query: what songs did whitney houston?

title: Heartbreak Hotel (Whitney Houston song)

text: Heartbreak Hotel (Whitney Houston song) "Heartbreak Hotel" is a song by American singer Whitney Houston. Originally intended to be included on TLC's third studio album "FanMail", who rejected the song, it was released as the second single from Houston's 1998 album "My Love Is Your Love". The song prominently features R&B singers Faith Evans and Kelly Price during the choruses and bridge. The song reached number two on the US "Billboard" Hot 100 and peaked at number one on "Billboard"s Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart on February 2, 1999. "Heartbreak Hotel" was certified Platinum by the RIAA. It was also a

title: Whitney Houston

text: was so wrong." Many other celebrities released statements responding to Houston's death. Darlene Love, Houston's godmother, hearing the news of her death, said, "It felt like I had been struck by a lightning bolt in my gut." Dolly Parton, whose song "I Will Always Love You" was covered by Houston, said, "I will always be grateful and in awe of the wonderful performance she did on my song, and I can truly say from the bottom of my heart, 'Whitney, I will always love you. You will be missed. Aretha Franklin said, "It's so stunning and unbelievable. I couldn't believe

title: Fine (Whitney Houston song)

text: Fine (Whitney Houston song) "Fine" is a song by American R&B singer Whitney Houston, and was the fourth single from her 2000 compilation album, "". "Fine" is a mid-tempo R&B tune, written and produced by Raphael Saadiq and Kamaal Fareed. According to "Billboard", it features "languid retro-funk guitars" and a "sneaky hook", brought to life by "richly layered harmonies". It was described as having "a sleek lite-funk sound" by "The Star-Ledger". "Billboard" wrote that "Fine" is "perhaps her most convincing crack at urbanized pop music to date. [Houston] seems to have eased into the chilled soul that propels a street-wise

title: Whitney Houston

text: Wife" (1996). The theme song "Exhale (Shoop Shoop)" became her eleventh and final number-one single on the Hot 100 chart, while "The Preacher Wife's" soundtrack became the best-selling gospel album in history. Following the critical and commercial success of "My Love Is Your Love" (1998), Houston signed a $100 million contract with Arista Records. However, her personal struggles began overshadowing her career, and her album "Just Whitney" (2002) became a commercial disappointment. Her drug use and tumultuous marriage to Bobby Brown were widely publicized in media. After a six-year break, Houston returned to the top of the "Billboard" 200 chart

title: Fine (Whitney Houston song)

text: track. She wisely does not give into the temptation to belt and wail her way through the song [...]. Instead, Houston works the more sultry lower register of her voice, saving the big, beautiful notes as a dramatic accent toward the end of the cut". LA Weekly in its review for "Whitney: The Greatest Hits" wrote that "Only on the stellar R&B track “Fine” does Whitney stand out. [...] “Fine” is soulful, funky and tight as hell. And the vocal performance ranks among Whitney’s best." "The Baltimore Sun" wrote that "Of the new tracks [on "Whitney: The Greatest Hits"], only

title: Fine (Whitney Houston song)

text: United States and in Sweden. The song peaked at number 51 on the US "Billboard" Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks chart. In Sweden, it debuted and peaked at number 50, but spent only one week on the chart. The music video features Houston at a rooftop cocktail party. In the US, a DVD single was released. It includes the videos for "Fine" and the Houston-George Michael duet "If I Told You That", plus behind-the-scenes footage from the "Fine" video shoot. Houston's then-husband Bobby Brown also appears in the video. Fine (Whitney Houston song) "Fine" is a song by American R&B

title: Whitney Houston

text: weeks on top of the R&B Charts. "Count On Me", a duet with CeCe Winans, hit the U.S. Top 10; and Houston's third contribution, "Why Does It Hurt So Bad", made the Top 30. The album debuted at No. 1, and was certified 7× Platinum in the United States, denoting shipments of seven million copies. The soundtrack received strong reviews; as "Entertainment Weekly" stated: "the album goes down easy, just as you'd expect from a package framed by Whitney Houston tracks ... the soundtrack waits to exhale, hovering in sensuous suspense" and has since ranked it as one of the

title: I Will Always Love You: The Best of Whitney Houston

text: 'Outstanding Song' categories. The latter was for the song 'I Look To You', a duet version with R Kelly featured on the album. The week of its release, the album peaked at #14 on the "Billboard" 200 and #2 on "Billboard"'s Top R&B/Hip Hop Albums. I Will Always Love You: The Best of Whitney Houston I Will Always Love You: The Best of Whitney Houston is a posthumous greatest hits album by American recording artist Whitney Houston. The album was released on November 13, 2012 via RCA Records. The album features a selection of Houston's greatest hits including remastered versions

text: I Will Always Love You: The Best of Whitney Houston I Will Always Love You: The Best of Whitney Houston is a posthumous greatest hits album by American recording artist Whitney Houston. The album was released on November 13, 2012 via RCA Records. The album features a selection of Houston's greatest hits including remastered versions of "I Wanna Dance With Somebody", "How Will I Know", "So Emotional", "I Have Nothing" and "One Moment in Time". The album was released in both standard and deluxe versions. It was also released with an accompanying 5 track bonus CD with the duets sung

title: Whitney Houston

text: and do what [she] did". She also wrote on her website on the day after Houston's death, "I, like every singer, always wanted to be just like [Houston]. Her voice was perfect. Strong but soothing. Soulful and classic. Her vibrato, her cadence, her control. So many of my life's memories are attached to a Whitney Houston song. She is our queen and she opened doors and provided a blueprint for all of us." Mary J. Blige said that Houston inviting her onstage during VH1's "Divas Live" show in 1999 "opened doors for [her] all over the world". Brandy stated, "The

title: Whitney Houston

text: fifth studio album, "Just Whitney". The album included productions from then-husband Bobby Brown, as well as Missy Elliott and Babyface, and marked the first time that Houston did not produce with Clive Davis as Davis had been released by top management at BMG. Upon its release, "Just Whitney" received mixed reviews. The album debuted at number 9 on the "Billboard" 200 chart and it had the highest first week sales of any album Houston had ever released. The four singles released from the album did not fare well on the "Billboard" Hot 100, but became dance chart hits. "Just Whitney"

title: Whitney Houston

text: When you wish and pray for something as a kid, you never know what blessings God will give you." Alicia Keys said "Whitney is an artist who inspired me from [the time I was] a little girl." Oscar winner Jennifer Hudson cites Houston as her biggest musical influence. She told "Newsday" that she learned from Houston the "difference between being able to sing and knowing how to sing". Leona Lewis, who has been called "the new Whitney Houston", also cites her as an influence. Lewis stated that she idolized her as a little girl. Houston was the most awarded female

