Whitney Houston

Known for ActingBorn 1963-08-09Died 2012-02-11Newark, New Jersey, USA

Whitney Elizabeth Houston (born August 9, 1963 - February 11, 2012) was an American R&B/pop singer, actress, and former fashion model. Houston is the most awarded female artist of all time, according to Guinness World Records, and her list of awards include 2 Emmy Awards, 6 Grammy Awards, 16 Billboard Music Awards, 22 American Music Awards, among a total of 415 career awards as of 2010. Houston is also one of the world's best-selling music artists, having sold over 170 million albums and singles worldwide. Inspired by several prominent soul singers in her extended family, including mother Cissy Houston and cousins Dionne Warwick and Dee Dee Warwick, as well as her godmother, Aretha Franklin, Houston began singing with New Jersey church's junior gospel choir at age 11. After she began performing alongside her mother in night clubs in the New York City area, she was discovered by Arista Records label head Clive Davis. As of 2011, Houston has released six studio albums and three movie soundtrack albums, all of which have had diamond, multi-platinum, platinum, or gold certification. Houston's 1985 debut album, Whitney Houston, became the best-selling debut album by a female act at the time of its release. Her second studio album, Whitney (1987), became the first album by a female artist to debut at number one on the Billboard 200 albums chart. Houston's crossover appeal on the popular music charts as well as her prominence on MTV, starting with her video for "How Will I Know", enabled several African-American female artists to follow in her success. Houston's first acting role was as the star of the feature film The Bodyguard (1992). The movie's original soundtrack won the 1994 Grammy Award for Album of the Year. Its lead single, "I Will Always Love You", became the best-selling single by a female artist in music history. The album makes her the only female act ranked in the list of the top-10 best-selling albums, at number four. Houston continued to star in movies and contribute to soundtracks, including with the films Waiting to Exhale (1995) and The Preacher's Wife (1996). Three years after the release of her fourth studio album, My Love Is Your Love (1998), she renewed her recording contract with Arista Records. She released her fifth studio album, Just Whitney, in 2002, and the Christmas-themed One Wish: The Holiday Album in 2003. Amid widespread media coverage of personal and professional turmoil, Houston ended her 14-year marriage to singer Bobby Brown in 2006. In 2009, Houston released her seventh studio album, I Look To You. Description above from the Wikipedia article Whitney Houston, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.Read more

Movies & web series

I Go to the Rock: The Gospel Music of Whitney Houston

Whitney, a Look Back

Classic Whitney: Live from Washington, D.C.

The Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Concert

Superstars and their Moms

The BRIT Awards

Web Junk 20

Always Whitney Houston

Whitney Houston & Bobbi Kristina: Didn't We Almost Have It All

Being Bobby Brown

It's Black Entertainment

Kids' Choice Awards

Welcome Home Heroes with Whitney Houston

Sammy Davis, Jr. 60th Anniversary Celebration

Bambi

The True Story of...

2022 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony

Michael Jackson: The Life of an Icon

Cinderella: The Reunion, A Special Edition of 20/20

Whitney Houston: As I Am

The Grammys

Whitney Houston Live: Her Greatest Performances

E! True Hollywood Story

Michael Jackson: 30th Anniversary Celebration

Whitney Houston - The Ultimate Collection

Scratch the Surface

A New Princess

Nora's Hair Salon

Whitney Houston: The Concert for a New South Africa (Durban)

Four Falls of Buffalo

MTV Video Music Awards

Whitney Houston: We Will Always Love You

Boston Public

Whitney

Sean Combs: The Reckoning

Barbra Streisand: One Voice

Whitney Houston: Live in Concert

George Michael - Twenty Five

The Prince of Egypt

Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance with Somebody

George Michael: Freedom Uncut

Biography: Bobby Brown

Whitney Houston at the BBC

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

Retro Video Collection 1975-1999 vol3

VH1: Divas Las Vegas

Arista Records' 25th Anniversary Celebration

The Princess Diaries