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New Hope Baptist Church, where Houston sang in the choir as a child. Whitney Elizabeth Houston was born on August 9, 1963, at Presbyterian Hospital in Newark, New Jersey, to Emily "Cissy" (née Drinkard) and John Russell Houston Jr. [11] Cissy was a Grammy-winning gospel and soul singer who was a member of The Drinkard Singers and the founder of The Sweet Inspirations before becoming a solo ...
The Nothing but Love World Tour was the ninth and final concert tour by American recording artist Whitney Houston. [2] It was her first major tour in almost a decade and was used to promote her seventh studio album I Look to You released in 2009.
Whitney Houston would have turned 51 today, August 9th, and we're paying a tribute by taking a look back at her career that spanned decades and delighted fans around the world in the slideshow above.
I Look to You is the seventh and final studio album by American singer Whitney Houston.It was first released on August 28, 2009, through Sony Music in Europe, then August 31, 2009 with Arista Records in the United States before being released by RCA Records in the United Kingdom on October 19, 2009.
As her 1990 Foreign Affair Tour entered its final weeks, Tina Turner played the first of two back-to-back shows at NEC Arena in Birmingham, U.K., on Oct. 24. Turtle Power Paul Natkin/Getty
Making It Big. Whitney’s first major hit was a duet with Teddy Pendergrass, “Hold Me,” which became a Top 5 R&B hit prior to the release of her self-titled debut album.
After My Love is Your Love—Houston's first studio album in eight years—was released, the singer embarked on her first world tour since 1994 to promote it.For the North American leg of the tour, Houston turned down most arena dates in favor of theaters because she wanted "to do something where people can feel [her] and [she] can feel them."
Cissy's only daughter, Whitney Houston, was born on Aug. 9, 1963. Whitney inherited her mother's passion and talent for music, going on to become one of the bestselling artists of all-time.