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The Bodyguard
Soundtrack by Whitney Houston and various artists
Released	November 8, 1992
Genre	R&B, Pop, Ballad
Length	74:33
Label	Arista Records
Producer	Whitney Houston, Clive Davis
Professional reviews
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Whitney Houston and various artists chronology
I'm Your Baby Tonight (1990) The Bodyguard (1992) Waiting To Exhale (1995)

The Bodyguard is the soundtrack from the movie of the same name, released on November 8, 1992 on Arista Records and features six songs by Whitney Houston, as well as songs from various other noted artists of the time; the album was co-executive produced by Whitney Houston and Clive Davis. The soundtrack later went on to win a Grammy for "Album of the Year" and is 17 times Platinum for shipments of 17 million copies in North America by the RIAA and to date has sold over 40 million copies worldwide, according to Arista ^[1], making it the best-selling soundtrack of all time.

The album is most notable for Whitney Houston's cover of "I Will Always Love You", originally written and recorded by Dolly Parton. The song received wide airplay, appealing to the R&B, Adult Contemporary and Soul radio markets, and is also considered Houston's signature song. The single spent 14 weeks at #1 on the Billboard Hot 100. The strength of the single helped The Bodyguard sustain the #1 spot on the Billboard 200 for 20 weeks. The album also featured the hits "I Have Nothing", "I'm Every Woman" (a Chaka Khan cover), "Run To You", and "Queen of the Night", all also sung by Houston. Despite the other non-Houston tracks on the album, and the score piece by Alan Silvestri, the album is generally included as part of Houston's discography not unlike how the soundtrack for Who's That Girl is frequently included in Madonna's.

Both "Run To You" and "I Have Nothing" were nominated for the Academy Award for Best Music - Original Song, but lost out to "A Whole New World" from the animated film Aladdin. The other nominees were "Friend Like Me" from Aladdin and "Beautiful Maria of My Soul" from The Mambo Kings. The same two songs from the soundtrack were nominated at the Grammy Awards in the "Best Song Written Specifically for a Motion Picture or for Television" category. "Queen of the Night" was nominated for the Razzie Award for "Worst Original Song".

Number. Title - Performer (Composer)

Side one

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)

Side two

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. "Peace, Love and Understanding (What's So Funny About)" - Curtis Stigers (Lowe)
11. "Theme from The Bodyguard" - Alan Silvestri (Silvestri)
12. "Trust In Me" - Joe Cocker featuring Sass Jordan (Beghe/Midnight/Swersky)

Album

Singles

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