Artist

Whitney Houston

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About Whitney Houston

"God gave me a voice to sing with, and when you have that, what other gimmick is there?"

Born Whitney Elizabeth Houston on Aug. 9, 1963, in Newark, New Jersey. Died Feb. 11, 2012, in Beverly Hills, California.
Whitney Houston's self-titled 1985 debut went to No. 1 on the Billboard 200, spawning her first chart-toppers, "Saving All My Love For You," "How Will I Know" and "Greatest Love Of All."
Houston performed "Saving All My Love For You" at the 28th GRAMMY Awards in 1986. That same year, she won her first career GRAMMY for Best Pop Vocal Performance, Female for the song. She won Album Of The Year for 1993 for the soundtrack for The Bodyguard.
Did you know? Houston's Album Of The Year-nominated debut album was the first album by a female to yield three No. 1 Billboard Hot 100 hits.
"We Will Always Love You: A GRAMMY Salute To Whitney Houston," a one-hour GRAMMY special, aired on CBS on Nov. 16, 2012. The TV special featured performances by Yolanda Adams, Celine Dion, Jennifer Hudson, Usher, and CeCe Winans.
Houston established the Whitney Houston Foundation in 1989 to aid sick and homeless children, while working toward teaching children to read, building inner city parks and playgrounds, and the prevention of child abuse.

All Grammy Awards and
Nominations for Whitney Houston

Year	Award	Artists	Work	All Nominees
2000	Best R&B Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocal	Whitney Houston, Faith Evans, Kelly Price	Heartbreak Hotel (Track)	All Nominees
2000	Best R&B Album	Whitney Houston	My Love Is Your Love (Album)	All Nominees
2000	Best Female R&B Vocal Performance	Whitney Houston	It's Not Right But It's Okay	All Nominees
2000	Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals	Whitney Houston, Mariah Carey	When You Believe (Track)	All Nominees
1998	Best Female R&B Vocal Performance	Whitney Houston	I Believe In You And Me (Single)	All Nominees
1998	Best R&B Album	Whitney Houston	The Preacher's Wife - Soundtrack (Album)	All Nominees
1997	Best Female R&B Vocal Performance	Whitney Houston	Exhale (Shoop Shoop) (Track)	All Nominees
1997	Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals	Whitney Houston, CeCe Winans	Count On Me (Track)	All Nominees
1997	Best Song Written For Visual Media	Babyface, Michael Houston, Whitney Houston	Count On Me (From The Motion Picture "Waiting To Exhale") (Single)	All Nominees
1994	Record Of The Year	Whitney Houston	I Will Always Love You	All Nominees
1994	Best Female R&B Vocal Performance	Whitney Houston	I'm Every Woman (Single)	All Nominees
1994	Best Female Pop Vocal Performance	Whitney Houston	I Will Always Love You	All Nominees
1994	Album Of The Year	Whitney Houston	The Bodyguard - Original Soundtrack Album	All Nominees
1993	Best Female R&B Vocal Performance	Whitney Houston	I Belong To You (Single)	All Nominees
1992	Best Female Pop Vocal Performance	Whitney Houston	All The Man That I Need (Single)	All Nominees
1991	Best Female Pop Vocal Performance	Whitney Houston	I'm Your Baby Tonight (Single)	All Nominees
1990	Best R&B Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocal	Aretha Franklin, Whitney Houston	It Isn't, It Wasn't, It Ain't Never Gonna Be (Single)	All Nominees
1989	Best Female Pop Vocal Performance	Whitney Houston	One Moment In Time (Single)	All Nominees
1988	Best Female R&B Vocal Performance	Whitney Houston	For The Love Of You (Track)	All Nominees
1988	Best Female Pop Vocal Performance	Whitney Houston	I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me)	All Nominees
1988	Album Of The Year	Whitney Houston	Whitney (Album)	All Nominees
1987	Record Of The Year	Whitney Houston	Greatest Love Of All (Single)	All Nominees
1986	Best Female Pop Vocal Performance	Whitney Houston	Saving All My Love For You	All Nominees
1986	Album Of The Year	Whitney Houston	Whitney Houston (Album)	All Nominees
1986	Best Female R&B Vocal Performance	Whitney Houston	You Give Good Love (Single)	All Nominees