title: Whitney Houston (album)

text: mediocre material of this debut LP hides the fact that Houston is a singer with enormous power and potential" on their reviews for 1985's releases. Don Shewey of "Rolling Stone" described her as "one of the most exciting new voices in years" and stated that: "Because she has a technically polished voice like Patti Austin's, [...] her interpretive approach is what sets her apart" and "Whitney Houston is obviously headed for stardom, and if nothing else, her album is an exciting preview of coming attractions." But he expressed a little disappointment about undistinguished pop-soul tunes, commenting "many of the songs

title: Whitney Houston

text: its own and received criticism for not playing enough videos by black artists. With Michael Jackson breaking down the color barrier for black men, Houston did the same for black women. She became the first black woman to receive heavy rotation on the network following the success of the "How Will I Know" video. Following Houston's breakthrough, other African-American women, such as Janet Jackson and Anita Baker, were successful in popular music. Baker commented that "Because of what Whitney and Sade did, there was an opening for me ... For radio stations, black women singers aren't taboo anymore." AllMusic noted

title: Whitney Houston

text: saw Houston performing with her mother in a New York City nightclub. He convinced Arista's head Clive Davis to make time to see Houston perform. Davis was impressed and immediately offered a worldwide recording contract, which Houston signed. (Houston had been offered deals by recording agencies before--by Michael Zager in 1980, and by Elektra Records in 1981--but her mother declined them on the grounds that Whitney had yet to complete high school.) Later that year, Houston made her national television debut alongside Davis on "The Merv Griffin Show". Houston did not begin work on an album immediately. The label wanted

title: Whitney Houston (album)

text: here are so featureless they could be sung by anyone. They make what could have been a stunning debut merely promising." In his consumer guide for "The Village Voice", Robert Christgau complimented Houston's "sweet, statuesque voice", but called the songs "schlock" and believed "only one of the four producers puts any zip in—Narada Michael Walden, who goes one for one." Stephen Thomas Erlewine from AllMusic defined "Whitney Houston" as "the foundation of diva-pop" and stated that certainly, the ballads such as "Greatest Love of All" and "Saving All My Love for You", provided "the blueprint for decades of divas". However,

title: Whitney Houston

text: based on Houston's life and death. It is the first documentary authorized by the estate. In 2015, biographical film "Whitney" premiered on Lifetime directed by Houston's "Waiting to Exhale" co-star Angela Bassett. Houston was portrayed by model Yaya DaCosta. A 2018 "Whitney" film premiered at the 2018 Cannes Film Festival and was released internationally in theatres on July 6, 2018. In mid-2017, a television documentary film directed by Nick Broomfield entitled "" was screened in cinemas. Studio albums World tours Regional tours Whitney Houston Whitney Elizabeth Houston (August 9, 1963 – February 11, 2012) was an American singer and actress.

title: Whitney Houston

text: first Whitney Houston CD was genius. That CD introduced the world to her angelic yet powerful voice. Without Whitney, half of this generation of singers wouldn't be singing." Kelly Rowland, in an "Ebony" feature article celebrating black music in June 2006, recalled that "[I] wanted to be a singer after I saw Whitney Houston on TV singing 'Greatest Love of All'. I wanted to sing like Whitney Houston in that red dress." She added that "And I have never, ever forgotten that song [Greatest Love of All]. I learned it backward, forward, sideways. The video still brings chills to me.

title: All at Once (Whitney Houston song)

text: All at Once (Whitney Houston song) "All at Once" is a song by American singer Whitney Houston, written by Michael Masser and Jeffrey Osborne. The song is from her debut album "Whitney Houston" and was released as a single in Japan and several European countries in 1985–1986. While it did not receive an official single release in the United States, the song did receive steady radio airplay on Pop and R&B/soul formats there. The song is a heartbreak ballad about a lover who leaves without warning and the damage it does. Arista released a promotional music video exclusive to Germany

title: Whitney Houston

text: with her final studio album, "I Look to You" (2009). On February 11, 2012, Houston was found dead in the Beverly Hilton, Beverly Hills, California. The coroner's report showed that she had accidentally drowned in the bathtub, with heart disease and cocaine use as contributing factors. News of her death coincided with the 2012 Grammy Awards and featured prominently in international media. Whitney Houston was born on August 9, 1963, in what was then a middle-income neighborhood in Newark, New Jersey. She was the daughter of Army serviceman and entertainment executive John Russell Houston, Jr. (September 13, 1920 – February

title: Thinking About You (Whitney Houston song)

text: Thinking About You (Whitney Houston song) "Thinking About You" is a song by American singer Whitney Houston. It was written by Kashif Saleem and La Forrest "La La" Cope for Houston's debut studio album "Whitney Houston" (1985), while production was helmed by the former. Released on January 11, 1985, it served as the second single released from the album. Even though it was not promoted as a single to top 40 radio stations, "Thinking About You" became a top 10 hit on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs in the United States. It alter appeared as the B-side to Houston's 1986 single,

title: Miracle (Whitney Houston song)

text: an abortion but later feels she made a mistake. Houston, however denied it in during an interview with Jet Magazine. Miracle (Whitney Houston song) "Miracle" is the third single from Whitney Houston's third studio album, "I'm Your Baby Tonight". It was written and produced by L.A. Reid and Babyface. The single reached number nine on the US "Billboard" Hot 100 (becoming her 13th top ten hit), second on the R&B Chart, and fourth on the Adult Contemporary Chart. During an interview with Jet Magazine on its June 14, 1991 issue, Houston said that she did not intend the song or

title: The Ultimate Collection (Whitney Houston album)

text: Reclam Musik Edition" in Germany and Switzerland. Unlike the North American edition of her previous singles compilation, "", the upbeat and dance-oriented songs—with the exception of "I'm Your Baby Tonight"—are not remixed and contain the original version of those songs (although a couple are shortened by up to 30 seconds). The Ultimate Collection (Whitney Houston album) The Ultimate Collection is a Whitney Houston greatest hits collection, released on October 29, 2007. It was the first time a single CD of Houston's hit singles had been released. It debuted at number five in the UK, with sales of 37,228. It climbed

title: Whitney Houston (album)

text: on AC stations. However the single received an official release in Japan and many European countries. To further promote her debut album and first US Pop hit single "You Give Good Love", Houston went on tour performing at clubs, theaters and festivals. By August 1985, she was featured as a support act at selected dates on individual tours by singers Luther Vandross and Jeffrey Osborne. Whitney Houston (album) Whitney Houston is the debut studio album by American contemporary R&B and pop singer Whitney Houston. It was released on February 14, 1985, by Arista Records. The album initially had a slow

title: Miracle (Whitney Houston song)

