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Who Covered Whitney Houston's 'I Will Always Love You' Better? 'Glee' Or The Grammys

Posted 3 hours ago by in Music, Newsroom Poll, Television, whitney-houston


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On last night's Valentine's episode of "Glee," Mercedes (Amber Riley) sang one of the biggest and best love songs ever, "I Will Always Love You," after her conscience forced her to walk away from Sam (Chord Overstreet). It was a high point in the episode and Twitter immediately lit up with praise…

…Much like it did Sunday night when Jennifer Hudson performed the Dolly Parton-penned ballad as a tribute to the late Whitney Houston on the Grammy Awards.

There's no doubt both performers nailed the song, but their interpretations were a little different – Hudson took a bit more ownership of the track, singing in a lower register, while Riley's delivery and the song's arrangement were nearly identical to Houston's.

With two performances of Houston's signature song in one week, it's hard not to compare the two. But which one was your favorite. Vote in our poll below.

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Happy Birthday, Whitney Houston!

Posted 8/9/11 4:45 pm EST by in whitney-houston


Yesterday, while traveling back to New York City from an all-too-brief visit to Pennsylvania, we passed though Newark, NJ, and started thinking about Whitney Houston, just like we always do when we pass through Newark, the “I Will Always Love You” singer’s hometown.

We wondered what she’s up to, where she’s been lately and if things are going alright. It wasn’t until earlier this morning that we realized Whitney is celebrating a big day: She turns 48 today!

It’s easy to rag on Whitney for the events of recent years – a tour marred by problems, a mediocre album, the public’s perception that her troubles are not as far in the past as she’d like you to believe – but that’s not what we’re going to do today. Instead, let’s take a minute to celebrate the impressive achievements of one of the most legendary performers in the history of music. (Oh, and listen to the tune above for evidence that she still has her hit-making sense about her, regardless of what gossips like to say!) Read More...

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Whitney Houston Knows Hot To Get To Number One: Wake-Up Video

Posted 2/15/11 9:00 am EST by in Wake-Up Video


When Lady Gaga took the stage at the Staples Center in Los Angeles to receive the award for Best Pop Vocal Album at Sunday night's (February 13) Grammy Awards, she gave a shout-out to a very special diva who has been relatively under the radar as of late. While accepting her award (one of three she took home on Sunday night), Gaga noted that she was picturing Whitney Houston singing "Born This Way" when she wrote it. "I need to say thank you tonight to Whitney Houston," Gaga said. "I wanted to thank Whitney because when I wrote 'Born This Way,' I imagined she was singing it because I wasn't secure enough in myself to imagine I was a superstar. So Whitney, I imagined you were singing 'Born This Way' when I wrote it."

"Born This Way" will likely be at the top of the Billboard Hot 100 this week, but on this day in 1986, Houston herself was at the top of the chart heap with "How Will I Know." The fourth single from her self-titled debut album (which was released on Valentine's Day in 1984), "How Will I Know" found Houston hitting an incredible groove. "Saving All My Love For You" had already gone to number one, and Houston would end up dropping an unprecedented streak of seven consecutive chart-topping singles ("Saving All My Love For You" and "How Will I Know" were followed by "Greatest Love of All," "I Wanna Dance With Somebody," "Didn't We Almost Have It All," "So Emotional" and "Where Do Broken Hearts Go").

"How Will I Know" spent two weeks on top of the Billboard Hot 100 before it was replaced by Mr. Mister's "Kyrie." The video became a big hit for Houston, and it's easy to see why. Since she was mostly known as a balladeer, it was eye-opening to watch her cut loose in a fun environment.


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Jesse James, Lady Gaga And Whitney Houston: Three To See

Posted 4/8/10 12:00 pm EST by in Music


Every morning, MTV News delivers the top news stories in music, movies and pop culture hot and fresh for your reading and watching pleasure. We then bring together a trio of the biggest headlines for "Three to See," the daily digest of the top stories making noise on our site and across the Internet.

Jesse James Denies Sex Tape
The Internet has been abuzz over the rumored sex tape that exists between estranged celebrity couple Jesse James and Sandra Bullock. But a few days after Bullock released a statement denying the tape's existence, James also let the world know that there is no such thing. "The claims of sex tapes are untrue and completely fabricated," he said in a statement. James remains in rehab for "personal issues."

Whitney Houston Denies Drug Rumors
After singer Whitney Houston canceled a handful of dates on her European tour, rumors began to surface that she was having problems with drugs. Houston let the world know that she is merely suffering from an upper respiratory problem cause by allergies, not illegal narcotics. Houston dismissed such reports as "ridiculous." "At this point, I just don't respond," she said. "I don't even read it."

