Whitney Houston » Trivia

Spouse: Bobby Brown (18 July 1992 - 24 April 2007) (divorced) 1 child

Daughter of Cissy Houston (gospel-blues singer). Cousin of Dionne Warwick and 'Dee Dee Warwick'.

Multi-Grammy award winning singer; has had an unequaled run of seven consecutive #1 records (1980s) in the USA, and held the #1 spot on Billboard's Hot 100 for 14 weeks with "I Will Always Love You" in 1993.

Chosen by People magazine as one of the 50 Most Beautiful People in the world. (1991)

Appeared on the covers on Seventeen and Glamour magazines before becoming a major recording artist.

Was a fashion model before she started singing professionally.

Erroneously reported deceased by various radio stations and publications. Houston spokesperson quickly denies rumours. (14 September 2001)

Mother of Bobbi Kristina Brown.

Her performance of "The Star Spangled Banner" at the 1991 Superbowl shot to #20 on the Billboard Charts. Supported mainly due to the Gulf War.

Named after actress Whitney Blake.

The Whitney E. Houston academy is located in her home town of East Orange, New Jersey

She has a school named after her (1997) formerly Franklin School, now the Whitney E. Houston School of Creative and Performing Arts in her hometown of East Orange, New Jersey.

She has fourteen gold singles in the United States, behind only Madonna among female artists.

She is the only female artist to have three albums sell over nine million copies each: "Whitney Houston" (1985), "Whitney" (1987), and "The Bodyguard" (1992).

The world's best selling debut album by a female is "Whitney Houston" (1985), with over twenty-four million copies sold.