Miki Howard (album)

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{{Infobox album

| name = Miki Howard

| type = studio

| artist = Miki Howard

| cover = Miki Howard-Miki Howard.jpeg

| alt =

| released = October 24, 1989

| recorded = 1988–1989

| venue =

| studio =

| genre = R&B

| length = {{duration|m=50|s=05}}

| label = Atlantic

| producer = Jon Nettlesbey & Terry Coffey
Gerald Levert & Marc Gordon
Nick Martinelli
Larry Blackmon

| prev_title = Love Confessions

| prev_year = 1987

| next_title = Femme Fatale

| next_year = 1992

| misc = {{Singles

| single1 = Ain't Nuthin' in the World

| single1date = 1989

| single2 = Love Under New Management

| single2date = 1989

| single3 = Until You Come Back to Me (That's What I'm Gonna Do)

| single3date = 1990

| single4 = Come Home to Me

| single4date = 1990

}}

}}

{{Music ratings

|rev1 = AllMusic

|rev1score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite web|first=Craig |last=Lytle |url={{AllMusic|class=album |id=mw0000654386|pure_url=yes}} |title=Miki Howard – Miki Howard|publisher=Allmusic.com|accessdate=2014-02-13}}

}}

Miki Howard is the third studio album by American R&B singer Miki Howard, released in 1989 on Atlantic Records. The album peaked at No. 4 on the Billboard Top R&B Albums chart. Howard scored her first number-one song with the lead single released from the album, "Ain't Nuthin' in the World", on the Billboard R&B Singles chart.

The follow-up singles, "Love Under New Management" written by Philly songwriters Gabriel Hardeman, and Annette Hardeman and a cover of Aretha Franklin's 1974 number-one R&B hit, "Until You Come Back to Me (That's What I'm Gonna Do)", both scored top five success peaking at No. 2 and No. 3, respectively, on the R&B Singles chart. Howard's version of "Until You Come Back to Me (That's What I'm Gonna Do)" also reached No. 67 on the UK Singles Chart, her first and only song on this chart.

Track listing

{{track listing

|extra_column = Producer(s)

|title1= If You Still Love Her

|writer1= Terry Coffey, Jon Nettlesbey

|extra1= Jon Nettlesbey, Terry Coffey

|length1= 5:31

|title2= Come Home to Me

|writer2= Terry Coffey, Jon Nettlesbey

|extra2=Nettlesbey, Coffey

|length2= 5:42

|title3= Until You Come Back to Me (That's What I'm Gonna Do)

|writer3= Morris Broadnax, Clarence Paul, Stevie Wonder

|extra3=Nettlesbey, Coffey

|length3= 4:03

|title4= Ain't Nuthin' in the World

|writer4= Terry Coffey, Jon Nettlesbey

|extra4=Nettlesbey, Coffey

|length4= 4:54

|title5= Love Under New Management

|writer5= Annette Hardeman, Gabriel Hardeman

|extra5=Nick Martinelli

|length5= 6:46

|title6= I'll Be Your Shoulder

|writer6= Gerald Levert, Marc Gordon

|note6= featuring Gerald Levert

|extra6=Gerald Levert, Marc Gordon

|length6= 5:08

|title7= Love Me All Over

|writer7=Coffey, Nettlesbey

|extra7=Nettlesbey, Coffey

|length7= 4:03

|title8= Mister

|writer8=Levert, Gordon

|extra8=Levert, Gordon

|length8= 3:45

|title9= Just the Way You Want Me To

|writer9= Duane Mitchell, Terry Stubbs

|extra9=Levert, Gordon

|length9= 5:18

|title10= Who Ever Said It Was Love

|writer10= Miki Howard

|extra10=Larry Blackmon

|length10= 4:55

}}

Notes

  • "I'll Be Your Shoulder", "Mister" features background vocals by Gerald Levert, and "Just the Way You Want Me To" features background vocals by Eddie Levert, Sr. of The O'Jays, Terry Stubbs, Gerald and Sean Levert. "Love Me All Over" features background vocals by R&B singer Keith Washington. "Who Ever Said It Was Love" produced by Larry Blackmon of Cameo.

Charts

=Weekly charts=

class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
scope="col"| Chart (1990)

! scope="col"| Peak
position

{{album chart|Billboard200|112|artist=Miki Howard|rowheader=true|accessdate=August 22, 2012}}
{{album chart|BillboardRandBHipHop|4|artist=Miki Howard|rowheader=true|accessdate=August 22, 2012}}

=Singles=

class="wikitable"

!Year

!Title

! width="40"| {{small|US
R&B
}}{{cite web|url={{BillboardURLbyName|artist=miki howard|chart=R&B/Hip-Hop Songs}} |title=Miki Howard Album & Song Chart History |publisher=Billboard.com |date= |accessdate=2012-08-22}}

! width="40"| {{small|UK}}{{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/artists/|title=Miki Howard Official Charts Company|publisher=Official Charts Company|accessdate=2009-09-05}}

rowspan="2"|1989

|"Ain't Nuthin' in the World"

|align="center"| 1

|align="center"| —

"Love Under New Management"

|align="center"| 2

|align="center"| —

rowspan="2"|1990

|"Until You Come Back to Me (That's What I'm Gonna Do)"

|align="center"| 3

|align="center"| 67

"Come Home to Me"

|align="center"| 53

|align="center"| —

References

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