Whitney Houston singles discography

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Whitney Houston singles discography
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Houston performing at Welcome Home Heroes with Whitney Houston in 1991
As lead artist57
As featured artist4
Other appearances10
Promotional or limited release18

American singer Whitney Houston, known as "The Voice", released 57 singles as a leading artist and 4 as a featured artist. Houston is one of the best-selling music artists of all time, with over 220 million records sold worldwide. [1] In the United States, Houston amassed 11 Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles, all of whom have been certified either gold, platinum, multi-platinum or diamond by the Recording Industry Association of America and was one of a selected group of artists to have a top ten single in the Billboard Hot 100 in four different decades. [2] She is currently ranked in seventh place of the artists with the most number one singles in the history of the Billboard Hot 100. Prior to the introduction of digital singles, Houston sold 16.5 million physical singles in the country, the most ever by a female recording artist. [3] In October 2012, the Official Charts Company claimed Houston was the fourth biggest-selling female singles artist of all time with a sales total of 8.5 million singles in that country. [4] [5]

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Houston's first entry on the US Billboard Hot 100 was "Hold Me", which peaked at number 46 in 1984. Her debut album, Whitney Houston (1985), contained four top ten singles, including "You Give Good Love" and "Saving All My Love for You", with the former peaking at number three on the Billboard Hot 100 in July 1985 and the latter becoming her first number one single on the Billboard Hot 100 later that October. The two singles later were certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America for one million equivalent sales units each, while its two follow-up singles, "How Will I Know", and "Greatest Love of All", each received multi-platinum plaques for sales equivalent units of 2 million copies. When the latter two followed "Saving All My Love for You" to number one, Houston became the first female artist to have three singles from the same album reach number one on the Billboard Hot 100. In 1987, Houston released her sophomore album, Whitney . Its leading single, "I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me)", topped the charts in 17 countries, including the United States. The single sold more than 7 million copies in the United States, 2.4 million copies in the United Kingdom and over 14 million copies sold worldwide. [6] It was immediately followed by three more hit singles, "Didn't We Almost Have It All", "So Emotional" and "Where Do Broken Hearts Go", all of whom also topped the Billboard Hot 100. Houston set an all-time record after the latter song reached number one when she became the only recording artist in history to produce seven consecutive number one singles in a row. [7]

Houston released the Seoul Summer Olympics theme song, "One Moment in Time", which hit the top-five in the United States and hit number one in Europe. Houston's third release, I'm Your Baby Tonight (1990), produced three top-ten singles on the Billboard Hot 100, including the chart-topping singles, "I'm Your Baby Tonight" and "All the Man That I Need", which made her the first female solo artist to produce multiple number-one singles off three or more albums. Houston's rendition of the "Star Spangled Banner" (1991) at Super Bowl XXV was immediately released as a single and marked the first time the American national anthem hit the top 20 of the Billboard Hot 100. Over a decade later, the same song was re-released following the September 11 terrorist attacks in 2001 and re-peaked at number six, making it the only version of the national anthem to reach the top ten.

In 1992, Houston released her first soundtrack to her first feature film, The Bodyguard . The album produced three top-ten singles on the Billboard Hot 100, including "I Will Always Love You", which topped the charts in over 25 countries, including the United States, where it topped the charts for a then-record fourteen weeks on the Billboard Hot 100 and, remains the longest running consecutive number one single by a solo artist, eventually selling 10 million copies in the United States, [8] and 1.6 million copies in the United Kingdom. Its follow-up singles, "I'm Every Woman" and "I Have Nothing", followed it to the top-five. On the week of March 11, 1993, Houston became the first artist of the Nielsen SoundScan era to have three singles simultaneously chart in the top eleven with the aforementioned Bodyguard singles. In 1995, Houston recorded three songs for the soundtrack to her second feature film, Waiting to Exhale . The soundtrack launched her last number-one single of her lifetime, "Exhale (Shoop Shoop)" as well as the top ten duet, "Count on Me". A year later, Houston released the soundtrack to The Preacher's Wife (1996), which launched two more hit singles, the top five ballad, "I Believe in You and Me" and the international hit, "Step by Step".

