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- From the release of her first album in 1985, Whitney Houston was a superstar, turning a background in gospel and soul into pop music gold, first artist to chart seven consecutive number-one hits, eventually selling more than 170 million albums, singles and videos worldwide.
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Feb 13, 2012 · As the goddaughter of Aretha Franklin and cousin of Dionne Warwick, Houston was poised for greatness, but her death on Saturday changed all that. However, her impact on popular music remains.
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- Bruno Mars, "Just The Way You Are"
- Cee Lo Green & Melanie Fiona, "Fool For You"
- Justin Timberlake, "Pusher Love Girl"
- Beyoncé & Jay-Z, "Drunk in Love"
- Ed Sheeran, "Thinking Out Loud"
Best Male Pop Vocal Performance, 2011 Dating advice from Bruno Mars: If you think someone is beautiful, you should tell them every day. Whether or not it got Mars a date for Valentine's Day, it did get him a No. 1 hit on the Billboard Hot 100.
Best Traditional R&B Performance, 2012 It's a far cry from his previous GRAMMY-winning song, "F*** You," but "Fool For You" had us yearning for "that deep, that burning/ That amazing unconditional, inseparable love."
Best R&B Song, 2014 Timberlake is so high on the love drug he's "on the ceiling, baby." Timberlake co-wrote the track with James Fauntleroy, Jerome Harmon and Timbaland, and it's featured on his 2013 album The 20/20 Experience, which flew high to No. 1 on the Billboard 200.
Best R&B Performance / Best R&B Song, 2015 While "Drunk In Love" wasn't the first love song that won Beyoncé and Jay-Z a GRAMMY — they won two GRAMMYs for "Crazy In Love" in 2004 — it is certainly the sexiest. This quintessential 2010s bop from one of music's most formidable couples captures why their alliance set the world's hearts aflame (and so ...
Song Of The Year / Best Pop Solo Performance, 2016 Along with his abundant talent, Sheeran's boy-next-door charm is what rocketed him to the top of the pop ranks. And with swooning lyrics and a waltzing melody, "Thinking Out Loud" is proof that he's a modern-day monarch of the love song.
Feb 12, 2012 · Whitney Houston, who ruled as pop music's queen until her majestic voice was ravaged by drug use and her regal image was tarnished by erratic behavior and a tumultuous marriage to singer Bobby...
Jun 11, 2020 · The soundtrack went platinum seven times over on the strength of Houston’s lead. The overall success of the project sent a significant message to the entertainment industry that movies and music produced by and starring black talent could appeal to mainstream audiences.
3 days ago · Whitney Houston, the iconic singer with a mesmerizing voice and undeniable talent, achieved record-breaking success in her career while leaving an enduring impact on the music industry.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
- Whitney Houston was a Grammy Award-winning singer and actress who was one of the best-selling musical performers of the 1980s and 1990s. Her debut...
- Whitney Houston made her motion-picture debut in 1992 in The Bodyguard. The film featured her rendition of Dolly Parton’s “I Will Always Love You,”...
- Whitney Houston was found dead in a bathtub at a Beverly Hills hotel on February 11, 2012. A coroner’s report stated that the cause of death was ac...
- Whitney Houston was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2020.
- Whitney Houston won her first Grammy Award for the single "I Wanna Dance with Somebody" from Whitney (1987).
Feb 12, 2012 · Paired with delightful glamour and refined stage mannerisms unscathed by negative forces in the music industry, her indisputable musical talent was magnified even further. Whitney was the first-ever album by a female artist to debut at number one on Billboard’s Top Pop Albums chart.
Houston's vocal stylings have had a significant impact on the music industry. According to Linda Lister in Divafication: The Deification of Modern Female Pop Stars , she has been called the " Queen of Pop " for her influence during the 1990s, commercially rivaling Mariah Carey and Celine Dion. [ 382 ]
