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Whitney Houston

Whitney Houston

Actor · 1963 – 2012 · Newark, 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.

Movies22

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    The Prince of Egypt

    1998 · 4.4K votes

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    The Bodyguard

    1992 · 3.3K votes

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    Waiting to Exhale

    1995 · 213 votes

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    The Preacher's Wife

    1996 · 267 votes

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    Whitney

    2018 · 210 votes

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    Cinderella

    1997 · 221 votes

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    Sparkle

    2012 · 126 votes

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    Nora's Hair Salon

    2004 · 8 votes

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Series22

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    Saturday Night Live

    1975 · 527 votes

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    Top of the Pops

    1964 · 44 votes

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    The Reichen Show

    2005 · 5 votes

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    Sacrée soirée

    1987 · 5 votes

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    Wogan

    1982 · 7 votes

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    Champs-Elysées

    1982 · 9 votes

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    MTV Video Music Awards

    1984 · 24 votes

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    Boston Public

    2000 · 53 votes

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    The Oscars

    1953 · 84 votes

  • TV5.6

    Wetten, dass..?

    1981 · 24 votes

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    Entertainment Tonight

    1981 · 27 votes

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    Kids' Choice Awards

    1987 · 20 votes

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    The Word

    1990 · 6 votes

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    The BRIT Awards

    1977 · 1 votes

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    This Is Pop

    2021 · 23 votes

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    E! True Hollywood Story

    1996 · 81 votes

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    Superstar

    2021 · 3 votes

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    Web Junk 20

    2006 · 41 votes

  • TV7.0

    MTV Rockumentary

    1989 · 1 votes