Introduction to the life of Whitney Houston

Whitney Houston is an excellent female singer.

On August 9, 1963, Whitney Houston was born in Newark, New Jersey, USA. She was the youngest child of John and Sissy Houston. Because her mother Sissy Houston, cousin Dionne Warwick and godmother Aretha Franklin are all well-known singers in the fields of gospel and soul music, Whitney has been interested in singing since she was a child.

Since the age of 11, Whitney has performed with them in the local church's junior gospel choir and served as a soloist. In 1977, at the age of 14, she became the lead singer of Michael Zager's band's single "Life's a Party". In 1981, Whitney began working as a model. She appeared on the covers of magazines such as "Glamour" and "Seventeen", becoming the first model of color to appear on the cover of a mainstream American fashion magazine.

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In 1985, after signing with Clive Davis, she released her first album "Whitney Houston", which ranked No. 14 on the Billboard album chart. Weekly champion, and became the best-selling debut album by a female singer with sales of 25 million copies. In 1987, the second album "Whitney" was released and topped the Billboard album chart for 11 consecutive weeks, and produced four US number one singles.

In 1988, she won the 30th Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocalist. In 1992, she starred in the movie "The Bodyguard" and sang the theme song "I Will Always Love You". The song and the soundtrack album "The Bodyguard" became the highest-selling singles by a female singer in history with sales of 20 million and 45 million copies respectively. album.