Whitney Houston singles discography

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

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

Houston's first entry on the US Billboard Hot 100 was "Hold Me", which peaked at number 46 in 1984. Her debut album, Whitney Houston (1985), contained four top ten singles, including "You Give Good Love" and "Saving All My Love for You", with the former peaking at number three on the Billboard Hot 100 in July 1985 and the latter becoming her first number one single on the Billboard Hot 100 later that October. The two singles later were certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America for one million equivalent sales units each, while its two follow-up singles, "How Will I Know", and "Greatest Love of All", each received multi-platinum plaques for sales equivalent units of 2 million copies. When the latter two followed "Saving All My Love for You" to number one, Houston became the first female artist to have three singles from the same album reach number one on the Billboard Hot 100. In 1987, Houston released her sophomore album, Whitney. Its leading single, "I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me)", topped the charts in 17 countries, including the United States. The single sold more than 7 million copies in the United States and 1.8 million copies in the United Kingdom. It was immediately followed by three more hit singles, "Didn't We Almost Have It All", "So Emotional" and "Where Do Broken Hearts Go", all of whom also topped the Billboard Hot 100. Houston set an all-time record after the latter song reached number one when she became the only recording artist in history to produce seven consecutive number one singles in a row.

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

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

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

Singles

1980s

List of singles, with selected chart positions
Title Year Peak chart positions Certifications Sales Album
US
AUS
AUT
CAN
GER
IRE
NLD
SWE
SWI
UK
"Hold Me"
(with Teddy Pendergrass)
1984 46 25 22 44 Love Language and Whitney Houston
"You Give Good Love" 1985 3 58 9 93 Whitney Houston
"All at Once" 5
"Saving All My Love for You" 1 20 12 8 18 1 12 5 1
  • RIAA: Platinum
  • BPI: Gold
  • UK: 740,000
"Thinking About You"
"How Will I Know" 1 2 28 1 26 3 15 2 11 5
  • RIAA: 2× Platinum
  • BPI: Platinum
  • MC: Gold
"Greatest Love of All" 1986 1 1 25 1 30 4 17 14 20 8
  • RIAA: 2× Platinum
  • BPI: Gold
  • MC: Gold
"I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me)" 1987 1 1 3 1 1 2 1 1 1 1
  • RIAA: 7× Platinum
  • ARIA: 8× Platinum
  • BPI: 4× Platinum
  • BVMI: Gold
  • GLF: Gold
  • MC: Gold
  • NVPI: Gold
Whitney
"Didn't We Almost Have It All" 1 27 2 20 4 20 18 14
  • RIAA: Gold
  • BPI: Silver
"So Emotional" 1 26 9 3 23 30 5
  • RIAA: Platinum
  • UK: 215,000
"Where Do Broken Hearts Go" 1988 1 48 6 2 47 14
  • RIAA: Gold
  • BPI: Silver
"Love Will Save the Day" 9 84 8 37 8 6 18 10
"One Moment in Time" 5 53 5 22 1 2 6 3 4 1
  • RIAA: Gold
  • BPI: Silver
  • BVMI: Gold
  • SNEP: Silver
  • UK: 326,000
1988 Summer Olympics Album: One Moment in Time
"I Know Him So Well"
(with Cissy Houston)
46 14 Whitney
"—" denotes a release that did not chart or was not released as a single in that territory

