Despite this reception, "Million Dollar Bill" jumped to its peak from 14 to number 5 (her first UK top 5 for over a decade). [395][396][397] She is the top-selling female R&B artist of the 20th century. She won her second Grammy for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance for "I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me)". [283], On March 22, 2012, the Los Angeles County Coroner's Office reported that Houston's death was caused by drowning and the "effects of atherosclerotic heart disease and cocaine use". A representative for Houston said that the outpatient treatment was a part of Houston's "longstanding recovery process". "[355], Singer Faith Evans stated: "Whitney wasn't just a singer with a beautiful voice. He also tested positive for Narcan, which is a drug used to counter the effects of an overdose. The film was directed by Houston's Waiting to Exhale co-star Angela Bassett, and Houston was portrayed by model Yaya DaCosta. It peaked at number two in the UK Singles Chart[95] and reached the top ten in several countries. [408], Houston was a long-time supporter of several charities all around the world. El DeBarge's mother, Etterlene "Mama D" DeBarge, told a very eery story about the time that our beloved Whitney Houston apparently reached out to El DeBarge asking him to help her just two days prior to her untimely passing in February 2012. Celebrity Alley - Celebrity News and Gossip. [393], Houston's debut album is listed as one of the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time by Rolling Stone magazine[61] and is on Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's Definitive 200 list. [51] The album would later be certified 14 platinum for sales of 14 million units alone in the United States, while selling over 22million copies worldwide. In the finale of the ceremony, Kirk Franklin and the Family started their performance with "The Greatest Love of All". [404] In October 2019, Houston was announced as a 2020 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame nominee, one of nine first-time nominees and 16 total. The album sold four million copies in America, making it certified 4 platinum and a total of eleven million copies worldwide. After years of rumored infidelity by both parties, the couple divorced in 2007. Gordon's death comes three years after he was found liable in the death of Brown the daughter of the late Whitney Houston and singer Bobby Brown and was ordered to pay millions of . She was often hours late for interviews, photo shoots and rehearsals, she canceled concerts and talk-show appearances and there were reports of erratic behavior. Find out more about how we use your information in our privacy policy and cookie policy. Hodges, Anne. On February 29, 2012, Houston became the first and only female act to ever place three albums in the Top Ten of the US Billboard 200 Album Chart all at the same time, with Whitney: The Greatest Hits at number 2, The Bodyguard at number 6 and Whitney Houston at number 9. Jackson and Madonna built worldviews around their voices; Ms. Houston's voice was the worldview. By Rosy Cordero April 14, 2021 at . On the week of March 8, 1986, a year after its initial release, Whitney Houston topped the Billboard 200 albums chart and stayed there for 14 non-consecutive weeks. [208] Along with the album, an accompanying VHS and DVD was released featuring the music videos to Houston's greatest hits, as well as several hard-to-find live performances including her 1983 debut on The Merv Griffin Show and interviews. "Whitney Houston possessed a mezzo-soprano vocal range and was commonly referred to as 'The Voice' about her exceptional vocal talent. [312] The song mentions Houston's name in the opening lyrics, "I'm sorry, I'm not the most pretty, I'll never ever sing like Whitney", before going on to sample some of Houston's lyrics from "I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me)" in the chorus. This included helping her straighten out the legal issue surrounding her 2000 drug bust in Hawaii. "[358], Houston's vocal stylings have had a significant impact on the music industry. Two days later, Houston performed "Million Dollar Bill" and "I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me)" on the Dancing with the Stars season 9 finale. Whitney was so full of life. [36] She performed "Home", a song from the musical The Wiz. But he would later claim it was Whitney who introduced him tococaineshortly before their wedding. [226] Within weeks, Houston's rendition of "The Star-Spangled Banner" was re-released after the