Barack Obama I'm Praying for Bobbi Kristina

that's sad

CNN needs to move around..

R.I.P. Whitney Houston2/13/2012 11:19 AM PST BY TMZ STAFF

Wow they really aren't wasting any time smh...

Sony to Set Plans for Whitney Houston Catalog

Sony Music executives will meet this week in New York to determine a strategy for marketing the nine albums, soundtracks and compilations that feature Whitney Houston, the pop singer who died on Saturday at age 48, according to two people familiar with the plans.

Executives will also discuss stepping up marketing efforts for the upcoming film "Sparkle," a low-budget movie starring Houston that will be released in August, and for the accompanying soundtrack on which she sings two songs, added one of the people with knowledge of the conversations.

Houston's death is the second in three years for a top-tier Sony Music artist. In 2009, following Michael Jackson's death, the New York-based company aggressively marketed Jackson's prior albums, selling more than 8.2 million in the U.S. and more than 35 million worldwide, according to Billboard.

Sony executives are expected to wait until after the results of an autopsy are known before re-releasing albums or otherwise openly marketing the late singer, according to one of the people familiar with the conversations. A tribute concert featuring other Sony artists and those with whom Houston had worked in the past is also being contemplated, this person said.

"Michael Jackson's passing was the perfect storm for Sony because he was getting ready for a world tour that was already getting a lot of publicity," said Lance Grode, a former head of worldwide business affairs for MCA Records, nowUniversal Music. "You don't want to look too eager but you also want to capitalize on the attention the star is getting right now."

In 2010, Sony released a re-mastered 25-year anniversary edition of Houston's debut 1985 album "Whitney Houston," and the company will likely boost marketing of that record, said one of the people with knowledge of Sony.

Houston's Christmas album, "One Wish: The Holiday Album," currently listed on Amazon.com for $7.53, will almost certainly be re-issued this fall, said the person.

On Sunday, fans had already driven "Whitney Houston — The Greatest Hits" to the top of the charts on Amazon.com, and her signature hit single "I Will Always Love You," was the top download on iTunes.

No Large Revenue Share

Unlike Michael Jackson, who controlled much of his music, Houston did not enjoy a very large share of the revenues from her work. Sony's Legacy Records owns the catalog of her albums, and pays Houston, or her estate, royalties for her singing. Houston did not write her hit songs, and doesn't share in the revenues for publishing rights.

Clive Davis, Sony's chief creative officer and former CEO of Arista, stands to collect a share of the royalties as well for the three Houston albums on which he is credited as producer or executive producer. For those albums, he could get as much as 10 percent — or "points" — of the royalties, an accepted industry practice, according to one of the industry executives.

A Davis spokesman did not return calls. Sony would not comment beyond a statement in which the company said "Whitney Houston was an icon and a once-in-lifetime talent who influenced a generation of singers and brought joy to millions of fans around the world. She will be greatly missed."

Universal Music Group, a unit of Vivendi, will also share in the anticipated increase in Whitney Houston sales. In 2007, the company purchased the music publishing rights to songs such as "The Greatest Love of All," "Didn't We Have it All" and "Saving All My Love for You" from songwriter Michael Masser.

Singer Dolly Parton controls the publishing rights, which enables her to license music, to "I Will Always Love You." Parton wrote and recorded the song in 1973.

"When Whitney did it, I got all the money for the publishing and for the writing, and I bought a lot of cheap wigs," Parton told CNN's Anderson Cooper in an interview in January.

Warner Brothers, a unit of Time Warner , controls the rights for the 1992 film "The Bodyguard," which stars Houston as a singer and actress and Kevin Costner as her bodyguard and lover. The movie earned $121 million in U.S. theater ticket sales and $410 million worldwide, according to the Internet site Box Office Mojo.

Sony controls the rights to the soundtrack, which has sold more than 44 million copies worldwide, and it will almost certainly be re-released soon, said one of the people with knowledge of Sony's plans. Nielsen Soundscan says it is the best-selling soundtrack of the last 20 years and the sixth best-selling album since Soundscan began measuring sales in 1991.

"When a star first dies, fans are desperate for one last performance," said Mark Young, a University of Southern California business professor and author of the book "The Mirror Effect: How Celebrity Narcissism is Seducing America."

http://www.cnbc.com/id/46363162

The special part of her voice, in my opinion, was the way she could go from sweet to powerful just seaminglessly. She could belt, but she could also just have a pleasant sweet tone. A lot of singers seem to only be capable of one part of the spectrum.