1990s

List of singles, with selected chart positions
Title Year Peak chart positions Certifications Sales Album
US
AUS
AUT
CAN
GER
IRE
NLD
SWE
SWI
UK
"I'm Your Baby Tonight" 1990 1 7 3 2 5 6 2 4 4 5
  • RIAA: Platinum
  • GLF: Gold
  • UK: 175,000
I'm Your Baby Tonight
"All the Man That I Need" 1 59 21 1 37 16 9 28 13
  • RIAA: Platinum
  • UK: 120,000
"The Star Spangled Banner" 1991 20 5
  • RIAA: Gold
Non-album single
"Miracle" 9 17 I'm Your Baby Tonight
"My Name Is Not Susan" 20 118 43 52 14 22 31 29
"I Belong to You" 79 54
"We Didn't Know"
(with Stevie Wonder)
1992
"I Will Always Love You" 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
  • RIAA: Diamond
  • ARIA: 4× Platinum
  • BPI: 2× Platinum
  • BVMI: Platinum
  • IFPI AUT: Gold
  • GLF: Platinum
  • NVPI: Platinum
  • SNEP: Gold
  • World: 24,000,000
  • UK: 2,289,000
The Bodyguard: Original Soundtrack Album
"I'm Every Woman" 1993 4 11 19 2 13 4 3 7 18 4
  • RIAA: Platinum
  • BPI: Silver
  • ARIA: Gold
  • UK: 205,000
"I Have Nothing" 4 28 1 39 4 22 39 3
  • RIAA: 2× Platinum
  • BPI: Platinum
"Run to You" 31 72 10 58 9 33 15
  • RIAA: Gold
  • BPI: Silver
"Queen of the Night" 88 39 64 26 21 36 14
"Exhale (Shoop Shoop)" 1995 1 18 15 1 26 16 7 10 13 11
  • RIAA: Platinum
  • UK: 100,000
Waiting to Exhale: Original Soundtrack Album
"Count On Me"
(with CeCe Winans)
1996 8 87 28 26 75 30 31 12
  • RIAA: Gold
  • World: 2,000,000
"Why Does It Hurt So Bad" 26 99 45
"I Believe in You and Me" 4 70 59 98 74 46 16
  • RIAA: Platinum
The Preacher's Wife: Original Soundtrack Album
"Step by Step" 1997 15 12 6 23 8 14 11 15 15 13
  • RIAA: Gold
  • ARIA: Gold
  • BPI: Silver
  • BVMI: Gold
  • UK: 235,000
"My Heart Is Calling" 77
"When You Believe"
(with Mariah Carey)
1998 15 13 6 20 8 7 5 2 2 4
  • RIAA: Platinum
  • ARIA: Gold
  • BPI: Gold
  • BVMI: Gold
  • GLF: Platinum
  • IFPI SWI: Gold
  • SNEP: Gold
  • UK: 410,000
My Love Is Your Love
"Heartbreak Hotel"
(with Faith Evans and Kelly Price)
2 17 16 61 41 35 77 25
  • RIAA: Platinum
"It's Not Right but It's Okay" 1999 4 88 20 3 14 21 10 12 18 3
  • RIAA: Platinum
  • BPI: Platinum
"My Love Is Your Love" 4 27 2 10 2 2 3 2 2 2
  • RIAA: Platinum
  • BPI: Platinum
  • BVMI: Platinum
  • IFPI AUT: Platinum
  • IFPI SWI: Platinum
  • GLF: Platinum
  • NVPI: Gold
  • SNEP: Silver
"I Learned from the Best" 27 116 48 18 20 23 28 19
  • UK: 95,000
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

2000s

List of singles, with selected chart positions
Title Year Peak chart positions Certifications Album
US
AUS
AUT
CAN
GER
IRE
NLD
SWE
SWI
UK
"Same Script, Different Cast"
(with Deborah Cox)
2000 70 38 Whitney: The
Greatest Hits
"Could I Have This Kiss Forever"
(with Enrique Iglesias)
52 12 8 3 5 8 1 2 1 7
  • ARIA: Gold
  • BVMI: Gold
  • GLF: Platinum
  • IFPI SWI: Gold
  • SNEP: Silver
"If I Told You That"
(with George Michael)
37 58 25 19 44 33 9
"Fine" 50
"The Star Spangled Banner"
(re-issue)
2001 6 5
  • RIAA: Platinum
Non-album single
"Whatchulookinat" 2002 96 48 53 3 47 33 29 29 22 13 Just Whitney
"One of Those Days" 72 80 94
"On My Own" 2003 84 24 79
"Love That Man"
"One Wish (for Christmas)" One Wish: The Holiday Album
"I Look to You" 2009 70 47 68 41 65 33 16 115
  • RIAA: Platinum
I Look to You
"Million Dollar Bill" 100 181 62 8 58 22 40 5
  • BPI: Platinum
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

