UWhitney Elizabeth Houston wayengumculi nomlingisi waseMelika. Oqanjwe ngokuthi “Izwi”, ungomunye wabaculi bomculo abathengiswa kakhulu kunabo bonke, ngokuthengiswa kwamarekhodi angaphezu kwezigidi ezingu-200 emhlabeni wonke. U-Houston ube nomthelela kubaculi abaningi emculweni odumile, futhi waziwa ngamagama akhe anamandla, aphefumulayo kanye namakhono akhe okuthuthukisa izwi. U-Houston wakhulisa ukuduma kwakhe lapho engena embonini yamafilimu. Ukuqoshwa kwakhe namafilimu, kudale impumelelo enkulu kanye nempikiswano.
Uthole izindondo eziningi kuwo wonke umsebenzi wakhe nangemva kokufa kwakhe, okuhlanganisa nezindondo ezimbili zama-Emmy, ama-Grammy Awards ayisithupha, ama-Billboard Music Awards angu-16, nama-28 Guinness World Records, kanye nokungeniswa kuma-Grammy, Rhythm and Blues Music, kanye namahholo e-Rock and Roll. udumo. Ama-albhamu akhe okuqala amabili e-studio, uWhitney Houston (1985) noWhitney (1987), womabili afinyelela inani eliphakeme kuBillboard 200 futhi aphakathi kwama-albhamu athengiswa kakhulu kunawo wonke.
UHouston wamenza waba ngumlingisi wokuqala ngefilimu evusa amadlingozi yothando i-The Bodyguard (1992), eyaba yifilimu yeshumi eyenza imali eningi kuze kube yileso sikhathi naphezu kokuthola ukubuyekezwa okungekuhle ngokudlalwa kwayo kwesikrini kanye nemidlalo ephambili. Uqophe izingoma eziyisithupha zomsindo wefilimu, okuhlanganisa nethi “I Will Always Love You” eyazuza indondo ye-Grammy yeRecord of the Year futhi yaba ingoma edayiswa kakhulu ngowesifazane emlandweni womculo.
Iculo le-The Bodyguard liwine Indondo Ye-Grammy Ye-albhamu Yonyaka futhi lihlala liyi-albhamu edayisa kakhulu kunawo wonke. U-Houston uqhubekile nokudlala inkanyezi futhi waqopha izingoma ze-Waiting to Exhale (1995) kanye ne-The Preacher's Wife (1996). U-Houston ukhiqize iculo lakamuva, elibe yi-albhamu yevangeli edayise kakhulu kunabo bonke. Njengomkhiqizi wamafilimu, ukhiqize amafilimu anamasiko amaningi okuhlanganisa i-Cinderella (1997) nochungechunge oluhlanganisa i-The Princess Diaries kanye ne-The Cheetah Girls.
I-albhamu yokuqala yesitudiyo ka-Houston eminyakeni eyisishiyagalombili, ethi, My Love Is Your Love (1998), idayise izigidi. Ngemuva kwempumelelo, uvuselele inkontileka yakhe no-Arista ngama- $ 100 wezigidi, okungenye yezivumelwano ezinkulu zokuqopha ezake zaba khona. Nokho, izinkinga zakhe zomuntu siqu zaqala ukusibekela umsebenzi wakhe. I-albhamu yakhe yesitudiyo yango-2002, uJust Whitney, yathola ukubuyekezwa okuxubile. Ukusebenzisa kwakhe izidakamizwa kanye nomshado onesiphithiphithi nomculi uBobby Brown uthole ukusabalala kwezindaba.
Ngemuva kwekhefu leminyaka eyisithupha lokuqopha, uHouston wabuyela phezulu eshadini leBillboard 200 nge-albhamu yakhe yokugcina yesitudiyo, I Look to You (2009). Ngo-February 11, 2012, u-Houston waminza ngephutha kubhavu ehhotela i-Beverly Hilton e-Beverly Hills, ngenxa yesifo senhliziyo nokusebenzisa i-cocaine njengezici ezinomthelela. Izindaba zokushona kwakhe zaqondana nama-Grammy Awards ka-2012 futhi zatholakala emazweni omhlaba.
Ezinye izingcaphuno ezinhle kakhulu ezivela kuWhitney Houston zibalwe ngezansi.
