The Queens of Sing

Happy Black History Month ❤

Whitney Elizabeth Houston (August 9, 1963 – February 11, 2012)

• Houston's rendition of "The Star Spangled Banner," performed by her at Super Bowl XXV in 1991, became certified platinum, and it raised money for the victims of 9/11.

• The Preacher's Wife Original Soundtrack Album is the best-selling Gospel album of all time, with sales of over three million copies in the United States and six million copies worldwide.

• When the fourth single "Where Do Broken Hearts Go" from her second album, Whitney, reached the top of the Billboard Hot 100 Singles chart on April 23, 1988, Houston became the first female artist to achieve four No. 1 singles from one album.

• "I Will Always Love You" topped the Hot 100 for fourteen consecutive weeks from November 28, 1992 to February 27, 1993, making it the longest-running number one single ever by a female solo artist and from a soundtrack album.

• Houston became the first woman to place nine albums in the top 100 of the Billboard 200 chart at the same time, the issue dated March 17, 2012.

• "I Will Always Love You" topped the Hot 100 Single Sales chart for fourteen weeks, a record by a female artist, which she also shares with Mariah Carey. 

Mariah Carey (March 27, 1969) 

• Carey has sold more than 200 million albums, singles and videos worldwide, making her the best-selling female artist of all time. 

• Her voice has a five-octave vocal range.

• Has had 18 No. 1 hits, the most of any solo artist on Billboard's Hot 100 charts.

• Her song with Boyz II Men "One Sweet Day" holds the record for being the longest running number one song for being the longest running number one song in history after spending 16 weeks on the Billboard 100.

• She is the most successful selling female artist in music history and is the only female artist to have straight #1 singles and albums.

• With 18 Billboard Hot 100 chart-toppers, Mariah holds the record for the most No. 1s by a female artist • Mariah has a host of awards including 5 Grammy Awards, 18 World Music Awards, 10 American Music Awards, 32 Billboard Music Awards, and a star in the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

Sources:

Wikipedia.org

CNN.com

Boomsbeat.com