  Whitney Elizabeth Houston Brown
was born August 9, 1963 in Newark, NJ, the
daughter of Cissy Houston, a
successful rhythm-and-blues backup singer,
and a cousin of Dionne Warwick. Since her debut in
1985, Whitney has risen through the ranks of
pop diva to a level of musical respect few
artists can claim internationally. Whitney
has been singing since her days as a member
of the New Hope Baptist Junior Choir in
Newark where she was a soloist at the age of
11. Her rise to fame began in her teens in
the background as a backup singer for the
likes of Chaka
Khan, Lou Rawls,
and her mother. At the same time, Whitney
pursued a career in modeling. Whitney's first
introduction to a pop hit came in 1984 on a
duet with Teddy Pendergrass
called "Hold Me."
 # 202
Singles Artist of the Year
 # 14
Singles Artist of the Year
 Whitney signed with the Arista
label and released her debut LP, Whitney
Houston. Her first single, "You
Give Good Love" went Top 10, and was
followed by three #1 hits: "Saving
All My Love For You," "How Will I
Know," and "The Greatest Love of
All." The LP went on to sell over 12
million copies.
Whitney
Houston was certified gold.
Whitney hit the Top 40 with
"Saving
All My Love For You."
Whitney
Houston was certified platinum.
Whitney hit the Top
10
with with "Saving
All My Love For You."
Whitney
Houston was certified 2x platinum.
 # 8
Singles Artist of the Year
Whitney won 2 American Music
Awards for Favorite Soul/R&B Single ("You Give Good
Love") and Favorite Soul/R&B Video
("Saving
All My Love For You"), and was nominated for Favorite Pop/Rock Female Artist, Favorite Soul/R&B Female
Artist,
Favorite Soul/R&B Female Video Artist,
and Favorite Soul/R&B
Album
(Whitney
Houston).
 Whitney won her first Grammy
Award for Best Pop Vocal Performance -
Female
("Saving
All My Love For You") and was also nominated
for Album of the Year (Whitney
Houston) and Best R&B Vocal
Performance - Female ("You Give Good
Love").
Whitney hit the Top
10 and
#1 with "How Will I Know."
Whitney
Houston was certified 3x platinum.
Whitney
Houston was certified 4x platinum.
Whitney hit the Top
10
with "Greatest Love Of All."
Whitney
Houston was certified 5x platinum.
Whitney hit #1 with
"Greatest Love Of All."
Whitney
Houston was certified 6x platinum.
Whitney also won 6 Billboard
Music Awards (Top Black Album and Top Pop
Album for Whitney
Houston, Top Black Album Artist, Top
Pop Album Artist, Top Pop Album Artist -
Female, and Top Pop Artist (combined LPs
& singles)) and Rolling Stone's
Top Album of the Year for Whitney
Houston.
Whitney
Houston was certified 7x platinum.
Whitney won her first Emmy Award
for Outstanding Individual Performance in a
Variety or Music Program (The 28th Annual
Grammy Awards).
The video for "How Will I
Know" won a MTV Video Music
Award for Best Female Video and was nominated for Best New Artist.
 # 3
Singles Artist of the Year
Whitney took home 5 American Music
Awards: Favorite Pop/Rock Female Artist, Favorite Pop/Rock Album and Favorite Soul/R&B Album (Whitney
Houston), Favorite Soul/R&B Female
Artist,
and Favorite Soul/R&B Video ("The
Greatest Love Of All), and was nominated for
Favorite Pop/Rock Female Video Artist and
Favorite Soul/R&B Female Video Artist.
Whitney
Houston was certified 8x platinum.
Whitney was nominated for a Grammy Award for Record of the Year ("Greatest Love
Of All").
 Whitney's sophomore LP, Whitney continued her streak
of #1 hits, not only on the pop charts, but
with R&B and adult contemporary lists as
well. It was the first LP by a female artist
to debut on the LP charts at #1. The LP gave
Whitney four more #1 hits: "I Wanna
Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me),"
"Where Do Broken Hearts Go,"
"So Emotional," and "Didn't We
Almost Have It All." Whitney's voice was
heard on the radio throughout 1987 and 1988
with the additional singles "Love Will
Save The Day" and "One Moment In
Time" (a recording for an Olympics LP
compilation). The LP sold over 9 million
copies.
Whitney won a Billboard Music
Award for Top Album Artist - Female and a
People's Choice Award for Favorite Female
Musical Performer.
Whitney hit the Top
10 and
#1 (for 2 weeks) with "I Want To Dance
With Somebody (Who Loves Me)."
Whitney was certified 2x
platinum and the single "I Wanna Dance
With Somebody (Who Loves Me)" was
certified gold.
Whitney was certified 3x
platinum.
Whitney was certified 4x
platinum.
Whitney hit #1 with "Didn't
We Almost Have It All."
Whitney was certified 5x
platinum.
