On February 11, 2012, Superstar Whitney Houston,48, was found dead at the Beverly Hilton Hotel, in Beverly Hills, California, of causes not immediately known.
After receiving word of her death, Mariah Carey mirrored what her fans probably felt..."My heartfelt condolences to Whitney's family and to all her millions of fans throughout the world. She will never be forgotten as one of the greatest voices to ever grace the earth."
Whitney Houston was one of the world's best-selling music artists, having sold over 200 million albums and singles worldwide. Although she released relatively few albums, she was ranked as the fourth best-selling female artist in the United States by the Recording Industry Association of America, with 55 million certified albums sold in the US alone.
Ms. Houston was the most awarded female artist of all time, according to Guinness World Records, with 2 Emmy Awards, 6 Grammy Awards, 30 Billboard Music Awards, 22 American Music Awards, among a total of 415 career awards as of 2010. She held the all-time record for the most American Music Awards of any female solo artist and shared the record with Michael Jackson for the most AMAs ever won in a single year with 8 wins in 1994. Houston won a record 11 Billboard Music Awards at its 4th ceremony in 1993. She also had the record for the most WMAs won in a single year, winning five Awards at the 6th World Music Awards in 1994.
She held an Honorary Doctorate in Humanities from Grambling State University, Louisiana.
Her music will live on in a generation of people who will be forever grateful that she passed this way.
Source: Wikipedia
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