History Music / WhitneyHouston

Married to troubled [=R&B=] singer BobbyBrown from 1992-2006, [[DrugsAreBad drug use]] and alcohol use took its toll on Houston's voice, career as a whole and health. She attempted a few comebacks in the 2000s, but she continued to be the subject of many tabloid stories suggesting drug binges and other escapades. She died February 11, 2012, drowning in her bathtub due to heart disease and cocaine use. A few years later, Anne Hathaway, Julie Andrews, Garry Marshall and Dawn Soler placed a "In Loving Memory of Whitney Houston, 1963-2012" screen on international prints of ''Film/ThePrincessDiaries'' shown on Disney Channel (UK), BBC One (UK) and Disney Channel (Japan).

Married to troubled [=R&B=] singer BobbyBrown from 1992-2006, [[DrugsAreBad drug use]] and alcohol use took its toll on Houston's voice, career as a whole and health. She attempted a few comebacks in the 2000s, but she continued to be the subject of many tabloid stories suggesting drug binges and other escapades. She died February 11, 2012, drowning in her bathtub due to heart disease and cocaine use.

* TextlessAlbumCover: ''My Love Is Your Love'' on it's original release.

'''Whitney Elizabeth Houston''' (August 9, 1963 —- February 11, 2012) was an American singer, actress, producer and a former model. In her prime, Houston -- the cousin of pop singer Dionne Warwick -- was known as the "Queen of Pop" and "The Voice". Houston was the most awarded female act of all time, according to Guinness World Records. Her list of awards includes 2 Emmy Awards, 6 Grammy Awards, 30 Billboard Music Awards, 22 American Music Awards, among a total of 415 career awards as of 2010.

'''Whitney''' Elizabeth '''Houston''' (August 9, 1963—February 11, 2012) was an American singer, actress, producer and a former model. In her prime, Houston -- the cousin of pop singer Dionne Warwick -- was known as the "Queen of Pop" and "The Voice". Houston was the most awarded female act of all time, according to Guinness World Records. Her list of awards includes 2 Emmy Awards, 6 Grammy Awards, 30 Billboard Music Awards, 22 American Music Awards, among a total of 415 career awards as of 2010.

* ''Sparkle'' (2012)

* DevelopmentHell: Subverted with ''My Love Is Your Love'', which came eight years after ''I'm Your Baby Tonight'', but because Houston had chosen to pursue recording for soundtracks. Likely played straight with the albums that followed, due to her vocal ability at the time.

* PosthumousCredit: She died 6 months before ''Sparkle'' premiered.

In the early 1990s, she branched out into acting, starring in the acclaimed film ''TheBodyguard'' (1992) alongside KevinCostner. The movie's original soundtrack won the 1994 Grammy Award for Album of the Year. Its lead single, "I Will Always Love You" (yes, that one, written by Music/DollyParton) became pop music's best-selling single by a female vocalist.

Married to trobuled [=R&B=] singer BobbyBrown from 1992-2006, [[DrugsAreBad drug use]] and alcohol use took its toll on Houston's voice, career as a whole and health. She attempted a few comebacks in the 2000s, but she continued to be the subject of many tabloid stories suggesting drug binges and other escapades. She died February 11, 2012, drowning in her bathtub due to heart disease and cocaine use.

* ''[[Film/{{Cinderella}} Rogers and Hammerstein's Cinderella]]'' (1997)

'''Whitney''' Elizabeth '''Houston''' (August 9, 1963—February 11, 2012) was an American singer, actress, producer and a former model. In her prime, Houston -- the cousin of pop singer DionneWarwick -- was known as the "Queen of Pop" and "The Voice". Houston was the most awarded female act of all time, according to Guinness World Records. Her list of awards includes 2 Emmy Awards, 6 Grammy Awards, 30 Billboard Music Awards, 22 American Music Awards, among a total of 415 career awards as of 2010.

* DevelopementHell: Subverted with ''My Love Is Your Love'', which came eight years after ''I'm Your Baby Tonight'', but because Houston had chosen to pursue recording for soundtracks. Likely played straight with the albums that followed, due to her vocal ability at the time.