text: Miracle (Whitney Houston song) "Miracle" is the third single from Whitney Houston's third studio album, "I'm Your Baby Tonight". It was written and produced by L.A. Reid and Babyface. The single reached number nine on the US "Billboard" Hot 100 (becoming her 13th top ten hit), second on the R&B Chart, and fourth on the Adult Contemporary Chart. During an interview with Jet Magazine on its June 14, 1991 issue, Houston said that she did not intend the song or the video to be about abortion: “I think about the air we breathe, the earth we live on. I think

title: Whitney Houston

text: told "USA Today" that "none of us would sound the same if Aretha Franklin hadn't ever put out a record, or Whitney Houston hadn't." Celine Dion who was the third member of the troika that dominated female pop singing in the 1990s, did a telephone interview with "Good Morning America" on February 13, 2012, saying "Whitney's been an amazing inspiration for me. I've been singing with her my whole career, actually. I wanted to have a career like hers, sing like her, look beautiful like her." Beyoncé told the "Globe and Mail" that Houston "inspired [her] to get up there

title: Whitney Houston (album)

text: edition with five bonus tracks including the a cappella version of "How Will I Know" and the original 12-inch remixes, a booklet tracking the history of the original album, along with a DVD of live performances and interviews by Whitney Houston and Clive Davis. After seeing Houston perform in a New York City nightclub, Clive Davis believed the singer had the potential to crossover and be the next big superstar. He signed her in 1983 and the two began work on her debut album. Initially Davis had a hard time finding songs for her. Even after elaborate showcases in New

title: Whitney Houston

text: myself." Houston told Oprah that she had attended a 30-day rehabilitation program. Houston also acknowledged to Oprah that her drug use had continued after rehabilitation, and that at one point, her mother obtained a court order and the assistance of law enforcement to press her into receiving further drug treatment. In her 2013 book, "Remembering Whitney: My Story of Love, Loss, and the Night the Music Stopped", Cissy Houston described the scene she encountered at Whitney Houston's house in 2005 as follows: "Somebody had spray-painted the walls and door with big glaring eyes and strange faces. Evil eyes, staring out

title: Whitney Houston (album)

text: In Black Music History list in 2010, with Brandy's comments on the album; "The first Whitney Houston CD was genius. That CD introduced the world to her angelic yet powerful voice. Without Whitney many of this generation of singers wouldn't be singing." In 2013, the album was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame giving Houston her 1st Grammy Hall of Fame Award and her 7th Grammy Award. Released on February 14, 1985, "Whitney Houston" debuted on the "Billboard" Top Albums Chart the week of March 30, 1985, at number 166. Sales were low initially. However, with the success of

title: Whitney Houston (album)

text: Whitney Houston (album) Whitney Houston is the debut studio album by American contemporary R&B and pop singer Whitney Houston. It was released on February 14, 1985, by Arista Records. The album initially had a slow commercial response, but began getting more popular in the summer of 1985. It eventually topped the "Billboard" 200 for 14 weeks in 1986, generating three number-one singles — "Saving All My Love for You", "How Will I Know" and "Greatest Love of All" (a cover of "The Greatest Love of All", originally recorded in 1977 by George Benson) — on the "Billboard" Hot 100 chart,

title: Whitney Houston filmography

text: It was nominated for five Image Awards, including Outstanding Motion Picture, and won two—for Best Actress (Whitney Houston) and Best Supporting Actress (Loretta Devine). It was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Music, Original Musical or Comedy Score. "The Preacher's Wife: Original Soundtrack Album" is the best-selling gospel album of all time. The soundtrack also remained at number one for a record twenty-six weeks on the Billboard Top Gospel Albums Chart. Whitney Houston filmography American entertainer Whitney Houston worked in four feature films, one television film, seven television episodes, and appeared in six commercials. She made her screen acting

title: Whitney Houston albums discography

text: the Official UK Charts Company in October 2012, Houston is at number four in the top 10 biggest selling female singles artists of all-time list with a sales total of 8.5 million singles. Whitney Houston is one of pop music's best-selling music artists of all-time, with an estimated 170–200 million records sold worldwide. Whitney Houston albums discography The discography of American singer Whitney Houston (1963–2012) consists of seven studio albums, six compilations, two soundtrack albums, five box sets, six extended plays, and 57 singles. In 1985, Houston released her self-titled debut album. It spent 14 weeks at No.1 on the

title: Whitney Houston videography

text: Whitney Houston videography The videography of American pop/R&B recording artist Whitney Houston consists of fifty-five music videos, four music video compilations, a concert tour video and three music video singles. In 1983, Houston signed a recording contract with Arista Records and two years later released her eponymous debut album. Houston's first music video was for the single "You Give Good Love", which was selected to establish her in the black marketplace first. Houston then released the video of her worldwide hit "Saving All My Love for You". The following video, for the song "How Will I Know", helped introduce the

title: Whitney Houston albums discography

text: Whitney Houston albums discography The discography of American singer Whitney Houston (1963–2012) consists of seven studio albums, six compilations, two soundtrack albums, five box sets, six extended plays, and 57 singles. In 1985, Houston released her self-titled debut album. It spent 14 weeks at No.1 on the "Billboard" 200 and was certified 13x platinum platinum (Diamond) by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), with global sales of 22 million copies. The album produced four US top 5 singles, including three "Billboard" Hot 100 No.1 singles. In 1987, Houston released her second album "Whitney". The album debuted at No.1 on

text: "Greatest Love of All". The song debuted at number 89 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles chart on September 11, 1985. On December 14, 1985, the song reached its peak position of number 10. It spent 15 weeks on the chart. AllMusic editor Stephen Thomas Erlewine called the track "unheralded" and one of the lighter songs on the album, as well as "a dance/R&B hit [...] that remains one of Whitney's purest pop pleasures". Thinking About You (Whitney Houston song) "Thinking About You" is a song by American singer Whitney Houston. It was written by Kashif Saleem and La Forrest "La

title: Whitney Houston Live: Her Greatest Performances

text: Whitney Houston Live: Her Greatest Performances Whitney Houston Live: Her Greatest Performances is a posthumous live album by American recording artist Whitney Houston. It was released on November 10, 2014 by Legacy Recordings, a division of Sony Music Entertainment. Following the week of the album's release on November 10, "Whitney Houston Live: Her Greatest Performances" made Billboard chart debuts, Whitney Houston Live: Her Greatest Performances sold 22,000 copies in the week ending Nov. 16, according to Nielsen SoundScan, by debuting at #1 on the Billboard Top R&B Albums chart, #2 on the R&B/Hip Hop chart, and #19 on the Billboard

