Whitney Houston singles discography

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Whitney Houston singles discography

American singer Whitney Houston released 57 singles and 18 promotional singles and was either a featured artist or guest appeared in 14 other songs. Known as “The Voice”, she is one of the most significant cultural icons in music history. One of the best-selling artists of all time, Houston has sold over 220 million units worldwide.[1][2] According to Billboard, Houston is the ninth most successful solo artist in US chart history.[3] Houston has accumulated 11 Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles (fourth most by a solo female artist and seventh overall) and was one of the very few artists to enter the top ten on the Billboard Hot 100 in four different decades.[4] Houston sold the most physical singles in the United States with 16.5 million units.[5] Houston has sold 12.3 million units of singles in the United Kingdom alone and according to the Official Charts Company in 2012, was the fourth best-selling female singles artist of all time.[6][7] Between 1985 and 2010, Houston scored 20 number one singles in at least one official record chart in the biggest music markets in the world.

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Houston performing at Welcome Home Heroes with Whitney Houston in 1991
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Following her chart debut in "Hold Me" (1984), a duet with Teddy Pendergrass,[8] Houston's first leading single off her self-titled debut, "You Give Good Love" (1985) became her first top-ten hit on the Billboard Hot 100 while "Saving All My Love for You" became her first number-one single on the same chart.[9][10] With "How Will I Know" and "Greatest Love of All" peaking at number one, Houston became the first female artist to have three singles off the same album reach number one on the Billboard Hot 100.[11] Houston continued to reach number one on the Billboard Hot 100 following the release of her second effort, Whitney in 1987, with "I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me)",[12][13] "Didn't We Almost Have It All", "So Emotional" and "Where Do Broken Hearts Go" all peaking at number-one on the Billboard Hot 100, becoming the first album by a woman to have four singles off the same album reach number one on the Billboard Hot 100.[14] Houston became the first artist to produce seven consecutive number-one singles on the Billboard Hot 100, a record that has yet to be broken.[15]

After scoring an international Olympics hit "One Moment in Time", Houston continued to record hits in the 1990s. "I'm Your Baby Tonight" and "All the Man That I Need", from the I'm Your Baby Tonight (1990) album, made Houston the first solo female artist to have multiple songs off three albums to reach number one on the Billboard Hot 100.[16] Houston's rendition of "The Star Spangled Banner" (1991), recorded at Super Bowl XXV, became the first version of the national anthem to reach the top twenty of the Billboard Hot 100.[17] The same song peaked in the top ten of the same chart ten years later.[18] "I Will Always Love You" (1992), from The Bodyguard soundtrack, became the biggest hit of Houston's recording career, reaching number one for 14 weeks on the Billboard Hot 100. It still holds the record for the longest consecutive run at number one by a female artist.[19] Topping the charts in 34 countries and selling 24 million global units, it's the best-selling physical single by a woman in music history and went diamond in the United States.[20] The album's follow-ups, "I'm Every Woman" and "I Have Nothing", each entered the top-ten of the Billboard Hot 100. In March 1993, all three entered the top eleven of the Billboard Hot 100 simultaneously, the first for an artist since SoundScan began tallying record sales in 1991.[21][22][23]

Houston continued to record hit singles for the duration of her career, entering number one on the Billboard Hot 100 with "Exhale" (1995), just the third time a single had done so. Houston produced international hits with "Step by Step" (1996), "When You Believe" (1998), "It's Not Right but It's Okay" (1999), "My Love Is Your Love" (1999), "Could I Have This Kiss Forever" (2000) and "Million Dollar Bill" (2009). Following her death in 2012, Houston re-entered various record charts worldwide, with "I Will Always Love You" reaching number three on the Billboard Hot 100.[4][24][25] Houston returned to various charts with her rendition of "Higher Love" (2019), which became her 40th chart hit on the Billboard Hot 100 and charted successfully all over the world.[26]

Singles

1980s

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Title Year Peak chart positions Certifications Sales Album
US
[27]
AUS
[28]
AUT
[29]
CAN
[30]
GER
[31]
IRE
[32]
NLD
[33]
SWE
[34]
SWI
[35]
UK
[36]
"Hold Me"[A]
(with Teddy Pendergrass)
1984 46252244 Love Language and Whitney Houston
"You Give Good Love" 1985 358793 Whitney Houston
"All at Once"[B] 5
"Saving All My Love for You" 1201281811251
"Thinking About You"[C]
"How Will I Know" 12281263152115
"Greatest Love of All" 1986 112513041714208
"I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me)" 1987 1131121111
  • World: 14,000,000[54]
Whitney
"Didn't We Almost Have It All" 1272204201814
"So Emotional" 1269323305
"Where Do Broken Hearts Go" 1988 148624714
"Love Will Save the Day" 984837861810
"One Moment in Time" 55354126341 1988 Summer Olympics Album: One Moment in Time
"I Know Him So Well"[D]
(with Cissy Houston)
4614 Whitney
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1990s

