In April 2000, Whitney: The Greatest Hits was released. The double disc set peaked at number five in America and reached number one on the UK chart. While the ballads were left unchanged, the album is notable for featuring house/club remixes of many of Whitney Houston’s up-tempo hits, in place of their original version. Also included on the album were four new songs: “Could I Have This Kiss Forever” (a duet with Enrique Iglesias), “Same Script, Different Cast” (a duet with Deborah Cox), “If I Told You That” (a duet with George Michael), and “Fine”, all of which failed to crack the US Top 40, but were hits in the UK and several European countries. Along with the album, an accompanying DVD was also released of the music videos to Whitney Houston’s greatest hits. The greatest hits album was certified triple platinum in the U.S., with worldwide sales of ten million. Whitney Houston and Chase, along with Warner Brothers, were then set to produce a remake of the 1976 film Sparkle about a 1960s singing group of three sisters in Harlem. Aaliyah, who was to star in the remake, was killed in a plane crash in 2001 before production began. Whitney Houston Tickets

After spending much of the early and mid 1990s working on motion pictures and their adjacent soundtrack albums, Whitney Houston’s first studio album in eight years, the critically acclaimed My Love Is Your Love, was released in November 1998. Though originally slated to be a greatest hits album with a handful of new songs, recording sessions were so fruitful, enough material was produced for a new full-length studio album. Recorded and mixed in only six weeks, it featured production from Rodney Jerkins, Wyclef Jean and Missy Elliott. The album had a more funkier and edgier sound than past releases and saw Whitney Houston handling urban dance, hip hop, reggae, mid-tempo R&B, torch songs, and ballads all with great dexterity. The album’s first single, “When You Believe” (a duet with Mariah Carey for 1998s The Prince of Egypt soundtrack), became an international hit as it peaked in the Top 10 in several countries, the Top 20 in the US and won an Academy Award, while the album debuted at #13. The next three singles would all reach the Top Five. “Heartbreak Hotel”, which featured Faith Evans and Kelly Price reached number 2 on the Hot 100, while topping the R&B chart for seven weeks. “It’s Not Right but It’s Okay”, which won Whitney Houston her sixth Grammy Award; and “My Love Is Your Love” both reached number four and also became international hits as did the previous two singles. The album’s fifth single, “I Learned from the Best”, became a moderate hit, peaking at number twenty-seven. All singles, except “When You Believe”, also became number one hits on the U.S. Dance/Clubplay Chart. The album went on to be certified four times platinum in the U.S., with worldwide sales of ten million. The album gave Whitney Houston some of her strongest reviews ever. Rolling Stone said Whitney Houston was singing “with a bite in her voice” and The Village Voice called it “Whitney Houston sharpest and most satisfying so far”. In 1999, Houston participated in VH-1′s Divas’ Live ’99, alongside Mary J. Blige, Tina Turner, Cher. The same year, Houston hit the road with her 70 date My Love Is Your Love worldwide tour. The European leg was Europe’s highest grossing arena tour of the year.

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In 1997, Whitney Houston’s production company changed its name to BrownHouse Productions and was joined by Debra Martin Chase. Their goal was “to show aspects of the lives of African-Americans that have not been brought to the screen before” while improving how African-Americans are portrayed in film and television. Their first project was a made-for-television remake of Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Cinderella. In addition to co-producing, Whitney Houston starred in the movie as the Fairy Godmother along with Brandy, Jason Alexander, Whoopi Goldberg, and Bernadette Peters. Whitney Houston was initially offered the role of Cinderella in 1993, but other projects intervened. The film is notable for its multi-racial cast and nonstereotypical message. An estimated 60 million viewers tuned into the special giving ABC its highest TV ratings in 16 years. The movie received seven Emmy nominations including Outstanding Variety, Musical or Comedy, while winning Outstanding Art Direction in a Variety, Musical or Comedy Special.

