Whitney Houston albums discography
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American singer Whitney Houston has released seven studio albums, three soundtrack albums, nine compilation albums, six box sets and seven extended plays. Regarded as “The Voice” and a pop culture icon, she is among the best-selling recording artists of all time, with record sales of over 220 million units worldwide.[1][2] She is ranked by the RIAA as the best-selling female R&B artist of the 20th century and fifth highest-certified female artist in the United States, with 62 million album-equivalent units.[3][4] Houston is the first black recording artist to produce three albums to go diamond by the RIAA.[5][6]
| Whitney Houston albums discography | |
|---|---|
Houston performing at Welcome Home Heroes with Whitney Houston in 1991 | |
| Studio albums | 7 |
| EPs | 7 |
| Soundtrack albums | 3 |
| Live albums | 2 |
| Compilation albums | 9 |
| Reissues | 1 |
| Box sets | 6 |
In 1983, Houston signed a recording contract with Arista Records.[7] The first release under the label was her self-titled debut album, Whitney Houston (1985). A global smash, the album peaked inside the top ten in fourteen countries and topped the charts in seven of them, including the Billboard 200 for a 14-week run a year after its release in 1986, ending the year as the top ranked album on the Billboard 200, the first occurrence for a female artist.[8] It was the first studio album by a woman to be certified ten-times platinum by the RIAA, going on to be certified platinum 14 times. Global sales reached 25 million, making it the best-selling debut album by a solo artist and the best-selling R&B studio release by a female artist, earning Houston her first Guinness World Records.[9][10] She followed her debut album with Whitney (1987), which became the first album by a woman to debut atop the Billboard 200, staying there for 11 consecutive weeks and reached number one in 14 countries.[11][12]
Houston entered the 1990s with the release of I'm Your Baby Tonight (1990), which became a global success selling ten million units worldwide, becoming the best-selling R&B album of 1991. Houston released her first soundtrack album, The Bodyguard (1992), for the film of the same name. It topped the charts in every other country it charted, accumulating 20 weeks at number one on the Billboard 200 alone.[13] The soundtrack broke sales records, becoming the first album to sell a million units in a single week and was certified diamond by the RIAA in 1993, marking the first time ever for a female artist, and would later be certified platinum 19 times. Global sales reached 50 million units worldwide, making it the third best-selling album of all time.[14][15][16] Houston's second soundtrack, The Preacher's Wife (1996), for the film of the same name, went on to sell 6 million global units, becoming the best-selling gospel album ever.[17] Houston released her fourth studio album, My Love Is Your Love (1998). The album would stay on the Billboard 200 for two years and topped the European Albums Chart. Global units of that album reached 10 million.[18]
Houston entered the 2000s with her first greatest hits compilation album, Whitney: The Greatest Hits (2000), which reached the top ten in various countries and topped the UK Albums Chart and sold over 10 million units worldwide.[19] After renewing her contract with Arista for $100 million, Houston issued her fifth studio album, Just Whitney (2002), following it up with One Wish: The Holiday Album (2003) and I Look to You (2009), the latter of which was her fourth and final number one Billboard 200 album and became a global hit.[20][21] Following her death in 2012, Houston's The Greatest Hits peaked at number two on the Billboard 200. Since then, her estate has released four albums, including the compilation, I Will Always Love You: The Best of Whitney Houston (2012), which has since become Houston's longest charting album on the Billboard 200. The live album, Whitney Houston Live: Her Greatest Performances (2014), debuted at number one on the Billboard Top R&B Albums chart.
