{"product_id":"whitney-houstons-im-your-baby-tonight-33-1-3","title":"Whitney Houston's I'm Your Baby Tonight (33 1\/3)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWhitney Houston's first two albums, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eWhitney Houston\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (1985) and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eWhitney\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (1987), propelled her to international fame and produced a record-setting run of seven consecutive No. 1 singles on the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eBillboard\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Hot 100. Yet those triumphs were accompanied by criticism that she had diluted her racial identity to appeal to white audiences. With her third album, 1990's \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eI'm Your Baby Tonight\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, she confronted those charges by more fully embracing a Black musical lineage.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAt a moment when Houston's cultural presence is enjoying a resurgence and critics are reexamining U.S. media's treatment of women celebrities, this book positions \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eI'm Your Baby Tonight\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e as a vital act of self-assertion. The album revealed the racialized pressures often placed on Black crossover artists--and demonstrated how Houston, the superstar beloved as “The Voice,” charted her own path while redefining the terms of pop success.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Academic","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":57873447387467,"sku":"R7472-5154","price":13.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/61yBnI6jJNL._SL1500.jpg?v=1784131311","url":"https:\/\/shop.roughtrade.com\/products\/whitney-houstons-im-your-baby-tonight-33-1-3","provider":"Rough Trade","version":"1.0","type":"link"}