Whitney Houston
Whitney Houston sold more than 220 million records and carried a nickname that needed no first name: "the Voice". She was born in 1963 and died in 2012. In between, she became one of the most awarded performers in history. In 2023, Rolling Stone ranked her second on its list of the greatest singers of all time.
Her reach went well beyond the recording studio. She acted in films, produced them, and used her fame to push against gender and racial barriers in the music-video age. Her life and career have since been the subject of multiple documentaries and television specials.
This documentary asks how a girl from a Baptist church choir in New Jersey learned to hold a stadium with little more than her voice. It asks why a singer adored by millions heard jeers from part of her own audience. And it asks what happened when the most famous pop singer of her era could no longer keep her private struggles out of sight.
Whitney Elizabeth Houston was born on the 9th of August 1963 at Presbyterian Hospital in Newark, New Jersey. Her mother, Emily "Cissy" Houston, née Drinkard, was a Grammy-winning gospel and soul singer. Cissy had sung with The Drinkard Singers, founded The Sweet Inspirations, and then become a solo artist. Her father, John Russell Houston Jr., was a former Army serviceman who became an administrator under Newark mayor Kenneth A. Gibson.
Music ran through the wider family. The singers Dionne and Dee Dee Warwick were her cousins, and so was the opera singer Leontyne Price. Aretha Franklin was an honorary aunt, and Darlene Love was her godmother. According to Cissy, the baby was named after the actress Whitney Blake. Her father gave her the nickname "Nippy".
Her paternal great-great-grandfather, Jeremiah Burke Sanderson, was an abolitionist who advocated for the civil and educational rights of black Americans in the mid-19th century. She also had three older brothers. John III was a paternal half-brother, Gary a maternal half-brother who played basketball and sang, and Michael her full brother.
At the age of three, Houston witnessed the Newark race riots of 1967. The family had raised its children on Newark's Wainwright Street. After Cissy signed a solo recording contract in 1970, they moved to Doddtown, a suburban area of East Orange. Her parents had married in the spring of 1964. The marriage dissolved after her father suffered a near-fatal heart attack, and they had separated by the time she was 17.
At five, Houston joined the choir at New Hope Baptist Church in Newark, where she also learned to play piano. She remembered the Pentecostal church nearby as another early influence. In November 1975, at the age of 12, she made her solo debut at New Hope with the hymn "Guide Me O Thou Great Jehovah". Around then she told her mother she wanted a career in music. Cissy trained her to sing throughout her teen years and remained her biggest musical influence.
Her schooling began at Franklin Elementary School, which is now the Whitney E. Houston Academy of Creative and Performing Arts. At 13 she moved to Mount Saint Dominic Academy, a Catholic girls' high school in Caldwell, New Jersey. She graduated in 1981.
By then the professional work had already started. At fourteen, Houston joined her mother's band as a background singer while Cissy performed at Manhattan cabaret clubs. In February 1978, at Manhattan's Town Hall, she sang her first solo during her mother's set. The song was "Tomorrow" from the Broadway musical Annie, and it earned her a first standing ovation.
She went on to work as a session vocalist, backing Michael Zager, the Neville Brothers, Chaka Khan and Lou Rawls. In 1978 she was the featured voice on Zager's disco song "Life's a Party".
In 1980, she was spotted at Carnegie Hall and became a fashion model. She signed first with Click Models and then moved to the Wilhelmina Models agency. There she landed the cover of Seventeen, becoming one of the first black women to appear on it. Spreads in Glamour, Cosmopolitan and Young Miss followed, helped by a girl-next-door charm.
Record labels wanted her, but Cissy turned the offers down and insisted that her daughter finish high school. In September 1981, Houston signed with Tara Productions and hired Gene Harvey as her manager. During 1982 she auditioned for both Elektra Records and CBS Records. Her feature on "Memories", from the Material album One Down, drew praise. Village Voice critic Robert Christgau called it "one of the most gorgeous ballads you've ever heard". Producer Paul Jabara then put her on the ballad "Eternal Love".
The decisive night came at the Seventh Avenue South nightclub in Manhattan. Gerry Griffith, an A&R representative for Arista Records, watched her sing and persuaded label head Clive Davis to see her at the Sweetwaters nightclub the next evening. Davis offered her a recording contract on the spot. With her parents present, she signed on the 10th of April 1983.
In June 1983, she reached a national audience on The Merv Griffin Show, singing "Home" from the Broadway musical The Wiz. She also gave up a possible role on The Cosby Show because her music career was taking off. Instead she took a cameo on Gimme a Break!, appeared in a Canada Dry commercial, and sang jingles, including one for the restaurant brand Steak & Ale.
No album came quickly. Arista wanted to keep rivals from signing her away, and Davis wanted the right songs and producers. In May 1984, a duet with Teddy Pendergrass called "Hold Me", arranged by Michael Masser, gave her a first hit. It reached the top ten of the US R&B and adult contemporary charts. A duet with Jermaine Jackson, "Take Good Care of My Heart", also drew notice that year. All three of those songs would end up on her debut album.
On Valentine's Day, the 14th of February 1985, Arista released the album Whitney Houston. Reviews were mixed to positive, and most of the praise went to her voice. Rolling Stone called her "one of the most exciting new voices in years". The New York Times described "an impressive, musically conservative showcase for an exceptional vocal talent".
The climb was slow. The album entered the Billboard 200 at number 166 on the 30th of March 1985 and reached the top ten 23 weeks later. In March 1986 it hit number one and stayed there for 14 weeks, the longest run of any debut album by a woman.
The first single, "You Give Good Love", peaked at number three. It also drew notoriety when advice columnist Ann Landers listed it among rock songs she considered "trashy music". Houston answered the remark in an interview with The Chicago Tribune. The next three singles, "Saving All My Love for You", "How Will I Know" and "Greatest Love of All", topped the Hot 100 back-to-back. That set a record for a female artist with the most number ones from a single album. Two days after her first number one, she opened at Carnegie Hall.
Abroad, "All at Once" became a hit in Europe and Japan. The album reached the top ten in twenty global territories and topped the charts in six more, including Canada and Australia. In the United States it was certified Diamond for 14 million copies, with more than 25 million sold worldwide. It remains the best-selling debut album by a solo artist. On the 25th of May 1986, journalist Stephen Holden of The New York Times declared her "the new queen of pop".
Part of the breakthrough was television. Late-night talk shows rarely opened their doors to emerging black talent, but they featured her. Then there was MTV, which at the time was being criticized for favoring white acts. Houston said the channel turned down the clip for "You Give Good Love" for being "a very R&B kind of song". Then "Saving All My Love for You" hit so hard that, in her words, they "had no choice but to play it". In December, MTV accepted the video for "How Will I Know" and sent it into heavy rotation almost immediately. After that, her music played regularly on the channel, a first for a black female artist. The video won her the MTV Video Music Award for Best Female Video that September.
In July 1986, she launched her first major world tour, The Greatest Love World Tour. She played 54 shows on four continents before the year ended. Billboard ranked her the top new pop artist of 1985, and her debut was the best-selling album of 1986.
The Grammys were more complicated. She was ruled out of the Best New Artist category because of recordings she had made the year before, and Clive Davis sent a letter of protest. The album still earned five nominations, including Album of the Year. She won her first Grammy for "Saving All My Love for You", in the Best Female Pop Vocal Performance category. Her performance of the song at the ceremony later won an Emmy. She also took her first seven American Music Awards from a record 13 nominations.
That same year she became a soda pitchwoman, singing the "Just for the Taste of It" jingle for Diet Coke. A second Diet Coke commercial in 1988 proved even more popular. Singer Neil Young parodied it in the music video for "This Note's for You", his critique of "corporate rock" commercials.
Her second album, Whitney, arrived in June 1987. Narada Michael Walden produced most of it. Critics complained that it sounded too much like its predecessor, and Rolling Stone called the narrow channel for her talent "frustrating". Sales ignored the complaints. On the 27th of June, she became the first woman to debut at number one on the Billboard 200. She was also the first artist to enter at number one in the US and the UK at the same time. The album spent its first eleven weeks on top.
The lead single, "I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me)", reached number one on the Hot 100 and topped the charts in 17 countries, including Australia, West Germany and the UK. "Didn't We Almost Have It All", "So Emotional" and "Where Do Broken Hearts Go" all reached number one within six months. On the 23rd of April 1988, "Where Do Broken Hearts Go" gave her seven consecutive number ones on the Hot 100. The Beatles and the Bee Gees had each stopped at six. No other artist has matched seven in a row. When the fifth single, "Love Will Save the Day", stalled at number nine, the run ended. The album has sold more than 20 million copies worldwide, ten million of them in the United States.
The Moment of Truth World Tour began in July 1987. It covered 160 dates on four continents, including nine sold-out nights at London's Wembley Arena. Its North American leg grossed more than $20 million and made her the top female touring act. For the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, she recorded the theme "One Moment in Time". It reached number one in the UK, Germany and Europe, and it won her a Sports Emmy Award.
