Usher and Celine Dion to Perform in a Whitney Tribute

Celine Dion, Usher and Jennifer Hudson were the first performers to be announced by The Recording Academy on Thursday for “We Will Always Love You: A Grammy Salute To Whitney Houston” on CBS on Nov. 16.However, there are many celebrities that want to help the Houston family deal with the singer's untimely death.

The concert will be taped in Los Angeles on Oct. 11 and will also feature interviews and footage with the late singer, as well as artists sharing their memories of her.

Houston’s death at age 48 from accidental drowning in a bathtub at a Beverly Hills hotel on the eve of the Grammy awards in February shocked the music world. Authorities deemed her death was also a result of heart disease and cocaine use.

The televised special will be timed with the release of  release of a compilation album in November, “I Will Always Love You - The Best of Whitney Houston,” featuring 16 of Houston’s best-known hits and two previously unreleased songs, including a new duet of “I Look To You” with R. Kelly.


Lifetime television network will also be airing a new series starting in mid-October , “The Houstons: On Our Own.” It documents Houston’s 19-year-old daughter Bobbi Kristina Brown, sister-in-law and former manager Pat Houston and mother Cissy, as they deal with life after the singer’s death.

Tamela Mann was a recent guest on Artists on demand and talked about how professional and kind Whitney was and what a joy to work with on the set of Sparkle You can listen to our interview here.

Source: Toronto Sun

New Whitney Houston Greatest Hits Album Coming This Fall

New reports state the up-coming release of a new Whitney Houston greatest hits package. It is said that the songs featured in this album spans Houston's entire career.

The album is also said to be due early this fall and will be the first to be released since her original "Hits" package back in 2000. The last hits album Houston released sold 2.6 million copies in the U.S. alone.

Among the songs that maybe included in this hits package are songs from her last album titled "I Look To You." The album included tracks which Houston collaborated with R. Kelly, Dianne Warren, and Alicia Keys.

"Houston notched 39 hit singles on the Billboard Hot 100, with 23 of those reaching the top 10. Of those, a whopping 11 went to No. 1, including "How Will I Know," "I Will Always Love You," and "Exhale (Shoop Shoop)." Her most recent Hot 100 hit was 2009's "Million Dollar Bill," which peaked at No. 100. (Though it climbed to No. 1 on the Dance Club/Play Songs chart, in part thanks to the popularity of a remix by the Freemasons.)" -Billboard

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Whitney Houston: Finally home

Whitney Houston was laid to rest today in New Jersey during a private burial.

Crowd were gathered outside the Fairview Cemetery in Westfield,
where Houston's body was laid next to her father in the cemetery.

Alicia Keys, Oprah Winfrey, Mary J. Blige, Mariah Carey, New Jersey Gov.
Chris Christie, Spike Lee, Kevin Costner, and Houston's former husband
Bobby Brown attented the service although Brown was reported to have left soon after.

Houston passed away on February 11th, 2012.

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Jennifer Hudson pays tribute to Whitney Houston at the Grammy's

The late Whitney Houston was certainly not forgotten as artists alike paid their tribute to the great singer who passed away on February 11th.

LL Cool J offered a prayer for Houston followed by Bruce Springsteen's opening performance.

Later on, artist and Grammy winner Jennifer Hudson, paid homage to Houston by performing one of the songs the late artist popularized - Dolly Parton's "I Will Always Love You."

The song was covered by Houston on "The Bodyguard" soundtrack which she starred with actor Kevin Costner. The film's soundtrack won Album of the Year in 1994.

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Whitney Houston dies at 48

Pop music queen Whitney Houston who popularized hit songs like "I Will Always Love You" and "All At Once" dies at 48.

Kristen Foster, Houston's publicist reported the artist's death but the cause and location of her death were unknown.

Houston was married to singer Bobby Brown. They had a daughter together, Bobbi Kristina Houston Brown, Houston's first and only child.

Our deepest condolences to the beloved artist's family and friends.

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