[332] It includes film versions, remixes and live performances of Houston's Bodyguard songs. [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. [70], At the 30th Grammy Awards in 1988, Houston was nominated for three awards, including Album of the Year. [116], Having always been a touring artist, Houston spent most of 2004 touring and performing in Europe, the Middle East, Asia and Russia. The New York Times said: "Ms. Houston has shed the defensive hauteur that made her portrayal of a pop star in 'The Bodyguard' seem so distant. [208] Along with the album, an accompanying VHS and DVD was released featuring the music videos to Houston's greatest hits, as well as several hard-to-find live performances including her 1983 debut on The Merv Griffin Show and interviews. [180] Their first project was a made-for-television remake of Rodgers and Hammerstein's Cinderella. [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". [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. [347], Houston possessed a spinto soprano vocal range,[348][349][350] and was referred to as "The Voice" in reference to her vocal talent. [351] Jon Pareles of The New York Times stated Houston "always had a great big voice, a technical marvel from its velvety depths to its ballistic middle register to its ringing and airy heights". [1] In 2023, Rolling Stone ranked her second on their list of the greatest singers of all time. With production from Michael Masser, Kashif, Jermaine Jackson and Narada Michael Walden, Houston's debut album Whitney Houston was released on Valentine's Day, February 14, 1985. Since her death, there have been a lot of questions over Whitney Houston's net worth and who inherited her estate after she died. "[358], Houston's vocal stylings have had a significant impact on the music industry. The case report from LAPD read: "In the hours prior to being found unresponsive he had consumed tequila and snorted cocaine and Percocet.". [388] Since she received the honor at just the age of 37 at the time, Houston was and remains the youngest artist to receive this. Her looks and girl-next-door charm made her one of the most sought-after teen models. There were years we didnt speak at all, but when he got sickly, I went to the hospital and I said, lets end this right now.'. [34] Houston recalled recording the song at just 16 years old. I make too much money to ever smoke crack. [86][87], In 1989, Houston formed The Whitney Houston Foundation For Children, a nonprofit organization that has raised funds for the needs of children around the world. Michael admitted that he feels extremely guilty about his sisters death, but says he didnt quite realize just how dangerous drugs could be when he started getting high with Whitney. Included on the album were four new songs: "Could I Have This Kiss Forever" (a duet with Enrique Iglesias), "Same Script, Different Cast" (a duet with Deborah Cox), "If I Told You That" (a duet with George Michael) and "Fine" and three hits that had never appeared on a Houston album: "One Moment in Time", "The Star-Spangled Banner" and "If You Say My Eyes Are Beautiful", a duet with Jermaine Jackson from his 1986 Precious Moments album. Whitney Houston with father John and mother Cissy | Dirck Halstead/The LIFE Images Collection via Getty Images. I wasn't happy by that point in time. The cause of death was deemed "accidental drowning, heart disease and cocaine use.". In the US, the soulful ballad "You Give Good Love" was chosen as the lead single from Houston's debut to establish her in the black marketplace. [122] It remains in the top forty of most successful rated-R films in box office history. [93] while Entertainment Weekly, at the time thought Houston's shift towards an urban direction was "superficial". She was someone more to be admired, like a museum piece, than to be emulated. [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. The show was a benefit concert that raised a quarter of a million dollars for the United Negro College Fund. He convinced Arista head Clive Davis to make time to see her perform. An image montage of Houston and important black figures who died in 2011 was followed by video footage from the 1994 ceremony, which depicted her accepting two Image Awards for outstanding female artist and entertainer of the year. She was 14 when her parents divorced and Whitney gained custody. Whitney also gained insight into the media world as her father, John Russell Houston, was an . Houston is also credited as an executive producer of the film. Whitney has been certified Diamond in the US for shipments of over ten million copies[69] and has sold a total of 20 million copies worldwide. What Mrs. DeBarge is saying speaks volumes about Whitney's and El's deep friendship, as well . Jackson and Madonna built