Whitney Houston’s Final Song Hits iTunes June 5
Season six American Idol winner Jordin Sparks spent this week sharing “Celebrate” — her duet with the late music icon Whitney Houston — on social websites Facebook, Twitter and YouTube.
The track (listen below) is Houston’s final recording and will hit iTunes June 5. The pair recorded “Celebrate” for the forthcoming Sparkle film, a remake in which Sparks plays a musical prodigy and Houston plays her single mother.
Sparks shared the song in a tweet to her fans that included a Soundcloud clip link and read, “!!!!!!!!!!!”
Houston died Feb. 11 in Los Angeles on the eve of the 54th Grammy Awards.
Sparks and singer John Legend paid tribute to Houston during the Billboard Music Awards on Sunday withtheir renditions of “I Will Always Love You” and “Greatest Love of All.” Houston’s daughter, Bobbi Kristina, accepted her mother’s Billboard Millennium Award.