One night before the biggest night in the Music Industry – The Grammy Awards, We regreat to inform you that Actress, Singer and Writter, WHITNEY HOUSTON has passed at the age of 48.
Houston’s publicist, Kristen Forter stated tonight Saturday, February 11,2012 that Whitney has died. The cause and location of her death is currently unknown at this time.
Houston was an American singer, actress, producer and model. Houston is the most awarded female act of all time, according to Guinness World Records,[3] and her list of awards include 2 Emmy Awards, 6 Grammy Awards, 30 Billboard Music Awards, 22 American Music Awards, among a total of 415 career awards as of 2010. Houston was also one of the world’s best-selling music artists, having sold over 170 million albums and singles worldwide.[4][5]
Inspired by several prominent soul singers in her family, including mother Cissy Houston and cousins Dionne Warwick and the late Dee Dee Warwick, as well as her godmother, Aretha Franklin, Houston began singing with New Jersey church’s junior gospel choir at age 11.[6] After she began performing alongside her mother in night clubs in the New York City area, she was discovered by Arista Records label head Clive Davis. As of 2011, Houston has released seven studio albums and three movie soundtrack albums, all of which have diamond, multi-platinum, platinum, or gold certification.
Houston is the only artist to chart seven consecutive No. 1 Billboard Hot 100 hits (“Saving All My Love for You”, “How Will I Know”, “Greatest Love of All”, “I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me)”, “Didn’t We Almost Have It All”, “So Emotional”, and “Where Do Broken Hearts Go”). Houston is the second artist behind Elton John and the only female artist to have two number-one Top Billboard 200 Album awards (formerly “Top Pop Album”) on the Billboard magazine year-end charts. Houston’s 1985 debut album, Whitney Houston, became the best-selling debut album by a female act at the time of its release. The album was also named Rolling Stone‘s best album of 1986, and was ranked at number 254 on Rolling Stone‘s list of the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time.[7] Her second studio album, Whitney (1987), became the first album by a female artist to debut at number one on the Billboard 200 albums chart.[7] Houston’s crossover appeal on the popular music charts as well as her prominence on MTV, starting with her video for “How Will I Know”,[8] influenced several African-American female artists to follow in her footsteps.[9][10]
Houston’s first acting role was as the star of the feature film The Bodyguard (1992). The movie’s original soundtrack won the 1994 Grammy Award for Album of the Year. Its lead single, “I Will Always Love You”, became the best-selling single by a female artist in music history. With this album, Houston became the first act (solo or group, male or female) to sell more than a million copies of an album within a single week period.[7] The album also makes her the only female act in the top 10 list of the best-selling albums of all time, at number four. Houston continued to star in movies and contribute to their adjoining soundtracks, including the films Waiting to Exhale (1995) and The Preacher’s Wife (1996). The Preacher’s Wife soundtrack would go on to become the best-selling gospel album in history.[11] Three years after the release of her fourth studio album, My Love Is Your Love (1998), she renewed her recording contract with Arista Records.[11] She released her fifth studio album, Just Whitney, in 2002, and the Christmas-themed One Wish: The Holiday Album in 2003. Amid widespread media coverage of personal and professional turmoil, Houston ended her 14-year marriage to singer Bobby Brown in 2006. In 2009, Houston released her seventh studio album, I Look to You.
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Jane
February 12, 2012 at 12:38 PM
I grew up listening to Whitney Houston’s songs. Her music will live on, forever! Such a precious gift, gone. We will miss you Whitney….
Doris
February 12, 2012 at 2:52 PM
WILL BE MISSED FOREVER,WHITNEY…GOD PICKED AND HAND CHOSEN. A GLORIES VOICE SO CLOSE TO AN ANGEL. MY HEART WENT BROKEN AND STILL IS AS I TRY TO WRAP THE SAD NEWS AROUND MY EMOTIONS. I PRAY FOR THE HUSTON’S THAT GOD’S HOLY ANGEL HOLD THE FAMILY CLOSE AND HER DAUGHTER…NO ONE KNOWS THE FUTURE BUT GOD! I PRAY THAT SHE MADE HER WAY INTO GOD’S EMBRACE AND CAN NOW BE WITH PEACE FROM HER UNCERTAINTIES OF THIS WORLD!
