Whitney Houston

In 1992, the American Hollywood film "The Bodyguard" achieved box office success around the world, and its theme songs "I Will Always Love You" and Singer Whitney Houston's name has since been heard all over the world. She has touched the hearts of countless fans with her beautiful voice and profound song interpretation skills, and has become the top "music queen" (POP) in the international music scene. DIVA).

Since then, Whitney has won numerous awards at various award ceremonies. She has won 6 Grammy Awards, 2 American Television Arts Emmy Awards, and 21 American Music Awards. , 10 Soul Music Awards, 15 National Billboard Charts

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Music Award, 2 MTV Music Awards, 1 MTV Movie Award, 5 World Music Awards; at the same time, she is the world One of the highest-selling female singers (album sales of nearly 120 million), the only pop artist to have eight consecutive multi-platinum album sales, and the Guinness World Record for the highest-selling first album ever by a female singer; In August 2001, she signed a record deal worth US$100 million with her old club Arista, creating another record deal in the pop music industry.

Whitney Houston was born in a pop music family in New Jersey, USA on August 9, 1963. Her mother is the famous gospel singer Cissy Houston. She has been in the music scene for more than 30 years, while her aunt He is a veteran singer in the rock music scene. In February 1985, Whitney made her debut at the "Sweetwater Nightclub" in New York. She was recognized by some of the entertainment giants present as a future pop star with an unlimited future.

Soon, Whitney signed a contract with Arista Records, which owns Santana, Kenny G and many other famous players, and published her first solo album "Whitney Houston", which immediately caused a sensation in the music world, including " Songs such as "Dedicate All My Love to You", "How Do I Know", and "Great Love" have topped the major charts. The album sold 22 million copies worldwide, making it the best-selling debut album in history. Her beautiful music videos also took off, breaking the long-standing "color barrier" in pop music.

In 1987, Whitney's second album "Whitney" continued its momentum, topping the U.S. Billboard charts for 7 consecutive weeks, becoming the first woman in history to top the album chart. artist. With the album's songs "I'm Gonna Dance with the One Who Loves Me," "Full of Passion," "Where Do Broken Hearts Go" and "Once Upon a Time" successively ranked No. 1 on the singles chart, Whitney broke the record set by the Beatles in one fell swoop. The band holds the record for a single artist to have seven consecutive number one singles. In 1990, her third album "Tonight I'm Your Lover" won the Grammy Award for Best R&B Album that year, proving her status as the Queen of Soul.

In 1992, Whitney Houston began to get involved in the film industry, co-starring with Kevin Costner in "The Bodyguard". The film earned $390 million in box office revenue worldwide, and the soundtrack album produced by Whitney sold 34 million copies, becoming the largest-selling soundtrack album in the 1990s and the most successful film soundtrack in history. Whitney's smooth and profound singing skills are fully displayed in this album. The theme song of the film "I Will Always Love You" broke into the hottest single in the history of pop music and won her numerous awards, including many Grammy Award. The success of "The Bodyguard" opened up a new world for Whitney's acting career. Since then, she has starred in many films such as "Waiting to Breathe" and "The Preacher's Wife". Not only has it won box office success, but also the film's soundtrack album It also continued the success of "Bodyguard" one by one. There is no doubt that on the road to singing and acting, Whitney has left Celine Dion, Mariah Carey and most of the singing stars far behind.

In 1998, Whitney fans all over the world saw her new solo album "My Love Is Your Love", which sold 10 million copies once it was released by Arista. This album also continues Whitney's glory from the 1990s to the new millennium.

At the 2000 Grammy Awards, the single "It's Not Right But It's Good" from the record won her the sixth Grammy Award in her music career - "Best Female R&B Vocal Performance". In May of the same year, "Whitney: The Greatest Hits", a double-disc selection album containing Whitney's hits over the years, was grandly released, laying a milestone in her 15-year singing career.

In the fall of 2001, the "911 Incident" hit the United States hard, but Whitney Houston used her moving singing voice to rebuild Americans' confidence. She reinterpreted the American national anthem "The Star-Spangled Banner" and released it as a disaster relief single, which raised US$1 million for the New York Firefighters Disaster Fund. The single remains on the Billboard Hot 100. On the song charts.

As Christmas approaches in 2002, Whitney launches her new album "Only Whitney", her first album in four years, to bid farewell to the old and welcome the new. She also uses music to break all the rumors that have been surrounding her in recent years. She once said in an interview with "Rolling Stone" magazine that her biggest goal in life is to seek happiness and happiness, and this happiness is to be able to stay with her husband and daughter for a long time, live a normal life, and at the same time be able to continue singing to the end.