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Waiting to Exhale (soundtrack)
''Waiting to Exhale: Original Soundtrack Album'' is a soundtrack for the film of the same name. Released on November 14, 1995, the soundtrack became a huge hit featuring appearances by some of the biggest names in the industry, including Whitney Houston, Toni Braxton, TLC, Brandy, Aretha Franklin, Chaka Khan, Faith Evans, Patti LaBelle, SWV and Mary J. Blige. The soundtrack is unique in that it consists of African American female R&B artists only. The album remained at number one on the US ''Billboard'' 200 album 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". It also includes songs by lesser known artists like Shanna and Sonja Marie.
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.〔
==Commercial performance==
''Waiting to Exhale Original Soundtrack Album'' entered on the ''Billboard'' 200 chart at number three and on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart at number two respectively, the issue date of December 2, 1995, with 177,248 copies sold in its initial week. In its third week, the album reached number one on the ''Billboard'' Top R&B Albums chart, selling 200,000 copies, and stayed there for 10 non-consecutive weeks. It also topped the ''Billboard'' 200 chart in its 8th week, the issue date of January 20, 1996, with 231,000 units sold, and spent five consecutive weeks at number one. The album stayed for a total of 49 weeks and 70 weeks, on the ''Billboard'' 200 chart and the Top R&B Albums chart respectively. With this success on the charts and strong sales, it became 1996's "No. 1 Soundtrack Album" on the ''Billboard'' year-end charts and the "Best-selling Soundtrack Recording" by the National Association of Recording Merchandisers (NARM) in 1995–1996.〔〔 The soundtrack album was certified 7× Platinum for shipping 7 million copies in the United States alone by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) on September 4, 1996.〔 According to the Nielsen SoundScan, as of 2009, it sold over 5,100,000 copies in the United States.〔 Worldwide, sales exceed 15 million copies.
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