Lady Gaga Tweets To T-Shirt Wearing Fan
A Lady Gaga fan named Cole Goforth was sent home from school earlier this week because he was wearing a T-shirt that said "I Heart Lady Gay Gay." The 15-year-old Tennessee native may have been sent home, but he was also sent support from Gaga herself. "Thank u for wearing your tee-shirt proud at school," Gaga tweeted. "You make me so proud, at the monsterball, you are an inspiration to us all. I love you."

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Rihanna, Adam Lambert, Drake And Miley Cyrus: This Week's Deep Cuts

Posted 10/23/09 5:47 pm EST by in Deep Cuts


On the massive timeline that is the universe, five days doesn't seem like an awfully long time, but consider how different the world was on Monday morning: Soupy Sales was alive, Lil Wayne was a free man, people were still wondering what Rihanna's new single would sound like and the content of "Michael Jackson's This Is It" was still relatively mysterious. But now that we're five days older and that much wiser, it's time to take a look back at anything you might have missed in the Newsroom.

» Rihanna unveiled her new single "Russian Roulette," which also came with an edgy album cover that immediately put it in rare company.

» Adam Lambert also had a busy week of debuts, as his the epic video for that same song.

» Drake added "college basketball coach" to his ever-growing list of occupations.

» Whitney Houston performed on TV in the U.K., busted out of her dress and still managed to absolutely kill "Million Dollar Bill."
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Whitney Houston Suffers Wardrobe Malfunction On UK TV, Kills It Anyway

Posted 10/19/09 2:02 pm EST by in Music


By Nuzhat Naoreen

The road to a comeback isn't without its challenges, as Whitney Houston learned first-hand on Saturday (October 17) during a performance on English television show "X-Factor" (an "American Idol"-esque show produced by Simon Cowell). Houston, who recently hit Oprah's couch and took over the "Good Morning America" stage in order to promote her new comeback album I Look to You, experienced a wardrobe malfunction during an energetic performance of the Swizz Beatz-produced "Million Dollar Bill."

The legendary singer appeared in front of a cheering crowd Friday, wearing a sparking silver dress with straps in the back. Halfway through the song, the straps suddenly became untied. The mishap seemed to catch Whit off-guard for about half a second, but in true diva style, she simply shrugged at the camera and plowed through the rest of the song. Luckily for her, the front half off her dress managed to stay in tact throughout the whole fiasco, and it didn't stop her from hitting all her high notes and staying in the pocket of the tune's infectious groove.

After she wrapped up the song, Houston laughed off the malfunction to "X-Factor" host Dermot O'Leary: "I sang myself out of my clothes!" she said. It took the poise of a true diva to work her way through that, which is why there is no doubt the Houston still has it, and that her performance — combined with the excellent video for "Million Dollar Bill" — means that the comeback is complete.

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Michael Jackson, Whitney Houston, Miley Cyrus And Paramore: This Week's Deep Cuts

Posted 9/4/09 5:50 pm EST by in Deep Cuts


The end of summer is officially here, which means it's time to tack an extra day onto this weekend. But fret not, as the MTV Newsroom blog will be back on Tuesday to start counting down to the Video Music Awards as well as the release of "The Beatles: Rock Band." Until then, hit up a barbecue, crack open a cold beverage and let the summer wind blow through your hair one final time in 2009. In between rounds of volleyball in the pool, gorge yourself on the highlights from this week's dispatches.

» Michael Jackson was finally laid to rest, but not before a birthday party in Brooklyn that celebrated what would have been his 51st birthday.

» Whitney Houston paid a visit to "Good Morning America" and turned in a performance that can only be described as ... complicated.

» DJ AM was memorialized in Los Angeles this week. Many of his friends came forward to mourn, including the Black Eyed Peas.

» Paramore's Hayley Williams suggested that if you're headed back to school, you should really pick up some vests designed by Miley Cyrus.

» Speaking of Cyrus, she really does have an amazing Twitter.

» In VMA news, it was announced this week that the cast of "New Moon" will be there to present an extended version of the trailer to their upcoming movie. In order to prepare, you should watch a Backstreet Boy turn into a werewolf.

» This week's big lesson: The only reason to have 19 children is if you're developing a Polyphonic Spree tribute act.

» Jay-Z certainly made the rounds, hitting up a Grizzly Bear concert with wife Beyoncé, stopping to give details on his September 11 concert to MTV News correspondent Tim Kash and taking a spin through all of his old album covers.

