Whitney Houston is a famous American actress, singer and fashion model. Also, the woman is in fourth place on the list of the most commercially successful artists in the United States of America.
In a list of 100 positions of the world's greatest performers, Houston took 34th place according to Rolling Stone magazine.
However, we will talk more about the most vivid and pleasant moments in the life of Whitney Houston in the compiled list of the top 10.
10. The birth of a new star
In the Houston family, both mom and dad connected life with music. So it is not surprising that the daughter of this family was addicted to singing and creativity from birth. Whitney began with the church choir, where she soon earned her solo performance.
In her teens, the girl tried herself as a backing vocalist at her mother’s concerts. At the next beauty, Whitney was noticed by the photographer and at that moment we turn to fact number 9 in our top.
9. Career model
The young girl was not just another model from a glossy cover: she became the first black model in the world. Her photos were printed in the popular gloss “Glamor” and “Cosmopolitan”, as well as on the covers of other publications.
8. Prefer school musical career
Whitney began to receive offers on contracts and producing from the age of thirteen, but Whitney's mother was opposed to her little daughter dropping out of school and at such a young age immersed in the world of show business. So two years passed, until at the next concert, where Whitney played the role of backing vocalist, the young singer was not noticed by a famous person in musical circles.
He was so impressed with the girl’s voice that after much persuasion and reasonable arguments, he persuaded Houston's mother to let her daughter go into the world of big show business.
So a new star was born.
7. Opening performances
In 1985, the first album of the singer was released, which received a bunch of positive reviews and reactions, both from the audience and from the critics. Whitney prophesies a great future and appreciates the talent of the girl. However, the “Discovery of the Year”, as Whitney dubbed critics of that time dubbed, could not assemble full-fledged rooms.
Therefore, Whitney was content with performances on the opening act of successful performers. So, Whitney worked with Jeffrey Osbourne, speaking in front of the main part of the concert.
6. The circulation of the album is 20 million copies.
Whitney Houston's new album sold around the world in the amount of twenty million copies, and this number does not include pirated versions! The album held first place on the charts of America, and a photograph of the singer appeared in Forbes magazine. The column wrote about the highest paid celebrities.
5. Charity
Whitney Houston was a very kind and fair woman. The girl was barely over twenty when she organized a budget organization to raise funds to help children. The organized fund took care of homeless children with cancer and AIDS.
Charity - was an integral part of the singer's life. After the terrible tragedy with the twin towers in 2001, Whitney transferred all the money received from the last concerts to help the victims.
4. Conversation with George W. Bush
Whitney worried not only about destitute children, but also about the problems of modern American youth. This issue was discussed with United States President George W. Bush. The conversation was completely private, without reporters and cameras. This was explained by the fact that Whitney did not speak with the president as a well-known person, but as a representative of the interests of the youth of the District of Columbia. This event happened in 1990.
3. Interracial scandals
Whitney's first appearance as an actress happened in the film "The Bodyguard", in which the girl played the role of a famous singer. However, the audience did not know who would play the main character in the film, since the girl’s face was not shown in the trailer, and after the premiere of the movie, there was a scandal. Whitney and the filmmakers were accused of concealing interracial relationships between central characters. After all, the role of the character’s partner Houston was played by Kevin Costner.
The singer replied to the accusations that everyone in the country knew her voice, which means it's silly to assume that the trailer for the motion picture had the goal of hiding the skin color of the main character.
A song from the movie entitled “I Will Always Love You” has become a worldwide hit and best-selling.
2. Bad actress
The best film actors, as you know, are awarded the Oscar award statuette, but for the worst, they came up with Golden Raspberry. The latter, for her role in the film The Bodyguard, was presented to Whitney Houston, noting that the actress lacked passion on the screen.
But no matter what critics and journalists say, the film paid off and was quite popular during the box office. After all, the box office around the world amounted to more than four hundred million dollars.
1. Filming a reality show
At the age of 41, Whitney Houston decides to launch his own reality show with her husband Bobby Brown. It was assumed that the daily life of successful and famous people would be shown on the screen, however, the reviews for the first season of the show were negative and Whitney refused to continue filming. And they didn’t start shooting the second season.
And since we touched on Whitney Houston’s husband and their family show, it’s worth mentioning the singer’s difficult marriage with a man and the subsequent long divorce proceedings. Relations with Bobby also led to a deterioration in the singer's image: the girl began to be suspected of possession and use of drugs, but Whitney refuted such facts.
Whitney Houston died on February 11, 2012 in a hotel room in Beverly Hills. They found her unconscious, tried to resuscitate and save the life of the singer, but all was inconclusive.
The Grammy Award, which was supposed to happen the day before, was dedicated to the life of the amazing and unforgettable Whitney Houston.