title: Whitney Houston

text: and gave so many memorable performances here over the years. Simply put, Whitney would have wanted the music to go on and her family asked that we carry on. Tony Bennett spoke of Houston's death before performing at Davis's party. He said, "First, it was Michael Jackson, then Amy Winehouse, now, the magnificent Whitney Houston." Bennett sang "How Do You Keep the Music Playing?" and said of Houston, "When I first heard her, I called Clive Davis and said, 'You finally found the greatest singer I've ever heard in my life. Some celebrities opposed Davis' decision to continue on the

title: Whitney Houston

text: Whitney Houston Whitney Elizabeth Houston (August 9, 1963 – February 11, 2012) was an American singer and actress. She was cited as the most awarded female artist of all time by "Guinness World Records" and remains one of the best-selling music artists of all time with 200 million records sold worldwide. She released seven studio albums and two soundtrack albums, all of which have been certified diamond, multi-platinum, platinum, or gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). Houston's crossover appeal on the popular music charts—as well as her prominence on MTV, starting with her video for "How Will

title: Whitney Houston

text: I Know"—influenced several African-American women artists who followed in her footsteps. Houston began singing in church as a child and became a background vocalist while in high school. With the guidance of Arista Records chairman Clive Davis, she signed to the label at the age of 19. Her first two studio albums, "Whitney Houston" (1985) and "Whitney" (1987), both reached number one on the "Billboard" 200 in the United States and became two of the world's best-selling albums of all time. She became the only artist to have seven consecutive number-one singles on the "Billboard" Hot 100 chart, from "Saving

title: Whitney Houston filmography

text: Whitney Houston filmography American entertainer Whitney Houston worked in four feature films, one television film, seven television episodes, and appeared in six commercials. She made her screen acting debut as Rachel Marron in the romantic thriller film "The Bodyguard" (1992). It was the second-highest-grossing film worldwide in 1992, making $411 million worldwide. "The Bodyguard" received mixed to negative reviews from film critics, and received seven Golden Raspberry Award nominations, including Worst Picture. The soundtrack became the best-selling soundtrack of all time, selling more than 45 million copies worldwide. In 1995, Houston starred alongside Angela Bassett, Loretta Devine, and Lela Rochon

title: Grammy Awards and nominations for Whitney Houston

text: Will Always Love You" at its 36th ceremonies in 1994. Below is a list of awards for which she has been nominated and those that she won (the winner in each category has ★ mark). Grammy Awards and nominations for Whitney Houston Whitney Houston is one of the most successful female singers of all time. Her accomplishments have been recognized with six competitive Grammy Awards, and one Grammy Hall of Fame Award, giving her a total of 7 Grammy Awards. Though she has been nominated twenty-six times and for two times songs performed by her were nominated for Song of

text: Grammy Awards and nominations for Whitney Houston Whitney Houston is one of the most successful female singers of all time. Her accomplishments have been recognized with six competitive Grammy Awards, and one Grammy Hall of Fame Award, giving her a total of 7 Grammy Awards. Though she has been nominated twenty-six times and for two times songs performed by her were nominated for Song of the Year. She earned her first Grammy, Best Pop Vocal Performance, Female in 1986, and was honored with two general field Grammys: Album of the Year for "" and Record of the Year for "I

title: Whitney Houston

text: tour de force." Matthew Perpetua from "Rolling Stone" also eulogized Houston's vocal, enumerating ten performances, including "How Will I Know" from the 1986 MTV VMAs and "The Star Spangled Banner" at the 1991 Super Bowl. "Whitney Houston was blessed with an astonishing vocal range and extraordinary technical skill, but what truly made her a great singer was her ability to connect with a song and drive home its drama and emotion with incredible precision", he stated. "She was a brilliant performer, and her live shows often eclipsed her studio recordings." Jon Caramanica of "The New York Times" commented, "Her voice

title: Whitney Houston

text: regularly scheduled programming on Sunday February 12 to air many of Houston's classic videos with MTV often airing news segments in between and featuring various reactions from fans and celebrities. Houston's former husband, Bobby Brown, was reported to be "in and out of crying fits" since receiving the news. He did not cancel a scheduled performance and within hours of his ex-wife's sudden death, an audience in Mississippi observed as Brown blew kisses skyward, tearfully saying: "I love you, Whitney." Ken Ehrlich, executive producer of the 54th Grammy Awards, announced that Jennifer Hudson would perform a tribute to Houston at

title: Welcome Home Heroes with Whitney Houston

text: the above-mentioned performances with an 80-minute running time or less, shorter than the original 96-minute edition. Welcome Home Heroes with Whitney Houston Welcome Home Heroes with Whitney Houston is the first ever solo televised concert and video by American recording artist Whitney Houston. Released on May 14, 1991, through Arista Records, the video contains Whitney's HBO concert special "Welcome Home Heroes with Whitney Houston", which was broadcast live from the Naval Air Station in Norfolk, Virginia, on March 31, 1991, Easter Sunday, for 3.500 servicemen and women returning from the Gulf War. It was released in VHS and Laserdisc on

text: Welcome Home Heroes with Whitney Houston Welcome Home Heroes with Whitney Houston is the first ever solo televised concert and video by American recording artist Whitney Houston. Released on May 14, 1991, through Arista Records, the video contains Whitney's HBO concert special "Welcome Home Heroes with Whitney Houston", which was broadcast live from the Naval Air Station in Norfolk, Virginia, on March 31, 1991, Easter Sunday, for 3.500 servicemen and women returning from the Gulf War. It was released in VHS and Laserdisc on May 14, 1991, and later on DVD in 2002. In 2008, the DVD was re-released in

title: Whitney Houston (album)

text: Lauryn Hill, established their "public identities" through their work with Shalamar and the Fugees respectively. When Shelby Lynne received the trophy in 2001, more than a decade after charting several singles on the country charts, so did it. Richard Marx, ruled ineligible for nomination as Best New Artist in 1988, stuck it to the NARAS about their inconsistency, on the feature article about him of "Orange Coast" magazine, stating as follows: "[...] But so did Whitney Houston for the same reason. And frankly, I don't have a lot of respect for N.A.R.A.S., the Grammy people's ruling system, because it's so

title: Whitney Houston

text: time after peaking No. 1 and remaining there for three weeks on the Hot 100 chart, which made her debut the first album by a woman to yield three No. 1 hits. Houston was No. 1 artist of the year and "Whitney Houston" was the No. 1 album of the year on the 1986 "Billboard" year-end charts, making her the first woman to earn that distinction. At the time, Houston released the best-selling debut album by a solo artist. Houston then embarked on her world tour, "Greatest Love Tour". The album had become an international success, and was certified 13×

