Whitney Houston albums discography

The discography of American singer Whitney Houston (1963–2012) consists of seven studio albums, six compilations, two soundtrack albums, five box sets, six extended plays, and 57 singles. In 1985, Houston released her self-titled debut album. It spent 14 weeks at No.1 on the Billboard 200 and was certified 13x platinum (Diamond) by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), with global sales of 30 million copies.[1][2] The album produced four US top 5 singles, including three Billboard Hot 100 No.1 singles.[3] In 1987, Houston released her second album Whitney. The album debuted at No.1 on the Billboard 200 and was supported by four US number-one singles: "I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me)", "Didn't We Almost Have It All", "So Emotional", and "Where Do Broken Hearts Go", which established an unprecedented seven consecutive No.1 hits by a performer.[4] Whitney was certified Diamond by the RIAA and topped the charts in numerous countries, having sold in excess of 20 million copies worldwide.[5] Houston's third studio album, I'm Your Baby Tonight (1990), peaked at number three on the Billboard 200 chart and yielded two number-one singles; "I'm Your Baby Tonight" and "All the Man That I Need", selling 10 million units worldwide.[6] In February 1991, Houston released "The Star Spangled Banner" performance from Super Bowl XXV as a single, becoming the highest-charting rendition of the national anthem on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.[7]

Whitney Houston albums discography
Houston performing at Welcome Home Heroes with Whitney Houston in 1991
Studio albums	7
Live albums	1
Compilation albums	6
EPs	7
Soundtrack albums	2
Reissues	1
Box sets	5

The Bodyguard soundtrack from her film debut, was released in November 1992. The album contains tracks by other recording artists but is considered a Houston album by Billboard. It topped the Billboard 200 for 20 non-consecutive weeks, one of the longest tenures by an album in the Nielsen SoundScan era.[8] The album was certified 18× Platinum in the United States and sold over 45 million copies worldwide, becoming the best-selling soundtrack album and one of the top 5 best-selling albums of all time.[9] The lead single from the soundtrack, "I Will Always Love You", topped the Billboard Hot 100 chart for a then-record-breaking fourteen weeks and was certified 6× Platinum by the RIAA, peaked at number one on the charts in nearly every country and sold 20 million copies worldwide, becoming one of the best-selling singles of all time.[10] Houston contributed three songs, including her 11th number-one single "Exhale (Shoop Shoop)" on the 7x platinum soundtrack album, Waiting to Exhale (November 1995). The following year she released The Preacher's Wife in November 1996. The soundtrack was certified 3x Platinum by the RIAA and became the biggest selling gospel album of all time.[11] In 1998, she released her first studio album in eight years, My Love Is Your Love. The album failed to match the commercial status of her previous albums, peaking at number 13, her lowest chart position on the Billboard 200 among her studio albums. Despite initial weak sales, the album went on to achieve multi-platinum status with 10 million units sold worldwide, being certified 4× Platinum in the United States.[12] From late 1998 to early 2000, the album generated five singles; "When You Believe" (duet with Mariah Carey), "Heartbreak Hotel", "It's Not Right but It's Okay", "My Love Is Your Love", and "I Learned from the Best".[13]

Houston entered the 2000s with her first greatest hits compilation, Whitney: The Greatest Hits, released in May 2000. The double-disc was certified 3× Platinum by the RIAA in 2002 and earned 5× Platinum award posthumously, recognizing 2.6 million in sales throughout the United States. The album hit the top position on the UK Albums Chart and sold over 1.66 million copies in the UK alone. Also, it reached the top 10 in many worldwide markets, selling 10 million copies globally.[13] Just Whitney, released in December 2002, became her first album after renewing her contract with Arista for a record $100 million in 2001.[14] The album failed to earn multi-platinum status, receiving only Platinum award in the US, and became her lowest-selling studio album to date. She released a holiday album, One Wish: The Holiday Album in November 2003. In September 2009, Houston returned to the top position of the Billboard 200 with I Look to You, becoming her fourth number-one album on the chart; which was her first non-soundtrack number-one in 22 years, since 1987's Whitney. It also topped the album charts of several European countries and was certified Platinum by the RIAA. Her albums Whitney Houston, Whitney, The Bodyguard and Whitney: The Greatest Hits are among the top 100 certified albums according to the RIAA.[15]

