The legendary Whitney Houston made a rare appear appearance at the 2010 Keep A Child Alive’s Black Ball in New York City tonight.  Houston’s friend, singer Alicia Keys, hosted the star-studded gala, which took place at the Hammerstein Ballroom.

Ms. Houston looks radiant!

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Hit TV show ‘Glee’ has become renown for its unique spins on chart hits past and present. Whitney Houston‘s 2009 album title track ‘I Look To You’ gets the Glee treatment in next week’s episode.

Take a listen to the cast’s rendition, fronted by power-house Amber Riley (‘Mercedes’), below…

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Teen heart-throb Justin Bieber today released the video for his new single ‘U Smile’ – the latest to be lifted from the Platinum-selling ‘My World 2.0’.

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Keri Hilson has finally set a concrete release date for her new album, ‘No Boys Allowed’. The record is due to hit stores on November 30th which, according to Amazon, will put it in direct competition with Ciara’s ‘Basic Instinct’ LP  which is being released on the same day. Expect credits on Hilson’s album to include Polow Da Don, Kanye West, Ne-Yo, Chris Brown, Kevin McCall and Timbaland among others.

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While Ciara continues to ready her eagerly awaited new LP ‘Basic Instinct’, a new cut from the set has surfaced in the form of ‘Shut Em Up’. As its title suggests, the song is an emphatic response to ‘the haters’.

Take a listen after the jump…

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Get ready US fans because Sade is coming to a city near you. The iconic band, who scored a platinum seller with their latest album, ‘Soldier of Love’, will be touring North America is 2011 starting on June 16th in Baltimore. Check out the list of dates below (more shows are expected to be announced soon):

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Superstar Janet Jackson was spotted looking very much an item with billionaire boyfriend Wissam Al Mana at Roberto Cavalli‘s 40th Anniversary in Fashion bash in Paris last night.

Jackson, 44, has been dating the Qatar-based businessman since December.

They look happy together.

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Diddy & Dirty Money rocked the stage at ‘MTV Crashes Glasgow’ last night. While the mogul’s fashion choice (see: Kilt) seemed to give a nod to Scottish tradition, the same can’t be said for that ‘interesting’ pose. Work.

More pics below (via Getty)

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Our friends over at Just Jared attended the New York listening session for Rihanna‘s new LP ‘Loud’ last night. Check out what they say Babados’ Next Top Model will be serving up this go round (plus my Two Pence) after the jump…

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As earlier reported, R&B singer Keri Hilson has lined up ‘Pretty Girl Rock’ as the second single to be lifted from her sophomore LP ‘No Boys Allowed’.

Ms. Keri Baby, as she oft refers to herself, took to the stage at the ‘Beats By Dre’ showcase in New York’s Time Square a few hours ago, performing the song for the first time during her set.

Check out how she fared, and above all, what the song sounds like, after the jump…

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Despite debuting with an impressive 240,000 units last week, Trey Songz‘s fourth studio album ‘Passion, Pain, & Pleasure’ suffered quite the sales dip in its second week.

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Despite only releasing the video for current single ‘Breaking Point’ days ago, Keri Hilson is wasting no time announcing its follow-up ‘Pretty Girls’; apt given the fact the aforementioned isn’t necessarily setting the charts alight.

Jointly produced by Ne-Yo and Chuck Harmony, ‘Girls’ is set to hit iTunes on October 12 – meaning we should be hearing it any time from now. Peep the cover, via Rap-Up, above.

Hilson’s sophomore LP ‘No Boys Allowed’ is currently without a release date.

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