Jordin Sparks and Whitney Houston
Whitney Houston is sadly absent from most of the music video for "Celebrate," one of the last songs she recorded before her untimely passing in February 2012. Though footage from Houston's last film, a remake of the '70s classic Sparkle, is interspersed throughout the video, it's clear there's someone missing from the lively house party Jordin Sparks hosts in the clip.
The "Celebrate" music video plays out like a tribute to the late star, with Sparks playing hostess to a number of cheerful, good-looking friends (Sparkle co-stars, naturally) who seem thrilled to sit in front of a baby grand piano and sing along to the song. Later in the video, the guests boogie down in front of a big screen emblazoned with scenes from the film. It's clear this party is all about Whitney, even if she wasn't able to make it.
Sparkle hits theaters August 17.
