The Bodyguard is the soundtrack

Soundtrack

A soundtrack can be recorded music accompanying and synchronized to the images of a motion picture, book, television program or video game; a commercially released soundtrack album of music as featured in the soundtrack of a film or TV show; or the physical area of a film that contains the...

 from the movie of the same name

The Bodyguard

The Bodyguard is a 1992 American romantic-thriller film starring Kevin Costner and Whitney Houston. Costner stars as a former Secret Service Agent turned bodyguard who is hired to protect Houston's character, a music star, from an unknown stalker. Lawrence Kasdan wrote the film in the 1970s,...

, released on November 17, 1992, on Arista Records

Arista Records

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 and features songs by Whitney Houston

Whitney Houston

Whitney Elizabeth Houston is an American singer, actress, producer and a former model. Houston is the most awarded female act of all time, according to Guinness World Records, and her list of awards include 1 Emmy Award, 6 Grammy Awards, 30 Billboard Music Awards, 22 American Music Awards, among...

, as well as songs from various other artists. The album was co-executive produced by Whitney Houston and Clive Davis

Clive Davis

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. With this album, Houston became the first act (solo or group, male or female) to sell more than a million copies of an album within a single week period, since the Nielsen SoundScan introduced a computerized sales monitoring system in May 1991. The soundtrack later went on to win a Grammy Award for Album of the Year

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 and was certified 17× Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America

Recording Industry Association of America

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 on November 1, 1999. To date, it has sold over 44 million copies worldwide, becoming the best-selling soundtrack album of all time.

Production history

Houston served as executive producer (as she did on her previous release I'm Your Baby Tonight

I'm Your Baby Tonight

I'm Your Baby Tonight is the third studio album by American pop/R&B singer Whitney Houston; released by Arista Records on November 6, 1990. Following the run of this album, Houston continued to achieve widespread commercial success throughout the 1990s, venturing heavily into films—while...

), giving her full control over the song selections for this album. Houston planned to record "What Becomes of the Broken Hearted" as the film's theme song, however, when they found out another film was going to use it, they searched for another song. Kevin Costner

Kevin Costner

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, the film's co-star, thought of recording "I Will Always Love You", originally released by Dolly Parton

Dolly Parton

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. While recording the album, Houston insisted on using her touring band as opposed to a studio band. Houston also included a gospel song for the album. She co-produced and arranged the music for "Jesus Loves Me

Jesus Loves Me

Jesus Loves Me is a Christian hymn set to words by Anna Bartlett Warner. The lyrics first appeared as a poem in the context of a novel called Say and Seal, written by Susan Warner and published in 1860. The tune was added in 1862 by William Batchelder Bradbury who found the text of "Jesus Loves Me"...

" with Bebe Winans

BeBe Winans

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.

Commercial performance

The Bodyguard Original Soundtrack Album debuted at number two on the Billboard 200

Billboard 200

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 chart and the Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums

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 chart, behind Ice Cube

Ice Cube

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's The Predator

The Predator

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, selling 144,500 copies in its first week. In its second week, the album topped both of the charts, with sales of 292,000 units. While the album stayed the summit on the charts, it broke the record for the most one-week sales twice. In its fifth week, it sold 831,000 copies, smashing the old sales record of 770,000 set by Guns N' Roses

Guns N' Roses

Guns N' Roses is an American hard rock band, formed in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, in 1985. The band has released six studio albums, three EPs, and one live album...

' Use Your Illusion II

Use Your Illusion II

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in the fall of 1991. The following week, the album once again set a record for the most albums sold in a single week (1,061,000 copies) since the Nielsen SoundScan

Nielsen SoundScan

Nielsen SoundScan is an information and sales tracking system created by Mike Fine and Mike Shalett. Soundscan is the official method of tracking sales of music and music video products throughout the United States and Canada...

 introduced a computerized sales monitoring system in May 1991, making it the first album to sell over 1 million copies in one week. Less than a year later, the record was broken again by Garth Brooks

Garth Brooks

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 with Double Live, which sold 1,085,000 copies in November 1998. The soundtrack stayed at number one for twenty non-consecutive weeks on the Billboard 200 chart, and spent eight consecutive weeks atop the Top R&B Albums chart, remaining on the charts for a total of 141 weeks and 122 weeks, respectively. The album holds the record for the most weeks at number one, and the record for the most non-consecutive chart-topping weeks on the Billboard 200 chart in the Nielsen SoundScan era.

Due to its incredible staying power on the charts, The Bodyguard soundtrack was ranked #1 in several categories of 1993 Billboard year-end charts, including Top Billboard 200 Album and Top R&B/Hip-Hop Album. In addition, the album was the first in Nielsen SoundScan history to rank among the top three albums in two consecutive years (#3 for 1992, #1 for 1993), and the best-selling soundtrack by the National Association of Recording Merchandisers

National Association of Recording Merchandisers

The National Association of Recording Merchandisers is a United States not-for-profit trade association based in Marlton, New Jersey that serves music retailing businesses in lobbying and trade promotion...

 (NARM) in 1993-1994. When the soundtrack to The Bodyguard

The Bodyguard

The Bodyguard is a 1992 American romantic-thriller film starring Kevin Costner and Whitney Houston. Costner stars as a former Secret Service Agent turned bodyguard who is hired to protect Houston's character, a music star, from an unknown stalker. Lawrence Kasdan wrote the film in the 1970s,...

was credited as a Whitney Houston album in Billboards archives, she became the only artist with three albums to remain on top of the Billboard 200 chart for over ten weeksㅡWhitney Houston

Whitney Houston (album)

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(14 weeks), Whitney

Whitney (album)

Whitney is the second studio album by American pop/R&B singer Whitney Houston, released in the United States on June 2, 1987 by Arista Records as the follow-up to her best selling debut album, Whitney Houston. The album met the expectations of many people and was sensationally popular after its...

(11 weeks) and The Bodyguard: Original Soundtrack Album (20 weeks). Houston also broke the record for the most cumulative weeks at number one by a female artistㅡa record she still holds at 46 cumulative weeks.

The album received the largest initial certification of any album for 6× platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America

Recording Industry Association of America

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(RIAA) on January 18, 1993. The record was broken by 'N SYNC

'N Sync

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's No Strings Attached

No Strings Attached

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, certified 7× Platinum initially in April 2000. On March 16, 1999, when the RIAA launched the Diamond Awards, honoring sales of 10 million copies or more of an album or single, the album received the award with sixty-two other albums initially. It was certified 17× Platinum by the RIAA on November 1, 1999, becoming the best-selling soundtrack album of all-time in United States. According to the Nielsen SoundScan, as of 2010, it sold 11,815,000 copies, becoming the fifth best-selling album of SoundScan era in the United States.