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Title Year Peak chart positions Certifications Sales Album
US
[27]
AUS
[28]
AUT
[29]
CAN
[58]
GER
[31]
IRE
[32]
NLD
[33]
SWE
[34]
SWI
[35]
UK
[36]
"I'm Your Baby Tonight" 1990 1732562445 I'm Your Baby Tonight
"All the Man That I Need" 159211371692813
"The Star Spangled Banner"[E] 1991 205 Non-album single
"Miracle" 917 I'm Your Baby Tonight
"My Name Is Not Susan" 20118435214223129
"I Belong to You" 7954
"We Didn't Know"[F]
(with Stevie Wonder)
1992
"I Will Always Love You" 1111111111 The Bodyguard: Original Soundtrack Album
"I'm Every Woman" 1993 41119213437184
"I Have Nothing" 428139422393
  • RIAA: 2× Platinum[39]
  • BPI: Platinum[44]
"Run to You" 3172105893315
"Queen of the Night" 88396426213614
"Exhale (Shoop Shoop)" 1995 11815126167101311 Waiting to Exhale: Original Soundtrack Album
"Count On Me"
(with CeCe Winans)
1996 887282675303112
"Why Does It Hurt So Bad" 269945
"I Believe in You and Me" 4705998744616 The Preacher's Wife: Original Soundtrack Album
"Step by Step" 1997 151262381411151513
"My Heart Is Calling" 77
"When You Believe"
(with Mariah Carey)
1998 1513620875224 My Love Is Your Love
"Heartbreak Hotel"[G]
(with Faith Evans and Kelly Price)
217166141357725
"It's Not Right but It's Okay" 1999 48820314211012183
  • RIAA: Platinum[39]
  • BPI: 2× Platinum[44]
"My Love Is Your Love" 427210223222
"I Learned from the Best" 27116481820232819
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2000s

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Title Year Peak chart positions Certifications Album
US
[27]
AUS
[28]
AUT
[29]
CAN
[58]
GER
[31]
IRE
[32]
NLD
[33]
SWE
[34]
SWI
[35]
UK
[36]
"Same Script, Different Cast"
(with Deborah Cox)
2000 7038 Whitney: The
Greatest Hits
"Could I Have This Kiss Forever"[H]
(with Enrique Iglesias)
521283581217
"If I Told You That"
(with George Michael)
3758251944339
"Fine"[I] 50
"The Star Spangled Banner"(re-issue) 2001 65 Non-album single
"Whatchulookinat" 2002 9648533473329292213 Just Whitney
"One of Those Days" 728094
"On My Own" 2003 842479
"Love That Man"[J]
"One Wish (for Christmas)" One Wish: The Holiday Album
"I Look to You"[K] 2009 70476841653316115 I Look to You
"Million Dollar Bill" 1001816285822405
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2010s (Posthumous releases)

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Title Year Peak chart positions Certification Album
US
[27]
AUS
[28]
CAN
[75]
FRA
[76]
GER
[31]
IRE
[32]
NLD
[33]
SWE
[34]
SWI
[35]
UK
[36]
"Celebrate"
(with Jordin Sparks)
2012 Sparkle: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
"His Eye Is on the Sparrow"
"I Look to You"
(with R. Kelly)
I Will Always Love You: The Best of Whitney Houston
"Memories"
(with Siti Nurhaliza)
2016 Non-album single
"Higher Love"
(with Kygo)
2019 63202271224299102
  • RIAA: 2× Platinum[39]
  • ARIA: 3× Platinum[77]
  • BPI: 3× Platinum[44]
  • BVMI: Platinum[51]
  • MC: 2× Platinum[44]
  • SNEP: Gold[55]
Golden Hour
"Do You Hear What I Hear?"
(with Pentatonix)
The Best of Pentatonix Christmas
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2020s (Posthumous releases)

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Title Year Peak chart positions Certification Album
US Dance
/Elect.

