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March 8, 1986 (37 years ago), Whitney’s debut self-titled album, Whitney Houston, reached #1 on the Billboard 200 (formerly called the Billboard Top Pop Albums chart) where it would remain for 14 weeks. This picture shows Whitney with the album in her home in 1985.