Whitney Houston has definitely been an inspiration to me, with the voice of an angel, always flawless.
Barbra Streisand said "She had everything, beauty, a magnificent voice. How sad her gifts could not bring her the same happiness they brought us."
Dolly Parton reacted by saying "Mine is only one of the millions of hearts broken over the death of Whitney Houston," Parton said in a statement obtained by Reuters. "I will always be grateful and in awe of the wonderful performance she did on my song, and I can truly say from the bottom of my heart, 'Whitney, I will always love you. You will be missed.'"
Aretha Franklin, the Queen of Soul, told CNN in a statement, "I just can't talk about it now. It's so stunning and unbelievable. I couldn't believe what I was reading coming across the TV screen. My heart goes out to Cissy, her daughter Bobbi Kris, her family and Bobby."
Tweeting in reaction to Whitney Houston's death on Saturday, Mariah Carey called Houston's voice "one of the greatest to ever grace the earth."
Carey's more flamboyantly ornamental style may have been the most obvious role model for young divas over the past two decades. But there never would have been a Mariah had there not been a Whitney - nor a Beyoncé, a Christina Aguilera, a Kelly Clarkson, a Jennifer Hudson.
"When I started my career, I wanted to be like her," Celine Dion said in a statement, while Aguilera noted, "Her notes soared to places most singers dream of reaching." Toni Braxton acknowledged her "incredible influence over music as a whole."
"Whitney Houston was the first CD I ever bought," country star Le An Rimes pointed out on Twitter. "I'm doing what she taught me to do by listening to her records over and over as a little girl."
Even those who lacked the technical ability to emulate Houston were inspired by the beauty and power of her singing. Jennifer Lopez called Houston's "one of the greatest voices of our time," while Rihanna simply tweeted, "No words. Just tears."
Houston was one of the top-selling artists in pop music history, with more than 55 million records sold in the United States alone. Her 1992 hit "I Will Always Love You" won her Grammys for record of the year and best female pop vocal.
Houston was the first superstar to marry a gospel-honed agility and rhythmic intuition with an expert pop balladeer's knack for velvety smoothness and slick drama. Just as Barbara Streisand and Aretha Franklin respectively set the standard for female pop and soul singers in the '60s, Houston set the standard for pop-soul singers in the '80s.
We Will Always Love you and You Will Be Missed!
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