Whitney Houston was the first of the modern R&B divas and is graced with the same vocal genes as her mother, Cissy, and her aunt, Dionne Warwick. She started out at the very top of the charts but her throne is currently being challenged by more golden throated vixens than even Homer imagined in the Odyssey and her illustrious career has been sidetracked by scandal since the late 1990s.
