I'm Your Baby Tonight

This article is about the Whitney Houston album. For her song of the same name, see I'm Your Baby Tonight (song).

I'm Your Baby Tonight is the third studio album by American singer Whitney Houston. It was released on November 6, 1990, by Arista Records. The album has been certified quadruple platinum in the US by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA).^[10][11]

I'm Your Baby Tonight
Studio album by Whitney Houston
Released	November 6, 1990
Studio	A&M Studios, Los Angeles, California Elumba Recording Studios, Hollywood, California The Hit Factory, New York City Ocean Way Recording, Hollywood, California Record Plant, Sausalito, California The Power Station, New York City Right Track Recording, New York City LaCoCo, Atlanta, Georgia Tarpan Studios, San Rafael, California Westlake Studios, Los Angeles, California Wonderland Studios, Los Angeles, California
Genre	Pop^[1] R&B^[2]
Length	53:45
Label	Arista BMG Entertainment
Producer	Whitney Houston Babyface L.A. Reid Luther Vandross Michael Masser Narada Michael Walden Ricky Minor Stevie Wonder
Whitney Houston chronology
Whitney (1987) I'm Your Baby Tonight (1990) The Bodyguard: Original Soundtrack Album (1992)
Singles from I'm Your Baby Tonight
"I'm Your Baby Tonight" Released: October 2, 1990 "All the Man That I Need" Released: December 4, 1990 "Miracle" Released: April 16, 1991 "My Name Is Not Susan" Released: July 21, 1991 "I Belong to You" Released: October 18, 1991 "We Didn't Know" Released: April 14, 1992

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[3]
The Baltimore Sun	(negative)^[4]
Entertainment Weekly	D+^[5]
Los Angeles Times	^[6]
Rolling Stone	^[7]
(The New) Rolling Stone Album Guide	^[8]
Smash Hits	5/10^[9]

Background

By 1989, Whitney Houston had become one of the most successful musicians in the industry, with her last two albums - Whitney Houston (1985) and Whitney (1987) - having sold a combined 30 million copies at the time. Houston's crossover blend of pop and R&B had helped her to break barriers on pop radio and on MTV, which along with the commercial breakthrough of Michael Jackson, led to the music industry enjoying "the best time for crossover artists since the height of disco in the mid-to-late '70s", according to journalist Frank Rizzo in 1987.^[12] Despite this, however, some black critics began to voice their disapproval of Houston's music, especially with her sophomore release, Whitney, which included the number-one hits, the dance pop hit "I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me)" and, in particular, the rock song, "So Emotional", accusing the singer of "selling out".^[13] They also felt that her records lacked the soul of her live performances of the same songs.^[14] Houston's name was jeered by some in the audience at both the 1988 and 1989 Soul Train Music Awards (where she first met future husband Bobby Brown) after she was announced as a nominee in a category.^[15] Houston defended herself against the criticism telling Essence magazine in 1990, "If you're gonna have a long career, there's a certain way to do it and I did it that way. I'm not ashamed of it."^[14]

Still, both Houston and her label head Clive Davis agreed to go into a more urban direction as popular music was starting to embrace a new urban pop sound called new jack swing. Even as her sophomore album Whitney was blanketing airwaves in the spring of 1988, music industry insiders were speculating that "[t]here is talk her next album will have a 'black direction'."^[16] As the material on her previous albums had been picked by the label, Houston wanted more creative control over the album's content. As a result, Houston would serve as an executive producer for the first time on an album. She recruited the new jack swing production team of L.A. Reid and Babyface, citing their work on Bobby Brown's Don't Be Cruel, to help her with her new direction. The duo would present the songs "I'm Your Baby Tonight", "My Name Is Not Susan", their sole ballad "Miracle" and "Anymore". Houston also recruited longtime idol Stevie Wonder on the album with the two collaborating on the Wonder-composed duet, "We Didn't Know", while longtime friend, singer Luther Vandross, penned the dance-pop song "Who Do You Love".

