She held an honorary Doctorate in Humanities from Grambling State University, Louisiana. Houston's debut album is listed as one of Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time and on the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's Definitive 200 list. She was one of the first black women to appear on the cover of Seventeen after becoming a teen model in 1981. 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.'. [402] Houston was inducted into the New Jersey Hall of Fame in 2013. The case report from LAPD read: "In the hours prior to being found unresponsive he had consumed tequila and snorted cocaine and Percocet.". [409], At a 1988 Madison Square Garden concert, Houston earned more over $250,000 for the United Negro College Fund (UNCF). [305], The 2012 Brit Awards, which took place at the O2 Arena in London on February 21, also paid tribute to Houston by playing a 30-second video montage of her music videos with a snippet of "One Moment in Time" as the background music in the ceremony's first segment. On February 9, 2012, Houston visited singers Brandy and Monica, together with Clive Davis, at their rehearsals for Davis's pre-Grammy Awards party at The Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills. However, some poor reviews and rescheduled concerts brought negative media attention. [231], Also in 2002, Houston gave an interview with Diane Sawyer to promote her then-upcoming album. She graced this stage with her regal presence and gave so many memorable performances here over the years. The album was certified 7 Platinum in the United States, denoting shipments of seven million copies. Houston died just before the Grammys in 2012. [52], The album gave Houston some of her strongest reviews ever. Emily "Cissy" Houston (ne Drinkard; born September 30, 1933) is an American soul and gospel singer. [233] The album debuted at number 9 on the Billboard 200 chart and it had the highest first week sales of any album Houston had ever released. [408], Houston was a long-time supporter of several charities all around the world. The album entered the Billboard 200 at No. Email us atexclusive@the-sun.comor call212 416 4552. The lyrical themes in her recordings are mainly about love, social, religious and feminism. 25) featured Faith Evans and Kelly Price, received a 1999 MTV VMA nomination for Best R&B Video,[191] and number one on the US R&B chart for seven weeks; "It's Not Right but It's Okay" (US No. I'm not interested in being in that environment and I think when you grieve someone, you do it privately, you do it with people who understand you. [235][236], In late 2003, Houston released her first Christmas album One Wish: The Holiday Album, with a collection of traditional holiday songs. With them, Houston furthered her recording career by working with producers Michael Beinhorn, Bill Laswell and Martin Bisi on an album they were spearheading called One Down, which was credited to the group Material. Her voice was an instrument and she knew how to use it. "[353] According to Newsweek, Houston had a four-octave range. The manner of death was listed as an accident.. I don't have to mask my emotion in front of a room full of so many dear friends. Houston wanted the story told with dignity and honor. Aretha Franklin was listed on the program and was expected to sing, but was unable to attend the service. [372] Rolling Stone stated that Houston "redefined the image of a female soul icon and inspired singers ranging from Mariah Carey to Rihanna". The official report showed he had a history of alcohol and drug use and his death was ruled as accidental. [252] In November, Houston performed "I Didn't Know My Own Strength" at the 2009 American Music Awards in Los Angeles, California. [6] Her mother, Emily "Cissy" Houston (ne Drinkard), was a gospel singer who was part of The Drinkard Singers and who later joined the Gospelaires, a popular session vocal group whose name eventually changed to The Sweet Inspirations. 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. This visit led Cissy to return with law enforcement and perform an intervention. Now if you think I got that long, you think about it. According to media outlets, Whitney Houston skipped the funeral. I thought it was so wrong. [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. Even though Houston once signed a $100 million contract and sold over 200 . [377] In October 2022, the same magazine ranked Houston at number one on its list of the ten greatest R&B solo artists of all time. But Bobbi caused controversy when she announced her engagement to Nick Gordon - a man she previously considered her big brother. Since its release, it has spent more than 100 weeks on the Billboard 200, making it one of the longest-charting compilations in chart history,[328] the fourth by a woman after H.E.R., Madonna and Carrie Underwood. When the singer died in February 2012, Bobbi was named as the sole beneficiary of her mother's estate. The special raised over $300,000 for the Children's Defense Fund. 02/06/2023 Rolling Stone and USA Today called her rendition a tour-de-force. Houston's success also translated to television where, in addition to performing on several late night talk shows such as The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson and Late Night with David Letterman, Houston also became a video star thanks to early videos for "You Give Good Love" and "Saving All My Love for You" being heavily played on BET and VH1 stations. You gotta understand at the time the 80s it was acceptable, he told Winfrey. The Preacher's Wife: Original Soundtrack Album included six gospel songs with Georgia Mass Choir that were recorded at the Great Star Rising Baptist Church in Atlanta. [94], I'm Your Baby Tonight contained several hits: the first two singles, "I'm Your Baby Tonight" and "All the Man That I Need" peaked at number one on the Billboard Hot 100 chart; "Miracle" peaked at number nine; "My Name Is Not Susan" peaked in the top twenty; "I Belong to You" reached the top ten