title: Whitney Houston albums discography

text: 1987's "Whitney". It also topped the album charts of several European countries and was certified Platinum by the RIAA. Her albums Whitney Houston, "Whitney", "" and "" are among the top 100 certified albums according to the RIAA. According to the RIAA, Houston is the top-selling R&B female artist of the 20th century, and the fourth best-selling female artist in the United States, with shipments of 57 million albums. In addition, until the launch of the RIAA's digital certification program in 2004, she had sold 16.5 million physical singles more than any other female solo artist in history. According to

title: Whitney Houston (album)

text: inconsistent. They deemed me and Whitney Houston ineligible, and yet they nominated Jody Watley, who made records with Shalamar." In 2000, Geoff Mayfield of "Billboard" magazine, on his column, criticized the NARAS for their vague application of criteria, commenting that "the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences need again to rewrite its definition of [new artists]." (The official guidelines read, "for a new artist who releases, during the eligibility year, the first recording which establishes the public identity of that artist.") He added that "the category has already had its twists and turns. In 1986 Whitney Houston was not

title: Whitney Houston (album)

text: years before and was the main theme of the boxer Muhammad Ali biopic ""The Greatest"" in the same year. In February 1986, the controversy was caused at the 28th Grammy Awards by the absence of Whitney Houston's name for the Best New Artist. Although "Whitney Houston" was her debut album released in 1985, she was not nominated in that category because of her disqualification as a new artist. Upon hearing that Houston would be denied the opportunity to compete in the Best New Artist category for 1985, Clive Davis, then the president of Arista Records, sent a letter of complaint

title: Whitney Houston (album)

text: worldwide. In 1986, at the 28th Grammy Awards, "Whitney Houston" received four nominations; including Album of the Year and won one, Best Pop Vocal Performance, Female for "Saving All My Love for You". For the 29th Grammy Awards of 1987, the album earned one nomination for Record of the Year for "Greatest Love of All". In 2003, the album was ranked number 254 on "Rolling Stone" magazine's list of the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time. In honor of its 25th anniversary, the album was reissued as "Whitney Houston – The Deluxe Anniversary Edition" on January 26, 2010, an expanded

title: Whitney Houston videography

text: singer to a wider audience when it became one of the first videos by a black female singer to earn heavy rotation on MTV, and it won MTV Video Music Award for Best Female Video at its 3rd ceremony of 1986. "Greatest Love of All", the final single released from Houston's debut album, helped cement the M.O. for the classic Whitney video. In June 1986, Houston released her first video compilation "The No. 1 Video Hits", containing her four music videos off the "Whitney Houston" album. It reached number-one on the "Billboard" Top Music Videocassettes chart and stayed there for

text: 200. 30% of the album sales were digital, the first time Houston has achieved that. Upon its release, Whitney Houston Live: Her Greatest Performances garnered enormous critical acclaim and praise. Giving it 5 stars, Jim Farber of NYDAILYNEWS, praised the album saying, 'The recordings here—with their odd echoes, imperfect playing, and wavering ambiences—show that Houston performed even better without a net than with one. The performances also work wonders in disproving the image of her, in her shiniest years, as a too-perfect wax figure of a star.' He further added, 'Only in concert did Houston, who died in 2012, show

title: Whitney Houston

text: RIAA for sales of more than one million copies in the United States. On January 26, 2010, her debut album was re-released in a special edition entitled "Whitney Houston – The Deluxe Anniversary Edition". Houston later embarked on a world tour, entitled the Nothing but Love World Tour. It was her first world tour in over ten years and was announced as a triumphant comeback. However, some poor reviews and rescheduled concerts brought negative media attention. Houston canceled some concerts because of illness and received widespread negative reviews from fans who were disappointed in the quality of her voice and

title: Whitney Houston

text: Houston played Rachel Marron, a star who is stalked by a crazed fan and hires a bodyguard to protect her. "USA Today" listed it as one of the 25 most memorable movie moments of the last 25 years in 2007. Houston's mainstream appeal allowed people to look past the interracial nature of the relationship between her character and Costner's. However, controversy arose as some felt the film's advertising intentionally hid Houston's face to hide the film's interracial relationship. In an interview with "Rolling Stone" in 1993, Houston commented that "people know who Whitney Houston is – I'm black. You can't

title: All at Once (Whitney Houston song)

text: and Japan. Another video was released for some European countries. It features Houston singing the song on a stage. It became the first hit for Whitney Houston in the Netherlands in April 1985, and also a Top 5 hit on Italy and Belgium singles chart. Whitney performed the song on Dutch TV's "PopsJops" show, German TV's "Peter's Popshow" in 1985, and Japan TV Show "Night's Hit Studio" in 1986. The following year, Houston performed the song at the 1987 American Music Awards as well as Italy's Sanremo Music Festival. All at Once (Whitney Houston song) "All at Once" is a

title: Whitney Houston

text: history. Houston's entrance into the music industry is considered one of the 25 musical milestones of the last 25 years, according to "USA Today" in 2007. It stated that she paved the way for Mariah Carey's chart-topping vocal gymnastics. In 1997, the Franklin School in East Orange, New Jersey was renamed to The Whitney E. Houston Academy School of Creative and Performing Arts. In 2001, Houston was the first artist to be given a BET Lifetime Achievement Award. Houston is one of pop music's best-selling music artists of all-time, with an estimated 170–200 million records sold worldwide. She was ranked

title: Whitney Houston

text: one of the top 20 highest-earning entertainers for 1987–88 according to "Forbes" magazine. In 1989, Houston formed The Whitney Houston Foundation For Children, a non-profit organization that has raised funds for the needs of children around the world. The organization cares for homelessness, children with cancer or AIDS, and other issues of self-empowerment. With the success of her first two albums, Houston was undoubtedly an international crossover superstar, the most prominent since Michael Jackson, appealing to all demographics. However, some black critics believed she was "selling out". They felt her singing on record lacked the soul that was present during

text: The Ultimate Collection (Whitney Houston album) The Ultimate Collection is a Whitney Houston greatest hits collection, released on October 29, 2007. It was the first time a single CD of Houston's hit singles had been released. It debuted at number five in the UK, with sales of 37,228. It climbed to number three in its second week on the chart. As of February 2012, the album has sold over one million copies in the United Kingdom. In Brazil, the album was released as "Whitney Houston – The Best So Far". In 2011, it was reissued as "All Time Best -

title: American Music Award nominations for Whitney Houston

text: American Music Award nominations for Whitney Houston Following is a list of American Music Award wins and nominations for pop/R&B icon Whitney Houston. Whitney Houston was nominated in a total of 38 categories and won 22 of them during her career AMA including two special awards ― Award of Merit and International Artist Award. At its 21st ceremonies in 1994, Houston tied Michael Jackson on the record for the most AMA ever won in a single year with 8 awards. Also, she is the second female artist with the most wins at AMA, after Taylor Swift and overall the forth

