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person_profile-Whitney Houston

Whitney Houston Died at age: 48

Actor | Producer

Fullname:

Whitney Houston

Date of Birth:

Aug 09, 1963

Country of birth:

USA

Died:

Feb 11, 2012

Biography of

Whitney Houston

    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.

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Photos of

Whitney Houston

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Filmography of

Whitney Houston

Found 59 Movies in total

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Self (Archive Footage) ( Actor )

... 2025

... 2024

Whitney Houston Born to Sing

Self (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 2024

... 2023

Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance with Somebody

Self (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 2022

... 2022

... 2022

... 2022

George Michael: Freedom Uncut

Self (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 2022

Whitney, a Look Back

Herself ( Actor )

... 2022

You're Watching Video Music Box

Self (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 2021

Dionne Warwick: Don't Make Me Over

Self (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 2021

Fame Kills: Whitney Houston

Self (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 2021

... 2021

Whitney Houston: As I Am

Herself ( Actor )

... 2021

90s Divas: Whitney, Mariah, Céline

Self (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 2019

Whitney

Self (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 2018

... 2018

Whitney: The Last Great Diva

Self (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 2018

Whitney: Can I Be Me

Herself (Archive Footage) ( Actor )

... 2017

Freedom : La Story de George Michael

Self (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 2016

... 2016

Four Falls of Buffalo

Self (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 2015

... 2014

... 2012

... 2012

Sparkle

Emma ( Actor )

... 2012

... 2012

... 2012

Always Whitney Houston

Self (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 2012

... 2012

... 2011

... 2006

... 2005

Nora's Hair Salon

Herself ( Actor )

... 2004

... 2003

VH1: Divas Las Vegas

Self - Performer ( Actor )

... 2002

... 2002

... 2001

... 2000

... 2000

... 2000

... 1999

The Prince of Egypt

The Balladeer (voice) (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1998

Cinderella

Fairy Godmother ( Actor )

Presenter

... 1997

Classic Whitney: Live from Washington, D.C.

Self ( Actor )

Executive Producer

... 1997

The Preacher's Wife

Julia Biggs ( Actor )

... 1996

Waiting to Exhale

Savannah ( Actor )

... 1995

... 1994

The Bodyguard

Rachel Marron ( Actor )

Theme Song Performance

... 1992

... 1992

... 1991

... 1991

... 1988

... 1988

... 1987

Barbra Streisand: One Voice

Self (Interviewee) ( Actor )

... 1986

Women in Rock

Self ( Actor )

... 1986

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