Whitney Houston’s name at the time of her birth was Whitney Elizabeth Houston. Whitney has her name in the Guinness World Records. She has the credit of being the female artist of all times who has managed to get hold of a number of awards for her talent. She is an American actress, fashion model and a singer by profession. She was born on 9th August 1963. Till the year 2010 she had a total of 415 awards and all of them were earned by her for various reasons.
She also has the credit of being the best selling music artist as she managed to sell 170 million singles and albums of her all over the world. Whitney began singing at the age of 11. She used to sing in the junior gospel choir of a church in New Jersey. She was also seen performing in the night clubs of New York City along with her mother. Then the turning point of her life came when she was noticed by Clive Davis who was the label head of Arista Records.
In the year 1985, Houston managed to release her very first album. The album has the credit of being the best selling debut album by a female artist of those times. In the year 1992, she was seen acting for the very first time when she appeared in a feature film named ‘The Bodyguard’. Houston has been very lucky in the entertainment industry. Her work and talent has been acknowledged at every step and she put in every possible effort in order to achieve success.