The Bodyguard (soundtrack)

{{quote box|quote=I got a call saying that there is a script that Kevin Costner has, called The Bodyguard, that he wanted me to do. He wanted me to costar with him. I went, “Yeah, sure.” Then I called my agent, and she said, “Yeah, it’s true.” So I read the script. I liked the story, but in the beginning Rachel was very rough, very hard – a little bitch. - Whitney Houston to Rolling Stone (1993) |width=25em|align=left|style=padding:8px;}}

By the late summer of 1990, Houston had become a commercially successful recording artist. Her first two albums, Whitney Houston and Whitney, sold 25 and 20 million copies worldwide respectively. Houston was planning on releasing her third album, I'm Your Baby Tonight, when she received a call from actor Kevin Costner to accept a leading role in a film titled The Bodyguard. Back in December 1986, Billboard magazine mentioned that Houston would take part in the film, only with Clint Eastwood as the co-lead.{{Cite news |last=Gett |first=Steve |date=December 20, 1986 |title=On The Beat |pages=22 |work=Billboard Magazine |url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Billboard/80s/1986/BB-1986-12-20.pdf |access-date=May 7, 2023}} Costner convinced Silverado director and friend Lawrence Kasdan to let him be a co-producer for the project. Kasdan had originally written the script for the film back in 1975 and after his script was sold off to Warner Bros. Pictures, the film had originally been pegged as a project for Diana Ross and Steve McQueen in 1977, but stalled.

A year later, in November 1978, Ross rejoined the project after Warner brought in Ryan O'Neal, only for the film to return to development hell a year later.{{Cite news |last=Smith |first=Liz |date=19 November 1978 |title=Will wedding bells toll soon for Dyan? |work=Chicago Tribune}}{{Cite news |last=Flatley |first=Guy |date=19 August 1979 |title=Ryan O'Neal meaner but far from macho |page=E8 |work=Chicago Tribune}} Following Houston's rise, she had been sought after for film roles by the likes of Robert Townsend, Spike Lee and Robert De Niro. It's claimed Costner was convinced Houston was right for the role after viewing her concert at the Assembly Hall in Champaign, Illinois in September 1987. Another claim was that after watching her music video for her 1988 hit, "Where Do Broken Hearts Go", was Costner convinced that Houston was the one to play the role of Rachel Marron. Still, it took three years before Houston was contacted for the film. When Costner finally reached Houston, the singer, who had only took brief acting cameos on television shows such as Silver Spoons, was reluctant but agreed to read the script.{{cite web |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/whitney-houston-gets-down-and-dirty-192198/ |title=Whitney Houston Gets Down and Dirty |magazine=Rolling Stone |date=June 10, 1993 |first=Anthony|last=DeCurtis|author-link=Anthony DeCurtis |accessdate=January 27, 2025}} A nervous Houston still held off on the film until Costner convinced the singer in another phone call that he will "not let [her] fall".

The film's director Mick Jackson initially was unsure of Houston's chances of leading a film and, according to Costner, suggested veteran actresses such as Michelle Pfeiffer or Kim Basinger for the role, to which Costner flatly turned down. Jackson then agreed to give Houston a screen test in January 1991, to which she passed. In April 1991, Houston and Costner announced that they would co-star in The Bodyguard.{{Cite news |date=11 April 1991 |title=Whitney Houston, Costner to co-star |page=02D |work=USA Today}} Costner delayed production on the film until Houston finished her world tour that year to late November 1991.

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Prior to shooting the film, Arista Records CEO Clive Davis wasn't sure about the film that, at the time, had little music attached to it and didn't understand why Houston's character, Rachel Marron, "needed a bodyguard". Davis admitted later he was "nervous" of Houston's acting aspirations. After reading the initial script, Davis wrote a letter to Costner and the film's director Mick Jackson, arguing to them that the film "is nowhere near fulfilling the potential of what Whitney could contribute to the role".{{cite web |url= https://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/artists/bodyguard-how-whitney-houstons-soundtrack-conquered-world/ |title='Whitney was a natural beauty, not a natural actress': inside Hollywood's big Bodyguard gamble |work=The Telegraph |date=December 5, 2022 |first=Craig |last=McLean |accessdate=January 28, 2025}} Costner agreed with Davis and Houston, in a deal with Warner Bros Pictures, signed a deal for rights to the soundtrack's back royalties and agreed to record at least six tracks, with four of them to be featured on the film. Maureen Crowe became the film's music supervisor and worked with Houston and Costner on finding songs for the film; once Davis learned of Houston's deal, he joined the team in assembling songs, to which he and Houston would then spend days alone at Davis' hotel suite going over the material.{{Cite web |title=AFI{{!}}Catalog |url=https://catalog.afi.com/Catalog/MovieDetails/59196 |access-date=2023-06-24 |website=catalog.afi.com}} Though Davis and Houston went over the songs together, Houston was the one to attain full creative control over the project, continuing her career as an executive producer on the album.

