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Name: Whitney Elizabeth Houston

August 9, 1963 – February 11, 2012
Place of Birth: Newark, New Jersey
Height: 5′ 8″
Siblings: Gary Garland Houston and Michael Houston
Favorite Color: Lavender
Favorite Cereal: Fruity Pebbles
Favorite Chore: Vacuuming
Favorite Subject: History
Favorite Actress: Jessica Lange
Favorite Actor: Robert De Niro
Favorite restaurant in her town, Mendham, N.J.: China Gourmet

- Whitney’s daughter, Bobbi Kristina, was born on March 4, 1993.

- Whitney was married on July 18, 1992 to singer Bobby Brown. She filed for divorce in October 2006, and the divorce was finalized in April 2007. Whitney was awarded custody of Bobbi Kristina, while Brown was given visitation rights.

- Whitney’s middle name is her grandmother’s name.

- Whitney was named after a character on a 1960′s U.S. soap opera.

- Whitney’s nickname, Nippy, was given to her by her father, John Houston, when she was a baby. “Nippy” was a cartoon character who was always getting into trouble. As baby Whitney kept kicking off her winter blanket, her father kept covering her again, and thought, “Nippy, seldom right.”

- Cissy Houston, Whitney’s mother, is a reknowned singer and background vocalist, having added her special touch to famous recordings by artists including Aretha Franklin, Dusty Springfield and Bette Midler, as well as touring with Elvis Presley as part of the “Sweet Inspirations.”

- Cissy is still the choir director at the New Hope Baptist Church in Newark, N.J., where Whitney honed her craft under her mother’s guidance.

- Whitney sang “Guide Me O Thou Great Jehovah” as her solo choir debut at age eleven.

- Dionne Warwick is Whitney’s cousin. They recorded at duet entitled “Love Will Find A Way” on Dionne’s album, “Friends Can Be Lovers.”

- Aretha Franklin is Whitney’s godmother. They are not related. Whitney and Aretha recorded the duet “It Isn’t It Wasn’t It Ain’t Never Gonna Be” in 1988 for Aretha’s album, “Through The Storm.”

- Whitney appeared in commercials for Diet Coke and AT&T, as well as Sanyo in Japan.

- Whitney had eleven No. 1 singles on the Billboard Hot 100. She is the only artist to have seven consecutive No. 1′s on that chart, and is the first woman to ever debut at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 albums chart.

- Whitney’s “I Will Always Love You” from “The Bodyguard” soundtrack is the best selling commercial single in history, and the biggest selling record by a female solo artist. The song also is the longest-running No. 1 single by a female solo artist, residing at the top of the Billboard Hot 100 for 14 weeks.

- Whitney was a member of the Board of Directors of the American Red Cross, elected in 1991.

- Whitney had six world tours and two territorial (*) tours, besides performing numerous concerts in between her tours:
Greatest Love World Tour 1986
Moment Of Truth World Tour 1987-1988
I’m Your Baby Tonight World Tour 1991
The Bodyguard World Tour 1993-1994
*The Pacific Rim Tour 1997
*The European Tour 1998
My Love Is Your Love World Tour 1999
Nothing But Love World Tour 2010

- Whitney has sold more than 55 million albums in the United States, and more than 170 million records worldwide.

- “The Bodyguard” is the world’s biggest selling soundtrack with over 42 million units sold. It also ranks as the best selling album of the 1990s, and the best selling album by a female artist. The largest initial certification of any album by the RIAA was for “The Bodyguard,” whose first certification was for sales of over 6 million copies. It was also the first pop album in Korea to sell 1 million copies.

- Whitney had 14 gold singles in the United States, behind only Janet Jackson and Madonna among female artists.

- Whitney was the first female artist to have two diamond albums (as of January 1994, both Whitney Houston and The Bodyguard were over 10x platinum).

- Whitney was one of only two female artists to have three albums sell over 9 million copies each in the United States: “Whitney Houston,” “Whitney,” and “The Bodyguard.”

- In the 1990s, Whitney Houston was the best-selling soundtrack artist in the United States, with her three soundtracks selling more than 27 million copies throughout the decade.

- “The Preacher’s Wife” soundtrack is the best selling gospel album of all time, with sales of more than 3 million copies in the United States and 5 million copies worldwide.

- Whitney’s 1991 Superbowl rendition of “The Star Spangled Banner” is the only version to be certified platinum.

- Whitney holds the record for highest one-week single sales by a female artist, as 632,000 copies of “I Will Always Love You” were sold in the final week of December 1992.

- “Exhale (Shoop Shoop)” was the third single ever to debut at number one on the Billboard Hot 100 (and the second single by a female artist.) After spending one week at No. 1, “Exhale (Shoop Shoop)” spent the next 11 weeks at No. 2, making it the longest No. 2 run in Hot 100 history.

- The Bodyguard sold 1 million copies in the final week of 1992. At that time, it set a record for the most albums sold in a single week. The record was broken six years later.

- Whitney’s albums have spent 51 weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard 200, more than any other female artist.

- Whitney’s “I Look To You” album, which debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200, has been certified platinum for 1 million copies sold in the United States to date.

- Whitney had the longest stay at No. 1 on the Billboard Top Gospel Albums Chart, where “The Preacher’s Wife” soundtrack remained at the top for 26 weeks.

- Whitney won 22 American Music Awards, more than any other female solo artist, and second only to Michael Jackson.

- Whitney won a record of eight American Music Awards for “The Bodyguard” soundtrack in 1994. She is tied only with Michael Jackson, who won eight AMAs for “Thriller” at the 1984 ceremony.

