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13 years without Whitney Houston: the legacy of the most awarded female artist in history.
Known as “The Voice” for its unmatched talent, Whitney Houston quickly became a legend to this day.
About Whitney Houston
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Whitney Elizabeth Houston (August 9, 1963 – February 11, 2012), knwon as Whitney Houston, was an American singer, actress, and film producer. Known as “the Voice”, she is one of the most awarded performers and one of the best-selling music artists of all time, with sales of more than 240 million records worldwide. Her crossover appeal on the popular music charts influenced the breaking down of gender and racial barriers in popular culture.
Known for her vocal delivery and live performances, Whitney Houston was ranked second by Rolling Stone on their 2023 list of the “200 Greatest Singers of All Time”. Guinness World Records named her the highest-earning posthumous female celebrity and her assets amounted to $250 million, earned over a 25-year career.
Houston began singing at New Hope Baptist Church in Newark, New Jersey, as a child and became a background vocalist while in high school. She was one of the first black women to appear on the cover of Seventeen after becoming a teen model in 1981. With the guidance of Arista Records chairman Clive Davis, Houston signed to the label at the age of 19. Her first two studio albums, Whitney Houston (1985) and Whitney (1987), reached number one on the Billboard 200 and are among the best-selling albums of all time. She is the only artist to have seven consecutive number-one singles on the Billboard Hot 100.
Her third album, I’m Your Baby Tonight (1990), yielded two US number-one singles; the title track and “All the Man That I Need”. Houston’s rendition of “The Star-Spangled Banner” at Super Bowl XXV in 1991 received widespread acclaim and media coverage.
Houston entered the film industry with the romantic thriller film The Bodyguard (1992). Its soundtrack won the Grammy Award for Album of the Year and remains the best-selling soundtrack album of all time. The lead single “I Will Always Love You” won the Grammy Award for Record of the Year and became the best-selling female single in history. Houston went on to star and record soundtracks for the films Waiting to Exhale (1995) and The Preacher’s Wife (1996). The former soundtrack scored her 11th Billboard Hot 100 number-one single, “Exhale (Shoop Shoop)”, while the latter became the best-selling gospel album of all time. She then co-produced the films Cinderella (1997), The Princess Diaries (2001), The Cheetah Girls (2003), and Sparkle (2012).
Following the success of My Love Is Your Love (1998), Houston’s first studio album in eight years, she renewed her contract with Arista Records for $100 million in 2001, one of the largest recording deals of all time.
However, her next album, Just Whitney (2002), received mixed reviews, while her drug use and a tumultuous marriage to singer Bobby Brown began to overshadow her music career. After divorcing Brown, Houston returned to the top of the Billboard 200 with her final album, I Look to You (2009). In February 2012, Houston accidentally drowned in a bathtub at the Beverly Hilton hotel in Beverly Hills, California, with heart disease and cocaine use as contributing factors. News of her death coincided with the 2012 Grammy Awards and was covered internationally, along with her memorial service.
Whitney Houston has been regarded as one of the greatest vocalists of all time and a cultural icon. She is also recognized as one of the most influential R&B artists in history.
List of songs recorded by Whitney Houston (acc. to Wikipedia)
Death
On February 11, 2012, the death of Whitney Houston at age 48 shocked the entertainment world. The renowned singer was found lifeless in the bathroom of a hotel in Beverly Hills, Los Angeles.
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Known as “The Voice” for her unparalleled talent, Houston quickly rose in his career until she became a legend to this day.
Her first album, “Whitney Houston” (1985), became the best-selling album of a debuting artist. This exceeded 13 million copies only in the United States.
In addition, in 1987 she released his second album “Whitney”, becoming the first female artist to debut in number one in the Billboard 200 sales list .
However, the peak of her career was achieved in 1992, after starring “The Bodyguard”.
In it, Whitney Houston interpreted his iconic success “I Will Always Love You.” The emblematic theme that catapulted as a hymn, was the central success of the film that also forged the interpreter’s career as an actress.
The legendary also participated in the Waiting To Exhale (1995) film projects , The Preacher’s Wife (1996) and Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Cinderella (1997). And finally, Sparkle (2012), released shortly after her sudden death.
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Whitney Houston reached the milestone of being recognized as the most award-winning female artist in history, according to the Guinness record book .
Anyway, the soundtrack of “the bodyguard” is, until today, the best-selling of all time, with more than 45 million copies globally.
Goodbye to Whitney Houston
Unfortunately, the singer’s brilliant career began to collapse when Houston faced different problems with her drug addiction.
In addition, of the controversial and violent marriage with also singer Bobby Brown for 14 years, with whom they had their only daughter: Bobbi Kristina Brown.
Finally, Whitney Houston died in 2012 as a result of an overdose in the bathtub of the Beverly Hilton hotel.