 # 5
Singles Artist of the Year (#1
Female Artist of the Year)
Whitney won 2 American Music
Awards for Favorite Pop/Rock Female Artist and Favorite Pop/Rock Single ("I Wanna Dance
With Somebody (Who Loves Me)") and was
nominated for Favorite Soul/R&B Female
Artist.
Whitney won a Grammy
Award for Best Female Pop Vocal
Performance ("I Wanna Dance With
Somebody (Who Loves Me)") and was
nominated for Album of the Year (Whitney) and Best R&B Vocal
Performance - Female.
Whitney was certified 6x
platinum.
Whitney won another Emmy Award
for Outstanding Musical Performance in a
Sports Program (Special Olympics).
Whitney
Houston was certified 9x platinum.
Whitney was certified 9x
platinum.
Whitney won a Billboard Music
Award for Top Pop Singles Artist - Female.
 # 194
Singles Artist of the Year
In between making music, Whitney
formed the Whitney Houston Foundation For
Children. The non-profit organization works
to assist a variety of children's issues
including homelessness, cancer, AIDS, and
youth self-empowerment. Whitney also won a
People's Choice Award for Favorite Female
Musical Performer.
Whitney won 2 American Music
Awards for Favorite Pop/Rock Female Artist and Favorite Soul/R&B Female
Artist.
The single "I Wanna Dance
With Somebody (Who Loves Me)" was
certified platinum.
Whitney was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal
Performance ("One Moment In
Time").
Whitney hit the Top 40 with Aretha Frankin with "It Isn't, It Wasn't, It
Ain't Never Gonna Be" from Aretha's LP Through
The Storm.
 # 63
Singles Artist of the Year
Whitney won 2 more American
Music Awards for Favorite Pop/Rock Female
Vocalist and Favorite Soul/R&B Female
Vocalist.
Whitney hit the Top 10 and #1 for 2 weeks with
"All The Man That I Need."
Whitney was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best R&B Vocal
Performance by a Duo or Group ("It Isn't, It Wasn't, It
Ain't Never Gonna Be" with Aretha Franklin).
Whitney hit the Top 40 with
"I'm Your Baby Tonight."
 Whitney released I'm
Your Baby Tonight and hit #1
with two more songs: "All The Man That I Need" and "I'm Your Baby Tonight." Although the LP
sold over 4 million copies in the U.S., the
LP was considered a disappointment.
A rendition of the "Star
Spangled Banner" from 1990's Super Bowl
also charted for Whitney.
I'm
Your Baby Tonight was certified gold.
Whitney hit the Top 10 with "I'm Your Baby Tonight."
Whitney hit #1 for a week with "I'm Your Baby Tonight."
 # 6
Singles Artist of the Year
Whitney hit the Top 40 with
"All The Man That I Need."
I'm
Your Baby Tonight was certified 2x
platinum.
Whitney hit the Top 10 and #1 for 2 weeks with
"All The Man That I Need."
Whitney was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal
Performance ("I'm Your Baby Tonight").
Whitney hit the Top 40 with her
live rendition of "The Star Spangled
Banner."
The single "All The Man That I Need" was certified
gold.
Whitney hit the Top 40 with
"Miracle."
The single for "The Star Spangled
Banner"
was certified gold.
I'm
Your Baby Tonight was certified 3x
platinum.
Whitney hit the Top 10 with "Miracle."
Whitney hit the Top 40 with
"My Name Is Not Susan."
 # 73
Singles Artist of the Year
Whitney was
nominated for 5 American Music
Awards for Favorite Soul/R&B Female
Artist,
Favorite Soul/R&B
Female Artist, Favorite Adult Contemporary
Artist,
Favorite Soul/R&B
Album,
and Favorite Adult
Contemporary Album (I'm
Your Baby Tonight).
Whitney was nominated for a Grammy
Award for Best Female Pop Vocal
Performance ("All The Man That I Need").
Whitney married Bobby
Brown.
 Whitney also focused her
professional attention to the movies and
starred opposite Kevin Costner in The
Bodyguard. The movie grossed
over $400 million worldwide and the
soundtrack became one of the best-selling LPs
of all-time, selling over 16 million copies.
The soundtrack provided us with Whitney's 3
biggest #1 hits: "I Have Nothing," a remake of Chaka
Khan's "I'm Every Woman," and a remake of
Dolly Parton's
"I Will Always Love You" which spent a
remarkable 11 weeks at #1 on the ARC. "I Will Always Love You" became the
largest selling commercial single in history
(an achievement displaced by Elton
John's "Candle In The Wind
1997").
Whitney hit the Top 40 and Top 10 with "I Will Always Love You."
Whitney topped the Billboard Hot
100 for 14 weeks, the Top Singles Sales chart
for 14 weeks, and the Top 40 Radio Monitor
chart for 11 weeks with "I Will Always Love You."
 Whitney hit #1 for 11 weeks with
"I Will Always Love You."
The single "I Will Always Love You" was certified 3x
platinum.