of the US R&B chart and garnered Houston a Grammy nomination; and the sixth single, the Stevie Wonder duet "We Didn't Know", reached the R&B top twenty. I do believe her life would have turned out differently, Cissy writes. [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. [96], During the Persian Gulf War, on January 27, 1991, Houston performed "The Star-Spangled Banner", the US national anthem, at Super Bowl XXV at Tampa Stadium. In 1989, she established the Whitney Houston Foundation for Children. [389] In 2008, Billboard magazine released a list of the Hot 100 All-Time Top Artists to celebrate the US singles chart's 50th anniversary, ranking Houston at number nine. [238], In early 2004, Brown starred in his own reality TV program, Being Bobby Brown, on Bravo. In his book The Big Show: High Times and Dirty Dealings Backstage at the Academy Awards, author Steve Pond revealed that "Houston's voice was shaky, she seemed distracted and jittery and her attitude was casual, almost defiant"; though she was supposed to perform "Over the Rainbow", she would sing a different song during rehearsals. I was losing myself. She was 22. [180] However, Halle Berry also had rights to the project and got her version going first. [421], Lifetime released the documentary Whitney Houston & Bobbi Kristina: Didn't We Almost Have It All in 2021, which The Atlanta Journal-Constitution called "less an expos and more a loving tribute to these two women".[422]. Birth City: Newark. "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 . That was my own. [81] Houston then flew back to the US for a concert at Madison Square Garden in New York City in August. Though Whitneys brother admits he got her into drugs,the singers mother, Cissy Houston, stillblames Bobby Brown for her daughters untimely death. Their friendship developed into a romance. [318] As fans of Houston rushed to rediscover the singer's music, single digital track sales of the artist's music rose to more than 887,000 paid song downloads in 24 hours in the US alone. By the end, its transformed into a showcase for her limber, muscular upper register; she sings the title phrase with equal parts bone-deep feeling and technical perfection, turning the conflicted emotions at the songs heart into a jumping-off point for her lifes next step. 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. He was hospitalized for approximately seven hours before he passed away. Her next three singles, "Didn't We Almost Have It All", "So Emotional" and "Where Do Broken Hearts Go", all peaked at number one on the US pop chart, giving Houston a record total of seven consecutive number one hits; the previous record of six consecutive number one hits had been shared by the Beatles and the Bee Gees. [234] The four singles released from the album did not fare well on the Billboard Hot 100, but became dance chart hits. During the primetime special, she spoke about her drug use and marriage, among other topics. The double disc set peaked at number five in the United States, reaching number one in the United Kingdom. Houston contributed backing vocals for Khan and Lou Rawls on their respective albums, Naughty and Shades of Blue. [42] The Hollywood Reporter said that the show was "undoubtedly the most disgusting and execrable series ever to ooze its way onto television". Whitney Houston Net Worth. It was made available for digital download on iTunes on June 5. [229] Houston's father later died in February 2003. 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. She waived her royalty rights to the song, which reached number one on charts in October 2001 and generated more than $1million. [170], It also would spend a record eleven weeks at the No. . CC. I love my dad, and I knew he was sickly. [40] The single was released in 1984 and gave Houston her first taste of success, becoming a Top 5 R&B hit. [350] Jon Caramanica, another music critic of The New York Times, called Houston "R&B's great modernizer", adding "slowly but surely reconciling the ambition and praise of the church with the movements and needs of the body and the glow of the mainstream". She had years and years of honing her craft on stage and in the studio before she ever got signed to a record label. The one-hour . [160] Portions of Whitney: The Concert for a New South Africa were broadcast live on HBO with funds of the concerts being donated to various charities in South Africa. Hodges, Anne. What Mrs. DeBarge is saying speaks volumes about Whitney's and El's deep friendship, as well . With regard to her singing style, he added: "Her [Houston's] stylistic trademarks shivery melismas that ripple up in the middle of a song, twirling embellishments at the ends of phrases that suggest an almost breathless exhilaration infuse her interpretations with flashes of musical and emotional lightning. The Houstons are still struggling with the sudden death of Whitney Houston in 2012 and the mysterious passing of her daughter Bobbi Kristina Brown just three years later, but the family has again . [135][136] Houston won the Grammy Award for Record of the Year in 1994 for "I Will Always Love You". In April, Bobby Brown and Pat Houston were legally appointed co-guardians of Bobbi Kristina by . In February 2012, Houston, 48, was found dead in a bathtub in the Beverly Hills Hilton hotel. Jackson and Madonna were by turns lascivious and brutish and, crucially, willing to let their production speak more loudly than their voices, an option Ms. Houston never went for. Brown was asked point-blank if he believes there was "foul play" involved in Houston's death. Crack is wack. Best Known For: Whitney Houston was an American singer and actress whose first four albums, released between 1985 and 1992 . Nearly 10 years after her tragic death, Houston continues to influence the music industry and inspire the next generations of performers. Houston's mainstream appeal allowed audiences to look past the interracial nature of her character's relationship with Costner's character. Information about your device and internet connection, like your IP address, Browsing and search activity while using Yahoo websites and apps. Rookie. Rolling Stone said, "the narrow channel through which this talent has been directed is frustrating". Jackson and Madonna built worldviews around their voices; Ms. Houston's voice was the worldview. Her husband, Gary Houston, is Whitney Houston's own brother. 