Two weeks before filming commenced, Houston began working on the album. Unlike her previous first two albums, Houston sought after the producers herself after years of Davis picking the producers, something that had started with the production of I'm Your Baby Tonight (1990).{{cite web |url= https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/alessadominguez/whitney-houston-was-more-than-the-voice |title= This Is How The Biggest Movie Soundtrack Of All Time Got Made |work=BuzzFeed News |date=November 21, 2017 |author=Alessa Dominguez |accessdate=February 13, 2025}} According to collaborator BeBe Winans, Houston "was truly in control. She grew into that confidence. She was playing catch-up for the first and second album, and then she caught up to how to become immune to what people would do or say... For the Bodyguard soundtrack, she was who she was." Winans added that by the time Houston began working on the soundtrack, she had become "more understanding of a song, more so than just singing the song, and was part of those decisions of what songs she was going to sing. Now if she trusted you, as she did other musicians and songwriters, she would allow you to do what you do, and again take that song and make it her own." According to session dates, the first song to be recorded was the rock song "Queen of the Night", to which Houston played a part in composing after the song's original writers Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds and Daryl Simmons struggled to compose the song themselves. Longtime collaborator Antonio "L.A." Reid became a fourth contributor. Houston recorded the song on November 9, 1991.{{Cite web |title=Queen Of The Night (Film Version) * Whitney Houston Official Site |url=https://whitneyhoustoncom-uslegacy.paas-p.smehost.net/track/queen-of-the-night-film-version/ |access-date=2023-06-24 |website=Whitney Houston Official Site |language=en-US}} It was Houston's second composition as a songwriter after co-penning her 1989 Japanese chart hit, "Takin' a Chance". Three days later, on November 12, with Foster, Houston recorded the love ballads, "Run to You" and "I Have Nothing" despite recovering from a recent cold.{{Cite web |title=Run To You (Film Version) * Whitney Houston Official Site |url=https://www.whitneyhouston.com/track/run-to-you-film-version/ |access-date=2023-06-24 |website=Whitney Houston Official Site |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |title=I Have Nothing (Film Version) * Whitney Houston Official Site |url=https://www.whitneyhouston.com/track/i-have-nothing-film-version/ |access-date=2023-06-24 |website=Whitney Houston Official Site |language=en-US}} After filming much of the film and engaging in other non-related events, Houston returned to the studio during January–February 1992 to record a pop-oriented rendition of the old gospel hymn, "Jesus Loves Me" with BeBe Winans producing the song alongside Houston, in her second production on the record.{{Cite web |title=Jesus Loves Me (Film Version) * Whitney Houston Official Site |url=https://www.whitneyhouston.com/track/jesus-loves-me-film-version/ |access-date=2023-06-24 |website=Whitney Houston Official Site |language=en-US}}

