The Bodyguard (soundtrack)

1992 soundtrack album to the film of the same name

The Bodyguard: Original Soundtrack Album

Soundtrack album by

Whitney Houston / various artists

Released| November 17, 1992
Recorded| 1991–1992
1987 for Joe Cocker's song
Genre|

* Pop
* R&B[1]

Length| 57:44
Label|

* Arista
* BMG Entertainment

Producer|

* Whitney Houston
* David Foster
* Narada Michael Walden
* L.A. Reid
* Babyface
* Daryl Simmons
* BeBe Winans
* Walter Afanasieff
* Ian Devaney
* Andy Morris
* Robert Clivilles
* David Cole
* Danny Kortchmar
* Charlie Midnight
* Roy Lott

Whitney Houston chronology
| I'm Your Baby Tonight
(1990)  | The Bodyguard: Original Soundtrack Album
(1992)  | The Preacher's Wife: Original Soundtrack Album
(1996)

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Singles from  The Bodyguard

1. "I Will Always Love You"
Released: November 2, 1992[2]
2. "Someday (I'm Coming Back)"
Released: December 7, 1992
3. "I'm Every Woman"
Released: January 2, 1993
4. "I Have Nothing"
Released: February 20, 1993
5. "Run to You"
Released: June 21, 1993
6. "Queen of the Night"
Released: October 13, 1993 (U.K.)

Professional ratingsReview scores

Source| Rating
AllMusic| [3]
Entertainment Weekly| B[4]
Los Angeles Times| [5]
NME| 4/10[6]
New York Times| (favorable)[7]
Orlando Sentinel| [8]
Rolling Stone| [9]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide| [10]
Q| [11]
USA Today| [12]

The Bodyguard: Original Soundtrack Album is a soundtrack album from the film of the same name, released on November 17, 1992, by Arista Records. The album's first side (in its original LP and cassette formats) features songs recorded by American singer Whitney Houston, who starred in the film, while side two features the work of various artists. Houston and Clive Davis were co-executive producers of the record.

The Bodyguard was praised by music critics for Houston's vocal performance and its production. The album was a massive global success, hitting number one in eighteen countries and going top ten in dozens of other countries. In the United States, the album gave Houston the distinction of having the most weeks at number one by a female artist on Billboard 200, holding that record for 19 years until being surpassed by Adele's album 21 (2011). The Bodyguard is certified Diamond by the Recording Industry Association of America, which gives Houston three Diamond selling albums.[13][14] It became the first album verified by the Nielsen SoundScan to sell over one million copies within a single week. At one point, the album was selling over a million copies per week for several weeks in a row. With sales of over 45 million copies worldwide,[15] The Bodyguard is the best-selling soundtrack album of all-time, as well as the best selling album by a woman in music history, and the best selling album of the decade.[16] The soundtrack won the Grammy Award for Album of the Year.[17]

In honor of the 25th anniversary of the soundtrack's release, Legacy Recordings and the Whitney Houston Estate released I Wish You Love: More from The Bodyguard,[18] which included a collection of never-before-released live recordings from Houston's historic The Bodyguard World Tour (1993–1994), alternate versions of the audio recordings from The Bodyguard film, and an alternate version of a remix of "I'm Every Woman".[19]

## Background[edit]

Houston and Clive Davis served as co-executive producers of the album.[20] Houston planned to record "What Becomes of the Broken Hearted" as the film's theme song; however, when they learned Paul Young's version would be used in the film Fried Green Tomatoes, they searched for another song. Kevin Costner, the film's co-star, thought of recording "I Will Always Love You", originally released by Dolly Parton. While recording the album, Houston insisted on using her touring band as opposed to a studio band.[21]

Of the six songs recorded for the soundtrack by Houston, the first song recorded and produced for the film was "Queen of the Night" on 9 November 1991, prior to commencement of the film's principal photography on 25 November 1991. Followed by both "I Have Nothing" and "Run to You" in tandem on 12 November 1991, also recorded during pre-production stages.

A number of songs were also recorded during active production film production by Houston, in "Jesus Loves Me" between January-February 1992, and the theme song on 22 April 1992 at Ocean Way Recording.[22] Recorded as the last of the six tracks for the soundtrack by Houston, during post-production phases, was the cover of Chaka Khan's, "I'm Every Woman", on 19 August 1992.[23][24][25][26][27][28][29]

## Music[edit]

The album's first half features six[30] pop songs performed by Houston.[5] Houston's cover of Dolly Parton's plaintive country ballad "I Will Always Love You" is a grand pop-gospel declaration of lasting devotion to a departing lover. "I Have Nothing" and "Run to You" are ballads featuring Houston's characteristic stentorian delivery, and both received Oscar nominations.[31] "Jesus Loves Me" is sung with Bebe Winans and features a pop arrangement.[7]

