<P> Houston is the only artist to chart seven consecutive No. 1 Billboard Hot 100 songs . She is the second artist behind Elton John and the only woman to have two number - one Billboard 200 Album awards ( formerly `` Top Pop Albums '' ) on the Billboard magazine year - end charts . Houston 's self - titled debut album ( 1985 ) became the best - selling debut album by a woman in history . Rolling Stone named it the best album of 1986 , and ranked it at number 254 on the magazine 's list of the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time . Her second studio album , Whitney ( 1987 ) , became the first album by a woman to debut at number one on the Billboard 200 albums chart . </P>
<P> Houston is the only artist to chart seven consecutive No. 1 Billboard Hot 100 songs . She is the second artist behind Elton John and the only woman to have two number - one Billboard 200 Album awards ( formerly `` Top Pop Albums '' ) on the Billboard magazine year - end charts . Houston 's self - titled debut album ( 1985 ) became the best - selling debut album by a woman in history . Rolling Stone named it the best album of 1986 , and ranked it at number 254 on the magazine 's list of the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time . Her second studio album , Whitney ( 1987 ) , became the first album by a woman to debut at number one on the Billboard 200 albums chart . </P>
when did whitney houston 's first album come out
when did whitney houston 's first album come out
1985
1985