Forbes noticed the numbers. In 1987, the magazine ranked her eighth among the highest-paid entertainers, with earnings of $43 million. Only Bill Cosby and Eddie Murphy ranked higher. A year later she had slipped to 17th.
At the 1989 Soul Train Music Awards, a few people in the audience jeered when Whitney Houston's name was read among the nominees. Some black critics believed she was "selling out". They felt her recorded singing lacked the soul they heard in her concerts. Years later, The Guardian's Steve Rose traced the "not Black enough" perception to her syrupy ballads, her perky dance-pop, and videos that mixed black and white dancers.
Houston defended herself. "If you're gonna have a long career, there's a certain way to do it and I did it that way. I'm not ashamed of it."
Her answer was a record called I'm Your Baby Tonight, released in November 1990. It took a more urban direction. For the first time she served as executive producer and held creative control. She brought in the team of Antonio "L.A." Reid and Babyface, along with Luther Vandross and Stevie Wonder, and kept Walden on board. Rolling Stone felt it was her "best and most integrated album". Entertainment Weekly judged the shift toward an urban sound "superficial".
The public sided with her. The album peaked at number three on the Billboard 200 and stayed in the top ten for 22 weeks. It topped the R&B albums chart for eight weeks and was the tenth best-selling album of 1991. The title track and "All the Man That I Need" both reached number one on the Hot 100. The title track gave Babyface and Reid their first number one pop single. Houston became the first female soloist with multiple pop number ones on at least three albums. Sales reached ten million worldwide, and she collected four Billboard Music Awards.
A bonus track from the Japanese edition, "Higher Love", found a second life in 2019. Norwegian DJ Kygo remixed it, and it topped the US Dance Club Songs chart and reached number two in the UK.
On the 27th of January 1991, during the Persian Gulf War, Houston sang "The Star-Spangled Banner" at Super Bowl XXV at Tampa Stadium. Her vocals were pre-recorded, and criticism followed. Her spokesman, Dan Klores, rejected any comparison to the lip-syncing scandal of Milli Vanilli. "She sang live, but the microphone was turned off," he said, calling it a technical decision partly based on noise.
The public cared more about the sound than the controversy. A commercial single and video of the performance reached the Hot 100 top 20, the biggest chart hit ever for a rendition of the national anthem. Houston donated her share of the proceeds to the American Red Cross Gulf Crisis Fund and was named to the Red Cross Board of Governors. VH1 listed it among the greatest moments that rocked TV, and singers still treat it as a benchmark.
After the attacks of the 11th of September 2001, the single was rereleased with profits going to firefighters and victims. It reached number 6 and was certified platinum. That made Houston the first woman to place the same song in the top 20 of the Hot 100 twice.
In March 1991, she staged the Welcome Home Heroes concert with HBO at Naval Station Norfolk in Virginia. It was held for soldiers fighting in the Persian Gulf War and their families, with 3,500 servicemen and women in the audience. HBO descrambled the broadcast so everyone could watch for free, and it drew the network's highest ratings to that point.
Her third world tour then played 99 shows, including a sold-out ten-night run at Wembley Arena in London. Reviewers split. The Sun Sentinel thought smaller theaters would have suited her talent better. USA Today praised her for shaking free of the "calculated productions" of her records and becoming "gutsy and soulful".
With the doubters answered on stage, Hollywood was the next call she took seriously.
Offers from Robert De Niro, Quincy Jones and Spike Lee had all come in, and Houston felt the time was not right for any of them. Her first film role finally arrived in 1992 with The Bodyguard. She played a star stalked by a crazed fan who hires a bodyguard, played by Kevin Costner. Her mainstream appeal let audiences look past the interracial relationship at the center of the story. Even so, some felt her face had been left out of the advertising to hide it. In a 1993 interview with Rolling Stone, she said, "You can't hide that fact."
Reviews were mixed. Some critics accused her of playing herself and felt she lacked chemistry with Costner. Another review said she "photographs wonderfully" and could suggest selfish and egotistical dimensions in her character. The audience did not hesitate. The film grossed more than $121 million in the US and $410 million worldwide. It remains in the top 50 of the most successful R-rated films ever.
The soundtrack did even better. Houston served as executive producer, recorded six tracks, and produced two of them. It opened at number two on the Billboard 200 and took the top spot the next week. It stayed there for 20 weeks, the first album by a woman to do so. It was also the first album to sell more than a million copies in a single week under the Nielsen SoundScan system. In early November 1993, it passed ten million in sales and became the first album by a female artist certified diamond. Sales later reached 19 million in the US and 45 million worldwide, making it the best-selling soundtrack ever.
At the 1994 Grammy Awards, the soundtrack won Album of the Year. Houston was the first black woman to win as both producer and artist. She also took a record eight American Music Awards, eleven Billboard Music Awards and five NAACP Image Awards.
The lead single was "I Will Always Love You", written and first recorded by Dolly Parton. Critics called Houston's version her signature song, and Rolling Stone and USA Today called it a tour-de-force. It held number one on the Hot 100 for 14 weeks, a record at the time. It topped charts in 34 countries and sold 24 million copies worldwide, which makes it the best-selling single by a female solo artist. In the US it was certified diamond in January 2021. It won Grammys for Record of the Year and Best Pop Female Vocal Performance. On the 13th of March 1993, "I'm Every Woman" and "I Have Nothing" joined it in the top 20, which no artist had done in one week in the SoundScan era.
In 1995, Houston starred as the TV producer Savannah Jackson in Waiting to Exhale. She called it "a breakthrough for the image of black women" because it showed them as professionals and caring mothers. It reached number one at the US box office and grossed $81 million worldwide. The New York Times noted she had shed the defensive hauteur of her Bodyguard role.
She advised producer Babyface to make the soundtrack an album of women with vocal distinction. Brandy, Mary J. Blige and Toni Braxton all contributed. Her own single "Exhale (Shoop Shoop)" debuted at number one on the Hot 100, and "Count On Me", a duet with CeCe Winans, reached number eight. The album topped the Billboard 200 in January 1996 and earned eleven Grammy nominations.
The Preacher's Wife followed in 1996. It was an update of The Bishop's Wife and starred Denzel Washington and Courtney B. Vance. Houston earned $10 million for the role, making her the highest-earning African-American actress in Hollywood at the time. It brought her the strongest reviews of her acting career and an NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture.
The soundtrack was her first full-length gospel project. She produced it with Mervyn Warren and recorded six traditional tracks with the Georgia Mass Choir at the Great Star Rising Baptist Church in Atlanta. It topped the gospel albums chart, a first for a female artist, and sold six million copies worldwide, the best-selling gospel album of all time. When the 40th Grammys in 1998 gave it no gospel nomination, she boycotted the ceremony.
In the mid-1990s, she and Debra Martin Chase formed BrownHouse Productions. Their stated goal was to show aspects of African-American life not yet seen on screen. Their first project was a television remake of Rodgers and Hammerstein's Cinderella. Houston co-produced it and played the Fairy Godmother alongside Brandy, Jason Alexander, Whoopi Goldberg and Bernadette Peters. An estimated 60 million viewers tuned in, giving ABC its highest ratings in 16 years.
The company's biggest hits came after the turn of the century. The Princess Diaries, starring Anne Hathaway and Julie Andrews, grossed more than $165 million worldwide in 2001. Houston and Chase became the first black people to produce a film that passed $100 million at the box office. The Princess Diaries 2 earned $134 million in 2004. On the Disney Channel, The Cheetah Girls premiered in August 2003, and its 2006 sequel drew more than 8.1 million viewers.
Not every project survived. Houston and Chase spent five years trying to get a Dorothy Dandridge biopic made. On the 21st of August 1999, HBO aired Introducing Dorothy Dandridge, starring Halle Berry, and their version never happened. They had also planned films with Will Smith, Monica and Aaliyah, which never came to fruition.
Houston turned down work in South Africa because of its strict apartheid laws. That position set the scene for the Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Tribute at London's Wembley Stadium, where she performed in support of the then-imprisoned activist. The broadcast aired on the 11th of June and drew half a billion viewers. It raised $1 million for charity and drew attention to apartheid.
In August, she held a benefit concert at Madison Square Garden to raise money for historically black colleges and universities. Her 1988 show at the Garden raised more than $250,000 for the United Negro College Fund. In March 1990, the fund gave her its Frederick D. Patterson Award. In October 1988, she also performed on the Channel Seven Perth Telethon in Perth, Australia, raising money for several children's hospitals.
In 1989, she established the Whitney Houston Foundation for Children. It gave medical help to sick and homeless children and worked to prevent child abuse. It taught children to read, created inner-city parks and playgrounds, and awarded college scholarships, including one to the Juilliard School. The foundation also supported children with cancer or AIDS. That November she announced plans to invest in a $100 million housing project in her hometown of Newark, run by the real estate firm Vogue Skyview Estates. It aimed to create housing for low and middle-income families.
In October 1994, Houston performed at a White House state dinner honoring the newly elected South African president, Nelson Mandela. At the end of her world tour she played three concerts in South Africa for more than 200,000 people. She was the first major musician to visit the newly unified, apartheid-free nation after his election win. HBO broadcast portions of Whitney: The Concert for a New South Africa live, and the money went to South African charities. The event was called the nation's biggest media event since Mandela's inauguration.
In June 1995, VH1 gave her foundation a VH1 Honor for its charitable work. In October 1999, a third HBO special, Classic Whitney: Live from Washington, D.C., raised $300,000 for Marian Wright Edelman's Children's Defense Fund.
Houston's voice covered four octaves, and critics argued about what to call it. Some heard a soprano or spinto soprano, others a mezzo-soprano. Time's Richard Corliss wrote in 1987 that she had "the supplest pipes in pop music". Another Time review said that if the human voice is an instrument, hers was "a Stradivarius among ordinary violins".
Critic Andrew Chan of Slant Magazine pointed to her timbre. At the very top of her chest range, as in the climax of "I'm Every Woman", there was none of the danger of something about to snap that marks deep-soul testimony. Jon Pareles of The New York Times called her instrument a "technical marvel" from its velvety depths to its ringing heights. Mariah Carey admired her "really rich, strong mid-belt". Michael Jackson called her a "real stylist" and said you could hear one line and know who it was.
A signature technique was melisma, the practice of stretching one syllable across several notes. Aretha Franklin, Stevie Wonder and Ray Charles had used it before her. Vocal coach Steve Sweetland said Houston stood apart because she believed in its artistic value and made it part of herself. BBC News writer Lauren Everitt noted that the first "I" in "I Will Always Love You" takes nearly six seconds to sing. Everitt praised her restraint and her sense of when to save the technique.
Her producer Narada Michael Walden told Rolling Stone in 2012 that she carried both sides. Through her cousin Dionne Warwick, she understood the melodies of Burt Bacharach. As a child of the Michael Jackson, Prince and Madonna era, she also had the rhythms. Rolling Stone called her "the ultimate crossover artist" for mixing pop, R&B and gospel. Her catalog ranged across R&B, pop, rock, soul, gospel, funk, dance, Latin pop, disco, house, new jack swing, opera, reggae and Christmas music.
Chan argued that her polished image muffled her political significance. That made it easier for non-black singers to copy her technique without being accused of cultural theft.
Live, Houston's early tours were staged in-the-round, with the audience on all sides. She learned that format from Luther Vandross. The shows featured her nine-piece band and four background vocalists, with little choreography. Dancers arrived on the Moment of Truth World Tour. By 1991, designer Marc Bouwer dressed her in catsuits, and musical director Rickey Minor helped introduce the medleys that became a trademark. In 1999, Dolce & Gabbana designed her edgier outfits for the My Love Is Your Love tour.
She rearranged her hits with her band, ad-libbed constantly, and sometimes scat-sang, especially in "Saving All My Love for You". Stephen Holden reviewed her Radio City Music Hall concert on the 20th of July 1993. He wrote that she was one of the few pop stars of whom it might be said: the voice suffices. Chan described how she tilted her head back on high notes and closed her eyes for leaps into her silvery head voice.
She also drew on a long line of heroes. Cousin Dionne Warwick's stage presence shaped her sense of showmanship. She admired Barbra Streisand, and she looked up to Sammy Davis Jr., Lena Horne and Dorothy Dandridge for breaking racial barriers in entertainment. The first record she ever bought was by Stevie Wonder.
On the 17th of November 1998, Houston released My Love Is Your Love, her first studio album in eight years. It arrived during "Super Tuesday" week, when many other artists released albums too. It debuted and peaked at number 13 on the Billboard 200. Rodney Jerkins, Wyclef Jean and Missy Elliott all produced tracks, and Rolling Stone said she sang "with a bite in her voice". The Village Voice called it her sharpest and most satisfying album so far.
Five singles reached the top 40, including a duet with Mariah Carey called "When You Believe", which won an Academy Award for Best Original Song. At the 2000 ceremony, "It's Not Right but It's Okay" earned her sixth and final competitive Grammy. The European leg of the world tour was the highest-grossing arena tour of the year on the continent. In North America, though, the tour was plagued by cancellations that her publicist attributed to throat problems and a "bronchitis situation". At year's end, the Recording Industry Association of America named her the top-selling R&B female artist of the century.
The cancellations were a warning. Reports of erratic behavior and lateness at interviews, photo shoots and rehearsals had followed her since the late 1990s. In March 2000, she failed to show up to induct Clive Davis into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Weeks later, musical director Burt Bacharach, a longtime friend, fired her from the Academy Awards. Author Steve Pond wrote that her voice was shaky and her attitude almost defiant, and that she sang a different song than planned in rehearsal. She later admitted she had been fired. In May 2000, her longtime executive assistant and friend, Robyn Crawford, resigned from her management company.
The business side kept growing. In August 2001, she renewed with Arista/BMG for $100 million to deliver six new albums, one of the largest recording deals of all time. In September 2001, at Michael Jackson: 30th Anniversary Special, her extremely thin frame fed rumors of drug use and health problems. She canceled a second appearance planned for the next night.
Her tumultuous marriage to singer Bobby Brown and her drug use tarnished the "America's Sweetheart" image. They also overshadowed Just Whitney, released in December 2002, which debuted at number nine and went platinum despite mixed reviews. Her first Christmas album, One Wish: The Holiday Album, arrived in November 2003 and went gold.
After divorcing Brown, Houston came back. I Look to You, released in August 2009, debuted at number one on the Billboard 200 with 305,000 copies sold. She appeared on European television and as a guest mentor on the UK's X Factor. Reviews of the Nothing but Love World Tour, her first in more than ten years, were partly negative, and some dates were rescheduled. In January 2010, the BET Honors gave her the Entertainers Award for more than 25 years of achievement.
In January 2011, she made a surprise appearance at the BET Celebration of Gospel and joined gospel singer Kim Burrell for a duet of "I Look to You". It was her final television performance. In 2010, she was cast in a remake of the 1976 film Sparkle as both star and executive producer. The role was her last. "Celebrate", the final song she recorded, came from its soundtrack.
On the 9th of February 2012, she gave her last public performance, an impromptu duet of "Jesus Loves Me" with her friend Kelly Price at the Tru nightclub in Hollywood. Two days later, on the 11th of February 2012, Houston accidentally drowned in a bathtub at the Beverly Hilton hotel in Beverly Hills, California. Heart disease and cocaine use were contributing factors. The news coincided with the 54th Annual Grammy Awards and was covered internationally, along with her memorial service.
The honors continued afterward. She entered the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, the Rhythm & Blues Hall of Fame, and the Grammy Hall of Fame twice. Guinness World Records named her the highest-earning posthumous female celebrity, with assets of $250 million from a 25-year career. Sparkle reached theaters on the 17th of August 2012, and "Celebrate" was released in May 2012.
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Who was Whitney Houston?
Whitney Houston (1963-2012) was an American singer, actress, film producer and record producer, commonly called "the Voice". She sold more than 220 million records and is one of the most awarded performers of all time.
Where and when was Whitney Houston born?
Whitney Houston was born on the 9th of August 1963 at Presbyterian Hospital in Newark, New Jersey. Her mother was the gospel singer Cissy Houston and her father was John Russell Houston Jr.
How did Whitney Houston get her record deal with Arista?
Arista A&R representative Gerry Griffith saw Whitney Houston perform in Manhattan and convinced label head Clive Davis to see her the next evening. Davis offered a contract, and she signed on the 10th of April 1983 with her parents present.
How many consecutive number-one singles did Whitney Houston have?
Whitney Houston scored seven consecutive number-one singles on the Billboard Hot 100, completed on the 23rd of April 1988 with "Where Do Broken Hearts Go". She remains the only artist to do so, and she had eleven Hot 100 number ones in all.
What was Whitney Houston's best-selling song and album?
Her best-selling song is "I Will Always Love You", written by Dolly Parton, which sold 24 million units worldwide. The Bodyguard soundtrack, which carried it, sold about 45 million copies and is the best-selling soundtrack album in history.
How did Whitney Houston die?
Whitney Houston accidentally drowned in a bathtub at the Beverly Hilton hotel in Beverly Hills, California, on the 11th of February 2012. Heart disease and cocaine use were contributing factors.
Which films did Whitney Houston star in and produce?
Whitney Houston starred in The Bodyguard, Waiting to Exhale, The Preacher's Wife, Cinderella and Sparkle. Through BrownHouse Productions she also produced The Princess Diaries and The Cheetah Girls franchises.
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- 53MagazineCharts '86December 27, 1986
- 55NewsHope your children outgrow trashy musicAnn Landers — Woodward Communications, Inc — July 7, 1985
- 56NewsWith Dionne, Cissy And Aretha In The Family, How Can Whitney Houston Fail?Lynn Van Matre — September 29, 1985
- 57SINGER WHITNEY HOUSTON HITS A HIGH NOTE EARLY IN HER CAREERAugust 4, 1985
- 58NewsPOP: WHITNEY HOUSTON IN CARNEGIE HALL DEBUTStephen Holden — October 29, 1985
- 59MagazineWhitney Houston's Success Is GlobalJune 8, 1985
- 60Whitney Houston’s Debut Album Hit #1 This Week In 1986March 9, 2014
- 61NewsMusic Industry Pays Tribute to Whitney HoustonFebruary 11, 2012
- 62NewsInside Whitney's worldNBC News — September 28, 2013
- 63Philly reflects on Houston's legacyBobbi Booker — February 14, 2012
- 64BookGuinness world records 2000Nic Kynaston — Guinness World Records Limited — 2000
- 65NewsWHITNEY HOUSTON - POP'S NEW QUEENStephen Holden — May 25, 1986
- 66Whitney HoustonAugust 11, 2000
- 67VideoWhitney Houston Reminisces About '80s Music on MTV (2001 interview)MTV — 2001
- 68Whitney Houston's 1985 MTV Debut Broke Barriers for Black ArtistsFebruary 12, 2023
- 69Didn't She Almost Have It AllRebecca Traister — April 13, 2006
- 70MagazineWhitney Houston Headlines Her First Tour Across The CountryClarence Waldron — September 1, 1986
- 71NewsDire Straits Tops List for Grammy's; We are the World Wins 6 NominationsRichard Harrington — January 10, 1986
- 72MagazineTina, Whitney Top Picks For Annual Grammy AwardsJanuary 27, 1986
- 73Magazine'We Are The World' Big Winner At 28th GrammysMarch 17, 1986
- 74Magazine'Cosby Show' Snubbed At Emmy Awards Ceremony; Receives Only One HonorOctober 13, 1986
- 75MagazineWhitney, Aretha, Stevie Snare Honors At Recent American Music AwardsFebruary 17, 1986
- 76MagazineWhitney Houston: Why Success Won't Go to Her HeadAldore Collier — February 16, 1987
- 77Magazine500 Greatest Albums of All TimeNovember 18, 2003
- 78The Definitive 200The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame — 2007
- 79News25 years of memorable musical momentsEdna Gundersen — June 18, 2007
- 80MagazineReview: WhitneyVince Aletti — August 13, 1987
- 82Taylor Swift Matches One of Whitney Houston's Impressive FeatsHugh McIntyre — June 29, 2024
- 84PERFECT PLANNING MAKES WHITNEY NO. 1 AGAINAugust 6, 1987
- 85MagazineWhitney Breaks Record For Consecutive No. 1 TunesMay 2, 1988
- 86BookBillboardMay 13, 2000
- 87MagazineKendrick Lamar's 'GNX' & More: Albums With the Most Top 10 HitsTrevor Anderson — December 19, 2024
- 88NewsWhitney Houston's Second Studio Album Turned 29 YesterdayJune 3, 2016
- 90MagazineBattle and Jackson Top Grammy Award NomineesFebruary 1, 1988
- 91MagazineBlacks Turn Grammys Into A Show Biz ExtravaganzaMarch 21, 1988
- 92MagazineAnita Baker, Whitney Houston Top Black Winners At Recent American Music Awards ShowFebruary 15, 1988
- 93MagazineHouston, D. J. Jazzy Jeff & Fresh Prince, Jackson Top American Music AwardsFebruary 20, 1989
- 94NewsShowtime: Jackson is top winner at Soul Train AwardsAfrican-American News & Information Consortium — April 5, 1988
- 95MacDonald, Patrick. "U2, Bon Jovi were top concert acts of 1987". The Seattle Times. January 15, 1988. Page 5. Retrieved May 16, 2008.
- 96U2's $35-Million Gross Is Highest for '87 TourRobert Hilburn — January 23, 1988
- 97MagazineWhitney, Aretha On Summer Olympics AlbumSeptember 12, 1988
- 981988 UK Number Onesnumber-ones.co.uk
- 99Top 100 Single-ChartsGfK Entertainment — October 24–30, 1988
- 100Whitney Houston's 'One Moment in Time': The Anatomy of an Olympic AnthemAhmed Tufayel — August 5, 2016
- 101MagazineWhitney Houston Uses Fame To Help Good CausesJune 20, 1988
- 102NewsDiva Will Always Love LimelightJim Gilchrist — August 23, 2009
- 103NewsPop Music's Homage to MandelaPeter Watrous — June 13, 1988
- 104MagazineWhitney Houston's Concert Raises $250,000 For UNCFSeptember 19, 1988
- 105Abou
- 107MagazineCosby's $84 Million Makes Him Richest EntertainerSeptember 28, 1987
- 108"Forbes Names Jackson as the Best-Paid Star 5 Women, 3 Boxers on List of 40 Celebrities". Los Angeles Times. September 19, 1988. Page 2.
- 109MagazineMichael Jackson Earns $97 Million To Become Highest Paid EntertainerOctober 3, 1988
- 110MagazineThe Soul of WhitneyJoy Duckett Cain — December 2003
- 111MagazineEbonyMay 1991
- 112MagazineReview: I'm Your Baby TonightJames Hunter — January 10, 1991
- 113Music Review: I'm Your Baby TonightBrowne, David — November 23, 1990
- 114MagazineWhitney Houston: Chart History
- 115MagazineThe Weeknd Matches Michael Jackson for Hot 100 historyGary Trust — March 10, 2023
- 116Monie Love Talks About Her First New Solo Project in 30 YearsApril 6, 2023
- 117MagazineMusic's 30 Fiercest Feuds and BeefsJordan Runtagh — September 15, 2017
- 118Higher Love is now Whitney Houston's longest-running single ever on the Top 100 Official UK Singles ChartRob Copsey — Official Charts Company — February 28, 2020
- 119NewsPop View; Caution: Now Entering The War ZoneJon Pareles — February 24, 1991
- 120MagazineWhitney Houston Did Not Lip-Sync National AnthemMarch 18, 1991
- 123NewsHudson's Super Bowl Lip-Sync No Surprise to InsidersLuchina Fisher et al. — ABC News — February 3, 2009
- 125MagazineJose Feliciano - Billboard Chart History
- 126MagazineWhitney Houston's Star Spangled Banner To Be Released On CassetteFebruary 18, 1991
- 127BookAfrican Americans in the performing artsSteven Otfinoski — Infobase Publishing — April 1, 2010
- 128MagazineHouston Raises $500,000 For Red Cross; Named To Its Board Of GovernorsJune 17, 1991
- 129Blair, Tom. "The village verbiage collector". The San Diego Union. May 23, 1991. Page B1.
- 130NewsJennifer Hudson delivers on Super Bowl stageNews World Media Development — February 2, 2009
- 132Gold & Platinum – Search Results for "The Star Spangled Banner" single and its video singleRecording Industry Association of America — October 3, 2001
- 133Top 20 Songs Charted Twice by Same ArtistJuly 24, 2024
- 134NewsMom, apple pie and Whitney Houston in concert for troopsPatricia Smith — April 1, 1991
- 135Hodges, Anne. "Hope opens his home to U.S. troops". Houston Chronicle April 6, 1991.
- 136Wilker, Deborah. "Whitney Houston: Bigger – but better?" Fort Lauderdale Sun Sentinel. June 13, 1991. Page 3E.
- 137Jones, James T. "Whitney is so emotional, soulful in concert". USA Today. April 19, 1991. Page 01D.
- 138MagazineWhitney Houston Talks About The Men In Her Life – And The Rumors, Lies And Insults That Are The High Price Of FameLynn Norment — May 1991
- 139MagazineUp close with Whitney HoustonMeredith Berkman — February 5, 1993
- 140NewsThe BodyguardRita Kempley — November 25, 1992
- 141NewsReview/Film: The Bodyguard; Tragic Flaw Meets Pampered Pop Star Over Multiple RisksJanet Maslin — November 25, 1992
- 142The Bodyguard (1992)Roger Ebert — November 25, 1992
- 143People's Choice noms outFebruary 3, 1993
- 144A look back at 1993 and the second annual MTV Movie AwardsApril 14, 2013
- 145All Time Box Office Domestic GrossesBox Office Mojo
- 147NewsWhitney Houston Estate to Reissue 'The Bodyguard' Soundtrack for 25th AnniversaryBianca Garwood — October 13, 2017
- 148Deep 10: Whitney Houston's The Bodyguard – Original Soundtrack AlbumChuck Crisafulli — National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences — November 17, 2016
- 149MagazineJazz, popular, etcPeri Press — 1994
- 150BookBillboardMay 13, 2000
- 151NewsMorning Report: Pop/RockAleene MacMinn — December 31, 1992
- 152"Whitney Houston gets a boost from Bodyguard". The Globe and Mail. January 1, 1993. Page C6.
- 153'The Bodyguard' Soundtrack: 25 Years After Whitney Houston's MasterpieceBilly Johnson Jr — Grammy Awards — November 8, 2017
- 154NewsAmerican Music Awards: Christina Aguilera to Honor Whitney Houston With 'Bodyguard' TributeNordyke Kimberly — October 30, 2017
- 155This Is How The Biggest Movie Soundtrack Of All Time Got MadeAlessa Dominguez — November 21, 2017
- 156MagazineWhitney Houston Eight American Music Awards Make Her Top Female WinnerFebruary 28, 1994
- 157MagazineThe Rhythm and the Blues: 8th Soul Train Awards Are Aglow With Stellar Performances, Star AppearancesJ.R. Reynolds — March 26, 1994
- 158MagazineStars Shine At The NAACP Image AwardsDenise Crittendon — February–March 1994
- 159MagazineThe Rhythm and the Blues: Tupac's Loss May Preserve Awards' Image; New Indies Form Out West And Down SouthJ.R. Reynolds — January 15, 1994
- 160NewsMichael Jackson Shares Whitney Houston's Spotlight, Honors: Houston wins five NAACP Image Awards, but Jackson gets cheers in a show marked by controversyMarisa Leonardi — January 7, 1994
- 161MagazineWorld Music Awards Gaining StatureMark Dezzani — May 21, 1994
- 162The BRITs 1994British Phonographic Industry — February 14, 1994
- 163Magazine100 Greatest Singers of All Time (2008)December 3, 2010
- 164NewsHouston heroic on 'Bodyguard' albumJames T. IV Jones — November 17, 1992
- 165NewsWhitney Houston Hits 4th 'Triple'Jan DeKnock — January 15, 1993
- 168BookBillboardApril 11, 1998
- 169MagazineBattle of the Divas, Round 3Gary Trust — August 28, 2009
- 170MagazineWhitney Houston's 'I Will Always Love You' Is Certified Diamond by RIAAJanuary 13, 2022
- 172NewsFIVE FAST FACTS ABOUT WHITNEY HOUSTONHouston Symphony — May 26, 2013
- 1735 Things About Whitney HoustonFebruary 23, 2023
- 175MagazineBillboard Hot 100 (the week of March 13, 1993)March 13, 1993
- 176NewsHouston Still Plugged In As ContenderJan DeKnock — March 19, 1993
- 177BookBillboardDecember 8, 2001
- 178BookBillboardMarch 13, 1993
- 179Magazine'The Bodyguard' Anniversary: Revisiting the SoundtrackLeslie Richin — November 25, 2014
- 180MagazineWhitney Houston Opens Up About Her Marriage, FameAnthony DeCurtis — June 10, 1993
- 181NewsSteven Spielberg Is Mr. EntertainerDecember 24, 1994
- 182NewsFew women producers make the top 100 listJim Keogh — April 15, 1993
- 183MagazineCosby, Houston, Belafonte Among Top SpokespeopleNovember 7, 1994
- 184NewsGreeting Mandela with elegance and esteemKaty Kelly — October 5, 1994
- 185NewsWhite House Lionizes MandelaNita Lelyveld — October 5, 1994
- 186NewsHBO worth seeingGreg Paeth — November 9, 1994
- 187MagazineWhitney In South AfricaFebruary 1995
- 189BookBillboardJuly 15, 1995
- 190Waiting to Exhale (1995)March 2, 1996
- 191NewsThe impact of 'Waiting to Exhale'Susan King — December 22, 2015
- 193MagazineBack in the Groove?Rebecca Ascher-Walsh — August 14, 1998
- 194MagazineDiary of a Mad Niche HitNicole LaPorte — March 6, 2005
- 195MagazineHeavy BreathingJack E. White — January 15, 1996
- 196NewsWaiting to Exhale (1995) Film Review;4 Divas Have Lots Of Fun Telling Off Mr. WrongStephen Holden — December 22, 1995
- 197MagazineThe 27th NAACP Image Awards Official BallotFebruary 3, 1996
- 198MagazineNo More PrissyChristopher John Farley — December 4, 1995
- 199'Waiting To Exhale' Celebrates 15 Years TodayClay Cane — December 21, 2010
- 200BookEntertainment WeeklyDecember 1, 1995
- 201Magazine100 Best Movie SoundtracksChris Willman — October 12, 2001
- 202NewsThe Arts: The gospel according to WhitneyCharles Laurence — December 14, 1996
- 203Box office / Business for "The Preacher's Wife"IMDb — December 13, 1996
- 204NewsHuman Comedy's Divine in 'Preacher's Wife'Peter Stack — December 13, 1996
- 205MagazineEbony's 50th Anniversary Show, Denzel Washington Among NAACP Image Award WinnersMarch 3, 1997
- 207Whitney Houston 1996 Interview Sheds Light on Movie Career, Personal DemonsGary Susman — AOL — February 13, 2012
- 208Whitney May Pass on Grammys Over Gospel SnubFebruary 18, 1998
- 209MagazineWhitney Scores As Producer and StarNovember 1997
- 210NewsTelevision; The Slipper Still Fits, Though the Style Is NewTodd S. Purdum — November 2, 1997
- 211MagazineWhitney & Brandy in CinderellaNovember 1997
- 212NewsTV Notes; Happy Ending For 'Cinderella'Bill Carter — November 5, 1997
- 213NewsWhitney Houston To Take On "Christie Love"Viacom — April 9, 1997
- 214Berry gets in character for Dandridge bioArmy Archerd — Penske Media Corporation — October 22, 1998
- 215NewsHalle Berry portrays Dorothy Dandridge in 'role of a lifetime'Beth Harris — August 3–4, 1999
- 216NewsHollywood Hit MakerCrystal Nix Hines — April 2003
- 217NewsStreetwise Houston tries new approach Singer's tour hits town MondayJuly 3, 1999
- 218MagazineBadu Heads Soul Train; Singer Picks Up 4 AwardsAnita M. Samuels — March 14, 1998
- 219Soul Train Music Awards Library: 1998 The 12th Soul Train Music AwardsDon Cornelius Productions, Inc — February 27, 1998
- 220MagazineA big day in musicRob Brunner — November 27, 1998
- 221MagazineMusic: Super TuesdayChristopher John Farley et al. — November 23, 1998
- 222NewsSuper CD weekPhil Gallo — November 29, 1998
- 223MagazineThe Billboard 200 chart listing for the week of December 5, 1998December 5, 1998
- 224MagazineVibeApril 1999
- 225Look Who's TickingVince Aletti — December 8, 1998
- 226MagazineHouston Finds a New Groove with Arista SetMelinda Newman — October 31, 1998
- 227The 71st Academy Awards (1999) Nominees and WinnersAcademy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences — March 21, 1999
- 228NewsUS city makes $100,000 Whitney claimAugust 26, 1999
- 229Whitney Houston World Tour '99 Becomes Europe's Highest Grossing Arena Tour of the YearAllBusiness.com — October 19, 1999
- 230MagazineEurochart Hot 100 Singles / European Top 100 Albums21 August 1999
- 231Magazine"My Love Is Your Love" single; triple platinum worldwideNovember 20, 1999
- 232Whitney Houston Released Two Albums This Week In 1992 & 1998November 18, 2016
- 233NewsEntertainment: Dublin gears up for MTV showNovember 11, 1999
- 234MagazineSpears Tops 1999 MTV Europe Music AwardsNovember 12, 1999
- 235Bono Honored As Britney Spears Dominates MTV Europe AwardsBrian Ives — MTV Network — November 12, 1999
- 2361999 MTV Video Music AwardsMTV Network — September 9, 1999
- 238The American Recording Industry Announces its Artists of the CenturyRecording Industry Association of America — November 10, 1999
- 239TLC Nominated For Three Soul Train Music AwardsDavid Basham — MTV — February 11, 2000
- 240MagazineTLC Rides Soul Train: Act Wins 2 Awards, As Does BligeGail Mitchell — March 18, 2000
- 241MagazineThe Billboard 200 chart listing for the week of June 3, 2000June 3, 2000
- 242MagazineHits of the WorldJune 17, 2000
- 243MagazineReviews & Previews: SpotlightMay 20, 2000
- 244Whitney: The Greatest Hits reviewSteve Huey
- 245MagazineFlorida Orchestra Sues Arista Over AnthemDecember 17, 2001
- 246MagazineWhitney Houston biography2012
- 247NewsWhitney Houston Gets Bad PressLarry McShane — April 6, 2000
- 248MagazineWhitney Insider Tells of Drug Use, Failed InterventionAndrew Dansby — June 7, 2000
- 250Transcript: Whitney Houston: 'I'm a Person Who Has Life'ABC News — February 13, 2012
- 251"Whitney Shines at Arista Anniversary", USA Today, April 12, 2000.