In 1992-1993, with the huge international success of the film The Bodyguard, the soundtrack was also a phenomenal hit worldwide. The album reached the number one in almost all countries. It topped the albums chart in Australia

Australia

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 for five weeks, Austria

Austria

Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...

 for nine weeks, Canada

Canada

Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

 for twelve weeks, France

France

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 for eight weeks, Germany

Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...

 for eleven weeks, Hungary

Hungary

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 for two weeks, Italy

Italy

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 for two weeks, Japan

Japan

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 for two weeks, Netherlands

Netherlands

The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...

 for six weeks, New Zealand

New Zealand

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 for eight weeks, Norway

Norway

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 for six weeks, Sweden

Sweden

Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....

 for four weeks, Switzerland

Switzerland

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 for nine weeks. In the United Kingdom, the album didn't chart on the main albums chart because compilation albums were excluded from the main albums chart from January 1989. Instead, the album reached the top on the official compilation albums chart and stayed there for eleven weeks, spending sixty non-consecutive weeks in the top 10 and for a total of 107 weeks on the chart. Through its massive success across Europe, it topped the European Top 100 Albums

European Top 100 Albums

The European Top 100 Albums chart is the European adaptation of the Billboard 200 albums chart. It was created in March 1984.The European Top 100 Albums, commonly referred to as Eurochart Top 100 Albums shows the sales of an act in 19 European countries based on IFPI data.The European Top 100...

 chart for fifteen non-consecutive weeks.
In the U.K., the album was certified 7× platinum by the British Phonographic Industry

British Phonographic Industry

The British Phonographic Industry is the British record industry's trade association.-Structure:Its membership comprises hundreds of music companies including all four "major" record companies , associate members such as manufacturers and distributors, and hundreds of independent music companies...

 (BPI) on January 1, 1994, and has sold 2,138,030 copies, landing at number fifty-three on the list of UK's 100 best-selling albums of all time, announced by The Official UK Charts Company

The Official UK Charts Company

The Official Charts Company , previously called the Chart Information Network and then The Official UK Charts Company, compiles various "official" UK record charts, including the UK Singles Chart, the UK Albums Chart, and the UK Official Download Chart, as well as genre-specific and music video...

 in November, 2006. In Japan, it was certified 2× million by the Recording Industry Association of Japan

Recording Industry Association of Japan

The Recording Industry Association of Japan is an industry trade group composed of Japanese corporations involved the music industry...

 (RIAJ) in 1994, the first time a foreign artist achieved that feat in Japanese music history, and eventually became the best-selling foreign album with 2.8 million copies sold. The record was later broken by Mariah Carey's #1's, certified 3× million in 1998. In Germany, the album has sold more than 1.7 million, earning 3× platinum awards by the Bundesverband Musikindustrie

Bundesverband Musikindustrie

The Bundesverband Musikindustrie or simply BVMI represents the music industry in Germany. The association represents the interests of nearly 350 labels and music industry related enterprises....

 (BVMI). In addition, it was awarded Diamond for the sales of over 1.4 million and 1 million in France and Canada, respectively. It has sold 1.1 million in Brazil

Brazil

Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people...

, becoming the best-selling international album by a female artist, and set a record for the best-selling foreign album with the sales of 1.2 million over in South Korea

South Korea

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. In Australia, it became the best selling album of 1993. In Mexico

Mexico

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, the soundtrack sold more than 500,000 copies, making it the best-selling English-language record in 1994. To date, the album has sold over 44 million copies worldwide, making it the best-selling soundtrack of all time.

Singles

The album is most notable for Houston's version of "I Will Always Love You". The song received huge airplay, appealing to the pop

Pop music

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, R&B

Contemporary R&B

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, adult contemporary

Adult contemporary music

Adult contemporary music is a broad style of popular music that ranges from lush 1950s and 1960s vocal music to predominantly ballad-heavy music with varying degrees of rock influence, as well as a radio format that plays such music....

, and soul

Soul music

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 radio markets. The single spent 14 weeks at number one on the Billboard Hot 100

Billboard Hot 100

The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on radio play and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday, while the radio play tracking-week runs from Wednesday...

 singles chart. "I Will Always Love You" was successful worldwide, peaking at number one for 10 weeks in U.K., for 8 weeks in Switzerland, for 5 weeks in Austria, for 8 weeks in France, for 6 weeks in Netherlands, for 3 weeks in Sweden, for 9 weeks in Norway, for 10 weeks in Australia, for 11 weeks in New Zealand.
With the next two Top 5 singles "I'm Every Woman

I'm Every Woman

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" (a Chaka Khan

Chaka Khan

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 cover) and "I Have Nothing

I Have Nothing

"I Have Nothing" is a song by American singer Whitney Houston and released as the third single from The Bodyguard: Original Soundtrack Album on February 20, 1993 by Arista Records. The song was written by David Foster and Linda Thompson, and produced by Foster...

", following on the heels of "I Will Always Love You", Houston became the first female act to have three songs in the Top 20 simultaneously.
Two songs, "Run To You" and "I Have Nothing", were each nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Song, but lost out to "A Whole New World

A Whole New World

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" from the animated film Aladdin. The same two songs were nominated for Grammy Award

Grammy Award

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s in the category Best Song Written Specifically for a Motion Picture or for Television. Other songs garnering significant radio airplay included "Jesus Loves Me

Jesus Loves Me

Jesus Loves Me is a Christian hymn set to words by Anna Bartlett Warner. The lyrics first appeared as a poem in the context of a novel called Say and Seal, written by Susan Warner and published in 1860. The tune was added in 1862 by William Batchelder Bradbury who found the text of "Jesus Loves Me"...

" on gospel stations, and "Queen of the Night

Queen of the Night (song)

"Queen of the Night" is a song co-written and performed by American pop/R&B singer Whitney Houston. It was the fifth and final single released from the multiplatinum The Bodyguard: Original Soundtrack Album...

" on pop and dance stations.

Track listing

Note:

• On the U.S. version, "Waiting for You" was not included; also, "Theme from The Bodyguard" appeared before "Trust in Me".

Chart positions

Chart(s)	Peak position
Australian Albums Chart ARIA Charts The ARIA charts are the main Australian music sales charts, issued weekly by the Australian Recording Industry Association. The charts are a record of the highest selling singles and albums in various genres in Australia. ARIA commenced compiling its own charts in-house from the week ending 26 June...	1
Austrian Albums Chart	1
Canadian Albums Chart	1
Dutch Albums Chart MegaCharts MegaCharts is responsible for the composition and exploitation of a broad collection of official charts in the Netherlands, of which the Mega Top 50 and the Mega Album Top 100 are the most known ones. Mega Charts also provides information to the Stichting Nederlandse Top 40, of which the Dutch Top...	1
European Top 100 Albums Chart European Top 100 Albums The European Top 100 Albums chart is the European adaptation of the Billboard 200 albums chart. It was created in March 1984.The European Top 100 Albums, commonly referred to as Eurochart Top 100 Albums shows the sales of an act in 19 European countries based on IFPI data.The European Top 100...	1
Finnish Albums Chart Mitä hittiä The Official Finnish Charts is a national record chart in Finland composed by Musiikkituottajat – IFPI Finland.The singles chart was started in January 1991 as Radiomafian lista and was broadcast on the radio station Radiomafia of the Finnish Broadcasting Company, YLE. This chart is based on a...	1
French Albums Chart Syndicat National de l'Edition Phonographique The Syndicat national de l'édition phonographique is the inter-professional organization which protects the interests of the French record industry...	1
German Albums Chart Media Control Charts The official music charts in Germany are gathered and published by the company Media Control GfK International on behalf of Bundesverband Musikindustrie...	1
Hungarian Albums Chart Mahasz Mahasz is the Hungarian music industry association, founded in 1992. Mahasz hands out the Hungarian Music Awards and maintains the music charts for Hungary....	1
Italian Albums Chart Federation of the Italian Music Industry The Federation of the Italian Music Industry is an umbrella organization that keeps track of virtually all aspects of the music recording industry in Italy....	1
Japanese Oricon Albums Chart Oricon , established in 1999, is the holding company at the head of a Japanese corporate group that supplies statistics and information on music and the music industry in Japan. It started as , which was founded by Sōkō Koike in November 1967 and became known for its music charts. Oricon Inc...	1
New Zealand Albums Chart Recording Industry Association of New Zealand The Recording Industry Association of New Zealand is a non-profit trade association of record producers, distributors and recording artists who sell music in New Zealand...	1
Norwegian Albums Chart VG-lista VG-listen is a Norwegian record chart. It is weekly presented in the newspaper VG and the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation program Topp 20. It is considered the primary Norwegian record chart, charting albums and singles from countries and continent around the world. The data is collected by...	1
Spanish Albums Chart	1
Swedish Albums Chart Sverigetopplistan Sverigetopplistan, earlier known as Topplistan and Hitlistan and other names, is since October 2007 the Swedish national record chart, based on sales data from Swedish Recording Industry Association ....	1
Swiss Albums Chart Swiss Music Charts The Swiss Music Charts are Switzerland's main music sales charts. The charts are a record of the highest-selling singles and albums in various genres in Switzerland.The Swiss Charts include:* Singles Top 75...	1
UK Compilation Albums Chart UK Albums Chart The UK Albums Chart is a list of albums ranked by physical and digital sales in the United Kingdom. It is compiled every week by The Official Charts Company and broadcast on a Sunday on BBC Radio 1 , and published in Music Week magazine and on the OCC website .To qualify for the UK albums chart... [A]	1
U.S. Billboard 200 Billboard 200 The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling music albums and EPs in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine. It is frequently used to convey the popularity of an artist or groups of artists...	1
U.S. Billboard R&B/Hip-Hop Albums Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums is a chart published by Billboard magazine that ranks R&B and hip hop albums based on sales compiled by Nielsen SoundScan. The name of the chart was changed from Top R&B Albums in 1999...	1