According to the RIAA, Houston is the top-selling R&B female artist of the 20th century,[16] and the fourth best-selling female artist in the United States, with shipments of 57 million albums.[17] In addition, until the launch of the RIAA's digital certification program in 2004, she had sold 16.5 million physical singles—more than any other female solo artist in history.[18] According to the Official UK Charts Company in October 2012, Houston is at number four in the top 10 biggest selling female singles artists of all-time list with a sales total of 8.5 million singles.[19][20] Whitney Houston is one of pop music's best-selling music artists of all time, with an estimated 170–200 million records sold worldwide.[21][22]

Albums

Studio albums

Title	Album details	Peak chart positions											Certifications	Sales
		US [23]	US R&B [24]	AUS [25]	AUT [26]	CAN [27]	FRA [28]	GER [29]	NLD [30]	SWE [31]	SWI [32]	UK [33]
Whitney Houston	Released: February 14, 1985 Label: Arista Formats: CD, cassette, LP	1	1	1	9	1	13	2	5	1	2	2	US: 13× Platinum (Diamond)[34] AUS: 4× Platinum[35] AUT: Platinum[36] CAN: Diamond[37] FRA: Gold[38] GER: Platinum[39] NLD: Platinum[40] SWI: Platinum[41] UK: 6× Platinum[42]	World: 22,000,000[2] FRA: 114,000[43]
Whitney	Released: June 2, 1987 Label: Arista Formats: CD, cassette, LP	1	2	1	1	1	6	1	1	1	1	1	US: 10× Platinum (Diamond) [34] AUS: 3× Platinum[35] AUT: 2× Platinum[36] CAN: 7× Platinum[37] FRA: Platinum[38] GER: Platinum[39] NLD: Platinum[40] SWE: 2× Platinum[44] SWI: 2× Platinum[45] UK: 7× Platinum[42]	World: 20,000,000[5] FRA: 300,000[43] UK: 2,237,603[46]
I'm Your Baby Tonight	Released: November 4, 1990 Label: Arista Formats: CD, cassette, LP	3	1	10	2	12	9	3	4	3	2	4	US: 4× Platinum[34] AUS: Platinum[35] AUT: Platinum[36] CAN: Platinum[37] FRA: Platinum[38] GER: Platinum[39] JAP: 2× Platinum[47] NLD: Platinum[40] SWE: Platinum[44] SWI: 2× Platinum[45] UK: Platinum[42]	World: 10,000,000[6] FRA: 445,300[43]
My Love Is Your Love	Released: November 17, 1998 Label: Arista Formats: CD, cassette, LP	13	7	42	1	13	2	2	1	7	1	4	US: 4× Platinum[34] AUS: Gold[35] AUT: Platinum[36] CAN: 2× Platinum[37] EU: 4× Platinum[48] FRA: 2× Platinum[38] JAP: Platinum[47] NLD: Platinum[40] SWE: 2× Platinum[44] SWI: 3× Platinum[45] UK: 3× Platinum[42]	World: 10,000,000[12] FRA: 672,200[43] GER: 670,000[49]
Just Whitney	Released: December 10, 2002 Label: Arista Formats: CD, CD+DVD, digital download	9	3	―	33	85	25	16	70	―	10	76	US: Platinum[34] FRA: Gold[38] JAP: Gold[47] SWI: Platinum[45]	World: 2,000,000[50] FRA: 100,000[43] UK: 42,000[51]
One Wish: The Holiday Album	Released: November 18, 2003 Label: Arista Formats: CD, digital download	49	14	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	―	US: Gold[34]
I Look to You	Released: August 31, 2009 Label: Arista Formats: CD, CD+DVD, digital download	1	1	16	3	1	3	1	1	2	1	3	US: Platinum[34] AUT: Gold[36] CAN: Platinum[37] FRA: Gold[38] GER: Gold[39] SWE: Gold[44] SWI: Gold[45] UK: Gold[42]	World: 2,500,000[52] FRA: 50,000[43]
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Soundtracks

Title	Album details	Peak chart positions											Certifications	Sales
		US [23]	US R&B [24]	AUS [25]	AUT [26]	CAN [27]	FRA [28]	GER [29]	NLD [30]	SWE [31]	SWI [32]	UK [33]
The Bodyguard	Released: November 17, 1992 Label: Arista Formats: CD, cassette, LP	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	US: 18× Platinum (Diamond)[34] AUS: 5× Platinum[35] AUT: 4× Platinum[36] CAN: Diamond[37] FRA: Diamond[38] GER: 3× Platinum[39] JAP: 2× Million[47] NLD: Platinum[40] SWE: Platinum[44] SWI: 5× Platinum[45] UK: 7× Platinum[42]	World: 45,000,000[9] US: 13,450,000[53] AUS: 346,000[54] FRA: 1,385,300[43] GER: 1,700,000[49] JAP: 2,800,030 SWE: 343,000[54] UK: 2,138,030[46]
The Preacher's Wife	Released: November 27, 1996 Label: Arista Formats: CD, cassette	3	1	34	8	―	2	9	1	1	1	3	US: 3× Platinum[34] AUS: Gold[35] CAN: Platinum[37] EU: Platinum[48] SWE: Gold[44] SWI: Gold[45] UK: Silver[42]	World: 6,000,000[55] US: 2,491,000[56]

Compilation albums

Title	Album details	Peak chart positions											Certifications	Sales
		US [23]	US R&B [24]	AUS [57]	AUT [26]	CAN [27] [58]	FRA [28] [59]	GER [29]	NLD [30]	SWE [31]	SWI [32]	UK [33]
Whitney: The Greatest Hits	Released: May 16, 2000 Label: Arista Formats: CD, cassette	2	3	3	3	4	9	2	2	4	2	1	US: 5× Platinum[34] AUS: 2× Platinum[57] CAN: Platinum[37] EU: 3× Platinum[48] FRA: 2× Gold[38] GER: Platinum[39] NLD: Platinum[40] SWE: Platinum[44] SWI: Platinum[45] UK: 5× Platinum[42]	World: 16,000,000[60] FRA: 406,200[43]
Love, Whitney	Released: November 20, 2001 Label: Arista Format: CD	—	―	—	42	—	167	—	24	12	37	22	BRA: Gold[61] JAP: Gold
Artist Collection: Whitney Houston	Released: October 4, 2004 Label: Sony BMG Europe / Arista Formats: CD, CD+DVD	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
The Ultimate Collection	Released: October 29, 2007 Label: Sony Music / Arista Formats: CD, CD+DVD, digital download	—	—	3	1	15	52	3	—	10	5	3	AUS: 2× Platinum[35] SWE: Gold[44] SWI: Gold[45] UK: 6× Platinum[42]
The Essential Whitney Houston	Released: January 10, 2011 Label: Sony Music / Arista Formats: CD, digital download	―	―	7	26	3	51	20	—	―	15	7	UK: Silver[42]
I Will Always Love You: The Best of Whitney Houston	Released: November 12, 2012 Label: RCA Formats: CD, 2CD, digital download	14	2	74	―	―	99	―	61	―	87	29	UK: Silver[42] US: Gold[34]
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Live albums

Title	Album details	Peak chart positions											Certifications
		US [23]	US R&B [24]	AUS [25]	AUT [26]	CAN [27]	FRA [28]	GER [29]	NLD [30]	SWE [31]	SWI [32]	UK [33]
Whitney Houston Live: Her Greatest Performances	Released: November 10, 2014 Label: Sony Music Entertainment Formats: CD, CD+DVD, CD+DVD 2x vinyl, digital download	19	1	—	—	—	123	—	63	—	—	66
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Reissues

Title	Album details	Peak chart positions											Certifications
		US [23]	US R&B [24]	AUS [25]	AUT [26]	CAN [27]	FRA [28]	GER [29]	NLD [30]	SWE [31]	SWI [32]	UK [33]
I Wish You Love: More from The Bodyguard	Released: November 17, 2017 Label: Legacy Recordings Formats: CD, digital download, 2x Limited Vinyl	165	—	—	—	—	—	—	63	—	—	—
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Box sets