Whitney topped the Billboard
R&B Singles chart for 11 weeks and the
Adult Contemporary Singles chart for 5 weeks
with "I Will Always Love You."
Whitney topped the Billboard LP
chart for 20 weeks and the Top R&B Albums
chart for 8 weeks with The
Bodyguard soundtrack.
 # 1
Singles Artist of the Year (# 1
Female Artist of the Year)
Whitney hit the Top 40 and Top 10 with "I'm Every Woman."
The
Bodyguard soundtrack was certified 6x
platinum and the single "I Will Always Love You" was certified 4x
platinum.
 Whitney hit the Top 40 with
"I Have Nothing."
Whitney was nominated for a Grammy
Award for Best R&B Vocal
Performance - Female ("I Belong To You").
Whitney topped the Billboard Hot
Dance Music Club Play chart for 2 weeks with
"I'm Every Woman."
The
Bodyguard soundtrack was certified 7x
platinum.
Whitney gave birth to her 1st
child, Bobbi Kristina.
Whitney hit the Top 10 with "I Have Nothing" and #1 for a week with "I'm Every Woman."
Whitney topped the Billboard Top
40 Radio Monitor chart for 6 weeks with
"I Have Nothing."
 The single "I'm Every Woman" was certified
gold.
Whitney hit #1 for 4 weeks with
"I Have Nothing."
Whitney topped the Billboard Hot
Dance Music Maxi-Singles Sales chart for 2
weeks with "I'm Every Woman."
The
Bodyguard soundtrack was certified 8x
platinum.
Whitney topped the Billboard Top
Adult Contemporary Single chart for 2 weeks
with "I Have Nothing."
Whitney was certified 7x
platinum. The single "I Have Nothing" was certified
gold.
Whitney also won a MTV Movie
Award for Best Song ("I Will Always Love You") and a People's
Choice Award for Favorite Female Musical
Performer.
Whitney hit the Top 40 with
"Run To You."
The
Bodyguard soundtrack was certified 9x
platinum.
Whitney hit the Top 10 with "Run To You."
 The
Bodyguard soundtrack was certified 10x
platinum.
Whitney hit the Top 40 with Bobby
Brown with "Something In Common" from Bobby
Brown's Remixes
N The Key Of B.
Whitney hit the Top 40 with
"Queen Of The Night."
Whitney hit the Top 10 with "Something In Common."
Music from The
Bodyguard soundtrack dominated the charts
throughout the year and the LP became the
best-selling LP of the year with 5.5 million
copies sold in the U.S. within 1993.
Whitney's "I Will Always Love You" topped the ARC Weekly Top 40
Year-end Singles Chart.
Whitney topped the Billboard
Year-End Charts as the Top Hot 100
Singles Artist, Top Hot 100 Singles Artist -
Female, Top R&B Singles Artist, and Top
R&B Singles Artist - Female, and with the
Top Hot 100 Single, Top Hot 100 Single Sales,
Top R&B Single, and Top Hot R&B
Singles Sales ("I Will Always Love You"), and The
Bodyguard soundtrack was the Top
Billboard 200 Album, Top Soundtrack Album,
and Top R&B Album.
 # 52
Singles Artist of the Year
Whitney
Houston was certified 10x platinum.
Whitney topped the Billboard Hot
Dance Music Club Play chart for a week with
"Queen Of The Night."
Whitney won 8 American Music
Awards for Favorite Pop/Rock Female
Artist, Favorite Pop/Rock Single and Favorite
Soul/R&B Single ("I Will Always Love You"), Favorite
Pop/Rock Album, Favorite Soul/R&B Album,
and Favorite Adult Contemporary Album (The
Bodyguard), Favorite Soul/R&B Female
Artist, and the Award of Merit - and was also
nominated for Favorite Adult Contemporary
Artist.
The
Bodyguard soundtrack was certified 11x
platinum.
Whitney hit the Top
10
with "Queen Of The Night."
Whitney could also be heard on
other compilations including A
Tribute To Curtis Mayfield.
Whitney won 3 Grammy
Awards for Record of
the Year and Best Pop Vocal Performance,
Female ("I Will Always Love You") and Album of the Year (The
Bodyguard soundtrack) and was also
nominated for Best R&B Vocal
Performance - Female ("I'm Every Woman").
Whitney was honored with the
Sammy Davis, Jr. Award at the Soul Train
Music Awards.
Whitney could be found singing
songs from The
Bodyguard on many award shows, and then
returning to the stage to pick up award after
award.
Whitney won and a Juno Award in
Canada for Best-Selling Album (foreign or
domestic) (The
Bodyguard).
The
Bodyguard soundtrack was certified 13x
platinum and Whitney
Houston was certified 11x platinum.
 # 81
Singles Artist of the Year
The
Bodyguard soundtrack was certified 14x
platinum, I'm
Your Baby Tonight was certified 4x
platinum, and Whitney
Houston was certified 12x platinum.
The
Bodyguard soundtrack was certified 15x
platinum.
