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11-20-2012, 07:49 PM
The death of pop star Whitney Houston at the age of 48 in February 2012, left a huge hole in the heart of the music industry – for both Houston’s fans and the pop stars she inspired.
On Friday, Nov. 17, some of the biggest stars Houston inspired took the stage to honor her legacy during “We Will Always Love You: A GRAMMY Salute to Whitney Houston.” The stars involved included Jennifer Hudson, Usher, LL Cool J, Celine Dion and Britney Spears.
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“We celebrate the great life of a beautiful gifted woman, who may be gone, but whose voice will live forever,” Berry told the crowd at the event. “She inspired a generation of little girls and women to believe in their own dreams and to know that they had within themselves the greatest gift of all.”
Hudson kicked off the show with an upbeat, 80s inspired medley of Houston songs, including: “I’m Every Woman,” “How Will I Know” and “I Wanna Dance With Somebody.” Usher loaned his vocals to a performance of “I Believe in You and Me” from the soundtrack to The Preacher’s Wife while Dion, who noted that she could never sing like Houston before her performance perfomed “The Greatest Love of All.”
Spears, like Berry, gave testimony to the impact left on their lives by Houston.
“When I was 15, I was in New York City auditioning to try and get my first record deal,” Spears recounted during her testimony. “I sang Whitney’s ‘I Have Nothing’ for the executives at Jive Records and they signed me. So, I guess you could say that Whitney has always been there for me when I needed her.”
Through Houston’s music and voice, she’ll continue to be there for her fans and the musician’s she has inspired for decades to come.
On Friday, Nov. 17, some of the biggest stars Houston inspired took the stage to honor her legacy during “We Will Always Love You: A GRAMMY Salute to Whitney Houston.” The stars involved included Jennifer Hudson, Usher, LL Cool J, Celine Dion and Britney Spears.
View slideshow: We Will Always Love You: A GRAMMY Salute to Whitney Houston
“We celebrate the great life of a beautiful gifted woman, who may be gone, but whose voice will live forever,” Berry told the crowd at the event. “She inspired a generation of little girls and women to believe in their own dreams and to know that they had within themselves the greatest gift of all.”
Hudson kicked off the show with an upbeat, 80s inspired medley of Houston songs, including: “I’m Every Woman,” “How Will I Know” and “I Wanna Dance With Somebody.” Usher loaned his vocals to a performance of “I Believe in You and Me” from the soundtrack to The Preacher’s Wife while Dion, who noted that she could never sing like Houston before her performance perfomed “The Greatest Love of All.”
Spears, like Berry, gave testimony to the impact left on their lives by Houston.
“When I was 15, I was in New York City auditioning to try and get my first record deal,” Spears recounted during her testimony. “I sang Whitney’s ‘I Have Nothing’ for the executives at Jive Records and they signed me. So, I guess you could say that Whitney has always been there for me when I needed her.”
Through Houston’s music and voice, she’ll continue to be there for her fans and the musician’s she has inspired for decades to come.