AllMusic editor Stephen Thomas Erlewine views that the first half is characterized by urban pop songs similar to I'm Your Baby Tonight (1990), while the second half has miscellaneous tracks more "typical of a big-budget soundtrack", including an excerpt from Alan Silvestri's score, instrumentals by Kenny G, and contemporary pop and dance songs.[3] "Someday (I'm Coming Back)", performed by Lisa Stansfield, is an intense pop-disco song.[7]

## Singles[edit]

The album is most notable for Houston's version of "I Will Always Love You" (written by Dolly Parton). The song received huge airplay, appealing to the pop, R&B, adult contemporary, and soul radio markets. The single spent 14 weeks at number one on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart.[32] "I Will Always Love You" was successful worldwide, peaking at number one for 14 weeks in New Zealand, 10 weeks in the UK and Australia, 9 weeks in Norway, 8 weeks in France and Switzerland, 6 weeks in the Netherlands, and 3 weeks in Sweden.[33][34][35][36][37][38][39][40]

With the next two Top 5 singles[41] "I'm Every Woman" (originally a Chaka Khan hit) and "I Have Nothing", 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,[42] but lost out to "A Whole New World" from the animated film Aladdin. The same two songs were nominated for Grammy Awards in the category Best Song Written Specifically for a Motion Picture or for Television. Other songs garnering significant radio airplay included "Jesus Loves Me" on gospel stations, and "Queen of the Night" on pop and dance stations.

## Commercial performance[edit]

The Bodyguard debuted at number two on the Billboard 200 chart and the Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart, behind Ice Cube's The Predator, selling 144,500 copies in its first week.[43][44] In its second week, the album topped both of the charts, with sales of 292,000 units.[45][46][47] 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, breaking the old sales record of 770,000 set by Guns N' Roses' Use Your Illusion II in the fall of 1991.[48] The following week, the album once again set a record for the most albums sold in a single week, since the Nielsen SoundScan introduced a computerized sales monitoring system in May 1991; when it sold 1,061,000 copies, making it the first album to sell over 1 million copies in one week since tracking began.[49][50][51] The soundtrack stayed at number one for 20 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.[52][53][54] The album held 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[55] until 2012 when it was overtaken by Adele's 21 which spent 24 non-consecutive weeks at the summit.

The Bodyguard soundtrack was ranked #1 in the 1993 Billboard year-end charts, on the Top Billboard 200 Album and Top R&B/Hip-Hop Album.[56] 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 (NARM) in 1993–1994.[57][58] When the soundtrack to The Bodyguard was credited as a Whitney Houston album in Billboard's archives, she became the only artist with three albums to remain on top of the Billboard 200 chart for over ten weeksㅡWhitney Houston (14 weeks), Whitney (11 weeks) and The Bodyguard (20 weeks). Houston also broke the record for the most cumulative weeks at number one by a female artist with 46 cumulative weeks until Taylor Swift surpassed it on 2020 with her album "Folklore".[59]

The album received the largest initial certification of any album for 6× platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) on January 18, 1993.[60] The record was broken by 'N SYNC's No Strings Attached, certified 7× Platinum initially in April 2000.[61] 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 62 other albums initially.[62][63] It was certified 17× Platinum by the RIAA on November 1, 1999, becoming the best-selling soundtrack album of all-time in United States.[64][65][66] According to a new update from Whitney Houston's estate, particularly, Arista, The Bodyguard soundtrack has been certified 18× Platinum by RIAA in November 2017. It is the first album to reach both the 10 million and 11 million sales mark in the US since 1991, when Nielsen SoundScan started tracking music sales.[67] As of late 2014, it had sold 12,140,000 copies; it is the sixth best-selling album of the SoundScan era in the United States.[68]

In 1992–1993, with the huge international success of the film The Bodyguard, the soundtrack was also a phenomenal hit worldwide.[69] It topped the albums chart in Australia for five weeks,[70] Austria for nine weeks,[71] Canada for 12 weeks,[72] France for eight weeks, Germany for 11 weeks,[73] Hungary for two weeks,[74] Italy for two weeks, Japan for two weeks,[75] Netherlands for six weeks,[76] New Zealand for eight weeks,[77] Norway for six weeks,[78] Sweden for four weeks[79] and Switzerland for nine weeks.[80] 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.[81] Instead, the album reached the top on the official compilation albums chart and stayed there for 11 weeks, spending 60 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 chart for 15 non-consecutive weeks.[82] In the UK, the album was certified 7× platinum by the British Phonographic Industry (BPI) on January 1, 1994,[83] and has sold 2,255,000 copies, landing at number sixty on the list of UK's 100 best-selling albums of all time.[84] In Japan, it was certified 2× million by the Recording Industry Association of Japan (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.[85][86] The record was later broken by Mariah Carey's #1's, certified 3× million in 1998.[86] In Germany, the album has sold more than 1.7 million, earning 3× platinum awards by the Bundesverband Musikindustrie (BVMI).[87][88] In addition, it was awarded Diamond for the sales of over 1 million in both France and Canada.[89][90] It was certified 3× platinum in Brazil, becoming one of 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.[91][92][93] In Australia, it became the best selling album of 1993.[94] In Mexico, the soundtrack sold more than 500,000 copies, making it the best-selling English-language record in 1994.[95] To date, the album has sold 45 million copies worldwide, making it the best-selling soundtrack of all time.[16]

