Did you know that today (November 14th) is the 17th anniversary of the ‘Waiting to Exhale: Original Soundtrack’ album?
The ‘Waiting to Exhale’ soundtrack was released on November 14th 1995. Entirely written by Babyface, the record entailed songs performed by Toni Braxton, Whitney Houston, Aretha Franklin, Brandy, Chante Moore, Mary. J. Blige, Patti LaBelle and Faith Evans.
Similar to the film, the ‘Waiting to Exhale’ soundtrack was a major commercial and critical success. Two of the singles from the set – Braxton’s ‘Let it Flow’ and Houston’s ‘Exhale (Shoop Shoop)’ – topped the Billboard Hot 100 and propelled it to 7x platinum status in the US. Additionally, the album was ranked as the 4th most successful album on the Billboard 200 in 1996.
Material from ‘Waiting to Exhale’ soundtrack also scored 11 separate nominations at the 1997 Grammy Awards, including Album of the Year. However, the only win came in the Best R&B Song field for Houston’s ‘Exhale’. Watch the video for that tune below: