Whitney wanted to be a singer because she watched her mother sing daily and she wanted to do nothing more than to become just like her. Whitney was dedicated to music. Whitney was one of the most admired and successful singers in the s and s Whitney I added this in this paragraph to acknowledge the fact that her growing up around music paid off. Whitney began performing along with her mother at night clubs in the New York City area. When Whitney took center stage one evening to sing a solo at her church, the power of her performance motivated many in the congregation to tears.
No one moved. They seemed almost in trance. I just stared at the clock in the center of the church. After a while, Whitney went into teen modeling and graced the cover of many magazines such as Seventeen and Glamour. At the same time, she went into acting and dancing, appeared in television commercials and sitcoms, and made many singing dates.
But all of these events were warm-up exercises for the singing career she was destined for. Often in preparation for her predictable rise to global pop stardom was a concern of her and her family. Weeks after her 18th birthday she signed a management contract with Gene Harvey. Under his assistance, she continued modeling, took more dancing and acting classes, and she also worked on her voice.
Houston loved to give to the community. From the moment Whitney opened her mouth to sing, it was obvious that she was destined for greatness. Houston first put her talent to use professionally as a teenager by singing backup for Chaka Khan, an American singer, and Lou Rawls, a contemporary singer.
Whitney spent many years developing her vocals and making calls to different industries soon Houston was ready for the epic time of her life. She began singing in the choir at her church, The New Hope Baptist Church in Newark, as a young child and by the age of 15 was singing backing vocals professionally with her mother on Chaka Khan 's hit, 'I'm Every Woman'.
She went on to provide backing vocals for Lou Rawls, Jermaine Jackson and her own mother and worked briefly as a model, appearing on the cover of 'Seventeen' magazine in She began working as a featured vocalist for the New York-based funk band Material and it was the quality of her vocal work with them that attracted the attention of the major record labels, including Arista with whom she signed in and where she stayed for the rest of her career.
Her debut album, 'Whitney Houston', was released in and became the biggest-selling album by a debut artist. The album itself sold 3 million copies in its first year in the US and went on to sell 25 million worldwide, winning her the first of her six Grammies. The follow-up album, 'Whitney', which included the hits 'Where Do Broken Hearts Go' and 'I Wanna Dance With Somebody', built on her success but it was the film The Bodyguard that sealed her place as one of the best-selling artists of all time.
While the movie itself and her performance in it were not highly praised, the soundtrack album and her cover of the Dolly Parton song 'I Will Always Love You' topped the singles and albums charts for months and sold 44 million copies around the world.
It was about this time that her much documented drug use began and by she was a daily user. Her album, 'My Love Is Your Love' was well reviewed but the drug abuse began to affect her reputation and press reports at the time said that she was becoming difficult to work with, if she turned up at all. She was dropped from a performance at The 72nd Annual Academy Awards because she was "out of it" at rehearsals. Her weight fluctuated wildly - she was so thin at a 'Michael Jackson' tribute in that rumors circulated the next day that she had died - and her voice began to fail her.
She was twice admitted to rehab and declared herself drug-free in but returned to rehab in May Her comeback album 'I Look To You' was positively received and sold well, but promotional performances were still marred by her weakened voice. Her final acting performance was in Sparkle a remake of the movie, Sparkle , released after her death. She was found dead in a Beverly Hills hotel room on 11 February Sign In.
Edit Whitney Houston. Showing all 77 items. Daughter of Cissy Houston gospel-blues singer. Multi-Grammy Award winning singer; has had an unequaled run of seven consecutive 1 records s in the United States, and held the 1 spot on Billboard's Hot for 14 weeks with "I Will Always Love You" from November 28, to February 27, She had two brothers, Michael Houston and Gary Houston.
Hawaiian security guards discovered a half an ounce of marijuana in baggage being carried by Whitney and her husband Bobby Brown. The couple were permitted to board their plane. She appeared on the covers on Seventeen and Glamour magazines before becoming a major recording artist. She was a fashion model before she started singing professionally. Erroneously was reported deceased by various radio stations and publications. Houston's spokesperson quickly denied rumors.
Both of her first two albums spent over weeks on the UK chart. Although it had been a huge success, her debut "Whitney Houston" had actually peaked at number two. However, her album "Whitney" knocked Simple Minds ' "Live in the City of Light" off number one on the chart and kept Marillion 's "Clutching at Straws" at number two. It spent an impressive six consecutive weeks at the top. Her album "Whitney" became the first female album to debut at 1 on the Billboard Charts.
The single eventually re-entered the Hot in in the wake of the September 11 attacks, and this time peaked at 6. Holds the record for winning the most American Music Awards, twenty-six in total. Once "Where Do Broken Hearts Go" hit 1 in April , she was honored as the first artist in history to ever have seven consecutive Billboard number one singles.
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