Email us atexclusive@the-sun.comor call212 416 4552. It would have been easier for her to get sober and stay sober. [161], In 1995, Houston starred alongside Angela Bassett, Loretta Devine and Lela Rochon in her second film, Waiting to Exhale, a motion picture about four African-American women struggling with relationships. Houston's remake of Sparkle was filmed in late 2011 over two months[263] and was released by TriStar Pictures. [63] In 2015, she was placed at number nine (second as a female) by Billboard on the list "35 Greatest R&B Artists Of All Time". In addition to all of this, Monie Love is now the career mom with a total of four children ranging in age from 23,17,11 with the youngest coming in at 6yrs old. In those seconds the former gospel singer-turned-pop star packs a series of different notes into the single syllable", stated Everitt. Bobbi Kristina Brown was just 14 when her parents divorced, with Whitney gaining custody of her. ", "Whitney Houston Becomes First Black Recording Artist in History to Achieve Three RIAA Diamond Albums", "It's not right but it's okay: New 'Whitney Houston tour' announced", "R&B Music Hall of Fame sets big weekend to induct sophomore class featuring Michael Jackson, Whitney Houston, Marvin Gaye, Norm N. Nite and more", "Whitney Houston and Nine Inch Nails Make the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame", "National Recording Registry Class Produces Ultimate 'Stay at Home' Playlist", "Whitney Houston's 'I Will Always Love You' Hits 1 Billion Views On YouTube", "A Look at Whitney's Great Charity Work, She was a True Humanitarian! Best Known For: Whitney Houston was an American singer and actress whose first four albums, released between 1985 and 1992 . Houston began singing in church as a child and became a background vocalist while in high school. When news broke back in 2012 that Whitney Houston had died due to a drug overdose, many people speculated that it was Bobby Brown who introduced her to narcotics. 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. Even though Houston once signed a $100 million contract and sold over 200 . [26] Houston was offered record deals around this time, first by Michael Zager in 1979, Luther Vandross in 1980 and Bruce Lundvall in 1981. The medical examiners office said it was unclear if Bobbis death was accidental or intentional. [180] Their first project was a made-for-television remake of Rodgers and Hammerstein's Cinderella. "[353] According to Newsweek, Houston had a four-octave range. [287] The manner of death was listed as an "accident".[288]. [322] On March 7, 2012, Houston claimed two more additional feats on the US Billboard charts: she became the first and only female act to place nine albums within the top 100[323] (with Whitney: The Greatest Hits at number 2, The Bodyguard at number 5, Whitney Houston at number 10, I Look to You at number 13, Triple Feature at number 21, My Love Is Your Love at number 31, I'm Your Baby Tonight at number 32, Just Whitney at number 50 and The Preacher's Wife at number 80);[324][325] in addition, other Houston albums were also on the US Billboard Top 200 Album Chart at this time. All Rights Reserved. Other artists may have used it before Houston, but it was her rendition of Dolly Parton's love song that pushed the technique into the mainstream in the 90s. [226] Within weeks, Houston's rendition of "The Star-Spangled Banner" was 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. She is also a prominent television personality. Bette Marshall. I mean, you know, don't think I don't have desires for it. If she was less influential than they were in the years since, it was only because her gift was so rare, so impossible to mimic. [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. The album showed Houston's versatility on a new batch of tough rhythmic grooves, soulful ballads and up-tempo dance tracks. CC. After the show, Davis and Houston announced plans to go into the studio to work on her new album. in, Last edited on 28 February 2023, at 19:49, one of the bestselling music artists of all time, early relationship included sexual activity, Outstanding Individual Performance in a Variety or Music Program, I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me), commercial single and video of the performance, Sammy Davis, Jr. Award as Entertainer of the Year, Whitney: The Concert for a New South Africa, Waiting to Exhale: Original Soundtrack Album, The Preacher's Wife: Original Soundtrack Album. Then, Gary opens up about how their mother, Cissy Houston, is doing after the death of her only daughter. News of her death coincided with the 2012 