Whitney Houston Songs In Order Of Release

Whitney Houston USA Number 1 Hit encompasses 1. I Will Always Love You 2. I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me) 3. Greatest Love Of All and more.

Whitney has amassed 11 chart-topping singles on the US Billboard Hot 100 and is the only artist to boast seven back-to-back number-one singles on the chart, breaking the previous record set by the Beatles.

Most of her best charting hits emerged between the mid and the late 1980s, while a handful of them arrived in the 90s.

Here's the list of the iconic R&B pop singer's 11 number-one hits in the United States.

• I Will Always Love You - November 3, 1992
• Greatest Love Of All - March 18, 1986
• How Will I Know - November 22, 1985
• All The Man That I Need - December 4, 1990
• Saving All My Love For You - August 13, 1985
• Exhale (Shoop Shoop) - October 3, 1995
• I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me) - May 2, 1987
• So Emotional - October 12, 1987
• I'm Your Baby Tonight - November 6, 1990
• Where Do Broken Hearts Go - February 25, 1988
• Didn't We Almost Have It All - July 1987

I Will Always Love You

Originally recorded by Dolly Parton, I Will Always Love You was covered by Whitney Houston for her 1992 film The Bodyguard.

Debuting the Billboard Hot 100 on 14 November 1992, the song topped the charts for 14 consecutive weeks, setting a record at the time.

The song soon became one of the best-selling singles, recording over 10 million sales in the US, and became Whitney's first and only Diamond-certified track.

I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me)

I Wanna Dance With Somebody was released as the lead single for her sophomore studio album, Whitney, in 1987 through Arista Records.

It was the fourth track in the list of Whitney's seven consecutive chart toppers. Additionally, the huge commercial success saw the single selling over 6 million copies domestically, for which it received 6x Platinum certification. 

Eventually, at the 30th annual Grammy Awards, the track won the Best Female Vocal Performance award and is the most-streamed Whitney Houston song on Spotify with over 981 million plays.

Greatest Love Of All

Another powerful rendition of Micheal Masser, "Greatest Love Of All" was initially recorded for the Muhammad Ali biopic, The Greatest.

Linda covered the song, as the final single for her eponymous debut studio album and released it through Aritsa Record.

Whitney Houston Top 10 Hits in the US include 1. I Have Nothing 2. You Give Good Love 3. My Love Is Your Love and more.

Likewise, Whitney 12 of Whitney's songs have made it to the top 10 of Billboard Hot 100, with most of them grossing over a million record sales domestically.

The following are the 12 tracks that were placed under the top 10 in the US.

• Heartbreak Hotel
• You Give Good Love
• My Love Is Your Love
• I'm Every Woman
• I Believe In You And Me
• It's Not Right But It's Okay
• I Have Nothing
• One Moment In Time
• The Star Spangled Banner
• Count On Me
• Love Will Save The Day
• Miracle

I Have Nothing

I Have Nothing is a soulful pop ballad, released as the third single from the soundtrack album of the 1992 romantic drama film The Bodyguard.

Written by David Foster and Linda Thompson, the track reached number 4 on the Billboard Hot 100 and featured on the chart for 20 weeks while topping the RPM chart in Canada.

You Give Good Love

The platinum-certified song, "You Give Good Love" is the debut single from Whitney's self-titled studio album via Arista Records.

The song peaked at number three on US Billboard Hot 100 and topped the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs.

Similarly, it won an American Music Award for "Favourite Soul/R&B Single" and also earned Grammy nominations for Best R&B Song and Best R&B Vocal Performance.

My Love Is Your Love

Penned down by Wyclef Jean and Jerry Duplessis, My Love Is Your Live is a title track from Houston's fourth studio album of the same name.

Additionally, Houston's daughter Bobbi Kirstina Brown is also featured on the song, whose precocious vocals are heard throughout the recording.

The songs that didn't make it to the top 10 of Whitney Houston Billboard Hot 100 Charts are 1. Why Does It Hurt So Bad 2. Run To You 3. Hold Me and more.