 Whitney's movie/music
combination continued with her role in Waiting
To Exhale and several songs by
Whitney on the soundtrack, including the #1
"Exhale (Shoop Shoop)", and duet with Ce
Ce Winans, "Count On Me." The soundtrack
also contained tracks from other leading
female R&B artists and went on to sell
over 7 million copies in the U.S.
Whitney hit the Top 40 and Top 10 with "Exhale (Shoop Shoop)."
Whitney topped the Billboard Hot
100 Single chart for a week, the Singles
Sales chart for 3 weeks, the R&B Singles
chart for 8 weeks, the Singles Sales chart
for 7 weeks, and the Hot Dance Music
Maxi-Singles Sales chart for a week with
"Exhale (Shoop Shoop)."
Whitney was inducted into the
Soul Train Music Awards Hall of Fame.
 Whitney topped the Billboard Hot
R&B Airplay chart for 7 weeks with "Exhale (Shoop Shoop)."
The singles "You Give Good
Love," "How Will I Know,"
"Greatest Love Of All,"
"Saving All My Love," and "So
Emotional" were certified gold.
Whitney hit #1 for a week with "Exhale (Shoop Shoop)."
 # 20
Singles Artist of the Year
The single "Exhale (Shoop Shoop)" was certified
platinum and the Waiting
To Exhale soundtrack was
certified 4x platinum.
The Waiting
To Exhale soundtrack was certified 5x
platinum.
Whitney hit the Top 40 with Ce
Ce Winans with "Count On Me."
Whitney hit the Top 10 with "Count On Me."
The single "Count On Me" was certified
gold and the Waiting
To Exhale soundtrack was certified 6x
platinum.
Whitney hit the Top 40 with
"Why Does It Hurt So Bad."
The Waiting
To Exhale soundtrack was certified 7x
platinum.
 Whitney's third movie, The
Preacher's Wife, didn't fare quite as
spectacularly at the box office, but the
soundtrack for the film presented her with an
opportunity to get back in touch with her
gospel roots. Tracks such as "I Believe In You And Me" and "Step By Step" were popular
hits. The soundtrack sold over 3 million
copies in the U.S.
The
Preacher's Wife topped the Billboard Gospel
Albums chart.
The
Bodyguard soundtrack was certified 16x
platinum.
Whitney hit the Top 40 with
"I Believe In You And Me."
 # 37
Singles Artist of the Year
Whitney topped the Billboard
R&B Albums chart for 2 weeks and the
Billboard Gospel Albums chart for 26 weeks
with The
Preacher's Wife.
Whitney hit the Top 10 with "I Believe In You And Me."
Whitney won an American Music
Award for Favorite Adult Contemporary
Artist.
The
Preacher's Wife soundtrack was certified 2x
platinum.
 Whitney was nominated for 3 Grammy Awards: Best R&B
Performance, Female for "Exhale (Shoop Shoop)," Best Song
Written Specifically for a Motion Picture or
for Television (songwriter) for "Exhale (Shoop Shoop)" (with Babyface) and Best Pop Collaboration with
Vocals
for "Count On Me" (with Ce
Ce Winans).
The single "I Believe In You And Me" was certified
platinum.
Whitney hit the Top 40 with
"Step By Step."
Whitney hit the Top 10 with "Step By Step."
The single "Step By Step" was certified
gold.
Whitney made news while on
vacation. Apparently, she was at a hospital
in Capri (an Italian island) with a small,
deep cut on her face. Whitney and husband, Bobby
Brown were on a yacht vacation of the
Mediterranean. The cut initiated a police
investigation and accounts on what happened
were conflicting. Whitney told authorities
she received the cut when she hit her face on
a rock while swimming. Members of the
couple's yacht crew reported that the cut
occurred while on the yacht. The last
controversy of this nature with the couple
was in June, when witnesses reportedly saw
Brown slap Whitney in a Hawaiian shopping
mall. At that time, Whitney stated the
reports were a case of mistaken identity.
Whitney's publicist later reported that
Whitney did cut her face on the yacht when
she slipped in the dining room. Whitney has
denied reports about a troubled marriage or
domestic problems: "...he wouldn't be
there if he did."
Whitney appeared on HBO with Classic
Whitney, a live performance from
Washington, D.C.
 Whitney could be seen in an ABC
presentation of Cinderella co-starring Brandy. Brandy and Whitney
demonstrated that when they combine with
Disney and a classic story, they're a hit.
The Sunday night airing of the Rodgers &
Hammerstein musical, Cinderella was viewed by over 60
million people in the U.S. Cinderella, starring Brandy in the title role and
Whitney as her fairy godmother, was presented
by ABC's newly revamped Wonderful World
of Disney. The presentation helped ABC
get their best ratings in that time slot in
over 13 years.
It was reported that Whitney
would be singing at a performance headed by
the Rev. Sun Myung Moon's Unification Church.
