MEGA Superstar Whitney Houston is set to release her seventh studio album later this year.

According to yardflex.com the new album will be released worldwide September 1, 2009 on Arista Records.

Since Houston’s 1985 self-titled debut, she has built an illustrious career that has generated over 170 million combined worldwide sales of albums, singles and videos.

Cited by the Guinness Book of World Records as music's "most awarded female artist of all time," with an unsurpassed tally of 411 awards, inclusive of 6 Grammy Awards, 2 Emmy Awards, 23 American Music Awards and 16 Billboard Music Awards, Houston’s name remains a singular force in music today.

Songs for the album have been produced and written by Black Eyed Peas singer Will.I.Am, songwriter Sean Garrett and R&B singer Akon.