- “Ukuba phakathi kwabantu abafana no-Aretha Franklin noGladys Knight, uDionne Warwick noRoberta Flack, zonke lezi zihlabani, ngafundiswa ukulalela nokubukela.” - UWhitney Houston
- “UBobby ufuna ukuba nezingane eziningi. Ezinhlanu kungaba iphutha eliqondile. Ngiyadlala nje. Ngiyazithanda izingane.” - UWhitney Houston
- “Ukuqhekeka ushingamu noma ukuhlala uvule imilenze yakho bekubhekwa njengokungamukelekile… futhi kungcono ngingabuyi egcekeni ngiklwebhe amadolo.” - UWhitney Houston
- “Usuku ngalunye engiphila ngalo ngifuna ukuba, usuku lokunikeza okungcono kakhulu kimi. Ngiyedwa, kodwa angingedwa. Usuku lwami oluhle kakhulu alwaziwa.” - UWhitney Houston
- “Kusukela ekuqaleni, mina nekhamera sasingabangane abakhulu. Iyangithanda, futhi ngiyayithanda.” - UWhitney Houston
- “UNkulunkulu unginike izwi engizocula ngalo, futhi uma usunalo, yimuphi omunye ubuciko obukhona?” - UWhitney Houston
- “Ukukhula ngabaculi abanohlonze, ngeke ukwazi ukuzibamba. Ngazihlanganisa nayo ngokushesha.” - UWhitney Houston
- "Ngicishe ngifise sengathi ngingajabula kakhulu, ukuze ngikwazi ukufanisa okwenzeka laphaya kimi." - UWhitney Houston
- “Ngikholelwa ekutheni izingane ziyikusasa lethu. Bafundise kahle futhi ubavumele bahole indlela. Bakhombise bonke ubuhle abanabo ngaphakathi.” - UWhitney Houston
- “Nganquma kudala ukuthi ngingalokothi ngihambe ethunzini lamuntu; uma ngehluleka, noma uma ngiphumelela okungenani ngenze njengoba ngikholwa.” - UWhitney Houston
- “Ngizizwa ngibusisekile ngokuvele ngenze engikwenzile. Ukukwazi ukusebenzisa lokho uNkulunkulu angiphe khona kuyisibusiso. Niyazi, ningawanaki amaGrammy, ninganaki amarekhodi, ningakunaki konke lokho. Ukuze nje ngikwazi ukucula.” - UWhitney Houston
- “Ngigcine ngibhekene neqiniso lokuthi akulona icala ukungabi nabangani. Ukuba wedwa kusho ukuthi unezinkinga ezimbalwa. Lapho nginquma ukuba umculi, umama wangixwayisa ngokuthi ngizoba ngedwa kakhulu.” - UWhitney Houston
- “Ngiyathanda ukuba ngowesifazane, ngisho nasemhlabeni wabesilisa. Phela amadoda awakwazi ukugqoka kodwa amabhulukwe siyawagqoka.” - UWhitney Houston
- “Ngacabanga ukuthi kungaba kuhle ukucula izingoma zikaKhisimusi, njengokuthi 'Ingoma KaKhisimusi. 'O' Holy Night', 'The First Noel', izingoma engikhule ngazo futhi ngizithandayo." - UWhitney Houston
- “Ngangifuna ukuba uthisha. Ngiyazithanda izingane, ngakho ngangifuna ukusebenzelana nezingane. Ngabe sengifuna ukuba udokotela wezilwane. Kodwa lapho ngineminyaka eyi-10 noma engu-11, lapho ngivula umlomo wami ngithi, ‘O Nkulunkulu, kuyini lokhu?’” - UWhitney Houston
- "Angidalelwenga ukuphuka." - UWhitney Houston
- “Ngangikhuluma amazwi angenawo umsindo. Bengiyingoma engakaculwa, inkondlo engenamvumelwano, umdansi ophelelwe yisikhathi. Kodwa manje, ukhona, mntanami, akekho umuntu ongithanda njengawe.” - UWhitney Houston
- “Bengingeke ngibe nomuntu ongawuhloniphi umbono wami.” - UWhitney Houston
- “Ngiyintombazane endala. Futhi ngiyalithanda ivangeli. Ngiyazithanda izinto ezingiphakamisayo, ezingikhuthazayo.” - UWhitney Houston