Initially, Costner had suggested on Houston recording the old Motown standard, "What Becomes of the Brokenhearted", but the song's choice didn't please neither Houston or Crowe, who felt the song was "like a dirge: 'Happiness is just an illusion, filled with sadness and confusion...'", adding jokingly, "you wanna kill yourself at the end of it!" Houston reportedly told Foster "this song doesn't really fit me." Once it was learned the song was used for the film, Fried Green Tomatoes, and made into an Billboard chart hit by singer Paul Young in March 1992, Foster and Costner agreed to replace it with another song. According to Crowe, she was the one to suggest the country ballad, "I Will Always Love You", originally recorded and composed by Dolly Parton after hearing a rendition by Linda Ronstadt. Houston first performed it live at the Fontainebleau in Miami Beach in March 1992 during the final shooting.{{Cite web |title=I Will Always Love You (Film Version) * Whitney Houston Official Site |url=https://whitneyhoustoncom-uslegacy.paas-p.smehost.net/track/i-will-always-love-you-film-version/ |access-date=2023-06-24 |website=Whitney Houston Official Site |language=en-US}} It was suggested by Costner that Houston started the performance acapella. A month later, a studio recording commenced at Ocean Way Recording on April 22, 1992.{{Cite web |title=I Will Always Love You (Alternate Mix) * Whitney Houston Official Site |url=https://whitneyhoustoncom-uslegacy.paas-p.smehost.net/track/i-will-always-love-you-alternate-mix/ |access-date=2023-06-24 |website=Whitney Houston Official Site |language=en-US}} Prior to recording, Foster contacted Dolly Parton about recording the song. When the songwriter learned Foster was gonna record the Ronstadt-inspired version, Parton suggested that Houston sing the third verse from her original recording. Houston used her own band musicians, including drummer Ricky Lawson and saxophonist Kirk Whalum for the song's production.McDonald, Scott. "Whalum to open charity music festival". The Californian. June 11, 2008. The final Houston song to be recorded, "I'm Every Woman", was recorded at producer Narada Michael Walden's Tarpan Studios in San Rafael, California on August 19, 1992.{{Cite web |title=I'm Every Woman (Clivilles & Cole House Mix I Edit) * Whitney Houston Official Site |url=https://www.whitneyhouston.com/track/im-every-woman-clivilles-cole-house-mix-edit/ |access-date=2023-06-24 |website=Whitney Houston Official Site |language=en-US}}

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The soundtrack featured six Houston tracks, five tracks by various artists, and an instrumental, with most of Houston's material consisting of pop, urban pop and R&B with rock, house and gospel elements.{{Cite web|url=https://www.grammy.com/grammys/news/deep-10-whitney-houstons-bodyguard-%E2%80%94-original-soundtrack-album|title=Deep 10: Whitney Houston's The Bodyguard — Original Soundtrack|date=November 17, 2016|website=Grammy.com}} With the Houston tracks, the themes on the album include heartbreak, love, feminism, partying and religion.

"I Will Always Love You" is a song dedicated to the end of a romantic relationship. In the original version of the song, recorded by Dolly Parton, the song had been inspired by Parton's former musical and business partner Porter Wagoner after she aspired for a full-fledged solo career in 1972. Once it was recorded and re-arranged by Houston and Foster, the song transformed into a plaintive love ballad dedicated to a former lover, as Houston's character in The Bodyguard, Rachel Marron, sang in tribute to her former bodyguard, Frank Farmer, played by Kevin Costner, after they parted ways after Farmer saved her from an assassination. Transforming into a R&B ballad, after Houston begins the song a cappella, strings and soft keyboard riffs come in as Houston sings the chorus. In the middle of the song, during an instrumental break, Houston's saxophonist at the time, Kirk Whalum, adds a solo before Houston sings the third verse. The song then shifts into a dramatic key change thanks to Ricky Lawson's one note "solo" where he hits the toms, in which afterwards, Houston belts out a gospel-emulated wail in the last chorus before the song slows near the finale in which Houston ends it singing an operatic soprano on the word "you".

"I Have Nothing", penned by Foster and then-wife, songwriter Linda Thompson and inspired by Thompson's former relationship with American singer Elvis Presley, continued the theme of unrequited love shown in "I Will Always Love You". The song repeated the Houston-Foster formula of the previous track, with Houston singing in a soft soprano vocal before belting it out in the chorus and second accompanying verse. The song also included a dramatic key change along with horns and strings, arranged by Foster. Houston briefly multi-stacked her voice near the end of the track on the words, "don't you dare".

Originally recorded by funk singer Chaka Khan in 1978, "I'm Every Woman", penned by Ashford & Simpson, was Houston's first venture into house music, co-produced by longtime collaborator Narada Michael Walden and the production team of Clivillés and Cole and focused on a feminist theme, dedicated to women. It was one of the singer's personal picks to record for the album due to her being a longtime fan of Khan. During her career as a teenage session vocalist, Houston sang background vocals on Khan's sophomore solo album, Naughty (1980). Some media reports erroneously claimed she sang background on the former Rufus frontwoman's original version of "I'm Every Woman", to which Khan later corrected; the song's background vocals was credited to Houston's mother Cissy, who would provide background vocals to Khan's work. Houston and Walden decided to add a soulful ballad intro to differentiate from the Khan original, with a faster tempo. Near the end, Houston references Khan's name similar to rap artist Melle Mel on Khan's 1984 hit, "I Feel for You".

