Whitney Houston is seen in the kitchen with her parents Cissy and John in 1987, a landmark year in her career. That summer, she released her second album, Whitney, the first by a female artist to debut at number one on the Billboard 200.

The record produced four chart-topping singles, including 'I Wanna Dance with Somebody', cementing her global stardom. Despite the whirlwind, Houston remained closely connected to her gospel-singing mother, who had shaped her earliest vocal training.

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