Certifications

Region	Provider	Certification Music recording sales certification Music recording sales certification is a system of certifying that a music recording has shipped or sold a certain number of copies, where the threshold quantity varies by type and by nation or territory .Almost all countries follow variations of the RIAA certification categories,... (sales thresholds)
Australia	ARIA Australian Recording Industry Association The Australian Recording Industry Association is a trade group representing the Australian recording industry which was established in 1983 by six major record companies, EMI, Festival, CBS, RCA, WEA and Universal replacing the Association of Australian Record Manufacturers which was formed in 1956...	5× Platinum
Austria	IFPI	4× Platinum
Canada	CRIA Canadian Recording Industry Association Music Canada is a Toronto-based, non-profit trade organization that was founded 9 April 1963 to represent the interests of companies that record, artists, manufacture, production, promotion and distribution of music in Canada...	Diamond
Finland	IFPI	Platinum
France	SNEP Syndicat National de l'Edition Phonographique The Syndicat national de l'édition phonographique is the inter-professional organization which protects the interests of the French record industry...	Diamond
Germany	BVMI Bundesverband Musikindustrie The Bundesverband Musikindustrie or simply BVMI represents the music industry in Germany. The association represents the interests of nearly 350 labels and music industry related enterprises....	3× Platinum
Japan	RIAJ Recording Industry Association of Japan The Recording Industry Association of Japan is an industry trade group composed of Japanese corporations involved the music industry...	2× Million
Netherlands	NVPI NVPI The NVPI is the Dutch tradeassociation of the entertainment industry...	Platinum[B]
Poland	ZPAV	Gold
Norway	IFPI	4× Platinum
Spain	AFYVE	5x Platinum
Sweden	IFPI	Platinum[C]
Switzerland		5× Platinum
United Kingdom	BPI British Phonographic Industry The British Phonographic Industry is the British record industry's trade association.-Structure:Its membership comprises hundreds of music companies including all four "major" record companies , associate members such as manufacturers and distributors, and hundreds of independent music companies...	7× Platinum
United States	RIAA Recording Industry Association of America The Recording Industry Association of America is a trade organization that represents the recording industry distributors in the United States...	17× Platinum (Diamond)

Sales

Region	Sales
Austria	160,000+[D]
Brazil	1,100,000+
Canada	1,318,000+
Finland	56,486+
France	1,385,300+
Germany	1,700,000+
Japan	2,800,000+
Mexico	500,000+
Netherlands	600,000+
Norway	200,000+[E]
Switzerland	250,000+[F]
South Korea	1,200,000+
United Kingdom	2,138,030+
United States	17,125,000
Worldwide	44,000,000

Notes:

• A^ In U.K., compilation albums were excluded from the main album chart from January 1989. The Bodyguard Soundtrack was classified as a compilation album for chart purposes and peaked at #1 on the compilations chart, not the main albums chart.
• B^ The NVPI was awarded platinum awards to albums for sales of 100,000 until 1999. Thus the album should be certified 6× platinum over.
• C^ On the article of Billboard magazine, the issue dated October 16, 1993, according to Arista Records and BMG International, the album's sales were said that it sold 343,000 copies. The album was certified platinum on January 21, 1993 by IFPI Sweden, but it should be 3× platinum over because platinum awards were given to albums and singles with sales of 100,000 in Sweden until September, 1996.
• D^ Until December 31, 2002, platinum awards were awarded to albums and singles sold 40,000 units by IFPI Austria. The Bodyguard Soundtrack was certified 4× platinum on September 26, 2002.
• E^ Until June, 2002, IFPI Norway certified platinum awards for albums and singles with sales 50,000 copies.
• F^ Until 2000, platinum awards were given to albums and singles sold 50,000 units by IFPI Switzerland. The Bodyguard Soundtrack was certified 5× platinum in 1994.

End of year charts

Chart (1993)	Position
Australian Albums Chart	1
Austrian Albums Chart	1
Canadian RPM Top 100 Albums	3
Italian Albums Chart	8
Japanese Albums Chart	3
Swiss Albums Chart	4
U.S. Billboard 200	1
U.S. Billboard Top R&B Albums	1
U.S. Billboard Top Soundtrack	1
Chart (1994)	Position
French Albums Chart	23
Japanese Albums Chart	79
Chart (1995)	Position
Belgian Albums Chart (Wallonia)	77