Whitney Houston and Chase then obtained the rights to the story of Dorothy Dandridge. Whitney Houston was to play Dandridge, who was the first African American actress to be nominated for an Oscar. Whitney Houston wanted the story told with dignity and honor. However, Halle Berry also had rights to the project and she got her version going first. Later that year, Whitney Houston paid tribute to her idols such as Aretha Franklin, Diana Ross, and Billie Holliday by performing their hits during the three night HBO Concert Classic Whitney, live from Washington, D.C. Whitney Houston Tickets

In 1996, Whitney Houston starred in the holiday comedy The Preacher’s Wife, with Denzel Washington. Whitney Houston plays a gospel-singing wife of a pastor (Courtney B. Vance). Whitney Houston earned $10 million for the role, making her one of the highest paid actress in Hollywood at the time and the highest earning African American actress in Hollywood. The movie, with its all African-American cast, was a moderate success, earning approximately $50 million at the U.S. box offices. The movie gave Houston her strongest reviews so far. The San Francisco Chronicle said Houston “is rather angelic herself, displaying a divine talent for being virtuous and flirtatious at the same time” and that she “exudes gentle yet spirited warmth, especially when praising the Lord in her gorgeous singing voice.” Houston was again nominated for an NAACP Image Award and won for Outstanding Actress In A Motion Picture.

Whitney Houston recorded and co-produced, with Mervyn Warren, the film’s accompanying gospel soundtrack. The Preacher’s Wife: Original Soundtrack Album. included six gospel songs with Georgia Mass Choir that were recorded at the Great Star Rising Baptist Church in Atlanta. Whitney Houston also duetted with gospel legend Shirley Caesar. The album sold six million copies worldwide and scored hit singles with “I Believe in You and Me” and “Step by Step”, becoming the largest selling gospel album of all time. The album received mainly positive reviews. Some critics, like USA Today, noted the presence of her emotional depth, while The UK Times said “To hear Whitney Houston going at full throttle with the 35 piece Georgia Mass Choir struggling to keep up is to realize what her phenomenal voice was made for.” Whitney Houston Tickets

In 1995, Whitney Houston starred alongside Angela Bassett, Loretta Devine, and Lela Rochon in her second film Waiting to Exhale; a motion picture about four African-American women struggling with relationships. Whitney Houston plays the lead character Savannah Jackson, a TV producer in love with a married man. Whitney Houston chose the role because she saw the film as “a breakthrough for the image of black women because it presents them both as professionals and as caring mothers”. After opening at #1 and grossing $67 million in the US at the box office and $81 million worldwide, it proved that a movie primarily targeting a black audience can cross over to success, while paving the way for other all-black movies such as How Stella Got Her Groove Back and the Tyler Perry movies that have become popular in the 2000s. The film is also notable for its portrayal of black women as strong middle class citizens as oppose to stereotypes. The reviews were mainly positive for the ensemble cast. The New York Times said “Ms. Whitney Houston has shed the defensive hauteur that made her portrayal of a pop star in “The Bodyguard” seem so distant.” Whitney Houston was nominated for an NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actress In A Motion Picture, but lost to her co-star Basset.

Like Whitney Houston’s previous project, the film’s accompanying soundtrack was also a huge hit. Houston co-produced, with Babyface, the soundtrack, Waiting to Exhale: Original Soundtrack Album. Though Babyface originally wanted Whitney Houston to record the entire album, she declined. Instead, Whitney Houston ”wanted it to be an album of women with vocal distinction”, and thus gathered several African-American female artists for the soundtrack, to go along with the film’s strong women message. As a result, the album featured a range of contemporary R&B female recording artists along with Whitney Houston, such as Mary J Blige, Aretha Franklin, Toni Braxton, Patti Labelle, and Brandy. Whitney Houston’s “Exhale (Shoop Shoop)” peaked at #1, and then spent a record eleven weeks at the #2 spot and eight weeks on top of the R&B Charts. “Count On Me”, a duet with Cece Winans, hit the US Top 10; and Whitney Houston’s third contribution, “Why Does It Hurt So Bad”, made the Top 30. The album debuted at #1, and was certifed 7xPlatinum in the United States, denoting shipments of 7 million copies. The soundtrack received strong reviews. Entertainment Weekly said “the album goes down easy, just as you’d expect from a package framed by Whitney Houston tracks….the soundtrack waits to exhale, hovering in sensuous suspense” and has since ranked it as one of the 100 Best Movie Soundtracks. Newsday called it “the most significant R&B record of the decade. Later that year, Whitney Houston’s children’s charity organization was awarded a VH1 Honor for all the charitable work. Whitney Houston Tikcets

