Now this is what we were expecting to see last week with “I Look to You”. This video was properly executed. The video starts with a vintage setting which matches the vintage sound of the song. and displays Houston taking the stage at a nightclub whilst keeping the crowd alive. The video later shifts to a manicured landscape setting where Houston sports a pink dress and is knockin’ out the 20 somethin’s with this look. The third scene shift is her dancing around with dollar bills blowing around her which is relates to the song in a very literal way. The whole video is filled with energy, Houston looks as young as she did 10 or more years ago and she just delivered a great video for a great song.

Above you can see the official single cover for Mariah Carey’s “I Want to Know What Love Is”. It really suits the song; very soft and angelic.

Mariah Carey is set to appear on The Oprah Winfrey Show live on September 18. She will be there to discuss her album, Memoirs of an Imperfect Angel, as well as perform. A performance to look forward to in our opinion. “I Want to Know Love Is” is a ballad; Mariah will be right at home. We wonder if Mariah’s rendtion will have the same effect as Wynonna Judd’s rendition did on Oprah.

In the last bit of Mariah news Italian retail store ibs has Memoirs… listed with a release date of September 11, 2009. Either this is a mistake or we really are getting Mariah’s album earlier.

We’re sure by now you all have witnessed Whitney Houston’s less-than-stellar comeback performance on Good Morning America. That’s alright she still had her supporters because she was energetic and looked healthy.

You may have also heard that on September 14, 2009, the season premiere of The Oprah…, Whitney Houston will sit down with Oprah, sans an audience, for a two part candid interview. Everything from drug use to her marriage with Bobby Brown to the fear of losing ‘The Voice’ will be discussed. Houston is also set to perform “I Didn’t Know My Own Strength” on the show. If you listen closely to the end of the video below you can hear a snippet of that performance.

ThatGrapeJuice has exclusively delivered the information that two video premieres from Whitney Houston will be released within a week of each other. The first, “I Look to You”, will premiere on September 10 and the second, “Million Dollar Bill”, will premiere six days later on the 16th of September.

Well it’s the official time for Whitney’s comeback as her radio single “Million Dollar Bill” is here in full.

The news has been spiralling out of control with this Whitney comeback and when Swizz Beatz was announced as the producer for the first single we were a bit iffy. Of course Alicia Keys being on the songwriting end gave us more clarity but we thought Swizz would give Whitney something along the lines of a Cassidy production. We were wrong as “Million Dollar Bill” has a complete old-school vibe to it. This generation and most certainly previous generations will appreciate this.

This new album of Whitney has proven so far to be a timeless effort. Although her voice isn’t exactly what it used to be she still has the fire in her. Now the last thing left on our minds of is, how will she perform live after all these years. Will her vocals differ that much from the studio perfected ‘copyrights’ (as Clive Davis refers to them) on the album?

Whitney Houston – Million Dollar Bill (CDQ)

After returning to the states from the London listening party of I Look to You, R&B diva Whitney Houston and music legend Clive Davis gave a NYC audience a preview of what’s to come from Houston’s release. The event took place at the Allen Room at Jazz at Lincoln Center last night. It’s been 8 years since we had an album from Whitney so the anticipation is high.

In a room filled with everyone from Alicia Keys to Martha Stewart, Whitney’s new album was followed by many standing ovations. It appears this truly is Houston’s time to shine again. We previously had the opinion that this would be a warm-up album for her but this seems to be what The Emancipation of Mimi was for Mariah. Also a 30 sec. snippet of the title track from the listening party has appeared online.

CLASSIC, TIMELESS, A DAMN BEAUTY! Whitney Houston has returned. The R. Kelly demo is just as great and Whitney executes this song with such ease. This does not disappoint, we’ll be listening to this twenty years from now. Also, Whitney’s official first single is “Million Dollar Bill” (written and produced by Alicia Keys and Swizz Beats). It is described as:

An up-tempo, joyful track about love and probably one of the funkiest songs Whitney has ever done. “Million Dollar Bill” has an amazing bass line and almost recalls early Michael Jackson in Off The Wall. The catchy hook, “You make me feel like a million dollar bill.” Her vocal is strong with some power notes toward the end. The song has an Alicia Keys sound but fits for Whit — it’s current without making her seem like she is trying to compete with teenagers. The song received a standing ovation. [SOURCE]

I LOOK TO YOU in stores September 1, 2009