[78]
CAN AC
[79]
UK
[36]
"How Will I Know"
(with Clean Bandit)
2021 23 12 92 I Wanna Dance with Somebody (The Movie: Whitney New, Classic and Reimagined)
"Don't Cry for Me"
(Sam Feldt Remix)
2022 35
"Love Will Save the Day"
(Live in Kings Park Stadium, Durban, South Africa - November 8, 1994)
2024 The Concert for a New South Africa (Durban)
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Chart re-entries

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Title Original
release
year
Re-entry
year
Peak chart positions Album
US
[27]
AUS
[28]
AUT
[29]
CAN
[58]
GER
[31]
IRE
[32]
NLD
[33]
SWE
[34]
SWI
[35]
UK
[36]
"I Will Always Love You" 1992 2012 381061913556314 The Bodyguard: Original Soundtrack Album
"I'm Every Woman" 1993 9573
"I Have Nothing" 44
"I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me)" 1987 25257033322820 Whitney
"Didn't We Almost Have It All" 9692
"Where Do Broken Hearts Go" 1988 74
"Greatest Love of All" 1986 36565558 Whitney Houston
"How Will I Know" 1985 496710056
"Saving All My Love for You" 59
"One Moment In Time" 1988 4240 1988 Summer Olympics Album
"My Love Is Your Love" 1999 8842 My Love Is Your Love
"It's Not Right but It's Okay" 61
"Million Dollar Bill" 2009 62 I Look to You
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Title Year Peak chart positions Certifications Album
US
[27]
US
R&B
[82][83]
US Dance
[84]
AUS
[28]
CAN
[30]
GER
[31]
NLD
[33]
SWI
[35]
UK
[36]
"Are You the Woman"
(Kashif featuring Whitney Houston)
1984 25 Send Me Your Love
"Stop the Madness"[L]
(among Stop the Madness)
1986 Non-album singles
"King Holiday"[M]
(among King Dream Chorus and Holiday Crew)
30
"It Isn't, It Wasn't, It Ain't Never Gonna Be"
(with Aretha Franklin)
1989 41518434029 Through the Storm
"Something in Common"
(with Bobby Brown)
1993 [N][O]822658364116 Bobby
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Promotional singles

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Title Year Peak chart positions Album
US
[27]
US R&B
/HH
[82]
US
Dance
[84]
JPN
[87]
IRL
[88]
UK
[36]
"Someone for Me" (Remix)[P] 1985 118 Whitney Houston
"Takin' a Chance"[Q] 1989 I'm Your Baby Tonight
"I Didn't Know My Own Strength" 2009 [R]6617163844 I Look to You
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Other charted songs

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Title Year Peak chart positions Certifications Album
US
[27][91]
US R&B
/HH
[82]
US
Gospel

[92][93]
US
Holiday

[94]
FRA
[76]
KOR
[95]
"Do You Hear What I Hear" 1987 [S][T][U]35 A Very Special Christmas
"Jesus Loves Me" 1992 [V]67 The Bodyguard: Original Soundtrack Album
"Look into Your Heart" 1994 [W][X] A Tribute to Curtis Mayfield
"Joy" 1996 [Y] The Preacher's Wife: Original Soundtrack Album
"Hold On, Help Is on the Way" [Z]
"I Go to the Rock" [AA]
"I Love the Lord" [AB]
"You Were Loved" [AC]
"Who Would Imagine a King" [AD]
"Joy to the World" [AE]
"The First Noel" 2003 [AF][AG] One Wish: The Holiday Album
"Little Drummer Boy" [AH]
"Cantique de Noël (O Holy Night)" [AI]
"Worth It" 2009 61[AJ] I Look to You
"Call You Tonight" [AK]
"Never Give Up" 2012 [AL] I Will Always Love You: The Best of Whitney Houston
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Notes