The film’s soundtrack was also a worldwide success. Whitney Houston executive produced and contributed six songs for the motion picture’s adjoining soundtrack album. It featured production from David Foster. Entertainment Weekly said the two cover songs are “artistically satisfying”. Rolling Stone said it is “nothing more than pleasant, tasteful and urbane”. The soundtrack’s lead single was “I Will Always Love You”, written and originally recorded by Dolly Parton in 1974. Some, including Foster and radio programers, were skeptical that the song would fare well at radio due to Houston’s a capella intro. Still, the record company took the risk and released it as the first single and it became a massive international hit. It peaked at number one on the Billboard Hot 100 for a then-record-breaking 14 weeks, number one on the R&B chart for a then-record-breaking 11 weeks, and number one on the Adult Contemporary charts for five weeks. This allowed to become the first single to top those three charts simultaneously for five weeks. The song also hit number-one in nearly every other country worldwide. The soundtrack debuted at #1 and remained there for twenty non-consecutive weeks and became one of the fastest selling albums ever. At one point the soundtrack sold over a million copies in a week, becoming the first album to do so. With the follow-up singles “I’m Every Woman”, a Chaka Khan cover, and “I Have Nothing” both peaking in the top five, Whitney Houston became the first female artist to ever have three singles in the Top 20 simultaneously. The album was certified 17x platinum in the United States with worldwide sales of forty-two million. Whitney Houston won three Grammys for the album, including two of the Academy’s highest honors, Album of the Year and Record of the Year. In addition, Whitney Houston won 8 American Music Awards, including the Award of Merit, and a BRIT award. Following the success of the project, Houston embarked on another expansive global tour in 1993 and 1994. Whitney Houston concerts, movie, and recording grosses made her the third highest earning female entertainer of 1993-1994, just behind Oprah Winfrey and Barbra Streisand according to Forbes. Whitney Houston finished fifth in Entertainment Weekly’s annual “Entertainer of the Year” ranking and according to Premier Magazine, Whitney Houston was one of the 100 most powerful people in Hollywood

In October 1994, Whitney Houston was invited to perform at a state dinner at the White House honoring newly elected South African president Nelson Mandela. At the end of her world tour, Whitney Houston performed three concerts in South Africa to honor President Mandela, playing to over 200,000 people. This would make the singer the first major musician to visit the newly unified and apartheid free nation following Mandela’s winning election. The event was considered the nation’s “biggest media event since the inauguration of Nelson Mandela”. Get your Whitney Houston tickets

Throughout the 1980s, Whitney Houston was romantically linked to American football star Randall Cunningham and actor Eddie Murphy, whom she dated. Whitney Houston then met R&B singer Bobby Brown (formerly of New Edition) at the 1989 Soul Train Music Awards. After a three year courtship, the two were married on July 18, 1992. Nearly a year later, Whitney Houston gave birth to their daughter Bobbi Kristina Houston Brown, her first child, his fourth, on 4 March. Brown would go on to have several run-ins with the law, including some jail time.

