Hailing from New Jersey, Houston was born in August 1963
Her first two albums sold more than 50m worldwide
She had the biggest selling single of 1992 in the UK with I Will Always Love You
The single was also the tenth biggest selling single of 1993 as well
Whitney Houston is a Grammy and Emmy Award winning American R&B/pop singer, actress, former fashion model, record and movie producer, and one of pop music’s biggest selling global artists. Coming from a US soul dynasty which includes her mother Cissy Houston, cousin Dionne Warwick and godmother Aretha Franklin, Houston is said to have sold more than 150 million albums and 90 million singles - at the last count.
Her career began with her 1985 self-titled debut album which was released to critical and commercial success and has never paused since, spanning 4 number one and another 11 Top 10 singles over the following 25 years.
But she is perhaps best known in the UK for her theme to the movie The Bodyguard. Her soaring cover of the Dolly Parton classic, I Will Always Love You, held the number one spot in the Official UK Singles Chart for nine weeks in December 1992 and January 1993, firmly cementing Houston's place in UK chart history.
| Date | Title, Artist, (Label) | Peak Position | Weeks | Weeks at No.1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16/11/1985 | SAVING ALL MY LOVE FOR YOUWHITNEY HOUSTON (Arista ARIST 640) |
1 | 16 | 2 |
| 25/01/1986 | HOLD METEDDY PENDERGRASS & WHITNEY HOUSTON (Asylum EKR 32) |
44 | 5 | 0 |
| 25/01/1986 | HOW WILL I KNOWWHITNEY HOUSTON (Arista ARIST 656) |
5 | 12 | 0 |
| 12/04/1986 | GREATEST LOVE OF ALLWHITNEY HOUSTON (Arista ARIST 658) |
8 | 11 | 0 |
| 23/05/1987 | I WANNA DANCE WITH SOMEBODY (WHO LOVES ME)WHITNEY HOUSTON (Arista RIS 1) |
1 | 16 | 2 |
| 22/08/1987 | DIDN'T WE ALMOST HAVE IT ALLWHITNEY HOUSTON (Arista RIS 31) |
14 | 8 | 0 |
| 14/11/1987 | SO EMOTIONALWHITNEY HOUSTON (Arista RIS 43) |
5 | 11 | 0 |
| 12/03/1988 | WHERE DO BROKEN HEARTS GOWHITNEY HOUSTON (Arista 109793) |
14 | 8 | 0 |
| 28/05/1988 | LOVE WILL SAVE THE DAYWHITNEY HOUSTON (Arista 111516) |
10 | 7 | 0 |
| 24/09/1988 | ONE MOMENT IN TIMEWHITNEY HOUSTON (Arista 111613) |
1 | 12 | 2 |
| 09/09/1989 | IT ISN'T, IT WASN'T, IT AIN'T NEVER GONNA BEARETHA FRANKLIN & WHITNEY HOUSTON (Arista 112545) |
29 | 5 | 0 |
| 20/10/1990 | I'M YOUR BABY TONIGHTWHITNEY HOUSTON (Arista 113594) |
5 | 10 | 0 |
| 22/12/1990 | ALL THE MAN THAT I NEEDWHITNEY HOUSTON (Arista 114000) |
13 | 10 | 0 |
| 06/07/1991 | MY NAME IS NOT SUSANWHITNEY HOUSTON (Arista 114510) |
29 | 5 | 0 |
| 28/09/1991 | I BELONG TO YOUWHITNEY HOUSTON (Arista 114727) |
54 | 2 | 0 |
| 14/11/1992 | I WILL ALWAYS LOVE YOUWHITNEY HOUSTON (Arista 74321120657) |
1 | 23 | 10 |
| 20/02/1993 | I'M EVERY WOMANWHITNEY HOUSTON (Arista 74321131502) |
4 | 11 | 0 |
| 24/04/1993 | I HAVE NOTHINGWHITNEY HOUSTON (Arista 74321146142) |
3 | 10 | 0 |
| 31/07/1993 | RUN TO YOUWHITNEY HOUSTON (Arista 74321153332) |
15 | 6 | 0 |
| 06/11/1993 | QUEEN OF THE NIGHTWHITNEY HOUSTON (Arista 74321169302) |
14 | 5 | 0 |
| 25/12/1993 | I WILL ALWAYS LOVE YOUWHITNEY HOUSTON (Arista 74321120657) |
25 | 6 | 0 |
| 22/01/1994 | SOMETHING IN COMMONBOBBY BROWN & WHITNEY HOUSTON (MCA MCSTD 1957) |
16 | 5 | 0 |
| 18/11/1995 | EXHALE (SHOOP SHOOP)WHITNEY HOUSTON (Arista 74321332472) |
11 | 9 | 0 |
| 24/02/1996 | COUNT ON MEWHITNEY HOUSTON (Arista 74321345842) |
