Music

Whitney Houston's life was a doleful cover of other addiction-riddled pop stars who put their talent and themselves at risk.

A hearse under heavy police escort arrived late Monday at a funeral home officials said was handling the arrangements for late pop star Whitney Houston.

President Barack Obama's upcoming West Coast fundraising trip will feature a musical lineup worthy of Grammy gold.

Police say Whitney Houston's body has been taken to a Los Angeles-area airport for a flight to New Jersey.

The Grammy Awards' warm embrace of Chris Brown three years after his assault of Rihanna has drawn the ire of viewers who claim the controversial R&B star shouldn't have been rewarded with such attention.

The White House says President Barack Obama's thoughts and prayers are with Whitney Houston's family, especially her daughter.

The White House is opening its doors in an invitation to the blues.

(Reuters) - Grammy Award-winning singer and actress Whitney Houston has died at age 48, media reports said on Saturday.

The Grammys in recent years have targeted young audiences even as older acts won key awards to the surprise of some music fans, but this Sunday's honors will shine its spotlight on Adele, whose popularity crosses all age boundaries.

The TV audience for the Grammy Awards show soared to 39 million viewers on Sunday, fueled by the sudden death of Whitney Houston and the success of British singer Adele.

The show must go on. Despite Whitney Houston's shocking death a day earlier, music stars came out to celebrate Sunday's Grammy Awards with typical red carpet flash and over-the-top fashion.

Music producer Clive Davis's pre-Grammy party is typically one of the most fun-filled highlights of the week leading to the music industry's top awards, but this year's event quickly turned into a tribute for Whitney Houston, who died earlier in the day.

A few blocks from the Mississippi River levee where a homeless W.C. Handy composed "St. Louis Blues" more than 100 years ago, the first national blues museum in the United States is taking shape.

While phoning into Ryan Seacrest's morning radio show on Friday, Madonna blasted M.I.A. for flipping the bird during their Super Bowl halftime performance.