- “Angiyena umuntu ofuna ukufa. Ngiwumuntu onokuphila, ofuna ukuphila. Futhi ngihlale nginakho. Futhi ngeke ngenze iphutha ngokunye ngaphandle kwalokho.” - UWhitney Houston
- “Angizifela ngezinkundla ngoba ngiyakwazi ukuzidayisa. Akungenzeli lutho nhlobo ku-ego yami.” - UWhitney Houston
- “Ungahluleli ngamaphutha akho, kodwa ngokunqoba kwakho!” - UWhitney Houston
- "Ukufunda ukuzithanda, kuwuthando olukhulu kunawo wonke." - UWhitney Houston
- “Umama wacula nami esiswini sakhe; Bengicula noBobbi Kris esiswini sami. Ngikholelwa ukuthi ingane iqala ukukhula ngaphakathi, futhi noma yini efakwa kuwe—noma yini oyifundayo, noma yini oyicabangayo, noma yini oyenzayo—ithinta ingane.” - UWhitney Houston
- Umama wangifundisa ukuthi ubuhle buhlala ezindaweni ezifana nokumamatheka. - UWhitney Houston
- “Umama wangifundisa ukuthi uma umi eqinisweni futhi othile ekhuluma amanga ngawe, ungalwi.” - UWhitney Houston
- “Umama ubengumculi wokuqala engaxhumana naye. Ubehlala esiculela endlini, esontweni.” - UWhitney Houston
- “Ungalokothi uvumele inhliziyo yakho ize kuqala kunesizathu, kungenjalo uzoba nezinkinga.” - UWhitney Houston
- “Akekho ongenza ngenze into engingafuni ukuyenza. Kuyisinqumo sami. Ngakho usathane omkhulu yimi. Kuphakathi kokuthi ngiwumngane wami omkhulu noma isitha sami esikhulu.” - UWhitney Houston
- “Ngezinye izikhathi uzohleka; Kwesinye isikhathi uzokhala; Ukuphila akusitsheli ukuthi nini noma kungani.” - UWhitney Houston
- “Kungaba khona izimangaliso uma ukholwa.” - UWhitney Houston
- “Abasho ukuthi ngizwakala njengoMariah Carey, bathi uMariah Carey ufana nami, uyamba lokhu engikushoyo? Ngakho angiboni ukuthi ngiqhudelana nalaba bantu.” - UWhitney Houston
- “Ukufunda ubuciko bakho futhi ukwazi ukuphelelisa lokho, kuyamangaza. Ikakhulukazi uma uveza uthando.” - UWhitney Houston
- “Okufanele ukuqonde ukuthi sonke singabantu. Siphinde sibe nokuphila okunobuntu. Asichithi u-24/7 sizama ukukujabulisa ngaso sonke isikhathi. Kunesikhathi lapho kufanele sisukume, sixubhe amazinyo, sibe nezingxabano, sibe nokungaboni ngaso linye, sibe nezinkinga zethu zansuku zonke. Ngoba nje sinemali. Imali ayikwenzi ungabi nobuntu.” - UWhitney Houston
- “Okusemphefumulweni wakho kusemphefumulweni wakho.” - UWhitney Houston
- “Lapho ngiqeda, wonke umuntu washaya izandla waqala ukukhala. Kusukela ngaleso sikhathi kuqhubeke, ngangazi ukuthi uNkulunkulu wayengibusisile.” - UWhitney Houston
- "Ungakwazi ukufeza izinhloso zakho futhi ujabulele impango yempumelelo uma usuvule amakhono akho aphelele." - UWhitney Houston
- “Ungakhohlisa abantu. Ungakhohlisa noma ubani nganoma yisiphi isikhathi sosuku, kodwa awukwazi ukuzikhohlisa. Ebusuku, lapho uya ekhaya, kufanele uqonde ngqo kuwe.” - UWhitney Houston
- “Awuboni kuze kube yilapho usumdala. Lapho usukhulile, ufunda ukuthi usuzokhululeka futhi ujabulele. Awumncane kangako, awulangazeleli kangako. Amanye amaphutha owenzile asephelile. Sebephelile!” - UWhitney Houston