- 252See Whitney Houston With a Young Anne Hathaway on the Set of 2001's The Princess DiariesAlexia Fernández — May 11, 2020
- 254MagazineThe Rolling Stone Money ReportRobert Lafranco — July 4, 2002
- 255MagazineWhitney Houston Signs $100 Million Contract with Arista RecordsAugust 20, 2001
- 256MagazineArista Aims New Houston Album At 'Core Urban' FansGail Mitchell — December 14, 2002
- 257NewsReports of Whitney Houston's Death DeniedSharon Knolle — September 13, 2001
- 258NewsIn Switch, Whitney Houston Has to Sell an AlbumLynette Holloway — November 11, 2002
- 259NewsWhitney Houston's 'Star-Spangled Banner' To Wave AgainShaheem Reid — MTV Networks — September 17, 2001
- 260MagazineWhitney Houston Billboard chart history
- 261Just Whitney" by Whitney HoustonMetacritic
- 262MagazineVibeSeptember 2003
- 26310 Great R&B Christmas SongsMark Edward Nero — May 24, 2019
- 264NewsWhitney Back With Clive DavisPaul Cashmere — September 17, 2004
- 265Disney Movie Skips to Another RecordR. Thomas Umstead — January 22, 2007
- 266NewsWhitney Houston Album Due Out Sept. 1; 'American Idol' Auditions Kick OffVoice of America — June 9, 2009
- 267NewsWhitney Houston's weird performance on The X-Factor gives her top five hitAnita Singh — October 20, 2009
- 269NewsWhitney's bitter pillCaroline Perry — August 12, 2012
- 270NewsWhitney Houston Insider Reveals Singer's Anguished Fight to Win Back Her VoiceChris Connelly — February 17, 2012
- 272When Whitney Houston brought crowd to their feet with surprise duet in final TV performanceThomas Edward — 9 August 2023
- 273NewsWhitney Houston in Talks to Star in Music-Themed Drama 'Sparkle' (Exclusive)Borys Kit — September 12, 2011
- 274WORLD PREMIERE: Whitney Houston & Jordin Sparks Duet 'Celebrate' From 'Sparkle' AUDIOKelly Ballhorn — ryanseacrest.com — May 21, 2012
- 277Cissy Houston obituaryRichard Williams — October 8, 2024
- 278Dionne Warwick on the Legacy of Cousin Whitney Houston and Aunt Cissy: 'It Was Just Pre-Ordained'Liz McNeil — February 11, 2022
- 279Dee Dee Warwick: the troubled, talented cousin who may have ruined Whitney Houston's lifeAlice Vincent — July 5, 2018
- 280Whitney Houston Recalled Conversations with Aretha Franklin, Early Modeling Days in 1985: From the ArchivesMary Shaughnessy — August 9, 2023
- 281Chaka Khan and Whitney Houston: What Really Happened Between the DivasAndrea Braun — November 11, 2025
- 282Whitney Houston inspires generations through musicCassie Bachman
- 283MagazineWhitney Houston: Down and DirtyAnthony DeCurtis — June 10, 1993
- 284Whitney Houston's Musical InfluencesMarch 22, 2013
- 285The Enduring Legacy of Barbra StreisandAlex Frank — November 27, 2017
- 286Black experience celebrated, exploredLynn Elber — February 3, 2000
- 287The Cube Style Icon: Dorothy DandridgeDanyelle Little — January 2, 2011
- 288Whitney Houston Accepted Sammy Davis Jr. Award This Day in 1994March 15, 2021
- 289Soul Train Awards: A Look Back At Whitney Houston's Speech Honoring Sammy Davis Jr.Marjua Estevez — November 17, 2019
- 290I Go to the Rock: The Gospel Music of Whitney HoustonMarch 30, 2023
- 29125 Years Ago Whitney Houston Released the Album She Was Destined to Make with 'The Preacher's Wife'Peter Piatkowski — December 13, 2021
- 292Whitney Houston, NJ sound influenced by gospelChris Jordan — March 27, 2016
- 294Magazine500 Greatest Albums: Whitney Houston – Whitney HoustonMay 31, 2009
- 295NewsWhitney Goes Half-Wild: Latest album set is 1 part bad ballads and 1 part boogie blissJim Farber — May 16, 2000
- 296Dance with somebody: The ultimate Whitney Houston playlistJeff Mezydlo — June 22, 2021
- 297MagazineMusic Reviews: SinglesRandy Clark — January 23, 1993
- 298"Chartslot". Daily Record. July 16, 1999. Retrieved December 1, 2020.
- 299The evolution of R&B: from the 90s to nowBailey Agbai — November 13, 2020
- 300You're Guaranteed to Get "So Emotional" Watching Whitney Houston Sing With Luciano PavarottiGalilee Abdullah — July 14, 2017
- 303MagazineWhitney Houston's 25 Best Songs: Staff PicksJune 11, 2020
- 304Whitney Houston BiographySteve Huey
- 305A Vision of Love: An Etiquette of Vocal Ornamentation in African-American Popular Ballads of the Early 1990sRichard Rischar — 2004
- 306News< A Radiant, Isolated Star: A New Documentary Tells Whitney Houston's StoryDavid Greene — August 18, 2017
- 307News'Not black enough': the identity crisis that haunted Whitney HoustonSteve Rose — July 7, 2018
- 308MagazineFact-Checking the New Whitney Houston Biopic I Wanna Dance With SomebodyCady Lang — December 23, 2022
- 309Celebrity Deaths That Changed Music History: Gone Too SoonAugust 14, 2017
- 310NewsWhitney Houston: the life, death and rebirth of a pop princessPeter Robinson — 16 October 2019
- 311The Voice at 60: On Whitney Houston's immortal instrumentLester Fabian Brathwaite — August 9, 2023
- 312MagazineRemembering Whitney Houston: 6 Nippy Performances That Still Give Us ChillsYvette Brown — February 11, 2015
- 313MagazineWhy Whitney Houston Deserves To Be Called 'The Voice'Aliya S. King — January 7, 2015
- 314The 200 Greatest Singers of All Time: 2 - Whitney HoustonJanuary 2023
- 315What is Whitney Houston's Vocal RangeErika Parker — October 12, 2025
- 316the POWER of SPINTO SOPRANOS3 March 2018
- 317Whitney Houston (1963-2012)Andrew Chan — February 19, 2012
- 318Whitney Houston: Prom Queen of Soul - TIMERichard Corliss — July 13, 1987
- 320NewsPOP REVIEWS: Part Divas, Part Goddesses: 2 Women of Glamour and Music; Whitney Houston At Radio CityJon Pareles — September 19, 1994
- 321MagazinePhotos: Ten Incredible Whitney Houston PerformancesMatthew Perpetua — Jann S. Wenner — February 13, 2012
- 322Oh, Whitney – for Heaven's SakeElysa Gardner — November 24, 1996
- 323Interview: Michael Jackson Vibe Magazine 2002March 2002
- 324NewsA Voice of Triumph, the Queen of PainJon Caramanica — February 12, 2012
- 325NewsAlbum Review: Time to exhale: It's been a long wait, and Whitney Houston's voice isn't what it once was (how could it be?), but she wields it well. / Houston / These days she has to work at singing / Houston Offers an Effective Set / 'I Look to You' by Whitney HoustonAnn Powers — August 26, 2009
- 326MagazineHigher and HigherNovember 1998
- 327MagazineThe 200 Greatest Singers of All TimeJanuary 1, 2023
- 328Whitney Houston and the art of melismaLauren Everitt — BBC — February 15, 2012
- 329How Whitney Houston popularized 'melisma'Brenda Haas — February 10, 2022
- 330How Whitney Houston popularized 'melisma' through her songsDeutsche Welle — February 11, 2022
- 331Takiff, Jonathon. "Whitney Makes Converts". Philadelphia Daily News. August 28, 1986.
- 332Stout, Gene. "Whitney Houston will be Impossible to Ignore when she comes to Seattle." Seattle Post. May 3, 1991. Page 5.
