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Vanessa Williams’ “Save the Best for Last” Hits No. 1

8/13/2026

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Vanessa Williams recorded “Save the Best for Last” after Bette Midler and Barbra Streisand declined it.
She placed the track on her 1991 album The Comfort Zone and released it as the third single.
The single spent five weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 and earned two Grammy nominations.
Williams said she would have liked to record Amy Grant’s 1991 Hot 100 hit “Baby Baby,” spending two weeks at No. 1.

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Vanessa Williams recorded “Save the Best for Last” after Bette Midler and Barbra Streisand declined it.
She placed the track on her 1991 album The Comfort Zone and released it as the third single.
The single spent five weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 and earned two Grammy nominations.
Williams said she would have liked to record Amy Grant’s 1991 Hot 100 hit “Baby Baby,” spending two weeks at No. 1.