Various Artists The Bodyguard (Original Soundtrack Album) 30th Anniversary

The Bodyguard was praised by music critics for Houston's vocal performance and its production. The album was a massive global success, hitting number one in eighteen countries and going top ten in dozens of other countries. In the United States, the album gave Houston the distinction of having the most weeks at number one by a female artist on Billboard 200, holding that record for 19 years until being surpassed by Adele's album 21 (2011). The Bodyguard is certified Diamond by the Recording Industry Association of America, which gives Houston three Diamond selling albums. It became the first album verified by the Nielsen SoundScan to sell over one million copies within a single week. At one point, the album was selling over a million copies per week for several weeks in a row. With sales of over 45 million copies worldwide, The Bodyguard is the best-selling soundtrack album of all-time, as well as the best selling album by a woman in music history, and the best selling album of the decade. The soundtrack won the Grammy Award for Album of the Year

In honor of the 25th anniversary of the soundtrack's release, Legacy Recordings and the Whitney Houston Estate released I Wish You Love: More from The Bodyguard, which included a collection of never-before-released live recordings from Houston's historic The Bodyguard Tour (1993–1995), alternate versions of the audio recordings from The Bodyguard film, and an alternate version of a remix of "I’m Every Woman".


Whitney Houston was co-executive producer and recorded six songs for the soundtrack of The Bodyguard, her acting debut in a feature film. The album became the best-selling soundtrack of all time, selling more than 45 million copies worldwide. "I Will Always Love You," the film's first single, is the best-selling single by a female artist in history, and spent 14 weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100, a record. The film starred actor and Oscar winner Kevin Costner, and it was the second highest-earning film of 1992 with more than million. The soundtrack earned Whitney three GRAMMY Awards, including Album of the Year and Record of the Year, and swept numerous other awards shows. Whitney's career-defining version of Dolly Parton's "I Will Always Love You" went 10x platinum in the U.S. and sold 20 million copies worldwide and recently joined the billion views club on YouTube.