## I Wish You Love: More from The Bodyguard[edit]

Main article: I Wish You Love: More from The Bodyguard

I Wish You Love: More from the Bodyguard is the 25th anniversary reissue of the album, released by Legacy Recordings on November 17, 2017. The album was released to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the movie, The Bodyguard, which marked Houston's film debut.[96] It includes the film versions of her six Bodyguard contributions – "I Will Always Love You", "I Have Nothing", "I'm Every Woman", "Run to You", "Queen of the Night" and "Jesus Loves Me" – as well as remixes and live performances of the songs from subsequent tours.[96]

The album's release coincided with a tribute to Houston and the music of The Bodyguard at the American Music Awards on Nov. 19 on ABC as performed by Christina Aguilera.[96] Ahead of the performance, Aguilera wrote on Instagram, “I am excited, honored and humbled to perform a tribute to one of my idols.”[97]

## Track listing[edit]

All songs performed by Whitney Houston, except where noted.

The Bodyguard – Standard editionNo.| Title| Writer(s)| Producer(s)| Length

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1.| "I Will Always Love You"| Dolly Parton| David Foster| 4:31
2.| "I Have Nothing"|

* David Foster
* Linda Thompson

| Foster| 4:49
3.| "I'm Every Woman"|

* Nickolas Ashford
* Valerie Simpson

* Narada Michael Walden
* Robert Clivillés
* David Cole

| 4:45
4.| "Run to You"|

* Allan Rich
* Jud Friedman

| Foster| 4:24
5.| "Queen of the Night"|

* Whitney Houston
* Antonio "L.A." Reid
* Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds
* Daryl Simmons

* L.A. Reid
* Babyface

| 3:08
6.| "Jesus Loves Me"|

* Anna Bartlett Warner
* William Batchelder Bradbury

* BeBe Winans
* Houston

| 5:12
7.| "Even If My Heart Would Break" (Kenny G and Aaron Neville)|

* Franne Golde
* Adrian Gurvitz

* Foster
* Walter Afanasieff

| 4:58
8.| "Someday (I'm Coming Back)" (Lisa Stansfield)|

* Lisa Stansfield
* Andy Morris
* Ian Devaney

* Andy Morris
* Ian Devaney

| 4:57
9.| "It's Gonna Be a Lovely Day" (The S.O.U.L. S.Y.S.T.E.M.)|

* Bill Withers
* Skip Scarborough
* Robert Clivillés
* David Cole
* Tommy Never
* Michelle Visage

* Clivillés
* Cole
* Ricky Crespo

| 4:47
10.| "(What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace, Love, and Understanding" (Curtis Stigers)| Nick Lowe| Danny Kortchmar| 4:04
11.| "Waiting for You" (Kenny G)| Kenny G| Kenny G| 4:58
12.| "Trust in Me" (Joe Cocker featuring Sass Jordan)|

* Charlie Midnight
* Marc Swersky
* Francesca Beghe

| Charlie Midnight| 4:12
13.| "Theme from The Bodyguard" (Alan Silvestri)| Alan Silvestri| Alan Silvestri| 2:40
Total length:| 57:44

The Bodyguard – German special edition (bonus tracks)No.| Title| Writer(s)| Producer(s)| Length

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14.| "I'm Every Woman" (Clivillés & Cole House Mix)|

* Nickolas Ashford
* Valerie Simpson

* Walden
* Clivillés
* Cole

| 10:37
15.| "Queen of the Night" (CJ's Master Mix)|

* Antonio "L.A. Reid"
* Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds
* Daryl Simmons
* Houston

* Reid
* Babyface

| 6:35
Total length:| 74:56

Notes

* On the US edition, Kenny G's "Waiting for You" was not included, with Alan Silvestri's "Theme from The Bodyguard" appearing in its track place (before Joe Cocker feat. Sass Jordan's "Trust in Me")

## Personnel[edit]

"I Will Always Love You"