* ''SelfTitledAlbum Whitney Houston'' (1985)
* ''SelfTitledAlbum Whitney'' (1987)

* ''NewSoundAlbum My Love Is Your Love'' (1998)

* ''Whitney Houston'' (1985)
* ''Whitney'' (1987)

* ''My Love Is Your Love'' (1998)

* DeadArtistsAreBetter: Houston sold over 170 million records in her career, but just like Music/MichaelJackson, she spent the last decade of her life as a pop-culture joke, being ridiculed constantly for her problems with drugs & alcohol and increasingly erratic behavior, not to mention her tumultuous relationship with Bobby Brown. Shortly after her death, sales of her records soared, tributes to her began to pour out and [[NeverSpeakIllOfTheDead jokes about the problems she had were largely forgotten]].

* SelfTitledAlbum: Two, ''Whitney Houston'' and follow-up ''Whitney''.
* TextlessAlbumCover: ''My Love Is Your Love''.

Married to [=R&B=] singer BobbyBrown from 1992-2006, [[DrugsAreBad drug use]] took its toll on Houston's voice, career as a whole and health. She attempted a few comebacks in the 2000s, but she continued to be the subject of many tabloid stories suggesting drug binges and other escapades. She died February 11, 2012, drowning in her bathtub due to heart disease and cocaine use.

* TheRival: Music/MariahCarey. However, this was mostly made up, and after her death Mariah was one of the first to respond with her condolences. They also collaborated on the song "When You Believe" for ''ThePrinceOfEgypt'' soundtrack.

* CoverVersion: Her famous songs "I'm Every Woman" and "I Will Always Love You" are covers of songs by Chaka Khan (to whom she gives a shout-out during the song's FadeOut) and DollyParton, respectively.

* BeYourself/FollowYourHeart: "Greatest Love of All".

* SignatureSong: "I Will Always Love You", "Saving All My Love for You"

* ''Film/WaitingToExhale'' (1995)

* PrettyInMink: Wore a full length white mink coat for the video of "Heartbreak Hotel" (not a cover of the ElvishPresley song).

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!Tropes

* LyricalDissonance: Her version of "I Will Always Love You" is not a silly love song or a I'm happy I found you song, it's a sad lost, break up song, try telling that to the many people who make it their wedding/relationship song.

** Not that they didn't have a little fun with this. During the 1998 VMA's, they were scheduled to present an award together, and walked out from opposite sides of the stage... ''in the same dress.'' Rather than get upset (since the whole thing was staged), they both [[TakeAThirdOption Took a Third Option]], both ripping the dresses to make them different.

* DeadArtistsAreBetter: Houston sold over 170 million records in her career, but just like Music/MichaelJackson and Music/AmyWinehouse, she spent the last decade of her life as a pop-culture joke, being ridiculed constantly for her problems with drugs & alcohol and increasingly erratic behavior, not to mention her tumultuous relationship with Bobby Brown. Shortly after her death, sales of her records soared, tributes to her began to pour out and [[NeverSpeakIllOfTheDead jokes about the problems she had were largely forgotten]].

* VocalEvolution: The drugs changed her voice drastically in the 2000s.

Married to [=R&B=] singer BobbyBrown from 1992-2006, [[DrugsAreBad drug use]] took its toll on Houston's voice, career as a whole and health. She attempted a few comebacks in the 2000s, but she continued to be the subject of many tabloid stories suggesting drug binges and other escapades. She died February 11, 2012; the causes of death were Drowning,Heart attack and Cocaine.

Married to [=R&B=] singer BobbyBrown from 1992-2006, [[DrugsAreBad drug use]] took its toll on Houston's voice, career as a whole and health. She attempted a few comebacks in the 2000s, but she continued to be the subject of many tabloid stories suggesting drug binges and other escapades. She died February 11, 2012; the cause of death has not been announced.

** Not that they didn't have a little fun with this. During the 1998 VMA's, they were scheduled to present an award together, and walked out from opposite sides of the stage... ''in the same dress.'' Rather than get upset (since the whole thing was staged), they both [[TakeAThirdOption Took a Third Option]], both ripping the dresses to make them different (in anyone cares, Mariah's had an asymmetrical hem, while Whitney's had almost a HimeCut.)