Whitney Houston

Whitney Elizabeth Houston (lahir 9 Agustus 1963 - 11 Februari 2012) adalah seorang penyanyi, aktris, dan mantan model fesyen R&B/pop Amerika. Houston adalah artis wanita yang paling banyak mendapat penghargaan sepanjang masa, menurut Guinness World Records, dan daftar penghargaannya mencakup 2 Emmy Awards, 6 Grammy Awards, 16 Billboard Music Awards, 22 American Music Awards, di antara total 415 penghargaan karir pada tahun 2010. Houston juga merupakan salah satu artis musik terlaris di dunia, telah menjual lebih dari 170 juta album dan single di seluruh dunia. Terinspirasi oleh beberapa penyanyi soul terkemuka di keluarga besarnya, termasuk ibu Cissy Houston dan sepupu Dionne Warwick dan Dee Dee Warwick, serta ibu baptisnya, Aretha Franklin, Houston mulai bernyanyi dengan paduan suara junior gereja New Jersey pada usia 11 tahun. Setelah dia mulai tampil bersama ibunya di klub malam di wilayah Kota New York, dia ditemukan oleh kepala label Arista Records, Clive Davis. Pada tahun 2011, Houston telah merilis enam album studio dan tiga album soundtrack film, semuanya telah memiliki sertifikasi berlian, multi-platinum, platinum, atau emas. Album debut Houston tahun 1985, Whitney Houston, menjadi album debut artis wanita terlaris pada saat dirilis. Album studio keduanya, Whitney (1987), menjadi album pertama artis wanita yang debut di nomor satu di tangga album Billboard 200. Daya tarik crossover Houston di tangga musik populer serta ketenarannya di MTV, dimulai dengan videonya untuk "How Will I Know", memungkinkan beberapa artis wanita Afrika-Amerika mengikuti kesuksesannya. Peran akting pertama Houston adalah sebagai bintang film The Bodyguard (1992). Soundtrack asli film tersebut memenangkan Grammy Award 1994 untuk Album Terbaik Tahun Ini. Single utamanya, "I Will Always Love You", menjadi single terlaris oleh artis wanita dalam sejarah musik. Album ini menjadikannya satu-satunya artis wanita yang masuk dalam daftar 10 album terlaris, di nomor empat. Houston terus membintangi film dan berkontribusi pada soundtrack, termasuk dengan film Waiting to Exhale (1995) dan The Preacher's Wife (1996). Tiga tahun setelah perilisan album studio keempatnya, My Love Is Your Love (1998), dia memperbarui kontrak rekamannya dengan Arista Records. Dia merilis album studio kelimanya, Just Whitney, pada tahun 2002, dan One Wish: The Holiday Album bertema Natal pada tahun 2003. Di tengah liputan media yang luas tentang kekacauan pribadi dan profesional, Houston mengakhiri pernikahannya selama 14 tahun dengan penyanyi Bobby Brown pada tahun 2006. Pada tahun 2009, Houston merilis album studio ketujuhnya, I Look To You. Deskripsi di atas dari artikel Wikipedia Whitney Houston, berlisensi CC-BY-SA, daftar lengkap kontributor di Wikipedia.

Whitney Elizabeth Houston (born August 9, 1963 - February 11, 2012) was an American R&B/pop singer, actress, and former fashion model. Houston is the most awarded female artist of all time, according to Guinness World Records, and her list of awards include 2 Emmy Awards, 6 Grammy Awards, 16 Billboard Music Awards, 22 American Music Awards, among a total of 415 career awards as of 2010. Houston is also one of the world's best-selling music artists, having sold over 170 million albums and singles worldwide. Inspired by several prominent soul singers in her extended family, including mother Cissy Houston and cousins Dionne Warwick and Dee Dee Warwick, as well as her godmother, Aretha Franklin, Houston began singing with New Jersey church's junior gospel choir at age 11. 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 six studio albums and three movie soundtrack albums, all of which have had diamond, multi-platinum, platinum, or gold certification. Houston's 1985 debut album, Whitney Houston, became the best-selling debut album by a female act at the time of its release. 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. 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", enabled several African-American female artists to follow in her success. 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. The album makes her the only female act ranked in the list of the top-10 best-selling albums, at number four. Houston continued to star in movies and contribute to soundtracks, including with the films Waiting to Exhale (1995) and The Preacher's Wife (1996). Three years after the release of her fourth studio album, My Love Is Your Love (1998), she renewed her recording contract with Arista Records. 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Whitney Houston, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.