Overview
- The Whitney Houston Barbie went on sale for preorder through Mattel Creations around the singer’s 63rd birthday, with a listed price of 1,250 Mexican pesos and shipments scheduled by September 11, 2026.
- Mattel designed the doll to recreate Houston’s look from the 1987 'I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me)' video and included performance accessories such as a microphone and stand.
- Pat Houston, executor of Whitney’s estate, said the project grew from roughly 20 years of discussions and that she collaborated closely with Mattel on the doll’s design and packaging.
- The Signature release is positioned for collectors, featuring an articulated Original body, a certificate of authenticity, a sculpt intended to evoke Houston, and named designers credited in the product listing.
- The doll’s launch is one element of a coordinated set of estate-led tributes this week, which also included the WH1TNEY compilation and the Legacy of Love gala, while Pat Houston says larger projects such as a feature biopic remain unconfirmed and are being approached carefully.