Whitney Houston
AKA
The Voice
BORN: Whitney Elizabeth Houston
1963-08-09
2012-02-11
BIOGRAPHY
She was an American singer and actress and has influenced many singers in popular music, and is known for her powerful, soulful vocals and vocal improvisation skills. She is the only artist to have had seven consecutive number-one singles on the Billboard Hot 100. Houston’s debut album is listed as one of the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time by Rolling Stone magazine[ and is on Rock and Roll Hall of Fame‘s Definitive 200 list.[59]
Houston reportedly appeared disheveled and erratic in the days before her death. On February 9, 2012, Houston visited singers at their rehearsals for Davis’s pre-Grammy Awards party.That same day, she made her last public performance when she joined Kelly Price on stage in Hollywood, California, and sang “Jesus Loves Me“
Two days later, on February 11, Houston was found unconscious in Suite 434 at the Beverly Hilton, submerged in the bathtub. Beverly Hills paramedics arrived and found Houston unresponsive, and was pronounced dead. The cause of death was not immediately known; local police said there were “no obvious signs of criminal intent. 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”. The manner of death was listed as an “accident”
Houston won numerous accolades, including 2 Emmy Awards, 6 Grammy Awards, 2 Grammy Hall of Fame honors, 14 World Music Awards, 16 Billboard Music Awards and 22 American Music Awards. Houston holds the record for the most American Music Awards received in a single year by a woman with eight wins in 1994 also won a record 11 Billboard Music Awards at its fourth ceremony in 1993. Holds record for the most WMAs won in a single year, winning five awards at the sixth World Music Awards in 1994. She was first artist to be given a BET Lifetime Achievement Award. In 1996, Houston became the second recipient of the BET Walk of Fame and was, at 32, the youngest to receive that honor.
Houston placed at number three on VH1‘s list of “50 Greatest Women of the Video Era” In 2008, Billboard magazine released a list of the Hot 100 All-Time Top Artists ranking Houston at number nine. Similarly, she is also ranked as one of the “Top 100 Greatest Artists of All Time” by VH1. In November 2010, Billboard released its “Top 50 R&B/Hip-Hop Artists of the Past 25 Years” list and ranked Houston at number three and In 2015, she was placed at number nine by Billboard on the list “35 Greatest R&B Artists Of All Time”
QUOTES
- “I finally faced the fact that it isn`t a crime not having friends. Being alone means you have fewer problems.”
- “I'd rather be alone than unhappy”
- “Learning to love yourself, is the greatest love all”
- “I like being a woman, even in a man's world. After all, men can't wear dresses, but we can wear the pants.”
- “I have nothing! Nothing! If I don't have you.”
- Loneliness comes with life.
- God gave me a voice to sing with, and when you have that, what other gimmick is there?
- You can fool people. You can fool anybody anytime of the day, but you can't fool yourself. At night, when you go home, you've got to be straight up with you.
- My mother taught me that when you stand in the truth and someone tells a lie about you, don't fight it.
- I'm either my best friend or my worst enemy.