With the huge success of her first two albums, movie offers came from Robert De Niro, Quincy Jones, and Spike Lee, though she felt the time wasn’t right. Whitney Houston’s first film role was in The Bodyguard, released in 1992 and co-starring Kevin Costner. Whitney Houston plays Rachel Marron, a star who is stalked by a crazed fan and hires a bodyguard to protect her. The film was successful at the box office, grossing more than $121 million in the U.S. and $410 million worldwide thanks in large to the success of Whitney Houston’s soundtrack to the film. USA Today listed it as one of the 25 most memorable movie moments of the last 25 years. The movie is also notable for not mentioning or explaining its interracial aspect. Whitney Houston’s mainstream appeal allowed people to look at the movie color-blind. Still, controversy arose as some felt the film’s ads intentionally hid Whitney Houston’s face to hide the film’s interracial aspect. In an interview with Rolling Stone Magazine in 1993, Whitney Houston commented that “people know who Whitney Houston is—I’m black. You can’t hide that fact.” Despite the film’s success, the reviews were mixed, and Whitney Houston received a Razzie Award nomination for Worst Actress. The Washington Post said Whitney Houston is “doing nothing more than playing Whitney Houston, comes out largely unscathed if that is possible in so cockamamie an undertaking” and The New York Times said she lacked passion with her co-star. Get your Whitney Houston Tickets

With production from Michael Masser, Kashif, Jermaine Jackson and Narada Michael Walden, Whitney Houston’s self-titled 1985 debut album was released in February 1985. Rolling Stone Magazine praised the new talent, calling her “one of the most exciting new voices in years” while The New York Times called the album “an impressive, musically conservative showcase for an exceptional vocal talent.” After the dance-funk single “Someone For Me” failed to chart in both the US and UK, the album initially sold modestly and failed to make an impact. The release of the next single, the soulful ballad “You Give Good Love”, peaked at #3 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 while going #1 on the R&B Charts.  As a result, the album began to sell strongly before topping the R&B Album chart while Houston continued promoting the album touring night clubs in the US. Whitney Houston also began performing on popular night shows that usually weren’t open to many black acts. The jazzy ballad “Saving All My Love for You” was released next and it would become Houston’s first #1 hit single in both the US and the UK. Whitney Houston was now an opening act for singer Jeffrey Osborne on his nationwide tour. At the time, MTV had received harsh criticism for not playing enough videos by African American artists while favoring rock acts. The next single, “How Will I Know”, peaked at #1 and would introduce Houston to the MTV audience thanks to its video. This would make the singer one of the first African American female artists to receive heavy rotation on the network. By 1986, a year after its initial release, Whitney Houston topped the Billboard 200 album chart and stayed there for 14 consecutive weeks. The final single, “Greatest Love of All,” became Houston’s biggest hit at the time after peaking #1 and remaining there for three weeks. Whitney Houston had released the best-selling debut album by a female artist and was now embarking on her own tour, Greatest Love Tour. The album had become an international success, being certified 13x Platinum (diamond) in the United States, alone.

At the 1986 Grammy Awards ceremony, Whitney Houston was nominated for three awards including Album of the Year. Whitney Houston was ineligible for the Best New Artist category due to her previous duet recording with Teddy Pendergrass in 1984. Whitney Houston won her first Grammy award for ‘Best Pop Vocal Performance, Female’ for “Saving All My Love for You”. At the same award show Whitney Houston also performed that Grammy-winning hit; the performance later won her an Emmy Award for Outstanding Individual Performance in a Variety or Music Program. Whitney Houston won seven American Music Awards in 1986, and an MTV Video Music Award. The album’s popularity would also carry over to the 1987 Grammy Awards when “Greatest Love of All” would receive a Record of the Year nomination. Whitney Houston’s debut is currently listed as one of Rolling Stone’s 500 Greatest Albums of All Time and on The Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame’s Definitive 200 list. Whitney Houston’s grand entrance into the music industry is considered one of the 25 musical milestones of the last 25 years, according to USA Today. Following Whitney Houston’s breakthrough, other African-American female artists such as Janet Jackson and Anita Baker were able to find notable success in popular music.

