Whitney Houston Makes Music History Almost 10 Years After Her Death

Didn’t We Almost Have It All: In Defense of Whitney Houston” (Abrams Press), out Tuesday.Feeling pressure to conform to her strict religious upbringing and the norms of the time, Whitney hid her sexuality from the public till her tragic death, which happened 10 years ago this week. “Because her music didn’t fit squarely in the boxes expected of a Black girl making music in the ’80s, she was seen as not Black enough. She was ridiculed.

BBC's The One Show urged fans to pay attention to their own bodies after revealing his mum had died of "one of the most curable forms of breast cancer". Marie Keating tragically passed away aged 51 before she could meet many of her grandchildren. Read more Gogglebox's Tom Malone Jr signs up to new show after quitting Channel 4 series Taking to Instagram, Ronan explained how he wished he could have a conversation with her now - and often wonders about what he would say.

Brandy is looking back on Whitney Houston‘s death.

It took Brandy time to cope with Whitney Houston’s passing.

Bobby Brown is giving it his all for New Edition’s upcomingThe Culture Tour. The group (Bobby, Ralph Tresvant, Michael Bivins, Ronnie DeVoe, Ricky Bell and Johnny Gill) is gearing up to make their return to the stage on Feb. 16 as a unit for the first time since 2014.

Brandy, 42, performed the national anthem at the NFC Championship game on Sunday, Jan. 30, and brought back memories of the late great Whitney Houston. The Queens star channeled Whitney while singing “The Star-Spangled Banner” by dressing in a similar stylish white tracksuit that Whitney wore for her iconic 1991 Super Bowl performance. And like Whitney, Brandy’s vocals were absolutely impeccable. Her performance at the SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, California on Sunday kicked off the Los Angeles Rams’ ultimate victory against the San Francisco 49ers.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorOneOf has formed a preferred partnership with Warner Music Group that will see the company create exclusive NFTs for a range of artists across WMG’s catalog of music.A Green Web3 company, OneOf’s NFT platform creates NFTs that are significantly times more energy efficient than its competitors and are specifically designed with the music community in mind, offering NFTs from collectible and generative PFPs, to music royalties and experiences, according to the announcement.In December, a previously unreleased recording made when Whitney Houston was 17 years old was sold in a 24-hour auction on the OneOf NFT platform. The winning bid was for $1 million, the highest priced NFT auction item on the Tezos (XTZ) blockchain.

Brandy stunned football fans with an extraordinary rendition of “The Star-Spangled Banner”.

Brandy is following in her Fairy Godmother’s fashion footsteps!

Kelly Clarkson is giving Whitney Houston’s iconic “Saving All My Love for You” her own spin.

Pop Idol was one of the biggest TV hits of the early noughties. Despite only running for two series, the show spawned the careers of both Gareth Gates and Will Young. However, it also made a star of Kent-born singer Rik Waller, who was tipped to win the first series of the singing reality show.

Gerrick Kennedy Feb. 11 marks 10 years since Whitney Houston died, her accidental drowning in a Beverly Hilton hotel bathtub especially tragic as it occurred just hours before the annual Clive Davis pre-Grammy gala was due to start in a ballroom on the ground floor. Davis discovered Houston when she was barely 20 years old and would mentor her through the decades, but behind the scenes, one of Houston’s longest and closest relationships was with childhood friend-turned-lover Robyn Crawford, as journalist Gerrick Kennedy describes in his forthcoming book, “Didn’t We Almost Have It All: In Defense of Whitney Houston” (out Feb.

A&E Network is taking a deep dive into the life of R&B legend Bobby Brown with a two-night Biography event special and new docuseries.

Olly Murs? He’s a cheeky chap, his face is alright to look at and he entertains us when he vibrates his vocal cords. He's returning to our TV screens very soon on new ITV talent show Starstruck and we can't wait to tune in.But if you’re the singer’s brother Ben Murs, it seems there’s a lot to dislike about the former X Factor contestant as Ben hasn’t spoken to his brother, sister, or parents in ten years.Olly has since opened up about their relationship, saying it’s so damaged Ben would “probably want a fight” if they saw each other again.It's not just the heartbreak of falling out with a brother - Ben is actually Olly's twin.Opening up to Tom Jones, Will.I.Am and Meghan Trainor while a coach on The Voice UK, he said, “It’s a shame — even more so for my mum.“And I do miss having my twin with me.