The love ballad, "Run to You", returned to the unrequited love theme explored in "I Will Always Love You" and "I Have Nothing", and much like the rest of Foster's productions, featured Houston singing softly in the verses before belting and hitting high notes in the chorus, ending in another dramatic key change with limited use of background vocals.

"Queen of the Night" presents a harder rock sound similar to "So Emotional" from Whitney (1987). Houston's second composition as a songwriter, the singer expresses how she "rules the club scene" as the self-proclaimed "queen of the night". Part of the lyrics was inspired by Michael Jackson's 1987 song, "Dirty Diana", from his Bad album and featured Living Colour lead guitarist Vernon Reid providing the guitar solo. According to BuzzFeed News, Houston's input on the song helped it to "[become] a high-energy, drum-centric, pop-rock showpiece, with Tina Turner–esque growling, that showed a different side of her persona." Houston provides both lead and background vocals to the song. "Jesus Loves Me" was a pop-arranged gospel song dedicated to Jesus. Produced by Houston and collaborator, gospel singer BeBe Winans, the song included new verses written by Winans, which Houston herself suggested, and included a church organ in the beginning and several key chord changes throughout the song and a soulful bridge.

The Lisa Stansfield recording, "Someday (I'm Coming Back)" was a disco-pop effort, similar to material Stansfield composed for her 1991 album, Real Love while the Kenny G song, "Even If My Heart Would Break", featuring Aaron Neville on vocals, was a middle of the road ballad also featured on the jazz musician's best-selling 1992 album, Breathless, which was released on the same day as The Bodyguard and helped Kenny G later win the American Music Award for Favorite Adult Contemporary Artist, the only award Houston lost out of eight nominations for the soundtrack. A second Kenny G ballad, the instrumental "Waiting for You", was featured on a few international issues of the soundtrack. Curtis Stigers lent his 1991 rendition of Nick Lowe's "(What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace, Love, and Understanding", while the R&B and dance act The S.O.U.L. S.Y.S.T.E.M., recorded the dance tune, "It's Gonna Be a Lovely Day!", which sampled Bill Withers' "Lovely Day". This is then followed by Alan Silvestri's instrumental theme to the film. The inclusion of Joe Cocker's "Trust in Me" was arranged by Kevin Costner and featured Canadian singer Sass Jordan as a duet vocalist.

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Houston embarked on a world tour to continue promoting the album, which would remain on the charts throughout its duration. During the tour, Houston performed full length versions of all six of the Bodyguard tracks on the tour, with "I Have Nothing" and "I Will Always Love You" being prominently featured on the tour as showstoppers, with the latter song being performed before she left the stage before returning onstage to sing "I'm Every Woman" as an encore, while "Jesus Loves Me" was performed as part of the gospel music portion of the show. "Queen of the Night" would start with the original hard rock version before Houston returned onstage and then it transformed into the house version, produced by CJ Mackintosh. "Run to You" was sporadically performed during the tour on select dates.

Houston launched the tour at the James L. Knight Center in Miami, Florida on July 5, 1993, and ended it at the Green Point Stadium in Cape Town, South Africa on November 19, 1994, where she performed a total of 120 shows in front of more than half a million fans in five global continents and performed at the continents of South America and Africa for the first time in her career. During the 1993 leg, most of the dates were at theaters because Houston wanted an intimate setting. During the second North American leg of the tour, Houston performed at the opening ceremony of the 1994 FIFA World Cup at the Rose Bowl Stadium.{{cite web |url=https://variety.com/1994/music/reviews/whitney-houston-kenny-g-1200437927/ |title=MUSIC REVIEWS; Whitney Houston; Kenny G. |author=Cox, Dan |date=July 18, 1994 |work=Variety|access-date=January 29, 2025}} Houston performed for the first time at stadiums in South America and South Africa to audiences as large as 75,000. The South Africa concerts in particular were special due to Houston being the first international artist to headline at the country following the abolishing of apartheid in the region and the presidential election win of Nelson Mandela. The Johannesburg show at Ellis Park Stadium aired on HBO to high ratings on November 12, while the November 8th show at Durban's Kings Park Stadium was posthumously shown at selected film theaters in October 2024 and was followed by a live recording, released on the 30th anniversary of the concert.

