Whitney Houston

Whitney Houston was an American singer, actress, film producer and record producer, born in 1963 and known as the Voice. She signed to Arista Records at nineteen after a spell as a teen model, and her first two albums reached the top of the Billboard 200. Her film career began with The Bodyguard in 1992, followed by Waiting to Exhale, The Preacher's Wife, Cinderella and Sparkle. The Bodyguard soundtrack became the best-selling soundtrack album of all time, and she also produced film franchises including The Princess Diaries and The Cheetah Girls. Her music videos and Hollywood crossover were part of how she reached a wide audience. She died in February 2012, and news of her death coincided with the Grammy Awards ceremony of that year.