Waiting To Exhale: Original Soundtrack Album
Waiting to Exhale is a soundtrack for the film of the same name. Released in 1995, the soundtrack became a huge hit featuring appearances by some of the biggest names in the industry, including Whitney Houston, Brandy, Toni Braxton, Aretha Franklin, Patti LaBelle, Mary J. Blige, SWV and TLC. All the main performers on the soundtrack are African American women. The album remained at number one on the Billboard 200 Albums Chart for five weeks and Top R&B Albums chart for ten weeks, going 7× platinum, on Sep 4, 1996. It spawned the #1 hits; "Exhale (Shoop Shoop)" and "Let It Flow", the #2 hits "Sittin' Up in My Room" and "Not Gon' Cry" and the #8 hit "Count on Me". ("Exhale (Shoop Shoop)", "Let It Flow" and "Not Gon' Cry" all topped the R&B hits chart.) All songs were written and produced by Babyface, except for "My Funny Valentine".
The album received a total of eleven nominations including Album of the Year, Song of the Year for "Exhale (Shoop Shoop)"and three Best Female R&B Vocal Performance nominees, then won Best R&B Song for "Exhale (Shoop Shoop)" written by Babyface at the 39th Grammy Awards in 1997.
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