worldviews around their voices; Ms. Houston's voice was the worldview. El DeBarge's mother, Etterlene "Mama D" DeBarge, told a very eery story about the time that our beloved Whitney Houston apparently reached out to El DeBarge asking him to help her just two days prior to her untimely passing in February 2012. The album included productions from then-husband Bobby Brown, as well as Missy Elliott and Babyface, and marked the first time that Houston did not produce with Clive Davis, as Davis had been released by top management at BMG. "Hope opens his home to U.S. troops". Later in the program, following a montage of photos of musicians who died in 2011 with Houston singing "Saving All My Love for You" at the 1986 Grammys, Hudson paid tribute to Houston and the other artists by performing "I Will Always Love You". Many critics complained that the material was too similar to her previous album. "For the past few years, there have been so many stories that have been told about her life that just did not connect with me . [317] 43 of the top 100 most-downloaded tracks on iTunes were Houston songs, including "I Will Always Love You" from The Bodyguard at number one. [394] Houston's entrance into the music industry is considered one of the 25 musical milestones of the last 25 years, according to USA Today in 2007. As of February 2023, Houston's net worth when she died in 2012 was $20 million. It was beyond disturbing, seeing my daughter's face cut out like that." [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. [38] The label wanted to make sure no other label signed her away and Davis wanted to ensure he had the right material and producers for her debut album. [252] In November, Houston performed "I Didn't Know My Own Strength" at the 2009 American Music Awards in Los Angeles, California. [423][424][425] On December 15, 2020, it was announced that actress Naomi Ackie had been picked to portray Houston. In Whitney's 1982 bedroom, she had a photo of her cousin Dionne Warwick on the wall. Whitney Houston was found dead in a hotel bathtub in 2012 at the age of 48. The service was scheduled for two hours, but lasted four. [59][60] The album's popularity would also carry over to the 1987 Grammy Awards, when "Greatest Love of All" would receive a Record of the Year nomination. "[294] Others paying tribute included Mariah Carey, Quincy Jones, and Oprah Winfrey.[295][296]. In 1990, Whitney took part in Arista Records' 15th anniversary gala, which was an AIDS benefit, where she sang "I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me)", "Greatest Love of All" and, with cousin Dionne Warwick, "That's What Friends Are For". The free concert took place at Naval Station Norfolk in Norfolk, Virginia in front of 3,500 servicemen and women. [248] When Winfrey asked Houston if she was drug-free, Houston responded, "'Yes, ma'am. "[360], Houston struggled with vocal problems in her later years. [98][99][100][101] Dan Klores, a spokesman for Houston, said: "This is not a Milli Vanilli thing. Houston also duetted with gospel legend Shirley Caesar. Heres what we know. Find out more about how we use your information in our privacy policy and cookie policy. The estate also claimed that Nick gave Bobbi a toxic cocktail that caused her to pass out, resulting in her death. [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. She's the kind of woman that would've said 'Stop everything! ", Browns estate filed awrongful death lawsuit against Nickin 2015, alleging he beat her up after a cocaine and drinking binge.. The lawsuit claims that the How Will I Know hitmaker failed to pay the company for such management, which resulted in them suing her for $100 million. [229] Houston's father later died in February 2003. '"[290], Some celebrities opposed Davis's decision to continue with the party while a police investigation was being conducted in Houston's hotel room and her body was still in the building. For further details of our complaints policy and to make a complaint please click this link: thesun.co.uk/editorial-complaints/, Whitney Houston's tragic death was followed by the deaths of loved ones. Three years later, Brown was found . Whitney's sister-in-law, Pat Houston, was basically like a sibling to her. She had years and years of honing her craft on stage and in the studio before she ever got signed to a record label. 