Many assumed that Whitney did not know the
specifics of the performance (as part of The
World Culture and Sports Festival), but did
agree to sing for 45 minutes for a
seven-figure payment. Houston's publicist
stated "...that title sounded good to
Whitney, because those are the types of
events she likes to perform at... She's
always attracted to things that are family
oriented." The performance was scheduled
for November 29th at the RFK Stadium in
Washington, and included Jon
Secada as her opening act (Secada
apparently was also unaware of the
performance's connection to Moon and thought
it was a Whitney concert). The event was
called a mass wedding for
"Moonies." A spokesperson for
Moon's group stated that every artist booked
for their events knows in advance who is
hiring them. Whitney ended up canceling her
appearance at the Moonie wedding. Houston
cancelled at the last minute due to a sudden
illness.
Houston reportedly cancelled her
appearance an hour before she was due on
stage and this made 4 cancellations this year
for the songstress after previous
cancellations at the Essence Awards, a
Children's Defense Fund appearance, and The
Rosie O'Donnell Show. Rosie had stated
on-the-air that her cancellation came within
an hour of the airing, and it has also been
reported that Whitney was seen later in the
day with husband Bobby Brown for his
appearance on The Late Show With David
Letterman.
The
Preacher's Wife soundtrack topped the Billboard
Year-End Charts as the Top Gospel
Album.
 # 142
Singles Artist of the Year
Whitney was nominated for 2 Grammy
Awards for Best R&B Vocal
Performance - Female ("I Believe In You And Me") and Best R&B Album (The
Preacher's Wife).
Whitney returned to The
Rosie O'Donnell Show with a
tongue-in-cheek note from her mother stating
that she was sick in October, and was not
able to appear on her show.
Whitney, however, did not appear
at the Grammy
Awards at the end of February. She
told Entertainment Tonight that she
was unhappy with the fact that the soundtrack
to The
Preacher's Wife was not nominated in the gospel
category (she was nominated in R&B
categories). She told ET:
"Basically, it was my gospel album and
it was excluded from the gospel category
altogether... I'm sick of work being done and
people not recognizing it."
Whitney won a Gospel Music
Association Dove Award for Best Traditional
Gospel Recorded Song for "I Go To The
Rock," a People's Choice Award for
Favorite Female Musical Performer, and the
"Quincy Jones Award" for
Outstanding Career Achievement at the Soul
Train Music Awards.
 The
Preacher's Wife soundtrack was certified 3x
platinum.
Whitney and Mariah
Carey teamed up together in New York
to record "When
You Believe" for the film The
Prince Of Egypt.
 "When You Believe"
appeared on Houston's first new LP in 8 years
- My
Love Is Your Love. Whitney's new LP
featured a variety of producers including Babyface, Wyclef
Jean, Lauryn
Hill, and Missy
Elliott. On her collaboration with
Carey, Houston told USA Today:
"We came together to sing, we didn't
come together to fight... Mariah and I never
had a rivalry because I didn't know her well
enough to have one with her and she didn't
know me well enough to have one with me... so
when we met, we got to know each other and
now we're friends." Whitney also talked
to Newsweek about rumors that
continue to plague her: "No, I'm not a
drug addict, and neither is my husband. If
that were so, you'd get a lot less work out
of me. It would show in the performances and
in the work."
Whitney hit the Top 40 with
"When
You Believe" (with Mariah
Carey from The
Prince Of Egypt).
My
Love Is Your Love was certified
platinum.
Whitney hit the Top
10
with "When
You Believe" (with Mariah
Carey).
 # 6
Singles Artist of the Year
 My
Love Is Your Love was certified 2x
platinum.
Whitney hit the Top 40 with
"Heartbreak
Hotel"
(with Faith Evans and Kelly
Price).
"It's
Not Right, But It's Okay" topped the
Billboard Club Play chart for 3 weeks.
"Heartbreak
Hotel"
topped the Billboard R&B/Hip-Hop Singles
& Tracks chart for 7 weeks.
The single "Heartbreak
Hotel"
was certified platinum and hit the Top
10.
 Whitney could be seen on VH1 as
part of VH1
Divas Live 99.
Whitney hit #1 with "Heartbreak
Hotel"
(with Faith Evans and Kelly
Price) which also topped the
Billboard Club Play chart for a week.
 Whitney hit the Top 40 with
"It's
Not Right, But It's Okay."
Whitney kicked off her world
tour in Chicago as her next single, "It's
Not Right, But It's Okay," climbed the
charts.
Whitney won a NAACP Award for
Outstanding Duo/Group for "When
You Believe" (with Mariah
Carey) and was also nominated for
Outstanding Album and Outstanding Female
Artist for My
Love Is Your Love, and Outstanding Video
for "When
You Believe" (with Mariah
Carey), and Outstanding Performance
in a Variety Series/Special for When You
Believe: Music Inspired By The Prince Of
Egypt.
The single "It's
Not Right, But It's Okay" was certified
gold.
 Whitney hit the Top
10
with "It's
Not Right, But It's Okay."