Out of 40 different songs to chart on the Hot 100, 23 were featured in the top 10 while 17 of them failed to secure the top 10 spots, namely:

• Why Does It Hurt So Bad
• Run To You
• Could I Have This Kiss Forever
• One Of Those Days
• Hold Me 
• When You Believe
• Step By Step
• Try It On My Own

• I Learned From The Best
• My Name Is Not Susan
• Same Script, Different Cast
• Higher Love
• It Isn't, It Wasn't, It Ain't Never Gonna Be
• I Look To You
• My Heart Is Calling
• Whatchulookinat
• Million Dollar Bill 

Aside from Billboard Hot 100, many of Whitney's songs topped numerous singles charts such as Hot R&B/Hip-Hop.

Furthermore, in the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop, 8 songs secured the top spot out of 46 songs featured on the list.

• You Give Good Love
• Heartbreak Hotel
• I Will Always Love You
• All The Man That I Need
• Exhale (Shoop Shoop)
• Saving All My Love For You
• How Will I Know
• I'm Your Baby Tonight

Similarly, some of Whitney's songs which charted at number 1 on the Billboard Adult Contemporary chart are:

• All The Man That I Need
• I Will Always Love You
• I Wanna Dance With Somebody
• Where Do Broken Hearts Go
• I Have Nothing
• Greatest Love of All
• One Moment In Time
• How Will I Know
• Saving All My Love For You
• Didn't We Almost Have It All

The best of Whitney Houston gospel songs list 1. I Look to You 2. Step by Step 3. I Believe in You And Me and more.

Whitney's first gospel album was released as a soundtrack to the 1996 Christmas comedy-drama film The Preacher's Wife and was titled, The Preacher's Wife: Original Soundtrack Album.

It was a huge commercial and critical success, spending 26 consecutive weeks atop the US Billboard Top Gospel Albums chart, while also peaking at number 3 on Billboard 200.

The album featured 15 tracks, including the lead single, "I Believe In You and Me" which was a top-five hit in the country.

• I Believe in You and Me
• Step by Step
• Joy
• Hold On, Help Is on the Way
• I Go to the Rock
• I Love the Lord
• Somebody Bigger Than You and I
• You Were Loved
• My Heart Is Calling
• Step By Step
• Who Would Imagine a King
• He All Over Me
• The Lord IS My Sherperd
• Joy to the World

Similarly, the other half of the gospel songs are included in Whitney's posthumous compilation album, I Go to the Rock: The Gospel of Whitney Houston, released through Arista and Legacy Records on March 24, 2023.

The album comprises 14 tracks, including six songs, which were never released before, showcasing the artist's deep affection for gospel music, which greatly influenced her lifestyle and musical career.

• I Go to the Rock
• Jesus Loves Me
• He Can Use Me
• Joy to the World
• Bridge Over Troubled Water
• Testimony
• I Look to You
• His Eyes Is on the Sparrow
• Hold On, Help Is On the Way
• This Day
• I Found a Wonderful Way
• Joy
• I Love the Lord
• He/ I Believe

Who Wrote Songs For Whitney Houston? Whitney Houston songs were written by tons of songwriters, with at least a dozen credits on each of her albums.

While Houston did write a couple of her own songs such as "Fine", "Queen of the Night", and "Whatchulookinat", she co-wrote many of her biggest hits alongside renowned songwriters and record producers.

Some of her frequent and most noteworthy collaborators include:

• Micheal Masser, who was credited with seven recordings, including some of her biggest hits such as "Greatest Love of All", and "Saving All My Love For You", amongst many others
• Babyface is responsible for eight of her biggest charting songs including "I'm Your Baby Tonight", "Exhale (Shoop Shoop)", "Miracle" and more.
• Dianne Warren, wrote six songs, including "Could I Have This Kiss Forever", "I Didn't Know My Own Strenght" and more.

Similarly, a few of her popular songs like "I Will Always Love You" and "I Have Nothing", were renditions of the song originally written and recorded by Dolly Parton.