* Whitney Houston – vocals, vocal arrangement
* David Foster – producer, arranger
* Rickey Minor – director
* Kirk Whalum – saxophone & solo
* Ricky Lawson – drums
* David Foster – keyboard
* Dean Parks & Michael Landau – guitars
* Neil Stubenhaus – bass
* Tony Smith & Claude Gaudette – synth programming
* Bill Schnee, Dave Reitzas & Peter J. Yianilos – recording engineers
* Dave Reitzas – mixing engineer
* Hal Belknap – assistant mixing engineer

"I Have Nothing"

* Whitney Houston – vocals
* Jeremy Lubbock – string arrangement
* David Foster – keyboards, bass, string arrangement, producer, arranger
* Michael Landau – guitar
* Simon Franglen – Synclavier and synth programming
* Dave Reitzas – recording engineer
* Mick Guzauski – mixing engineer

"I'm Every Woman"

* Whitney Houston – vocals
* Narada Michael Walden – producer
* Robert Clivilles – additional vocal arrangement and production, remix
* David Cole – additional vocal arrangement and production, remix
* Vocal arrangement inspired by Chaka Khan
* Louis Biancaniello – programming
* James Alfano – programming
* Chauncey Mahan – programming
* Matt Rohr – recording engineer
* Marc Reyburn – recording engineer
* Acar S. Key – additional production recording engineer
* Bob Rosa – mixing engineer

"Run to You"

* Whitney Houston – vocals
* David Foster – producer, arrangement, string arrangement, bass
* Jud Friedman – arrangement, keyboards
* William Ross – string arrangement
* John Robinson – drums
* Dean Parks – acoustic guitar
* Simon Franglen – Synclavier and synth programming
* Dave Reitzas – recording engineer
* Mick Guzauski – mixing engineer

"Queen of the Night"

* Whitney Houston – vocals, co-producer, vocal arrangement
* L.A. Reid – producer, drum programming
* Babyface – producer, keyboard, organ, bass and drum programming
* Daryl Simmons – co-producer
* Kayo – bass
* Donald Parks – programming
* Randy Walker – programming
* Vernon Reid – guitar solo
* Barney Perkins – recording engineer
* Milton Chan – recording engineer
* Dave Way – mixing engineer
* Jim "Z" Zumpano – mixing engineer

"Jesus Loves Me"

* Whitney Houston – vocals, producer, vocal arrangement
* BeBe Winans – vocals, background vocals
* Cedric J. Caldwell – arrangement
* BeBe Winans – vocal arrangement, arrangement
* Ron Huff – string arrangement
* Richard Joseph – additional production recording engineer
* Alvin Chea – background vocals
* Claude McKnight III – background vocals
* Paul Jackson Jr. – guitar
* Victor Caldwell – bass, drum programming, recording engineer
* Mike McCarthy – recording engineer
* Dave Reitzas – mixing engineer

"Even If My Heart Would Break"

* Kenny G – performer, arrangement
* Aaron Neville – performer
* David Foster – producer, arranger
* Walter Afanasieff – producer, piano, drum programming, bass and organ
* Randy Kerber – keyboards
* John Robinson – drums
* Michael Thompson – guitar
* Ren Klyce – synth programming
* Gary Cirimelli – synth programming
* Humberto Gatica – recording engineer
* Manny LaCarrubba – additional engineering
* Dana Jon Chappelle – additional engineering
* Steve Sheppard – additional engineering
* Kevin Becka – additional engineering, assistant engineer
* Steve Sheppard – assistant engineer
* Mick Guzauski – mixing engineer

"Someday (I'm Coming Back)"

* Lisa Stansfield – vocals
* Ian Devaney – producer- mixing
* Andy Morris – producer, mixing
* Jazz Summers – executive producer
* Tim Parry – executive producer
* Bobby Boughton – engineer, mixing

"It's Gonna Be a Lovely Day"

* The S.O.U.L. S.Y.S.T.E.M. – performer
* Michelle Visage – featured artist
* Robert Clivilles – producer, arranger, mixing, rap vocal production
* David Cole – producer, arranger, mixing, vocal arrangement
* Ricky Crespo – assistant producer
* Duran Ramos – rap vocal production
* Acar S. Key – recording and mixing engineer
* Bruce Miller – additional mixing

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

* Curtis Stigers – performer
* Danny Kortchmar – producer
* Marc DeSisto – recording and mix engineer

"Theme from The Bodyguard"

* Alan Silvestri – composer, producer
* William Ross – orchestrations
* Gary Grant – trumpet solo
* Dennis Sands – engineer
* Bill Easystone – assistant engineer
* Gary Carlson – technical engineer
* Jim Walker – technical engineer

"Trust in Me"

* Joe Cocker – vocals
* Sass Jordan – featured artist
* Charlie Midnight – producer
* John Rollo – recording engineer
* Chris Lord-Alge – mixing engineer

