pada tahun 1980-an, houston adalah salah seorang penyanyi wanita afrika-amerika pertama yang masuk ke dalam tangga lagu mtv yang pada saat ini didominasi penyanyi rock kulit putih.
album debutnya menjadi album debut dengan penjualan tertinggi sebagai seorang penyanyi solo, yang menduduki peringkat #1 di tangga lagu billboard 200.
ia juga memegang 7 buah singel #1 di tangga billboard hot 100, mematahkan rekor 6 kali yang dipegang the beatles dan bee gees.
pada 11 februari 2012, whitney houston ditemukan meninggal di kamarnya di hotel beverly hilton, beverly hills.
singer whitney houston found dead, fox news.
diakses pada 12 februari 2012.
whitney berada di hotel tersebut untuk menghadiri pesta yang diadakan sebelum ajang penghargaan grammy.
, new york times.
diakses pada 12 februari 2012.
penyebab kematian dari whitney houston masih diinvestigasi oleh kepolisian beverly hills walaupun pihak kepolisian menyatakan bahwa "hingga saat ini, tidak ada bukti akan terjadinya kekerasan".
1995: waiting to exhale
2004: artist collection: whitney houston
tahun judul peran keterangan
1984 gimme a break!
rita "katie's college" (season 3, episode 20)
1992 the bodyguard rachel marron utama
1995 waiting to exhale savannah jackson utama
1996 the preacher's wife julia biggs utama
1997 rodgers &
hammerstein's cinderella ibu peri dibuat untuk (abc)
2003 boston public sebagai dirinya sendiri kameo
2004 nora's hair salon sebagai dirinya sendiri kameo
gimme a break!
"katie's college" (season 3, episode 20, air date: march 15, 1984)
as the world turns
houston appeared on the soap on august 12, 1984, with jermaine jackson singing two duets off a new album he was releasing at the time: "take good care of my heart" and "nobody loves me like you do." they taped their appearance on july 25 at cbs studios in new york city.
"head over heels" (season 4, episode 1, air date: september 15, 1985)she performed the edited version of "saving all my love for you", changing some of the words.
"chapter sixty-six" (season 3, episode 22, air date: may 12, 2003)she performed "try it on my own" from the 2002 studio albumjust whitney.
dr pepper/seven up
canada dry(soft drink beverage)
houston appeared in this commercial before debut as a professional singer and sang the praises of sugar-free canada dry ginger ale.
diet coke(soft drink beverage)
houston sang the diet coke theme song, "just for the taste of it".
diet coke(soft drink beverage)
houston sang the other version of the diet coke advertising slogan at the time, "just for the taste of it".
outside the united states, the second version of advertising was released, in which "greatest love of all" was used as background music.
1989 mtv video of the year winning "this note's for you" by neil young, parodied parts of this advertising to criticize pop/rock stars who make commercial endorsements, most notably michael jackson forpepsi and houston for diet coke, using look-alikes for them.
electronics(the stereo, tv)
houston was featured on print advertisements and sang the theme song for tv commercial, "takin' a chance", produced by keith thomas.
it was released as a cd single in japan and included in japanese edition of i'm your baby tonight.
sanyo also sponsored houston's 1990 japan only feels so right tour.
houston sang its theme song, "true voice".
consumer credit business
houston appeared on both print advertisement and tv commercial for nissin, a nonbank finance company that lends to consumers and small businesses in japan, with then the company's slogan "make it happen with nissin"
tahun judul keterangan dan penghargaan
1997 rodgers &
hammerstein's cinderella produser eksekutif
nominated  1998 emmy award for outstanding variety, music or comedy special
nominated  1998 naacp image award for outstanding television movie/mini-series
2001 the princess diaries produser
won  2002 young artist award for best family feature film  comedy
nominated  2002 broadcast film critics association award for best family film (live action)
nominated  2002 phoenix film critics society award for best family film
nominated  2002 teen choice award for film  choice movie, comedy
2003 the cheetah girls produser eksekutif
2004 the princess diaries 2: royal engagement produser
2006 the cheetah girls 2 produser eksekutif
2012 sparkle produser
1986: greatest love tour
1987: moment of truth world tour
1991: i'm your baby tonight world tour
1993: the bodyguard world tour
1999: my love is your love world tour
2010: nothing but love world tour
feels so right tour (1990)
pacific rim tour (1997)
the european tour (1998)
soul divas tour (2004)
nelson mandela 70th birthday tribute (1988)
welcome home heroes with whitney houston (1991)
the concert for a new south africa (1994)
classic whitney live from washington, d.c. (1997)
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