I think she does that really well in "Miracle" which is probably my favorite older song from her.

[Edited 2/13/12 16:42pm]

FWIW, Whitney could stand for an upgrade (deluxe edition?) and they could finally compile all of the remixes, b-sides, and Japan-only tracks from I'm Your Baby Tonight:

Disc 1

1. I'm Your Baby Tonight

2. My Name Is Not Susan

3. All the Man That I Need

4. Lover for Life

5. Anymore

6. Miracle

7. I Belong to You

8. Who Do You Love

9. We Didn't Know

10. After We Make Love

11. I'm Knockin' (CD bonus track)

Disc 2

1. Takin' a Chance (Japan-only single)

2. Higher Love (Japan-only bonus track)

3. Feels So Good (b-side)

4. Dancin' on the Smooth Edge (b-side)

5. I'm Your Baby Tonight (Extended Remix)

6. My Name Is Not Susan (Waddell Straight Mix)

7. My Name Is Not Susan (L.A. Reid & Babyface Remix featuring Monie Love)

8. I Belong to You (Waddell U.K. Mix)

9. I Belong to You (69th Street/Shep Pettibone Remix)

10. We Didn't Know (Remix)

ABeautifulOne said:

Wow they really aren't wasting any time smh...

Sony to Set Plans for Whitney Houston Catalog

Sony Music executives will meet this week in New York to determine a strategy for marketing the nine albums, soundtracks and compilations that feature Whitney Houston, the pop singer who died on Saturday at age 48, according to two people familiar with the plans.

No Large Revenue Share

Unlike Michael Jackson, who controlled much of his music, Houston did not enjoy a very large share of the revenues from her work. Sony's Legacy Records owns the catalog of her albums, and pays Houston, or her estate, royalties for her singing. Houston did not write her hit songs, and doesn't share in the revenues for publishing rights.

Clive Davis, Sony's chief creative officer and former CEO of Arista, stands to collect a share of the royalties as well for the three Houston albums on which he is credited as producer or executive producer. For those albums, he could get as much as 10 percent — or "points" — of the royalties, an accepted industry practice, according to one of the industry executives.

She will be greatly missed."

If Clive Davis does the right thing, he will set up size-able share of the royalties for Bobby Kristina's future (maybe with a claus stating she will be expected to continue her education in the field of her choice). Hopefully he will care enough about Whitney's daughter to do so.

time will tell

Bobbi Kristina can sing, Clive is a snake.

Do I have to spell it out for you?

EDIT: Whitney's estate is reportedly worth 80 mil (now, it's obviously gonna grow). I'm pretty sure Whitney left everything to her daughter and mother.

[Edited 2/13/12 17:12pm]

Terrib3Towel said:

Bobbi Kristina can sing, Clive is a snake.

Do I have to spell it out for you?

if he has a caring bone in his body or a human neuron in his brain he will do the right thing by Bobby Kristina.

AlexdeParis said:

FWIW, Whitney could stand for an upgrade (deluxe edition?) and they could finally compile all of the remixes, b-sides, and Japan-only tracks from I'm Your Baby Tonight:

Disc 1

1. I'm Your Baby Tonight

2. My Name Is Not Susan

3. All the Man That I Need

4. Lover for Life

5. Anymore

6. Miracle

7. I Belong to You

8. Who Do You Love

9. We Didn't Know

10. After We Make Love

11. I'm Knockin' (CD bonus track)

Disc 2

1. Takin' a Chance (Japan-only single)

2. Higher Love (Japan-only bonus track)

3. Feels So Good (b-side)

4. Dancin' on the Smooth Edge (b-side)

5. I'm Your Baby Tonight (Extended Remix)

6. My Name Is Not Susan (Waddell Straight Mix)

7. My Name Is Not Susan (L.A. Reid & Babyface Remix featuring Monie Love)

8. I Belong to You (Waddell U.K. Mix)

9. I Belong to You (69th Street/Shep Pettibone Remix)

10. We Didn't Know (Remix)

Is this official or just your wish list?

free2bfreeda said:

Terrib3Towel said:

Bobbi Kristina can sing, Clive is a snake.

Do I have to spell it out for you?

if he has a caring bone in his body or a human neuron in his brain he will do the right thing by Bobby Kristina.

