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The Preacher's Wife (1996): $10,000,000

Daughter of Cissy Houston (gospel-blues singer). Multi-Grammy award winning singer; has had an unequaled run of seven consecutive #1 records (1980s) in the USA, and held the #1 spot on Billboard's Hot 100 for 14 weeks with "I Will Always Love You" in 1993. Chosen by People magazine as one of the 50 Most Beautiful People in the world. [1991] Appeared on the covers on Seventeen and Glamour magazines before becoming a major recording artist. Was a fashion model before she started singing professionally. Erroneously reported deceased by various radio stations and publications. Houston spokesperson quickly denies rumours. [14 September 2001] Her 1987 album "Whitney" knocked Simple Minds' "Live in the City of Light" off number one on the British album chart and kept Marillion's "Clutching at Straws" at number two. Her 1987 album "Whitney" became the first female album to debut at #1 on the Billboard Charts. Holds the record for winning the most American Music Awards, twenty-six in total. Her #1 hit "I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me)" was ranked #86 on VH1's 100 Greatest Dance Songs. Named after actress Whitney Blake. Almost received the role of Sondra Huxtable on "The Cosby Show" (1984). The role went to Sabrina Le Beauf, whose theater experience won her the role. She has a school named after her (1997) formerly Franklin School, now the Whitney E. Houston School of Creative and Performing Arts in her hometown of East Orange, New Jersey. "I Will Always Love You" is the best-selling single by a female artist, and the biggest- selling non-charity single of all time, with world sales of nearly nine million copies. After spending one week at number one, "Exhale (Shoop Shoop)" spent the next eleven weeks at number two, the longest number-two stay in Hot 100 history. She is the only female artist to have three albums sell over nine million copies each: "Whitney Houston" (1985), "Whitney" (1987), and "The Bodyguard" (1992). The world's biggest selling soundtrack is The Bodyguard with over thirty-seven million units sold. It also ranks as the best-selling female album of all time. Second cousin of David Elliott and Damon Elliott. Her mother was at one time a background singer for Elvis Presley. Her family moved from Newark to East Orange, NJ in the wake of rioting in Newark when she was 4 years old.