Whitney Houston

About Whitney Houston

R&B icon Whitney Houston made her name in the music industry with a series of empowered, impassioned classics that perfectly showcase her powerful and versatile vocal powers. She can effortlessly hit the highest and lowest notes with a virtuosic confidence that is often imitated but never duplicated by her contemporaries and peers. Whitney Houston set the standing 7-straight record for consecutive #1 Billboard Hot 100 hits by a single artist. She was also one of the earliest African American artists to break into heavy rotation on MTV. A native of Newark, New Jersey, young Whitney Houston got her start singing in her local Baptist choir, first as an ensemble voice and then as a soloist. She considered a career as a model and she appeared in ads for Canada Dry and on the cover of Seventeen. After auditioning for Arista Records' president Clive Davis, Whitney recorded her self-titled debut Whitney Houston. The powerhouse 1985 album featured the classic singles "Saving All My Love For You," "You Give Good Love," "Greatest Love of All" and "How Will I Know." 1987's Whitney kept her streak alive with "Didn't We Almost Have It All," "I Wanna Dance With Somebody," "Where Do Broken Hearts Go?" and "So Emotional." Whitney Houston delivered a truly memorable, vibrato-soaked performance of The National Anthem at the 1991 Super Bowl and her tours sold out arenas in Africa, Europe and England. Whitney Houston also scored a huge hit with the soundtrack to the 1992 Kevin Costner blockbuster The Bodyguard (in which she also starred.) Whitney Houston's memorable hits off the soundtrack included a soaring performance of Dolly Parton's "I Will Always Love You" and a remake of Chaka Khan's classic "I'm Every Woman."