Whitney Houston

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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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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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Try It on My Own musicVideoPerformer Whitney Houston
I Got You musicalArtist Whitney Houston
Oh Yes musicalArtist Whitney Houston
Until You Come Back musicalArtist Whitney Houston
The Voice nicknameFor Whitney Houston
Whitney Houston notableAchievement Whitney Houston self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: The Bodyguard soundtrack became one of the best-selling soundtracks of all time
Bertelsmann Music Group notableArtist Whitney Houston
Kenny G notableCollaboration Whitney Houston
Greatest Love of All notableCoverArtist Whitney Houston
Dee Dee Warwick notableFamilyMember Whitney Houston
Michael Houston notableFamilyMember Whitney Houston
Warwick–Houston family notableMember Whitney Houston
Get It Back notablePerformer Whitney Houston
Until You Come Back notablePerformer Whitney Houston
subject surface form: BET Lifetime Achievement Award
World Music Award notableRecipient Whitney Houston
Whitney Houston notableWork Whitney Houston self-link
Whitney Houston notableWork Whitney Houston self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Whitney
I Learned from the Best notableWorkOf Whitney Houston
Just Whitney notableWorkOf Whitney Houston
Rodney Jerkins notableWorkWith Whitney Houston
Bobbi Kristina Brown onlyChildOf Whitney Houston
If I Told You That originalArtist Whitney Houston
Until You Come Back originalArtist Whitney Houston
Get It Back originallyBy Whitney Houston
Cissy Houston parentOf Whitney Houston
Saving All My Love for You partOfAlbum Whitney Houston
All the Man That I Need performedLiveBy Whitney Houston
How Will I Know performedOnTourBy Whitney Houston
Enrique Iglesias performedWith Whitney Houston
All the Man That I Need performer Whitney Houston
Call You Tonight performer Whitney Houston
Call You Tonight performer Whitney Houston
this entity surface form: American singer Whitney Houston
Dear John Letter performer Whitney Houston
Didn't We Almost Have It All performer Whitney Houston
For the Lovers performer Whitney Houston
Get It Back performer Whitney Houston
How Will I Know performer Whitney Houston
George Merrill performer Whitney Houston
subject surface form: How Will I Know
I Got You performer Whitney Houston
I Learned from the Best performer Whitney Houston
I Look to You performer Whitney Houston