Whitney was ranked # 61 on VH1: 100
Greatest Women of Rock & Roll.
Whitney
Houston was certified 13x platinum.
Whitney was nominated for 2 Soul
Train Lady of Soul Awards for Best
R&B/Soul Single ("Heartbreak
Hotel")
and Best R&B/Soul Album (My
Love Is Your Love).
Whitney was nominated for a MTV
Video Music Award for Best R&B Video ("Heartbreak
Hotel"
(with Faith Evans and Kelly
Price)).
The single "My
Love Is Your Love" was certified gold and
hit the Top 40 and topped the Billboard
Maxi-Singles Sales chart for 2 weeks.
As "My
Love Is Your Love" heated up the charts, it
was announced that Whitney teamed up with Enrique
Iglesias for a duet to appear on
Houston's greatest hits due out next year.
Whitney was nominated for 2 MTV
Europe Music Awards for Best Female Artist
and Best R&B Artist.
My
Love Is Your Love was certified 3x
platinum.
Whitney won a MTV European Music
Award for Best R&B Artist.
The
Bodyguard soundtrack was certified 17x
platinum.
The single "My
Love Is Your Love" was certified platinum.
 # 54
Singles Artist of the Year
Whitney was nominated for 3 American
Music Awards for
Favorite Female Artist, Favorite Female
Artist, and Favorite R&B Album.
Also during the month, marijuana
was reportedly found in Whitney's luggage at
a Hawaiian airport, but Houston boarded the
plane before police arrived. A bag of
marijuana was reportedly found at a security
checkpoint and Houston was able to leave on
her flight before police arrived.
Whitney was nominated for a Brit
Award for Best International Female Solo
Artist.
Whitney won a Grammy
Award for Best R&B Vocal
Performance - Female ("It's
Not Right, But It's Okay") and was also
nominated for Best Pop Collaboration with
Vocals
("When
You Believe" with Mariah
Carey), Best R&B Vocal
Performance by a Duo or Group ("Heartbreak
Hotel"
with Faith Evans and Kelly
Price), and Best R&B Album (My
Love Is Your Love). Whitney performed
"It's
Not Right, But It's Okay" and "I
Learned From The Best" at the Grammys.
Whitney was also nominated for 2
Soul Train Music Awards for Best R&B/Soul
Single, Female ("My
Love Is Your Love") and Best R&B/Soul
Album, Female (My
Love Is Your Love).
Whitney topped the Billboard
Club Play chart with "I
Learned From The Best."
Whitney was honored with an
Artist of the Decade award at this year's
Soul Train Music Awards as another single
("I Learned From The Best") from My
Love Is Your Love climbed the
charts.
Late in the month, Whitney's
publicist stated that Whitney
"regretfully withdrew" from
performing at Sunday's Academy Awards due to
a sore throat, resulting in Faith Hill filling in for her.
But the New York Post is claiming
the songstress was asked to leave rehearsals
by Burt Bacharach after
performance mistakes and
"discombobulated" appearance.
Whitney also stirred up controversy with a Jane
interview in which she responded to a
question about her bracelet: "I asked
this Jew guy on Diamond Row in New York (to
make it)."
Whitney hit the Top 40 with
"I
Learned From The Best" which also
topped the Billboard Maxi-Singles Sales chart
for 1 week.
As reports came that a Whitney
special on CBS this spring would not be
happening, Whitney released a vinyl box set (Unreleased
Mixes) with 4 LPs of remixed hits.
Whitney did show up for Arista Record's 25th
anniversary special (aired in May) and
performed a 20 minute set. The following day
it was announced that marijuana possession
charges would not be filed against Houston in
Hawaii (from the January incident).
 Whitney's greatest hits, Whitney
- The Greatest Hits, was released and hit
#1 in the U.K. The 2-CD collection includes
new collaborations with Enrique
Iglesias, George
Michael. and Deborah Cox.
My
Love Is Your Love was certified 4x
platinum.
Whitney hit the Top 40 with
"Could
I Have This Kiss Forever" (a duet with Enrique
Iglesias ).
 A story in US Weekly
implied that concerns over Whitney's recent
antics could be related to a reported family
drug intervention last July.
Whitney
- The Greatest Hits was certified 2x
platinum and topped the UK charts for 2
weeks.
Whitney hit the Top
10
with "Could
I Have This Kiss Forever"
 It was reported that Whitney
will be charged by Hawaiian authorities for
the January incident in which marijuana was
found in her luggage. Charges were later
dismissed in November.
VH1: 100
Greatest Dance Songs includes Whitney's
"I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves
Me)" at # 86.
Rolling Stone
& MTV: 100 Greatest Pop Songs includes "I Will Always Love You" at # 40.
Whitney was nominated for an American Music
Award for Favorite Soul/R&B
Female Artist.
Whitney was nominated for a Soul
Train Music Award for Best R&B/Soul
Single, Group, Band or Duo ("Same
Script, Different Cast" with Deborah
Cox).
