Waiting to Exhale is a soundtrack for the film of the same name. Released in 1995, the soundtrack became a huge hit featuring appearances by some of the biggest names in the industry, including Whitney Houston, Toni Braxton, Aretha Franklin, and Patti LaBelle. The album remained at number one on the Billboard 200 Albums Chart for five weeks, and has sold over ten million copies to date, and provides major hits in the #1 single "Exhale (Shoop Shoop)", and the #2 hits "Sittin' Up In My Room" and "Not Gon' Cry" Image File history File links VA-Waiting_to_Exhale_(album_cover). ... An album is a collection of related audio tracks, released together commercially in an audio format to the public. ... November 28 is the 332nd day (333rd on leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1995 (MCMXCV) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Genres of Cuban music and other popular music A music genre is a category (or genre) of pieces of music that share a certain style or basic musical language (van der Merwe 1989, p. ... Rhythm and blues (or R & B) is a musical marketing term introduced in the United States in the late 1940s by Billboard magazine. ... A record label is a brand created by companies that specialize in producing, manufacturing, distributing and promoting audio and sometimes video recordings (especially music videos), on various formats including compact discs, LPs, DVD-Audio, SACDs, and cassettes. ... Arista Records was founded in 1975 by Clive Davis, and named after his secondary school honor society. ... In the music industry, a record producer (or music producer) has many roles, among them controlling the recording sessions, coaching and guiding the performers, and supervising the recording, mixing and mastering processes. ... The All Music Guide (AMG) is a metadata database about music owned by All Media Guide. ... Description: Rating stars. ... 1995 (MCMXCV) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Whitney Elizabeth Houston (born August 9, 1963 in Newark, New Jersey) is an American Pop, R&B, Soul and Gospel singer, songwriter, record producer, film producer and actress. ... Toni Michelle Braxton (born October 7, 1967 in Severn, Maryland) is a six-time Grammy Award winning African American R&B singer and pianist. ... Aretha Franklin Aretha Louise Franklin (born March 25, 1942) is an iconic American gospel, soul and R&B singer born in Memphis, Tennessee, but raised in Detroit, Michigan. ... Patti LaBelle performing live. ...

Track listing

1. "Exhale (Shoop Shoop)" - Whitney Houston (3:25)
2. "Why Does It Hurt So Bad" - Whitney Houston (4:37)
3. "Let It Flow" - Toni Braxton (4:27)
4. "It Hurts Like Hell" - Aretha Franklin (4:18)
5. "Sittin' up in My Room" - Brandy (4:52)
6. "This Is How It Works" - TLC (5:00)
7. "Not Gon' Cry" - Mary J. Blige (4:58)
8. "My Funny Valentine" - Chaka Khan (4:06)
9. "And I Gave My Love to You" - Sonja Marie (4:48)
10. "All Night Long" - SWV (4:31)
11. "Wey U" - Chante Moore (4:32)
12. "My Love, Sweet Love" - Patti LaBelle (4:21)
13. "Kissing You" - Faith Evans (3:23)
14. "Love Will Be Waiting at Home" - For Real (5:59)
15. "How Could You Call Her Baby" - Shanna (5:09)
16. "Count on Me" - Whitney Houston and CeCe Winans (4:26)