biography
| sex:
| female
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| (1963– )
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| biography:
| Singer and film actress, born in Newark, New Jersey, USA. Daughter of gospel singer Cissy Houston (c.1930– ), she began singing in the local gospel choir, and became a backing singer for Chaka Khan, Lou Rawls, and others. The album Whitney Houston (1985) won a Grammy award and included her first US number 1 hit single ‘Saving All My Love For You’. Her second album, Whitney (1987), entered the UK chart and became the first album by a female artist to debut at number 1. Later albums include My Love is Your Love (1999). In 1988 she broke a US chart record with seven consecutive number 1 hits, overtaking the previous record of six achieved by The Beatles and The Bee Gees. Her films include The Bodyguard (1992) and The Preacher's Wife (1996). |
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