ARISTA: Even with Whitney Houston on hiatus,...

ARISTA: Even with Whitney Houston on hiatus, the label had a solid year, sparked by pop rookie Taylor Dayne, who landed a platinum album and a quartet of Top 10 singles. Sax smoothie Kenny G and pop crooner Billy Ocean added platinum albums to their collections. However, the label’s much-touted Patti Smith comeback fizzled, with her first album in nearly a decade peaking at No. 65. Hall & Oates finally delivered their first Arista album, which went platinum, but failed to live up to the duo’s past glories.