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The Preacher's Wife: Original Soundtrack Album

 
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The Preacher's Wife
Soundtrack by Whitney Houston
Released November 26, 1996
Genre R&B/Gospel
Label Arista Records
Producer Whitney Houston (also executive), Mervyn Warren, Ricky Minor, Steve Lipson, Babyface, David Foster
Professional reviews
Whitney Houston chronology
The Bodyguard: Original Soundtrack Album
(1992)
The Preacher's Wife
(1996)
My Love Is Your Love
(1998)

The Preacher's Wife is the soundtrack to the 1996 film of the same name and features songs performed by Whitney Houston, who also stars in the film. It sold an estimated 6 million copies worldwide.

The lead single, "I Believe in You and Me", became a top five hit in the U.S.[1] and was nominated for Best Female R&B Vocal Performance at the 40th Grammy Awards, as well as for Best R&B Album.[2]

"Step by Step" was another hit single and has a music video. "My Heart Is Calling" became the soundtrack's final release.

Contents

Awards and nominations

At the 69th Academy Awards, the soundtrack was nominated in the category of Original Music or Comedy Score.[3]

Track listing

  1. "I Believe in You and Me" (Sandy Linzer, David Wolfert) – 4:03
  2. "Step by Step" (Annie Lennox) – 4:12
  3. "Joy" – 3:16
  4. "Hold On, Help Is on the Way" – 3:09
  5. "I Go to the Rock" – 4:05
  6. "I Love the Lord" – 4:57
  7. "Somebody Bigger Than You and I" (featuring Bobby Brown, Johnny Gill, Ralph Tresvant, Faith Evans, and Monica) – 4:42
  8. "You Were Loved" (Diane Warren) – 4:13
  9. "My Heart Is Calling" (Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds) – 4:15
  10. "I Believe in You and Me" (Single Version) (Linzer, Wolfert) – 3:55
  11. "Step by Step" (Teddy Riley Remix) (Lennox) – 4:34
  12. "Who Would Imagine a King" – 3:31
  13. "He's All Over Me" – 3:53 (performed by Whitney Houston with Shirley Caesar & the Georgia Mass Choir)
  14. "The Lord Is My Shepherd" – 4:24 (performed by Cissy Houston with the Hezekiah Walker Choir)
  15. "Joy to the World" (Hoyt Axton, Handel, Lowell Mason, Isaac Watts) – 4:41

Certifications and charts

Country Peak
Position
Total
Weeks
Certification Sales/Shipments
United States Billboard 200 3 38 3x Platinum[4] 2,471,000[5]/3,000,000
United States Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums 1 49
UK Albums Chart 35 - - -
Austria 8[6] 16 - -
Switzerland 11[7] 17 - -
France 28[8] 9 - -
Netherlands 17[9] 18 - -
Norway 39[10] 1 - -
Sweden 16[11] 11 - -
Australia 34[12] 12 - -
Singles - Billboard (U.S.)
Year Single Chart Peak
position
1996 "I Believe in You and Me" Billboard Hot 100 4
Hot R&B Singels 4
Adult Contemporary 2
Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales 11
1997 "Step by Step" Billboard Hot 100 15
Hot R&B Singels 29
Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales 8
Hot Dance Music/Club Play 3
"My Heart Is Calling" Billboard Hot 100 77
Hot R&B Singels 35

References

  1. ^ http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/esearch/chart_display.jsp?cfi=367&cfgn=Singles&cfn=Hot+R%26amp%3BB%2FHip-Hop+Songs&ci=3026355&cdi=7166829&cid=03%2F15%2F1997
  2. ^ http://www.rockonthenet.com/archive/1998/grammys.htm
  3. ^ http://awardsdatabase.oscars.org/ampas_awards/DisplayMain.jsp?curTime=1242320030665
  4. ^ "RIAA". http://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?resultpage=1&table=SEARCH_RESULTS&action=&title=&artist=whitney%20houston&format=ALBUM&debutLP=&category=SOLO&sex=&releaseDate=&requestNo=&type=ST&level=&label=&company=&certificationDate=&awardDescription=Multi%20Platinum&catalogNo=&aSex=&rec_id=&charField=&gold=&platinum=&multiPlat=&level2=&certDate=&album=&id=&after=on&before=on&startMonth=1&endMonth=1&startYear=1998&endYear=2009&sort=Artist&perPage=25. |Certification Date 30-06-1998
  5. ^ http://www.billboard.com/#/column-chartbeat/ask-billboard-madonna-vs-whitney-who-s-sold-1004003516.story
  6. ^ http://austriancharts.at/showitem.asp?interpret=Soundtrack+%2F+Whitney+Houston&titel=The+Preacher%27s+Wife&cat=a
  7. ^ http://hitparade.ch/showitem.asp?interpret=Soundtrack+%2F+Whitney+Houston&titel=The+Preacher%27s+Wife&cat=a
  8. ^ http://lescharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Soundtrack+%2F+Whitney+Houston&titel=The+Preacher%27s+Wife&cat=a
  9. ^ http://dutchcharts.nl/showitem.asp?interpret=Soundtrack+%2F+Whitney+Houston&titel=The+Preacher%27s+Wife&cat=a
  10. ^ http://norwegiancharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Soundtrack+%2F+Whitney+Houston&titel=The+Preacher%27s+Wife&cat=a
  11. ^ http://swedishcharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Soundtrack+%2F+Whitney+Houston&titel=The+Preacher%27s+Wife&cat=a
  12. ^ http://australian-charts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Soundtrack+%2F+Whitney+Houston&titel=The+Preacher%27s+Wife&cat=a

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