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Whitney Houston spent some of her teenage years touring nightclubs with her mother while Cissy was performing, and Whitney Houston would occasionally get on stage and perform with her mother. In 1977, at age fourteen, she was the lead vocalist on the Michael Zager Band’s single “Life’s a Party” (the group is known for their 1978 hit “Let’s All Chant” which  Whitney Houston also sang on). Zager subsequently offered to help obtain a recording contract for the young singer, but Cissy declined, wanting Whitney Houston to finish school first. Then in 1978, at age fifteen, Whitney Houston sang background vocals on Chaka Khan’s hit single “I’m Every Woman”, a song she would later turn into a hit for herself on her monstrous-selling soundtrack album The Bodyguard. She also would sing back-up on albums by Lou Rawls and Jermaine Jackson. In the early 1980s,Whitney  Houston then started working as a fashion model after a photographer saw her at Carnegie Hall singing with her mother. She appeared in Seventeen Magazine and became one of the first women of color to grace the cover of Seventeen magazine. Whitney Houston also appeared in a Canada Dry soft drink commercial. While modeling, she continued her burgeoning recording career by working with producers Michael Bienhorn, Bill Laswell and Martin Bisi on an album they were spearheading called One Down, which was credited to the group Material. For that project, Houston contributed the ballad “Memories”. Robert Christgau of the The Village Voice called her contribution “one of the most gorgeous ballads you’ve ever heard”.

Whitney Houston had previously been offered several recording agencies (Michael Zager in 1980 and Elektra Records in 1981). In 1983, Gerry Griffith, an A&R representative from Arista Records, saw her performing with her mother in a New York City nightclub and was impressed. He convinced Clive Davis, Arista’s label head, to take time to see Houston perform. Davis too was impressed after the performance and offered her a worldwide recording contract, which Houston signed. Later that year, she made her national televised debut alongside Davis on the The Merv Griffin Show.

Whitney Houston signed with Arista in 1983 but did not begin work on her album immediately. Arista put forth the deal to make sure no other label signed the singer from under them. Davis wanted to find the right material and right producers for Houston’s debut album. Some producers were not deemed right by the label, others had to pass on the project due to prior commitments. Houston first recorded a duet with Teddy Pendergrass entitled “Hold Me”, which appeared on his album, Love Language. The single, released in 1984, gave Houston her first taste of success, becoming a Top 5 R&B hit. It would also appear on her debut album when released in 1985.

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Whitney Houston was born in a rough neighborhood in the projects of Newark, New Jersey. Whitney Houston is the third and youngest child of John and gospel singer Cissy Houston. Whitney Houston mother, along with cousin Dionne Warwick and godmother Aretha Franklin are all notable figures in the gospel, rhythm and blues, and soul genres. Whitney Houston was raised a Baptist, but was also exposed to the Pentecostal church. After the 1967 Newark riots, the family moved to a middle class area in West Orange, New Jersey when she was four. At the age of eleven, Whitney Houston began to follow in her mothers footsteps and started performing as a soloist in the junior gospel choir at the New Hope Baptist Church in Newark, where Whitney Houston also learned to play the piano. Whitney Houston first solo performance in the church was “Guide Me, O Thou Great Jehovah”. When Whitney Houston was a teenager, her parents divorced and Whitney Houston continued to live with her mother. Whitney Houston attended a Roman Catholic single-sex high school, Mount Saint Dominic Academy, where she met her best friend Robyn Crawford, whom she describes as the “sister she never had.” While Whitney Houston was still in school, her mother continued to teach her how to sing. In addition to Whitney Houston mother, Franklin, and Warwick,Whitney  Houston was also exposed to the music of Chaka Khan, Gladys Knight, and Roberta Flack, most of whom would have an impact on her as a singer and performer.

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