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)
I Will Always L
Whitney Houston Lyrics
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So I'll go, but I know
I'll think of you every step of the way
And I will always love you
I will always love you
You, my darling you, hm
That is all I'm taking with me
So, goodbye
Please, don't cry
We both know I'm not what you, you need
And I will always love you
I will always love you, you
I hope life treats you kind
And I hope you have all you've dreamed of
And I wish to you joy and happiness
But above all this, I wish you love
And I will always love you
I will always love you
I will always love you
I will always love you
I will always love you
I, I will always love you
You, darling, I love you
Ooh, I'll always, I'll always love you
Whitney Houston’s iconic song “I Will Always Love You” is a love ballad with bittersweet undertones. At the surface, the song tells the story of a woman who is leaving a man she loves because she knows she isn’t what he needs. The opening lines “If I should stay, I would only be in your way. So I’ll go, but I know. I’ll think of you every step of the way” tell us that she is leaving him to let him live his life without her, but she knows that he’ll be on her mind every day. The repeated chorus line “And I will always love you” emphasizes that even though they can’t be together, her love for him will always remain.
The verses that follow make it clear that the woman knows she needs to leave, as she is not what the man needs in his life. She acknowledges that they both know this, and says her goodbyes: “Bittersweet memories, that is all I’m taking with me. So goodbye, please don’t cry. We both know I’m not what you need.” These lyrics showcase not only the selflessness of the woman but also the pain she feels at having to leave someone she loves.
The last verse brings the song to a hopeful end. The woman tells the man that she hopes for happiness and love for him, even if it’s not with her. “I hope life treats you kind, and I hope you have all you’ve dreamed of. And I wish to you joy and happiness, but above all this, I wish you love.” The final chorus lines “I will always love you” emphasize that her love for him will always remain, even if they can’t be together.
Line by Line Meaning
If I should stay, I would only be in your way
If I remain, I will hinder your progress
So I'll go, but I know
Therefore, I must leave
I'll think of you every step of the way
But you will be on my mind
And I will always love you
Despite everything, I will forever love you
You, my darling you, hm
You are the one I love, my darling
Bittersweet memories
I take away only mixed emotions
That is all I'm taking with me
Those emotions are all that remains
So, goodbye
Farewell
Please, don't cry
I implore you not to cry
We both know I'm not what you, you need
We both understand that I am not what you require
I hope life treats you kind
I want life to be good to you
And I hope you have all you've dreamed of
You achieve everything you've ever desired
And I wish to you joy and happiness
I wish happiness and joy for you
But above all this, I wish you love
But, more than anything, I want you to experience true love
I will always love you
I will always hold love for you
You, darling, I love you
My darling, I love you
Ooh, I'll always, I'll always love you
I will keep loving you eternally
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
Written by: Dolly Parton
Lyrics Licensed & Provided by LyricFind
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