2010s (Posthumous releases)

List of singles, with selected chart positions
Title Year Peak chart positions Certification Album
US
AUS
CAN
FRA
GER
IRE
NLD
SWE
SWI
UK
"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 63 20 22 71 22 4 29 9 10 2
  • RIAA: 2× Platinum
  • ARIA: 3× Platinum
  • BPI: 3× Platinum
  • BVMI: Platinum
  • MC: 2× Platinum
  • SNEP: Gold
Golden Hour
"Do You Hear What I Hear?"
(with Pentatonix)
  • RIAA : Gold
The Best of Pentatonix Christmas
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

2020s (Posthumous releases)

List of singles, with selected chart positions
Title Year Peak chart positions Certification Album
US Dance
/Elect.

CAN AC
NZ
Hot

UK
ZAF
Radio

"How Will I Know"
(with Clean Bandit)
2021 23 12 31 92 55
  • MC: Gold
  • BPI: Silver
I Wanna Dance with Somebody (The Movie: Whitney New, Classic and Reimagined)
"Don't Cry for Me"
(Sam Feldt Remix)
2022 35 34
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Chart re-entries

List of singles, with selected chart positions
Title Original
release
year
Re-entry
year
Peak chart positions Album
US
AUS
AUT
CAN
GER
IRE
NLD
SWE
SWI
UK
"I Will Always Love You" 1992 2012 3 8 10 6 19 13 5 56 3 14 The Bodyguard: Original Soundtrack Album
"I'm Every Woman" 1993 95 73
"I Have Nothing" 44
"I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me)" 1987 25 25 70 33 32 28 20 Whitney
"Didn't We Almost Have It All" 96 92
"Where Do Broken Hearts Go" 1988 74
"Greatest Love of All" 1986 36 56 55 58 Whitney Houston
"How Will I Know" 1985 49 67 100 56
"Saving All My Love for You" 59
"One Moment In Time" 1988 42 40 1988 Summer Olympics Album
"My Love Is Your Love" 1999 88 42 My Love Is Your Love
"It's Not Right but It's Okay" 61
"Million Dollar Bill" 2009 62 I Look to You
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Featured singles

Title Year Peak chart positions Certifications Album
US
US
R&B
US Dance
AUS
CAN
GER
NLD
SWI
UK
"Are You the Woman"
(Kashif ft. Whitney Houston)
1984 25 Send Me Your Love
"Stop the Madness"
(among Stop the Madness)
1986 Non-album single
"King Holiday"
(among King Dream Chorus and Holiday Crew)
30
"It Isn't, It Wasn't, It Ain't Never Gonna Be"
(with Aretha Franklin)
1989 41 5 18 43 40 29 Through the Storm
"Something in Common"
(with Bobby Brown)
1993 82 26 58 36 41 16 Bobby
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Promotional singles

Title Year Peak chart positions Album
US
US R&B
/HH
US
Dance
JPN
IRL
UK
"Someone for Me" (Remix) 1985 118 Whitney Houston
"Takin' a Chance" 1989 I'm Your Baby Tonight
"I Didn't Know My Own Strength" 2009 66 17 16 38 44 I Look to You
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Other charted songs

Title Year Peak chart positions Certifications Album
US
US R&B
/HH
US
Gospel

US
Holiday

FRA
KOR
"Do You Hear What I Hear" 1987 35
  • RIAA: Gold
A Very Special Christmas
"Jesus Loves Me" 1992 67 The Bodyguard: Original Soundtrack Album
"Look into Your Heart" 1994 A Tribute to Curtis Mayfield
"Joy" 1996 The Preacher's Wife: Original Soundtrack Album
"Hold On, Help is On the Way"
"I Go to the Rock"
"I Love the Lord"
"You Were Loved"
"Who Would Imagine a King"
"Joy to the World"
"The First Noel" 2003 One Wish: The Holiday Album
"Little Drummer Boy"
"Cantique de Noël (O Holy Night)"
"Worth It" 2009 61 I Look to You
"Call You Tonight"
"Never Give Up" 2012 I Will Always Love You: The Best of Whitney Houston

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