In 1998, Houston released her fourth studio effort, My Love Is Your Love , which launched five top forty singles, including three top ten singles, including ""Heartbreak Hotel", "It's Not Right but It's Okay" and "the title track. After charting four singles from her first compilation, Whitney: The Greatest Hits , including the number one European hit "Could I Have This Kiss Forever", Houston's fifth studio album, Just Whitney , launched three Billboard Hot 100 charting singles, including "One of Those Days", which peaked at number one on the Adult R&B Songs chart, and "Try It on My Own", which reached the top ten of the adult contemporary chart. In 2003, Houston released "One Wish (For Christmas)", the sole new single from her holiday album, One Wish: The Holiday Album , which reached the top 20 of the adult contemporary chart. After a six-year break from the recording studio, Houston released her seventh and final studio album, I Look to You (2009), which produced the charting singles, the platinum-selling "I Look to You", "Million Dollar Bill" and "I Didn't Know My Own Strength". Following Houston's death in 2012, sales of Houston's albums and singles soared. On the week of March 3, 2012, four of Houston's previous singles: "I Will Always Love You", "I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me)", "Greatest Love of All" and "How Will I Know", reached the upper echelons of the Billboard Hot 100 with the latter three reaching the top-40, with "I Will Always Love You" re-peaking at number three, making her the first posthumous artist to land more than four singles simultaneously on the Hot 100. [9]

Singles

1980s

List of singles, with selected chart positions
TitleYearPeak chart positions Certifications SalesAlbum
US
[10]
AUS
[11]
AUT
[12]
CAN
[13]
GER
[14]
IRE
[15]
NLD
[16]
SWE
[17]
SWI
[18]
UK
[19]
"Hold Me" [upper-alpha 1]
(with Teddy Pendergrass)
198446252244 Love Language and Whitney Houston
"You Give Good Love"1985358793Whitney Houston
"All at Once" [upper-alpha 2] 5
"Saving All My Love for You"1201281811251
"Thinking About You" [upper-alpha 3]
"How Will I Know"12281263152115
"Greatest Love of All"1986112513041714208
"I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me)"19871131121111
  • World: 14,000,000 [37]
Whitney
"Didn't We Almost Have It All"1272204201814
"So Emotional"1269323305
  • RIAA: Platinum [22]
"Where Do Broken Hearts Go"1988148624714
"Love Will Save the Day"984837861810
"One Moment in Time"55354126341 1988 Summer Olympics Album: One Moment in Time
"I Know Him So Well" [upper-alpha 4]
(with Cissy Houston)
4614Whitney
"—" denotes a release that did not chart or was not released as a single in that territory

1990s

List of singles, with selected chart positions
TitleYearPeak chart positions Certifications SalesAlbum
US
[10]
AUS
[11]
AUT
[12]
CAN
[41]
GER
[14]
IRE
[15]
NLD
[16]
SWE
[17]
SWI
[18]
UK
[19]
"I'm Your Baby Tonight"19901732562445 I'm Your Baby Tonight
"All the Man That I Need"159211371692813
  • RIAA: Platinum [22]
"The Star Spangled Banner" [upper-alpha 5] 1991205Non-album single
"Miracle"917I'm Your Baby Tonight
"My Name Is Not Susan"20118435214223129
"I Belong to You"7954
"We Didn't Know" [upper-alpha 6]
(with Stevie Wonder)
1992
"I Will Always Love You"1111111111
  • World: 24,000,000 [45]
  • UK: 2,289,000 [46]
The Bodyguard: Original Soundtrack Album
"I'm Every Woman"199341119213437184
"I Have Nothing"428139422393
  • RIAA: 2× Platinum [22]
  • BPI: Platinum [27]
"Run to You"3172105893315
"Queen of the Night"88396426213614
"Exhale (Shoop Shoop)"199511815126167101311
  • RIAA: Platinum [22]
Waiting to Exhale: Original Soundtrack Album
"Count On Me"
(with CeCe Winans)
1996887282675303112
  • World: 2,000,000 [48]
"Why Does It Hurt So Bad"269945
"I Believe in You and Me"4705998744616
  • RIAA: Platinum [22]
The Preacher's Wife: Original Soundtrack Album
"Step by Step"1997151262381411151513
"My Heart Is Calling"77
"When You Believe"
(with Mariah Carey)
19981513620875224 My Love Is Your Love
"Heartbreak Hotel" [upper-alpha 7]
(with Faith Evans and Kelly Price)
217166141357725
  • RIAA: Platinum [22]
"It's Not Right but It's Okay"199948820314211012183
"My Love Is Your Love"427210223222
  • RIAA: Platinum [22]
  • BPI: Platinum [27]
  • BVMI: Platinum [34]
  • IFPI AUT: Platinum [44]
  • IFPI SWI: Platinum [49]
  • GLF: Platinum [35]
  • NVPI: Gold [36]
  • SNEP: Silver [38]
"I Learned from the Best"27116481820232819
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