Whitney was nominated for a
Blockbuster Entertainment Award for Favorite
Female Artist - R&B.
A judge dismissed the marijuana
possession charges against Whitney in Hawaii.
Whitney may be the co-starring in the next
James Bond film.
Whitney was honored with the
Lifetime Achievement Award at the Black
Entertainment Television Awards.
Whitney signed a new multi-album
record deal with Arista Records worth over
$100 million. In a statement, Whitney said of
the deal: "I am so excited with this new
deal and I'm looking forward to going into
the studio soon to start work on my next
album."
Whitney helped out Michael Jackson in celebrating his 30
years in the music business as a solo artist
with a party.
In light of the 9/11 tragedy,
the single "The Star Spangled
Banner"
was certified platinum and topped the
Billboard Hot 100 Sales Singles chart for 6
weeks and the R&B/Hip-Hop Singles Sales
chart for 2 weeks.
 # 109
Singles Artist of the Year
Whitney performed on VH1
Divas 2002: Divas Las Vegas.
Whitney hit the Top 40 with
"Whatchulookinat." Billboard
said the track "...comes across like a
poor little rich girl whining."
Whitney ranked
# 24 on VH1: 100
Sexiest Artists.
Whitney topped the Billboard
Dance Music Club Play chart for a week with
the 'Thunderpuss & Full Intention Mixes'
of "Whatchulookinat."
Whitney
- The Greatest Hits was certified 3x
platinum.
 In an interview with Diane
Sawyer on ABC, Whitney talked about many
issues being bantered around in the press:
"I am not sick. Let's get that straight.
I am not sick, OK?" She went on to
acknowledge past use of alcohol, marijuana,
and cocaine. "I don't like to think of
myself addicted... I had a bad habit... which
can be broken... I'm not gonna tell you I'm
somebody's junkie.... My business is sex,
drugs, rock and roll. You know? My friends,
we have a good time. But as you get older and
you get wiser... you stop a lot of the kid
stuff. Trust me. I partied my tail off - you
get to a point where... the party's
over."
Just
Whitney... was released.
 # 169
Singles Artist of the Year
Just
Whitney... was certified platinum.
Whitney received bad news when
her 82 year old father died in New York.
Whitney and her father had some legal
squabbles lately, but Whitney did spend time
with her dad before his death.
Whitney topped the Billboard Hot
Dance Music / Club Play chart for a week with
the remixes of "Try It On My Own."
Whitney appeared on FOX's Boston
Public.
Whitney performed on VH1's Divas
Duets 2003 .
Whitney and her husband went to
Israel on a 'spiritual retreat' and met with
the Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon.
 Whitney topped the Billboard Hot
Dance Music/Club Play chart for a week with
the dance mixes of "Love That Man."
VH1: 100 Best
Songs of the Past 25 Years includes "I Will Always Love You" at # 8.
Whitney released the holiday LP One
Wish - The Holiday Album.
 It was reported that Whitney
called the police and had cut lip and bruises
on her face. She told police that she had a
fight with Brown, who had left for a flight
to California. Brown turned himself into
police a few days later and was charged with
misdemeanor battery - Whitney was at his side
at court.
Rolling Stone:
The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time: # 254:
Whitney
Houston.
Whitney's spokesperson
announced that Whitney had checked into a
drug rehabilitation facility for 30 days. She
left after 5 days.
# 4 on the Top Pop Artists
of the Past 25 Years chart.
It was reported that
Whitney checked herself back into a drug
rehabilitation facility.
 VH1: 100
Greatest Songs of the 80's included "How
Will I Know" at # 12.
The
Ultimate Collection was released overseas.
VH1: 100
Greatest Songs of the 90's included "I Will Always Love You" at # 4.
Rolling Stone:
'The Greatest Singers' includes Whitney at # 34.
Whitney is expected to release
her 'comeback' album in September.
