Houston began singing at New Hope Baptist Church in Newark, New Jersey, as a child and became a background vocalist while in high school. She was one of the first black women to appear on the cover of Seventeen after becoming a teen model in 1981. With the guidance of Arista Records chairman Clive Davis, Houston signed to the label at age 19. Her first two studio albums, Whitney Houston (1985) and Whitney (1987), both peaked at number one on the Billboard 200 and are among the best-selling albums of all time. Hit singles from the albums, including "How Will I Know", "Greatest Love of All" and "I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me)", established her as a catalyst in the acceptance of black female artists on MTV. Her third studio album, I'm Your Baby Tonight (1990), yielded two Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles, the title track and "All the Man That I Need". Houston's rendition of "The Star-Spangled Banner" at Super Bowl XXV in 1991 received widespread media coverage.
Houston made her acting debut with the romantic thriller film The Bodyguard (1992), which despite its mixed reviews became the tenth highest-grossing film to that date. Its soundtrack won the Grammy Award for Album of the Year and remains the bestselling soundtrack album of all time. It generated multiple hit singles, including "I Have Nothing", "I'm Every Woman" and "I Will Always Love You"; the latter won the Grammy Award for Record of the Year, spent a then-record 14 weeks atop the Billboard Hot 100 and became the best-selling single by a woman in music history. Subsequently, she went on to star in the films Waiting to Exhale (1995) and The Preacher's Wife (1996), and she recorded their respective soundtracks; the former scored her last Billboard Hot 100 number-one single, "Exhale (Shoop Shoop)", while the latter, produced by Houston herself, became the bestselling gospel album of all time. As a film producer, she produced multicultural movies and series such as Cinderella (1997) and The Princess Diaries and The Cheetah Girls.
Houston's first studio album in eight years, My Love Is Your Love (1998), spawned several hit singles, including the title track, "Heartbreak Hotel", "It's Not Right but It's Okay" and the Academy Award-winning Mariah Carey duet "When You Believe". Following the success, she renewed her contract with Arista for $100 million in 2001, one of the biggest recording deals of all time. However, her personal problems began to overshadow her career. Her 2002 studio album, Just Whitney, received mixed reviews, while her drug use and a tumultuous marriage to singer Bobby Brown received widespread media coverage. After divorcing Brown, Houston returned to the top of the Billboard 200 chart with her final studio album, I Look to You (2009). In February 2012, Houston accidentally drowned in a bathtub at the Beverly Hilton hotel in Beverly Hills, with heart disease and cocaine use as contributing factors. News of her death coincided with the 2012 Grammy Awards, which took place the day following her death, and was covered internationally. Her life and career were dramatized in the 2022 biopic I Wanna Dance with Somebody. Her assets amounted to $250 million, earned over a 25-year career.
Full Wikipedia article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whitney_Houston
Discography
Whitney Houston (1985)
Whitney (1987)
I'm Your Baby Tonight (1990)
My Love Is Your Love (1998)
Just Whitney (2002)
One Wish: The Holiday Album (2003)
I Look to You (2009)
For the Love of You
Whitney Houston Lyrics
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You've got your family and they need you there
Though I've tried to resist being last on your list
But no other man's gonna do
So I'm saving all my love for you
It's not very easy living all alone
My friends try and tell me find a man of my own
'Cause I'd rather be home feeling blue
So I'm saving all my love for you
You used to tell me we'd run away together
Love gives you the right to be free
You said be patient just wait a little longer
But that's just an old fantasy
I've got to get ready just a few minutes more
Gonna get that old feeling when you walk through that door
'Cause tonight is the night for feeling alright
We'll be making love the whole night through
So I'm saving all my love
Yes, I'm saving all my love
Yes, I'm saving all my love for you
No other woman is gonna love you more
'Cause tonight is the night that I'm feeling alright
We'll be making love the whole night through
So I'm saving all my love
Yeah, I'm saving all my lovin'
Yes, I'm saving all my love for you
For you
For you
The lyrics to Whitney Houston's hit song Saving All My Love For You tell the story of a woman who is passionately in love with a man who is already spoken for. They share a few stolen moments together, but he has a family who needs him, so the woman is resigned to being last on his list. Despite her friends urging her to find someone else, she would rather be alone and wait for him. The man tells her they will run away together, but she realizes it's just an old fantasy, and she's not waiting for it to come true anymore.
