American vocalist and performer

Whitney Houston Whitney Elizabeth Houston (August 9, 1963 – February 11, 2012) was an American singer and actress. Nicknamed "The Voice", she is one of the bestselling music artists of all time, with sales of over 200 million records worldwide. Houston in ...

, nicknamed “ The Voice”, embarked on 10 concert tours, 6 of which were world tours and 4 which were territorial tours. After becoming the opening act for singer Jeffrey Osborne and

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on their US amphitheatre tour and playing at various American theaters, festivals, and clubs in 1985, she embarked on her first worldwide tour, the successful The Greatest Love Tour in 1986. With promoting worldwide mega hit album '' Whitney'', her second world tour, The Moment of Truth World Tour started in

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during the summer of 1987 and continued overseas during 1988 in

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, and

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. Especially in Europe, Houston visited 12 countries, playing to over half a million fans including nine consecutive nights at

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. She then followed this with sold-out concert tour, Feels So Right Japan Tour in 1990 and I'm Your Baby Tonight World Tour in 1991. With the enormous success of the film,

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, and its accompanying

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, Houston went on her most extensive world tour,

The Bodyguard World Tour The Bodyguard World Tour is the fifth concert tour by American recording artist, Whitney Houston. The tour was in support of her multi-platinum soundtrack album, '' The Bodyguard'', and also of the movie of the same name. Following the success o ...

to support her projects during 1993–1994. Spanning two years, Houston played

twice,

, and made her first appearances in

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and

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. In 1997, she embarked on The Pacific Rim Tour which had her visiting for the first time

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and

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. After the success of Houston's first studio album in eight years, ''

My Love Is Your Love ''My Love Is Your Love'' is the fourth studio album by American singer Whitney Houston, released worldwide on November 17, 1998. It was Houston's first studio album in eight years, following ''I'm Your Baby Tonight'' (1990) although she had parti ...

'', the singer embarked on her first world tour since 1994 to promote it in 1999. My Love Is Your Love World Tour was the highest grossing arena concert tour of the year in Europe while playing to almost half a million people. In 2009, Houston started Nothing but Love World Tour, her first tour in over 10 years and supported her seventh and final studio album '' I Look to You''. During her career, Houston has also made appearances at the various charity concerts such as Freedomfest: Nelson Mandela's 70th Birthday Celebration (1988), A Benefit Concert for The United Negro College Fund (1988), That's What Friends Are For: AIDS Benefit Concert (1990), Welcome Home Heroes with Whitney Houston (1991) and Classic Whitney: Live from Washington, D.C. (1997).

Concert tours

World tours

Regional tours

Benefit concerts

Other notable appearances

Performances at award shows

1980s

1990s

2000s

2010s

References