Reid and Babyface to compose more R&B driven songs. It was decided by her record label executive, Clive Davis at Arista Records, that Houston should grow as an artist and develop her music further by making an R&B album instead of another pop music album. Her third studio album, I'm Your Baby Tonight, was released on November 6, 1990. Houston holds for the record for the most consecutive number one singles on the chart, with seven. "I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me)", along with the following three singles to be released from Whitney, (" Didn't We Almost Have It All", " So Emotional" and " Where Do Broken Hearts Go"), all peaked at number one on the US Billboard Hot 100 singles chart. It was ranked at number 88 on Slant Magazine's list of the 100 Greatest Dance Songs in 2006. The dance-pop song was written by George Merrill and Shannon Rubicam. " I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me)" was released as the lead single. The album became the first by a female artist to debut atop the US Billboard 200 album chart, a position it held for 11 weeks. Houston released her second studio album, Whitney, on June 2, 1987. This marked the first time in the chart's history that a debut album, and a debut album released by a female artist, had generated three number one singles. The final three singles to be released from the album, " Saving All My Love for You", " How Will I Know" and " Greatest Love of All", all topped the US Billboard Hot 100 singles chart. " You Give Good Love" was released as the lead single, written for Houston by La La and produced by Kashif, becoming Houston's first top ten single. It peaked at number one on US Billboard 200 album chart, a position it held for 14 consecutive weeks. Her self-titled debut album was released on February 14, 1985. American recording artist Whitney Houston, nicknamed “ The Voice”, recorded songs for her seven studio albums and her two soundtrack albums, as well as contributing songs to two other soundtracks ( Waiting to Exhale and Sparkle).
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