Birmingham soul singer Laura Mvula was fourth and Glasgow electro-pop outfit Chvrches completed the top five.
That album later rose to number one, giving the soul singer her first UK chart-topper.
Contemporary soul singer Janelle Monae said she wanted to keep Houston's "vision" alive.
Soul singer Omar is appointed OBE, along with The Thick of It writer Armando Iannucci, for services to broadcasting.
In a few weeks he'll begin recording a duet with neo-soul singer Maxwell.
On the morning that A Jazz Piano Christmas was recorded, he was on the Today show in New York with soul singer Maxwell.
With Eddie Murphy, as a desperate soul singer loosely based on James Brown, and Danny Glover, as an aging business manager.
As soul music artists, he and Medley really had it in a time when not every soul singer did, even black ones.
The American soul singer, Fontella Bass, best remembered for the hit single Rescue Me, has died of complications following a heart attack.
The group's latest album, ReCreations, continues this international trajectory, and includes collaborators as varied as French actor Vincent Cassel, neo-soul singer Bilal and rock-blues singer-guitarist G.
Last year it faced the tricky task of touting an artist, Plan B, who had made an abrupt transition from hard-core rapper to besuited soul singer.
Adele is a slightly surprising nominee given the recent ascent of soul singer Duffy - rumoured to be providing the theme tune of the new Bond movie.
She never made it big back in the day, but now, is there any indie soul singer who brings more guts, more conviction and more emotion to her singing?
Four years ago, glamorous neo-soul singer Corinne Bailey Rae broke through from the U.K. to the U.S. charts with "Put Your Records On, " and suddenly she was everywhere.
Soul singer Joss Stone, who performed at the Concert for Diana at Wembley in 2007, also gets the nod, as does photographer Mario Testino, who took the couple's official engagement portrait.
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Bobbie Smith, the original lead singer of soul group The Spinners, has died at the age of 76 in Orlando, Florida.
Swedish chart-topper Robyn, US singer Colbie Caillat and soul star India.
Ms. MERRITT: But you - so it has the sincerity of, you know, singer-songwriters, but also the power and the energy of soul music.
Several memorial services were held for the singer, with both fans and celebrities paying tributes to the self-proclaimed Godfather Of Soul, who was best known for hits such as I Got You (I Feel Good) and Living in America.
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