Whitney Houston and Her Comeback

==== ====Enjoy the Talented Voice of Whitney HoustonGrab this Link: http://www.mukluksfitflop.org==== ====Whitney Houston has certainly been around the block and back. Where is she today? Performingagain and trying to get her career on track. In December of 2009 she released "I Look to You",which has already been certified platinum by RIAA for sales that exceed one million copies in theunited states. Houston also released again, her 25th anniversary edition of her debut album titledWhitney Houston - The Deluxe Anniversary Edition.To welcome Houston back, in January of 2010, she received the BET Honors Award forEntertainer citing her lifetime achievements and comeback success. She was also nominated fortwo NAACP Image Awards for Best Female Artist and Best Music Videos.Whitney Houston was born in 1963 into the music industry. Her mother, Cissy Houston andcousins Dee Dee and Dionne Warwick, as well as godmother Aretha Franklin, helped coach heralong through her childhood as a singer. Houston began singing at her New Jersey church andthen with her mother at nightclubs in the New York City area.She went out on her own and released her first album Whitney Houston in 1985. It became thebest selling debut album by a female artist at the time of release. People were intrigued by hervoice and wanted more. In 1987 she recorded her second album Whitney, and it became the firstalbum by a female artist to debut at number one on the Billboard 200 chart.In 1992 she married singer Bobby Brown and simultaneously took up acting. Her first role was inThe Bodyguard. The films soundtrack won the 1994 Grammy Award for Album of the Year. Itslead single was the remake of Dolly Partons song "I Will Always Love You".Houston continued acting, playing roles in Waiting To Exhale and The Preachers Wife. Thesoundtracks for each movie contributed to furthering her success and the size of her pocketbook.Add to this the renewed contract with Arista Records in 2001 for $100 million, Houston becameone of the highest earning females in the industry. And with good reason. Still, today, Houston isranked as the fourth best-selling female artist in the United States with 55 million certified albums.Rolling Stone magazine named her as one of the 100 Greatest Singers of All Time.By the new millennium, Houstons marriage of eight years began taking a toll on her. People closeto her saw the changes in the late 90s as she began showing up late or missing appearancesaltogether. On January 11, 2000, when airport security discovered drugs in she and her husbandsluggage while at a Hawaiian airport, rumors of serious drug use began to surface around thecouple.To top off her self-sabotaging ways, Houston didnt renew a $100 million contract with AristaRecords in 2001. Her publicist said she was under great stress due to family matters. Houston

also canceled more and more performances.In 2002 Houston granted an interview with Diane Sawyer, where she spoke about the rumoreddrug use and her marriage. She denied using crack but did admit to using various substances attimes, leaving the public questioning how she could let herself get so far down.Trying to pull her career back together, she released her fifth studio album Just Whitney inDecember of 2002. The album received mixed reviews but her reputation carried it to #9 on theBillboard Hot 200 chart.It wasnt until the reality show in 2004 titled Being Bobby Brown, aired, that people saw how farshe really sunk. Many wondered why she took part in the series as it portrayed her and her familyin their lowest moments. The show was considered a train wreck.Whether it was the show and seeing herself as she looked from the outside or time itself, by 2009,Houston realized she was a mess and in September 2006 she filed for a divorce with Brown. In2009 during an interview with Oprah Winfrey, she admitted to doing drugs with Brown and how hermother wanted her in rehab.Houston released her album I Look to You in August of 2009. The album entered the Billboard 200at #1, marking Houstons first number one album since The Bodyguard.Houston has made full circle and continues to be an influence on the industry with her uniquerange of vocals. How long will she stay on top this time? Only time will tell.Jeff Bachmeier is owner of 977music.com, an online music and online radio station networkproviding live streaming Internet Radio channels with music from the 50s thru Today. Users canalso choose to create their own customized on demand playlist through their own social mediaprofile. For more information please visit http://www.977music.com.Article Source:http://EzineArticles.com/?expert=Jeff_Bachmeier==== ====Enjoy the Talented Voice of Whitney Houston

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