- 333WhatWhitneyWore: Dolce & Gabbana Tour Wardrobe In 1999May 1, 2021
- 334NewsReview/Pop; For Whitney Houston, Showy Doesn't Count: The Show Is the VoiceHolden, Stephen — July 22, 1993
- 335All About Whitney Houston's Parents, Cissy and John Houston (and How She Wished She Could Have 'Saved' Her Daughter)Ilana Frost — February 11, 2025
- 336MagazineWhitney and Brandy in CinderellaNovember 1997
- 337This Is What Whitney Houston Once Said About Working With Will SmithRoxana Loomes — September 15, 2023
- 338Monica Will Wing It with TV's 'Angel'Cynthia Littleton — August 2, 1999
- 339Whitney Houston: "Aaliyah Was Our 'Sparkle'"November 15, 2011
- 340MagazineWhitney Houston Celebrates 35th Birthday with Friends and Family at New York BashAugust 31, 1998
- 341Local Whitney Houston protégé reflects on her impactFebruary 16, 2012
- 343Other works for Whitney HoustonInternet Movie Database
- 344Whitney Houston Diet Coke Commercial (1986)starsinginglessons.com
- 345Whitney Houston Diet Coke Commercial "Just for the Taste of It" (1988)advertisementave.com
- 346BookMichael Jackson: the king of popLisa D. Campbell — Branden Books — 1993
- 347MagazineFlashback: Neil Young Defiantly Declares 'This Note's for You'Andy Green — December 6, 2016
- 348MagazinePop Writer/Producer Keith Thomas Overcoming Nashville's Country StigmaDeborah Evans Price — October 14, 1995
- 349BookWhitney On WheelsNew York — July 11, 1994
- 350NewsThe Media Business: Advertising – Addenda; Whitney Houston In Deal With AT&TStuart Elliott — June 15, 1994
- 351Greenlight Announces Representation of Whitney HoustonFebruary 5, 2019
- 352A Look at Whitney's Great Charity Work, She was a True Humanitarian!August 9, 2012
- 353MagazineStars Salute Whitney Houston For Her Support of Black CollegesApril 2, 1990
- 355NewsWHITNEY HOUSTON HELPS NEW JERSEY HOUSING PROJECTNovember 20, 1988
- 356Charity Work
- 359NewsWhitney Houston Gives $500,000Heartland Publications, LLC — May 23, 1991
- 360MagazineHouston Raises $500,000 for Red Cross; Named Its to Its Board of GovernorsJune 17, 1991
- 361NewsWhitney Houston's 'Star-Spangled Banner' To Wave AgainShaheem Reid — MTV — September 17, 2001
- 364MagazineArtists raise money for AIDSRon Givens — April 13, 1990
- 366The Incredible Night Whitney Befriended Me And I Saw She Was Doomed by Peter Tatchell, Mail on Sunday, February 19, 2012
- 367NewsWhitney Houston Surprises Crowd at Lesbian-Gay Pride EventMTV — June 28, 1999
- 368Whitney Houston's 1999 Epic NYC Pride Appearance Is ReleasedJuly 16, 2022
- 369Whitney Houston's Private, Faith-Focused FuneralFebruary 14, 2012
- 370Whitney Houston's gospel album is a testament to her faith: 'She served her purpose here in life'Patrick Ryan — March 27, 2023
- 373Whitney Houston's Best Friend Robyn Crawford Breaks Her Silence on Their Love Affair in New MemoirLiz McNeil — November 6, 2019
- 374'She Had Me, I Had Her:' Robyn Crawford Opens UpJoshua Johnson — December 26, 2019
- 375NewsWhitney Houston and Jermaine Jackson had year-long love affair early in their careers: reportTracy Connor — March 5, 2012
- 376NewsMC Hammer urged to marry Whitney Houston Daily Dish an SFGate.com blogJuly 13, 2012
- 377NewsMC Hammer Says He Was Encouraged To Marry Whitney HoustonHuffington Post — July 17, 2012
- 378MagazineWhitney Houston Sets The Record Straight About Rumors Of Her Troubled Marriage To Bobby BrownApril 26, 1999
- 379NewsBobby Brown charged with batteryCNN — December 10, 2003
- 380MagazinePassagesMaria Speidel — March 22, 1993
- 381NewsWarrant issued for Bobby BrownCNN — January 16, 2003
- 382NewsInside Whitney Houston's Violent Marriage to Bobby BrownChris Lee — February 12, 2012
- 386NewsWhitney Houston, Bobby Brown separateSeptember 13, 2006
- 387NewsWhitney Houston files for divorce from Brown - The Hollywood ReporterOctober 18, 2006
- 388NewsWhitney Houston Wins Custody in Divorce from Bobby BrownApril 4, 2007
- 389Was Whitney Houston LGBTQ+? Everything that’s been said about the singing legend’s sexualityHilary Mitchell — April 3, 2026
- 390Bobby Brown Has No Business Discussing Whitney Houston's SexualityOmise'eke Natasha Tinsley — June 14, 2016
- 391Rosie O'Donnell Recalls Whitney Houston's Conflict With Her SexualityCurtis M. Wong — March 24, 2021
- 392Whitney Houston Lesbian Rumors Touched on By Ex Bobby BrownAnn Turner — October 21, 2009
- 393For Whitney Houston (and Judy Garland before her), it's trouble plus talent that makes a gay iconLaJohn Joseph — February 11, 2013
- 394Is It Right Or Okay To Talk About Whitney Houston Maybe Being Gay?February 17, 2012
- 396Whitney: A moving, revealing look at the life of Whitney HoustonGary Thompson — July 7, 2018
- 397With I Wanna Dance With Somebody, Whitney Houston's bisexuality becomes canonLester Fabian Braithwaite — December 27, 2022
- 398Whitney Houston confidante Robyn Crawford confirms their queer relationship — and reclaims her timeTrish Bendix — November 9, 2019
- 399A Big Love: Robyn Crawford Talks About Her Romance With Whitney HoustonChris Azzopardi — January 15, 2020
- 400Whitney Houston's pre-fame relationship laid bare in new documentaryEthan Alter — July 6, 2018
- 401NewsPOP/ROCK - April 25, 1991Beth Kleid — April 25, 1991
- 402Pop star sings to freedom; Houston's case dismissedMay 9, 1991
- 403NewsWHITNEY HOUSTON WON'T FACE CHARGESMay 9, 1991
- 404Book Details Whitney Houston's Racial Fist Fight with Three Kentucky MalesSeptember 5, 2017
- 405NewsWhitney Houston reportedly Escapes Drug Arrest in HawaiiTeri Vanhorn — MTV News — January 17, 2000
- 406Whitney Houston Faces ChargesCBS News — September 29, 2000
- 407NewsWhitney Houston Charged with Pot PossessionSeptember 29, 2000
- 408Fears for Whitney Houston GrowTCM Breaking News — September 11, 2001
- 409Whitney Houston Drug Charges DroppedMarch 8, 2001
- 410NewsWhitney Houston Sued For $100 Million By Dad's CompanyJennifer Vineyard — MTV — October 8, 2002
- 411NewsWhitney and Bobby No-Shows at Dad's FuneralRoger Friedman — Fox News — February 10, 2003
- 412NewsJudge throws out Houston lawsuitApril 15, 2004
- 414NewsFBI release Whitney Houston files, revealing singer was blackmailedSean Michaels — 2013-03-05
- 415MagazineThe F.B.I. Releases Files on Three Whitney Houston–Related Investigations, Descriptions of Her Most Threatening FansJulie Miller — March 4, 2013
- 416WHITNEY HOUSTON IN CONCERTStephen Holden — October 28, 1985
- 417Fan Buys Whitney Houston's New Jersey HomeOctober 27, 2020
- 418Whitney Houston's Former NJ Home Sells for Nearly $1.6MJune 4, 2022
- 420Whitney Houston makes Laguna Hills homeSeptember 15, 2006
- 421Former home of Whitney Houston's deceased child for saleOctober 8, 2020
- 42250 Celebrities Who Opened Up About Their MiscarriagesCaroline Bologna — October 19, 2017
- 423NewsWhitney Houston Suffers MiscarriageJuly 13, 1994
- 424Whitney Miscarries Third TimeMichael Lewittes — December 21, 1996
- 425Whitney Houston Treated After Overdosing on Diet PillsJune 28, 1993
- 426Lawyer Denies Whitney Overdosed on Diet PillsJune 29, 1993
- 427NewsWhitney Houston's Confidante Robyn Crawford Breaks Her SilenceJon Caramanica — November 7, 2019
- 428Whitney Houston First Tried Cocaine at 14 Years Old Says Best Friend Robyn Crawford in New MemoirLiz McNeil — November 7, 2019
- 429Remembering Whitney: The Oprah Winfrey InterviewOprah Winfrey — Oprah Winfrey Network — September 2009
- 430Whitney tells Oprah about cocaine, pot useSeptember 14, 2009
- 431NewsWhitney Houston, pop superstar, dies in Beverly Hills hotelNekesa Mumbi Moody — February 11, 2012
- 432Remembering Whitney: The Oprah Winfrey InterviewOprah Winfrey — Oprah Winfrey Network — September 2009
- 433NewsCissy Houston details daughter Whitney's decline in new bookGinger Adams Otis — January 26, 2013
- 434Whitney Houston Staying Sober 'One Day at a Time'Parade — September 16, 2009
- 435NewsWhitney Houston in outpatient rehab for alcohol, drugsChristie D'Zurilla — May 9, 2011
- 436NewsReport: Whitney Houston Has EmphysemaJune 2, 2011
- 437NewsWhitney Houston was found underwater in bathtub, police sayRichard Winton et al. — February 13, 2012
- 438BookWhitney: Tribute to a Music LegendAmerican Media — 2012
- 439Whitney Houston's Final Days Marked by Erratic BehaviorMike Fleeman — February 12, 2012
- 440NewsWhitney Houston's death: Medics performed CPR for about 20 minutesAndrew Blankstein et al.
