while redefining the terms of pop success.
Table of Contents
I: “Pop's New Queen”
II: “You Got the Magic and I Gotta Have It”
III: “He's All I've Got in This World”
IV: “Show Some Respect for the Love You Receive”
V: “For the Love of Whitney Houston”
Conclusion: “She's Also Making Room for Us”
Product details
| Published | Nov 12 2026 |
|---|---|
| Format | Paperback |
| Edition | 1st |
| Pages | 152 |
| ISBN | 9798765132630 |
| Imprint | Bloomsbury Academic |
| Dimensions | 165 x 121 mm |
| Series | 33 1/3 |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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