LOS ANGELES The Grammys got under way on Sunday, with the Recording Academy trying to focus on music's biggest night after of the death of one of music's biggest names - Whitney Houston.

Houston recalled as happy in days before death

1963: Whitney Elizabeth Houston is born in East Orange, N.J. to gospel singer Cissy Houston on Aug. 9.

LOS ANGELES Diana Ross thinks she should receive a lifetime achievement Grammy for being a mother - not a music legend.

SOUTHAVEN, Miss. It was an emotional night for soul singer Bobby Brown as he performed Saturday night before thousands just hours after learning that his ex-wife Whitney Houston had died in Beverly Hills.

NEW YORK Fashionistas shivered visibly on Sunday in a makeshift event space along the blustery Hudson River, where the Edun fashion label, founded by U2's Bono and wife Ali Hewson, was displaying its Fall 2012 collection. But the models wore bright, African prints that made one feel, at least momentarily, in a much warmer clime.

JERUSALEM Israel's Black Hebrew community is mourning the loss of Whitney Houston, who famously visited them in 2003.

BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. It was a surreal scene: Whitney Houston had died at the Beverly Hilton, and hours later and a few floors below, her life was being celebrated at the event where her career was launched.

Houston recalled as happy in days before death

LOS ANGELES The Roots saved some of their love for Whitney Houston.

LOS ANGELES A coroner's official says Whitney Houston's body has been transported from the Beverly Hills hotel where the singer died and is awaiting an autopsy.

NEW YORK Singer and designer Gwen Stefani, one of the few celebrities who has stuck with her fashion brand for the long haul, offered a "That Girl" vibe at the New York Fashion Week show for her LAMB line.

SOUTHAVEN, Miss. It was an emotional night for soul singer Bobby Brown as he performed hours after learning that his ex-wife Whitney Houston had died in Beverly Hills.

LOS ANGELES Investigators worked Sunday to piece together what killed Whitney Houston as the music industry's biggest names prepared for a Grammy Awards show that will undoubtedly feel as much like a memorial as a celebration.

LOS ANGELES Whitney Houston's last days were spent surrounded by family, catching up with old friends and doing a bit of what she was best known for: singing.

Houston recalled as happy in days before death

Whitney Houston, superstar of records, films, dies

Houston recalled as happy in days before death

BERLIN Voters in the German city of Duisburg ousted their mayor in a ballot Sunday prompted by persistent anger at his refusal to quit following the deadly mass panic at the Love Parade techno music festival in 2010.

SOUTHAVEN, Miss. It was an emotional night for soul singer Bobby Brown as he performed Saturday night before thousands just hours after learning that his ex-wife Whitney Houston had died in Beverly Hills.

OSLO, Norway It's not the face of North Korea the world is used to: five young musicians adding a playful twist to one of the most popular Western pop songs of the 1980s.

LOS ANGELES A year ago, Clive Davis' glittery pre-Grammy showcase was winding down after a number of electric performances when the grandest name of all, Whitney Houston, walked on stage to close the evening with what promised to be a show-stopping tribute to her famous cousin, Dionne Warwick.

Whitney Houston, superstar of records, films, dies

Whitney Houston, superstar of records, films, dies

Whitney Houston, superstar of records, films, dies

Whitney Houston, superstar of records, films, dies

Whitney Houston: Brilliant, troubled pop star dies

DETROIT The Detroit symphony has set what it believes is a record for the most viewers of a live, online performance by a U.S. symphonic group.

LOS ANGELES A collection of reactions to Whitney Houston's death: