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.
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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)
Moment Of Truth
Whitney Houston Lyrics
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Let's get what we feel out in the open
Wanting you is all I do
Boy I know you want me, too
Don't you think it's time we proved
What we've been feeling
(Chorus):
Either we win or we lose this love
It's just the way that we feel
We'll know if love is for real, soon enough
Let out your feelings tonight
Cause oh, I know that I want you
It's all up to me and you
And the moment of truth
Far too many times a heart gets broken
Just because three words are never spoken
We can't let that bother us
Not when we're so much in love
I could never get enough of saying I love you
(Chorus)
Wanting you is all I do
Boy, I know you want me, too
Don't you think it's time we proved
What we've been feeling
(Chorus)
In Whitney Houston's song "Moment Of Truth," the singer addresses a potential lover, suggesting that it's time for them to stop playing games with their emotions and to express their true feelings for one another. The song is about taking a chance on love, risking potential heartbreak in order to pursue something real and meaningful. Whitney sings about wanting this person, knowing that they want her too, and wondering when they will finally take the leap and express their deep love for one another. She suggests that this is their moment of truth - a time to either win or lose in love - and that they need to let out their feelings and prove what they've been feeling all along.
The song speaks to the universal experience of being in a relationship where two people are afraid to be vulnerable with one another. Whitney captures the palpable sense of longing and anticipation that can come with falling in love, and the fear of losing that love if one person doesn't reciprocate those feelings. Ultimately, the song encourages the listener to take a risk and be honest with themselves and the person they love in order to find out if love is truly real.
Line by Line Meaning
We've been playing games with our emotions
We have been masking our true feelings and intentions
Let's get what we feel out in the open
It's time for us to be honest about our feelings
Wanting you is all I do
All I can think about is my desire for you
Boy I know you want me, too
I am aware that you feel the same way about me
Don't you think it's time we proved
We should validate our emotions with actions
What we've been feeling
The intensity of the love we both feel
This is our moment of truth
It's time for us to decide the fate of our relationship
Either we win or we lose this love
We will either succeed in our relationship or fail
It's just the way that we feel
Our emotions will guide us in making the right decision
We'll know if love is for real, soon enough
We will soon find out if our love is genuine or not
Let out your feelings tonight
Express your emotions tonight without any reservation or hesitation
Cause oh, I know that I want you
My love for you is unconditional and genuine
It's all up to me and you
Our relationship's success entirely depends on our actions
And the moment of truth
The point where we make our final decision about our relationship
Far too many times a heart gets broken
People often get hurt because they don't express their feelings
Just because three words are never spoken
Lack of communication can be harmful to any relationship
We can't let that bother us
We must learn from others' mistakes and not repeat them
Not when we're so much in love
Our love is too strong to be dismissed by any trivial issue
I could never get enough of saying I love you
I can never stop expressing my love for you
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