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The Bodyguard: Original Soundtrack Album

 
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The Bodyguard
Soundtrack by Whitney Houston/Various artists
Released November 17, 1992
Recorded 1991-1992 (1987 for Joe Cocker song)
Genre R&B, Pop
Length 57:44
Label Arista Records
Producer Whitney Houston, Clive Davis
Professional reviews
Whitney Houston chronology
I'm Your Baby Tonight
(1990)		 The Bodyguard
(1992)		 The Preacher's Wife
(1996)

The Bodyguard is the soundtrack from the movie of the same name, released on November 17, 1992, on Arista Records and features songs by Whitney Houston, as well as songs from various other artists. The album was co-executive produced by Whitney Houston and Clive Davis. With this album, Houston became the first act (solo or group, male or female) to sell more than a million copies of an album within a single week period. The soundtrack later went on to win a Grammy Award for Album of the Year and the Recording Industry Association of America certified it 17x Platinum (diamond) on November 1, 1999, making it the best-selling soundtrack of all time.[1] To date, it has sold over 42 million copies worldwide.[2]

Contents

Production history

Houston served as executive producer as she did on her previous release "I'm Your Baby Tonight". As a result, she had full control as to what was included on this album. Houston was to record "What Becomes of the Broken Hearted" as the film's theme song, however, when they found out another film was going to use it, they searched for another song. Kevin Costner, the fim's co-star, thought of recording "I Will Always Love You", originally released by Dolly Parton. While recording the album, Houston insisted on using her touring band as opposed to a studio band.[3] Houston also included a gospel song for the album. She co-produced and arranged the music for Jesus Loves Me with Bebe Winans.

Reception

The album is most notable for Houston's version of I Will Always Love You. The song received huge airplay, appealing to the pop, R&B, Adult Contemporary, and Soul radio markets. The single spent 14 weeks at number one on the Billboard Hot 100.[4] The album stood atop at the number-one spot on the Billboard 200 for 20 weeks. With the next two Top 5 singles[5] I'm Every Woman (a Chaka Khan cover), and I Have Nothing following on the heels of "I Will Always Love You", Houston became the first female act to have three songs in the Top 20 simultaneously.

Two songs, "Run To You" and "I Have Nothing", were each nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Song[6], but lost out to A Whole New World from the animated film Aladdin. The same two songs were nominated for Grammy Awards in the "Best Song Written Specifically for a Motion Picture or for Television" category. Other songs garnering significant radio airplay included "Jesus Loves Me" on gospel stations, and "Queen Of The Night" on pop and dance stations.

Track listing

  1. "I Will Always Love You" - Whitney Houston (Parton)
  2. "I Have Nothing" - Whitney Houston (Foster/Thompson-Jenner)
  3. "I'm Every Woman" - Whitney Houston (Ashford/Simpson)
  4. "Run to You" - Whitney Houston (Friedman/Rich)
  5. "Queen of the Night" - Whitney Houston (Babyface/Houston/Reid/Simmons)
  6. "Jesus Loves Me" - Whitney Houston (Caldwell/Winans)
  7. "Even If My Heart Would Break" - Kenny G featuring Aaron Neville (Golde/Gurvitz)
  8. "Someday (I'm Coming Back)" - Lisa Stansfield (Devaney/Morris / Stansfield)
  9. "It's Gonna Be A Lovely Day" - The S.O.U.L. S.Y.S.T.E.M. (Clivillés/Cole/Never/Scarborough/Visage/Withers)
  10. "(What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace, Love, and Understanding" - Curtis Stigers (Lowe)
  11. "Theme from The Bodyguard" - Alan Silvestri (Silvestri)
  12. "Trust in Me" - Joe Cocker featuring Sass Jordan (Beghe/Midnight/Swersky)

