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. In 2015, Lifetime premiered the biographical film Whitney, which mentions that Whitney Houston was named after prominent television actress Whitney Blake, the mother of Meredith Baxter, star of the television series Family Ties. [37] Houston did not begin work on an album immediately. I do believe her life would have turned out differently, Cissy writes. In the finale of the ceremony, Kirk Franklin and the Family started their performance with "The Greatest Love of All". The vocal technique is called melisma and it has inspired a host of imitators. [50] 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 yet; the single peaked at number one and remained there for three weeks, making Houston's debut the first album by a woman to yield three number-one hits. He did not cancel a scheduled performance, and within hours of his ex-wife's sudden death, an audience in Mississippi watched as Brown blew kisses skyward, tearfully saying: "I love you, Whitney. Whitney Elizabeth Houston was born in Newark, New Jersey in a middle income family on August 9, 1963. Their friendship developed into a romance. The event was considered the nation's "biggest media event since the inauguration of Nelson Mandela". Much of Whitney's early life influenced her interest in music thanks to the singing career of her mother Cissy Houston. By Rosy Cordero April 14, 2021 at . "[363] While AllMusic commented that, "Houston was able to handle big adult contemporary ballads, effervescent, stylish dance-pop and slick urban contemporary soul with equal dexterity". '"[249], Houston released her new album, I Look to You, in August 2009. [24] Throughout her childhood and early career, Houston was influenced by her mother, cousins Dionne and Dee Dee and singers such as Aretha Franklin, Chaka Khan, Gladys Knight and Roberta Flack. [79][80] On June 11, 1988, during the European leg of her tour, Houston joined other musicians to perform a set at Wembley Stadium in London to celebrate a then-imprisoned Nelson Mandela's 70th birthday. [407] In October 2020, the music video for "I Will Always Love You" surpassed 1billion views on YouTube, making Houston the first solo 20th-century artist to have a video reach that milestone. "The Sun", "Sun", "Sun Online" are registered trademarks or trade names of News Group Newspapers Limited. Days after the death of his ex-wife, Bobby appeared at Whitney's memorial service, but was asked to leave by the family's security. To see all content on The Sun, please use the Site Map. Despite this reception, "Million Dollar Bill" jumped to its peak from 14 to number 5 (her first UK top 5 for over a decade). In his book The Big Show: High Times and Dirty Dealings Backstage at the Academy Awards, author Steve Pond revealed that "Houston's voice was shaky, she seemed distracted and jittery and her attitude was casual, almost defiant"; though she was supposed to perform "Over the Rainbow", she would sing a different song during rehearsals. Apr 14, 2021, 04:34 PM EDT. [162] Consequently, the album featured a range of contemporary R&B female recording artists along with Houston, such as Mary J. Blige, Brandy, Toni Braxton, Aretha Franklin and Patti LaBelle. Recorded and mixed in only six weeks, it featured production from Rodney Jerkins, Wyclef Jean and Missy Elliott. Throughout her career and posthumously, she has received numerous accolades, including two Emmy Awards, six Grammy Awards, 16 Billboard Music Awards, and 28 Guinness World Records. [81] Houston then flew back to the US for a concert at Madison Square Garden in New York City in August. . [320] Her death on February 11 ignited an incredible drive to her YouTube and Vevo pages. She held an honorary Doctorate in Humanities from Grambling State University, Louisiana. "[90], Houston took a more urban direction with her third studio album, I'm Your Baby Tonight, released in November 1990. Jackson and Madonna built worldviews around their voices; Ms. Houston's voice was the worldview. [28] In 2019, seven years after Houston's death, Crawford admitted that their early relationship included sexual activity but stopped before Houston signed a recording deal. A bonus track from the album's Japanese edition, "Higher Love", was remixed by Norwegian DJ and record producer Kygo and released posthumously in 2019 to commercial success. The song was featured on the Sparkle: Music from the Motion Picture soundtrack as the first official single. [376][377] Black female artists, such as Janet Jackson and Anita Baker, were successful in popular music partly because Houston paved the way. In May 2003, Houston placed at number three on VH1's list of "50 Greatest Women of the Video Era". And knowing Whitney I don't believe that she would have said 'the show must go on.' [172] Later that year, Houston's children's charity organization was awarded a VH1 Honor for all the charitable work. [386] She also holds the record for the most WMAs won in a single year, winning five awards at the sixth World Music Awards in 1994.[387]. A television documentary film entitled Whitney: Can I Be Me aired on Showtime on August 25, 2017. 