2009 Whitney Houston – I Look To You
I Look to You is the seventh and final studio album by American singer Whitney Houston. It was first released on August 28, 2009, through Sony Music in Europe, then August 31, 2009 with Arista Records in the United States before being released by RCA Records in the United Kingdom on October 19, 2009. The album was Houston’s first non-holiday studio album since 2002’s Just Whitney. It received favorable reviews from music critics, based on an aggregate score of 66/100 from Metacritic and debuted on the US Billboard 200 at number one with sales of 305,000 beating her previous career best first-week sale of 205,137 units with Just Whitney (2002), and it was her first album to reach number one in the US since 1992’s The Bodyguard. Additionally it became her fourth chart-topping album, thus extending her as the female artist with the most cumulative weeks at the number one position.
Tracks
1 Million Dollar Bill (Alicia Keys; Kasseem Dean; Norman Harris) 03:24
2 Nothin’ But Love (Fernando Garibay; Franne Golde; Kasia Livingston; Nathaniel Hills) 03:36
3 Call You Tonight (Johnta Austin; Tor Erik Hermansen) 04:10
4 I Look To You (R Kelly) 04:27
5 Like I Never Left (Whitney Houston; Aliaune Thiam; Giorgio Tuinfort; Claude Kelly) 03:51
6 A Song For You (Leon Russell) 04:12
7 I Didn’t Know My Own Strength (Diane Warren) 03:41
8 Worth It (John Austin; Eric Hudson) 04:40
9 For The Lovers (Nathaniel Hills; Claude Kelly; Marcella Araica) 04:14
10 I Got You (Whitney Houston; Aliaune Thiam; Giorgio Tuinfort; Claude Kelly) 04:13
11 Salute (R Kelly) 04:10
Biography
Musicians
1 Million Dollar Bill
| Programming | Swizz Beatz |
| Vocals | Whitney Houston |
2 Nothin’ But Love
| Background Vocals | Tavia Ivey |
| Vocals | Whitney Houston |
3 Call You Tonight
| Guitar | Bernt Stray |
| All Other Instruments | Mikkel Eriksen |
| All Other Instruments | Tor Erik Hermansen |
| Vocals | Whitney Houston |
4 I Look To You
| Synthesizer | Tricky Stewart |
| All Other Instruments | Emanuel Kiriakou |
| Vocals | Whitney Houston |
5 Like I Never Left
| Programming | Giorgio Tuinfort |
| Vocals | Akon |
| Vocals | Whitney Houston |
6 A Song For You
| All Instruments | Mikkel Eriksen |
| All Instruments | Tor Erik Hermansen |
| Background Vocals | Tiwa Sawage |
| Vocals | Whitney Houston |
7 I Didn’t Know My Own Strength
| Drums (programming) | Jochem van der Saag |
| Keyboards | David Foster |
| Synthesizer | Jochem van der Saag |
| Vocals | Whitney Houston |
8 Worth It
| All Instruments | Eric Hudson |
| Background Vocals | Gary Houston |
| Background Vocals | Charlotte Gibson |
| Background Vocals | Tavia Ivey |
| Vocals | Whitney Houston |
9 For The Lovers
| Vocals | Whitney Houston |
10 I Got You
| Guitar | Tony Love |
| Programming | Giorgio Tuinfort |
| Vocals | Whitney Houston |
11 Salute
| Guitar | Donnie Lyle |
| Programming | Bigg Makk |
| Vocals | Whitney Houston |
Other Musicians
Choir – Lake View Terrace Voices Of Praise (Track 4)
Liner Notes
Producer – Alicia Keys, Swizz Beatz (Track 1)
Producer – Danja, Fernando Garibay (Track 2)
Producer – StarGate (Track 3, 6)
Producer – Emanuel Kiriakou, Harvey Mason Jr, Tricky Stewart (Track 4)
Producer – Aliaune “Akon” Thiam (Track 5)
Producer – David Foster (Track 7)
Producer – Eric Hudson (Track 8)
Producer – Danja (Track 9)
Producer – Aliaune Thiam (Track 10)
Producer – R. Kelly (Track 11)
Producer (Vocals) – Alicia Keys (Track 1)
Producer (Vocals) – Harvey Mason, Jr (Tracks 2, 5, 6, 8, 11)
Producer (Vocals) – Claude Kelly (Track 5, 10)
Arranged By – David Foster (Track 7)
Arranged By – R. Kelly (Track 11)
Arranged By (Vocals) – Alicia Keys (Track 1)
Recorded By – Ann Mincieli, Jochem van der Saag, Pat Thrall, Mark “Exit” Goodchild, Adam Beyrer, Mikkel S. Eriksen
Mixed By – Tony Maserati, Marcella Araica, Phil Tan, Dave Pensado, Jaycen-Joshua Fowler, Andrew Hey, Harvey Mason, Jr, Jochem van der Saag
Sound Design – Jochem van der Saag (Track 7)
Art Direction, Design – Anita Marisa Boriboon
Photographer – Patrick Demarchelier
Mastered At Sterling Sound
Mixed At Oven Studios
Mixed At The Hit Factory Criteria, Miami, FL
Mixed At Soapbox Studios
Mixed At Larrabee Sound Studios, North Hollywood, CA
Mixed At Blue Studios
Mixed At Chalice Recording Studios
Recorded At Oven Studios, NYC
Recorded At Germano Studios
Recorded At Chalice Recording Studios, Los Angeles, CA
Recorded At Mason Sound, North Hollywood, CA
Recorded At Tree Sound Studios, Norcross, GA
Recorded At Roc The Mic Studios
Recorded At The Boom Boom Room
Recorded At Studio At The Palms
Recorded At Patchwerk Recording Studios
Recorded At Soapbox West Studios, Atlanta, GA
Recorded At Record Plant, Los Angeles, CA
Recorded At 1221 Studios, Los Angeles, CA
Recorded At KMA Studios
Recorded At The Hit Factory Criteria, Miami, FL
Recorded At Konkast Recording Studios
Recorded At The Chocolate Factory
Phonographic Copyright RCA/Jive Label Group
Copyright RCA/Jive Label Group