Houston would also produce a song herself, "I'm Knockin'", which was written for her by longtime musical collaborator and the musical director of her concert tours, Rickey Minor and BeBe Winans. Houston would co-produce and co-write another song with Winans titled "Takin' a Chance". Houston and Davis kept previous producers Michael Masser and Narada Michael Walden. With Masser, Houston was received the soft rock song, "After We Make Love", which would end up being their last collaboration together, while with Walden, Houston recorded the songs "I Belong to You", "Lover for Life", and the Linda Clifford ballad "All the Man That I Need", the sole cover of the album. Houston and Walden also worked on songs such as "Higher Love", "Dancing on the Smooth Edge" and "Feels So Good". At the end, "Takin' a Chance" and the three latter Walden productions were left off the album's final track list, except in Japan where "Higher Love" and "Takin' a Chance" were featured.

Music

I'm Your Baby Tonight's Walden-produced songs are divided by contemporary dance-pop tracks and ornate ballads, while Reid and Babyface's productions reappropriate 1970s black pop and danceable funk with aggressive 1980s dance rhythms.^[7] According to AllMusic's Ashley S. Battel, Houston "attempts to make a larger foray into dance music" with this album,^[3] while David Browne observed light synthesizer flourishes, thumping drum beats, and "dance-fever settings" throughout.^[5] James Hunter of Rolling Stone described the album as "a case study in how much [Houston] can get out of her luscious and straightforward vocal gifts within a dancepop framework."^[7] J. D. Considine wrote that Houston's singing on the album features "sultry moans, note-bending asides, [and] window-rattling gospel shouts".^[4] Rolling Stone magazine's Jim Macnie said that the album "displayed a slick R&B edge" and features "funk-and-dance-driven pop".^[1]

Commercial performance

In the United States, I'm Your Baby Tonight debuted at number 22 on the Billboard 200 chart, for the issue dated November 24, 1990. In its second week, it leapt to number five; the following week saw its peak position, at number three. The album spent 22 weeks in the top ten, and was on the chart for a total of 51 weeks.^[17] It also debuted at number 10 on the Billboard Top R&B Albums chart, the issue date of December 1, 1990, and reached the number one position of that chart three weeks later.^[18][19] The record was at the top of the R&B/Hip-Hop chart for eight non-consecutive weeks, and was present on that chart for a total of 53 weeks.^[19][20] Due to its great performance on the chart, it became the #1 R&B album on the Billboard year-end charts for 1991.^[21][22] The album was certified 4× platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America on April 5, 1995, and since Nielsen SoundScan began tracking sales data in May 1991, it had sold (as of 2009) 1,728,000 copies in the United States; this numerical amount does not include copies sold in the initial months of the album's release or its sales through mail-order sources such as Columbia House or BMG Music Club.^[23][24] This is not its sales total, as the biggest portion of the sales occurred in November of 1990, before there was Nielsen SoundScan.

The album was a hit internationally (though its sales didn't reach a level as high as the previous two albums), boosting Houston to global super-stardom. In Britain, it entered the UK Albums Chart at number 6 on November 17, 1990, and peaked at number 4, nine weeks later.^[25][26] The British Phonographic Industry certified the album Platinum, for shipments of 300,000 units, on November 1, 1990. In Germany, the album peaked at number three on the Media Control Albums Chart, receiving Platinum certification (for shipments of 500,000 copies), by the Bundesverband Musikindustrie, in 1991. It also reached the top five in other countries, such as Austria,^[27] Norway,^[28] Sweden,^[29] and Switzerland.^[30] To date, the album has sold approximately 10 million copies worldwide.^[31]

Singles

I'm Your Baby Tonight yielded four top-twenty singles on the Hot 100 Singles chart, and six top-twenty singles on the Hot R&B Singles chart between 1990 and 1992. "I'm Your Baby Tonight" and "All the Man That I Need" both reached number 1. This success earned Houston a ranking of number 3 Pop singles artist and number 1 R&B singles artist on the 1991 Billboard year-end charts.^[21][32]

