Whitney

Whitney (1987) is the second studio album by American singer Whitney Houston. It was released on June 1, 1987, by Arista Records. The follow-up to her debut album, production on the album aimed at reaching the same audience as her debut, which also mostly featured ballads and love songs while including several upbeat songs.

A week before its official release on June 2, Billboard reported that the album had surpassed the 1.5 million unit mark in orders. On June 27, 1987, it debuted at number one on the Billboard 200 (formerly the Top Pop Albums chart), making Houston the first female artist in chart history to do so.