Whitney Elizabeth Houston  is an American singer-songwriter, actress, film producer, arranger and former fashion model.

Her crossover success opened doors for many other African American women to find success in pop music and movies. She is frequently referred to as "The Voice, and is known for her "powerful, penetrating pop-gospel voice." She has been credited as having a five-octave vocal range.

In the 1980s, Houston was one the first African-American female artists to receive regular rotation on MTV in the network's early years during a white male rock dominated time. Her debut album became the biggest selling debut album of all time for a solo artist (a record that has since been broken), her follow up album was the first album by a female artist to debut at #1 on the Billboard 200, and she holds a record seven consecutive #1 singles on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, beating a record of six held previously by both The Beatles and The Bee Gees.

Houston continued her success into Hollywood in the 1990s, starting with the box office hit The Bodyguard. The soundtrack to the movie is the best-selling soundtrack of all time, and the single "I Will Always Love You" the best-selling single by a female artist and 6th best-selling song in the history of music

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