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Whitney Houston
Released: February, 1985
US: 13x Platinum
Billboard
peak:
# 1 (for 14 weeks)
Tracks: "You Give
Good Love" - "Thinking About
You" - "Someone For Me" -
"Saving All My Love For You" -
"Nobody Loves Me Like You Do" -
"How Will I Know" - "All
At Once" - "Take Good Care Of
My Heart" - "Greatest Love Of
All" - "Hold Me" |
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Whitney
Released: May, 1987
US: 9x Platinum
Billboard
peak:
# 1 (for 11 weeks)
Tracks: "I Wanna
Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me)"
- "Just The Lonely Talking
Again" - "Love Will Save The
Day" - "Didn't We Almost Have
It All" - "So Emotional" -
"Where You Are" - "Love Is
A Contact Sport" - "You're
Still My Man" - "For The Love
Of You" - "Where Do Broken
Hearts Go" - "I Know Him So
Well" |
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I'm Your Baby Tonight
Released: November, 1990
US: 4x Platinum
Billboard
peak:
# 3
Rolling Stone
review: 
Tracks: "I'm Your Baby
Tonight" - "My Name Is Not
Susan" - "All The Man That I
Need" - "Lover For
Life" - "Anymore" - "Miracle" - "I
Belong To You" - "Who Do You
Love" - "We Didn't Know" -
"After We Make Love" -
"I'm Knockin'" |
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The Bodyguard soundtrack
Released: November, 1992
US: 17x Platinum
Billboard
peak:
# 1 (for 20 weeks)
Whitney Tracks: "I Will Always Love
You"
- "I Have Nothing" - "I'm Every Woman" - "Run To You" - "Queen Of The Night" -
"Jesus Loves Me" - "Queen Of The Night" (CJ's Master
Mix) |
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Waiting To Exhale soundtrack
Released: November, 1995
US: 7x Platinum
Billboard
peak:
# 1 (for 5 weeks)
Tracks: "Exhale (Shoop
Shoop)" - "Why Does It Hurt So
Bad"
- "Count On Me" (with Ce Ce
Winans) |
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The Preacher's Wife soundtrack
Released: November, 1996
US: 3x Platinum
Billboard
peak:
# 3
Whitney Tracks: "I Believe In You
And Me" - "Step By Step" - "You
Were Loved" - "My Heart Is
Calling" - "I Believe In You
And Me" (Single Version) -
"Step By Step" (Remix) -
"Who Would Imagine A King" |
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My Love Is Your Love
Released: November, 1998
US: 4x Platinum
Billboard
peak:
# 13
Rolling Stone
review: 
Tracks: "It's Not Right, But It's
Okay" - "Heartbreak Hotel" (with Faith
Evans & Kelly Price) - "My Love Is Your Love" - "When You Believe" (with Mariah
Carey) - "If I Told You That" -
"In My Business" - "I Learned From The Best" - "Oh
Yes" - "Get It Back" -
"Until You Come Back" - "I
Bow Out" - "You'll Never Stand
Alone" - "I Was Made To Love
Him" |
DVD
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Whitney - The Greatest
Hits
Released: May, 2000
US: 3x Platinum
Billboard
peak:
# 5
Tracks: "You Give
Good Love" - "Saving All My Love For You" -
"Greatest Love Of All" -
"All At Once" - "If You
Say My Eyes Are Beautiful" -
"Didn't We Almost Have It All"
- "Where Do Broken Hearts Go" -
"All The Man That I
Need" - "Run To You" - "I Have Nothing" - "I Will Always Love
You"
- "Exhale (Shoop
Shoop)" - "Why Does It Hurt So
Bad"
- "I Believe In You
And Me" - "Heartbreak Hotel" (with Faith
Evans & Kelly Price) - "My Love Is Your Love" - "Same
Script, Different Cast" (with
Deborah Cox) - "Could I Have This Kiss
Forever" (with Enrique
Iglesias) (Metro Mix) - "Fine"
- "If I Told You That" (with
George Michael) - "It's Not Right, But It's
Okay" (Thunderpuss Mix) -
"My Love Is Your Love" (Jonathan
Peters Mix) - "Heartbreak Hotel" (Hex Hector
Mix) - ""In My Business" -
"I Learned From The Best" (HQ2 Mix) -
"Step By Step" (Junior
Vasquez Mix) - "I'm Every Woman" (Clivilles
& Cole Mix) - "Queen Of The Night" (CJ
MacIntosh Mix) - "I Will Always Love
You"
(Hex Hector Mix) - "Love Will Save
The Day" (Jellybean & David
Morales Mix) - "I'm Your Baby
Tonight" (Dronez Mix) -
"So Emotional" (David Morales
Mix) - "I Wanna Dance With Somebody
(Who Loves Me)" (Junior Vasquez Mix)
- "How Will I Now" (Junior
Vasquez Mix) - "Greatest Love Of
All" (Junior Vasquez Mix) -
"One Moment In Time" - "The Star Spangled
Banner" (live) |
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Just Whitney...
Released: December, 2002
US: Platinum
Billboard
peak:
# 9
Rolling Stone
review: 
Tracks: "One If
Those Days" - "Tell Me No"
- "Things You Say" - "My
Love" - "Love That Man" -
"Try It On My Own" - "Dear
John Letter" - "Unashamed"
- "You Light Up My Life" -
"Whatchulookinat" |
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One Wish - The Holiday
Album
Released: November, 2003
Billboard
peak:
# 49
Tracks: "The First
Noel" - "The Christmas
Song" - "Little Drummer
Boy" - "One Wish (For
Christmas)" - "Cantique De Noel
(O Holy Night)" - "I'll Be Home
For Christmas" - "Deck The
Halls / Silent Night" - "Have
Yourself A Merry Little Christmas" -
"O Come O Come Emmanuel" -
"Who Would Imagine A King" -
"Joy To The World" |
| Note: Song title and
position links lead you to the song's Top
40 chart run (from the ARC Weekly Top
40)
and LP links take you to Amazon.com for that LP (often
including track listings and sound
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