Three years after music legend Whitney Houston left the stage, her legacy continues to influence the music industry, and her death still haunts the world. Reflect back on the career of a singer who earned the title, “The Voice.”

Houston’s rise to international stardom is often cited as one the largest influence for black artists being granted mainstream airplay, along with Michael Jackson. Her video of “How Will I Know” become the first music video by a black woman to receive heavy rotation on MTV. Her breakthrough success is said to have paved the way for other black female artists, including Janet Jackson and Anita Baker.

In her acting debut as the star of The Bodyguard (1992), Houston also performed for the film’s soundtrack. The most notable track included was Houston’s cover of Dolly Parton’s “I Will Always Love You,” which became a worldwide success and one of the best-selling singles of all time.

Houston’s recognition in music history continues to stand as a monument of pop culture. Apart from being one of the best-selling music artists of all time, she is cited by the Guinness Book of World Records as being most awarded female artist of all time. Throughout her career, Houston won a total of 415 awards, including two Emmys, six Grammys, 22 American Music Awards and 30 Billboard Music Awards.

To this day, Houston holds the record as the artist with the most (seven) consecutive No. 1 Billboard Hot 100 hits. Her second album, Whitney became the first album by a female artist to debut at No. 1.

WE LOVE YOU WHITNEY!!! Continue to rest peacefully!!!!

Beyonce may have opted for a more subdued, emotional showing at Sunday night’s Grammy Awards, however it appears Sasha was back to business last night.

The show airs on CBS next Monday, February 16th, at 9/8c.

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Missy revealed that her and Timbaland was scheduled to return to the studio. “We gonna get in and get some work done,” she told Sway, adding, “I don’t want to say too much because in this day and time, boy, you say something, they will come back two weeks later like, ‘Where your album at?’”

Missy made a massive resurgence at the Super Bowl two weeks ago, when Katy Perry brought her on stage.  Missy’s catalog of records shot up by %1000 in sales.  Who is ready for a new Missy album???

Happy Birthday to two beautiful black chocolate sisters, Kelly Rowland and Brandy.  The two superstars share the same birthday.  Unfortunately, it is the same date that their idol Whitney Houston passed away.

The two singers have been best friends for years and continue to support each other throughout their own individual successful careers.  Check out some of their tunes below:

Jazmine Sullivan is back with her new album, “Reality Show,” which went number one on Billboard’s R&B Albums chart and number two on Top R&B/Hip-Hop albums chart,

Since Sullivan returned to the spotlight, she opened up to Hello Beautiful about that infamous tweet about her leaving the music industry.

“I told everybody, including my Mom, Dad and management and everything all via Twitter. Everybody was mad at me. [They were] like if you were going to stop at least you could’ve called.”

But most folks don’t know the real reason why she decided to leave the music industry. Many assume it was the pressure and her weight but…

“A lot of people think that the pressure of the industry and–you know–my weight and everything, kind of made me stop… and me feeling like I was getting the short end of the stick.”

She added, “But that was not it at all. That had a little bit to do with it but a lot of it was that I was dealing with my own mess in my own life, personally, and it all just happened to be too much and I had to stop.”

Dealing with domestic violence and personal problems led to Sullivan running from her family and the music industry as well.

“For a long time, I kind of kept away from everybody. When you know you’re not right, and you know you’re not doing something right, you try to stay away from people who will tell you that.”

She added, “It took me a long time to feel comfortable enough to say it. I went through a lot of guilt myself, like, should I expose this? Am I being petty by talking about it? It’s a lot of feelings that women have in regards to this.”