I Look to You

The album was Houston's first studio album since 2002's Just Whitney. "Following the popularity of the dance remix B-sides appearing on the UK CD release of "Million Dollar Bill", a number of remix It was announced via Houston's official website on October 12, 2009, that the singer would embark on her first world tour in 11 years in promotion of her latest album The album was preceded by the release of the title song, "Critical response to I Look to You was generally positive with aggregated reviews on Although critical of Houston's voice, Cinquemani also noted how her vocal change benefited the album: "[Houston] sounds alive, and seemingly happy to be. She told press in London that her latest album will reflect her emotional state and chronicle events in her personal life since her last musical release in 2002. All the triumphs and the ups and downs and stuff, it's all incorporated on the album, and hopefully not only does it inspire me, but inspires a whole lot of other people. The changes that we go through, the transitions that we go through, the tests that we go through, being a mother, becoming a single mother.

I Look to You is the seventh and final studio album by American singer Whitney Houston. For the title song, see It managed to reach #70 on the Billboard Hot 100. [...] The New Voice lives more contently in the midtempo numbers that allow her to sink into the grooves. She said "That makes it real. I took my time. It was first released on August 28, 2009, through Sony Music in Europe, then August 31, 2009 with Arista Records in the United States before being released by RCA Records in the United Kingdom on October 19, 2009. “I Look to You” was released as the first single from the album of the same name. [...] For the most part, In several countries, the album attained gold status within a month of its release. In Canada, the album shot to the top of the charts, selling 30,000 copies in its first week according to Nielsen SoundScan data, Houston's best opening totals since This article is about the album. It received favorable reviews from music critics, based on an aggregate score of 66/100 from Metacritic and debuted on the US Billboard 200