### Production and design[edit]

* Clive Davis – executive producer
* Whitney Houston – executive producer
* Roy Lott – producer
* Gary LeMel – Warner Bros. music executive
* Maureen Crowe – music supervisor
* George Marino – mastering
* Susan Mendola – design
* Ben Glass – The Bodyguard still photography, inside front cover photo of Whitney Houston
* Randee St. Nicholas – inside booklet photography of Whitney Houston
* Ellin LaVar – hair
* Quietfire – makeup
* Stephen Earabino – styling
* Matthew Rolston – photography (Kenny G)
* Casado – photography (Aaron Neville)
* Paul Cox – photography (Joe Cocker)
* Moshe Brakha – photography (Sass Jordan)
* Zanna – photography (Lisa Stansfield)
* Ken Nahoum – photography (The S.O.U.L. S.Y.S.T.E.M.)
* Terence Scott – photography (Curtis Stigers)

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## Charts[edit]

### Weekly charts[edit]

| Chart (1992–1993)  | Peak
position

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Australian Albums (ARIA)[98] | 1
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[99] | 1
Belgian Albums (IFPI)[100] | 1
Canada Top Albums/CDs (RPM)[101] | 1
Danish Albums (IFPI)[102] | 1
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[103] | 1
European Top 100 Albums (IFPI)[82] | 1
Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista)[104] | 1
French Albums (SNEP)[82] | 1
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[105] | 1
Greek Albums (IFPI)[106] | 1
Hungarian Albums (MAHASZ)[107] | 1
Irish Albums (IFPI)[108] | 2
Italian Albums (Musica e dischi)[109] | 4
Japanese Albums (Oricon)[75] | 1
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[110] | 1
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)[111] | 1
Portuguese Albums (AFP)[112] | 1
Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE)[113] | 1
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[114] | 1
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[115] | 1
UK Compilation Albums (OCC)[A] | 1
US Billboard 200[116] | 1
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)[117] | 1
Chart (1995)  | Peak
position

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Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[118] | 20
Chart (1999)  | Peak
position

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Scottish Albums (OCC)[119] | 79
Chart (2005)  | Peak
position

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Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE)[120] | 25
Chart (2012)  | Peak
position

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Australian Albums (ARIA)[98] | 28
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[99] | 22
French Albums (SNEP)[121] | 10
Greek Albums (IFPI)[122] | 56
Italian Albums (FIMI)[123] | 33
Mexican Albums (Top 100 Mexico)[124] | 93
Polish Albums (ZPAV)[125] | 45
South Korean Albums (Circle)[126] | 98
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[115] | 43
UK Soundtrack Albums (OCC)[127] | 1
US Billboard 200[128] | 5
US Soundtrack Albums (Billboard)[129] | 1
Chart (2022)  | Peak
position

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Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[130] | 100
UK R&B Albums (OCC)[131] | 6

### Year-end charts[edit]

| Chart (1993)  | Position

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Australian Albums (ARIA)[132] | 1
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[133] | 1
Canada Top Albums/CDs (RPM)[134] | 3
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[135] | 1
European Albums (European Top 100)[136] | 1
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[137] | 1
Japanese Albums (Oricon)[138] | 3
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[139] | 4
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[140] | 4
UK Albums (OCC)[141] | 2
US Billboard 200[142] | 1
US Top R&B Albums (Billboard)[143] | 1
US Top Soundtrack Albums (Billboard)[144] | 1
Chart (1994)  | Position

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Australian Albums (ARIA)[145] | 6
European Albums (European Top 100 Albums)[146] | 9
French Albums (SNEP)[147] | 2
Japanese Albums (Oricon)[148] | 7
US Billboard 200[149] | 10
US Top R&B Albums (Billboard)[150] | 5
US Soundtrack Albums (Billboard)[151] | 2
Chart (1995)  | Position

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Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[152] | 77
Chart (2012)  | Position

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US Billboard 200[153] | 12
US Soundtrack Albums (Billboard)[154] | 7

### Decade-end charts[edit]

Chart (1990–1999)  | Position

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US Billboard 200[155] | 2

### All-time charts[edit]

Chart  | Position

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US Billboard 200[156] | 5
US Billboard 200 (Women)[157] | 3

Notes:

* A^ In the UK, compilation albums were excluded from the main album chart from January 1989.[81] 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.[158]