September 11 attacks, with the proceeds donated to the New York Firefighters 9/11 Disaster Relief Fund and the New York Fraternal Order of Police. [409], At a 1988 Madison Square Garden concert, Houston earned more over $250,000 for the United Negro College Fund (UNCF). [234] The four singles released from the album did not fare well on the Billboard Hot 100, but became dance chart hits. [103][104], Houston donated her share of the proceeds to the American Red Cross Gulf Crisis Fund and was named to the Red Cross Board of Governors. While the European leg of the tour was Europe's highest grossing arena tour of the year,[198] Houston canceled "a string of dates [during the] summer citing throat problems and a 'bronchitis situation'". It could not be determined if Bobbi Kristina Brown's death was accidental or intentional. [384], Houston won numerous accolades, including 2 Emmy Awards, 8 Grammy Awards (including two Grammy Hall of Fame honors), 14 World Music Awards, 16 Billboard Music Awards (31 Billboard awards in all) and 22 American Music Awards. After earning $40 million, the estate was able to pay Houston's $20 million debt. "[294] Others paying tribute included Mariah Carey, Quincy Jones, and Oprah Winfrey.[295][296]. Michael Houston told Winfreythat he was the first person Whitney ever did drugs with, not the singers ex-husband Bobby Brown. [110] The show gave HBO its highest ratings ever. She 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". [386] She also holds the record for the most WMAs won in a single year, winning five awards at the sixth World Music Awards in 1994.[387]. Darlene Love, Houston's godmother, hearing the news of her death, said, "It felt like I had been struck by a lightning bolt in my gut. As of February 2023, Houston's net worth when she died in 2012 was $20 million. However, some poor reviews and rescheduled concerts brought negative media attention. With them, Houston furthered her recording career by working with producers Michael Beinhorn, Bill Laswell and Martin Bisi on an album they were spearheading called One Down, which was credited to the group Material. She graced this stage with her regal presence and gave so many memorable performances here over the years. It topped the US Dance Club Songs chart and peaked at number two in the UK, becoming Houston's highest-charting single in the country since 1999. She went from 868,000 views in the week prior to her death to 40,200,000 views in the week following her death, a 45-fold increase.[321]. It was certified Gold by the RIAA in 2020. Published: Feb. 05, 2021, 9:00 a.m. Whitney Houston and Bobbi Kristina Brown at a gala before the Grammys in 2011. Bobbi Kristina Brown was born March 4, 1993. HBO descrambled the concert so that it was free for everyone to watch. The album entered the Billboard 200 at No. [37] Houston did not begin work on an album immediately. Robert Christgau of The Village Voice called her contribution "one of the most gorgeous ballads you've ever heard".[35]. Nicknamed "The Voice", she is one of the bestselling music artists of all time, with over 200 million records sold worldwide. [217] In 2019, Crawford said she had left after Houston declined to seek help for her drug dependency. [92] Her first film role was in The Bodyguard, released in 1992. [250] The album's first two singles were the title track "I Look to You" and "Million Dollar Bill". Houston's remake of Sparkle was filmed in late 2011 over two months[263] and was released by TriStar Pictures. Whitney Houston's daughter died as a result of immersion in water and drug intoxication, medical records show. "[3] Mariah Carey stated, "She [Whitney] has a really rich, strong mid-belt that very few people have. [56] She won her first Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance for "Saving All My Love for You". News of her death coincided with the 2012 Grammy Awards (which took place the day following her death), and was covered internationally. [29][28][30] Following Houston's rise to fame, rumors began speculating that Houston and Crawford were lovers, which the two denied to the press during a 1987 interview for Time magazine. I was losing myself. Monie is currently Curator In Chief of SHEmovement.com the worldwide portal for all things Women in Hip Hop related covering all elements of Hip Hop culture from a woman's perspective. [26] Houston was offered record deals around this time, first by Michael Zager in 1979, Luther Vandross in 1980 and Bruce Lundvall in 1981. [49] The song itself became Houston's second consecutive number one pop hit on the Billboard Hot 100, where it stayed for two weeks, also topping the Hot Black and Hot AC chart and peaking at number three on the dance charts. 