[How Will I Know?] -- Forty years ago today, February 14 fell on a Thursday. And on that Thursday, Whitney Houston (1963–2012) dropped her solo, self-titled, debut album: Whitney Houston. After a slow start, Whitney Houston ultimately climbed to the top of the Billboard 200 in 1986, and it stayed in that top slot for 14 weeks. Seven of the album's ten tracks were singles, and three of them – "Saving All My Love for You," "How Will I Know," and "Greatest Love of All" – all shot to #1 on the Billboard Hot 100. So, her record was the first debut album, as well as the first album by a solo female artist, to have three #1 singles in the US.
Between 1986 and 1987, Houston received five Grammy nominations, including two for Album of the Year (once each in both '86 and '87). Houston did win a 1986 Grammy for Best Pop Vocal Performance, Female. Just the beginning for Whitney Houston's remarkable career.
Flashback: Whitney Houston (February 14, 1985)
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