The tour proved to be a huge success as most of the dates were sold out. The success of the tour helped Houston make Forbes magazine's Richest Entertainers list. Houston earned over $33 million during 1993 and 1994, the third highest for a female entertainer."List of world's richest entertainers". Reuters News. September 11, 1994. The tour led to several positive reviews of Houston's performance. During her first Radio City Music Hall performance in New York City, Stephen Holden of the New York Times wrote that "her stylistic trademarks — shivery melismas that ripple up in the middle of a song, twirling embellishments at the ends of phrases that suggest an almost breathless exhilaration — infuse her interpretations with flashes of musical and emotional lightning."Holden, Stephen. "For Whitney Houston, Showy Doesn't Count: The Show Is the Voice". New York Times. June 22, 1993. Page C11. At one of her Atlantic City dates, Kevin L. Carter of the Philadelphia Inquirer wrote that Houston handled her songs "with subdued emotionalism and the intelligence that only a gifted musician can bring to a song.Carter, Kevin L. "Whitney Houston Sings With Passion, Her Voice Has Matured, and She's a Waif No More." Philadelphia Inquirer. June 30, 1993. Page 32.

"Saving All My Love for You" was turned into a "smoky saloon-style ballad".Peterson, Karla. "Whitney slim, but act expands nicely". San Diego Union – Tribune. August 25, 1993. Page E7. Many critics noted that the highlight of the show was when Houston took on "And I Am Telling You" from Dreamgirls, and "I Loves You Porgy" from Porgy and Bess. Stephen Holden wrote of the medley that "her voice conveyed authority, power, determination and just enough vulnerability to give a sense of dramatic intention". As always, Houston included gospel songs. She introduced her band while performing 'Revelation.' Houston spoke about the Lord before going into 'Jesus Loves Me' which was often accompanied with complete silence from the mesmerized crowd."McCoy, Frank Milton. "Whitney Captivates Bowl Audience". The Sentinel. September 2, 1993. Page B4. During Houston's seven consecutive sold-out residency at Radio City Music Hall in September 1994, New York Times critic Jon Pareles wrote, "Houston belted ballads, predictably bringing down the house with songs that moved from aching verses to surging choruses. A medley of hits from Dionne Warwick, Ms. Houston's cousin, lacked Ms. Warwick's lightness, but Ms. Houston made "Alfie" sound like the ethical wrangle it is".{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1994/09/19/arts/pop-reviews-part-divas-part-goddesses-2-women-glamour-music-whitney-houston.html |title=POP REVIEWS Part Divas, Part Goddesses: 2 Women of Glamour and Music; Whitney Houston At Radio City. |author=Pareles, Jon |date=September 19, 1994 |work=The New York Times|access-date=November 2, 2017}} Ira Robbins of Newsday wrote, "Houston peaked in the Warwick segment with marvelous adaptions of "I Say a Little Prayer" and "Alfie", and "after the powerful one-two of "I Have Nothing" and a rendition of "Run to You" so compelling it would have been no shock to see Kevin Costner jog out".Robbins, Ira. "Whitney's Family Affair". Newsday. September 19, 1994. Page B.02.