12 | 6 | 0 |
| 21/12/1996 | STEP BY STEPWHITNEY HOUSTON (Arista 74321449332) |
13 | 13 | 0 |
| 29/03/1997 | I BELIEVE IN YOU AND MEWHITNEY HOUSTON (Arista 74321468602) |
16 | 5 | 0 |
| 19/12/1998 | WHEN YOU BELIEVEMARIAH CAREY & WHITNEY HOUSTON (Columbia 6667522) |
4 | 13 | 0 |
| 06/03/1999 | IT'S NOT RIGHT BUT IT'S OKAYWHITNEY HOUSTON (Arista 74321652412) |
3 | 15 | 0 |
| 03/07/1999 | MY LOVE IS YOUR LOVEWHITNEY HOUSTON (Arista 74321672872) |
2 | 12 | 0 |
| 11/12/1999 | I LEARNED FROM THE BESTWHITNEY HOUSTON (Arista 74321723992) |
19 | 11 | 0 |
| 17/06/2000 | IF I TOLD YOU THATWHITNEY HOUSTON & GEORGE MICHAEL (Arista 74321766282) |
9 | 11 | 0 |
| 14/10/2000 | COULD I HAVE THIS KISS FOREVERWHITNEY HOUSTON & ENRIQUE IGLESIAS (Arista 74321795992) |
7 | 8 | 0 |
| 30/12/2000 | HEARTBREAK HOTELWHITNEY HOUSTON FEATURING FAITH EVANS & KELLY PRICE (Arista 74321820572) |
25 | 5 | 0 |
| 09/11/2002 | WHATCHULOOKINATWHITNEY HOUSTON (Arista 74321975732) |
13 | 3 | 0 |
| 29/12/2007 | WHEN YOU BELIEVEMARIAH CAREY & WHITNEY HOUSTON (Columbia 6667522) |
65 | 1 | 0 |
| 17/10/2009 | MILLION DOLLAR BILLWHITNEY HOUSTON (Arista 88697599082) |
5 | 14 | 0 |
| 31/10/2009 | I DIDN'T KNOW MY OWN STRENGTHWHITNEY HOUSTON (Arista USAR10900288) |
44 | 1 | 0 |
| 25/02/2012 | I WILL ALWAYS LOVE YOUWHITNEY HOUSTON (Arista USAR19200110) |
14 | 2 | 0 |
| 25/02/2012 | I WANNA DANCE WITH SOMEBODY (WHO LOVES ME)WHITNEY HOUSTON (Arista USAR10000249) |
20 | 2 | 0 |
| 25/02/2012 | ONE MOMENT IN TIMEWHITNEY HOUSTON (Arista USAR10000224) |
40 | 1 | 0 |
| 25/02/2012 | MY LOVE IS YOUR LOVEWHITNEY HOUSTON (Arista USAR19800140) |
42 | 1 | 0 |
| 25/02/2012 | I HAVE NOTHINGWHITNEY HOUSTON (Arista USAR10000022) |
44 | 1 | 0 |
| 25/02/2012 | HOW WILL I KNOWWHITNEY HOUSTON (Arista USAR10000250) |
56 | 1 | 0 |
| 25/02/2012 | THE GREATEST LOVE OF ALLWHITNEY HOUSTON (Arista USAR18500139) |
58 | 1 | 0 |
| 25/02/2012 | SAVING ALL MY LOVE FOR YOUWHITNEY HOUSTON (Arista USAR10000222) |
59 | 1 | 0 |
| 25/02/2012 | IT'S NOT RIGHT BUT IT'S OKAYWHITNEY HOUSTON (Arista USAR19800138) |
61 | 1 | 0 |
| 25/02/2012 | MILLION DOLLAR BILLWHITNEY HOUSTON (Arista USAR10900283) |
62 | 1 | 0 |
| 25/02/2012 | RUN TO YOUWHITNEY HOUSTON (Arista USAR10000227) |
67 | 1 | 0 |
| 25/02/2012 | WHERE DO BROKEN HEARTS GOWHITNEY HOUSTON (Arista USAR18700112) |
74 | 1 | 0 |
| Date | Title, Artist, (Label) | Peak Position | Weeks | Weeks at No.1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14/12/1985 | WHITNEY HOUSTONWHITNEY HOUSTON (Arista 206978) |
2 | 119 | 0 |
| 13/06/1987 | WHITNEYWHITNEY HOUSTON (Arista 208141) |
1 | 101 | 6 |
| 17/11/1990 | I'M YOUR BABY TONIGHTWHITNEY HOUSTON (Arista 211039) |
4 | 29 | 0 |
| 04/01/1997 | THE PREACHERS WIFE (OST)WHITNEY HOUSTON (Arista 74321441252) |
35 | 7 | 0 |
| 28/11/1998 | MY LOVE IS YOUR LOVEWHITNEY HOUSTON (Arista 07822190372) |
4 | 67 | 0 |
| 27/05/2000 | THE GREATEST HITSWHITNEY HOUSTON (Arista 74321757392) |
1 | 65 | 2 |
| 16/02/2002 | LOVE, WHITNEYWHITNEY HOUSTON (Arista 74321910272) |
22 | 3 | 0 |
| 10/11/2007 | ULTIMATE COLLECTIONWHITNEY HOUSTON (Arista 88697177012) |
3 | 65 | 0 |
| 31/10/2009 | I LOOK TO YOUWHITNEY HOUSTON (Arista 88697100332) |
3 | 12 | 0 |
| 25/02/2012 | THE ESSENTIAL WHITNEY HOUSTONWHITNEY HOUSTON (Arista 88697829802) |
7 | 8 | 0 |
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