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 ⓘ

Referenced by (293)

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You'll Never Stand Alone → artist → Whitney Houston ⓘ
Babyface → associatedAct → Whitney Houston ⓘ
Bobby Brown → associatedAct → Whitney Houston ⓘ
Brandy → associatedAct → Whitney Houston ⓘ
Chaka Khan → associatedAct → Whitney Houston ⓘ
Dionne Warwick → associatedAct → Whitney Houston ⓘ
For the Lovers → associatedAct → Whitney Houston ⓘ
Get It Back → associatedAct → Whitney Houston ⓘ
Greatest Love of All → associatedAct → Whitney Houston ⓘ
If I Told You That → associatedAct → Whitney Houston ⓘ
Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds → associatedAct → Whitney Houston ⓘ
Linda Creed → associatedAct → Whitney Houston ⓘ
Luther Vandross → associatedAct → Whitney Houston ⓘ
Narada Michael Walden → associatedAct → Whitney Houston ⓘ
Oh Yes → associatedAct → Whitney Houston ⓘ
On My Own → associatedAct → Whitney Houston ⓘ
Salute → associatedAct → Whitney Houston ⓘ
Saving All My Love for You → associatedAct → Whitney Houston ⓘ
Shannon Rubicam → associatedAct → Whitney Houston ⓘ
Sittin' Up in My Room → associatedAct → Whitney Houston ⓘ
Tell Me No → associatedAct → Whitney Houston ⓘ
Worth It → associatedAct → Whitney Houston ⓘ
You Light Up My Life → associatedAct → Whitney Houston ⓘ
subject surface form: You Light Up My Life (Whitney Houston song)
I’m Every Woman → backingVocalsBy → Whitney Houston ⓘ
subject surface form: I'm Every Woman
this entity surface form: Whitney Houston (uncredited, as child, on original recording)
I'm Your Baby Tonight → backingVocalsBy → Whitney Houston ⓘ
Michael Houston → brother → Whitney Houston ⓘ
The Bodyguard → castMember → Whitney Houston ⓘ
John Russell Houston Jr. → child → Whitney Houston ⓘ
George Merrill → collaboratedWith → Whitney Houston ⓘ
Warwick–Houston family → cousin → Whitney Houston ⓘ
subject surface form: Dee Dee Warwick
Warwick–Houston family → cousin → Whitney Houston ⓘ
subject surface form: Dionne Warwick
Just Whitney → creator → Whitney Houston ⓘ
Worth It → creditedAlbumArtist → Whitney Houston ⓘ
For the Lovers → creditedArtist → Whitney Houston ⓘ
I Learned from the Best → creditedArtist → Whitney Houston ⓘ
On My Own → creditedTo → Whitney Houston ⓘ
Tell Me No → creditedTo → Whitney Houston ⓘ
Unashamed → creditedTo → Whitney Houston ⓘ
Whatchulookinat → creditedWriter → Whitney Houston ⓘ
The Voice → denotes → Whitney Houston ⓘ
Clive Davis → discovered → Whitney Houston ⓘ
Gary Garland → employer → Whitney Houston ⓘ
this entity surface form: Whitney Houston touring band
Cinderella (1997 film) → executiveProducer → Whitney Houston ⓘ
Something in Common → featuredArtist → Whitney Houston ⓘ
Bobby (album) → featuresArtist → Whitney Houston ⓘ
The Bodyguard → featuresSongPerformer → Whitney Houston ⓘ