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"Whitney Houston is to be named a &amp;#039;Global Icon&amp;#039; at tomorrow&amp;#039;s MTV Europe Music Awards (November 11). The show&amp;#039;s producer Bruce Gillmer said that the award is reserved for those who have &amp;quot;made a tremendous impact on the world&amp;quot;.  According to The Hollywood Reporter, Gillmer also described the late singer - who was found dead in a Los Angeles hotel bathtub in February - as &amp;quot;one of the world&amp;#039;s greatest voices&amp;quot;. &amp;quot;[She was] a huge influence on music and other artists,&amp;quot; he added. &amp;quot;We all know her music lives on.&amp;quot;\u00E2\u20AC\u00A8 This will be the third time that the music network has presented the Global Icon honour at the EMAs. The previous two winners were Queen and Bon Jovi. \u00E2\u20AC\u00A8 It is not clear whether performers at the ceremony will perform a tribute to Houston. Among those confirmed to be attending the event are Alicia Keys, The Killers, Rita Ora and K-Pop sensation Psy. Nominees include Muse, Arctic Monkeys, Coldplay, Florence + the Machine, One Direction and Rihanna. Calvin Harris is also nominated for the song &amp;#039;We Found Love&amp;#039;, which he produced for the Bajan star. Earlier this week, a new song by Whitney Houston debuted online. The track, called &amp;#039;Never Give Up&amp;#039;, was posted on the star&amp;#039;s YouTube page and is said to be one of the previously unreleased tracks included on the upcoming retrospective album I Will Always Love You - The Best of Whitney Houston. The Best of Whitney Houston is released this Tuesday (November 13) in the US and the following Monday (November 19) in the UK. Listen to &amp;#039;Never Give Up&amp;#039; below:      "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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