The title track, "I'm Your Baby Tonight", was released as the first single from the album in October 1990. While the L.A. Reid/Babyface mix version was released in the United States, an alternate Yvonne Turner mix, labeled the international version or European version, was released in other countries. The single debuted at number forty-two on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart in the week ending October 20, 1990. Six weeks later, in the issue dated December 1, 1990, it reached number one and stayed there for a week, becoming Houston's eighth number-one single on the chart.^[33] It also peaked at number one in the same week on the Hot R&B Singles chart and remained on the top for two weeks, making it her fourth R&B chart topper.^[34] In addition, the song peaked at number seven on the Hot Adult Contemporary chart, spending a total of twenty-eight weeks on the chart.^[35] The single was certified Gold for shipments of 500,000 copies by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) on November 27, 1990.^[36] Worldwide it was a big hit during her European promotion in November–December 1990. In Italy, it reached number one on the Musica e dischi singles chart in November 1990 and remained atop for five weeks, becoming her second number-one song on the chart, after 1987's "I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me)".^{[citation needed]} In the United Kingdom, the single entered the UK Singles Chart at number sixteen on October 20, 1990, and peaked at number five two weeks later, becoming her eighth top ten hit.^[37][38] It also reached the top five in many countries such as Austria,^[39] Belgium,^[40] France,^[41] Germany,^[42] the Netherlands,^[43] Norway,^[44] Sweden,^[45] and Switzerland.^[46] It also went top ten in Australia and Ireland.^[47][48] Houston was nominated for Best Pop Vocal Performance, Female with this track at the 33rd Grammy Awards of 1991.^[49]

Houston's remake of a ballad, "All the Man That I Need" was the album's second single, released in December 1990. The single achieved great success on the Billboard charts. It debuted at number fifty-three on the Hot 100 on December 22, 1990, and topped the chart nine weeks later, in the issue dated February 23, 1991.^[50] On March 2, 1991, when it reached the number one on the Hot R&B Singles chart, the single enjoyed its second and third week at the top of the Hot 100 and Hot Adult Contemporary chart, respectively.^[51][52][53] As a result, it became her first single to top the Hot 100, Hot R&B, and Hot Adult Contemporary chart simultaneously—which "I Will Always Love You" also achieved for five weeks in 1992/93—and overall her third triple-crown hit, after 1985's "Saving All My Love for You" and 1986's "How Will I Know" both reached the top spot on those three charts in different weeks. The RIAA certified it Gold on March 21, 1991.^[54] Unlike the United States, it was a modest hit globally. It peaked at number one on the Canadian RPM Top 100 Singles chart for one week and number ten on Belgian VRT Top 30 chart.^[55][56] However, it only reached the top twenty in Ireland, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom.^[48][57][58] With this song, Houston received a nomination for Best Pop Vocal Performance, Female at the 34th Grammy Awards in 1992, which was her fifth nomination in that category.^[49]

After the release of "The Star Spangled Banner" single, "Miracle" was released as the third single from the album in April 1991. It peaked at number nine on the Billboard Hot 100 on June 8, 1991, becoming her thirteenth top ten hit on the chart.^[59] It also reached number two and number four, on the Hot R&B Singles and Adult Contemporary chart, respectively.^[60][61]

The album's fourth single "My Name Is Not Susan" was released in July 1991. In September, the song peaked at number twenty on the Hot 100 and number eight on the Hot R&B, becoming her fifteenth R&B top ten hit.^[62]

A fifth single, "I Belong to You", became a top ten R&B single and garnered Houston a Grammy nomination for Best Female R&B Vocal Performance at the 35th Grammy Awards.^[63][64]

"We Didn't Know", a duet with Stevie Wonder, was the sixth and final single from the album, released exclusively for R&B airplay in April 1992. It peaked at number twenty on the Hot R&B Singles chart in the issue dated July 4, 1992.^[65] Included on the tracklisting of the album's Japanese edition is a cover of Steve Winwood's "Higher Love", which was resurrected by Norwegian DJ Kygo in 2019, and "Takin' a Chance"; the latter became a success in the country.

Promotion and appearances

Tour

Main article: I'm Your Baby Tonight World Tour

Date	Title	Details
December 4, 1990	The Arsenio Hall Show	Houston performed "All the Man That I Need" and "We Didn't Know with Stevie Wonder, followed by both Houston and Wonder interview with Arsenio Hall on recording their first duet song.^[66]
December 11, 1990	The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (Guest Host: Jay Leno)	Houston performed "All the Man That I Need" and interviewed by Jay Leno, followed by another performance of "Do You Hear What I Hear?".
January 4, 1991	The Arsenio Hall Show	Houston performed "I'm Your Baby Tonight" followed by an interview with Arsenio Hall.^[67]
February 23, 1991	Saturday Night Live	Musical guest; performance: "I'm Your Baby Tonight" and "All the Man That I Need".
March 31, 1991	Welcome Home Heroes with Whitney Houston	Houston performed for members of the US armed forces returning from the Persian Gulf War.^[68] This exclusive one-time-only event was her first-ever solo televised live concert on HBO.^[69] Set-list was almost the same as the I'm Your Baby Tonight World Tour's.
May 12, 1991	The Simple Truth: A Concert for Kurdish Refugees	This five-hour telethon broadcast in 36 countries which raised $15 million. The main concert was staged at Wembley Arena, with five satellite sites beaming concerts from around the world.^[70] Houston allowed MTV to simulcast her performances of "My Name Is Not Susan", "Miracle" and "Greatest Love of All" at her Oakland, California concert during a telethon held to aid the Kurds.
June 23, 1991	Coca Cola Pop Music Backstage Pass to Summer	A Fox's TV special hosted by Cher, which previewed the Summer 1991 music scene.^[71] It was aired to Houston's "I'm Your Baby Tonight" live performance at Greensboro Coliseum on June 16, during I'm Your Baby Tonight World Tour.
January 27, 1992	The 19th American Music Awards	Houston performed a medley of "I'm Your Baby Tonight", "My Name Is Not Susan" and "Who Do You Love" introduced by MC Hammer.^[72]
February 16, 1992	Muhammad Ali's 50th Birthday Celebration	This event was taped at the Wiltern Theater in Los Angeles on February 16, 1992, aired on ABC on March 1, 1992.^[73]^[74] She dedicated "Greatest Love of All" to Muhammad Ali, which was the theme of 1977 film The Greatest about the life of him and later joined "You've Got a Friend" with Diana Ross & other celebrities at the end of the show.
May 6, 1992	Whitney Houston: This Is My Life	It was her first hourlong TV special aired on ABC on May 6, 1992.^[75] This special included eight edited live performances in A Coruña, Spain during the I'm Your Baby Tonight World Tour on September 29, 1991, as well as her two live performances during rehearsals for that tour, "This Day" and "Greatest Love of All". She talked about her musical and personal life with behind-the-scenes views of the world tour. Her co-star Kevin Costner in the movie The Bodyguard, and her parents Cissy Houston and John Houston appeared to talk about Houston.

Track listing

I'm Your Baby Tonight – Standard edition

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"I'm Your Baby Tonight"	L.A. Reid Babyface	Reid Babyface	4:59
2.	"My Name Is Not Susan"	Eric Foster White	Reid Babyface	4:39
3.	"All the Man That I Need"	Dean Pitchford Michael Gore	Narada Michael Walden	4:11
4.	"Lover for Life"	Sam Dees	Walden	4:49
5.	"Anymore"	Reid Babyface	Reid Babyface	4:23
6.	"Miracle"	Reid Babyface	Reid Babyface	5:42
7.	"I Belong to You"	Derek Bramble Franne Golde	Walden	5:30
8.	"Who Do You Love"	Luther Vandross Hubert Eaves III	Vandross	3:57
9.	"We Didn't Know" (duet with Stevie Wonder)	Stevie Wonder	Wonder	5:30
10.	"After We Make Love"	Michael Masser Gerry Goffin	Masser	5:07
11.	"I'm Knockin'"	Rhett Lawrence Ricky Minor Benjamin Winans	Minor Whitney Houston	4:58

Japanese edition – bonus tracks^[76]

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
12.	"Takin' a Chance"	Houston Winans Keith Thomas	Winans Thomas	4:11
13.	"Higher Love"	Steve Winwood Will Jennings	Walden	5:09

Notes

• All non-North American countries have the "Yvonne Turner Mix" of "I'm Your Baby Tonight" replacing the L.A. Reid/Babyface original version as track 1.