2000s

List of singles, with selected chart positions
TitleYearPeak chart positions Certifications Album
US
[10]
AUS
[11]
AUT
[12]
CAN
[41]
GER
[14]
IRE
[15]
NLD
[16]
SWE
[17]
SWI
[18]
UK
[19]
"Same Script, Different Cast"
(with Deborah Cox)
20007038 Whitney: The
Greatest Hits
"Could I Have This Kiss Forever" [upper-alpha 8]
(with Enrique Iglesias)
521283581217
"If I Told You That"
(with George Michael)
3758251944339
"Fine" [upper-alpha 9] 50
"The Star Spangled Banner" [upper-alpha 10]
(re-issue)
200165
  • RIAA: Platinum [22]
Non-album single
"Whatchulookinat"20029648533473329292213 Just Whitney
"One of Those Days"728094
"On My Own"2003842479
"Love That Man" [upper-alpha 11]
"One Wish (for Christmas)" One Wish: The Holiday Album
"I Look to You" [upper-alpha 12] 200970476841653316115
  • RIAA: Platinum [22]
I Look to You
"Million Dollar Bill"1001816285822405
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

2010s (Posthumous releases)

List of singles, with selected chart positions
TitleYearPeak chart positionsCertificationAlbum
US
[10]
AUS
[11]
CAN
[56]
FRA
[57]
GER
[14]
IRE
[15]
NLD
[16]
SWE
[17]
SWI
[18]
UK
[19]
"Celebrate"
(with Jordin Sparks)
2012 Sparkle: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
"His Eye Is on the Sparrow"
"I Look to You"
(with R. Kelly)
I Will Always Love You: The Best of Whitney Houston
"Memories"
(with Siti Nurhaliza)
2016Non-album single
"Higher Love"
(with Kygo)
201963202271224299102
  • RIAA: 2× Platinum [22]
  • ARIA: 3× Platinum [58]
  • BPI: 3× Platinum [27]
  • BVMI: Platinum [34]
  • MC: 2× Platinum [27]
  • SNEP: Gold [38]
Golden Hour
"Do You Hear What I Hear?"
(with Pentatonix)
The Best of Pentatonix Christmas
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

2020s (Posthumous releases)

List of singles, with selected chart positions
TitleYearPeak chart positionsCertificationAlbum
US Dance
/Elect.

[59]
CAN AC
[60]
NZ
Hot

[61]
UK
[19]
ZAF
Radio

[62]
"How Will I Know"
(with Clean Bandit)
20212312319255 I Wanna Dance with Somebody (The Movie: Whitney New, Classic and Reimagined)
"Don't Cry for Me"
(Sam Feldt Remix)
20223534
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Chart re-entries

List of singles, with selected chart positions
TitleOriginal
release
year
Re-entry
year
Peak chart positionsAlbum
US
[10]
AUS
[11]
AUT
[12]
CAN
[41]
GER
[14]
IRE
[15]
NLD
[16]
SWE
[17]
SWI
[18]
UK
[19]
"I Will Always Love You"19922012381061913556314 The Bodyguard: Original Soundtrack Album
"I'm Every Woman"19939573
"I Have Nothing"44
"I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me)"198725257033322820 Whitney
"Didn't We Almost Have It All"9692
"Where Do Broken Hearts Go"198874
"Greatest Love of All"198636565558 Whitney Houston
"How Will I Know"1985496710056
"Saving All My Love for You"59
"One Moment In Time"198842401988 Summer Olympics Album
"My Love Is Your Love"19998842 My Love Is Your Love
"It's Not Right but It's Okay"61
"Million Dollar Bill"200962 I Look to You
"—" denotes releases that did not chart
TitleYearPeak chart positionsCertificationsAlbum
US
[10]
US
R&B
[65] [66]
US Dance
[67]
AUS
[11]
CAN
[13]
GER
[14]
NLD
[16]
SWI
[18]
UK
[19]
"Are You the Woman"
(Kashif ft. Whitney Houston)
198425 Send Me Your Love
"Stop the Madness" [upper-alpha 13]
(among Stop the Madness)
1986Non-album single
"King Holiday" [upper-alpha 14]
(among King Dream Chorus and Holiday Crew)
30
"It Isn't, It Wasn't, It Ain't Never Gonna Be"
(with Aretha Franklin)
198941518434029 Through the Storm
"Something in Common"
(with Bobby Brown)
1993 [upper-alpha 15] [upper-alpha 16] 822658364116 Bobby
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Promotional singles