- 441NewsWhitney Houston, Iconic Pop Star, Dies at 48Sheila Marikar — February 12, 2012
- 442NewsWhitney Houston, Pop Superstar, Dies at 48Jon Pareles et al. — February 11, 2012
- 443Music exec: Whitney Houston looked 'healthy and beautiful' days earlierHolly Yan et al. — CNN — February 12, 2012
- 444Coroner: Drowning, heart disease, cocaine use killed HoustonKareen Wynter et al. — CNN — March 22, 2012
- 445NewsWhitney Houston drowned after cocaine use, says coronerBBC — March 22, 2012
- 446NewsWhitney Houston: Final coroner's reportAndrew Blankstein — April 4, 2012
- 447Whitney Houston Dies, her Iconic Style remembered2012-02-12
- 448Posting to Mourn a 'Friend'Feb 17, 2012
- 451NewsGrammy Ratings Up Thanks To Adele, Whitney Houston TributeGil Kaufman — MTV — February 13, 2012
- 452NewsClive Davis: Whitney Houston would have wanted the music to go onFebruary 12, 2012
- 453MagazineMariah Carey, Diddy, Others React to Whitney Houston's DeathFebruary 12, 2012
- 454MagazineCelebs react to Whitney Houston death: 'Please tell me it's not true'Lynette Rice — February 11, 2012
- 455Whitney Houston Funeral: Singer Laid to RestAlyssa Newcomb — February 19, 2012
- 456Whitney Houston's Fortune In Limbo Amid Bobbi Kristina TragedyIan Halperin — June 19, 2015
- 457Why Whitney Houston Didn't Make Forbes' List Of Top Earning Dead CelebsZack O'Malley Greensburg — October 24, 2012
- 458MagazineAll the Acts With Top 10 Billboard Hot 100 Hits in Four or More DecadesSeptember 6, 2022
- 459Whitney Houston Returns to Hot 100's Top 10 (With 'I Will Always Love You')Gary Trust — Nielsen Business Media / VNU eMedia, Inc. — February 15, 2012
- 460Most simultaneous albums on the US Billboard 200 (female)March 4, 2023
- 461NewsThe Highest-Paid Dead Celebrities of 2023October 31, 2023
- 463Whitney Houston's death hits her native New Jersey hardGreg Botelho — CNN — February 15, 2012
- 464NewsRemembering Whitney Houston's concerts in PittsburghScott Mervis — February 14, 2012
- 465Whitney: Cultural icon of our eraCharles Simon-Aaron — February 21, 2012
- 466MagazineThe 35 Greatest R&B Artists Of All TimeSeptember 3, 2021
- 467Magazine50 Most Influential RnB StarsJune 21, 2011
- 468NewsWhitney Houston's close friends Chaka Khan, Brandy reflect on her life and legacySusan Welsh et al. — August 9, 2021
- 469Whitney Houston Young: How the Singer Became 'The Voice'Julianne MacNeill — McClatchy Media — July 1, 2024 – September 16, 2025
- 470Whitney Houston's 1985 MTV Debut Broke Barriers for Black Artists — Here's the Story of 'How Will I Know'Maura Johnston et al. — 2023-02-22
- 471How Whitney Houston changed MTV - Macleans.caJaime Weinman — February 12, 2012
- 473NewsWhitney Houston, the greatest voice of her generationAny Gill — Independent Print — February 17, 2012
- 474NewsDivafication: The Deification of Modern Female Pop StarsLinda Lister — 2001
- 475ABC names Whitney Houston 'Greatest Woman in Music' during 'New Year's Rockin' Eve'Matt Carter — 2014-01-01
- 476Madonna voted greatest female artistSeptember 27, 2002
- 477VH1's 100 Greatest Women in MusicMark Graham — VH1 — February 13, 2012
- 483Whitney Houston and Osama Bin Laden: The Little-Known ConnectionTim Kenneally — February 14, 2012
- 484Executive Order on Building the National Garden of American HeroesJanuary 18, 2021
- 485News$34 million for sculptures of Whitney Houston or Kobe Bryant: This is what Trump's patriotic garden will look likeMaria Porcel — May 29, 2025
- 486Whitney Houston to Take the Stage at the AMAsBrittany Talarico — November 11, 2009
- 487NewsPop Music Review: Houston Tops Off Record Night With Show's HighlightChris Willman — December 10, 1993
- 488MagazineBlack Power, Plus Phantom Menace DVD will compete with pirated edit, another movie ad scandal and moreGary Susman — June 22, 2001
- 490MagazineThe Billboard Hot 100 All-Time Top Artists2008
- 491NewsCabaret: Whitney HoustonStephen Holden — February 16, 1985
- 492MagazineTop 50 R&B/Hip-Hop Artists of the Past 25 YearsNovember 18, 2010
- 493MagazineBillboard's Top 100 Women Artists of the 21st Century Chart: Nos. 100-1Trevor Anderson et al. — March 19, 2025
- 49711 of Whitney Houston's Most Dazzling Beauty LooksHannah Coates — August 9, 2023
- 498Whitney Houston story, song by songMay 25, 2022
- 499Whitney Soars in Our HeartsJoel Flatow — Record Industry Association of America — February 13, 2012
- 500Gold & PlatinumRecord Industry Association of America
- 501Search – Whitney HoustonRecord Industry Association of America
- 503MagazineDaddy's GirlJune 1990
- 504News2013 InducteesNew Jersey Hall of Fame
- 505R&B Music Hall of Fame sets big weekend to induct sophomore class featuring Michael Jackson, Whitney Houston, Marvin Gaye, Norm N. Nite and moreChuck Yarborough — August 19, 2014
- 507NewsWhitney Houston and Nine Inch Nails Make the Rock & Roll Hall of FameJoe Coscarelli — January 15, 2020
- 508Whitney Houston's 'I Will Always Love You' Hits 1 Billion Views On YouTubeSarah Curran — October 27, 2020
- 509MagazineBRIT Billion Award, Marking 1 Billion Career UK Streams is UnveiledPaul Grein — May 4, 2023
- 510Whitney Houston's classic hit 'I Wanna Dance With Somebody' has surpassed 1 BILLION streams on Spotify. It is the first song by an female artist who debuted in the 80s to achieve this.July 11, 2023
- 511NewsThe Story of Whitney Houston's 'I Wanna Dance With Somebody', the Billboard Staff's No. 1 Pop SongKyle Denis — October 19, 2023
- 512Kygo and Whitney Houston's Higher Love Joins Spotify's Billion-Stream ClubJason Heffler — November 6, 2024
- 514Whitney Houston Inducted Into the Gospel Music Hall of FameSeptember 6, 2025
- 516Chaka Khan, Cher, Whitney Houston, Fela Kuti get Grammys Life Achievement AwardsAndrew Dalton — February 1, 2026
- 517Whitney Houston Honored With GRAMMY Lifetime Achievement AwardTimothy Yap — February 1, 2026
- 518MagazineWhitney Houston Lands a Second Music Video from 'The Bodyguard' Soundtrack in YouTube's Billion Views ClubAnnie Harrigan — February 25, 2026
- 519NewsWhitney Houston Attends Elementary School Naming CeremonyJune 13, 1997
- 521Hatfield OrchidsMarch 12, 2014
- 522An Evening with Whitney hologram tour is coming to the UK - here's how to get ticketsTom Eames — Global — September 18–19, 2019
- 523Whitney Houston's Wax Figures Unveiled—See the PicFebruary 7, 2013
- 524MagazineLifetime's 'Whitney': What the Critics Are SayingAshley Lee — 2015-01-17
- 527Magazine6 Things We Learned From the Heartbreaking Whitney Houston MovieDan Heching — August 25, 2017
- 528Nick Broomfield on his damning Whitney Houston film: 'She had very little control over her life'Jim Farber — April 26, 2017
- 529Whitney Houston film trailer: Biopic reveals all in HEARTBREAKING new home videosStefan Kyriazis — April 5, 2018
- 530Whitney Houston's first posthumous release in seven years announced as Kygo collaboration Higher LoveJack White — Official Charts Company — June 27, 2019
- 538Whitney Houston 'How Will I Know' Funko Pop! IconFebruary 22, 2022
- 539Whitney Houston Super Bowl Funko Pop!March 11, 2022
- 540Whitney Houston Debut Album Funko Pop!June 6, 2022
- 541Whitney Houston 'I Wanna Dance With Somebody' Funko Pop!August 8, 2022
- 542Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance with Somebody (2022)
- 543Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance with Somebody – Financial Information
- 544NewsWhitney Houston exhibit unveiled at Garden State Parkway service areaJay Lustig — December 18, 2023
- 545NewsWhitney Houston's Estate Announces 'The Voice of Whitney: A Symphonic Celebration' Fall North American Tour (Exclusive)Marina Watts — May 19, 2025
- 546NewsCalum Scott Duets with Whitney on "I Wanna Dance with Somebody" CoverSeptember 11, 2025
- 547Whitney Houston's Sister-in-Law Pat Houston Personally Approved Singer's New Barbie DollTim Chan — August 8, 2026
- 548I Wanna Dance with Some Barbie: Mattel Drops New Whitney Houston Doll That You Can Now BuyAlexis Mikulsi Ruiz — August 9, 2026
- 549Whitney Houston Gets Her Own Barbie, Recreating Iconic 'I Wanna Dance With Somebody' LookAnna Tingley — August 8, 2026
- 550BookWhitney Houston: Black Americans of AchievementTed Cox — Chelsea House Publishers — 1999
- 551BookWhitney Houston: Recording Artist & ActressChristine Heppermann — ABDO Publishing — 2012
- 552BookWhitney Houston: The Unauthorized BiographyRobert Parish — Aurum Press — 2003
- 553BookWhitney Houston: One Moment in TimeRichard Seal — Britannia Press Publishing — 1994