My Love Is Your Love

My Love Is Your Love is the fourth studio album by American singer and actress Whitney Houston, released on November 17, 1998 by Arista Records. Following the release of her soundtrack to The Preacher's Wife (1996), Houston was advised by her label boss Clive Davis to return to studio work following three films and its accompanying soundtracks, two of which were fully credited to Houston as a single artist.

Inspired by the rise of contemporary R&B and hip hop, Houston decided to record an album consisting of those styles. Worked on for six weeks at Houston's own recording studio at her Crossway property in Mendham, New Jersey with additional vocal production in Los Angeles and New York, the album was Houston's first studio album since I'm Your Baby Tonight (1990).

Considered a "musical rebirth" for Houston, the album marked a pivotal shift in her career, defying expectations, embracing contemporary sounds, and highlighting her vocal talent, amid personal challenges and industry shifts. It was a musical departure from Houston's previous works, which had consisted of an urban pop sound, while thematically and lyrically, the songs include freedom, individualism, family, tabloid media and relationships, though Houston would stress that the album didn't reflect on her marriage to singer Bobby Brown.

Executive produced by Houston and Davis, the album featured edgier productions from Rodney Jerkins, Missy Elliott, Lauryn Hill and Wyclef Jean while retaining previous producers Babyface and David Foster and featured guest participation from Faith Evans, Kelly Price, Mariah Carey, Missy Elliott and daughter Bobbi Kristina Brown. Upon release, the album gave Houston the most positive reviews of her career and is regarded as one of her best studio albums. In 2000, My Love Is Your Love was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best R&B Album.

Commercially, My Love Is Your Love proved to be successful, peaking at number thirteen on the Billboard 200 and was certified quadruple platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) for shipments of four million copies across the United States. The album topped the charts in Austria, the Netherlands and Switzerland as well as the European Top 100 Albums, topping the latter for six weeks. In addition, the album reached the top ten in Germany, Belgium, France, Denmark and the United Kingdom and several other international territories. The album would also be certified quadruple platinum by the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI) for sales of over four million copies across the continent of Europe. Eventually, My Love Is Your Love sold an estimated ten million copies worldwide, becoming one of the best-selling albums of all time by a female artist.

Five singles were released from the album. The first single, "When You Believe", won the Academy Award for Best Original Song and peaked at number two on the Eurochart Hot 100. "Heartbreak Hotel" was released as the second single and peaked at number two on the Billboard Hot 100. "It's Not Right but It's Okay" and "My Love Is Your Love" both reached the top five of the Billboard Hot 100, while the latter became one of Houston's best-selling singles of her career, topping the Eurochart Hot 100, and the former winning the Grammy Award for Best Female R&B Vocal Performance. In support of My Love Is Your Love, Houston embarked on her fifth major concert tour, the My Love Is Your Love World Tour, with its European leg becoming the most successful arena tour of the continent during 1999. In 2023, the album was re-released in a vinyl edition by Arista Records.