Photo retrieved from http://cdn.buzznet.com/media-cdn/jj1/headlines/2009/07/whitney-houston-i-look-to-you-album-cover.jpgWeekly Analysis: Whitney Houston’s Comeback!
Whitney Houston has been around the music, movie, and fashion industries for many years. She was born and raised by a musical; quite a few of her family members were musical professionals. Whitney Houston began singing in her church in New Jersey at the age of 11. Her career began to take off in 1977, when she started touring nightclubs with her mother (Whitney, 2009). Shortly after she was signed to Arista Records in 1983 (Whitney, 2009).
Whitney has had many hits such as “I will always love you”, “I’m your baby tonight”, “So emotional”, and “Exhale (Shoop Shoop). The list of her number 1 hits are more than a mile long (the ones listed above are a few of my favorite). Whitney Houston has played in quite a few movies. “The Bodyguard”, “The Preacher’s Wife”, and “Waiting to Exhale” were three of Whitney Houston’s most notable roles in theatre. Whitney has prospered through many trials and tribulations, a number of which were publicly discusses.
Like some other artist Whitney Houston got in to some trouble with drugs. In the media, it was alleged that her and Bobby Brown were doing crack. Whitney cleared the airways during a Diane Sawyer interview by expressing that crack was cheap and she is too rich to smoke it (Whitney Houston, 2009). There were many more public instances where people alleged that Whitney and Bobby were on drugs. There were distinct signs that made it seem as though Whitney was on drugs. Her weight had drastically decreased, she would miss interviews, cancel shows, and her performances just seemed to be way under par.
Fortunately enough for Whitney she has got her life together. She has made some needed changes in her life to get it back on a positive track. Whitney Houston is such an important part of popular culture because she shows us that no matter how bad you mess up, that the clean up makes the difference. She has been knocked down and now she is standing back up dusting herself out. Artist like her and Mary J. Blige are and will continue to be popular culture because all kinds of people can relate to them and/or their music. Being able to connect and relate to a large group of people is popular culture to me and Whitney Houston has connected and related group of individuals. Her fans have not given up on her yet.
Whitney Houston has just release her comeback album “I Look To You”. I have listened to the new album and I think it is her breakthrough album. She did a great job. The album is positive and upbeat, which is great for women and men who need to be uplifted or just want to have a good time. My favorite song is “Million Dollar Bill”. The song is about a man that treats a woman so well that she feels like a million dollar bill. I hope Whitney has found a man that can make her feel like a million dollar man because Bobby Brown was not doing a good job in these recent days. I thought that the cd was going to be a little negative and she would be discussing some of her hard times, but instead she is singing about a change and a new day, which makes her and her album that much classier.
I am so glad that she has had such an amazing breakthrough and that she shared with the world. She is making the statement that stardom is retrievable regardless of any trials and tribulations. Whitney is being a role model for all women of the world who may feel like they have been broken and can no longer be productive members of society. Women like Whitney Houston make it apparent that we all are human and make mistakes but the mistakes do not have to define our destiny. For that I am forever grateful to Whitney Houston.
References
Whitney Houston. (2009). In Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Retrieved September
19, 2009, from http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Whitney_Houston&oldid=315100359
Whitney Houston has been around the music, movie, and fashion industries for many years. She was born and raised by a musical; quite a few of her family members were musical professionals. Whitney Houston began singing in her church in New Jersey at the age of 11. Her career began to take off in 1977, when she started touring nightclubs with her mother (Whitney, 2009). Shortly after she was signed to Arista Records in 1983 (Whitney, 2009).
Whitney has had many hits such as “I will always love you”, “I’m your baby tonight”, “So emotional”, and “Exhale (Shoop Shoop). The list of her number 1 hits are more than a mile long (the ones listed above are a few of my favorite). Whitney Houston has played in quite a few movies. “The Bodyguard”, “The Preacher’s Wife”, and “Waiting to Exhale” were three of Whitney Houston’s most notable roles in theatre. Whitney has prospered through many trials and tribulations, a number of which were publicly discusses.
Like some other artist Whitney Houston got in to some trouble with drugs. In the media, it was alleged that her and Bobby Brown were doing crack. Whitney cleared the airways during a Diane Sawyer interview by expressing that crack was cheap and she is too rich to smoke it (Whitney Houston, 2009). There were many more public instances where people alleged that Whitney and Bobby were on drugs. There were distinct signs that made it seem as though Whitney was on drugs. Her weight had drastically decreased, she would miss interviews, cancel shows, and her performances just seemed to be way under par.
Fortunately enough for Whitney she has got her life together. She has made some needed changes in her life to get it back on a positive track. Whitney Houston is such an important part of popular culture because she shows us that no matter how bad you mess up, that the clean up makes the difference. She has been knocked down and now she is standing back up dusting herself out. Artist like her and Mary J. Blige are and will continue to be popular culture because all kinds of people can relate to them and/or their music. Being able to connect and relate to a large group of people is popular culture to me and Whitney Houston has connected and related group of individuals. Her fans have not given up on her yet.
Whitney Houston has just release her comeback album “I Look To You”. I have listened to the new album and I think it is her breakthrough album. She did a great job. The album is positive and upbeat, which is great for women and men who need to be uplifted or just want to have a good time. My favorite song is “Million Dollar Bill”. The song is about a man that treats a woman so well that she feels like a million dollar bill. I hope Whitney has found a man that can make her feel like a million dollar man because Bobby Brown was not doing a good job in these recent days. I thought that the cd was going to be a little negative and she would be discussing some of her hard times, but instead she is singing about a change and a new day, which makes her and her album that much classier.
I am so glad that she has had such an amazing breakthrough and that she shared with the world. She is making the statement that stardom is retrievable regardless of any trials and tribulations. Whitney is being a role model for all women of the world who may feel like they have been broken and can no longer be productive members of society. Women like Whitney Houston make it apparent that we all are human and make mistakes but the mistakes do not have to define our destiny. For that I am forever grateful to Whitney Houston.
References
Whitney Houston. (2009). In Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Retrieved September
19, 2009, from http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Whitney_Houston&oldid=315100359