Title	Album details	Note(s)
Whitney: The Unreleased Mixes	Released: April 25, 2000 / June 6, 2006 Label: Arista (#07822-14652-1) Formats: 4× vinyl, digital download	A limited-edition four 12-inch vinyl box set, containing eight full club versions of selected remixes found on the American release of Whitney: The Greatest Hits. In summer of 2006, it was released digitally, re-titled Dance Vault Mixes: The Unreleased Mixes (Special Collector's Box Set).[62]
Love Whitney	Released: December 4, 2001 Label: BMG Taiwan / Arista (#74321-91027- 2) Format: CD	Taiwanese limited edition box set for the album Love, Whitney, the 16-track CD plus a 40-page color discography/lyric booklet, packaged in a unique 6" × 5" picture box.
The Collection: Whitney Houston	Released: September 29, 2009 Label: Sony Legacy / Arista Format: 3× CD	Box set including Houston's three studio albums: Whitney Houston, Whitney and My Love Is Your Love.[63]
The Collection	Released: April 19, 2010 Label: Sony Music / Arista Format: 5× CD	UK only 5-CD album set to coincide with her 2010 UK tour, that comprises five of Houston's UK best selling albums including Whitney Houston, Whitney, I'm Your Baby Tonight, The Bodyguard Soundtrack and My Love Is Your Love. Each disc is presented in mini-LP style card picture sleeves, housed in a picture box with a lift-off lid. Later the box set was also released in other European countries and entered the albums charts in the countries in February 2012: Ireland (No. 48),[64] Spain (No. 70),[65] and Sweden (No. 32).[66]
Triple Feature	Released: November 9, 2010 Label: Sony Music Special Products Format: 3× CD	Box set including three original album releases of I'm Your Baby Tonight, My Love Is Your Love and Just Whitney. The box set debuted at No. 74 on the Billboard R&B/Hip-Hop Albums, the chart dated March 3, 2012, and the following week reached No. 13 on the chart.[67][68] Also, it entered the Billboard 200 chart at No. 73, the issue date of March 10, 2012.[23] On the March 17 issue, reached a new peak of No. 5 and No. 21 on both charts, respectively.[23][24]
Two Original Albums: My Love Is Your Love / I Look to You	Released: September 16, 2011 Label: Sony Music Format: 2× CD	Box set including two original album releases of My Love Is your Love, and I Look to You. It is the second release of Whitney Houston's albums as part of Sony's "Two Original Albums" series.

Extended plays

Title	EP details	Note(s)
Whitney Dancin' Special	Released: November 1, 1986 Label: Arista (CD: #A28D-1 / LP: #20RS-69) Format: CD, LP	Japan only 6-track mini-album, that includes "How Will I Know" (Dance Remix), "You Give Good Love" (Extended Version), "Thinking About You" (Extended Dance Version), "Someone for Me" (Remix), "Thinking About You" (Dub Version) and "How Will I Know" (Instrumental Version).[69]
Exhale	Released: November 6, 1995 Label: Arista Formats: CD, LP	A 5 track mini-album, that includes "Exhale (Shoop Shoop)", "Dancin' On the Smooth Edge", "Moment of Truth", "Do You Hear What I Hear", and "It Isn't, It Wasn't, It Ain't Ever Gonna Be" (Duet With Aretha Franklin). It is also the single release of Exhale (Shoop Shoop).
You Are Loved	Released: January 17, 1999 Label: Arista (#14540-2) Formats: CD	US limited edition 6-track compilation, containing "You Were Loved", "Saving All My Love for You", "I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me)", "Run to You", "All the Man That I Need", and "Why Does It Hurt So Bad", which was available exclusively at Target stores with a big Target logo on the back of the CD.
I Didn't Know My Own Strength: The Remixes	Released: November 6, 2009 Label: RCA/Jive Label Group Format: Digital download	A 5-track digital remix EP, features two versions by Peter Rauhofer and three of Daddy's Groove Magic Island.[70]
The Remixes		Includes a total of eight remixes for three songs from the I Look to You album: two remix versions of "Million Dollar Bill", two of "I Didn't Know My Own Strength", and four of "I Look to You".[71]
I Look to You: The Remixes		A digital EP containing twelve remix versions of "I Look to You", six of them were mixed by Johnny Vicious, three by Christian Dio and Giuseppe D. each.[72]
Million Dollar Bill: The Remixes		A 6-track digital EP, which features "Million Dollar Bill" remix versions, with three by Freemasons and Frankie Knuckles each.[73]

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External links

• Official website
• Billboard chart history
• UK chart database
• German chart database
• The British Phonographic Industry (BPI) sales certificate database
• Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) sales certificate database
• Rock on the net.com
• Whitney Houston' photos and music
• Whitney Houston albums discography discography at Discogs
• Whitney Houston albums discography discography at MusicBrainz