Hit Parade: I'm Your Whitney Tonight Edition
b'Eight years after her passing\\u2014and 35 years after the release of her debut album\\u2014Whitney Houston is about to be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Predictably, some rock fans have carped that Houston doesn\\u2019t belong in the Hall. But they are not the only ones who, historically, have complained about Houston\\u2019s bona fides. In the \\u201980s, at the apex of her success, black fans complained that Houston was courting white pop fans too eagerly, and forgetting her roots in gospel and R&B.\\nOn the charts, by contrast, Whitney Houston\\u2019s achievements are indisputable. But they also might be underrated. Houston\\u2019s chart records offer a window into exactly how she crossed over\\u2026and whether she deserved the backlash. In this episode, Chris\\xa0Molanphy walks step by step through Whitney\\u2019s storied chart records\\u2014including a couple that have gone unheralded\\u2014that help explain why she was a seminal, singular figure among black female crossover stars, from Aretha and Diana to Beyonc\\xe9.\\nPodcast production by Justin D. Wright.\\n\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices'