9. Comeback album and tour
回歸專輯及世界巡演
For much of the'00s, Houston's music career stalled as she endured multiple rounds of rehab and divorced Brown in 2007. She came back in a big way with "I Look to You," her first studio album in seven years. It sold 304,000 copies in its first seven days on the market, sending Houston back to the top of the charts and giving her the best debut week of her career. It led her to launch her 2010 "Nothing but Love" world tour. Though some said Houston's signature voice showed the stress of her ups and downs, she soldiered on, putting on shows in Asia, Australia and Europe even though fans and critics panned her performances.
近十年間的大部分時間,惠特尼的音樂生涯處于停滯階段,她與丈夫幾度分分回回,終于在2007年分手。消失7年后,她帶著再度出山的第一張錄音室專輯《你是我的希望》(I Look to You)再次閃耀登場。專輯上市頭七天賣掉30.4萬張,再居排行榜首,贏得重返歌壇的頭彩,并為她2010年《只有愛》(Nothing but Love)世界巡演的啟動造勢。盡管一些歌迷與評論家質疑她的聲音,有人說,她把生活的不幸溶入了歌聲,但她還是堅持在亞洲、澳大利亞和歐洲進行了巡演。