Whitney's Comeback Album Out Sept. 1

November release tops presale chart

(NEWSER) - Beat it, Beatles, here comes Susan Boyle. Hours after the Scottish singer's upcoming album was announced, it hit No. 1 on the Amazon.com presale charts—putting her ahead of Whitney Houston and the Fab Four. I Dreamed A Dream comes out in late November, the Scottish Daily Record reports. "The moment has finally come," one fan said. "Susan's CD is going to be brilliant and I can't wait." More»

'The Voice' is still there, with help from industry giants

(NEWSER) - It’s been seven years since Whitney Houston’s last album, and many younger listeners probably know her better for her recently-troubled life than for her series of huge hits. But her new album, I Look to You, marks a triumphant return, writes Jim DeRogatis in the Chicago Sun-Times. “Houston’s singing is still incredibly powerful—a sublime mix of gospel purity, pop prissiness, and bedroom purr.” More»

Diva is ready for her comeback

(NEWSER) - Whitney Houston “tumbled but she didn’t crumble,” music legend Clive Davis said last night at a London listening party for the diva’s latest. I Look To You is the first album in 7 years for the 45-year-old, reports the Mail. The crowd gave Houston—seemingly over past troubles including rehab and divorce—a standing ovation. More»

(NEWSER) - The Black Eyed Peas' new album, The E.N.D., isn’t of much consequence, but that’s just as well. Reviewers generally appreciate the party-hardy attitude.

• “Ever true to their defining characteristic, the Peas have no shame,” Ann Powers writes in the Los Angeles Times. “Fergie puts on ill-fitting dreadlocks for the faux-Jamaican Electric City and goes hilariously punk in Now Generation, a rant about social media that sounds something like Bob Dylan's Subterranean Homesick Blues rewritten on a Sidekick."

Missing 11 teeth; showed signs of heart, liver disease

(NEWSER) - Whitney Houston's troubled history was written on her body. A mix of scars, cuts, burns, and abrasions—most of them several years old—riddled the body of the 48-year-old singer, according to the coroner's report. Besides the burns she suffered during her death in a hotel bathtub and a hole in her nasal septum from years of cocaine use, a puncture mark was still visible on her arm, and extensive cosmetic surgery marred her stomach, chest, and thighs, reports the Sun . Houston was missing 11 teeth and showed signs of heart and liver disease. More»