Staying Power

Staying Power is the twentieth and final studio album by American R&B singer Barry White, released on July 27, 1999. The album was White's first release for five years, and his only recording for the Private Music label, with whom he had signed following a four-album deal with A&M which had culminated in 1994 with the acclaimed The Icon Is Love, his most successful album since the 1970s. Staying Power features duets with Chaka Khan and Lisa Stansfield. These are the only White tracks with a shared vocal credit, apart from the 1981 duet album Barry and Glodean and the duet with Tina Turner on her "Wildest Dreams" album 1995. It also contains covers of War's "Low Rider", and a slowed-down version of Sly and The Family Stone's "Thank You". Lead single "Staying Power", although not a significant hit, won White two Grammy Awards in 2000 in the categories Best Male R&B Vocal Performance and Best Traditional R&B Vocal Performance. It reached No. 45 on the Billboard R&B/Hip-Hop singles chart. The song is in the key of B flat minor. It was White's last single to be released during his lifetime.

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