Whitney Houston

Whitney Houston
Whitney Houston
Osnovne informacije
Rođenje	9. august 1963.; Newark, New Jersey, SAD
Smrt	11. februar 2012 (48 godina); Beverly Hills, California, SAD
Žanrovi	R&B, pop, gospel
Zanimanje	pjevačica, glumica
Instrumenti	vokal, klavir
Veb-sajt	whitneyhouston.com

Whitney Elizabeth Houston (Newark, New Jersey, 9. august 1963 - Beverly Hills, California, 11. februar 2012.) bila je američka pjevačica i glumica. U srodstvu s nekoliko poznatih pjevačica, poput njene majke Cissy Houston, rodice Dionne Warwick i kume Arethe Franklin, Houston je počela pjevati sa jedanaest godina u dječijem gospel horu. Kasnije je počela nastupati sa majkom i drugim pjevačima, kao što su Lou Rawls, Chaka Khan i Bill Laswell.

Biografija[uredi | uredi izvor]

Nakon što je kratko radila kao model i glumica, Houston je 1985. izdala svoj prvi album, Whitney Houston, koji je postao najprodavaniji debitantski album neke pjevačice.^[1] Njen drugi studijski album, Whitney iz 1987., postao je prvi album neke pjevačice koji je debitirao na broju jedan Billboardove ljestvice albuma.^[1] Njen je uspjeh otvorio vrata uspjeha i drugim afroameričkim pjevačicama.^[2]

Houston se 1992. godine udala za pjevača Bobbyja Browna, a u martu 1993. godine rodila je svoje prvo (i jedino) dijete, kćer Bobbi Kristinu. Houston se pojavila u svojoj prvoj glavnoj ulozi u filmu Tjelohranitelj, gdje je nastupila uz tada megapopularnog Kevina Costnera. Album sa muzikom iz filma je osvojio 1994. godine Grammyja za album godine, i postao najprodavaniji soundtrack svih vremena.^[1] Naslovna pjesma, "I Will Always Love You", jedan je od najprodavanijih singlova u historiji muzike.^[1] Houston je snimila i filmove Waiting to Exhale (1995.) te Propovjednikova supruga (1996.)^[3] Nakon izlaska četvrtog studijskog albuma My Love Is Your Love (1998.), obnovila je svoj ugovor sa izdavačkom kućom Arista Records za rekordnih 100 miliona dolara.^[3] Njen peti studijski album, Just Whitney, izašao je 2002. Problematični brak s Bobbyjem Brownom okončan je 2007.^[4]

Sa preko 220 miliona prodatih albuma, Whitney Houston je jedna od najprodavanijih muzičkih umjetnica na svijetu.^[5] Imala je čak 11 pjesama na broju jedan Billboardove ljestvice. Poznata je kao "Glas" ("The Voice") zbog "moćnog pop-gospel vokala". Časopis Rolling Stone ju je svrstao na listu "100 najvećih pjevača svih vremena".^[6]^[7]^[8]^[9] Brojni je R&B i pop glazbenici navode kao svoj uzor.

11. februara 2012. godine Whitney Houston je nađena mrtva u sobi na četvrtom spratu hotela Beverly Hilton na Beverly Hillsu, u Los Angelesu. Uzrok smrti se još ispituje. Mediji podsjećaju da je tamnoputa pjevačica posljednjih godina imala velikih problema sa drogom, što je i okončalo njenu do tada veoma uspješnu karijeru.

Umrla je uoči dodjele nagrade Grammy, u istom hotelu gde je održavana godišnja zabava uoči tog događaja, na kojoj je trebalo da nastupi.

Houstonova je osamdesetih i devedesetih godina držala prva mjesta na muzičkim top listama, do udaje za repera Bobija Brauna, nakon čega su počeli njeni problemi sa narkoticima.

Diskografija[uredi | uredi izvor]

Albumi[uredi | uredi izvor]

Singlovi na broju jedan Billboardove ljestvice[uredi | uredi izvor]

1985.
- "Saving All My Love for You"
1986.
- "How Will I Know"
- "Greatest Love of All"
1987.
- "I Wanna Dance With Somebody"
- "Didn't We Almost Have It All"
- "So Emotional"
1988.
- "Where Do Broken Hearts Go"
1990.
- "I'm Your Baby Tonight"
- "All the Man That I Need"
1992.
- "I Will Always Love You"
1994.
- "Exhale (Shoop Shoop)"

Reference[uredi | uredi izvor]

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Whitney Houston biography na allmusic.com
^ "The prom queen of soul". Arhivirano s originala, 5. 3. 2012. Pristupljeno 12. 2. 2012.
^ ^a ^b "Rolling Stone bio". Arhivirano s originala, 9. 12. 2009. Pristupljeno 12. 2. 2012.
^ Whitney Houston Wins Custody in Divorce From Bobby Brown
^ "Whitney Houston story, song by song". Marie Claire. 25. 5. 2022. Pristupljeno 28. 6. 2023.
^ "The 100 Greatest Singers of All Time". Arhivirano s originala, 9. 4. 2009. Pristupljeno 12. 2. 2012.
^ "Transformers: Whitney Houston".
^ "Christina performs on the 2001 BET Awards in a special tribute to Whitney Houston".
^ Holden, Stephen. "Cabaret: Whitney Houston". The New York Times.

Vanjski linkovi[uredi | uredi izvor]

Commons logo

Commons ima datoteke na temu: Whitney Houston

Zvanični sajt
Whitney Houston na IMDb-ju
Whitney Houston na RollingStone.com
Whitney-Fan.com Arhivirano 22. 8. 2009. na Wayback Machine

[Allmusic_Bio-1] Whitney Houston biography na allmusic.com

[Time-2] "The prom queen of soul". Arhivirano s originala, 5. 3. 2012. Pristupljeno 12. 2. 2012.

[Rolling_Stone_Bio-3] "Rolling Stone bio". Arhivirano s originala, 9. 12. 2009. Pristupljeno 12. 2. 2012.

[4] Whitney Houston Wins Custody in Divorce From Bobby Brown

[5] "Whitney Houston story, song by song". Marie Claire. 25. 5. 2022. Pristupljeno 28. 6. 2023.

[6] "The 100 Greatest Singers of All Time". Arhivirano s originala, 9. 4. 2009. Pristupljeno 12. 2. 2012.

[7] "Transformers: Whitney Houston".

[8] "Christina performs on the 2001 BET Awards in a special tribute to Whitney Houston".

[9] Holden, Stephen. "Cabaret: Whitney Houston". The New York Times.

[1]

[2]

[3]

[4]

[5]

[6]

[7]

[8]

[9]

p r u Grammy za album godine
1959–1979.	The Music from Peter Gunn – Henry Mancini (1958) Come Dance with Me! – Frank Sinatra (1959) The Button-Down Mind of Bob Newhart – Bob Newhart (1960) Judy at Carnegie Hall – Judy Garland (1961) The First Family – Vaughn Meader (1962) The Barbra Streisand Album – Barbra Streisand (1963) Getz/Gilberto – Stan Getz, João Gilberto (1964) September of My Years – Frank Sinatra (1965) A Man and His Music – Frank Sinatra (1966) Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band – The Beatles (1967) By the Time I Get to Phoenix – Glen Campbell (1968) Blood, Sweat & Tears – Blood, Sweat & Tears (1969) Bridge over Troubled Water – Simon & Garfunkel (1970) Tapestry – Carole King (1971) The Concert for Bangladesh – razni izvođači (1972) Innervisions – Stevie Wonder (1973) Fulfillingness' First Finale – Stevie Wonder (1974) Still Crazy After All These Years – Paul Simon (1975) Songs in the Key of Life – Stevie Wonder (1976) Rumours – Fleetwood Mac (1977) Saturday Night Fever – Bee Gees / Razni izvođači (1978) 52nd Street – Billy Joel (1979)
1980–1999.	Christopher Cross – Christopher Cross (1980) Double Fantasy – John Lennon i Yoko Ono (1981) Toto IV – Toto (1982) Thriller – Michael Jackson (1983) Can't Slow Down – Lionel Richie (1984) No Jacket Required – Phil Collins (1985) Graceland – Paul Simon (1986) The Joshua Tree – U2 (1987) Faith – George Michael (1988) Nick of Time – Bonnie Raitt (1989) Back on the Block – Quincy Jones i razni izvođači (1990) Unforgettable... with Love – Natalie Cole (1991) Unplugged – Eric Clapton (1992) The Bodyguard – Whitney Houston (1993) MTV Unplugged – Tony Bennett (1994) Jagged Little Pill – Alanis Morissette (1995) Falling into You – Celine Dion (1996) Time Out of Mind – Bob Dylan (1997) The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill – Lauryn Hill (1998) Supernatural – Santana (1999)
2000–2019.	Two Against Nature – Steely Dan (2000) O Brother, Where Art Thou? – razni izvođači (2001) Come Away with Me – Norah Jones (2002) Speakerboxxx/The Love Below – Outkast (2003) Genius Loves Company – Ray Charles i razni izvođači (2004) How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb – U2 (2005) Taking the Long Way – Dixie Chicks (2006) River: The Joni Letters – Herbie Hancock (2007) Raising Sand – Robert Plant i Alison Krauss (2008) Fearless – Taylor Swift (2009) The Suburbs – Arcade Fire (2010) 21 – Adele (2011) Babel – Mumford & Sons (2012) Random Access Memories – Daft Punk (2013) Morning Phase – Beck (2014) 1989 – Taylor Swift (2015) 25 – Adele (2016) 24K Magic – Bruno Mars (2017) Golden Hour – Kacey Musgraves (2018) When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? – Billie Eilish (2019)
2020–2039.	Folklore – Taylor Swift (2020) We Are – Jon Batiste (2021) Harry's House – Harry Styles (2022) Midnights – Taylor Swift (2023)

p r u Grammy za snimak godine
1959–1979.	"Nel blu, dipinto di blu" – Domenico Modugno (1958) "Mack the Knife" – Bobby Darin (1959) "Theme from A Summer Place" – Percy Faith (1960) "Moon River" – Henry Mancini (1961) "I Left My Heart in San Francisco" – Tony Bennett (1962) "Days of Wine and Roses" – Henry Mancini (1963) "The Girl from Ipanema" – Astrud Gilberto i Stan Getz (1964) "A Taste of Honey" – Herb Alpert i the Tijuana Brass (1965) "Strangers in the Night" – Frank Sinatra (1966) "Up, Up and Away" – The 5th Dimension (Billy Davis Jr., Florence LaRue, Marilyn McCoo, Lamonte McLemore, Ron Townson) (1967) "Mrs. Robinson" – Simon i Garfunkel (Art Garfunkel, Paul Simon) (1968) "Aquarius / Let the Sunshine In" – The 5th Dimension (Billy Davis Jr., Florence LaRue, Marilyn McCoo, Lamonte McLemore, Ron Townson) (1969) "Bridge over Troubled Water" – Simon i Garfunkel (Art Garfunkel, Paul Simon) (1970) "It's Too Late" – Carole King (1971) "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" – Roberta Flack (1972) "Killing Me Softly with His Song" – Roberta Flack (1973) "I Honestly Love You" – Olivia Newton-John (1974) "Love Will Keep Us Together" – Captain i Tennille (Daryl Dragon, Toni Tennille) (1975) "This Masquerade" – George Benson (1976) "Hotel California" – Eagles (Don Felder, Glenn Frey, Don Henley, Randy Meisner, Joe Walsh) (1977) "Just the Way You Are" – Billy Joel (1978) "What a Fool Believes" – The Doobie Brothers (Jeffrey Baxter, John Hartman, Keith Knudsen, Michael McDonald, Tiran Porter, Patrick Simmons) (1979)
1980−1999.	"Sailing" – Christopher Cross (1980) "Bette Davis Eyes" – Kim Carnes (1981) "Rosanna" – Toto (David Hungate, Bobby Kimball, Steve Lukather, David Paich, Jeff Porcaro, Steve Porcaro) (1982) "Beat It" – Michael Jackson (1983) "What's Love Got to Do with It" – Tina Turner (1984) "We Are the World" – USA for Africa (1985) "Higher Love" – Steve Winwood (1986) "Graceland" – Paul Simon (1987) "Don't Worry, Be Happy" – Bobby McFerrin (1988) "Wind Beneath My Wings" – Bette Midler (1989) "Another Day in Paradise" – Phil Collins (1990) "Unforgettable" – Natalie Cole s Natom Kingom Coleom (1991) "Tears in Heaven" – Eric Clapton (1992) "I Will Always Love You" – Whitney Houston (1993) "All I Wanna Do" – Sheryl Crow (1994) "Kiss from a Rose" – Seal (1995) "Change the World" – Eric Clapton (1996) "Sunny Came Home" – Shawn Colvin (1997) "My Heart Will Go On" – Celine Dion (1998) "Smooth" – Santana (Rodney Holmes, Tony Lindsay, Karl Perazzo, Raul Rekow, Benny Rietveld, Carlos Santana, Chester Thompson) i Rob Thomas (1999)
2000−2019.	"Beautiful Day" – U2 (Bono, Adam Clayton, The Edge, Larry Mullen Jr.) (2000) "Walk On" – U2 (Bono, Adam Clayton, The Edge, Larry Mullen Jr.) (2001) "Don't Know Why" – Norah Jones (2002) "Clocks" – Coldplay (Guy Berryman, Jon Buckland, Will Champion, Phil Harvey, Chris Martin) (2003) "Here We Go Again" – Ray Charles i Norah Jones (2004) "Boulevard of Broken Dreams" – Green Day (Billie Joe Armstrong, Mike Dirnt, Frank Edwin Wright III) (2005) "Not Ready to Make Nice" – Dixie Chicks (Martie Maguire, Natalie Maines, Emily Robison) (2006) "Rehab" – Amy Winehouse (2007) "Please Read the Letter" – Alison Krauss i Robert Plant (2008) "Use Somebody" – Kings of Leon (Caleb Followill, Jared Followill, Matthew Followill, Nathan Followill) (2009) "Need You Now" – Lady Antebellum (Hillary Scott, Charles Kelley, Dave Haywood) (2010) "Rolling in the Deep" – Adele (2011) "Somebody That I Used to Know" – Gotye i Kimbra (2012) "Get Lucky" – Daft Punk (Thomas Bangalter, Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo) i Pharrell Williams i Nile Rodgers (2013) "Stay with Me" (Darkchildova verzija) – Sam Smith (2014) "Uptown Funk" – Mark Ronson i Bruno Mars (2015) "Hello" – Adele (2016) "24K Magic" – Bruno Mars (2017) "This Is America" – Childish Gambino (2018) "Bad Guy" – Billie Eilish (2019)
2020−2039.	"Everything I Wanted" – Billie Eilish (2020) "Leave the Door Open" – Silk Sonic (2021) "About Damn Time" – Lizzo (2022) "Flowers" – Miley Cyrus (2023)