Personnel

Whitney Houston – vocals, background vocals, vocal arrangements Walter Afanasieff – keyboards, Moog bass, synthesizers Tawatha Agee – background vocals Gerald Albright – saxophone Skip Anderson – drums, keyboards Babyface – keyboards, Memorymoog bass, vocals, background vocals Kitty Beethoven – background vocals Louis Biancaniello – synthesizer, keyboards Gary Bias – alto saxophone Vernon "Ice" Black – guitar Kimberly Brewer – background vocals Ray Brown – trumpet Chris Camozzi – guitar Francisco Centeno – bass Paulinho Da Costa – percussion Hubert Eaves III – synthesizer, drums, keyboards Steve Ferrone – drums Lynn Fiddmont – background vocals Kenny G – saxophone Jerry Hey – strings Dorian Holley – background vocals Cissy Houston – background vocals Paul Jackson Jr. – guitar Skyler Jett – background vocals Keith John – background vocals Melisa Kary – background vocals Kayo – Fender bass, Moog bass Randy Kerber – strings, keyboards Ren Klyce – Fairlight synthesizer

Robbie Kondor – strings, keyboards, rhythm Neil Larsen – Hammond organ Ricky Lawson – synthesizer, percussion, drums Wayne Linsey – piano Frank Martin – piano, keyboards, vibraphone Paulette McWilliams – background vocals Jason Miles – synthesizer Ricky Minor – synthesizer, bass, horn, background vocals, rhythm, synthesized bass Billy Myers – horn Rafael Padilla – percussion Donald Parks – Fairlight synthesizer L.A. Reid – percussion, drums Claytoven Richardson – background vocals Tom Scott – saxophone Michael "Patches" Stewart – trumpet Annie Stocking – background vocals Steve Tavaglione – horn, tenor saxophone Jeanie Tracy – background vocals Luther Vandross – vocals Narada Michael Walden – synthesized bass, percussion David Ward II – synthesizer Bill Washer – guitar Kirk Whalum – saxophone, tenor saxophone Brenda White-King – background vocals BeBe Winans – background vocals CeCe Winans – background vocals Stevie Wonder – vocals, multiple instruments, performer Reggie C. Young – trombone

Production

• L.A. Reid - producer (tracks: "I'm Your Baby Tonight", "My Name Is Not Susan", "Anymore" and "Miracle"), arranger
• Babyface - producer (tracks: "I'm Your Baby Tonight", "My Name Is Not Susan", "Anymore" and "Miracle"), arranger
• Jon Gass - recording
• Barney Perkins - recording
• Donnell Sullivan - engineer
• Ryan Dorn - engineer
• Jim Zumpano - engineer
• Cynthia Ahiloh - production coordination
• Marsha Burns - production coordination
• Susanne Edgren - production coordination
• Janice Lee - production coordination
• Cynthia Shiloh - production coordination
• Kevin Walden - production coordination
• Gar Wood - production coordination
• Stephanie Andrews - project coordinator
• Robert A. Arbittier - sound design
• Louis Biancaniello - drum programming, additional programming
• Walter Afanasieff - drum programming
• Ren Klyce - programming
• Ricky Lawson - programming
• Jason Miles - programming
• David Ward II - programming
• Hubert Eaves III - drum programming
• Skip Anderson - keyboard programming
• Donald Parks - keyboard programming
• John Anderson - arranger
• Hubert Eaves III - keyboard programming, arranger
• Whitney Houston - arranger, vocal arrangement
• Randy Kerber - arranger
• Robbie Kondor - arranger
• Ricky Minor - arranger, horn arrangements
• Billy Myers - arranger, horn arrangements
• Steve Tavaglione - arranger, horn arrangements
• Luther Vandross - arranger
• Narada Michael Walden - arranger
• BeBe Winans - arranger
• CeCe Winans - arranger
• Stevie Wonder - arranger
• Jerry Hey - string arrangements
• Susan Mendola - art direction
• Andrea Blanch - photography
• Tim White - photography
• Bernard Maisner - lettering
• Kevyn Aucoin - make-u
• Patrick Poussard - make-up
• Barbara Dente - stylist
• Ellen La Var - hair stylist
• George Marino - mastering

Charts

Weekly charts Chart (1990–1991) Peak position Australian Albums (ARIA)^[77] 10 Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)^[27] 2 Canada Top Albums/CDs (RPM)^[78] 12 Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista)^[79] 2 German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)^[80] 3 Greece (IFPI)^[81] 1 Italian Albums (FIMI)^[82] 2 Japanese Albums (Oricon)^[83] 6 New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)^[84] 15 Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)^[28] 5 Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE)^[85] 6 Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)^[29] 3 Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)^[30] 2 UK Albums (OCC)^[86] 4 US Billboard 200^[87] 3 US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)^[88] 1 Chart (2012) Peak position US Billboard 200^[89] 32

Year-end charts Chart (1990) Position Australian Albums (ARIA)^[90] 41 Austrian Albums (Music & Media)^[91] 2 Belgium Albums (Music & Media)^[91] 5 Danish Albums (Music & Media)^[91] 1 Dutch Albums (Music & Media)^[91] 6 German Albums (Music & Media)^[91] 10 Italian Albums (Music & Media)^[91] 8 Norwegian Albums (Music & Media)^[91] 5 Portuguese Albums (Music & Media)^[91] 9 Spanish Albums (Music & Media)^[91] 8 Sweden Albums (Music & Media)^[91] 2 Swiss Albums (Music & Media)^[91] 2 UK Albums (OCC) 25 Chart (1991) Position Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)^[92] 17 European Top 100 Albums (Music & Media)^[93] 13 German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)^[94] 42 Japanese Albums (Oricon)^[95] 78 Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)^[96] 22 UK Albums (OCC)^[97] 56 US Top Pop Albums (Billboard)^[98] 10 US Top R&B Albums (Billboard)^[99] 1

Certifications and sales

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA)^[100]	Platinum	70,000^^
Austria (IFPI Austria)^[101]	Platinum	50,000^*
Brazil	—	250,000^[102]
Canada (Music Canada)^[103]	Platinum	100,000^^
Finland (Musiikkituottajat)^[104]	Gold	35,702^[104]
France (SNEP)^[105]	Platinum	300,000^*
Germany (BVMI)^[106]	Platinum	500,000^^
Ghana	—	7,000^[107]
Japan (RIAJ)^[108]	2× Platinum	400,000^^
Netherlands (NVPI)^[109]	Platinum	100,000^^
Spain (PROMUSICAE)^[110]	2× Platinum	200,000^^
Sweden (GLF)^[111]	Platinum	100,000^^
Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland)^[112]	2× Platinum	100,000^^
United Kingdom (BPI)^[113]	Platinum	300,000^^
United States (RIAA)^[115]	4× Platinum	4,150,000^[114]
Summaries
Worldwide	—	10,000,000^[31]
^* Sales figures based on certification alone. ^^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

Accolades

American Black Achievement Awards

The Music Award is for the most creative and enduring contribution by a performer in live appearances or as a recording artist. Houston was presented this award for her achievements as an award-winning recording, performing and video artist, for her successful I'm Your Baby Tonight World Tour, for her best-selling video and single of "The Star-Spangled Banner" performed at Super Bowl XXV and for her multi-platinum album, I'm Your Baby Tonight.^[116]

Year	Nominee / work	Award	Result
1991	Whitney Houston (herself)	The Music Award^[116]	Won

American Music Awards

Year	Nominee / work	Award	Result
1992	Whitney Houston (herself)	Favorite Pop/Rock Female Artist^[117]	Nominated
		Favorite Soul/R&B Female Artist^[117]	Nominated
	I'm Your Baby Tonight	Favorite Soul/R&B Album^[117]	Nominated
	Whitney Houston (herself)	Favorite Adult Contemporary Artist^[117]	Nominated
	I'm Your Baby Tonight	Favorite Adult Contemporary Album^[117]	Nominated

