In 1984, she recorded the hit “Hold Me” with Teddy Pendergrass. At almost the same time, Whitney was busy developing a separate career as a model for various fashion magazines and had her first cover at the age of 18 for Seventeen magazine.
This, in turn, led to Whitney’s performing solo numbers in the show. Her mother also taught her the tried and true studio techniques that she herself had perfected through her long and successful career.īy the time she was 15, Whitney was doing background vocals on record dates with such artists as Chaka Khan and Lou Rawls as well as in her mother’s concert and night club engagements. As in the case of both her mother as well as her cousin, Dionne Warwick, gospel singing provided a powerful musical foundation for Whitney. Whitney Houston’s training began in her pre-teen years when she became involved in gospel singing under the expert guidance of her mother, Cissy Houston, one of the major figures in the world of gospel music. The only others with albums to debut in the top spot were Elton John, Bruce Springsteen and Stevie Wonder. And on July 18, 1987, the second LP became the first by a female artist to debut on the album charts at number one. The first continues unchallenged as the best-selling debut album ever by a solo performer.
Her two albums, “Whitney Houston” and “Whitney,“with global sales of well over 30 million, are also record breakers. With her single, “Where Do Broken Hearts Go,” she established an all-time record as the only artist ever to achieve a run of seven consecutive number one hits. Since the release of her debut Arista album, “Whitney Houston,” she won two Grammys, 11 American Music Awards and two Emmy Awards. Whitney Houston in just five years became a singing star of major international stature.
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