Whitney Houston

album by Houston [1985]

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Whitney Houston's self-titled debut album, released in 1985, marked a monumental start to her career. This album was the first by a female artist to feature three songs on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. Among these hits were "Greatest Love of All," which became her signature song, "Saving All My Love for You," the song that earned her first Grammy Award, and "How Will I Know". Clive Davis, a music executive, signed Houston at age 19 and guided her toward mainstream pop success. The album established Houston as one of the best-selling musical performers of the 1980s and 1990s.123

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Her debut album, Whitney Houston (1985), yielded three number one singles on the Billboard Hot 100 chart: “Greatest Love of All,” which became her signature song; “How Will I Know”; and “Saving All My Love for You,” which netted Houston her first Grammy Award, for best female pop…
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Her debut album, Whitney Houston (1985), yielded three number one singles on the Billboard Hot 100 chart: “Greatest Love of All,” which became her signature song; “How Will I Know”; and “Saving All My Love for You,” which netted Houston her first Grammy Award, for best female pop…
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