Grammy Awards (which took place the day following her death), and was covered internationally. The bombshell is dropped about three-quarters of the way through Whitneythat both Houston and her half-brother, Gary, were allegedly molested as children by their cousin Dee Dee Warwick, the . Whitney's daughter, Bobbi Kristina, was set to be the executor of her estate before her untimely passing in 2015. [123] Despite the Razzie, however, Houston was nominated for the NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actress in the film, losing the award to Angela Bassett for her role as Tina Turner in What's Love Got to Do with It and also received several MTV Movie Award nominations, winning Best Song from a Movie for "I Will Always Love You" and was nominated for Best Breakthrough Performance. Her lifestyle choices had made her almost completely hoarse. Crack is wack. During this period, Houston and Arista struggled to get these videos submitted to MTV. [56] She won her first Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance for "Saving All My Love for You". [280][281] Bobby Brown departed shortly after the service began. BOBBY Brown's son, Bobby Brown Jr. has died aged 28 - five years after the singer lost his daughter Bobbi Kristina. 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. Two other Houston songs also jumped back on the Hot 100: "I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me)" at 25 and "Greatest Love of All" at 36. Years later, The Guardian opined that through her participation in the show, Houston had lost "the last remnants of her dignity". [50] At the time, the album was the bestselling debut album by a solo artist. 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. My father was sickly at the time, he was in the hospital, she said. 4, UK No. [314][315], According to representatives from Houston record label, Houston sold 3.7million albums and 4.3million singles worldwide in the first ten months of the year she died. [31], Houston became a fashion model after she was discovered by a photographer who filmed her and her mother during a performance for the United Negro College Fund at Carnegie Hall. [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. 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. [125] Rolling Stone described it as "nothing more than pleasant, tasteful and urbane". [109], Later in 1991, Houston put together her Welcome Home Heroes concert with HBO for the soldiers fighting in the Persian Gulf War and their families. Since the star's untimely death, it has been revealed that her brother Michael Houston was the one who introduced her to drugs. The series aired in 2005 and featured Houston in unflattering moments. [265] The movie was released on August 17, 2012, in the United States. She was 14 when her parents divorced and Whitney gained custody. The jazzy ballad "Saving All My Love for You" was released next and it would become Houston's first number one single in both the US and the UK. which marks the 10-year anniversary of her death, on February 11, 2012. . With a grand run in mornings in Philly, plus a quite controversial exit from where you heard her last, Monie landed on the Flagship for hip Hop radio in Philly, Power 99 fm. "Forbes Names Jackson as the Best-Paid Star 5 Women, 3 Boxers on List of 40 Celebrities". Distract me from him, she continued. Her elder brother, Michael, was a songwriter, and her elder maternal half-brother is former basketball player and singer Gary Garland. [ ] She was a phenomenon waiting to happen, a canny tapping of the listener's yen for a return to the musical middle. [378][64][379] 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."[380]. [376][377] Black female artists, such as Janet Jackson and Anita Baker, were successful in popular music partly because Houston paved the way. Houston played a star who is stalked by a crazed fan and hires a bodyguard (played by Kevin Costner) to protect her. Davis spoke about Houston's death at the evening's start: By now you have all learned of the unspeakably tragic news of our beloved Whitney's passing. My dad was being influenced by people that were lying. Fe. 