## Certifications and sales[edit]

Region  | Certification | Certified units/sales

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Argentina (CAPIF)[159] | 4× Platinum  | 240,000^
Australia (ARIA)[160] | 5× Platinum  | 350,000^
Austria (IFPI Austria)[161] | 4× Platinum  | 200,000*
Belgium (BEA)[162] | 4× Platinum  | 200,000*
Brazil (Pro-Música Brasil)[91] | 3× Platinum  | 750,000*
Canada (Music Canada)[90] | Diamond  | 1,000,000^
Chile  | —  | 100,000[163]
Denmark (IFPI Danmark)[164] | 2× Platinum  | 160,000^
Finland (Musiikkituottajat)[165] | Platinum  | 56,486[165]
France (SNEP)[89] | Diamond  | 1,300,000[166]
Germany (BVMI)[168] | 3× Platinum  | 1,700,000[167]
Indonesia  | —  | 320,000[169]
Italy
1992-1999 sales  | —  | 1,000,000[170]
Italy (FIMI)[171]
sales since 2009  | Gold  | 25,000‡
Japan (RIAJ)[173] | 2× Million  | 2,800,000[172]
Mexico  | —  | 500,000[95]
Netherlands (NVPI)[175] | Platinum  | 600,000[174]
New Zealand (RMNZ)[176] | Platinum  | 15,000^
Norway (IFPI Norway)[177] | 4× Platinum  | 200,000*
Poland (ZPAV)[178] | Gold  | 50,000*
South Africa  | —  | 110,000[179]
South Korea  | —  | 1,200,000[92][93]
Spain (PROMUSICAE)[180] | 6× Platinum  | 600,000^
Sweden (GLF)[181] | Platinum  | 343,000[169]
Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland)[182] | 5× Platinum  | 250,000^
Taiwan  | —  | 305,000[169]
United Kingdom (BPI)[183] | 7× Platinum  | 2,255,000[84]
United States (RIAA)[184] | 18× Platinum  | 18,000,000‡
Summaries
Europe (Music & Media)  | —  | 7,000,000[185]
Worldwide  | —  | 45,000,000[16]

* Sales figures based on certification alone.
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.
‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

## See also[edit]

* List of accolades received by The Bodyguard (1992 film)
* List of Top 25 albums for 1993 in Australia
* List of best-selling albums
* List of best-selling albums by women
* List of best-selling albums in Europe
* List of best-selling albums in Brazil
* List of best-selling albums in Chile
* List of best-selling albums in France
* List of best-selling albums in Germany
* List of best-selling albums in Indonesia
* List of best-selling albums in Italy
* List of best-selling albums in Japan
* List of best-selling albums in South Korea
* List of best-selling albums in Taiwan
* List of best-selling albums in the United Kingdom
* List of best-selling albums in the United States

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## External links[edit]

* The Bodyguard: Original Soundtrack Album at Allmusic
* The Bodyguard: Original Soundtrack Album at Discogs

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* Albums
* Singles
* Filmography
* Videography
* Songs
* Live performances
* Awards and nominations

Studio albums|

* Whitney Houston
* Whitney
* I'm Your Baby Tonight
* My Love Is Your Love
* Just Whitney...
* One Wish: The Holiday Album
* I Look to You

Soundtrack albums|

* The Bodyguard
* The Preacher's Wife
* I Wanna Dance with Somebody (The Movie: Whitney New, Classic and Reimagined)

Live albums|

* Whitney Houston Live: Her Greatest Performances

Compilation albums|

* Whitney: The Greatest Hits
* Love, Whitney
* The Ultimate Collection
* I Will Always Love You: The Best of Whitney Houston
* I Go to the Rock: The Gospel Music of Whitney Houston

Other releases|

* Whitney: Dancin' Special
* I Wish You Love: More from The Bodyguard

Tours|

* US Summer Tour
* The Greatest Love World Tour
* Moment of Truth World Tour
* I'm Your Baby Tonight World Tour
* The Bodyguard World Tour
* Pacific Rim Tour
* My Love Is Your Love World Tour
* Soul Divas Tour
* Nothing but Love World Tour
* An Evening with Whitney

Concerts and appearances|

* Welcome Home Heroes with Whitney Houston
* The Concert for a New South Africa
* Whitney: Brunei The Royal Wedding Celebration
* Classic Whitney: Live from Washington, D.C.
* VH1 Divas Live '99

Achievements|

* Chart records and achievements

Related articles|

* "Dance with Somebody"
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* The Houstons: On Our Own
* Bobby Brown (ex-husband)
* Bobbi Kristina Brown (daughter)
* Cissy Houston (mother)
* Whitney (2015 film)
* Whitney: Can I Be Me (2017 film)
* Whitney (2018 film)
* Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance with Somebody (2022 film)

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Soundtrack|

* "I Will Always Love You"
* "I'm Every Woman"
* "I Have Nothing"
* "Run to You"
* "Queen of the Night"
* "Someday (I'm Coming Back)"

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Grammy Award for Album of the Year

1950s|

* The Music from Peter Gunn – Henry Mancini (1958)
* Come Dance with Me! – Frank Sinatra (1959)

