Whitney Houston hosted a listening party for her highly anticipated new album, I Look To You, in New York City on Tuesday night. I Look To You — Whitney’s first album of original material since 2002 — drops in stores September 1, and mogul Clive Davis is oiling up the old publicity machine to ensure the effort hits Billboard in a major way.

The Hollywood Reporter’s Showbiz 411 reports that Whitney has signed a deal to appear in an ABC special that will air the last week of August, just days ahead of the album’s scheduled release.