Birthday Blessings To A Real One: Celebrating Whitney Houston’s Most Iconic Moments

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The Release Of Her Seventh And Final Solo Studio Album

In 2009, after a six-year hiatus, Houston released her comeback album I Look to You. Its hits included the album’s title track and the song “Million Dollar Baby.” According to Wikipedia, the project went platinum in seven countries and gold in eight.

While speaking on the topics that came up for her as she developed the project, Houston told the U.K. press that it chronicalled the highs and lows of her life in the time of her absence from the music industry.

“That makes it real,” Houston shared then. “The changes that we go through, the transitions that we go through, the tests that we go through, being a mother, becoming a single mother. It all had its ups and its downs, but for the most part, I kept my faith and I kept my head up… I took my time. All the triumphs and the ups and downs and stuff, it’s all incorporated on the album, and hopefully not only does it inspire me, but inspires a whole lot of other people.”