title: Whitney Houston

text: called the "Queen of Pop" for her influence during the 1990s, commercially rivaling Mariah Carey and Celine Dion. Stephen Holden from "The New York Times", in his review of Houston's Radio City Music Hall concert on July 20, 1993, praised her attitude as a singer, writing, "Whitney Houston is one of the few contemporary pop stars of whom it might be said: the voice suffices. While almost every performer whose albums sell in the millions calls upon an entertainer's bag of tricks, from telling jokes to dancing to circus pyrotechnics, Ms. Houston would rather just stand there and sing." With

title: Whitney Houston

text: The album entered the "Billboard" 200 at No. 1, with Houston's best opening week sales of 305,000 copies, marking Houston's first number one album since "The Bodyguard", and Houston's first studio album to reach number one since 1987's "Whitney". Houston also appeared on European television programs to promote the album. She performed the song "I Look to You" on the German television show "Wetten, dass..?". Three days later, she performed the worldwide first single from "I Look to You", "Million Dollar Bill", on the French television show "Le Grand Journal". Houston appeared as guest mentor on "The X Factor" in

title: Whitney Houston

text: like a threat ... In another room there was a big framed photo of [Whitney] — but someone had cut [her] head out. It was beyond disturbing, seeing my daughter's face cut out like that." This visit led Cissy to return with law enforcement and perform an intervention. Houston also told Oprah that Bobby Brown had been emotionally abusive during their marriage, and had even spat on her on one occasion. Houston released her new album, "I Look to You", in August 2009. The album's first two singles were the title track "I Look to You" and "Million Dollar Bill".

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text: racial minorities while favoring white acts. The third US single, "How Will I Know", peaked at No. 1, and the video introduced Houston to the MTV audience. Houston's subsequent singles from this, and future albums, would make her the first African-American woman to receive consistent heavy rotation on MTV. By 1986, a year after its initial release, "Whitney Houston" topped the "Billboard" 200 albums chart and stayed there for 14 non-consecutive weeks. The final single, "Greatest Love of All", a cover of "The Greatest Love of All", originally recorded by George Benson in 1977, became Houston's biggest hit at the

title: Whitney Houston

text: to make sure no other label signed her away, and Davis wanted to ensure he had the right material and producers for Houston's debut album. Some producers had to pass on the project because of prior commitments. Houston first recorded a duet with Teddy Pendergrass, "Hold Me", which appeared on his album, "Love Language". The single was released in 1984 and gave Houston her first taste of success, becoming a Top 5 R&B hit. It would also appear on her debut album in 1985. With production from Michael Masser, Kashif, Jermaine Jackson, and Narada Michael Walden, Houston's debut album "Whitney

title: Whitney Houston videography

text: of perfunctory storyline and focus on her performance, however, several sources recognized her as one of pioneers who laid the groundwork and broke down barriers with the videos during her generation. In 2003, VH1 ranked Houston at number three on the list of '50 Greatest Women of the Video Era'. In February 2012, "TIME", on a photo article in honor of Black History Month, listed her as one of '50 Cultural Giants'. Gil Kaufman from MTV News said that "[Houston] proved you could make a fuss without making a spectacle." Whitney Houston videography The videography of American pop/R&B recording artist

title: Hold Me (Teddy Pendergrass & Whitney Houston song)

text: single of her career. The song became a top-five hit on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs in the United States, but only peaked at number 46 on the US "Billboard" Hot 100. It however became a top thirty hit in Ireland, the Netherlands and the Flemish region of Belgium. Ron Wynn of Allmusic highlighted this track on "Love Language" and he called it a good duet. As a result of having recorded this duet in 1984, Houston was disqualified from consideration as Grammy Best New Artist of 1985. Hold Me (Teddy Pendergrass & Whitney Houston song) "Hold Me" is a ballad

title: The Star Spangled Banner (Whitney Houston recording)

text: The Star Spangled Banner (Whitney Houston recording) "The Star Spangled Banner" is a charity single recorded by American singer Whitney Houston to raise funds for soldiers and families of those involved in the Persian Gulf War. Written by Francis Scott Key, "The Star-Spangled Banner" is the National Anthem of the United States. The musical arrangement for Whitney Houston's rendition was by conductor John Clayton. The recording was produced by music coordinator Rickey Minor, along with Houston herself. The recording was included in the 2014 CD/DVD release, "" and the US edition of the 2000 release, "". Traditionally performed at sports

title: Celebrate (Whitney Houston and Jordin Sparks song)

text: Celebrate (Whitney Houston and Jordin Sparks song) "Celebrate" is a duet by American recording artists Whitney Houston and Jordin Sparks. It was written and produced by R. Kelly for the soundtrack album "" to the 2012 musical drama film "Sparkle". RCA Records released "Celebrate" as the first official single from the soundtrack. It is the last song recorded by Whitney Houston before she died on February 11, 2012. It was officially released on June 5, 2012 for digital download on iTunes and Amazon. The song made its US radio premiere on "On Air with Ryan Seacrest" on May 21, 2012.

title: You Know What You Did

text: is able to leave the club. Lauren and Audrina get into an argument with Heidi and Spencer outside of Les Deux, where Lauren delivers the now-famous quote "You know what you did!", elaborating that "You started a sick little rumor about me! You're a sad, pathetic person." The following morning, Heidi explains to her co-worker Elodie Otto that she was unaware of said speculation, and still wants to reconcile with Lauren. Meanwhile, Lauren tells Whitney that she is saddened by the idea of losing her friend, although admits that she has benefited from their separation. "You Know What You Did"

text: was that it wasn't easy to sing to. I disagreed wholeheartedly." Four days before the game, NFL officials ordered Best to phone Houston's father, John, and ask if she would record another version. The answer was no. Best said that "I held that phone so far away from my ear." Yet, when Houston stepped onto the field, Minor was filled with anxiety: "I thought, 'What if everybody boos?'" Two weeks later, the single was a big hit on the "Billboard" charts. On January 27, 1991–10 days into the Persian Gulf War—Whitney Houston took the field at Tampa Stadium and performed

title: Do What U Want

text: some of her earlier pop perfection." Hilary Hughes from "Esquire" felt that Kelly's guest appearance on the song, improved its quality much more than the preceding single "Applause". Hughes added that Gaga's Whitney Houston-esque vocals are elevated further by Kelly's "standard, soaring tenor". "Do What U Want" was listed as one of the 100 Best Songs Of 2013 by "Rolling Stone", ranked at number 17. A mixed review came from Kyle Anderson from "Entertainment Weekly", who felt that Gaga and Kelly's vocals track did not "come together" since Gaga's singing style interfered with the composition of the song as well

title: Whitney Houston (album)