End of decade charts

Chart (1990–1999)	Position
U.S. Billboard 200	2

Singles chart positions

Year	Single	Peak chart positions
		US Hot 100 Billboard Hot 100 The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on radio play and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday, while the radio play tracking-week runs from Wednesday...	US R&B Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs, is a chart released weekly by Billboard in the United States.The chart, initiated in 1942, is used to track the success of popular music songs in urban, or primarily African American, venues. Dominated over the years at various times by jazz, rhythm and blues, doo-wop, soul,...	US AC Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks The Adult Contemporary chart is a weekly chart published in Billboard magazine that lists the most popular songs on adult contemporary and "lite-pop" radio stations in the United States...	US Dance	CAN Canadian Singles Chart The Canadian Singles Chart is currently compiled by the U.S.-based music sales tracking company, Nielsen SoundScan . The chart is compiled every Wednesday, and is published by Jam! Canoe on Thursdays....	UK UK Singles Chart The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official Charts Company on behalf of the British record-industry. The full chart contains the top selling 200 singles in the United Kingdom based upon combined record sales and download numbers, though some media outlets only list the Top 40 or the Top 75 ...	AUS ARIA Charts The ARIA charts are the main Australian music sales charts, issued weekly by the Australian Recording Industry Association. The charts are a record of the highest selling singles and albums in various genres in Australia. ARIA commenced compiling its own charts in-house from the week ending 26 June...	AUT Ö3 Austria Top 40 Ö3 Austria Top 40 is the name of the official Austrian singles chart, as well as the radio show which presents it, aired Fridays on Hitradio Ö3. The show presents the Austrian singles, ringtones and downloads chart. It premiered on 26 November 1968 as Disc Parade and was presented by Ernst Grissemann...	BEL VRT Top 30 The VRT Top 30 or Radio 2 Top 30 is a Belgian record chart that runs on the VRT, more specifically on Radio 2. The list is the new version of the old BRT Top 30, that changed along with the media group's name in 1992....	FRA Syndicat National de l'Edition Phonographique The Syndicat national de l'édition phonographique is the inter-professional organization which protects the interests of the French record industry...	GER Media Control Charts The official music charts in Germany are gathered and published by the company Media Control GfK International on behalf of Bundesverband Musikindustrie...	IRL Irish Singles Chart The Irish Singles Chart is Ireland's music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by the Irish Recorded Music Association and compiled on behalf of the IRMA by Chart-Track. Chart rankings are based on sales, which are compiled through over-the-counter retail data captured...	ITA Federation of the Italian Music Industry The Federation of the Italian Music Industry is an umbrella organization that keeps track of virtually all aspects of the music recording industry in Italy....	NED MegaCharts MegaCharts is responsible for the composition and exploitation of a broad collection of official charts in the Netherlands, of which the Mega Top 50 and the Mega Album Top 100 are the most known ones. Mega Charts also provides information to the Stichting Nederlandse Top 40, of which the Dutch Top...	NZ Recording Industry Association of New Zealand The Recording Industry Association of New Zealand is a non-profit trade association of record producers, distributors and recording artists who sell music in New Zealand...	SWE Sverigetopplistan Sverigetopplistan, earlier known as Topplistan and Hitlistan and other names, is since October 2007 the Swedish national record chart, based on sales data from Swedish Recording Industry Association ....	SWI Swiss Music Charts The Swiss Music Charts are Switzerland's main music sales charts. The charts are a record of the highest-selling singles and albums in various genres in Switzerland.The Swiss Charts include:* Singles Top 75...
1992	"I Will Always Love You" (performed by Whitney Houston Whitney Houston Whitney Elizabeth Houston is an American singer, actress, producer and a former model. Houston is the most awarded female act of all time, according to Guinness World Records, and her list of awards include 1 Emmy Award, 6 Grammy Awards, 30 Billboard Music Awards, 22 American Music Awards, among... )	1	1	1	―	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
	"Someday (I'm Coming Back)" (performed by Lisa Stansfield Lisa Stansfield Lisa Stansfield is an English singer and songwriter.-Early years:Stansfield was born to Marion and Keith Stansfield in Heywood, Lancashire, in England, where she attended Redbrook School, Rochdale. Her first television appearance was on a talent programme in the Granada TV area in 1982... )	―	―	―	―	―	10	―	―	26	―	51	16	―	42	―	―	―
	"It's Gonna Be a Lovely Day Lovely Day (song) "Lovely Day" is a song by American soul and R&B singer Bill Withers. Published in 1977 , the song was written by Withers and Skip Scarborough and appears on Withers' 1978 album Menagerie.... " (performed by The S.O.U.L. S.Y.S.T.E.M. The S.O.U.L. S.Y.S.T.E.M. The S.O.U.L. S.Y.S.T.E.M. was an American 1990s R&B and dance music group, assembled by Robert Clivillés and David Cole of C&C Music Factory. The group featured lead vocals by Michelle Visage, who was formerly a member of another Clivilles & Cole group, Seduction... )	34	44	―	1	71	―	―	―	―	―	―	12	―	62	25	―	―
1993	"I'm Every Woman" (performed by Whitney Houston)	4	5	26	1	2	4	5	9	2	5	8	4	8	4	5	7	8
	"I Have Nothing I Have Nothing "I Have Nothing" is a song by American singer Whitney Houston and released as the third single from The Bodyguard: Original Soundtrack Album on February 20, 1993 by Arista Records. The song was written by David Foster and Linda Thompson, and produced by Foster... " (performed by Whitney Houston)	4	4	1	―	1	3	28	―	11	50	39	4	―	23	20	―	39
	"Run to You" (performed by Whitney Houston)	31	31	10	―	10	15	―	―	19	47	58	9	―	47	―	―	―
	"Queen of the Night Queen of the Night (song) "Queen of the Night" is a song co-written and performed by American pop/R&B singer Whitney Houston. It was the fifth and final single released from the multiplatinum The Bodyguard: Original Soundtrack Album... " (performed by Whitney Houston)	―	―	―	1	39	14	―	―	20	47	64	26	―	21	―	―	36
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Chart procession and succession

American Black Achievement Awards

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Academy Awards

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65th Academy Awards

The 65th Academy Awards were presented March 29, 1993 at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles. This was the fourth consecutive show hosted by Billy Crystal.Unforgiven won four Oscars out of nine nominations including Best Picture.-Awards:...

 || "I Have Nothing

I Have Nothing

"I Have Nothing" is a song by American singer Whitney Houston and released as the third single from The Bodyguard: Original Soundtrack Album on February 20, 1993 by Arista Records. The song was written by David Foster and Linda Thompson, and produced by Foster...

" || Best Original Song (David Foster

David Foster

David Walter Foster, OC, OBC , is a Canadian musician, record producer, composer, singer, songwriter, and arranger, noted for discovering singers such as Michael Bublé, Josh Groban, and Charice Pempengco; and for producing some of the most successful artists in the world, such as Céline Dion, Toni...

, Linda Thompson

Linda Thompson

Linda Diane Thompson is an American actress, lyricist and beauty pageant winner who rose to international fame as Elvis Presley's long time girlfriend after he separated from his wife.-Pageants:...

) ||
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| "Run to You" || Best Original Song (the songwriters: Jud Friedman, Allan Rich) ||
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American Music Awards

Houston's eight wins tied her with Michael Jackson

Michael Jackson

Michael Joseph Jackson was an American recording artist, entertainer, and businessman. Referred to as the King of Pop, or by his initials MJ, Jackson is recognized as the most successful entertainer of all time by Guinness World Records...

 for the most AMAs ever won in a single year. At that time, she also tied Kenny Rogers

Kenny Rogers

Kenneth Donald "Kenny" Rogers is an American singer-songwriter, photographer, record producer, actor, and entrepreneur...

 on the all-time list with 19 total AMAs. She won her fourth "Favorite Pop/Rock Female Artist" award and tied with Olivia Newton-John

Olivia Newton-John

Olivia Newton-John AO, OBE is a singer and actress. She is a four-time Grammy award winner who has amassed five No. 1 and ten other Top Ten Billboard Hot 100 singles and two No. 1 Billboard 200 solo albums. Eleven of her singles and 14 of her albums have been certified gold by the RIAA...

 for the most AMAs won in this category.

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American Music Awards of 1994

The 21st Annual American Music Awards were held on February 7, 1994.-Pop/Rock Category:-Soul/R&B Category:-Country Category:-Adult Contemporary Category:-Rap/Hip-Hop Category:-Heavy Metal Category:...

 || The Bodyguard Original Soundtrack Album || |Favorite Pop/Rock Album ||
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|"I Will Always Love You

I Will Always Love You

"I Will Always Love You" is a song written by American singer-songwriter Dolly Parton in 1973, who first released the song as a single in 1974.-Dolly Parton version:...

