Test your knowledge of Whitney Houston's biggest hits, deep cuts and iconic moments.
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Her uptempo hits land in a beat: the drum intro of 'I Wanna Dance with Somebody', the sparkle of 'How Will I Know', the rush of 'So Emotional'. Bright, radio-ready openers before the ballads take over.
The stories behind the hits break the tightest rounds: a number one that opens with no music at all, seven straight chart-toppers, two signatures that began as other singers' records. The edge in a photo finish.
Her catalog splits by feel. The uptempo hits come quickly, but the a cappella ballads, the Bodyguard soundtrack and the covers she rebuilt each test a different kind of listening, and the ballads are where scores separate.
Start with the songs that get a room moving. 'I Wanna Dance with Somebody', 'How Will I Know', 'So Emotional' and 'I'm Your Baby Tonight' are the bright, uptempo pop hits most players name at once. These are the easy points before the quiz leans on the ballads.
Here is where a Whitney Houston quiz gets tricky. 'I Will Always Love You' begins with her voice and nothing else, then climbs to the key change everyone remembers, and slow-burners like 'Didn't We Almost Have It All' and 'All the Man That I Need' work the same way. You place these from the singing, not from a beat, which is exactly where casual fans wait too long.
The deepest points sit in her film work. Beyond 'I Will Always Love You', The Bodyguard gave her 'I Have Nothing', 'Run to You' and 'Queen of the Night', and later soundtracks added 'I Believe in You and Me' and 'Exhale (Shoop Shoop)'. Name those from a clip and the soundtrack years stop being the round that catches people out.
Some of her signatures started in other hands. 'Greatest Love of All' was first cut by George Benson, and 'I'm Every Woman' was a Chaka Khan record before Houston, gospel-trained from childhood, made both feel like hers. A thorough Whitney Houston quiz knows the originals.
Play a Whitney Houston quiz on Songtrivia to find out. You guess her songs from a short clip, and the catch is that her ballads open on the voice with almost nothing behind it. Place 'I Will Always Love You' from its a cappella first line and you are ahead of most players.
Expect the hits everyone knows, 'I Will Always Love You', 'I Wanna Dance with Somebody' and 'Greatest Love of All', plus soundtrack cuts like 'I Have Nothing' and 'Run to You' that separate the superfans.
Her signature ballads expose the singing, so 'I Will Always Love You' begins a cappella and rises to a key change with no production to lean on. You have to name these from the voice, not from a beat, which is where casual fans hesitate.
Often the opening line is the whole test. Her biggest ballads start on the voice alone before any instrument, so spotting 'I Will Always Love You' or 'Greatest Love of All' early is what pushes a good score toward a perfect one.
She was born Whitney Elizabeth Houston on August 9, 1963, in Newark, New Jersey, into a family of singers, and was nicknamed The Voice. Her mother was gospel vocalist Cissy Houston and her cousin is Dionne Warwick.
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