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Un-unh. Whitney's daughter, Bobbi Kristina, was set to be the executor of her estate before her untimely passing in 2015. She plays the gospel-singing wife of a pastor (Courtney B. Vance). Houston's first studio album in eight years, My Love Is Your Love (1998), sold millions and spawned several hit singles, including "Heartbreak Hotel", "It's Not Right but It's Okay" and "My Love Is Your Love". Who Inherited Whitney Houstons $20 Million Estate? [186][187], After spending much of the early and mid-1990s working on motion pictures and their soundtrack albums, Houston's first studio album in eight years, the critically acclaimed My Love Is Your Love, was released in November 1998. "She's in the early stages of dementia," a source told Radar Online. [246] (In her 2013 book, Remembering Whitney: My Story of Love, Loss and the Night the Music Stopped, Cissy Houston described the scene she encountered at Whitney Houston's house in 2005 as follows: "Somebody had spray-painted the walls and door with big glaring eyes and strange faces. [320] Her death on February 11 ignited an incredible drive to her YouTube and Vevo pages. The interview was billed as "the most anticipated music interview of the decade". [308][309], In June 2012, the year's McDonald's Gospelfest in Newark was dedicated as a tribute to Houston. Houston contributed backing vocals for Khan and Lou Rawls on their respective albums, Naughty and Shades of Blue. . Distract me from him, she continued. ! Jeers as Bobby Brown accuses daughter's boyfriend of killing her, Whitney Houston. In addition, Houston became an activist for the fight against HIV and AIDS during the first decade of the AIDS epidemic. Everitt said that "[i]n a climate of reality shows ripe with 'oversinging,' it's easy to appreciate Houston's ability to save melisma for just the right moment. and said of Houston: "When I first heard her, I called Clive Davis and said, 'You finally found the greatest singer I've ever heard in my life. Whitney Houston performs with her half-brother . [279] Among those who performed at the funeral were Stevie Wonder (rewritten version of "Ribbon in the Sky" and "Love's in Need of Love Today"), CeCe Winans ("Don't Cry" and "Jesus Loves Me"), Alicia Keys ("Send Me an Angel"), Kim Burrell (rewritten version of "A Change Is Gonna Come") and R. Kelly ("I Look to You"). She sang live, but the microphone was turned off. She was a true musician. "She repeats herself a lot and doesn't remember what she says. "The technique is repeated throughout the song, most pronouncedly on every 'I' and 'you'. [162] Consequently, the album featured a range of contemporary R&B female recording artists along with Houston, such as Mary J. Blige, Brandy, Toni Braxton, Aretha Franklin and Patti LaBelle. She enjoyed enormous success in the 1980s and 90s, selling more than 170 million albums and starring in the box-office smash movie The . The one-hour . [376], Houston is one of the best-selling recording artists of all time, with more than 200 million records sold worldwide. [314][315], According to representatives from Houston record label, Houston sold 3.7million albums and 4.3million singles worldwide in the first ten months of the year she died. The young man Whitney Houston once raised "like a son" has died. [287] The manner of death was listed as an "accident".[288]. Two months later, Clive Davis was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame; Houston had been scheduled to perform at the event, but was a no-show. Three weeks after its release, I Look to You went gold. The show was a benefit concert that raised a quarter of a million dollars for the United Negro College Fund. Copyright 2023 Interactive One, LLC. The Houstons are still struggling with the sudden death of Whitney Houston in 2012 and the mysterious passing of her daughter Bobbi Kristina Brown just three years later, but the family has again . She was found drowned in a Beverly Hills hotel bathtub on the eve of 2012 Grammy Awards, reportedly after a cocaine binge. After the success of her Moment of Truth world tour in 1987, she became the highest earning black woman of the year, and third highest overall behind Bill Cosby and Eddie Murphy.. When the singer died in February 2012, Bobbi was named as the sole beneficiary of her mother's estate. In Whitney's 1982 bedroom, she had a photo of her cousin Dionne Warwick on the wall. When discussing the eerie ways in which Whitney Houston and Bobbi Kristina . [138] During Christmas week of 1992, the soundtrack sold over a million copies within a week, becoming the first album to achieve that feat under Nielsen SoundScan system. [ ] Hers was a voice of triumph and achievement and it made for any number of stunning, time-stopping vocal performances. Bobby, 53, has long suffered from addiction to pot and alcohol. [354], Elysa Gardner of the Los Angeles Times in her review for The Preacher's Wife Soundtrack highly praised Houston's vocal ability, commenting, "She is first and foremost a pop diva at that, the best one we have. Often acting as the intermediary between Whitney and the rest of her family, Pat became integral in Whitney's life, especially close to the end. [14] Through her mother, Houston was a first cousin of singers Dionne and Dee Dee Warwick as well as a distant cousin of opera singer Leontyne Price. When asked if she had forgiven him, the pop diva said absolutely before explaining why. An open bottle of champagne and a spoon containing a "white crystal like substance"along with a rolled-up piece of white paper werespotted near her body, according to the coroner's report. [347], Houston possessed a spinto soprano vocal range,[348][349][350] and was referred to as "The Voice" in reference to her vocal talent. Days after the death of his ex-wife, Bobby appeared at Whitney's memorial service, but was asked to leave by the family's security. For that project, she contributed the ballad "Memories", a cover of a song by Hugh Hopper of Soft Machine. [169], The film's accompanying soundtrack, Waiting to Exhale: Original Soundtrack Album, was written and produced by Babyface. In 2001, Houston was the first artist to be given a BET Lifetime Achievement Award. She was 22. [371] The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame stated: "Her sound expanded through collaborations with a wide array of artists, including Stevie Wonder, Luther Vandross, Babyface, Missy Elliott, Bobby Brown, and Mariah Carey. [90] At the 1989 Soul Train Music Awards, when Houston's name was called out for a nomination, a few in the audience jeered. Ten years ago today, the world lost Whitney Houston. [333] The record became a worldwide hit. Bobby Brown said he was "scared to death" to marry Whitney Houston 30 years ago, but his current wife talked him out of his pre-wedding jitters. Many critics complained that the material was too similar to her previous album. This service is provided on News Group Newspapers' Limited's Standard Terms and Conditions in accordance with our Privacy & Cookie Policy. Their initial friendship became more serious, and in 1991, the performer asked her to marry him. 2,021 53. Monie recently sat on a panel for Emancipation Day in DC with Chuck D and MC Hammer for Centric TV. The case report from LAPD read: "In the hours prior to being found unresponsive he had consumed tequila and snorted cocaine and Percocet.". "Hope opens his home to U.S. troops". Although the company was started by her father to manage her career, it was actually run by company president Kevin Skinner. Throughout her career and posthumously, she has received numerous accolades, including two Emmy Awards, six Grammy Awards, 16 Billboard Music Awards, and 28 Guinness World Records. Houston played a star who is stalked by a crazed fan and hires a bodyguard (played by Kevin Costner) to protect her. The estate also claimed that Nick gave Bobbi a toxic cocktail that caused her to pass out, resulting in her death. The rest of the money was left to Houston's only heir, Bobbi Kristina Brown. The song was featured on the Sparkle: Music from the Motion Picture soundtrack as the first official single. Houston produced the album with Mervyn Warren and Gordon Chambers. Even though Houston once signed a $100 million contract and sold over 200 . WTLC Featured Video. Though originally slated to be a greatest hits album with a handful of new songs, recording sessions were so fruitful that a new full-length studio album was released. '"[361] After Houston's death, Catona asserted that Houston's voice reached "'about 75 to 80 percent'" of its former capacity after he had worked with her. [195][206] In addition, the album reached the Top 10 in many other countries. Skinner filed a breach of contract lawsuit and sued for $100million (but lost), stating that Houston owed the company previously unpaid compensation for helping to negotiate her $100million contract with Arista Records and for sorting out legal matters. 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