Heartbreak Hotel about a man who had destroyed all his identity papers and jumped to his death from a hotel window, leaving a suicide note with the single line, "I walk a lonely street". In 2016, an article in "Rolling Stone" magazine suggested that the story in reality originated from a report about a painter and petty criminal, Alvin Krolik, whose marriage had failed and who wrote a partial autobiography including the line "This is the story of a person who walked a lonely street." Krolik's story was published in news media, and received further publicity after he was shot and killed
Heartbreak Hotel (Whitney Houston song) "Favorite Single" at the 6th Blockbuster Entertainment Awards on May 9, 2000. On May 16, 2000, the song won the Broadcast Music Incorporated (BMI) Pop Award at its 48th ceremony. The first live performance of "Heartbreak Hotel" was at The Rosie O'Donnell Show on November 23, 1998. Houston performed the edited version of the song with Faith Evans and Kelly Price on the show, appeared to promote her then-new album "My Love Is Your Love". Houston, Evans and Price performed together once more at the 9th Billboard Music Awards on December 7, 1998. During her European promotion in February 1999,