» Madonna released the new video for "Celebration" this week, which inspired us to dig into the archives and unearth this crazy piece of tape featuring Jim Cantiello as a safari guide.

» TV on the Radio's Tunde Adebimpe told us the band is taking a break for a year to work on other stuff.

» Beyoncé celebrated her 20th birthday. Did you remember to sign the card?

» We laughed when Missy Elliott got hit in the head with an umbrella in at 2006's version of the show, but what are your favorite "WTF?" VMA moments?

» Finally, the NFL season kicks off next Thursday, which gives the Miami Dolphins plenty of time to sign Willy Zoom (also known as Will.I.Am).

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Whitney Houston Leads Us Down The Rabbit Hole: Wake-Up Video

Posted 9/3/09 9:00 am EST by in Music, Wake-Up Video


Yesterday, the big buzz in the Newsroom surrounded Whitney Houston and her performance on yesterday's episode of "Good Morning America." Houston's run through four songs was equal parts amazing, confusing, cringe-inducing and impressive. It sparked a lot of conversation about Houston's career and the extreme peaks and valleys. As a result, we tapped into the deep MTV Networks tape archive to take a look at some of Houston's television highlights, and we stumbled on an amazing piece of tape: The 1995 Nickelodeon Kids Choice Awards, which Houston hosted. It was an immediate nostalgia trip for most everybody in the office and reminded us of the existence of stars like Taran Noah Smith from "Home Improvement" and the Mowry twins from "Sister, Sister." It also featured some clearly tongue-in-cheek editing, most notably from whoever cut the package that introduced the "Favorite Movie Actress" category. Sally Field was nominated for her role in "Forrest Gump," and what clip did they use during the nomination package? The scene where Field (playing Gump's mother) offers sex to the school principal. You're welcome, kids!

Houston's hosting performance was excitable but totally reasonable, but she was upstaged by a trio of amazing musical performances. A 16-year-old Brandy sang her way through the crowd, Soul for Real crooned their infections hit "Candy Rain" and Montell Jordan brought out a cleaned-up version of "This Is How We Do It." That song — which contains decidedly kid-unfriendly lines like "I reach for my 40/ And I pull it up/ Designated driver take the keys to my truck" — was a gigantic hit for Jordan. He had a great 1995: Not only did he get to perform on the Kids Choice Awards, he was also nominated for two MTV Video Music Awards and was also nominated for a Grammy. And you know what? "This Is How We Do It" holds up.

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Spotted: Whitney Houston Visits 'Good Morning America'

Posted 9/2/09 11:17 am EST by in Music


Every day a multitude of stars wanders through the halls of MTV News to talk about their latest projects and goof around with staff members. But sometimes we catch stars elsewhere, and that's why we put together Spotted!, a daily compendium of stars in the wild.

Whitney Houston's comeback continued this morning, when she performed in New York City's Central Park on "Good Morning America." Houston sang four songs at the mini-concert, including two tracks from her just-released new album I Look to You as well as the past hits "My Love Is Your Love" and "I'm Every Woman." The 44-year-old diva told co-host Diane Sawyer that what got her through the tough times in her life was "My faith and the love and support of my family which I do have. The support of my friends in the good, bad and indifferent times." She also said that the "You" in her album's title referred to her devoted fans (which got a big pop from the crowd).

Houston wasn't the only performer on the promo tip, as Fall Out Boy's Pete Wentz turned up in Los Angeles to sign copies of the new comic book "Fall Out Toy Works," and "Entourage" star Jeremy Piven showed up to talk to David Letterman about mercury poisoning and his latest film "The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard." Click here for these photos plus over 200 more shots of Beyoncé, Britney Spears, Lady Gaga, Justin Timberlake, Madonna, Kanye West and the casts of "New Moon" and "Gossip Girl."

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Swizz Beatz Is Alive And Well: The MTV Quote Of The Day

Posted 7/24/09 4:59 pm EST by in Music


I seen something on the cover of the XXL: 'The Death of the Super-Producer?' It was on the cover. I was like, 'I hope the f--- they not talking about me.'"

-Producer/rapper/painter Swizz Beatz, assuring the world that his career hasn't fallen off. In fact, he's the busiest he's been since the early days of the Ruff Ryders, as lately he's been working with megastars like Whitney Houston, Jay-Z and 50 Cent, in addition to producing his own solo album Life After the Party. Swizz is a veteran, and even he admits that he sometimes forgets just how long he's been in the game. "I'm starting to feel like a senior citizen. I have people coming to me, saying, 'I started to listen to you when I was 9.' But I gotta remember: I started when I was, like, 16, 17."

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