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. Houston also appeared on European television programs to promote the album. Bobby Brown opened up about blaming Nick Gordon for the deaths of Whitney Houston and daughter Bobbi Kristina, and his own regrets, on the latest Red Table Talk. [332] It includes film versions, remixes and live performances of Houston's Bodyguard songs. Bobby Brown said he was "scared to death" to marry Whitney Houston 30 years ago, but his current wife talked him out of his pre-wedding jitters. But Bobbi caused controversy when she announced her engagement to Nick Gordon - a man she previously considered her big brother. [376], Houston is one of the best-selling recording artists of all time, with more than 200 million records sold worldwide. [174] The movie, with its all African-American cast, was a moderate success, earning about $50million at the U.S. box offices. [289], Tony Bennett spoke of Houston's death before performing at Davis's party. [93] while Entertainment Weekly, at the time thought Houston's shift towards an urban direction was "superficial". The quiet storm R&B ballad was later covered by fellow singer Stephanie Mills. Pat Houston is better known for being the late pop sensation Whitney Houston's manager and her sister-in-law. [120] The New York Times stated that she lacked chemistry with Costner. The legendary singer died at the age of 48 on February 11, 2012. The curse extends to beyond the immediate family, as Bobbi Kristina's boyfriend Nick died of a heroin overdose on January 1, 2020. On the week of March 8, 1986, a year after its initial release, Whitney Houston topped the Billboard 200 albums chart and stayed there for 14 non-consecutive weeks. She renewed her contract for $100million to release six new albums, for which she would also earn royalties. She became one of the first women of color to appear on the cover of a fashion magazine when she appeared on the cover of Seventeen. 3) won Houston her sixth Grammy Award for Best Female R&B Vocal Performance;[192] "My Love Is Your Love" (US No. With Ian Cohen, Paul Gambaccini, Peter Hughes, Martel Maxwell. [138] During Christmas week of 1992, the soundtrack sold over a million copies within a week, becoming the first album to achieve that feat under Nielsen SoundScan system. [155] Houston placed in the top five of Entertainment Weekly's annual "Entertainer of the Year" ranking[156] and was labeled by Premiere magazine as one of the 100 most powerful people in Hollywood. By Rosy Cordero April 14, 2021 at . Also, she was less prolific than either of them, achieving most of her renown on the strength of her first three solo albums and one soundtrack, released from 1985 to 1992. By the end, its transformed into a showcase for her limber, muscular upper register; she sings the title phrase with equal parts bone-deep feeling and technical perfection, turning the conflicted emotions at the songs heart into a jumping-off point for her lifes next step. All three featured live interviews with people who had known Houston, including those that had worked with her, along with some of her peers in the music industry. 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. Together, the couple has a daughter, Rayah Victoria. Debra Martin Chase, producer of Sparkle, stated that Houston deserved the title considering she had been there from the beginning in 2001, when Houston obtained Sparkle production rights. [334][335][336] "Higher Love" was nominated at the 2020 Billboard Music Awards for "Top Dance/Electronic Song of the Year",[337] the 2020 iHeartRadio Music Awards for "Dance Song of the Year" and "Best Remix". She went from 868,000 views in the week prior to her death to 40,200,000 views in the week following her death, a 45-fold increase.[321]. The manner of death was listed as an accident.. [310], Houston topped the list of Google searches in 2012, both globally and in the United States, according to Google's Annual Zeitgeist most-popular searches list. [41] It would also appear on her debut album in 1985. [410], Houston donated all of the earnings from her 1991 Super Bowl XXV performance of "The Star-Spangled Banner" sales to Gulf War servicemen and their families. Dee Dee Warwick, a Grammy-nominated artist who sang backup vocals for Wilson Pickett and Aretha Franklin, is the sister of Dionne Warwick. Houston's first posthumous greatest hits album, I Will Always Love You: The Best of Whitney Houston, was released on November 13, 2012, by RCA Records. Whitney Houston was known for her close-knit relationships with her family and friends. Take her cover of Dolly Partons I Will Always Love You, which became one of the defining singles of the 1990s; it opens with her gently brooding, her unaccompanied voice sounding like its turning over the idea of leaving her lover behind with the lightest touch. She graced this stage with her regal presence and gave so many memorable performances here over the years. [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". 50 in November 1968). I make too much money to ever smoke crack. 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