Photos of Whitney Houston in Memories

Whitney Houston music world lost. The star's body was found lifeless in a bath suite at the Beverly Hills Hilton Hotel on Saturday last week.

The cause of death of the diva is not because his body sank, but because consuming tranquilizers, Xanax, which is mixed with other prescription drugs and alcohol.

The original singer named Whitney Elizabeth Houston was born in Newark, New Jersey, USA, on August 9, 1963. Began his career as a singer in the junior gospel choir, he went with his mother sang in New York City. His talent was discovered by Arista label head, Clive Davis.

As quoted from Wikipedia, Houston is the best female singer of all time award winning version of the Guinness World Records. Row she won among other awards include two Emmy Awards, six Grammy Awards, 30 Billboard Music Awards, and 22 American Music Award.

Pop diva with a five octave range voice is also one of the best-selling female singer in the world. Its popularity soared in 1980 and 1990 while being ranked first hit singles including I Will Always Love You is the soundtrack of the movie The Bodyguard which also starred with Kevin Costner.

During his career, Houston sold over 170 million albums and singles worldwide. Until 2011, Houston has issued 7 albums and 3 movie soundtrack album - which are all awarded.