" || Favorite Pop/Rock Single ||
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|Whitney Houston (herself) || Favorite Pop/Rock Female Artist ||
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|The Bodyguard Original Soundtrack Album || Favorite Soul/R&B Album ||
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|"I Will Always Love You" || Favorite Soul/R&B Single ||
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|Whitney Houston (herself) || Favorite Soul/R&B Female Artist ||
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|The Bodyguard Original Soundtrack Album || Favorite Adult Contemporary Album ||
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| Whitney Houston (herself) || Favorite Adult Contemporary Artist ||
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| Special Award || Award of Merit ||
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ASCAP Pop Awards

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| width="35" align="center"|1994 || "I'm Every Woman" || The Most-Performed Song (Nick Ashford, Valerie Simpson) ||
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Billboard Music Awards

Houston is the co-holder of the record for the most Billboard Music Awards (11 awards) won in a single year since the award show has been held in 1990 - the awards with ★ marks were honored to her on the show and without ★ marks were not, but her extra #1-ranked-categories on Billboard year-end charts. She became the only artist to grab the top spots of Top Billboard 200 Album, Top R&B Album, Hot 100 Single and Hot R&B Single simultaneously in the history of the charts. She is the only artist to win Top R&B Album three times in the history of Billboard Year-End Charts to date, after Whitney Houston

Whitney Houston (album)

Whitney Houston is the debut album of American R&B and pop singer Whitney Houston, released March 14, 1985 on Arista Records. The album initially had a slow commercial response but began getting more popular since the summer of 1985...

in 1986 and I'm Your Baby Tonight

I'm Your Baby Tonight

I'm Your Baby Tonight is the third studio album by American pop/R&B singer Whitney Houston; released by Arista Records on November 6, 1990. Following the run of this album, Houston continued to achieve widespread commercial success throughout the 1990s, venturing heavily into films—while...

in 1991. In addition, Houston is the second artist behind Elton John

Elton John

Sir Elton Hercules John, CBE, Hon DMus is an English rock singer-songwriter, composer, pianist and occasional actor...

 and the only female artist to have two number-one Top Billboard 200 Album awards (formerly "Top Pop Album") on Billboard magazine year-end charts.

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Billboard Music Award

The Billboard Music Award is an honor given by Billboard magazine, the preeminent publication covering the music business. The Billboard Music Awards show had been held annually in December until it went dormant in 2007, but it returned in May 2011...

 || The Bodyguard Original Soundtrack Album || ★Top Billboard 200 Album #1 (Top Album of the Year) ||
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| Whitney Houston (herself) || ★Hot 100 Singles Artist #1 ||
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| "I Will Always Love You" || ★Hot 100 Single #1 ||
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| The Bodyguard Original Soundtrack Album || ★Top R&B Album #1 ||
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| Whitney Houston (herself) || ★Hot R&B Singles Artist #1 ||
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| "I Will Always Love You" || ★Hot R&B Single #1 ||
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| The Bodyguard Original Soundtrack Album || ★Top Soundtrack Album #1 ||
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|The Bodyguard Soundtrack || ★Special Award: Album Most Weeks at #1 (20 weeks) ||
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| "I Will Always Love You" || ★Special Award: Single Most Weeks at #1 (14 weeks) ||
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| Whitney Houston (herself) || ★World Artist #1 ||
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| "I Will Always Love You" || ★World Single #1 ||
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| rowspan="2"|Whitney Houston (herself) || Hot Adult Contemporary Artist ||
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| Hot 100 Singles Artist – Female ||
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| rowspan="2"|"I Will Always Love You" || Hot 100 Singles Sales #1 ||
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| Hot R&B Singles Sales #1 ||
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BRAVO Magazine's Bravo Otto Awards

The BRAVO Otto Awards were determined by the readers' poll on BRAVO

Bravo (magazine)

Bravo is the largest teen magazine within the German-language sphere. The first issue was published in 1956, subtitled as "the magazine for film and television" . Marilyn Monroe's portrait graced the first published issue, the never-published dummy issue cover displayed Elvis Presley.-History:The...

, the largest teen magazine within the German-language sphere. The 1993's poll began from the issue #45 (November 4) in 1993 and the results were released on the issue #1 (January 6) in 1994.

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| width="35" align="center"|1993 || align="center"|— || Best Female Singer – Silver Otto Award ||
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BMI Film & Television Awards

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| width="35" align="center" rowspan="2"|1994 || "The Bodyguard" || Film Music Award (Alan Silvestri) ||
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| "I Have Nothing" || Most-performed Song from a Film (David Foster, Linda Thompson) ||
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BRIT Awards

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1994 BRIT Awards

The 1994 BRIT Awards were the 14th edition of the biggest annual pop music awards in the United Kingdom. They are run by the British Phonographic Industry and took place on 14th February 1994 at Alexandra Palace in London.-Live performers:...

 || The Bodyguard Original Soundtrack Album || |Best Soundtrack/Cast Recording ||
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Grammy Awards

Houston won her third "Best Pop Vocal Performance, Female" award, which is the second record behind Ella Fitzgerald

Ella Fitzgerald

Ella Jane Fitzgerald , also known as the "First Lady of Song" and "Lady Ella," was an American jazz and song vocalist...

 and Barbra Streisand

Barbra Streisand

Barbra Joan Streisand is an American singer, actress, film producer and director. She has won two Academy Awards, eight Grammy Awards, four Emmy Awards, a Special Tony Award, an American Film Institute award, a Peabody Award, and is one of the few entertainers who have won an Oscar, Emmy, Grammy,...

, both received the award 5 times.

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| width="35" align="center" rowspan="4"|1994 || The Bodyguard Original Soundtrack Album || |Album of the Year ||
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| rowspan="2"|"I Will Always Love You" || Record of the Year ||
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|Best Pop Vocal Performance, Female ||
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| "I'm Every Woman" || Best R&B Vocal Performance, Female ||
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Japan Gold Disc Awards

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| width="35" align="center" rowspan="3"|1993 || rowspan="2"|The Bodyguard Original Soundtrack Album || |Album of the Year (International) ||
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|Compilation Album of the Year (International) ||
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| "I Will Always Love You" || Single of the Year (International) ||
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| align="center" rowspan="2"|1994 || The Bodyguard Original Soundtrack Album || Special Award^[A] ||
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| "I Will Always Love You" || Special Award^[A] ||
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Note: A^ Special Award - this award is presented to the product which released before that year, sales over one million units or sales higher than product get award on same category. The Bodyguard Soundtrack earned the award for sales of over 2 million copies and "I Will Always Love You" for 600,000 copies sold in 1993 only in Japan.

Juno Awards

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| width="35" align="center"|1994 || The Bodyguard Original Soundtrack Album || Best Selling Album – Foreign or Domestic

Juno Award for International Album of the Year

The Juno Award for International Album of the Year is an annual award given to a non-Canadian album. It has been given out since 1975. It was formerly known as Best Selling Album , Best Selling Album by a Foreign Artist , International Album of the Year , and Best Selling International Album...

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MTV Movie Awards

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| width="35" align="center"|1993 || "I Will Always Love You" || |Best Song from a Movie

MTV Movie Award for Best Song From a Movie

The MTV Movie Award for Best Song from a Movie is an award presented to singers/groups for quality songs in films at the MTV Movie Awards, a ceremony established in 1992. Honors in several categories are awarded by MTV at the annual ceremonies, and are chosen by public votes...

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NAACP Image Awards

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| width="35" align="center" rowspan="5"|1994 || Special Award || |Entertainer of the Year

NAACP Image Award for Entertainer of the Year

The NAACP Image Award winners for Entertainer of the Year:...

