During her modeling days, the singer refused to work with any agencies who did business with the then-apartheid South Africa. Houston was a supporter of Nelson Mandela and the anti-apartheid movement. She was the highest earning African-American woman overall and the third highest entertainer after Bill Cosby and Eddie Murphy. 8 for the highest earning entertainers list according to Forbes magazine. Following the release of the album, Houston embarked on the Moment of Truth World Tour, which was one of the ten highest grossing concert tours of 1987.The success of the tours during 1986-87 and her two studio albums ranked Houston No. Houston also won two American Music Awards in 19, respectively, and a Soul Train Music Award.
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Whitney has been certified 9× Platinum in the US for shipments of over 9 million copies, and has sold a total of 20 million copies worldwide.Īt the 30th Grammy Awards in 1988, Houston was nominated for three awards, including Album of the Year, winning her second Grammy for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance for "I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me)". Houston became the first woman to generate four number-one singles from one album. The next three singles, "Didn't We Almost Have It All", "So Emotional", and "Where Do Broken Hearts Go" all peaked at number one on the US Hot 100 chart, which gave her a total of seven consecutive number one hits, breaking the record of six previously shared by The Beatles and the Bee Gees. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and topping the singles chart in many countries such as Australia, Germany and the UK. The album's first single, "I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me)", was also a massive hit worldwide, peaking at No. Houston became the first woman in music history to debut at number one on the Billboard 200 albums chart, and the first artist to enter the albums chart at number one in both the US and UK, while also hitting number one or top ten in dozens of other countries around the world. Still, the album enjoyed commercial success. Rolling Stone said, "the narrow channel through which this talent has been directed is frustrating". Many critics complained that the material was too similar to her previous album. The album again featured production from Masser, Kashif and Walden as well asJellybean Benitez.
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With many expectations, Houston's second album, Whitney, was released in June 1987. 1987-91: Whitney, I'm Your Baby Tonight and "The Star Spangled Banner"