Whitney Houston

Whitney Elizabeth Houston (born August 9 1963 in Newark, New Jersey) is an American pop, R&B, and soul and gospel singer, songwriter, record producer, and actress. She was one of the most popular and successful singers of the 1980s and 1990s, and has received multiple Grammy Awards, American Music Awards, Billboard Music Awards, two Emmy Awards, an MTV Video Music Award, and an MTV Movie Award. Also two songs which she performed have been nominated for an Academy Award, although she herself has not.

Early to mid-1990s

The Bodyguard

In July 1992, Whitney Houston married R&B singer Bobby Brown; the relationship proved turbulent. In the same year she made a credible acting debut in the film The Bodyguard alongside Kevin Costner. Houston recorded six songs for the phenomenally successful soundtrack album: cover versions of Dolly Parton's "I Will Always Love You", which topped the U.S. chart for fourteen weeks and the United Kingdom charts for ten, and Chaka Khan's "I'm Every Woman (Whitney Houston song)", in addition to "I Have Nothing", "Run to You", "Queen of the Night", and "Jesus Loves Me". The album went on to sell seventeen million copies in the U.S. and thirty-seven million worldwide, making it the best-selling soundtrack album of all time. The film went on to gross over $120 million in the U.S. and over $410 million worldwide, making Whitney Houston a film star was well as a pop star.

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1992 - Bobby Brown - The Bodyguard - Kevin Costner - Dolly Parton - I Will Always Love You - United Kingdom - Chaka Khan - I'm Every Woman (Whitney Houston song) - I Have Nothing - Run to You - Queen of the Night - Jesus Loves Me

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Houston won numerous awards in 1993 including Grammy Awards for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance, Record of the Year, and Album of the Year. In 1993, Houston gave birth to her only child, a daughter, whom she named Bobbi Kristina Brown. In 1994, Houston went on to win a record eight American Music Awards (tied with Michael Jackson's Thriller from 1984). Also in that year, Whitney Houston became the first American singer to perform in post-apartheid South Africa. Her concerts raised money to aid South Africa's children.

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Grammy Awards - Best Female Pop Vocal Performance - Record of the Year - Album of the Year - 1993 - 1994 - American Music Awards - Michael Jackson - Thriller - South Africa

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Waiting to Exhale

In 1995, Waiting to Exhale was released. The movie was very successful, earning over $70 million in the U.S. alone. The all female African-American soundtrack was an even bigger hit, selling over 10 million copies worldwide. It was written and produced by Houston's close friend Babyface. It featured three songs by Houston, the number-one hit "Exhale (Shoop Shoop)", a top-ten duet with gospel artist CeCe Winans, "Count On Me" and "Why Does It Hurt So Bad" an emotional song about love gone wrong.

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Waiting to Exhale - Babyface - CeCe Winans

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