Cissy Houston Houston, her daughter and backup singer, increasingly sang solos with Cissy's band, including the Barbra Streisand hit "Evergreen". They would collaborate on "Ain't No Way" (originally a Cissy Houston and Aretha Franklin vehicle), on which Cissy sang "Cissy" and Whitney "Aretha". In 1996, Houston received the Grammy Award for Best Traditional Soul Gospel Album for "Face to Face", an album that contained a Gospel version of "How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved by You)". The same year, she contributed one song to the gospel soundtrack album for the film "The Preacher's Wife", which starred her daughter Whitney Houston. In
Whitney Houston Wife" (1996). The theme song "Exhale (Shoop Shoop)" became her eleventh and final number-one single on the Hot 100 chart, while "The Preacher Wife's" soundtrack became the best-selling gospel album in history. Following the critical and commercial success of "My Love Is Your Love" (1998), Houston signed a $100 million contract with Arista Records. However, her personal struggles began overshadowing her career, and her album "Just Whitney" (2002) became a commercial disappointment. Her drug use and tumultuous marriage to Bobby Brown were widely publicized in media. After a six-year break, Houston returned to the top of the "Billboard" 200 chart