Those contracts are so crazy he probably would be powerless to do such a thing even though it would be the right thing to do.

SupaFunkyOrgangrinderSexy said:

free2bfreeda said:

if he has a caring bone in his body or a human neuron in his brain he will do the right thing by Bobby Kristina.

Those contracts are so crazy he probably would be powerless to do such a thing even though it would be the right thing to do.

I was thinking he would "guide" her career just he did Whitney's and make her his new cash cow..

Or maybe BK is re-thinking show business now..

free2bfreeda said:

Terrib3Towel said:

Bobbi Kristina can sing, Clive is a snake.

Do I have to spell it out for you?

if he has a caring bone in his body or a human neuron in his brain he will do the right thing by Bobby Kristina.

If Clive know any better, he stayed the hell away. Fuck him.

Never understood how Whitney got custody of Bobbi Kristina- considering that Whitney had so many problems going on. Someone else should have been taking care of that girl.

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Piers Morgan with Chaka, Wyclef, and Jennifer Holiday in 15 minutes (remembering Whitney) CNN

We need get HBO to re-broadcast her HBO special from 1997 from DC

Aww Mariah put a pic of her Whitney on twitter

https://twitter.com/#!/MariahCarey

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SupaFunkyOrgangrinderSexy said:

PurpleJedi said:

SUPRMAN said:

Her debut is all memories of my older brother who was a huge Whitney fan and died in 1995.

I remember why I don't play it.

Thank you.

Chaka on Piers Morgan right now...very candid interview.

Chaka 'the party shouldn't of happened' I have to agree Chaka got high with Bobby and

Whitney

Tell The Truth Chaka!!!!!!! She said it was COMPLETE insanity for Clive to have that Party while Whitney laid upstairs DEAD....

I love Chaka... She kept it real funky during this interview..

nammie said:

babynoz said:

Chaka on Piers Morgan right now...very candid interview.

I have a lot of respect for Chaka.. you know how everyone kinda skirt around the tough questions when talking about someone ? Chaka kept it funky! and she wasnt kicking dirt on Whitney cause you can see there's alot of love there.. but she answered those tough questions truthfully..

PurpleJedi said:

I haven't been sleeping well these past few months and as a result, I rarely ever dream anymore.

BUT...last night I had the most vivid dream that I've had in years.

I was at a house/offices of Whitney's childhood church, and was led upstairs to the "attic" where she still lay dead on the floor. She was visibly pregnant. There was some intrigue as to her death since I was led to a closet where a bagful of papers had been overlooked by the police, as I was given a cryptic note with a message that she'd written right before her death (that I can't recall right now).

ANYWAY...it was very vivid and I awoke this morning on edge.

Just thought I'd share.

You dream, you just don't remember them.

I work at trying not to remember my dreams. I no longer want to see them.

Apparently you need to dream for mental health, but not remembering works for me.

DAV123 said:

Do you remember where you were when you first heard I Will Always Love You? I do... I was listening to 98.7 KISS FM house mix from 12am to 3am.....Usually around 20 to thirty minutes later I would doze off, but this time in my twilight I remember hearing the opening bars... My eyes shot right open, instantly wanting to hear it. It literally sent chills through me...it was CRYSTAL CLEAR AND ANGELIC. I flipped my tape over in the deck, cuz I was taping the house mix and hit record. I thought they would say who was singing it and I didn't want to miss it. I was at first kind of murky on the vocalist until she sang "Bittersweet memories".. A giant koolaid grin came upon me, so much I sat up on the edge of my bed. I plugged in headphones to hear it louder.....that article posted a few slots above this one sums up exactly what I heard that early morning. I was floored at the clarity, the delivery, the emotion and finally the effortless flow. I knew that song was going to blow the hell up, I was like OMG, I felt like I just was let onto a big secret, that Whitney could sing her ass off. I have stated before that it will NEVER sound the same and this is the reason why....that single moment was pure magic, it will be one of my true..."Bittersweets"

I was probably listening to my brother playing the album but I do remember when I heard it that it was as flawless performance as I'd ever heard recorded.

I knew it was going to be the record of the year and the biggest single of the year. I remember being happy for her, that she'd knocked one clear out of the park.

Wow! Was Chaka brutally honest or what? I know Clive isn't going to be too pleased with her comments.