1, with Houston's best opening week sales of 305,000 copies, marking Houston's first number one album since The Bodyguard and Houston's first studio album to reach number one since 1987's Whitney. She produced and chose producers for this album and as a result, it featured production and collaborations with L.A. Reid and Babyface, Luther Vandross and Stevie Wonder. Celebrity Alley - Celebrity News and Gossip. [420] That film, entitled Whitney, premiered at the 2018 Cannes Film Festival and was released internationally in theaters on July 6, 2018. . 4), a duet with Mariah Carey for 1998's The Prince of Egypt soundtrack, which also became an international hit as it peaked in the Top 10 in several countries and won an Academy Award for Best Original Song;[190] "Heartbreak Hotel" (US No. EVEN 10 years after Whitney Houston's shocking death, her legacy has been marred by similar tragedies that have affected those closest to the musical legend. "She's in the early stages of dementia," a source told Radar Online. It topped the US Dance Club Songs chart and peaked at number two in the UK, becoming Houston's highest-charting single in the country since 1999. "[360], Houston struggled with vocal problems in her later years. Bobby has run afoul of the law multiple times, and has several arrests on his record. Their initial friendship became more serious, and in 1991, the performer asked her to marry him. But sources say that it was her other brother, Gary . After a six-year break from recording, Houston returned to the top of the Billboard 200 chart with her final studio album, I Look to You (2009). [93] while Entertainment Weekly, at the time thought Houston's shift towards an urban direction was "superficial". Houston is also credited as an executive producer of the film. [48] By the time Houston's third US single, "How Will I Know", was released, the colorful video clip, directed by Brian Grant, was immediately added to MTV's playlist, instantly gaining heavy rotation on the channel after just a couple weeks and introducing Houston to the MTV audience. Bobbi Kristina Brown was just 14 when her parents divorced, with Whitney gaining custody of her. Interestingly, Gordon was an adoptive brother of sorts to Brown . 2) with 3 million copies sold worldwide;[193] and "I Learned from the Best" (US No. As of February 2023, Houston's net worth when she died in 2012 was $20 million. The jazzy ballad "Saving All My Love for You" was released next and it would become Houston's first number one single in both the US and the UK. Two other Houston classics, "I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me)" and "Greatest Love of All", were in the top 10. 071 "50 Greatest Women of the Video Era", "Who Will Come Out On Top Of VH1's 100 Greatest Artists Of All Time? Whitney Houston performs with her half-brother . [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. 2, UK No. Houston died in 2012 at 48 after drowning in a bathtub. Still not ready to stop striving towards higher heights, Monie moved her family to Miami, joined the classic artist lineup that grace the Tom Joyner family events and cruises, and partnered up with the prominent Miami socialites to create events in South Beach catering to music lovers young and old new and classic. [312] The song mentions Houston's name in the opening lyrics, "I'm sorry, I'm not the most pretty, I'll never ever sing like Whitney", before going on to sample some of Houston's lyrics from "I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me)" in the chorus. It was so much press, and the media was following me around, I couldnt grieve in privacy, Houston told Oprah. Monie recently sat on a panel for Emancipation Day in DC with Chuck D and MC Hammer for Centric TV. "[301] At the start of the awards ceremony, footage of Houston performing "I Will Always Love You" from the 1994 Grammys was shown following a prayer read by host LL Cool J. The film was directed by Houston's Waiting to Exhale co-star Angela Bassett, and Houston was portrayed by model Yaya DaCosta. [26] Houston was offered record deals around this time, first by Michael Zager in 1979, Luther Vandross in 1980 and Bruce Lundvall in 1981. News. But Whitney Houston and Bobby Brown's 2007 divorce nullified his claim to her estate. She was often hours late for interviews, photo shoots and rehearsals, she canceled concerts and talk-show appearances and there were reports of erratic behavior. It is the first documentary authorized by Houston's estate. On February 11, 2012, Houston accidentally drowned in a bathtub at the Beverly Hilton hotel in Beverly Hills, with heart disease and cocaine use as contributing factors. And because every new star creates her own genre, her success has helped other blacks, other women, other smooth singers find an avid reception in the pop marketplace.[22]. Throughout her career and posthumously, she has received numerous accolades, including two Emmy Awards, six Grammy Awards, 16 Billboard Music Awards, and 28 Guinness World Records. In addition to all of this, Monie Love is now the career mom with a total of four children ranging in age from 23,17,11 with the youngest coming in at 6yrs old. The bombshell is dropped about three-quarters of the way through Whitneythat both Houston and her half-brother, Gary, were allegedly molested as children by their cousin Dee Dee Warwick, the . Certainly all three have their devotees and detractors, but their presence has been inescapable." [255], In January 2010, Houston was nominated for two NAACP Image Awards, one for Best Female Artist and one for Best Music Video. 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