Billboard Music Awards

Year	Nominee / work	Award	Result
1991	Whitney Houston (herself)	Top Pop Album Artists - Female^[21]^[22]	Nominated
		Top Pop Singles Artist^[21]^[22]	Nominated
		Top Pop Singles Artist - Female^[21]^[22]	Nominated
		Top R&B Artist #1^[21]^[22]	Won
	I'm Your Baby Tonight	Top R&B Album #1^[21]^[22]	Won
	Whitney Houston (herself)	Top R&B Album Artist #1^[21]^[22]	Won
		Top R&B Singles Artist #1^[21]^[22]	Won
	"All the Man That I Need"	Top Adult Contemporary Single^[21]^[22]	Nominated

BRIT Awards

Year	Nominee / work	Award	Result
1991	Whitney Houston (herself)	Best International Female Artist^[118]	Nominated

Grammy Awards

Year	Nominee / work	Award	Result
1991	"I'm Your Baby Tonight"	Best Pop Vocal Performance, Female^[119]	Nominated
1992	"All the Man That I Need"	Best Pop Vocal Performance, Female^[119]	Nominated
1993	"I Belong to You"	Best R&B Vocal Performance, Female^[120]	Nominated

NAACP Image Awards

Year	Nominee / work	Award	Result
1992	HBO Presents Welcome Home Heroes with Whitney Houston	Outstanding Variety Series or Special^[121]	Nominated
	"I'm Your Baby Tonight"	Outstanding Female Artist^[122]	Nominated

The CableACE Awards

Year	Nominee / work	Award	Result
1992	HBO Presents Welcome Home Heroes with Whitney Houston	Performance in a Music Special or Series^[123]	Won
		Music Special^[123]	Nominated

Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) Awards

Year	Date	Title	Format(s)	Award description(s)	Result(s)
1990	November 27	"I'm Your Baby Tonight"	Single	Gold^[36]	Won
1991	January 15	I'm Your Baby Tonight	Album	Gold^[36]	Won
		I'm Your Baby Tonight	Album	Platinum^[36]	Won
		I'm Your Baby Tonight	Album	2× Multi-Platinum^[36]	Won
	March 21	"All the Man That I Need"	Single	Gold^[54]	Won
	May 2	I'm Your Baby Tonight	Album	3× Multi-Platinum^[54]	Won
1995	April 5	I'm Your Baby Tonight	Album	4× Multi-Platinum^[23]	Won

Soul Train Music Awards

Year	Nominee / work	Award	Result
1992	I'm Your Baby Tonight	Best R&B/Soul Album, Female^[124]	Nominated
	"All the Man That I Need"	Best R&B/Soul Single, Female^[124]	Nominated

Billboard Magazine Year-End Charts

Categories which Houston was ranked #1, were excluded. See above awards list for her #1-ranked-categories.

Year	Category	Work	Position
1991 ^[32]	Top Pop Artists	total six charted singles & albums	#6
	Top Albums	I'm Your Baby Tonight	#10
	Top Album Artists	one charted album	#11
	Top Album Artists – Female	one charted album	#3
	Top Pop Singles	"All the Man That I Need"	#16
		"I'm Your Baby Tonight"	#42
	Top Pop Singles Artists	five charted singles	#3
	Top Pop Singles Artists – Female	five charted singles	#2
	Top R&B Singles	"All the Man That I Need"	#18
		"Miracle"	#24
		"I'm Your Baby Tonight"	#79
	Top Adult Contemporary Singles	"All the Man That I Need"	#3
		"Miracle"	#33
		"I'm Your Baby Tonight"	#50
	Top Adult Contemporary Artists	five charted singles	#6

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External links

• I'm Your Baby Tonight at AllMusic
• I'm Your Baby Tonight at Discogs
• I'm Your Baby Tonight at Whitney Houston's Official Website