text: considered because, prior to the release of 1985's "Whitney Houston" album, she had appeared on a Teddy Pendergrass single in 1984. But in '88 Jody Watley, who had been with Shalamar, won the best new artist Grammy." The label, wanting Houston to have a solid urban fanbase first, released "You Give Good Love" as the first single. The soulful ballad would top the R&B chart and surprise the label by crossing over and reaching number three on the pop chart while the singer was playing at nightclubs in the United States. The jazzy-pop "Saving All My Love for You" was

title: Whitney Houston videography

text: with George Michael on "If I Told You That". In December 2002, Houston released her fifth studio album, "Just Whitney". Two music videos from the album, "Whatchulookinat" and "Try It on My Own", were considered her answers to the media for getting too deep into her personal life and to malicious rumours surrounding then her public image. In August 2009, Houston returned to the music scene with her fourth "Billboard" 200 number-one album, "I Look to You", which yielded her final two videos, "I Look to You" and "Million Dollar Bill". Most of Houston's notable videos involve just a bit

title: Whitney Houston videography

text: the "", was released. In October 1990, Houston released the video for her song "I'm Your Baby Tonight", the title track from the singer's third album "I'm Your Baby Tonight" (1990). The following year, "All the Man That I Need" was released as a music video. In 1991, due to overwhelming response to her performance of "The Star Spangled Banner" at Super Bowl XXV, it was released as a video single, which was certified 2× Platinum by the RIAA in April 1991. Such Houston's patriotism-boosting-performance for the national anthem led her to give the "Welcome Home Heroes with Whitney Houston"

title: Whitney Houston (album)

text: to Michael Greene, the president of the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences (NARAS), and had been told that "Whitney was banished from the circle of newcomers because she had appeared as a duet guest vocalist on one song on Jermaine Jackson's album, and one on the comeback album by Teddy Pendergrass, both in the preceding year (1984)." He claimed that "Whitney was simply an unknown vocalist making a 'cameo' appearance on just one of eight or nine songs contained in a major artist's album. She was not even a member of a continuing artistic duo. [...] Whitney was

title: Whitney Houston (album)

text: [...] was a fresh serving of precocious talent compared to 1985's mildly flavored R&B buffet." Allison Stewart from "The Washington Post" stated that the album "provided a blueprint for the pop/dance/R&B-melding careers of Mariah Carey and others, and introduced the world to "The Voice", an octave-spanning, gravity-defying melismatic marvel." In "The New Rolling Stone Album Guide" (2004), music journalist J. D. Considine gave the album three out of five stars and stated, "Although utterly calculating, "Whitney Houston" does have its moments, particularly when Houston leans toward R&B, as on 'You Give Good Love.'" The album received good response from major

title: Whitney Houston videography

text: 22 weeks, which remains the all-time record for a video collection by a female artist, it was also certified Platinum for shipments of 100,000 units by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) on July 15, 1986. In 1987, Houston released the music video for "I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me)", the first single from her second album "Whitney" (1987), which depicts Houston in one of her iconic looks, the clip―towering curly wig, colorful dangly earrings and a series of going-to-the-club outfits. In 1988, the music video for the song "One Moment in Time", the title track off

title: Look What I Did

text: I Were You I Wouldn't<nowiki>"</nowiki> in January 2016 on their YouTube account, followed by "Fireball" in June 2016, their first songs released since 'Zanzibar III : Analog Prison'. The band was named after friend's child said the phrase 'Mommy, look what I did', about a drawing to her mother when Barry was talking to her over the phone discussing what the band's name should be. Look What I Did Look What I Did is an American post-hardcore band, formed in 2001 in Nashville, Tennessee, USA. The music combines elements of jazz/fusion, hardcore, metal, and progressive pop punk. The band is

title: What Did You Expect? (film)

text: live. The film is being distributed by MVD Entertainment, and was released on DVD in November 2012. It is also available on iTunes, Hulu, and Video-on-Demand. Writing in Punk News, John Gentile said, "The wilder songs, like 'Audiowhore' where bassist Matt Gentling just gets completely down, stomping around like a T-rex, are nearly berserk, with the band approaching a Stooges-type thrash. 'What Did You Expect?' could pass for Fugazi's wilder side. Gentling just goes nuts on the bass, which is wild. Likewise, the mid-tempo songs like "Freezing Point" have an inherent urgency." What Did You Expect? (film) What Did You

title: My Songs Know What You Did in the Dark (Light Em Up)

text: downloads in the United States by August 2015, the first song by Fall Out Boy to reach this level. "My Songs Know What You Did in the Dark" has sold over 200,000 copies in the UK earning a silver certification by the BPI as of 2013. A remix, produced by Wonder Arillo, featuring rapper 2 Chainz with hip-hop sound was released on April 3. It was performed live the month before by Fall Out Boy and 2 Chainz at the beginning of the 2013 NBA slam dunk contest. My Songs Know What You Did in the Dark (Light Em Up)

text: My Songs Know What You Did in the Dark (Light Em Up) "My Songs Know What You Did in the Dark (Light Em Up)" is a song by American rock band Fall Out Boy, released as the lead single for the band's fifth studio album, "Save Rock and Roll". It serves as the band's first single following the group's three-year hiatus and regrouping in early 2013. The track and its music video were released on February 4, 2013 worldwide and February 5, 2013 in North America, to coincide with the official news of the band's reformation. The song impacted radio

title: I Belong to You (Whitney Houston song)

text: John Waddell I Belong to You (Whitney Houston song) "I Belong to You" is a song performed by American singer Whitney Houston from her third studio album "I'm Your Baby Tonight" (1990). It was released on October 18, 1991 as the album's fifth single. It was written by Derek Bramble and Franne Golde, and produced by Narada Michael Walden. The single was a Top 10 hit on the US "Billboard" R&B chart and garnered Houston a nomination for Best Female R&B Vocal Performance at the 35th Grammy Awards (1992). James Hunter of Rolling Stone said that the song "acts out

title: I Belong to You (Whitney Houston song)

text: I Belong to You (Whitney Houston song) "I Belong to You" is a song performed by American singer Whitney Houston from her third studio album "I'm Your Baby Tonight" (1990). It was released on October 18, 1991 as the album's fifth single. It was written by Derek Bramble and Franne Golde, and produced by Narada Michael Walden. The single was a Top 10 hit on the US "Billboard" R&B chart and garnered Houston a nomination for Best Female R&B Vocal Performance at the 35th Grammy Awards (1992). James Hunter of Rolling Stone said that the song "acts out its claim