1960s|

* The Button-Down Mind of Bob Newhart – Bob Newhart (1960)
* Judy at Carnegie Hall – Judy Garland (1961)
* The First Family – Vaughn Meader (1962)
* The Barbra Streisand Album – Barbra Streisand (1963)
* Getz/Gilberto – Stan Getz & João Gilberto (1964)
* September of My Years – Frank Sinatra (1965)
* A Man and His Music – Frank Sinatra (1966)
* Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band – The Beatles (1967)
* By the Time I Get to Phoenix – Glen Campbell (1968)
* Blood, Sweat & Tears – Blood, Sweat & Tears (1969)

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* Bridge over Troubled Water – Simon & Garfunkel (1970)
* Tapestry – Carole King (1971)
* The Concert for Bangladesh – George Harrison & Friends (1972)
* Innervisions – Stevie Wonder (1973)
* Fulfillingness' First Finale – Stevie Wonder (1974)
* Still Crazy After All These Years – Paul Simon (1975)
* Songs in the Key of Life – Stevie Wonder (1976)
* Rumours – Fleetwood Mac (1977)
* Saturday Night Fever – Various Artists (1978)
* 52nd Street – Billy Joel (1979)

1980s|

* Christopher Cross – Christopher Cross (1980)
* Double Fantasy – John Lennon & Yoko Ono (1981)
* Toto IV – Toto (1982)
* Thriller – Michael Jackson (1983)
* Can't Slow Down – Lionel Richie (1984)
* No Jacket Required – Phil Collins (1985)
* Graceland – Paul Simon (1986)
* The Joshua Tree – U2 (1987)
* Faith – George Michael (1988)
* Nick of Time – Bonnie Raitt (1989)

1990s|

* Back on the Block – Quincy Jones and Various Artists (1990)
* Unforgettable... with Love – Natalie Cole (1991)
* Unplugged – Eric Clapton (1992)
* The Bodyguard – Whitney Houston (1993)
* MTV Unplugged – Tony Bennett (1994)
* Jagged Little Pill – Alanis Morissette (1995)
* Falling into You – Celine Dion (1996)
* Time Out of Mind – Bob Dylan (1997)
* The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill – Lauryn Hill (1998)
* Supernatural – Santana (1999)

2000s|

* Two Against Nature – Steely Dan (2000)
* O Brother, Where Art Thou? – Various Artists (2001)
* Come Away with Me – Norah Jones (2002)
* Speakerboxxx/The Love Below – Outkast (2003)
* Genius Loves Company – Ray Charles & Various Artists (2004)
* How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb – U2 (2005)
* Taking the Long Way – Dixie Chicks (2006)
* River: The Joni Letters – Herbie Hancock (2007)
* Raising Sand – Robert Plant & Alison Krauss (2008)
* Fearless – Taylor Swift (2009)

2010s|

* The Suburbs – Arcade Fire (2010)
* 21 – Adele (2011)
* Babel – Mumford & Sons (2012)
* Random Access Memories – Daft Punk (2013)
* Morning Phase – Beck (2014)
* 1989 – Taylor Swift (2015)
* 25 – Adele (2016)
* 24K Magic – Bruno Mars (2017)
* Golden Hour – Kacey Musgraves (2018)
* When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? – Billie Eilish (2019)

2020s|

* Folklore – Taylor Swift (2020)
* We Are – Jon Batiste (2021)
* Harry's House – Harry Styles (2022)
* Midnights – Taylor Swift (2023)

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Juno Award for International Album of the Year

1970s|

* 1975: Paul McCartney and Wings – Band on the Run
* 1976: Elton John – Greatest Hits
* 1977: Peter Frampton – Frampton Comes Alive!
* 1978: Fleetwood Mac – Rumours
* 1979: Bee Gees – Saturday Night Fever

1980s|

* 1980: Supertramp – Breakfast in America
* 1981: Pink Floyd – The Wall
* 1982: John Lennon & Yoko Ono – Double Fantasy
* 1983: Men at Work – Business as Usual
* 1984: The Police – Synchronicity
* 1985: Bruce Springsteen – Born in the U.S.A.
* 1986: Dire Straits – Brothers in Arms
* 1987: Madonna – True Blue
* 1988: no award ceremony held
* 1989: Various Artists – Dirty Dancing

1990s|

* 1990: Milli Vanilli – Girl You Know It's True (Disqualified)
* 1991: MC Hammer – Please Hammer Don't Hurt 'Em
* 1992: Vanilla Ice – To the Extreme
* 1993: Bryan Adams – Waking Up the Neighbours
* 1994: Whitney Houston – The Bodyguard
* 1995: Celine Dion – The Colour of My Love
* 1996: The Cranberries – No Need to Argue
* 1997: Celine Dion – Falling into You
* 1998: Spice Girls – Spice
* 1999: Celine Dion – Let's Talk About Love

2000s|

* 2000: Backstreet Boys – Millennium
* 2001: Eminem – The Marshall Mathers LP
* 2002: Shaggy – Hot Shot
* 2003: Eminem – The Eminem Show
* 2004: 50 Cent – Get Rich or Die Tryin'
* 2005: Green Day – American Idiot
* 2006: Black Eyed Peas – Monkey Business / Coldplay – X&Y
* 2007: Dixie Chicks – Taking the Long Way
* 2008: Rihanna – Good Girl Gone Bad
* 2009: Coldplay – Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends

2010s|

* 2010: Kings of Leon – Only by the Night
* 2011: Katy Perry – Teenage Dream
* 2012: Adele – 21
* 2013: Mumford & Sons – Babel
* 2014: Bruno Mars – Unorthodox Jukebox
* 2015: Sam Smith – In the Lonely Hour
* 2016: Adele – 25
* 2017: Coldplay – A Head Full of Dreams
* 2018: Kendrick Lamar – Damn
* 2019: Post Malone – Beerbongs & Bentleys

2020s|

* 2020: Billie Eilish – When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?
* 2021: Harry Styles – Fine Line
* 2022: Olivia Rodrigo – Sour
* 2023: Harry Styles \- Harry's House
* 2024: SZA, SOS

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Billboard Year-End number one albums

1956–1975|

* 1956: Calypso – Harry Belafonte
* 1957: Music from My Fair Lady – Original Cast
* 1958: Music from My Fair Lady – Original Cast
* 1959: The Music from Peter Gunn – Henry Mancini
* 1960: Music from The Sound of Music – Original Cast
* 1961: Camelot – Original Cast
* 1962: West Side Story – Soundtrack
* 1963: West Side Story – Soundtrack
* 1964: Music from Hello, Dolly! – Original Cast
* 1965: Mary Poppins: Original Cast Soundtrack – Soundtrack
* 1966: Whipped Cream & Other Delights – Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass
* 1967: More of the Monkees – The Monkees
* 1968: Are You Experienced – The Jimi Hendrix Experience
* 1969: In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida – Iron Butterfly
* 1970: Bridge over Troubled Water – Simon & Garfunkel
* 1971: Jesus Christ Superstar – Soundtrack
* 1972: Harvest – Neil Young
* 1973: The World Is a Ghetto – War
* 1974: Goodbye Yellow Brick Road – Elton John
* 1975: Greatest Hits – Elton John

1976–2000|

* 1976: Frampton Comes Alive! – Peter Frampton
* 1977: Rumours – Fleetwood Mac
* 1978: Saturday Night Fever – Soundtrack
* 1979: 52nd Street – Billy Joel
* 1980: The Wall – Pink Floyd
* 1981: Hi Infidelity – REO Speedwagon
* 1982: Asia – Asia
* 1983: Thriller – Michael Jackson
* 1984: Thriller – Michael Jackson
* 1985: Born in the U.S.A. – Bruce Springsteen
* 1986: Whitney Houston – Whitney Houston
* 1987: Slippery When Wet – Bon Jovi
* 1988: Faith – George Michael
* 1989: Don't Be Cruel – Bobby Brown
* 1990: Janet Jackson's Rhythm Nation 1814 – Janet Jackson
* 1991: Mariah Carey – Mariah Carey
* 1992: Ropin' the Wind – Garth Brooks
* 1993: The Bodyguard – Soundtrack
* 1994: The Sign – Ace of Base
* 1995: Cracked Rear View – Hootie & the Blowfish
* 1996: Jagged Little Pill – Alanis Morissette
* 1997: Spice – Spice Girls
* 1998: Titanic: Music from the Motion Picture – James Horner
* 1999: Millennium – Backstreet Boys
* 2000: No Strings Attached – NSYNC

2001–present|

* 2001: 1 – The Beatles
* 2002: The Eminem Show – Eminem
* 2003: Get Rich or Die Tryin' – 50 Cent
* 2004: Confessions – Usher
* 2005: The Massacre – 50 Cent
* 2006: Some Hearts – Carrie Underwood
* 2007: Daughtry – Daughtry
* 2008: As I Am – Alicia Keys
* 2009: Fearless – Taylor Swift
* 2010: I Dreamed a Dream – Susan Boyle
* 2011: 21 – Adele
* 2012: 21 – Adele
* 2013: The 20/20 Experience – Justin Timberlake
* 2014: Frozen – Soundtrack
* 2015: 1989 – Taylor Swift
* 2016: 25 – Adele
* 2017: Damn – Kendrick Lamar
* 2018: Reputation – Taylor Swift
* 2019: When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? – Billie Eilish
* 2020: Hollywood's Bleeding – Post Malone
* 2021: Dangerous: The Double Album – Morgan Wallen
* 2022: Un Verano Sin Ti – Bad Bunny
* 2023: One Thing at a Time – Morgan Wallen

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