Charts and certifications

Chart Peak
Position		 Certification Sales/Shipments
Australian Albums Chart 1[7] 5× Platinum[8] 350,000[9]
Austrian Albums Chart 1[10] 4× Platinum[11] 200,000[9]
Canadian CRIA Albums Chart 1[12] Diamond[13] 1,000,000[13]
French Albums Chart 1 Diamond[14] 1,385,300[14]
German Albums Chart 1 3× Platinum[15] 1,700,000[16]
Italian Albums Chart 1 Diamond[8][9] 810,000[8]
Japanese Oricon Albums Chart 1[17] 8× Platinum (2×Million)[18][19] 1,882,000[20]
Korean International Albums Chart 1 Diamond[8][9] 1,000,000[8]
Norwegian Albums Chart 1[21] 4× Platinum[22] 200,000[22]
Swedish Albums Chart 1[23] Platinum 343,000[8]
Swiss Albums Chart 1[24] 5× Platinum[25] 300,000[8]
UK Albums Chart 1[26] 7× Platinum[27] 2,138,030[28]
U.S. Billboard 200 1[29] Diamond[30] 13,118,000 [31][32]/17,000,000[33]


Singles
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Year Artist Single Chart Peak
position
1992 Whitney Houston "I Will Always Love You" Adult Contemporary 1
Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks 1
The Billboard Hot 100 1
UK Singles Chart 1
1993 "I Have Nothing" Adult Contemporary 1
Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks 4
The Billboard Hot 100 4
UK Singles Chart 3
"I'm Every Woman" The Billboard Hot 100 4
Adult Contemporary 26
Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks 4
Hot Dance Music/Club Play 1
UK Singles Chart 4
"Queen of the Night" Hot Dance Music/Club Play 1
UK Singles Chart 14
"Run to You" Adult Contemporary 10
Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks 31
 The Billboard Hot 100 31
UK Singles Chart 15
Lisa Stansfield "Someday (I'm Coming Back)" UK Singles Chart 10
The S.O.U.L. S.Y.S.T.E.M. "It's Gonna Be A Lovely Day" The Billboard Hot 100 34
Hot Dance Music/Club Play 1
UK Singles Chart 17

See also

References

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  16. ^ Billboard Magazine, May 13, 2000
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  33. ^ "RIAA". http://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?resultpage=1&table=SEARCH_RESULTS&action=&title=bodyguard&artist=Whitney%20houston&format=&debutLP=&category=&sex=&releaseDate=&requestNo=&type=&level=&label=&company=&certificationDate=&awardDescription=&catalogNo=&aSex=&rec_id=&charField=&gold=&platinum=&multiPlat=&level2=&certDate=&album=&id=&after=&before=&startMonth=1&endMonth=1&startYear=1958&endYear=2009&sort=Artist&perPage=25.  Certification Date 1 Nov 1999


Preceded by
The Predator by Ice Cube
Unplugged by Eric Clapton
Songs of Faith and Devotion by Depeche Mode
Get a Grip by Aerosmith		 Billboard 200 number-one album
December 12, 1992 - March 12, 1993
April 3 - April 9, 1993
April 17 - May 7, 1993
May 15 - June 4, 1993		 Succeeded by
Unplugged by Eric Clapton
Songs of Faith and Devotion by Depeche Mode
Get a Grip by Aerosmith
janet. by Janet Jackson
Preceded by
Still the 12th Man by The 12th Man		 Australian ARIA Albums Chart number-one album
January 31 - March 6, 1993		 Succeeded by
Unplugged by Eric Clapton
Preceded by
Bee-Beep by Princess Princess
Stick Out by The Blue Hearts		 Japanese Oricon Weekly Chart number-one album
February 2 - February 8, 1993
February 23 - March 1, 1993		 Succeeded by
Memories of Blue by Kyosuke Himuro
Encounter by Sing Like Talking
v • d • e
Whitney Houston
Studio albums
Whitney Houston (1985) · Whitney (1987) · I'm Your Baby Tonight (1990) · My Love Is Your Love (1998) · Just Whitney (2002) · One Wish: The Holiday Album (2003) · I Look to You (2009)
Soundtrack albums
The Bodyguard (1992) · Waiting to Exhale (1995) · The Preacher's Wife (1996)
Compilation albums
Tours
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