Whitney Houston - Moment of Truth

==== ====Enjoy the Talented Voice of Whitney HoustonGrab this Link: http://www.mukluksfitflop.org==== ====Whitney Houston was born in Newark, New Jersey in 1963 to John Houston and Cissy Houston, agospel singer. Dionne Warwick is her cousin and Aretha Franklin is her godmother. By age 11Whitney was following in her mothers footsteps and was performing in the junior gospel choir attheir New Hope Baptist Church.Houston spent some of her teenage years touring nightclubs with her mother while Cissy wasperforming, and she would occasionally get on stage and perform with her mother. Then in 1978,at age fifteen, she got a big break, singing background vocals on Chaka Khans hit single "ImEvery Woman;" a song she would later turn into a hit for herself on her massive-selling soundtrackalbum The Bodyguard. Around this time Whitney Houston also started working as a fashionmodel. She appeared in Seventeen Magazine and later became one of the first African-Americanwomen to appear on the teen magazines cover.Houston signed with Arista in 1983 and had her first To 5 R&B hit with a single released in1984. Whitney Houston released her debut album Whitney Houston in 1985, which became thebest-selling debut album by a female artist according to the music magazine Billboard magazine.In 1986 she lands the cover of People magazine as "Americas Top New Star."Her second studio album Whitney (1987) became the first album by a female artist to debut atnumber one on the Billboard magazines Top 200 albums chart.From her first two albums and beyond, Whitney Houston became one of the most successfulfemale singers of all time. She has won seven Grammy Awards and been nominated 26 times.In 1989 Whitney met R&B singer Bobby Brown at the Soul Train Music Awards. Bobby Brownwas also a successful performer, having had several hits with his group New Edition and later as asolo artist. Bobby and Whitney married on July 18, 1992 on the grounds of Whitneys home inMendham, New Jersey. Later in 1993 they welcomed daughter Bobby Kristina Houston Brown.Following her marriage to Bobby Brown, Houston achieved phenomenal success with her themovie The Bodyguard in 1992. The movies original soundtrack won the 1994 Grammy Award forAlbum of the Year, and became the worlds best-selling soundtrack of all time. Its single, "I WillAlways Love You," became one of the best-selling singles in music history.Much to the chagrin of Whitneys fans, soon after her success with The Bodyguard, rumors thatthe singer was using drugs with her husband circulated in celebrity magazines like Peoplemagazine, Us Weekly magazine and OK! magazine after she missed performances, airportsecurity discovered marijuana in her luggage and appeared to sustain a dramatic weight loss. By2000 she was again on the cover of People magazine, this time under the headline, "Whitneys

Troubled Times."In 2002, Houston did an interview with Diane Sawyer to promote her upcoming album. During theprime-time special, Houston spoke on topics including rumored drug use and marriage. She wasasked about the ongoing drug rumors and replied, "First of all, lets get one thing straight. Crack ischeap. I make too much money to ever smoke crack. Lets get that straight. Okay? We dont docrack. We dont do that. Crack is wack." Houston did, however, admit to using various substancesat times.Despite her erratic behavior and seemingly destructive marriage, Houston continued to star infeature films and contributed to soundtracks. She renewed her recording contract with AristaRecords in 2001 for an unprecedented $100 million dollars. She subsequently released her fifthstudio album, Just Whitney the following year with her sixth studio album One Wish: The HolidayAlbum being released in 2003.Finally after years of personal and professional turmoil, Whitney Houston ended her marriage toBobby Brown in 2006.The singer gave her first interview in seven years, appearing on The Oprah Winfrey show inSeptember. In the interview Houston admitted she was addicted to crack cocaine and weed andthat Bobby Brown was emotionally abusive.With her new album I Look to You, Whitney Houstons has her first number one album since TheBodyguard, and her first studio album to reach number one since 1987s Whitney.For more, visit http://www.magazines.com/category/entertainment-tvJessica Vandelay is a freelance writer in New York City.Article Source:http://EzineArticles.com/?expert=Jessica_Vandelay==== ====Enjoy the Talented Voice of Whitney HoustonGrab this Link: http://www.mukluksfitflop.org==== ====

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