Artist

American singer, songwriter and actress.

Born: 9 August 1963 in Newark, New Jersey, USA.
Died: 11 February 2012 in Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA (aged 48).

Discovered by Michael Zager when she was 14. Indeed, Whitney sang with her mother Cissy Houston on the track "Life's A Party" of The Michael Zager Band.

Married to Bobby Brown on 18 Jul 1992, but separated in October 2006 and divorced 24 April 2007. The marriage produced a daughter, Bobbi Kristina Brown.

Houston appeared in a number of films. Her first starring role was in "The Bodyguard" (1992), the soundtrack of which won the 1994 Grammy Award for Album Of The Year. Houston's single from it, "I Will Always Love You" (a Dolly Parton cover), became one of the best-selling singles in music history.

Houston was the daughter of soul/gospel singer Cissy Houston and cousin of Dionne Warwick and Dee Dee Warwick. Her godmother was Aretha Franklin.

Houston had a Mezzo-soprano vocal type. Vocal range: 3.2 Octaves. A2- C6 (approx)

Tracks

1 I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me) 04:50

2 Just The Lonely Talking Again 05:30

3 Love Will Save The Day 05:20

4 Didn't We Almost Have It All 05:05

5 So Emotional 04:53

6 Where You Are 04:10

7 Love Is A Contact Sport 04:16

8 You're Still My Man 04:15

9 For The Love Of You 05:29

10 Where Do Broken Hearts Go 04:37

11 I Know Him So Well 04:26

Releases

Formats

CD, Vinyl, Cassette, 8-Track Cartridge, DCC, File

Labels

Euro Star, Audio Max, DVC, Not On Label, BMG, Stallions, Sony Records Int'l, Sony BMG Music Entertainment, Contessa, Jugoton, Arista, Team Records , Gong, Opus, Arista , Seoul Records, 上海声像, AMIGA, Sonolux, RCA/Ariola, Singing, Iempsa, Silver Star

Countries

Argentina, Australia, Barbados, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Chile, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Germany, Greece, Guatemala, Honduras, Hungary, Indonesia, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Korea, Republic of, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Russian Federation, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Zimbabwe, Spain, Thailand, Turkey, United States of America, Uruguay, Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of), Europe, Yugoslavia, Czechoslovakia, Taiwan, Hong Kong, UK & Europe, German Democratic Republic (GDR)

years

1987, 1988, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1994, 1996, 2002, 2008, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2017

Members