Whitney Elizabeth Houston (born August 9, 1963 - February 11, 2012) was an American R&B/pop singer, actress, and former fashion model. Houston is the most awarded female artist of all time, according to Guinness World Records, and her list of awards include 2 Emmy Awards, 6 Grammy Awards, 16 Billboard Music Awards, 22 American Music Awards, among a total of 415 career awards as of 2010. Houston is also one of the world's best-selling music artists, having sold over 170 million albums and singles worldwide.

Inspired by several prominent soul singers in her extended family, including mother Cissy Houston and cousins Dionne Warwick and Dee Dee Warwick, as well as her godmother, Aretha Franklin, Houston began singing with New Jersey church's junior gospel choir at age 11. After she began performing alongside her mother in night clubs in the New York City area, she was discovered by Arista Records label head Clive Davis. As of 2011, Houston has released six studio albums and three movie soundtrack albums, all of which have had diamond, multi-platinum, platinum, or gold certification.

Houston's 1985 debut album, Whitney Houston, became the best-selling debut album by a female act at the time of its release. 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, starting with her video for "How Will I Know", enabled several African-American female artists to follow in her success. Houston's first acting role was as the star of the feature film The Bodyguard (1992). The movie's original soundtrack won the 1994 Grammy Award for Album of the Year. Its lead single, "I Will Always Love You", became the best-selling single by a female artist in music history. The album makes her the only female act ranked in the list of the top-10 best-selling albums, at number four.

Houston continued to star in movies and contribute to soundtracks, including with the films Waiting to Exhale (1995) and The Preacher's Wife (1996). Three years after the release of her fourth studio album, My Love Is Your Love (1998), she renewed her recording contract with Arista Records. She released her fifth studio album, Just Whitney, in 2002, and the Christmas-themed One Wish: The Holiday Album in 2003. Amid widespread media coverage of personal and professional turmoil, Houston ended her 14-year marriage to singer Bobby Brown in 2006. In 2009, Houston released her seventh studio album, I Look To You.

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Whitney Houston [ˈwɪtni ˈhjustən], née le 9 août 1963 à Newark (New Jersey) et morte le 11 février 2012 à Beverly Hills (Californie), est une chanteuse, actrice, productrice de musique et mannequin américaine.

Née en 1963 dans le New Jersey, Whitney Houston, cousine de Dionne Warwick, est une surdouée de la musique et est très vite surnommée "The Voice" quand sa carrière musicale débute. Elle remporte six Grammy Awards au cours d'une carrière fructueuse derrière le micro (170 millions de disques vendus), mais malheureusement entachée de nombreux problèmes de drogue et de santé depuis le début des années 2000.

Whitney Houston s'est aussi illustrée devant des caméras de cinéma. Elle est ainsi l'héroïne de l'inoubliable Bodyguard (1992) aux côtés de Kevin Costner, mais aussi de la comédie dramatique Où sont les hommes ? (1996) réalisée par le comédien Forest Whitaker ou encore de la romance La Femme du pasteur (1997) aux côtés de Denzel Washington et de Courtney B. Vance.

Au cinéma, on retiendra également son célèbre duo avec Mariah Carey pour la bande originale du Prince d'Egypte avec le titre "When you believe", ou son travail de productrice, notamment sur Princesse malgré elle et Un Mariage de princesse. En février 2012, la veille des 54e Grammy Awards où elle devait se rendre, la chanteuse est retrouvée morte dans sa baignoire. Elle venait de finir le tournage de Sparkle, un drame qui se déroule dans le monde de la musique des années 60, dont elle était productrice et qui sort en France en septembre 2012.

Whitney Elizabeth Houston foi uma premiada cantora e atriz norte-americana. É considerada uma das maiores e melhores cantoras mundiais. Tamanho talento e sucesso a fizeram ser conhecida como A Voz.