In the chorus, we see the woman preparing herself for the night she has been waiting for when the man will come to her. She is saving all her love for him because she knows that no other woman will love him more. She is willing to spend the whole night making love and waiting for him to walk through the door.
The lyrics paint a picture of a woman who is deeply in love with a man who cannot fully commit to her. It's a story that many people can relate to and explains why the song became such a hit. The combination of Whitney Houston's powerful voice and the emotional depth of the lyrics made for a memorable and powerful song.
Line by Line Meaning
A few stolen moments is all that we share
Our relationship is limited to just a few moments of being together
You've got your family and they need you there
You have responsibilities towards your family that require your attention
Though I've tried to resist being last on your list
I have attempted to avoid being the least important person in your life
But no other man's gonna do
I will not consider another man or settle for anyone except you
So I'm saving all my love for you
I'm reserving all my love for you and you alone
It's not very easy living all alone
Living alone is a difficult task for me
My friends try and tell me find a man of my own
My friends advise me to find a partner for myself
But each time I try, I just break down and cry
Every time I try to move on, I end up being emotional and upset
'Cause I'd rather be home feeling blue
I prefer being lonely and sad at home rather than trying to find someone else
So I'm saving all my love for you
I'm keeping all my love for you and hoping to be reunited someday
You used to tell me we'd run away together
You had promised me that we would run away and start a new life together
Love gives you the right to be free
Being in love allows you to feel free and liberated
You said be patient just wait a little longer
You asked me to be patient and wait for you
But that's just an old fantasy
Those promises now seem like a distant dream and not a possibility
I've got to get ready just a few minutes more
I need a little time to prepare myself before you arrive
Gonna get that old feeling when you walk through that door
I will feel nostalgic and emotional when you come back into my life
'Cause tonight is the night for feeling alright
Tonight is the perfect night to feel good and happy
We'll be making love the whole night through
We will spend the entire night making love and being intimate
So I'm saving all my love
I'm reserving all my love and not giving it away to anyone else
Yes, I'm saving all my love
I'm keeping all my love and not sharing it with anyone else
Yes, I'm saving all my love for you
All my love is reserved for you and I hope to be reunited with you soon
No other woman is gonna love you more
I am confident that no other woman will love you the way I do
'Cause tonight is the night that I'm feeling alright
I am feeling good and happy tonight
We'll be making love the whole night through
We will spend the entire night making love and enjoying each other's company
So I'm saving all my love
I'm reserving all my love for you and hoping to share it with you soon
Yeah, I'm saving all my lovin'
I'm keeping all my love to myself and waiting for you
Yes, I'm saving all my love for you
I'm reserving all my love for you and hoping to share it with you soon
For you
All my love is reserved for you
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
Written by: Gerry Goffin, Michael Masser
Lyrics Licensed & Provided by LyricFind
Renate Herzberg
She was the best female singer of the world!!!
BestVocalsByVocalists
Name a male who can outsing him
Renate Herzberg
In my opinion the best male singer was Freddie Mercury
BestVocalsByVocalists
@Renate Herzberg Freddie's technique is no where near Whitney's.
linamorganafan
with amy lee of evanescence in general
Monique Mitchell
@RenateHerzberg. Yes, of ALL TIME!! 💜🎤
work
Fun fact: this masterpiece received a grammy nomination even though it wasn’t a single…
timmy841212
Yup. Best Female R&B Vocal Performance of 1987. I still don’t see how they gave that to Aretha’s late 86 album? Everyone said this album was too poppy didn’t listen to Aretha’s album. 😂🥲
rockin robin
Thank you for that . So cool
jazzyrach
Amazing fun fact.......for some artists you throwing money away buying a single off the album, just get the whole thing