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                   A Tribute
                   To
The International Recording Superstar
      "Whitney Houston"

Whitney Houston

The London Event

I am Every Woman

                      RRC Salutes
       "Whitney Houston"
We Welcome Her Come Back

We Salute The Queen of Pop
Whitney Houston -
Houston released her debut album Whitney Houston in 1985, which
became the best-selling debut album by a female artist. Her second studio
album Whitney (1987) became the first album by a female artist to debut at
number one on the Billboard 200 albums chart. Houston's crossover
appeal on the popular music charts as well as her prominence on MTV
enabled several African-American women to follow in her success.

Following her marriage to fellow singer Bobby Brown, Houston appeared in
her first starring role in the feature film The Bodyguard in 1992. The film's
original soundtrack won the 1994 Grammy Award for Album of the Year,
and became the world's best-selling soundtrack. Its lead single, "I Will
Always Love You", became one of the best-selling singles in music history.
Houston continued to star in feature films and contributed to soundtracks
including Waiting to Exhale (1995) and The Preacher's Wife (1996). After
the release of her fourth studio album My Love Is Your Love (1998), she
renewed her recording contract with Arista Records in 2001 for a historic
$100 million dollars. She subsequently released her fifth studio album,
Just Whitney the following year with One Wish: The Holiday Album being
released in 2003. Amidst widespread media coverage of personal and
professional turmoil, Houston's marriage to Brown ended in 2006.

Houston is one of the world's best-selling music artists, having sold over
140 million albums and 50 million singles, worldwide. She is ranked as
the fourth best-selling female artist in the United States by the Recording
Industry Association of America, with 54 million certified albums. Known as
"The Voice" for her "powerful, penetrating pop-gospel" vocals, she has
been listed by Rolling Stone magazine as one of The 100 Greatest Singers
of All Time

Whitney Houston
The Queen of Pop

Celebrate
Whitney Houston

Whitney Elizabeth Houston was born
on August 9, 1963 in Newark, NJ.
She is the daughter of Cissy
Houston, a successful
rhythm-and-blues backup singer, and
cousin of singer Dionne Warwick.

She began singing in a church choir
in her hometown, and was singing
solo by the age of 11. She sang as a
backup singer for Chaka Khan, Lou
Rawls, and her mother.

She also tried her hand at modeling.
Her first hit was in 1984 on a duet
with Teddy Pendergrass called "Hold
Me."