On this day in music history: November 25, 1995 - Exhale (Shoop Shoop) by Whitney Houston hits #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 for 1 week, also spending 8 weeks at #1 on the R&B singles chart on the same date. Written and produced by Kenny Babyface Edmonds, it is the eleventh and final chart topping pop single and the seventh R&B chart topper for the New Jersey born superstar vocalist. Issued as the lead single from the soundtrack and film to Waiting To Exhale, which stars Houston with Angela Bassett, Lela Rochon, and Loretta Devine. First time director, actor Forest Whitaker will meet Babyface backstage after a show (while on tour with Boyz II Men) at the Arrowhead Pond in Anaheim, CA. Whitaker will ask the singer/songwriter/producer if he will score and write songs for the film adaptation of Terry McMillians book Waiting To Exhale. Edmonds will agree, helping to assemble a top notch group of female R&B vocalists that include Chaka Khan, Toni Braxton, Mary J. Blige, Chante Moore, Brandy, and TLC for the soundtrack album. Face will write the films title song especially for Whitney to sing along with Count On Me (a duet with gospel singer CeCe Winans). At first, Houston is not fond of Exhale particularly the songs chorus, but she will eventually warm up to it. Exhale (Shoop Shoop) will be an instant smash, debuting at #1 on both the pop and R&B singles charts. The single will also win Babyface a Grammy Award for Best R&B Song in 1997. Exhale (Shoop Shoop) is certified Platinum in the US by the RIAA.
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