Whitney Houston Net Worth

Whitney Elizabeth Houston for wider audience better known as Whitney Houston has accumulated the net worth which is over 20 million dollars. In the whole world Whitney Houston is regarded as the best-selling artist, the most awarded female of all time as well as an influential personality in the entertainment industry. Despite of being the most prominent singer Whitney accumulated her net worth while working as an actress, producer and model. Whitney Elizabeth Houston was born on August 9, 1963 in Newark, New Jersey, U.S. Her father, John Russell Houston, Jr., worked as an Army serviceman and entertainment executive, whereas her mother, Emily ‘Cissy’ Houston was a gospel singer.

Whitney Houston Net Worth $20 Million

Whitney Houston began her career being 11 years old she performed as a soloist in the junior gospel choir. After a few years she became a backup singer for Michael Zager, Chaka Khan, Lou Rawls and Jermaine Jackson. Since 1980, Houston started her modeling career she appeared in the pages of Glamour, Cosmopolitan and other magazines. In 1984, Houston’s net worth jumped as she experienced the first taste of success when the first single ‘Hold Me’ was recorded as a duet with Teddy Pendergrass and it became a Top 5 R&B hit. In 1985, the first album called ‘Whitney Houston’ was released. It topped the Billboard 200 chart for 14 weeks in 1986 and generated three number-one singles making it the first debut album and the first album by a female artist to achieve that triumph. The album received four Grammy Awards nominations and won one the Best Pop Vocal Performance, Female for ‘Saving All My Love for You’. Her second studio album named ‘Whitney’ which was released in 1987 became the first album by a woman to debut at number one on the Billboard 200 albums chart. The outstanding beginning increased Whitney Houston net worth significantly and it had superior continuing as the artist released six studio albums, one holiday album and three movie soundtrack albums, all of which have diamond, multi-platinum, platinum or gold certification. Moreover, Whitney added to her net worth being an amazing actress. Her debut on the big screen was very successful. She co-starred together with Kevin Costner in a romantic thriller film directed by Mick Jackson ‘The Bodyguard’. Whitney herself received three MTV Movie Awards nominations for her role of Rachel Marron. Later on, Houston starred in a romantic drama film directed by Forest Whitaker ‘Waiting to Exhale’, a family Christmas film directed by Penny Marshall ‘The Preacher’s Wife’, a romantic musical fantasy telefilm directed by Robert Iscove ‘Cinderella’, an independent comedy-drama film, written by Chanel Capra and Jean-Claude La Marre and directed by Jerry LaMothe ‘Nora’s Hair Salon’, a documentary directed by Lauren Lazin ‘The Last Days of Left Eye’, a musical film directed by Salim Akil ‘Sparkle’, a television biographical film directed by Charles Stone III ‘CrazySexyCool: The TLC Story’.

Bobby Brown married Whitney in 1992. The couple has one daughter. They divorced in 2007. Houston passed away on February 11, 2012 at the aged 48 despite this her net worth is still growing up.