The Voice is back, and don’t you dare act like you didn’t miss her. Whitney Houston took the stage at the 2009 American Music Awards in Los Angeles and reminded the whole music industry exactly who owns that title. FreddyO has the footage of Whitney at the AMAs — elegant, emotional and sounding like a woman who has fought her way back to the spotlight she never should have left. When Whitney sings, everybody else just takes notes.
This is Whitney’s year of return. Her new album “I Look To You” hit No. 1 when it dropped this summer, her sit-down with Oprah in September had everybody talking, and now she’s closing the year on one of the biggest stages in music. At the Nokia Theatre, Whitney delivered “I Didn’t Know My Own Strength,” the Diane Warren ballad from the album, and you could hear a pin drop — this wasn’t just a performance, it was a testimony. Every lyric about surviving the storm landed like she was singing her own diary out loud.
The night got even bigger when the American Music Awards honored Whitney with its International Artist Award, recognizing a career that has sold records in every corner of the world. From “I Will Always Love You” to “It’s Not Right But It’s Okay,” Whitney’s catalog is the standard every singer after her gets measured against — just ask Atlanta’s own Monica, who grew up studying Whitney and isn’t shy about saying so. Seeing Whitney collect her flowers on that stage, healthy and beaming, is the moment her fans have been praying for.
Press play, turn it up, and give the queen her standing ovation one more time. Whitney Houston is back where she belongs — on stage, on top, and in full voice.
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