Whitney Houston

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American actress American singer actress human recording artist singer

Whitney Houston was a legendary American singer and actress renowned for her powerful voice, record-breaking hits, and status as one of the best-selling music artists of all time.

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Whitney 3
American singer Whitney Houston 1
The Bodyguard soundtrack became one of the best-selling soundtracks of all time 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf American actress ⓘ
American singer ⓘ
actress ⓘ
human ⓘ
recording artist ⓘ
singer ⓘ
activeYearsEnd 2012 ⓘ
activeYearsStart 1977 ⓘ
awardReceived American Music Award ⓘ
Billboard Music Award ⓘ
Emmy Award ⓘ
Grammy Award ⓘ
surface form: Grammy Award for Album of the Year

Grammy Award ⓘ
surface form: Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance

Grammy Award ⓘ
surface form: Grammy Award for Record of the Year

Grammy Award ⓘ
surface form: Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award

MTV Video Music Award ⓘ
causeOfDeath atherosclerotic heart disease ⓘ
cocaine use ⓘ
drowning ⓘ
child Bobby Brown ⓘ
surface form: Bobbi Kristina Brown
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
cousin Dee Dee Warwick ⓘ
Dee Dee Warwick ⓘ
surface form: Dionne Warwick
dateOfBirth 1963-08-09 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 2012-02-11 ⓘ
endTimeOfSpouse 2007 ⓘ
familyName Houston ⓘ
fullName Whitney Houston self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Whitney Elizabeth Houston
genre R&B ⓘ
gospel ⓘ
pop ⓘ
soul ⓘ
givenName Whitney Houston self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Whitney
hailedAs The Voice ⓘ
influenced Beyoncé ⓘ
Christina Aguilera ⓘ
Jennifer Hudson ⓘ
Mariah Carey ⓘ
influencedBy Aretha Franklin ⓘ
Chaka Khan ⓘ
Cissy Houston ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
memberOf New Hope Baptist Church choir ⓘ
mother Cissy Houston ⓘ
notableAchievement Whitney Houston self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: The Bodyguard soundtrack became one of the best-selling soundtracks of all time

one of the best-selling music artists of all time ⓘ
starred in the film The Bodyguard ⓘ
notableEvent performed the U.S. national anthem at Super Bowl XXV ⓘ
notableWork Greatest Love of All ⓘ
How Will I Know ⓘ
I Look to You ⓘ
I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me) ⓘ
I Will Always Love You ⓘ
I'm Your Baby Tonight ⓘ
Just Whitney ⓘ
My Love Is Your Love ⓘ
Saving All My Love for You ⓘ
The Bodyguard ⓘ
The Preacher's Wife ⓘ
Waiting to Exhale ⓘ
Whitney Houston self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Whitney

Whitney Houston self-link ⓘ
occupation actress ⓘ
film producer ⓘ
model ⓘ
singer ⓘ
placeOfBirth Newark, New Jersey, United States ⓘ
placeOfDeath Beverly Hills, California, United States ⓘ
recordLabel Arista Records ⓘ
RCA Records ⓘ
religion Christianity ⓘ
salesAchievement over 200 million records sold worldwide ⓘ
spouse Bobby Brown ⓘ
startTimeOfSpouse 1992 ⓘ
voiceType mezzo-soprano ⓘ
yearOfNotableEvent 1991 ⓘ

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How Will I Know → album → Whitney Houston ⓘ
this entity surface form: Whitney
Thinking About You → album → Whitney Houston ⓘ
I Was Made to Love Him → albumArtist → Whitney Houston ⓘ
Tell Me No → albumArtist → Whitney Houston ⓘ
Things You Say → albumArtist → Whitney Houston ⓘ
Super Bowl XXV → anthemPerformer → Whitney Houston ⓘ
The Voice → appliedTo → Whitney Houston ⓘ
Dear John Letter → artist → Whitney Houston ⓘ
Didn't We Almost Have It All → artist → Whitney Houston ⓘ
For the Lovers → artist → Whitney Houston ⓘ
Get It Back → artist → Whitney Houston ⓘ
Heartbreak Hotel → artist → Whitney Houston ⓘ
How Will I Know → artist → Whitney Houston ⓘ
I Didn’t Know My Own Strength → artist → Whitney Houston ⓘ
I Got You → artist → Whitney Houston ⓘ
I Learned from the Best → artist → Whitney Houston ⓘ
I Look to You → artist → Whitney Houston ⓘ
Like I Never Left → artist → Whitney Houston ⓘ
subject surface form: I Look to You
I'm Your Baby Tonight → artist → Whitney Houston ⓘ
If I Told You That → artist → Whitney Houston ⓘ
In My Business → artist → Whitney Houston ⓘ
It's Not Right but It's Okay → artist → Whitney Houston ⓘ
Just Whitney → artist → Whitney Houston ⓘ
Dear John Letter → artist → Whitney Houston ⓘ
subject surface form: Just Whitney
My Love → artist → Whitney Houston ⓘ
subject surface form: Just Whitney
Like I Never Left → artist → Whitney Houston ⓘ
Love That Man → artist → Whitney Houston ⓘ
Million Dollar Bill → artist → Whitney Houston ⓘ
My Love → artist → Whitney Houston ⓘ
My Love Is Your Love → artist → Whitney Houston ⓘ
Nothin’ But Love → artist → Whitney Houston ⓘ
Oh Yes → artist → Whitney Houston ⓘ
On My Own → artist → Whitney Houston ⓘ
One Wish: The Holiday Album → artist → Whitney Houston ⓘ
One of Those Days → artist → Whitney Houston ⓘ
Salute → artist → Whitney Houston ⓘ
Tell Me No → artist → Whitney Houston ⓘ
Things You Say → artist → Whitney Houston ⓘ
Thinking About You → artist → Whitney Houston ⓘ
Try It on My Own → artist → Whitney Houston ⓘ
Unashamed → artist → Whitney Houston ⓘ
Until You Come Back → artist → Whitney Houston ⓘ
Whatchulookinat → artist → Whitney Houston ⓘ
Whitney: The Greatest Hits → artist → Whitney Houston ⓘ
Worth It → artist → Whitney Houston ⓘ
You Light Up My Life → artist → Whitney Houston ⓘ
subject surface form: You Light Up My Life (Whitney Houston song)