Whitney Houston Pictures Biography And News
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Three Full Pages Of Pics, Bio, Gossip And Latest News On This Incredibly Influential Black Female Artist.
Whitney Houston was born Whitney Elizabeth Houston on August 9, 1963. And if anyone hasn’t heard about Whitney…where the hell have you been?
There is so much information on the internet for Whitney Houston, I have had to make three separate posts so that I could give you as much bio, gossip and news as I could.
And as more news on Whitney Houston surfaces in the press, these three pages on Whitney Houston will be only the beginning!
Anyway, for those looking for a short bio on Whitney…
Whitney Houston Biography And Background Information:
Whitney Houston is an ebony American female singer, actress, former fashion model, and one of the biggest female stars to grace the record books and the celebrity gossip columns!
In 2009, Rolling Stone listed Witney Houston as one of the 100 greatest singers of the rock era.
But, as well as all her many claims to fame, Whitney Houston has also had her problems.
Her rise to fame, her successes, and some of those ‘problems’ are chronicled here and on the next two pages:
Whitney Houston was born into a family which was to become famous on the Black Music, R&B, and Soul scene.
All very powerful female singers, they were all to become well known as international stars.
Whitney’s mother is singer Cissy Houston, her cousins are Dee Dee and Dionne Warwick and her godmother is Aretha Franklin.
With that musical background, Whitney Houston was almost destined to be one of the greats.
Whitney first started singing at her New Jersey church as a member of a junior gospel choir at age eleven.
And she was soon performing with her mother, Cissy, in New York night clubs.
It was only a matter of time before Whitney was discovered by the man who was to become her long time friend and colleague, Clive Davis, of Arista Records.
And that was the real beginning of history being made.
Whitney’s debut album ‘Whitney Houston’ was released in 1985.
It was to become the best-selling debut album by a female artist at the time.
Her second album ‘Whitney’ was released in 1987, and it became the first album by a female artist to debut at number one on the Billboard 200 albums chart.
Whitney, was soon extending her fame as an actress.
And to make the ‘cross-over’ from film to disc, she also released albums of the films’ soundtracks.
Whitney Houston Actress and Movie Star:
In 1992, Whitney Houston appeared in her first starring role in the film The Bodyguard, starring alongside actor Kevin Costner.
The same year, the film’s original soundtrack, featuring Whitney, won the 1994 Grammy Award for Album of the Year. And its lead single, ‘I Will Always Love You’, became one of the best-selling singles in music history.
The film itself had mixed reviews, and Whitney Houston’s performance was often described as ‘wooden’, or, ‘just being Whitney’, but the film was an outstanding commercial success for its time.
If you click the thumbnail pic on the left here, you can see a much larger picture of this second Bodyguard promo poster, or you can click the following link, if you prefer:
Whitney Houston Bodyguard Poster
The Bodyguard grossed more than $121 million in the United States and $410 million worldwide, making it one of the top 100 grossing films domestically at its time of release.
Whitney Houston went on to star in a number of successful (and sometimes less successful) films, including, Waiting to Exhale (1995), The Preacher’s Wife (1996) and Nora’s Hair Salon (2004).
From a less-observant viewpoint, there appeared to be no stopping Whitney in her tracks in achieving all-round, long-term success in music and acting.
Early pictures of Whitney Houston show a very happy and content young woman.
She is truly beautiful in her self-confidence.
Which is why I have made a page to represent Whitney at that time. It is called Whitney Houston Beautiful Pics.
And it is to remind those who, today, see Whitney solely as a middle-aged, but still very attractive ebony woman, ‘making a comeback’ on the music scene.
It is also a to counter those cynics who are secretly hoping she will fail.
If you click that link just above, or either of the two thumbnails to the left, you will be taken to that picture page, to see beautiful younger Whitney Houston for yourself.
Nevertheless, we have to address those problems in store for Whitney Houston.
They had begun whilst Whitney was making her early films, and were destined to get worse.
Furthermore, over that same time, Whitney Houston’s music career, although still successful in most people’s terms, was taking a a bit of a nose dive.
And many said both of these ‘issues’ were down to her relationship with the singer, Bobby Brown and her use of drugs..
See the page two of the Whitney Houston Pages, Whitney Houston Scandals, for more on Whitney Relationships, Drugs…and the effects of this on her career.
The Whitney Houston Pages:
Page 1: Whitney Houston Pictures Biography and News
Page 2 : Whitney Houston Scandals
Page 3: Whitney Houston The Good Stuff And Latest News
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