Today marks the 55th birthday of a legend that once lived among us, Whitney Houston.
Even though Whitney may be well known for her breathtaking voice and hit songs that got everyone singing and dancing along, she also had a great taste in style and fashion and her hair was one to show for it.
Throughout the changing scenes of her career, she had a different hairstyle on, making her fans and the world in general anticipation and wonder as to which style she would don next.
Below is a timeline of all the hairstyles of Whitney Houston from the beginning to the sad and abrupt end of her career.
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Fresh-faced Whitney Houston curly hair just after the release of her first album “Whitney Houston” in 1985
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After her second album release: Whitney. Here, she is seen much longer light-brown curly hair
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At the 1986 Grammy Awards where she won her first Grammy. She showed up in a long, dark wavy hair with a bold makeup which later became her signature look
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In 1989, she had a full, loose, curly shoulder length bob look
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In 1994, she looked relatively different in a straight hair look featuring bangs and a high bun
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1996 saw the return of a lighter shade of hair with soft bangs cascading her forehead to complete the full bob look
![A timeline of Whitney Houston's ever-changing hair looks](https://cdn.face2faceafrica.com/www/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/7.jpg)
In 2000, it was the dawn of a new era of hair for Whitney. Her black, straight, short bob at the Grammy Awards very unlike her but then again, so much like her unstable style choices
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In 2001, she shocked again with a much different cinnamon-hued layered bob
![A timeline of Whitney Houston's ever-changing hair looks](https://cdn.face2faceafrica.com/www/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/9.jpg)
2006 was the honey blonde year for Whitney with another banged bob look
![A timeline of Whitney Houston's ever-changing hair looks](https://cdn.face2faceafrica.com/www/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/a.jpg)
Whitney was at it again with a bob that looked like a halo of big curls around her head in 2007
![A timeline of Whitney Houston's ever-changing hair looks](https://cdn.face2faceafrica.com/www/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/b3.jpg)
In 2010, she was back to her dark, wavy layered bob ways and bold makeup
![A timeline of Whitney Houston's ever-changing hair looks](https://cdn.face2faceafrica.com/www/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/c2.jpg)
She is pictured here in her signature dark brown jheri curl style
![A timeline of Whitney Houston's ever-changing hair looks](https://cdn.face2faceafrica.com/www/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/d.jpg)
In 2011, she appeared on the cover of In Style Magazine with a round bob look with bangs and big curls
![A timeline of Whitney Houston's ever-changing hair looks](https://cdn.face2faceafrica.com/www/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/e.jpg)
We honestly couldn’t keep up with the style queen as in 2011, she dazzled yet again in a straight long bob style which was her look until she passed away in 2012