That's the price of Autotune. Whitney had that big voice, as Mariah later did, and Celine. Now, even if someone has a voice, can we hear it, when the alternative is someone buying up a robot-voiced Katy Perry singing about a threeway?

Very true. There are some singers now that can really sing and get some attention, but the record sales are just not there. Most real singers have to accept that they will only achieve minimum success at most.

Whitney's Greatest Hits CD is already #3 on Itunes.

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Whitney's Greatest Hits CD is already #3 on Itunes.

The UK/European version is vastly superior to the crap that was released in the US.

The UK/European version is vastly superior to the crap that was released in the US.

That's the version I have the import one. I bought it on Amazon. I did notice the US version wasn't as good as the import one.

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It's a loss, very sad and sadly not that surprising.

I saw the article linked to earlier than featured several photographs of her out at a club the other night. Her body took all it could take and it finally gave out.

A tragic end to one of the most brilliant talents of the last 50 years.

I agree with everything written above.

Here are Houston's eleven #1 hits:

"Saving All My Love for You" (1985, 1 week)

"How Will I Know" (1986, 2 weeks)

"Greatest Love of All" (1986, 3 weeks)

"I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me)" (1987, 2 weeks)

"Didn't We Almost Have It All" (1987, 2 weeks)

"So Emotional" (1988, 1 week)

"Where Do Broken Hearts Go" (1988, 2 weeks)

"I'm Your Baby Tonight" (1990, 1 week)

"All the Man That I Need" (1991, 2 weeks)

"I Will Always Love You" (1992, 14 weeks) [This song's reign at #1 continued into 1993.]

"Exhale (Shoop Shoop)" (1995, 1 week) [This tune also spent a record 11 weeks at #2.]

Only Madonna and Mariah have more number one singles in the rock era among solo women than Whitney.

7 of Whitney's #1 hits were consecutive, which is a record she holds to this day.

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I agree with everything written above.

Here are Houston's eleven #1 hits:

"Saving All My Love for You" (1985, 1 week)

"How Will I Know" (1986, 2 weeks)

"Greatest Love of All" (1986, 3 weeks)

"I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me)" (1987, 2 weeks)

"Didn't We Almost Have It All" (1987, 2 weeks)

"So Emotional" (1988, 1 week)

"Where Do Broken Hearts Go" (1988, 2 weeks)

"I'm Your Baby Tonight" (1990, 1 week)

"All the Man That I Need" (1991, 2 weeks)

"I Will Always Love You" (1992, 14 weeks) [This song's reign at #1 continued into 1993.]

"Exhale (Shoop Shoop)" (1995, 1 week) [This tune also spent a record 11 weeks at #2.]

All the Man that I need and Exhale were ones I didnt care for but i did purchase the CD because she was Whitney.

I truly mean no disrespect, but I had to mute it when Al Sharpton started talking, I truly cannot stand that guy

Whitney was the singer of my teen years, her Madonna & others were what made the 80's great

Farewell to Whitney Elizabeth Houston - a true musical icon whose phenomenal talent will never be matched or duplicated.

CNN is so stupid...stopping people and telling them that Whitney has passed..ugh

Loved her cover of this:

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CNN is so stupid...stopping people and telling them that Whitney has passed..ugh

Shame on them, that's not reporting

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Hearing rumors that #Grammys broadcast will have major changes tomorrow, as well as #WhitneyHouston tributes (1 featuring Jennifer Hudson)

Thanks for all these Whitney songs I'd never heard of, Y&RWT. All the power ballads wear thin after a while but Miracle is a beautiful song.

Jennifer sang a Whitney song on her first American Idol appearance (or one of her first), so this is fitting.