Starbucks playing Whitney Houston songs all day to mark late singer’s 55th birthday

WASHINGTON — For one moment in time, Starbucks will be honoring Whitney Houston — playing her hits all day Aug. 9 to honor the chanteuse’s 55th birthday.

Starbucks will be playing a 55-song playlist throughout the day, according to a post on the official Instagram account for Whitney Houston, which is run by the the late singer’s estate.

ATTENTION U.S. WHITNEY FANS: We are excited and honored to announce that in honor of what would have been Whitney's 55th birthday (tomorrow, August 9) our friends at @Starbucks will be playing her music in 8,500 of their stores across the United States throughout the day with a special playlist of 55 songs assembled by @RickeyMinor, Whitney's former music director!! Visit Starbucks tomorrow and help us honor Whitney's birthday! Those inside and outside the U.S. can check out the playlist here: WhitneyHouston.lnk.to/playlist_spotify

A post shared by Whitney Houston (@whitneyhouston) on Aug 8, 2018 at 8:57am PDT

The playlist, which features famous Houston hits, such as “I Wanna Dance With Somebody,” “I Will Always Love You,” and the “Greatest Love of All,” was assembled by Houston’s former music director Rickey Minor.

You can listen to the full playlist on Spotify.

Houston, whose multioctave voice broke barriers and helped her become one of the bestselling music artists of all time, died in 2012 after struggling for years with drug addiction.