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| rowspan="3"|The Bodyguard Original Soundtrack Album || Outstanding Female Artist

NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Female Artist

The NAACP Image Award winners for Outstanding Female Artist:-Stats:*As of 2011 ceremony, Mary J. Blige, Alicia Keys & Whitney Houston holds the records with the most wins at three.*Most Nominations**1. Mary J. Blige- 9 nominations...

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|Outstanding Album

NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Album

The NAACP Image Award winners for Outstanding Album:...

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|Outstanding Soundtrack Album, Film or TV ||
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| "I'm Every Woman"
|Outstanding Music Video

NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Music Video

The NAACP Image Award winners for Outstanding Music Video:-Stats:As of the 2010 ceremony, Alicia Keys has the most wins with 3. Whitney Houston, R. Kelly & Will Smith have 2 wins.*Most Nominations**1. Alicia Keys - 8 nominations...

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The NARM Best Seller Awards

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| width="35" align="center"|1994 || The Bodyguard Original Soundtrack Album || Best-selling Soundtrack ||
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The NABOB Communications Awards

Houston was the recipient of a Entertainer of the Year award from the National Association of Black Owned Broadcasters (NABOB), in 1994.

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| width="35" align="center"|1994 || align="center"|— || Entertainer of the Year ||
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People's Choice Awards

Houston won her fourth "Favorite Female Musical Performer" award. She didn't attend the show because of 9 months pregnancy. Instead, she was given two awards at her home by her mother, Cissy Houston, and made an acceptance speech.

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| width="35" align="center" rowspan="2"|1993 || Whitney Houston (herself) || Favorite Female Musical Performer ||
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| "I Will Always Love You" || Favorite New Music Video ||
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Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) Awards

Certification awards

Year	Date	Title	Format(s)	Award description(s)	Result(s)
1992	December 29	"I Will Always Love You"	Single	Gold
		"I Will Always Love You"	Single	Platinum
		"I Will Always Love You"	Single	3× Multi-Platinum
1993	January 12	"I Will Always Love You"	Single	4× Multi-Platinum
	January 18	The Bodyguard Original Soundtrack Album	Album	Gold
		The Bodyguard Original Soundtrack Album	Album	Platinum
		The Bodyguard Original Soundtrack Album	Album	6× Multi-Platinum
	March 3	The Bodyguard Original Soundtrack Album	Album	7× Multi-Platinum
	April 13	"I'm Every Woman"	Single	Gold
	May 4	The Bodyguard Original Soundtrack Album	Album	8× Multi-Platinum
	June 1	"I Have Nothing"	Single	Gold
	August 4	The Bodyguard Original Soundtrack Album	Album	9× Multi-Platinum
	November 3	The Bodyguard Original Soundtrack Album	Album	10× Multi-Platinum
1994	February 22	The Bodyguard Original Soundtrack Album	Album	11× Multi-Platinum
	November 29	The Bodyguard Original Soundtrack Album	Album	13× Multi-Platinum
1995	April 5	The Bodyguard Original Soundtrack Album	Album	14× Multi-Platinum
	July 31	The Bodyguard Original Soundtrack Album	Album	15× Multi-Platinum
1996	December 3	The Bodyguard Original Soundtrack Album	Album	16× Multi-Platinum
1999	March 16	The Bodyguard Original Soundtrack Album	Album	Diamond
	November 1	The Bodyguard Original Soundtrack Album	Album	17× Multi-Platinum

Artists of the Century Awards

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Smash Hits Magazine's Smash Hits Poll Winners Party

The Smash Hits Poll Winners Party

Smash Hits Poll Winners Party

The Smash Hits Poll Winners Party was an awards ceremony which ran from 1988 to 2005. Each award winner was voted by readers of the Smash Hits magazine. It ended with the closure of the magazine in February 2006....

 was an awards ceremony which ran from 1988 to 2005. Each award winner was voted by readers of the Smash Hits

Smash Hits

Smash Hits was a pop music based magazine, aimed at teenagers and young adults and originally published in the United Kingdom by EMAP. It ran from 1978 to 2006 and was issued fortnightly for most of that time...

 magazine.

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Soul Train Music Awards

At the 8th Soul Train Music Awards, Houston received Sammy Davis, Jr. Award for her outstanding achievements in the field of entertainment during 1993.

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| width="35" align="center"|1993 || "I Will Always Love You" || Best R&B/Soul Single, Female

Soul Train Music Award for Best R&B/Soul Single, Female

The Soul Train Music Award for Best R&B/Soul Single, Female was given out every year since the first annual Soul Train Music Awards in 1987. From 1989-1992 the award was known as the R&B/Urban Contemporary Single - Female....

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| align="center" rowspan="3"|1994 || Special Award || |Sammy Davis, Jr. Award as Entertainer of the Year ||
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| "I Will Always Love You" || Best R&B Song of the Year

Soul Train Music Award for Best R&B/Soul Song of the Year

The Soul Train Music Award winners for Best R&B/Soul Song of the Year The Soul Train Music Award winners for Best R&B/Soul Song of the Year The Soul Train Music Award winners for Best R&B/Soul Song of the Year (sometimes awarded as Best Single – of the Year or Best R&B/Urban Contemporary Song of...

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| "I Have Nothing" || Best R&B Single, Female

Soul Train Music Award for Best R&B/Soul Single, Female

The Soul Train Music Award for Best R&B/Soul Single, Female was given out every year since the first annual Soul Train Music Awards in 1987. From 1989-1992 the award was known as the R&B/Urban Contemporary Single - Female....

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World Music Awards

Houston holds the record for the most World Music Awards (5 Awards) won in a single year (tied with Michael Jackson).

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| width="35" align="center" rowspan="5"|1994 || align="center"|— || World's Best Selling Overall Recording Artist ||
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| align="center"|— || World's Best Selling Pop Artist of the Year ||
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| align="center"|— || World's Best Selling R&B Artist of the Year ||
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| align="center"|— || World's Best Selling American Recording Artist of the Year ||
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| align="center"|— || World's Best Selling Female Recording Artist of the Era ||

1993 & 1994 The Year in Music Year-End Charts

Categories which Houston was ranked #1, were excluded. See above the Billboard Music Awards list if you want to know her #1-ranked-categories.

Year	Category	Work	Position
1993	Hot 100 Singles	"I Have Nothing"	#30
		"I'm Every Woman"	#39
	Hot 100 Singles Airplay	"I Will Always Love You"	#7
		"I Have Nothing"	#17
		"I'm Every Woman"	#29
	Top R&B Artists	four charted albums and singles	#11
	Hot R&B Singles	"I Have Nothing"	#32
		"I'm Every Woman"	#35
	Hot R&B Singles Sales	"I Have Nothing"	#48
		"I'm Every Woman"	#58
	Hot R&B Singles Airplay	"I Will Always Love You"	#18
		"I Have Nothing"	#19
		"I'm Every Woman"	#24
	Hot Adult Contemporary Artists	four charted singles	#2
	Hot Adult Contemporary Singles & Tracks	"I Have Nothing"	#17
		"I Will Always Love You"	#18
		"Run to You"	#39
	Hot Dance Music Club Play Artists	one charted track	#23
	Hot Dance Music Club Play Singles	"It's Gonna Be a Lovely Day"	#3
		"I'm Every Woman"	#10
	Hot Dance Music Maxi-Singles Sales Artists	The S.O.U.L. S.Y.S.T.E.M. for one charted single	#25
	Hot Dance Music Maxi-Singles Sales	"It's Gonna Be a Lovely Day"	#12
		"I'm Every Woman"	#25
1994	Top Billboard 200 Albums	The Bodyguard Original Soundtrack Album	#27
	Top R&B Albums	The Bodyguard Original Soundtrack Album	#30
	Top Soundtrack Albums	The Bodyguard Original Soundtrack Album	#2
	Hot Dance Music Club Play Singles	"Queen of the Night Queen of the Night -Botany:* Queen of the night, Nightblooming cereus, several genera and species of cactus* Queen of the night, Cestrum nocturnum, a woody evergreen commonly known as Night-blooming Cestrum-Music:... "	#38