2,021 53. [41] It would also appear on her debut album in 1985. "Forbes Names Jackson as the Best-Paid Star 5 Women, 3 Boxers on List of 40 Celebrities". When discussing the eerie ways in which Whitney Houston and Bobbi Kristina . [7][8] Cissy recorded several albums with the group on their own, in addition to singing background for musicians such as Aretha Franklin, Jimi Hendrix and Elvis Presley,[9] and earned a Grammy Award nomination for the song, "Sweet Inspiration". [195][206] In addition, the album reached the Top 10 in many other countries. After the show, Davis and Houston announced plans to go into the studio to work on her new album. You can't hide that fact."[25]. It stated that she paved the way for Mariah Carey's chart-topping vocal gymnastics. [278], An invitation-only memorial service was held for Houston on February 18, 2012, at the New Hope Baptist Church in Newark, New Jersey. [426][427], 19631984: Early life, family and career beginnings. The Bodyguard (soundtrack) remains the bestselling soundtrack album of all time, with global sales of over 45 million copies. Bobby, 53, has long suffered from addiction to pot and alcohol. [194], In 2002, Houston became embroiled in a legal dispute with John Houston Enterprise. Rolling Stone felt it was her "best and most integrated album". Simply put, Whitney would have wanted the music to go on and her family asked that we carry on. [18] Her parents later divorced. [362], Regarding the musical style, Houston's vocal performances incorporated a wide variety of genres, including R&B, pop, rock,[363] soul, gospel, funk,[364] dance, Latin pop,[365] disco,[366] house,[367] hip hop soul,[368] new jack swing,[369] opera,[370] and Christmas. A voice that only comes around once in a lifetime. Her 2002 studio album, Just Whitney, received mixed reviews. Stephen Holden of The New York Times said that Houston "revitalized the tradition of strong gospel-oriented pop-soul singing". [383] The magazine placed her 34th on their "100 Greatest Singers of All Time" list. Still not ready to stop striving towards higher heights, Monie moved her family to Miami, joined the classic artist lineup that grace the Tom Joyner family events and cruises, and partnered up with the prominent Miami socialites to create events in South Beach catering to music lovers young and old new and classic. "[301] At the start of the awards ceremony, footage of Houston performing "I Will Always Love You" from the 1994 Grammys was shown following a prayer read by host LL Cool J. Her lifestyle choices had made her almost completely hoarse. [13] Both of Houston's parents were African-American. Upon its release, Just Whitney received mixed reviews. BOBBY Brown's son, Bobby Brown Jr. has died aged 28 - five years after the singer lost his daughter Bobbi Kristina. [247]) Houston also told Winfrey that Brown had been emotionally abusive during their marriage and had even spat on her on one occasion. While the European leg of the tour was Europe's highest grossing arena tour of the year,[198] Houston canceled "a string of dates [during the] summer citing throat problems and a 'bronchitis situation'". Rolling Stone and USA Today called her rendition a tour-de-force. The same year, Houston hit the road with her 70 date My Love Is Your Love World Tour. Whitney's sister-in-law, Pat Houston, was basically like a sibling to her. The album sold six million copies worldwide and scored hit singles with "I Believe in You and Me" and "Step by Step", becoming the largest selling gospel album of all time. [113] Brown would go on to have several run-ins with the law for drunken driving, drug possession and battery, including some jail time. In February 2003, John Houston died after a long battle with diabetes and heart disease. In 1989, she established the Whitney Houston Foundation for Children. Houston began singing in church as a child and became a background vocalist while in high school. A tense and somber Bobby Brown stepped out of the Emory University Hospital for fresh air on Feb. 5, as his daughter Bobbi Kristina remains in a coma. [79] Over 72,000 people attended Wembley Stadium and over a billion people tuned in worldwide as the rock concert raised over $1million for charities while bringing awareness to apartheid. It was beyond disturbing, seeing my daughter's face cut out like that." Let's get that straight. She renewed her contract for $100million to release six new albums, for which she would also earn royalties. It topped the US Dance Club Songs chart and peaked at number two in the UK, becoming Houston's highest-charting single in the country since 1999. "Because Whitney, more than any other single artist Michael Jackson included effectively mapped out the course of modern R&B, setting the bar for standards of soul vocalese and creating the original template for what we now routinely refer to as the 'soul diva' ", stated Gill. [135][136] Houston won the Grammy Award for Record of the Year in 1994 for "I Will Always Love You". The story of their marriage was documented through the . However, some black critics believed she was "selling out". In January 2015, she was tragically found unconscious in a bath in her home. 4, UK No. [3][4] She is the only artist to have had seven consecutive number-one singles on the Billboard Hot 100, from "Saving All My Love for You" in 1985 to "Where Do Broken Hearts Go" in 1988. Rookie. Nick and a guest were at the home when she was found unconscious. which marks the 10-year anniversary of her death, on February 11, 2012. . . [116], Having always been a touring artist, Houston spent most of 2004 touring and performing in Europe, the Middle East, Asia and Russia. My husband's brother for many years was business partner with Whitney Houston's half-brother John in Washington, DC. [126] The soundtrack's lead single was "I Will Always Love You", written and originally recorded by Dolly Parton in 1974. [201][202][203][204][205], In May 2000, Whitney: The Greatest Hits was released worldwide. Classic Whitney: Live from Washington, D.C. 