Kygo and Whitney Houston join Spotify’s billion club

Kygo and Whitney Houston join Spotify’s billion club


The posthumous collaboration between the legendary ones Whitney Houston and Norwegian DJs Kygothe cover of “Superior love“, from Steve Winwood, I just joined the club 1 billion streams From Spotify. The song, which had already achieved the feat of entering the top 100 of the charts advertising billboardwas released in 2019 in a collaboration between Kygo and Houston’s legal representative after his death, Pat Houstonthe singer’s sister-in-law.

The song was created through recordings made by the singer in the early 1980s. Houston planned to release the cover of his third album.I’m your baby tonight“, however, when the time came for release, the singer was unable to get permission from her record label to include the song on the album. The track ended up only becoming an extra on the Japanese release of the LP.

Nearly 40 years after the event, and seven years after the singer’s death, Kygo breathed new life into the song by creating a new musical arrangement and including its unforgettable rhythms in the singer’s iconic voice. Whitney’s strong performance became a difficulty for the DJ, who, in an interview with advertising billboard, having said that “You shouldn’t try to fix something perfect. The music is obviously perfect the way it is.”

He then continued: “My goal was to respect the music and still be able to add my own touches and make her voice stand out. He does those improvisations that no one else can do and I wanted to keep him on track“.

This is Kygo’s fourth track to reach one billion streams, along with “It’s not me“, “refractory stone” AND Stole the show“…the track is also her third to reach the Billboard charts, and Houston’s fourteenth song to reach the same milestone, as well as being her first posthumous hit.

How Kygo’s production helps maintain Whitney Houston’s legacy

Whitney Houston she is one of the greatest voices of her generation and Pat Houston intends to continue to show the singer’s power to future generations. “The revival of this treasured performance will showcase Whitney’s musical legacy to younger generations for years to come. Everyone should be ready to dance to this uplifting and inspiring song – a true reminder of Kygo’s incredible talent and why we We’ve been in love with Whitney since the beginning.”

The Norwegian reveals his reaction after receiving the news of the collaboration: “Whitney Houston, is this a joke? I saw the email asking if I could collaborate and ran to my studio to try to work on those amazing voices. This is definitely a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. It’s a collaboration I wouldn’t have I never imagined this happening, so I just thought I’d use all my effort in music to do the best I could.”

Source: Terra

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