Whitney Houston has sold 42.7 million albums, singles and tracks in the USA since SoundScan began.
The Bodyguard
Nielsen SoundScan data reveals that since 1991 Whitney Houston has sold 22.6 million albums in the USA, 14.7 physical singles and 5.4 million digital tracks.
Five of her albums have sold over 1 million units. They are:
The Bodyguard (11.8 million)
My Love Is Your Love (2.8 million)
I’m Your Baby Tonight (1.7 million)
Greatest Hits (1.7 million)
Whitney Houston (1.1 million)
The Bodyguard is the best selling album of all-time and 6th biggest selling album of all-time in the USA since 1991.
Her version of the Dolly Parton song ‘I Will Always Love You’ has sold 4.5 million singles since release in 1992 and downloaded over 1 million times since 2004.
Whitney songs selling over 1 million (physical sales) according to Nielsen SoundScan are:
Exhale (1.6m)
Heartbreak Hotel (1.3m)
Star Spangled Banner (1.2m)
I Believe In You & Me (1.2m)
My Love Is Your Love (1.1m)
Whitney Houston has had 11 Billboard Hot 100 number 1 songs, 23 Top 10s and 39 chart entries.
She still holds the record for most consecutive number one singles (7 from 1985 to 1988).
She trails Mariah Carey (18) and Madonna (12) for US number one songs for women.
‘I Will Always Love You’ was number one for 14 weeks in 1992, the second longest run ever for a song.
Whitney has had four number 1 albums, eight Top 10 albums and 11 chart entries overall.
‘The Bodyguard’ soundtrack holds the record for longest number one run for a female artist in Billboard history for the past 56 years (20 weeks). (Note: Adele ‘21’ is currently at 19 weeks and currently the number one song in America. It may equal this record next week).
The ‘Whitney’ album was the first female ever to debut at number one on the Billboard chart.
*Information supplied with thanks to Scoop Marketing and Nielsen SoundScan.
