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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George Merrill performer Whitney Houston
subject surface form: I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me)
I Was Made to Love Him performer Whitney Houston
I'm Your Baby Tonight performer Whitney Houston
If I Told You That performer Whitney Houston
In My Business performer Whitney Houston
It's Not Right but It's Okay performer Whitney Houston
Just Whitney performer Whitney Houston
Like I Never Left performer Whitney Houston
Love That Man performer Whitney Houston
Million Dollar Bill performer Whitney Houston
My Love performer Whitney Houston
My Love Is Your Love performer Whitney Houston
Nothin’ But Love performer Whitney Houston
Oh Yes performer Whitney Houston
On My Own performer Whitney Houston
One Wish: The Holiday Album performer Whitney Houston
One of Those Days performer Whitney Houston
Salute performer Whitney Houston
Saving All My Love for You performer Whitney Houston
Tell Me No performer Whitney Houston
Tig Productions performer Whitney Houston
subject surface form: The Bodyguard: Original Soundtrack Album
Things You Say performer Whitney Houston
Thinking About You performer Whitney Houston
Try It on My Own performer Whitney Houston
Unashamed performer Whitney Houston
Until You Come Back performer Whitney Houston
Whatchulookinat performer Whitney Houston
When You Believe performer Whitney Houston
Whitney: The Greatest Hits performer Whitney Houston
Worth It performer Whitney Houston
You Light Up My Life performer Whitney Houston
subject surface form: You Light Up My Life (Whitney Houston song)
You'll Never Stand Alone performer Whitney Houston
Rachel Marron portrayedBy Whitney Houston
Savannah Jackson portrayedBy Whitney Houston
Things You Say primaryVocalist Whitney Houston
I Got You producer Whitney Houston
One Wish: The Holiday Album producer Whitney Houston
Unashamed producer Whitney Houston
Waiting to Exhale producer Whitney Houston
Waiting to Exhale productionCompany Whitney Houston
this entity surface form: Whitney Houston Productions
All the Man That I Need recordedBy Whitney Houston
Call You Tonight recordedBy Whitney Houston
I Got You recordedBy Whitney Houston
My Love recordedBy Whitney Houston
Nothin’ But Love recordedBy Whitney Houston
One Wish: The Holiday Album recordedBy Whitney Houston
Salute recordedBy Whitney Houston