Posted by Justin on February 4th, 2010 | 4 Comments

Whitney Houston was supposed to make the career comeback of this millennium. But it stalled. Why? How? I mean, the album – I Look to You, entered the Billboard charts at #1, selling 305K albums in the first week. The title track was selected as the album’s first single which was probably a misstep to lead with a ballad, but I understand the reasoning – to prove that the voice was still there. Plus, the song is nearly perfect in its construction. However, after disastrous live performances during her promo tour, word spread that THE voice, this voice, was gone. Drugs, drinking, a shoddy marriage – it all had taken it’s toll.

Thankfully they released a second single, an Alicia Keys written and produced song entitled Million Dollar Bill, which was exactly what everyone was wanting – a hit. The Freemasons remixed the shit out of the track and Whitney had not only returned to the charts, but also to the dancefloor. Even as of December 2009, she had sold one million records in the US. So where the hell is Whitney?

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