Whitney Houston’s publicist Kristen sadly announced that Whitney Houston has died at the age of 48.

Whitney's singing career began in the local gospel choir but she quickly graduated to backing singing with the likes of Lou Rawls and Chaka Khan.

At her peak in the 1980s and '90s, Houston was the golden girl of the music industry and one of the world's best-selling artists.

To celebrate Whitney’s career we’ve selected a few of Whitney Houston’s golden hits 

Whitney Houston - I Wanna Dance With Somebody on MUZU.

"I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me)" is the first single from Whitney Houston's second studio album Whitney. It was produced by Narada Michael Walden, and written by George Merrill and Shannon Rubicam of the band Boy Meets Girl, who had previously written the number-one Whitney Houston hit "How Will I Know".

Whitney Houston - Greatest Love Of All on MUZU.

 "The Greatest Love of All" is a song written by Michael Masser and Linda Creed and originally recorded by George Benson for the 1977Muhammad Ali biopic The Greatest. The song was later popularized by Whitney Houston. 

Whitney Houston - I Will Always Love You on MUZU.

In 1992, Whitney Houston recorded I WIll Always Love you as the soundtrack to The Bodyguard, Whitneys film debut.