Albums
Studio albums
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US [22] |
US R&B [23] |
AUS [24] |
AUT [25] |
CAN [26] |
FRA [27] |
GER [28] |
NLD [29] |
SWE [30] |
UK [31] | ||||
| Whitney Houston | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 2 | |||
| Whitney |
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1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| I'm Your Baby Tonight |
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3 | 1 | 10 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | ||
| My Love Is Your Love |
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13 | 7 | 42 | 1 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 4 | ||
| Just Whitney |
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9 | 3 | 114 | 33 | 85 | 25 | 16 | 70 | ― | 76 | ||
| One Wish: The Holiday Album |
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49 | 14 | — | — | —[A] | — | — | — | — | ― |
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| I Look to You |
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1 | 1 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||
| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. | |||||||||||||
Soundtracks
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications | Sales | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US [22] |
US R&B [23] |
AUS [24] |
AUT [25] |
CAN [26] |
FRA [27] |
GER [28] |
NLD [29] |
SWE [30] |
UK [31] | ||||
| The Bodyguard: Original Soundtrack Album |
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1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| The Preacher's Wife: Original Soundtrack Album |
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3 | 1 | 34 | 8 | 33 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 35 | ||
| I Wanna Dance with Somebody (The Movie: Whitney New, Classic and Reimagined) |
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— | — | 83 | — | — | — | — | — | — | —[B] | ||
Compilation albums
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications | Sales | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US [22] |
US R&B [23] |
AUS [50] |
AUT [25] |
CAN [26] [51] |
FRA [27] [52] |
GER [28] |
NLD [29] |
SWE [30] |
UK [31] | ||||
| Whitney: The Greatest Hits |
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2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | ||
| Love, Whitney |
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— | ― | — | 42 | — | 167 | — | 24 | 12 | 22 | ||
| Artist Collection: Whitney Houston |
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— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| The Ultimate Collection |
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— | — | 3 | 1 | 15 | 52 | 3 | — | 10 | 3 |
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| The Essential Whitney Houston |
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― | ― | 7 | 26 | 3 | 51 | 20 | — | ― | 7 |
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| All Time Best - Reclam Musik Edition |
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— | — | — | — | — | — | 76 | — | — | — | ||
| I Will Always Love You: The Best of Whitney Houston |
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14 | 2 | 74 | ― | 94 | 99 | ― | 61 | ― | 13 | ||
| Japanese Singles Collection -Greatest Hits- |
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— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| I Go to the Rock: The Gospel Music of Whitney Houston |
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—[C] | — | — | ― | — | — | ― | — | ― | —[D] | ||
| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. | |||||||||||||
Live albums
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US [22] |
US R&B [23] |
AUS [24] |
FRA [27] |
NLD [29] |
UK [31] | |||
| VH1 Divas 1999 | 90 | 78 | — | 42 | 41 | — |
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| Whitney Houston Live: Her Greatest Performances |
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19 | 2 | 119 | 123 | 63 | 66 | |
| The Concert for a New South Africa (Durban) |
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— | — | — | 184 | — | —[E] | |
Reissues
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | |
|---|---|---|---|
| US [22] |
US R&B [23] | ||
| I Wish You Love: More from The Bodyguard |
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165 | 22 |
Box sets
| Title | Album details | Note(s) |
|---|---|---|
| Whitney: The Unreleased Mixes |
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| Love Whitney |
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| The Collection: Whitney Houston |
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| The Collection |
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| Triple Feature |
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| Two Original Albums: My Love Is Your Love / I Look to You |
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Extended plays
| Title | EP details | Note(s) |
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| Whitney Dancin' Special |
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| Exhale |
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| You Are Loved |
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| I Didn't Know My Own Strength: The Remixes |
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| The Remixes |
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| I Look to You: The Remixes |
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| Million Dollar Bill: The Remixes |
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Notes
- One Wish: The Holiday Album did not enter the Canadian Albums Chart but peaked at number 29 on the Canadian R&B Albums chart.[41]
- I Wanna Dance with Somebody (The Movie: Whitney New, Classic and Reimagined) did not enter the UK Albums Chart, but peaked at number 17 on the UK Album Download Chart[48] and number 13 on the UK Soundtrack Albums chart.[49]
- I Go to the Rock: The Gospel Music of Whitney Houston did not enter the Billboard 200 chart, but peaked at number 37 on the US Top Album Sales chart.[58]
- I Go to the Rock: The Gospel Music of Whitney Houston did not enter the UK Albums Chart, but peaked at number 71 on the UK Album Download Chart.[59]
- The Concert for a New South Africa (Durban) did not enter the UK Albums Chart, but peaked at number 16 on the UK Album Download Chart.[63]