Juanita Mitchell
February 12, 2012 at 6:01 PM
I thank the Almighty God who loaned Whitney Houston to us for the time she’s been with us. He said, “Therefore be ye also ready: for in such an hour as ye think not the Son of man cometh!” (Matthew 24:44) He is awesome and I appreciate how He used her voice to touch so many lives. My condolences go out to her family and I just want them to know that God knows best and does not make mistakes. I pray that she made it in and that she is in His arms. She will be missed, but again God in His infinite Wisdom and Love knows best!
SHARON
February 12, 2012 at 7:35 PM
I WOULD JUST LIKE TO SEND MY HEARTFELT PRAYERS TO THE FAMILY OF WHITNEY, I MUST SAY THAT SHE HAS INSPIRED ME FOR MANY YEARS, ACTUALLY THE SONG THE GREATEST LOVE OF ALL, WAS THE SONG THAT I DEDICATED TO JESUS WHEN I BECAME BORN AGAIN, I WILL NEVER FORGET THE MOMENT THE HOLY SPIRIT HAD PUT THAT ON MY HEART, THAT HE IS THE GREATEST LOVE OF ALL, WE CANNOT LOOK TO THE WORLD BUT TO LOOK TO JESUS FOR ALL THE LOVE WE WILL EVER NEED, I AM PRAYING FOR ALL OF THE FAMILIES, GOD BLESS EACH AND EVERYONE. WHITNEYS VOICE WILL NEVER BE FORGOTTEN THIS WAS A GIFT FROM THE ALMIGHTY, WE MUST NEVER LOOSE SIGHT OF THE ONE LOVE THAT WILL NEVER LEAVE US, MAN WILL BUT HE NEVER WILL, AND IT DOES NOT COST US A THING. HE ALREADY PAID THE PRICE ON THE CROSS FOR OUR SINS. I AM SURE WHITNEY WASNT EXPECTING TO DIE, BUT WE TRULY NEVER KNOW WHEN OUR TIME HAS COME. BE PREPARED.
Pamela Norman
February 12, 2012 at 8:20 PM
God saidthat He came that we might have LIFE more abundently. Satan came to steal, kill and destroy. Satan and his counterparts took Whitney. NOT GOD. He is not a man that he would lie. Any time you leave from the protection of our Lord and Savior satan is close by. That why its important to stay prayed up. Its important to pray and obey. Yes, God blessed her with an awesome voice but satan stole her away because he does not play fair. Rest Whitney and you will always be remembered in my heart.
Ms. J
February 13, 2012 at 12:13 PM
The Word also says that God will destroy the body in order to save the soul. Only God knew her heart, it’s not good to judge a thing before it’s time. I won’t put her heaven and you shouldn’t put her in hell!! Only God knows what happen in those last minutes of her life. My prayers to the family and all those who love her.
Chris Jones
February 13, 2012 at 11:07 AM
To the Houston family my Prayers go out to you. I know it’s time like these are Faith is tested but know you are not alone. Yes you have your family and friends. But keep your head up and your heart open because God is the one to help you thru. Whitney I know without a doubt you are in a better place now. So I’m sad that you are gone,but I’m happy that you are with our Lord.
Pamela L. Bryant
February 13, 2012 at 12:31 PM
Whitney, so talented, so beautiful with a voice blessed by God. Man saw your flaws, God heard your cries, he knew your heart, hurt and pain. I cried when I saw your baptismal is Isreal, and then I rejoiced in the Lord!! We as your fans were blessed to have known Whitney Houston, and I shall not ponder why? But, remember the angelic vocals of your musical talent, and the favor of God that was on your life, and that same favor will carry your family through these sorrowful times.
Dean
February 14, 2012 at 8:38 AM
I’m still in shock! I’m praying for the entire Houston family. Whitney will definately be missed, she has a voice of an Angel!
Audrey
February 14, 2012 at 11:23 AM
Whitney was not just a soulful singer, she was a singer that touched the deepest parts of your soul.
amazing417@aol.com
February 15, 2012 at 12:08 PM
Whitney will never be forgotten….. RIP…