Before sinking into drugs and alcohol, model physique, luminous and powerful voice, the artist with the golden voice had one of the most brilliant careers among the pop singers of her time, Of her 35 years of career, here are five great titles entered in the legend of the song, to listen and listen again.
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1985 : « Saving All My Love for You »
Having become a worldwide success, this typical song of the 80s earned Whitney Houston the Grammy Award for best pop or variety singer in 1986. The album from which it came, “Whitney Houston”, sold 25 million copies worldwide, has been certified thirteen times platinum. It’s done: the whole world has fallen in love with the golden voice of the American singer. Immediately propelled to the top, she joined Michael Jackson, Madonna or Prince.
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1987: « I Wanna Dance with Somebody »
Sold over a million copies, the song will be Whitney Houston’s first platinum disc (but not her last). How not to want to dance while listening to it?
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1992 : « I Will Always Love You »
This is THE great hit of the singer. Ode to a former love, “I Will Always Love You”, song from the film’s soundtrack « The Bodyguard », in which the American diva takes her first steps as an actress alongside Kevin Costner, is one of the legendary songs.
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1999 : « My Love Is Your Love »
Fourth studio album by Whitney Houston released on November 17, 1998, “My Love Is Your Love” and the eponymous song it contains, quadruple platinum in the United States and triple platinum in the United Kingdom will be a huge worldwide success . 1,000,000 copies will be sold in France. The title that serves as the soundtrack to the animated feature film “The Prince of Egypt” also won an award for Best Original Song at the 71st Academy Awards.
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2009 : “I Look To You”
“I Look To You”, a pop, soul and R’n’B song, is the eponymous song from Whitney Houston’s seventh and latest album. A version where the American diva sings a duet with the RnB singer R. Kelly, will be released in 2012 posthumously, on the album “I Will Always Love You: The Best of Whitney Houston”.
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