Whitney Houston was born in Newark, New Jersey, USA, on August 9, 1963. He was nicknamed as 'The Voice' because of the sound range Houston could reach 5 octaves. Houston is also known as a pop diva who has the ability to pop-gospel beautiful.
Aside from being a singer, His success Houston is included in the multi-talented artist. He is known to act as a record producer, songwriter and former model of the United States. In addition, he became the inspiration for many other singers. opens the door for African-American singer to another, especially among women.
In the 1980s, Houston was one of the singer's first African-American women who entered into the MTV charts, which is now dominated by white rock singers. Her debut album became the highest selling debut album as a solo singer, who was ranked first on Billboard 200.
He also holds seven pieces of the single number one on the Billboard Hot 100, breaking the record held by six times the Beatles and the Bee Gees.
Saturday (11/2/2012) Whitney Houston reportedly died in a hotel in Beverly Hills. Reportedly, Houston experienced a drug overdose types of cocaine. Before his death is controversial, Houston is known to battling addiction to drugs.
Cocaine, mentioned not only destroyed his life, including some of the romance and mental conditions of explosive, but also makes the sound quality that he had not sedahsyat when he was clean of drugs. Houston rumored to no longer be able to reach the high notes in some of his hits.
Studio Album
1985: Whitney Houston
1987: Whitney
1990: I'm Your Baby Tonight
1998: My Love Is Your Love
2002: Just Whitney
2003: One Wish: The Holiday Album
2009: I Look to You
Soundtrack
1992: The Bodyguard
1995: Waiting to Exhale
1996: The Preacher's Wife
Compilation
2000: Whitney: The Greatest Hits
2001: Love, Whitney
2004: The Artist Collection: Whitney Houston
2007: The Ultimate Collection
Video / DVD
1986: Number One Video Hits
1991: Star Spangled Banner
1991: Welcome Home Heroes
1994: Concert for a New South Africa
1997: Classic Whitney Concert
1999: VH1 Divas Live '99
2000: The Greatest Hits
2000: Fine
2002: Whatchulookinat Video / Whatchulookinat Behind-the-Scenes Footage / Love to Infinity Megamix Video
2004: The Artist Collection: Whitney Houston
Filmography
1984 Gimme a Break!
1992 The Bodyguard
Waiting to Exhale 1995
1996 The Preacher's Wife
Rodgers & Hammerstein's 1997
2003 Boston Public
2004 Nora's Hair Salon
As a producer
Rodgers & Hammerstein's 1997 Cinderella
2001 The Princess Diaries producer
2003 The Cheetah Girls executive producer
2004 The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement
2006 The Cheetah Girls 2 executive producer
Concert tour
1986: Greatest Love Tour
1987: Moment of Truth World Tour
1991: I'm Your Baby Tonight World Tour
1993: The Bodyguard World Tour
1999: My Love Is Your Love World Tour
2009: TBA
