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Let’s celebrate! Today marks 30 years since Whitney Houston dropped her second studio album, Whitney!

The iconic album catapulted Houston to international fame with hits like Where Do Broken Hearts GoDidn’t We Almost Have It All, So Emotional and I Wanna Dance With Somebody. In 1988, I Wanna Dance With Somebody gave Houston her second Grammy for Best Pop Vocal Performance, Female.

To date, Whitney has been certified 9 times platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). The album has sold over 25 million copies worldwide.

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