People.com Celebrity Whitney Houston's PEOPLE Covers From chart-topping success to her rocky marriage, look back at how the singer made headlines By People Staff Updated on February 9, 2022 09:43 PM Share Tweet Pin Email 01 of 05 May 19, 1986 A Song in Her HeartThe Headline: Our Eighth Annual Readers' Poll Propels Dynamite Whitney Houston to Center Stage – and Puts a Host of Others in Their Proper Place 02 of 05 December 18, 1995 Not Who You Think She IsThe Headline: How Does Pop Diva Whitney Houston Survive Her Stormy Marriage and Pressure-Packed Career? Maybe by Being Tougher Than Dirt 03 of 05 March 18, 1996 What's Wrong with This Picture?The Headline: Exclusion of Minorities Has Become a Way of Life in Hollywood 04 of 05 January 18, 1999 To Have, and Have a LotThe Headline: They Get It All – Manor Homes, Designer Clothes, Devoted Minions and Spellbound Fans – For a Song 05 of 05 April 17, 2000 Star BlightThe Headline: Her Reputation Marred by a Series of Missed Performances and Strange Appearances, Whitney Houston Faces a Fresh Round of Rumors