TitleYearPeak chart positionsAlbum
US
[10]
US R&B
/HH
[65]
US
Dance
[67]
JPN
[70]
IRL
[71]
UK
[19]
"Someone for Me" (Remix) [upper-alpha 17] 1985118 Whitney Houston
"Takin' a Chance" [upper-alpha 18] 1989 I'm Your Baby Tonight
"I Didn't Know My Own Strength"2009 [upper-alpha 19] 6617163844 I Look to You
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Other charted songs

TitleYearPeak chart positions Certifications Album
US
[10] [74]
US R&B
/HH
[65]
US
Gospel

[75] [76]
US
Holiday

[77]
FRA
[57]
KOR
[78]
"Do You Hear What I Hear"1987 [upper-alpha 20] [upper-alpha 21] [upper-alpha 22] 35 A Very Special Christmas
"Jesus Loves Me"1992 [upper-alpha 23] 67The Bodyguard: Original Soundtrack Album
"Look into Your Heart"1994 [upper-alpha 24] [upper-alpha 25] A Tribute to Curtis Mayfield
"Joy"1996 [upper-alpha 26] The Preacher's Wife: Original Soundtrack Album
"Hold On, Help is On the Way" [upper-alpha 27]
"I Go to the Rock" [upper-alpha 28]
"I Love the Lord" [upper-alpha 29]
"You Were Loved" [upper-alpha 30]
"Who Would Imagine a King" [upper-alpha 31]
"Joy to the World" [upper-alpha 32]
"The First Noel"2003 [upper-alpha 33] [upper-alpha 34] One Wish: The Holiday Album
"Little Drummer Boy" [upper-alpha 35]
"Cantique de Noël (O Holy Night)" [upper-alpha 36]
"Worth It"200961 [upper-alpha 37] [upper-alpha 38] I Look to You
"Call You Tonight" [upper-alpha 39]
"Never Give Up"2012 [upper-alpha 40] I Will Always Love You: The Best of Whitney Houston

