WHITNEY HOUSTON

Whitney Elizabeth Houston (Newark, August 9, 1963 - Los Angeles, February 11, 2012) 1 was an American singer of R & B, soul, pop and gospel, but also highlighted as an actress, songwriter, producer, entrepreneur and model.According to Guinness World Records is, to date, the most awarded artist of all time, 2 with two Emmy Awards, six premiosGrammy, March 30 Billboard Music Awards and twenty-two American Music Awards, for a total of 415 awards in his career. It is also one of the musical artists who have sold more albums in the world: over 170 million albums, singles and vídeos.4 Since its inception was influenced by prominent soul singers like her mother Cissy Houston, her cousins Dionne Warwick and Dee Dee Warwick and godmother Aretha Franklin.5 At eleven he began his musical training at a children's choir of a church in New Jersey, 3 but his talent was discovered later by Clive Davis, president of Arista Records, the time with his mother sang in nightclubs in New York.6Known as "The Voice" ("The Voice") because of her vocal Whitney rose to fame in 1985 with his album Whitney Houston, which sold 30 million copies and became the debut album with sales over a female performer in history. In 1987 she released her second studio album, which became the first of a female artist to debut at number one on the Billboard 200 album chart.Houston got to be the female act with most weeks at the top of the charts with their albums Whitney Houston, Whitney, Waiting to Exhale and the soundtrack to The Bodyguard, for fifty weeks. In total released seven studio albums, three soundtracks, various compilations and fifty and three singles, of which eleven were number one on the Billboard Hot 100. The most notable is "I Will Always Love You" published in November 1992 and became the best selling single by a female artist in music history. Gotta be number one in thirty-two countries and won two Grammy awards and six Billboard Music Awards.His career has influenced the many other artists as Christina Aguilera, Celine Dion, Jessica Simpson, Alicia Keys, Britney Spears, Nelly Furtado and other music artists R & B. In 2001 he signed the contract with the highest salary in history, for 140 million dollars with the discográficaArista.He began his film career in 1992 with the film The Bodyguard, whose soundtrack reached number three of the 100 best-selling albums of all time with 48 million copies sold in 2004. [Citation needed] He would continue in 1995 the film Waiting to Exhale, and finally in The Preacher's Wife (1996).At age eleven, he began training as a vocalist in the gospel choir children's church "New Hope Baptist" in Newark, New Jersey, and later accompanied his mother at concerts.Although Baptist religion, studied in a Catholic secondary school. After appearing on the 1978 album of his mother, Think It Over, choirs began making other recognized performers such as Chaka Khan, Jermaine Jackson, and Lou Rawls. At 16, he volunteered to be the leading voice in the band's single from Michael Zager, "Life's a Party" in 1978. In the early eighties, began appearing in various magazines as a model (out, even in a cover). In 1982, he made his first recording as a singer with the group of Jazz-Funk material. The song was entitled "Memories" and was featured on the album One Down group.Real NameWhitney Elizabeth HoustonBirthAugust 9, 1963Newark (New Jersey),
 U.S.DeathFebruary 11, 2012 (48 years)Los Angeles (California)
 US1SpouseBobby Brown(1992-2007)ChildrenBobbi Christina BrownOccupationSinger and actressIts musicalVoice typeMezzo-sopranoOther NamesWhitneyGenre (s)R & B, pop, dance, soul, gospelInstrument (s)Voice, pianoPeriod of activity1977-2012Label (s)Arista Records, BMG, Sony MusicRelated ArtistsMariah Carey, Cissy Houston, Aretha Franklin, Taylor Dayne, Christina Aguilera, Chaka Khan, Mary J. Blige, Celine DionWebWebsitewww.whitneyhouston.comFileWhitney Houston on IMDb