- Whitney is the only artist with at least one Grammy, American Music Award, Emmy, MTV Video Music Award, MTV Movie Award, People’s Choice Award, and Billboard Music Award to their name.

Taken from http://www.whitney-fan.com/persona/facts.php

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Publicist Kristen Foster says singer Whitney Houston, the multi award winning singer, has died at the age 48.

She was found dead in her hotel room. Other details are not clear yet.

Houston won two Emmy Awards, six Grammy Awards, 30 Billboard Music Awards, 22 American Music Awards during her record-breaking career. Her album “Whitney” was the first female album to ever debut at #1 on the Billboard Charts. She has sold 200 albums world wide said TMZ.

Houston had one child, Bobbi Kristina, with husband Bobby Brown. Houston and Brown were married from 1992-2007.

She was famed for her hit role in the film Bodyguard starring alongside Kevin Costner.

Later in her career, the toll of drug use had got to her and her album sales plummeted. Last year at the 02 in London she performed in front of a sell out crowd however many fans called her performance ‘bizarre’ and said had lost her voice and was not the same performer.

She confessed openly to abusing cocaine, marijuana and pills.

Released in 1995 this film was a massive blockbuster starring kajol and the amazing Shah Rukh Khan. There were many supporting actors in this film including the fabulous Amrish Puri.

A beautiful love story with amazing sizzling chemistry between Kajol and SRK. This song is taken from the movie, one of my favs.

Like I always say old is gold and Bollywood just doesn’t make them like this anymore.

With Valentines day approaching I was thinking if I wanted to do a post on it. It would probably ended up as a rant anyway as I don’t really believe in it and never have done.

I just don’t think you need a special day to show someone you love them. What if that day you feel really awful or have fallen out or simply you don’t feel in a romantic mood or feeling the sentiment?

I’ve heard so many disastrous stories regarding this day and some good ones too. For me Feb 14 is just another day. Personally speaking I think being romantic is appreciating the person you love on a non occasion day. Like gifting them without reason, no birthday or anniversary.

Anyways that’s just me, not romantic at all. I read this story a few days ago and thought this is a special kind of love. Sometimes you just have to dig deeper or look carefully to see it. It’s not great romantic gestures but the little things that matter most.

My husband is an Engineer by profession, I love him for his steady nature, and I love the warm feeling when I lean against his broad shoulders.

Three years of courtship and now, two years into marriage, I would have to admit, that I am getting tired of it. The reasons of me loving him before, has now transformed into the cause of all my restlessness.

I am a sentimental woman and extremely sensitive when it comes to a relationship and my feelings, I yearn for the romantic moments, like a little girl yearning for candy. My husband, is my complete opposite, his lack of sensitivity, and the inability of bringing romantic moments into our marriage has disheartened me about love.

One day, I finally decided to tell him my decision, that I wanted a divorce.

“Why?” he asked, shocked. “I am tired, there are no reasons for everything in the world!” I answered. He kept silent the whole night, seems to be in deep thought with a lighted cigarette at all times. My feeling of disappointment only increased, here was a man who can’t even express his predicament, what else can I hope from him? And finally he asked me:” What can I do to change your mind?”

Somebody said it right, it’s hard to change a person’s personality, and I guess, I have started losing faith in him. Looking deep into his eyes I slowly answered : “Here is the question, if you can answer and convince my heart, I will change my mind, Let’s say, I want a flower located on the face of a mountain cliff, and we both are sure that picking the flower will cause your death, will you do it for me?” He said :” I will give you your answer tomorrow….” My hopes just sank by listening to his response.

I woke up the next morning to find him gone, and saw a piece of paper with his scratchy handwriting, underneath a milk glass, on the dining table near the front door, that goes…. My dear, “I would not pick that flower for you, but please allow me to explain the reasons further..” This first line was already breaking my heart. I continued reading.

“When you use the computer you always mess up the Software programs, and you cry in front of the screen, I have to save my fingers so that I can help to restore the programs. You always leave the house keys behind, thus I have to save my legs to rush home to open the door for you. You love traveling but always lose your way in a new city, I have to save my eyes to show you the way. You always have the cramps whenever your “good friend” approaches every month, I have to save my palms so that I can calm the cramps in your tummy.

You like to stay indoors, and I worry that you will be infected by infantile autism. I have to save my mouth to tell you jokes and stories to cure your boredom. You always stare at the computer, and that will do nothing good for your eyes, I have to save my eyes so that when we grow old, I can help to clip your nails, and help to remove those annoying white hairs. So I can also hold your hand while strolling down the beach, as you enjoy the sunshine and the beautiful sand… and tell you the color of flowers, just like the color of the glow on your young face… Thus, my dear, unless I am sure that there is someone who loves you more than I do… I could not pick that flower yet, and die.. ”

My tears fell on the letter, and blurred the ink of his handwriting… and as I continue on reading… “Now, that you have finished reading my answer, if you are satisfied, please open the front door for I am standing outside bringing your favorite bread and fresh milk… I rush to pull open the door, and saw his anxious face, clutching tightly with his hands, the milk bottle and loaf of bread….

Now I am very sure that no one will ever love me as much as he does, and I have decided to leave the flower alone…

That’s life, and love. When one is surrounded by love, the feeling of excitement fades away, and one tends to ignore the true love that lies in between the peace and dullness.

Love shows up in all forms, even very small and cheeky forms, it has never been a model, it could be the most dull and boring form.. . flowers, and romantic moments are only used and appear on the surface of the relationship. Under all this, the pillar of true love stands… and that’s our life… Love, not words win arguments…

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