Whitney (album) also praised her vocals as follows: "Houston's voice sounds good, real good. [...] She's firmer, more confident." With the highly anticipated release of her second album "Whitney", Houston became the first female artist to debut at number one in the history of "Billboard" 200 chart (formerly the "Top Pop Albums" chart). It made her the fourth artist to achieve that feat overall, behind Elton John with "Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy" and "Rock of the Westies", Stevie Wonder with "Songs in the Key of Life" and Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band with "Live/1975–85". On June 27,
Bernie Taupin lyrics for 10 songs (and an 11th completed non-album track "Across the River Thames") for John's 2006 album "The Captain & The Kid" (sequel to "Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy") and appeared on the cover with him for the first time marking their 40th anniversary of working together. ("Across the River Thames" was issued as an Internet-only download as a bonus with certain editions of "The Captain & the Kid".) On 25 March 2007, Taupin made a surprise appearance at John's 60th birthday celebration at Madison Square Garden, briefly discussing their 40-year songwriting partnership. Of Taupin's importance to