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. I took care of my father.. Saturday Night Live displayed a photo of a smiling Houston, alongside Molly Shannon, from her 1996 appearance. [50] At the time, the album was the bestselling debut album by a solo artist. Dee Dee and Dionne were also nieces of Cissy Houston, Whitney's mother. Instead, she "wanted it to be an album of women with vocal distinction" and thus gathered several African-American female artists for the soundtrack, to go along with the film's message about strong women. Gordon's death comes nearly five years after Bobbi Kristina Brown, the daughter of the singers Whitney Houston and Bobby Brown, was found face down and unresponsive in a bathtub in January 2015 . And many fans are convinced that her family tree is cursed. [183] The movie received seven Emmy nominations including Outstanding Variety, Musical or Comedy, while winning Outstanding Art Direction in a Variety, Musical or Comedy Special. Certainly all three have their devotees and detractors, but their presence has been inescapable." 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. 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. [319], The single "I Will Always Love You" returned to the Billboard Hot 100 after almost twenty years, peaking at number three and becoming a posthumous top-ten single for Houston, the first one since 2001. [119] However, controversy arose as some felt Houston's face had been intentionally left out of the film's advertising to hide the film's interracial relationship. The film was directed by Houston's Waiting to Exhale co-star Angela Bassett, and Houston was portrayed by model Yaya DaCosta. But in 2015, Brown died after months in a medically induced coma. [118], With the massive commercial success of her music, film offers poured in, including offers to work with Robert De Niro, Quincy Jones and Spike Lee, but Houston never felt the time was right. Since leaving Hot 97,Monie went on to do morning radio with Hip Hop radio personality Ed Lover at Power 1051 also in NY. The performance aired on January 30, 2011. [162] After opening at number one and grossing $67million in the US at the box office and $81million worldwide,[163] it proved that a movie primarily targeting a black audience can cross over to success, while paving the way for other all-black movies such as How Stella Got Her Groove Back and the Tyler Perry movies that became popular in the 2000s. [395][396][397] She is the top-selling female R&B artist of the 20th century. Kevin Costner Toasts To Whitney Houston In Speech, Thanks Clive Davis For Being "Her Bodyguard" "You were a miracle in her life," he said at the 2023 Pre-Grammy Gala. Whoopi Goldberg and Sherri Shepherd conducted the interview. "[355], Singer Faith Evans stated: "Whitney wasn't just a singer with a beautiful voice. In September 2004, she gave a surprise performance at the World Music Awards in a tribute to long-time friend Clive Davis. [43][44] Arista Records promoted Houston's album with three different singles from the album in the United States, the United Kingdom and other European countries. 679215 Registered office: 1 London Bridge Street, London, SE1 9GF. [186][187], After spending much of the early and mid-1990s working on motion pictures and their soundtrack albums, Houston's first studio album in eight years, the critically acclaimed My Love Is Your Love, was released in November 1998. Houston received a Razzie Award nomination for Worst Actress. 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. Addressing the ongoing drug rumors, she said, "First of all, let's get one thing straight. I do believe her life would have turned out differently, Cissy writes. "The technique is repeated throughout the song, most pronouncedly on every 'I' and 'you'. Whitney Houston Net Worth. She is the first and only black artist to have three Diamond-certified albums. 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. To me, he never seemed to be a help to her in the way she needed., Trailer: Tiffany Haddish Makes Her Return In Black Stripper Comedy Back On The Strip, R. 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Houston and Chase then obtained the rights to the story of Dorothy Dandridge. It was certified Gold by the RIAA in 2020. 6 on the US Hot 100, topping its previous position. In the UK, the dance-funk song "Someone for Me", which failed to chart, was the first single while "All at Once" was in such European countries as the Netherlands and Belgium, where the song reached the top five on the singles charts, respectively.[45]. Still, she quickly added, theyll never get $100 million out of me. Her daughter, Bobbi Kristina Brown , was found face-down in a bathtub just three years later and died at the age of 22. [52][53][54] In July 1986, Houston launched her first world tour, The Greatest Love World Tour, where she performed mainly in North America, Europe, Australia and Japan. [64][65], Houston's second album, Whitney, was released in June 1987. Troops '' rumors, she had years and years of honing her craft on stage and the. Three years later and died at the age of 22, Rolling Stone her... 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