text: that they carried on [The Video] without Houston". Byron Flitsch from MTV.com says "we're really loving is the storyline that weaves in a montage of movie scenes" he went on to say "it's the emotional, almost home-movie quality honoring Whitney's on-screen presence that gets us all kinds of sentimental". Credits adapted from "" liner notes. Celebrate (Whitney Houston and Jordin Sparks song) "Celebrate" is a duet by American recording artists Whitney Houston and Jordin Sparks. It was written and produced by R. Kelly for the soundtrack album "" to the 2012 musical drama film "Sparkle". RCA Records released "Celebrate" as

title: Run to You (Whitney Houston song)

text: one or two weeks on the charts, peaking at number 47 in France and the Netherlands, respectively, and 58 in Germany. Run to You (Whitney Houston song) "Run to You" is a song performed by Whitney Houston and is the fourth single released from "". "Run to You" was written by and Allan Rich. Originally intended to be a break-up song, it was approved by the production and stars. However, a month later, the director of "The Bodyguard" (Mick Jackson) called, saying he liked the song so much, but he'd rather have it to be a love song so the

title: Run to You (Whitney Houston song)

text: Run to You (Whitney Houston song) "Run to You" is a song performed by Whitney Houston and is the fourth single released from "". "Run to You" was written by and Allan Rich. Originally intended to be a break-up song, it was approved by the production and stars. However, a month later, the director of "The Bodyguard" (Mick Jackson) called, saying he liked the song so much, but he'd rather have it to be a love song so the entire song was rewritten, except for the title. All of the previous releases from "The Bodyguard" had been successes, landing in

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text: cast, was a moderate success, earning approximately $50 million at the U.S. box offices. The movie gave Houston her strongest reviews so far. "The San Francisco Chronicle" said Houston "is rather angelic herself, displaying a divine talent for being virtuous and flirtatious at the same time", and she "exudes gentle yet spirited warmth, especially when praising the Lord in her gorgeous singing voice". Houston was again nominated for an NAACP Image Award and won for Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture. Houston recorded and co-produced, with Mervyn Warren, the film's accompanying gospel soundtrack. "" included six gospel songs with Georgia

title: Whitney Houston

text: seven years in September 2009, appearing on Oprah Winfrey's season premiere. The interview was billed as "the most anticipated music interview of the decade". Whitney admitted on the show to having used drugs with former husband Bobby Brown during their marriage; Houston said Brown had "laced marijuana with rock cocaine". She told Oprah that before "The Bodyguard" her drug use was light, that she used drugs more heavily after the film's success and the birth of her daughter, and that by 1996 "[doing drugs] was an everyday thing ... I wasn't happy by that point in time. I was losing

title: Whitney Houston

text: drug use. Houston's publicist said, "Whitney has been under stress due to family matters, and when she is under stress she doesn't eat." (In a 2009 interview with Oprah Winfrey, Houston acknowledged that drug use had been the reason for her weight loss.) She was scheduled for a second performance the following night, but canceled it. Within weeks, Houston's rendition of "The Star Spangled Banner" would be re-released after the September 11 attacks, with the proceeds donated to the New York Firefighters 9/11 Disaster Relief Fund and the New York Fraternal Order of Police. The song peaked at No. 6

title: Whitney Houston

text: as Australia, Germany and the UK. The next three singles, "Didn't We Almost Have It All", "So Emotional", and "Where Do Broken Hearts Go" all peaked at number one on the US Hot 100 chart, which gave her a total of seven consecutive number one hits, breaking the record of six previously shared by The Beatles and the Bee Gees. Houston became the first woman to generate four number-one singles from one album. "Whitney" has been certified 9× Platinum in the US for shipments of over 9 million copies, and has sold a total of 20 million copies worldwide. At

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text: original template for what we now routinely refer to as the 'soul diva' ", stated Gill. "Jackson was a hugely talented icon, certainly, but he will be as well remembered (probably more so) for his presentational skills, his dazzling dance moves, as for his musical innovations. Whitney, on the other hand, just sang, and the ripples from her voice continue to dominate the pop landscape." Gill said that there "are few, if any, Jackson imitators on today's TV talent shows, but every other contestant is a Whitney wannabe, desperately attempting to emulate that wondrous combination of vocal effects – the

text: saying "Small wonder, then, that when Whitney Houston performed her memorable anthem rendition at Super Bowl XXV in January 1991, she did the sensible thing." The Florida Orchestra's contribution to the performance was virtually ignored by the public and the media. That did not cause a problem until the performance was determined to release as a single and donate any proceeds to a war-related charity by Arista Records. Although Ashley Sanford, a representative of Arista in New York, said everyone associated with the performance had been consulted before announcing plans for the recording, the plan came as a surprise to

title: What I Did Last Summer

text: Retro Productions in New York City at the Spoon Theater. This production was attended and praised by A.R. Gurney and his extended family, and directed by Ric Sechrest. A professional revival was staged in Houston, Texas in 2003, directed by Kelley Williams. The Cast was as follows (2003): Charlie: (In alternating performances): Giddony Sanchez/ Shawn Anthony Anderson; Anna Trumbull: Sarah Douchez; Elsie: Jade Prudent; Grace: Elizabeth Keel; Bonny: Genieva Croley; Ted: John Ruiz. What I Did Last Summer What I Did Last Summer is a play by the American playwright A.R. Gurney. The setting is a well-to-do vacation colony on

text: For the week June 16, 2012, "Celebrate" debuted at number 34 on the US Adult R&B Airplay. During that same week, "Celebrate" also debuted at number 84 on the US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart, and has since peaked at number 62. The accompanying music video for the song was filmed on May 30, 2012. The video was shot over two days by director Marcus Raboy. The music video made its world premiere on BET's "106 & Park" on June 27, 2012. "Celebrate" was written and produced by R. Kelly and is the last song that Whitney Houston recorded; it is

title: Whitney Houston

text: was certified platinum in the United States, and sold approximately two million worldwide. On a June 2003 trip to Israel, Houston said of her visit, "I've never felt like this in any other country. I feel at home, I feel wonderful." In late 2003, Houston released her first Christmas album "", with a collection of traditional holiday songs. Houston produced the album with Mervyn Warren and Gordon Chambers. A single titled "One Wish (for Christmas)" reached the Top 20 on the Adult Contemporary chart, and the album was certified gold in the US. In December 2003, Bobby Brown was charged

title: Classic Whitney: Live from Washington, D.C.

text: Classic Whitney: Live from Washington, D.C. Classic Whitney: Live from Washington, D.C., were special live concerts by Whitney Houston featuring many of her greatest hits, as well as gospel favorites and songs saluting some of her influences including Dionne Warwick, Aretha Franklin and Diana Ross. The concerts were held at historic DAR Constitution Hall in Washington D.C. on October 3 and 5, 1997. The second night concert was broadcast live via HBO, which was her third HBO special. (First was ""Welcome Home Heroes with Whitney Houston"" in March, 1991 and second, """" in November, 1994.) The first night concert was