Mariah Carey gave birth twins less than two months ago but she has already returned to fine form. The legend posed alongside Joan Collins at a private industry party in the UK yesterday that also welcomed fellow icon Whitney Houston and R&B singer Usher.

The Essence Music Festival started off with a bang yesterday as some of music’s brightest stars performed their biggest hits. Held at the Louisiana Superdome in New Orleans, the event included showings from Usher, Fantasia, Jennifer Hudson and several others.

Did you know that Usher’s ‘Confessions’ album was the top-selling record on both the Billboard Pop chart as well as the R&b/Hip-Hop Albums tally in 2004?