Watch: 'A Grammy Salute to Whitney Houston'

Nov

17

2012

Watch: ‘A Grammy Salute to Whitney Houston’

Written by TriniTrent | Filed under Celine Dion,Jennifer Hudson,Usher,Whitney Houston,Yolanda Adams

Yolanda Adams and CeCe Winans

The ‘We Will Always Love You: A Grammy Salute to Whitney Houston’ special finally aired this evening. Filmed at the Nokia Theatre in Los Angeles, the show included performances by a range of acts who celebrated the legacy of one of music’s greatest divas.

Among the stars who paid tribute to Houston were Jennifer Hudson, Celine Dion, who appeared to be miming her set, Usher, Yolanda Adams and Cece Winans. Watch all of the performances from the ‘Grammy Salute’ below:

Jennifer Hudson – Medley

Celine Dion – “The Greatest Love of All’

Whitney Houston – ‘I Will Always Love You’

Usher – ‘I Believe In You & Me’

Yolanda Adams & Cece Winans – ‘Count on Me’

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- Janessa
  
  Where’s Britney?
  - boonella
    
    are you serious???
  - ML
    
    Well, she presented. No need for her singing…i love Britney but let’s be real. It’s Whitney frickin houston not Janet or Madonna. I think it’s kind of shady that they had her open the ceremony. Again, I love Britney but they had similar situation. Kevin was to Britney what Bobby to Whitney but Britney survived it…IDK maybe I’m reading into it too much but they could have had her present later on.
- HEARTS HEAUX!!!!!!!!!!!!!
  
  CELINEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE DIONNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN SANG FOR BLOODDDDDDDDDDDDDDD ON THAT STAGE!!!!!!!!! SHE STOLE THE SHOW!!!!!!!!!! SORRY TRENT BUT MARIAH COULD NEVER!!!!!!!!! & WHY WASNT MARIAH PERFORMING AT THE TRIBUTE??? I WAS TELLING FOLKS THE OTHER DAY HOW CELINE DION IS THE ONLY VOCALIST FROM THAT ERA WHOSE VOICE STILL SOUNDS INCREDIBLE!!!!!! CELINE CANT BE TOUCHED!!!!!!!!
  - Music-Doc
    
    But… Celine Dion was lipping
    
    dropboy80
    
    Celine is Not Lipping!!! Where do ya’ll get this shit?? Just cause somebody goes up and blows it down the got to be Lippin??? Thats some Bull….Celine can blow chile… get your life honey!!
    
    HEARTS HEAUX!!!!!!!!!!!!!
    
    YOU MARIAH CAREY STANS MUST HAVE CELINE DION MISTAKEN FOR YOUR FAVE
  - Kayla
    
    Mariah could never what? Mariah could and she does!! Maybe Rihanna, Britney or Ciara could never but not Mariah. You tripping now!
- HEARTS HEAUX!!!!!!!!!!!!!
  
  THESE BITCHES AINT FUCKIN WITH CELINE!!!!!!!
- Alex W.
  
  I do not understand why wasn’t Kim Burrell invited to sing? Ms. Burrell has been left off a lot of these tribute shows.
- KC
  
  BET will always have the best salute but this was beautiful.
- Tim
  
  SO pissed that Celine lipped that. So disrespectful.
  
  Yolanda DID THAT and then some. I wish Cece sang more of the song though, love her voice.
  
  Jen had great energy and was in control of her voice which is good.
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- darnell
  
  Celine definitely lipped. I’m not a hater, it’s just so obvious
  - ML
    
    You all need to realize that most of the artist do…it’s just the ones that can’t really sing well get the flack for it. Celine, Barbra, Beyonce and Mariah have lipped plenty of times. I only remember Whitney lipping a few times (most notably around 1994/5 she had a special and she had the nerve to drink water through one song while it was still going). Most good singers and Janet (shade) use pre-record vocals to make it sound live so that they are not doing the entire song using their instrument…it needs to be preserved…especially on tour.
    
    Chimier
    
    Barbra has NEVER lipped.
    And Whitney never had a special in 1994 where she drank water while the track was still going on. So whatever you’re talking about must’ve happened in an alternate reality.
- CC
  
  I love the fact at least one of the vocal trinity was present to pay tribute to to Whitney — Celine. She sang beautifully. I wished Mariah and Xtina could’ve been present to sing too. Perhaps even a new vocal powerhouse who has been the only singer to pay Whitney’s material any justice — Charice
- JOHNVIDAL
  
  RIP Whitney Houston one of the best singers ever and specially THE BEST LIVE singer ever
  This was such a beautiful tribute. People need to get over it. When I say Whitney, Mariah and Celine were the last true huge ones is for a reason (and not only when it comes to sales, that´s obvious too). You just watched Celine stole the show with a voice way out of her vocal prime (1995-2000), like Whitney or Mariah Celine´s voice is not what it was 15 years ago but damn she is still better than the rest in this tributes
  And yes it was prerecorded. But she demonstrated she can when she did that little “Saving all my love for you” part during her beautiful speech. She´s first class, like Mariah is. Others may be good but they are minidivas compared to them (yes all those who debuted after 1995-2000. Don´t want to give names
- LouLou
  
  Celine dion is the Queen of lip syncing. She’s been doing it for over 15 years. Go on youtube and research. This was a nice tribute overall.
- Theman4u
  
  Hands down the greatest singer if all time
- Kayla
  
  I hate how fickle humans are. We sit around judging people and calling them flops but when they die we want to lavish them with praise and adulation. How unfortunate!
- larry
  
  Celine was AMAZING!!! WHOAAA did you see her body performance!
  Usher sounded great
  Jen was great! Shes trying
  Gospel ending was good
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