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Her inheritance was placed in trust to be released in increments until she turned 30. The soul strutter had to seduce a music audience that anointed few black artists with superstardom. [287] The manner of death was listed as an "accident".[288]. Nicknamed "The Voice", she is one of the bestselling music artists of all time, with over 200 million records sold worldwide.In 2023, Rolling Stone ranked her second on their list of the greatest singers of all time. Nearly 10 years after her tragic death, Houston continues to influence the music industry and inspire the next generations of performers. With the guidance of Arista Records chairman Clive Davis, Houston signed to the label at age 19. On February 9, 2012, Houston visited singers Brandy and Monica, together with Clive Davis, at their rehearsals for Davis's pre-Grammy Awards party at The Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills. [39] As a result, the album began to sell strongly and Houston continued promotion by touring nightclubs in the US. [114][115][116] On March 4, 1993, Houston gave birth to their daughter Bobbi Kristina Brown (March 4, 1993 July 26, 2015),[117] the couple's only child. [78] She was the highest-earning African-American woman overall, highest-earning musician and the third highest entertainer after Bill Cosby and Eddie Murphy. Thread starter lva3461. "Hope opens his home to U.S. troops". Whitney Houston's daughter died as a result of immersion in water and drug intoxication, medical records show. "[294] Others paying tribute included Mariah Carey, Quincy Jones, and Oprah Winfrey.[295][296]. [253][254] Houston canceled some concerts because of illness and received widespread negative reviews from fans who were disappointed in the quality of her voice and performance. [56] She won her first Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance for "Saving All My Love for You". She had years and years of honing her craft on stage and in the studio before she ever got signed to a record label. Though originally slated to be a greatest hits album with a handful of new songs, recording sessions were so fruitful that a new full-length studio album was released. Houston's "Exhale (Shoop Shoop)" became just the third single in music history to debut at number one on the Billboard Hot 100 after Michael Jackson's "You Are Not Alone" and Mariah Carey's "Fantasy". This is someone who sang backup for Chaka Khan when she was only 17. No other female pop star not Mariah Carey, not Celine Dion, not Barbra Streisand quite rivals Houston in her exquisite vocal fluidity and purity of tone and her ability to infuse a lyric with mesmerizing melodrama. On his 46th birthday, Bobby was joined by Gary Michael Houston, the nephew of his late ex-wife Whitney Houston.The father of five kids Bobbi Kristina, Landon, Laprincia, Bobby Jr., and Cassius was dressed comfortably in gray sweatpants . Houston became the first woman in music history to debut at number one on the Billboard 200 albums chart and the first artist to enter the albums chart at number one in both the US and UK, while also hitting number one or top ten in dozens of other countries around the world. [283], On March 22, 2012, the Los Angeles County Coroner's Office reported that Houston's death was caused by drowning and the "effects of atherosclerotic heart disease and cocaine use". Five years after the loss of Bobbi Kristina, Bobby's son, Bobby Jr. was found dead in his Los Angeles home on November 18, 2020. 4, UK No. 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 flowing melisma, the soaring mezzo-soprano confidence, the tremulous fluttering that carried the ends of lines into realms of higher yearning". The service was scheduled for two hours, but lasted four. Bobby and Whitney first met at theSoul Train Music Awardsin 1989. Rolling Stone said, "the narrow channel through which this talent has been directed is frustrating". I'm not ashamed of it. She later commented that she "sang [herself] out of [her] clothes". Aug 25, 2021. This is standard procedure at these events. [29][28][30] Following Houston's rise to fame, rumors began speculating that Houston and Crawford were lovers, which the two denied to the press during a 1987 interview for Time magazine. [313] The song was in part made as a tribute to Whitney Houston's life. The 22-year-old died in July 2015 after being found unconscious in a bathtub in herAtlantahomesix months before. [127][128] The single peaked at number one on the Billboard Hot 100 for a then-record-breaking 14 weeks, number one on the R&B chart for a then-record-breaking 11 weeks and number one on the Adult Contemporary charts for five weeks. [180] However, Halle Berry also had rights to the project and got her version going first. The event took place in Atlanta, Georgia. Some producers passed on the project because of prior commitments. Houston went on to star and record soundtracks for Waiting to Exhale (1995) and The Preacher's Wife (1996). Houston was pronounced dead at 3:55pm PST. 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