Notes

  1. "Hold Me" was originally released as a single from Teddy Pendergrass' album, Love Language, in the United States and some European countries such as Germany and the UK in 1984. [20] [21] In the following year, the song was included on Houston's debut album and charted in the Netherlands and the UK in early 1986
  2. While "All at Once" was never released as the official single in the US except as a B-side of "Saving All My Love for You", the song was strategically selected as the lead single from her debut album in Benelux countries and Germany in early 1985, aiming for the adult-oriented market. [23] In Italy, the song was popular after Houston's performance for the song during 1987 Sanremo Music Festival, and then was released as the commercial vinyl single including "Hold Me" in that year. [24] In Japan, it was released as 3-inch snap pack single by BMG Victor on July 26, 1996 and peaked at number 42 at the Japanese Singles Chart in that year. [25] [26]
  3. "Thinking About You" was released as a 12-inch vinyl single featured its extended dance version in the US in October 1985, and also issued as a standard 45, but because it was only promoted to R&B radio, not pop radio, it never appeared on the Hot 100. [29] [30] [31]
  4. "I Know Him So Well" was only released as a single in Australia, Germany, the Netherlands and Spain in late 1988. [40]
  5. "The Star Spangled Banner" was originally released as a commercial single on February 8, 1991 in the US. The single peaked at number 20 on the Billboard Hot 100 Singles chart at the time, and was certified Gold by the RIAA on April 11, 1991. After the 9/11 attacks, the version was re-issued and reached a new peak of number six on the Hot 100 chart. Also, it was certified Platinum by the RIAA on October 3, 2001.
  6. "We Didn't Know" was commercially released as a cassette single only in April 1992 and also the promotional CD maxi-single. [42] [43]
  7. "Heartbreak Hotel" was released as the second or third single from My Love Is Your Love in Australia, France, North America in 1999, but as the third single from Whitney: The Greatest Hits in Germany, the Netherlands, Switzerland, and the UK between December 2000 and January 2001.
  8. Both "Could I Have This Kiss Forever" and "Same Script, Different Cast" reached their peak positions on the Hot 100 with airplay points only. On descending the charts, the latter was commercially released as a 12-inch vinyl maxi-single while the former was not in the US. [51]
  9. "Fine" was released as a promotional single for R&B radio only in the US. In Europe, the song was commercially issued as a CD maxi-single in November 2000. [52] [53]
  10. "The Star Spangled Banner" was originally released as a commercial single on February 8, 1991 in the US. The single peaked at number 20 on the Billboard Hot 100 Singles chart at the time, and was certified Gold by the RIAA on April 11, 1991. After the 9/11 attacks, the version was re-issued and reached a new peak of number six on the Hot 100 chart. Also, it was certified Platinum by the RIAA on October 3, 2001.
  11. "Love That Man" was released as a commercial 12-inch vinyl maxi-single (double pack) only in the US on May 20, 2003. [54]
  12. In Germany, "I Look to You" was released as a double A-side single with "Million Dollar Bill". [55]
  13. "Stop the Madness" is the anti-drug anthem, produced Michael Stokes and written by Stokes, Tom Reid, Sharon Barnes and Lathan Armour, released as a 12-inch single featured its dance version by MCA Records in early 1986. [68]
  14. "King Holiday" was released as a charity single in honor of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, which was first celebrated as a national holiday in the United States on January 20, 1986. Houston contributed to the song as a part of all-star group, the King Dream Chorus and Holiday Crew. [69]
  15. "Something in Common" did not enter the Billboard Hot 100, but peaked at number 32 on the Radio Songs chart.
  16. "Something in Common" did not enter the Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs, but peaked at number 30 on the R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay chart.
  17. In the UK, "Someone for Me (Remix)" was the first single from the Whitney Houston album, issued as a double A-side single with "Greatest Love of All" before the release of the album. [72]
  18. "Takin' a Chance", used as the theme song of Sanyo TV commercial, was released as a 3-inch CD single including "Love Is a Contact Sport" in Japan only on October 21, 1989. The single peaked at number 88 on the Japanese Singles chart. [26] The following year the song was also included on the Japanese edition of the I'm Your Baby Tonight album. [73]
  19. "I Didn't Know My Own Strength" did not enter the Billboard Hot 100, but peaked at number 19 on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 chart.
  20. "Do You Hear What I Hear" did not enter the Billboard Hot 100, but peaked at number 37 on the Digital Songs chart.
  21. "Do You Hear What I Hear" did not enter the Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs, but peaked at number 4 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Digital Songs chart.
  22. "Do You Hear What I Hear" did not enter the Billboard Gospel chart, but peaked at number 1 on the Gospel Digital chart.
  23. "Jesus Loves Me" did not enter the Billboard Gospel chart, but peaked at number 4 on the Gospel Digital chart.
  24. "Look into Your Heart" did not enter the Billboard Hot 100, but peaked at number 68 on the Radio Songs chart.
  25. "Look into Your Heart" did not enter the Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs, but peaked at number 50 on the R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay chart.
  26. "Joy" did not enter the Billboard Gospel chart, but peaked at number 22 on the Gospel Digital chart.
  27. "Hold On, Help is On the Way" did not enter the Billboard Gospel chart, but peaked at number 16 on the Gospel Digital chart.
  28. "I Go to the Rock" did not enter the Billboard Gospel chart, but peaked at number 14 on the Gospel Digital chart.
  29. "I Love the Lord" did not enter the Billboard Gospel chart, but peaked at number 3 on the Gospel Digital chart.
  30. "You Were Loved" did not enter the Billboard Gospel chart, but peaked at number 17 on the Gospel Digital chart.
  31. "Who Would Imagine a King" did not enter the Billboard Gospel chart, but peaked at number 4 on the Gospel Digital chart.
  32. "Joy to the World" did not enter the Billboard Gospel chart, but peaked at number 2 on the Gospel Digital chart.
  33. "The First Noel" did not enter the Billboard Gospel chart, but peaked at number 12 on the Gospel Digital chart.
  34. "The First Noel" did not enter the Billboard Holiday 100, but peaked at number 49 on the Holiday Streaming chart.
  35. "Little Drummer Boy" did not enter the Billboard Gospel chart, but peaked at number 12 on the Gospel Streaming chart.
  36. "Cantique de Noël (O Holy Night)" did not enter the Billboard Gospel chart, but peaked at number 5 on the Gospel Streaming chart.
  37. "Worth It" did not enter the Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs, but peaked at number 60 on the R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay chart.
  38. "Worth It" did not enter the South Korean chart, but peaked at number 56 on the South Korean International chart.
  39. "Call You Tonight" did not enter the South Korean chart, but peaked at number 161 on the South Korean International chart.
  40. "Never Give Up" did not enter the South Korean chart, but peaked at number 89 on the South Korean International chart.

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