  1. "Hold Me" was originally released as a single from Teddy Pendergrass' album, Love Language, in the United States and some European countries such as Germany and the UK in 1984.[37][38] In the following year, the song was included on Houston's debut album and charted in the Netherlands and the UK in early 1986.
  2. While "All at Once" was never released as an official single in the US except as a B-side of "Saving All My Love for You", the song was strategically selected as the lead single from her debut album in Benelux countries and Germany in early 1985, aiming for the adult-oriented market.[40] In Italy, the song was popular after Houston's performance of the song during the 1987 Sanremo Music Festival, and then was released as a commercial vinyl single including "Hold Me" in the same year.[41] In Japan, it was released as a 3-inch snap pack single by BMG Victor on July 26, 1996, and peaked at number 42 at the Japanese Singles Chart in that year.[42][43]
  3. "Thinking About You" was released as a 12-inch vinyl single featuring its extended dance version in the US in October 1985, and also issued as a standard 45, but because it was only promoted to R&B radio, not pop radio, it never appeared on the Hot 100.[46][47][48]
  4. "I Know Him So Well" was only released as a single in Australia, Germany, the Netherlands and Spain in late 1988.[57]
  5. "The Star Spangled Banner" was originally released as a commercial single on February 8, 1991, in the US. The single peaked at number 20 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart at the time, and was certified Gold by the RIAA on April 11, 1991. After the 9/11 attacks, the version was re-issued and reached a new peak of number six on the Hot 100 chart. Also, it was certified Platinum by the RIAA on October 3, 2001.
  6. "We Didn't Know" was commercially released as a cassette single only in April 1992 and also a promotional CD maxi-single.[59][60]
  7. "Heartbreak Hotel" was released as the second or third single from My Love Is Your Love in Australia, France, North America in 1999, but as the third single from Whitney: The Greatest Hits in Germany, the Netherlands, Switzerland, and the UK between December 2000 and January 2001.
  8. Both "Could I Have This Kiss Forever" and "Same Script, Different Cast" reached their peak positions on the Hot 100 with airplay points only. On descending the charts, the latter was commercially released as a 12-inch vinyl maxi-single while the former was not in the US.[70]
  9. "Fine" was released as a promotional single for R&B radio only in the US. In Europe, the song was commercially issued as a CD maxi-single in November 2000.[71][72]
  10. "Love That Man" was released as a commercial 12-inch vinyl maxi-single (double pack) only in the US on May 20, 2003.[73]
  11. In Germany, "I Look to You" was released as a double A-side single with "Million Dollar Bill".[74]
  12. "Stop the Madness" is an anti-drug anthem produced Michael Stokes and written by Stokes, Tom Reid, Sharon Barnes and Lathan Armour, released as a 12-inch single featuring its dance version by MCA Records in early 1986.[85]
  13. "King Holiday" was released as a charity single in honor of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, which was first celebrated as a national holiday in the United States on January 20, 1986. Houston contributed to the song as a part of the all-star group, the King Dream Chorus and Holiday Crew.[86]
  14. "Something in Common" did not enter the Billboard Hot 100, but peaked at number 32 on the Radio Songs chart.
  15. "Something in Common" did not enter the Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs, but peaked at number 30 on the R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay chart.
  16. In the UK, "Someone for Me (Remix)" was the first single from the Whitney Houston album, issued as a double A-side single with "Greatest Love of All" before the release of the album.[89]
  17. "Takin' a Chance", used as the theme song of a Sanyo TV commercial, was released as a 3-inch CD single including "Love Is a Contact Sport" in Japan only on October 21, 1989. The single peaked at number 88 on the Japanese Singles chart.[43] The following year the song was also included on the Japanese edition of the I'm Your Baby Tonight album.[90]
  18. "I Didn't Know My Own Strength" did not enter the Billboard Hot 100, but peaked at number 19 on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 chart.
  19. "Do You Hear What I Hear" did not enter the Billboard Hot 100, but peaked at number 37 on the Digital Songs chart.
  20. "Do You Hear What I Hear" did not enter the Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart, but peaked at number 4 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Digital Songs chart.
  21. "Do You Hear What I Hear" did not enter the Billboard Gospel chart, but peaked at number 1 on the Gospel Digital chart.
  22. "Jesus Loves Me" did not enter the Billboard Gospel chart, but peaked at number 4 on the Gospel Digital chart.
  23. "Look into Your Heart" did not enter the Billboard Hot 100, but peaked at number 68 on the Radio Songs chart.
  24. "Look into Your Heart" did not enter the Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs, but peaked at number 50 on the R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay chart.
  25. "Joy" did not enter the Billboard Gospel chart, but peaked at number 22 on the Gospel Digital chart.
  26. "Hold On, Help Is on the Way" did not enter the Billboard Gospel chart, but peaked at number 16 on the Gospel Digital chart.
  27. "I Go to the Rock" did not enter the Billboard Gospel chart, but peaked at number 14 on the Gospel Digital chart.
  28. "I Love the Lord" did not enter the Billboard Gospel chart, but peaked at number 3 on the Gospel Digital chart.
  29. "You Were Loved" did not enter the Billboard Gospel chart, but peaked at number 17 on the Gospel Digital chart.
  30. "Who Would Imagine a King" did not enter the Billboard Gospel chart, but peaked at number 4 on the Gospel Digital chart.
  31. "Joy to the World" did not enter the Billboard Gospel chart, but peaked at number 2 on the Gospel Digital chart.
  32. "The First Noel" did not enter the Billboard Gospel chart, but peaked at number 12 on the Gospel Digital chart.
  33. "The First Noel" did not enter the Billboard Holiday 100, but peaked at number 49 on the Holiday Streaming chart.
  34. "Little Drummer Boy" did not enter the Billboard Gospel chart, but peaked at number 12 on the Gospel Streaming chart.
  35. "Cantique de Noël (O Holy Night)" did not enter the Billboard Gospel chart, but peaked at number 5 on the Gospel Streaming chart.
  36. "Worth It" did not enter the South Korean chart, but peaked at number 56 on the South Korean International chart.
  37. "Call You Tonight" did not enter the South Korean chart, but peaked at number 161 on the South Korean International chart.
  38. "Never Give Up" did not enter the South Korean chart, but peaked at number 89 on the South Korean International chart.

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