1999 The Year in Music Totally '90s: Diary of a Decade

Category	Work	Position
Top Pop Albums of the '90s	The Bodyguard Original Soundtrack Album (Whitney Houston)	#2
Hot 100 Singles of the 90's	"I Will Always Love You" (Whitney Houston)	#7

Credits

"I Will Always Love You"

• Performed by Whitney Houston
  Whitney Houston
  Whitney Elizabeth Houston is an American singer, actress, producer and a former model. Houston is the most awarded female act of all time, according to Guinness World Records, and her list of awards include 1 Emmy Award, 6 Grammy Awards, 30 Billboard Music Awards, 22 American Music Awards, among...
  
  
• Produced and arranged by David Foster
  David Foster
  David Walter Foster, OC, OBC , is a Canadian musician, record producer, composer, singer, songwriter, and arranger, noted for discovering singers such as Michael Bublé, Josh Groban, and Charice Pempengco; and for producing some of the most successful artists in the world, such as Céline Dion, Toni...
  
  
• Vocal arrangement – Whitney Houston
• Directed by Rickey Minor
  Rickey Minor
  Rickey Minor is a music director, composer and music producer, now best known as musical director and bandleader for The Tonight Show with Jay Leno after Kevin Eubanks left. Minor was born in Monroe, Louisiana to parents Cole and Goldie Minor and was raised in South Central Los Angeles, CA...
  
  
• Sax solo – Kirk Whalum
  Kirk Whalum
  Kirk Whalum is an American smooth jazz saxophonist and songwriter. He toured as Whitney Houston's opening act for several years. Whalum has also recorded a series of well received solo albums and film soundtracks, with music ranging from pop to R&B to smooth jazz...
  
  
• Recording engineers – Bill Schnee, Dave Reitzas, Peter J. Yianilos
• Mixing engineer – Dave Reitzas

"I Have Nothing"

• Performed by Whitney Houston
• Produced and arranged by David Foster
• String arrangement – Jeremy Lubbock and David Foster
• Recording engineer – Dave Reitzas
• Mixing engineer – Mick Guzauski
  Mick Guzauski
  Mick Guzauski is a multi-platinum Mixing Engineer and sound engineer.Guzauski's work spans a wide range of styles, including jazz, R&B, Latin, rock, pop, and easy listening...
  
  

"I'm Every Woman"

• Performed by Whitney Houston
• Produced by Narada Michael Walden
  Narada Michael Walden
  Narada Michael Walden is an American producer, drummer, singer, and songwriter. He was given the name Narada by guru Sri Chinmoy in the early 1970s and his musical career spans three decades, in which he was awarded several gold, platinum and multi-platinum awards...
  
  
• Additional production and remix by Robert Clivilles
  Robert Clivillés
  Robert Clivillés is a record producer, songwriter, arranger, music video director most noted for his work with C+C Music Factory, a group he founded with musical partner David Cole...
  
   and David Cole
  David Cole (producer)
  David Cole was a songwriter and record producer, and was one half of the dance-music duo C+C Music Factory, which he founded with musical partner Robert Clivillés....
  
  
• Vocal arrangement inspired by Chaka Khan
  Chaka Khan
  Chaka Khan , frequently known as the Queen of Funk, is a 10-time Grammy Award winning American singer-songwriter who gained fame in the 1970s as the frontwoman and focal point of the funk band Rufus. While still a member of the group in 1978, Khan embarked on a successful solo career...
  
  
• Additional vocal arrangement and production by Robert Clivilles and David Cole
• Programming by Louis Biancaniello
  Louis Biancaniello
  Louis John Biancaniello is a songwriter, record producer, and musician.-Background:Louis' skills were developed while working alongside producer Narada Michael Walden with whom he produced hits for Shanice "I Love Your Smile", Whitney Houston "I'm Every Woman" from the Grammy winning album The...
  
  , James Alfano and Chauncey Mahan
• Recording engineers – Matt Rohr, Marc Reyburn
• Additional production recording engineers – Acar S. Key, Richard Joseph
  Richard Joseph
  Richard Joseph was a British computer game composer, musician and sound specialist. He had a career spanning some 20 years starting in the early days of gaming on the C64 and the Amiga and onto succeeding formats through to the present day.After being diagnosed with lung cancer, he died on 4 March...
  
  
• Mixing engineer – Bob Rosa
  Bob Rosa
  Bob Rosa is an American record producer that has worked with artists such as Madonna, Janet Jackson, Mariah Carey and Espen Lind. One if his first recording projects was working on the track "Planet Rock" by Afrika Bambaataa & the Soulsonic Force in 1982....
  
  

"Run to You"

• Performed by Whitney Houston
• Produced by David Foster
• Arranged by Jud Friedman and David Foster
• String arrangement – William Ross
  William Ross (composer)
  William Ross is an American composer, orchestrator, arranger, conductor and music director. He has worked with a large array of artists and musicians, from famous Hollywood composers John Williams, Alan Silvestri, John Powell, Michael Giacchino, Klaus Badelt, or Michael Kamen, to pop music icons...
  
   and David Foster
• Recording engineer – Dave Reitzas
• Mixing engineer – Mick Guzauski

"Queen of the Night"

• Performed by Whitney Houston
• Produced by L.A. Reid and Babyface
• Co-produced by Whitney Houston and Daryl Simmons
  Daryl Simmons
  Daryl Simmons is an American Grammy Award winning R&B songwriter, musician and record producer who is best known for his association with the LaFace Records production duo of Antonio ‘L.A.’ Reid and Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds....
  
  
• Vocal arrangement – Whitney Houston
• Recording engineers – Barney Perkins, [Milton Chan
• Mixing engineers – Dave Way
  Dave Way
  Dave Way is a successful mixer, producer and audio engineer, based in Los Angeles, California. He has worked with Fiona Apple, Sheryl Crow, Pink, Christina Aguilera, Macy Gray, Ringo Starr, Shakira, Savage Garden, Michael Jackson, Spice Girls, Babyface, TLC, Toni Braxton, Boyz II Men, Ziggy Marley,...
  
  , Jim "Z" Zumpano

"Jesus Loves Me"

• Performed by Whitney Houston
• Produced by Whitney Houston and BeBe Winans
  BeBe Winans
  Benjamin "BeBe" Winans is a gospel and R&B singer. He is a member of the noted Winans family, most members of which are also gospel artists.-The PTL Club:...
  
  
• Arranged by BeBe Winans and Cedric J. Caldwell
• Vocal arrangement – Whitney Houston and BeBe Winans
• String arrangement – Ron Huff
• Background vocals – BeBe Winans, Alvin Chea
  Alvin Chea
  Alvin "Vinnie" Chea was born in 1967 and was raised in the San Francisco Bay Area. A product of Christian Education, Chea attended Seventh-day Adventist schools up through 1989 where Mr. Chea earned a Bachelor of Arts Degree from Oakwood University, double-majoring in English and Communications...
  
  , Claude McKnight III
• Guitar – Paul Jackson, Jr.
  Paul Jackson, Jr.
  Paul Jackson, Jr. is a fusion/urban jazz composer, arranger, producer and guitarist. He was born and raised in Los Angeles. Jackson knew by the age of fifteen that he wanted to become a professional musician...
  
  
• Recording engineers – Mike McCarthy
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  Michael McCarthy was born in Cincinnati, Ohio on February 22, 1965. He is a record producer and has been recording music since 1984.McCarthy has worked with a range of acts...
  
  , Victor Caldwell
• Mixing engineer – Dave Reitzas

"Even If My Heart Would Break"

• Performed by Kenny G
  Kenny G
  Kenneth Bruce Gorelick , better known by his stage name Kenny G, is an American, adult contemporary and smooth jazz saxophonist. His fourth album, Duotones, brought him breakthrough success in 1986...
  
   and Aaron Neville
  Aaron Neville
  Aaron Neville is an American soul and R&B singer and musician. He has had four top-20 hits in the United States along with four platinum-certified albums...
  
  
• Produced by David Foster and Walter Afanasieff
  Walter Afanasieff
  Walter Afanasieff is a multiple Grammy-award-winning record producer and songwriter. He is best known for his long association with Mariah Carey, for whom he was producer and co-writer for several years, beginning in 1990...
  
  
• Arranged by David Foster and Kenny G
• Recording engineer – Humberto Gatica
  Humberto Gatica
  Humberto Gatica is a Chilean-born American record producer, music mixer, audio engineer anda long-time collaborator with producer David Foster....
  
  
• Additional engineering – Manny LaCarrubba, Dana Jon Chappelle, Steve Sheppard
  Steve Sheppard
  Steven Bernard Sheppard is a retired American basketball player, who was nicknamed "Bear"....
  
  , Kevin Becka
• Assistant engineers – Kevin Becka, Steve Sheppard
• Mixing engineer – Mick Guzauski

"Someday (I'm Coming Back)"

• Performed by Lisa Stansfield
  Lisa Stansfield
  Lisa Stansfield is an English singer and songwriter.-Early years:Stansfield was born to Marion and Keith Stansfield in Heywood, Lancashire, in England, where she attended Redbrook School, Rochdale. Her first television appearance was on a talent programme in the Granada TV area in 1982...
  
  
• Produced by Ian Devaney and Andy Morris
  Andy Morris
  Andrew Morris or Andy Morris may refer to:*Andrew Morris , Mayor of Galway, 1588–1589*Andrew Morris , English acoustic guitarist, pianist, and singer-songwriter...
  
  
• Executive producers – Jazz Summers and Tim Parry
• Engineered by Bobby Boughton
• Mixed by Ian Devaney, Andy Morris and Bobby Boughton

"It's Gonna Be a Lovely Day"

• Performed by The S.O.U.L. S.Y.S.T.E.M.
  The S.O.U.L. S.Y.S.T.E.M.
  The S.O.U.L. S.Y.S.T.E.M. was an American 1990s R&B and dance music group, assembled by Robert Clivillés and David Cole of C&C Music Factory. The group featured lead vocals by Michelle Visage, who was formerly a member of another Clivilles & Cole group, Seduction...
  
  
• Produced, arranged and mixed by Robert Clivilles and David Cole
• Assistant producer – Ricky Crespo
• Rap vocal production – Robert Clivilles and Duran Ramos
• Vocal arrangement – David Cole
• Recording and mixing engineer – Acar S. Key
• Additional mixing engineer – Bruce Miller

"(What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace, Love and Understanding"

• Performed by Curtis Stigers
  Curtis Stigers
  Curtis Stigers is an American jazz vocalist, saxophonist, guitarist, and songwriter.-Early life and career:Stigers was born in Boise, Idaho, and started his music career as a teenager, playing in jazz, rock and blues groups, as well as receiving formal training in clarinet and saxophone at high...
  
  
• Produced by Danny Kortchmar
  Danny Kortchmar
  Danny "Kootch" Kortchmar is a guitarist, session musician, and songwriter. Kortchmar's work with singer-songwriters such as David Crosby, Carole King, Graham Nash, Carly Simon and James Taylor helped define the signature sound of the singer-songwriter era of the 1970s...
  
  
• Recording and mixing engineer – Marc DeSisto

"Theme from The Bodyguard"

• Composed and produced by Alan Silvestri
  Alan Silvestri
  Alan Anthony Silvestri is an American film composer and conductor.-Career:Silvestri is best known for his collaborations with director Robert Zemeckis, having scored Romancing the Stone , the Back to the Future trilogy , Who Framed Roger Rabbit , Death Becomes Her , Forrest Gump , Contact ,...
  
  
• Orchestrations by William Ross
• Trumpet solo by Gary Grant
• Engineered by Dennis Sands
• Assistant engineer – Bill Easystone
• Technical engineers – Gary Carlson, Jim Walker

"Trust in Me"

• Performed by Joe Cocker
  Joe Cocker
  John Robert "Joe" Cocker, OBE is an English rock and blues musician, composer and actor, who came to popularity in the 1960s, and is most known for his gritty voice, his idiosyncratic arm movements while performing, and his cover versions of popular songs, particularly those of The Beatles...
  
   featuring Sass Jordan
  Sass Jordan
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• Produced by Charlie Midnight
  Charlie Midnight
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• Recording engineer – John Rollo
• Mixing engineer – Chris Lord-Alge
  Chris Lord-Alge
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Other credits

• Executive producers – Clive Davis
  Clive Davis
  Clive Davis is an American record producer and music industry executive. He has won five Grammy Awards and is a member of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a non-performer. From 1967 to 1973 he was the President of Columbia Records. He was the founder and president of Arista Records from 1975...
  
   and Whitney Houston
• Associated soundtrack album producer – Roy Lott
• Executive in charge of music for Warner Bros.
  Warner Bros.
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   – Gary LeMel
• Music supervisor – Maureen Crowe
• Mastered by George Marino
• Design – Susan Mendola
• The Bodyguard still photography and inside front cover photo of Whitney Houston – Ben Glass

• Inside booklet photography:
  • Whitney Houston – Rndee St. Nicholas
    • Hair – Ellin LaVar
    • Make-up – Quietfire
    • Styling – Stephen Earabino
  • Kenny G – Matthew Rolston
  • Aaron Neville – Casado
  • Joe Cocker – Paul Cox
    Paul Cox
    Paulus Henriqus Benedictus "Paul" Cox is an award-winning Australian film director.Cox was born in Venlo, Limburg, the Netherlands, the son of Else , a native of Germany, and Wim Cox, a documentary film producer. Cox emigrated to Australia in 1965...
    
    
  • Sass Jordan – Moshe Brakha
  • Lisa Stansfield – Zanna
  • The S.O.U.L. S.Y.S.T.E.M. – Ken Nahoum
  • Curtis Stigers – Terence Scott

See also

• The Bodyguard
  The Bodyguard
  The Bodyguard is a 1992 American romantic-thriller film starring Kevin Costner and Whitney Houston. Costner stars as a former Secret Service Agent turned bodyguard who is hired to protect Houston's character, a music star, from an unknown stalker. Lawrence Kasdan wrote the film in the 1970s,...
  
  
• List of Top 25 albums for 1993 in Australia
• List of best-selling albums worldwide
• List of best-selling albums in Germany
• List of best-selling albums in the United States