1963 - 2012
Whitney Elizabeth Houston (August 9, 1963 – February 11, 2012) was an American singer and actress. She was certified as the most awarded female artist of all time by Guinness World Records and is one of the best-selling recording artists of all time, with sales of over 200 million records worldwide. Houston released seven studio albums and two soundtrack albums, all of which have been certified diamond, multi-platinum, platinum, or gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Whitney Houston has received more than 20,658,387 page views. Her biography is available in 115 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 113 in 2019). Whitney Houston is the 32nd most popular singer (up from 36th in 2019), the 217th most popular biography from United States (up from 228th in 2019) and the 14th most popular American Singer.
Whitney Houston is most famous for her chart-topping hits like "I Will Always Love You" and "I Wanna Dance With Somebody." She was also a movie star, appearing in films like The Bodyguard and Waiting to Exhale.
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Among singers, Whitney Houston ranks 32 out of 3,541. Before her are Patti Smith, Cesária Évora, Mick Jagger, Umm Kulthum, Nana Mouskouri, and Brian Johnson. After her are Aretha Franklin, Serge Gainsbourg, Barry White, Nico, Andrea Bocelli, and Jacques Brel.
1946 - Present
HPI: 78.78
Rank: 26
1941 - 2011
HPI: 78.77
Rank: 27
1943 - Present
HPI: 78.62
Rank: 28
1898 - 1975
HPI: 78.44
Rank: 29
1934 - Present
HPI: 77.96
Rank: 30
1947 - Present
HPI: 77.95
Rank: 31
1963 - 2012
HPI: 77.91
Rank: 32
1942 - 2018
HPI: 77.85
Rank: 33
1928 - 1991
HPI: 77.78
Rank: 34
1944 - 2003
HPI: 77.76
Rank: 35
1938 - 1988
HPI: 77.71
Rank: 36
1958 - Present
HPI: 77.59
Rank: 37
1929 - 1978
HPI: 77.42
Rank: 38
Among people born in 1963, Whitney Houston ranks 4. Before her are Brad Pitt, Johnny Depp, and Quentin Tarantino. After her are Michael Jordan, Jet Li, Ronald Koeman, José Mourinho, George Michael, Viktor Orbán, Garry Kasparov, and Till Lindemann. Among people deceased in 2012, Whitney Houston ranks 6. Before her are Neil Armstrong, Ray Bradbury, Oscar Niemeyer, Norodom Sihanouk, and Wisława Szymborska. After her are Jon Lord, Eric Hobsbawm, Rita Levi-Montalcini, Ahmed Ben Bella, Yitzhak Shamir, and Theo Angelopoulos.
1963 - Present
HPI: 79.80
Rank: 1
1963 - Present
HPI: 78.49
Rank: 2
1963 - Present
HPI: 78.46
Rank: 3
1963 - 2012
HPI: 77.91
Rank: 4
1963 - Present
HPI: 76.97
Rank: 5
1963 - Present
HPI: 76.25
Rank: 6
1963 - Present
HPI: 75.60
Rank: 7
1963 - Present
HPI: 75.44
Rank: 8
1963 - 2016
HPI: 74.61
Rank: 9
1963 - Present
HPI: 74.15
Rank: 10
1963 - Present
HPI: 73.98
Rank: 11
1963 - Present
HPI: 72.71
Rank: 12
1930 - 2012
HPI: 87.58
Rank: 1
1920 - 2012
HPI: 80.39
Rank: 2
1907 - 2012
HPI: 79.91
Rank: 3
1922 - 2012
HPI: 78.77
Rank: 4
1923 - 2012
HPI: 78.20
Rank: 5
1963 - 2012
HPI: 77.91
Rank: 6
1941 - 2012
HPI: 76.27
Rank: 7
1917 - 2012
HPI: 75.88
Rank: 8
1909 - 2012
HPI: 75.86
Rank: 9
1916 - 2012
HPI: 75.79
Rank: 10
1915 - 2012
HPI: 75.75
Rank: 11
1935 - 2012
HPI: 75.40
Rank: 12
Among people born in United States, Whitney Houston ranks 217 out of 15,968. Before her are Philip K. Dick (1928), Richard Gere (1949), Gary Cooper (1901), Rocky Marciano (1923), Christopher Lloyd (1938), and Herbert Hoover (1874). After her are George Westinghouse (1846), John Jay (1745), Mel Gibson (1956), Aretha Franklin (1942), Brigham Young (1801), and Tony Curtis (1925).
1928 - 1982
HPI: 78.02
Rank: 211
1949 - Present
HPI: 78.01
Rank: 212
1901 - 1961
HPI: 77.99
Rank: 213
1923 - 1969
HPI: 77.96
Rank: 214
1938 - Present
HPI: 77.95
Rank: 215
1874 - 1964
HPI: 77.94
Rank: 216
1963 - 2012
HPI: 77.91
Rank: 217
1846 - 1914
HPI: 77.91
Rank: 218
1745 - 1829
HPI: 77.88
Rank: 219
1956 - Present
HPI: 77.88
Rank: 220
1942 - 2018
HPI: 77.85
Rank: 221
1801 - 1877
HPI: 77.80
Rank: 222
1925 - 2010
HPI: 77.79
Rank: 223
Among singers born in United States, Whitney Houston ranks 14. Before her are Joan Baez (1941), Jim Morrison (1943), Tupac Shakur (1971), James Brown (1933), Barbra Streisand (1942), and Patti Smith (1946). After her are Aretha Franklin (1942), Barry White (1944), Nina Simone (1933), Ella Fitzgerald (1917), Eminem (1972), and Stevie Wonder (1950).
1941 - Present
HPI: 81.25
Rank: 8
1943 - 1971
HPI: 80.96
Rank: 9
1971 - 1996
HPI: 79.80
Rank: 10
1933 - 2006
HPI: 79.61
Rank: 11
1942 - Present
HPI: 79.55
Rank: 12
1946 - Present
HPI: 78.78
Rank: 13
1963 - 2012
HPI: 77.91
Rank: 14
1942 - 2018
HPI: 77.85
Rank: 15
1944 - 2003
HPI: 77.76
Rank: 16
1933 - 2003
HPI: 77.34
Rank: 17
1917 - 1996
HPI: 76.47
Rank: 18
1972 - Present
HPI: 76.47
Rank: 19
1950 - Present
HPI: 76.06
Rank: 20