The 44-year-old singer is releasing "I Look to You" on Sept. 1. It's her first album in years.
On Tuesday, she premiered several tracks before an audience that included her 15-year-old daughter Bobbi Kristina, her mother, cousin Dionne Warwick, Alicia Keys and Diane Sawyer.
Houston says her daughter encouraged her, and kept telling her she could succeed.
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