"I Will Always Love You" was released as the lead single from the soundtrack, on November 2, 1992. The song became an immediate hit upon its release, receiving extensive airplay on multi-format stations as well as genre stations all over the country, appealing to pop, adult contemporary and R&B radio markets. On the November 14th issue of Billboard, "I Will Always Love You" entered the Billboard Hot 100 at number 40, making it Houston's third highest debut at the time. Three weeks later, on its November 28 issue, the song shot to number one, giving Houston her career tenth number one single, tying her with Madonna for most number ones by a female artist at the time. The song stayed at number one for a record fourteen weeks, all of them spent consecutively, which remains a record to this day.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/1993-02-27/hot-100|title=Hot 100 Singles Chart on February 27, 1993|magazine=Billboard|date=February 27, 1993|access-date=February 9, 2010}} The song took off internationally as well, landing number one for fourteen weeks in New Zealand, ten weeks in the United Kingdom and Australia, nine weeks in Norway, 8 weeks in France and Switzerland, six weeks in the Netherlands and 3 weeks in Sweden, as well as thirteen weeks atop the European Singles chart.{{cite web|url=http://www.theofficialcharts.com/all_the_no1_songs.php?show=5 |title="I Will Always Love You" on UK Singles Chart |publisher=The Official UK Charts Company |access-date=February 8, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081217004651/http://www.theofficialcharts.com/all_the_no1_songs.php?show=5 |archive-date=December 17, 2008 |df=mdy }}{{cite web|url=http://hitparade.ch/showitem.asp?interpret=Whitney+Houston&titel=I+Will+Always+Love+You&cat=s|title="I Will Always Love You" on Swiss Singles Chart|publisher=hitparade.ch|access-date=February 8, 2010}}{{cite web|url=http://austriancharts.at/showitem.asp?interpret=Whitney+Houston&titel=I+Will+Always+Love+You&cat=s|title="I Will Always Love You" on Austrian Singles Chart|publisher=austriancharts.at|access-date=February 8, 2010}}{{cite web|url=http://lescharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Whitney+Houston&titel=I+Will+Always+Love+You&cat=s|title="I Will Always Love You" on French Singles Chart|publisher=lescharts.com|access-date=February 8, 2010}}{{cite web|url=http://dutchcharts.nl/showitem.asp?interpret=Whitney+Houston&titel=I+Will+Always+Love+You&cat=s|title="I Will Always Love You" on Dutch Singles Chart|publisher=dutchcharts.nl|access-date=February 8, 2010}}{{cite web|url=http://swedishcharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Whitney+Houston&titel=I+Will+Always+Love+You&cat=s|title="I Will Always Love You" on Swedish Singles Chart|publisher=swedishcharts.com|access-date=February 8, 2010}}{{cite web|url=http://norwegiancharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Whitney+Houston&titel=I+Will+Always+Love+You&cat=s|title="I Will Always Love You" on Norwegian Singles Chart=|publisher=norwegiancharts.com|access-date=February 8, 2010}}{{cite web|url=https://charts.nz/showitem.asp?interpret=Whitney+Houston&titel=I+Will+Always+Love+You&cat=s|title="I Will Always Love You" on New Zealand's Singles Chart|publisher=charts.irg.nz|access-date=February 8, 2010}} Eventually, the song would reach the top ten in more than 40 countries and top the charts in 34 of those countries. At 24 million copies sold globally, it is the best-selling single of all time by a female artist. The music video for the song, notable for Houston sitting on a stool singing the song while scenes of the film were interpolated, became an immediate hit on all music video stations including MTV, earning heavy rotation. The success of the video helped Houston win the MTV Movie Award for Best Song. The song also became her career sixth number one single on the Hot R&B Singles chart, where it stayed for a then-record 11 consecutive weeks, and also became her career ninth number one hit on the adult contemporary chart, where it stayed for 5 consecutive weeks.

The album's second single, "I'm Every Woman, was released on January 2, 1993. The song also became an immediate success, eventually peaking at number four on the Billboard Hot 100, all while "I Will Always Love You" remained at number one on the chart. The song followed "I Will Always Love You" to international chart success, reaching the top ten in fifteen other countries including the United Kingdom, Canada, Poland, New Zealand, Italy, Belgium, Denmark and the European Singles chart, placing in more top ten placements throughout its tenure than the Chaka Khan original did fifteen years earlier. The song's music video, directed by Randee St. Nicholas, was also a hit, with Houston featuring notable women such as the song's original co-writer Valerie Simpson, R&B group TLC, mother Cissy Houston and the song's original vocalist Khan. It later won Houston the NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Music Video. The song reached number one on the Hot Dance Club Play chart, earning Houston her fourth career number one hit on the chart and her first to top the chart since "Love Will Save the Day" in 1988.

The third single, "I Have Nothing", was released on February 20, 1993, and also became an immediate hit, eventually peaking at number four on the Billboard Hot 100. During the week of March 13, 1993, Houston made chart history as the first artist since the verification of Nielsen SoundScan in 1991 to land three songs simultaneously in the top twenty of the Billboard Hot 100, where "I Have Nothing" shot up to number 11 while "I'm Every Woman" and "I Will Always Love You" were numbers five and seven respectively, repeating this for the week of March 20, 1993.{{cite magazine |url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-100/1993-03-13/ |title=Billboard Hot 100 (the week of March 13, 1993) |magazine=Billboard |date=March 13, 1993 |accessdate=June 19, 2023}}{{cite news | newspaper = Chicago Tribune | last = DeKnock | first = Jan | url = https://www.chicagotribune.com/1993/03/19/houston-still-plugged-in-as-contender/ | title = Houston Still Plugged In As Contender | date = March 19, 1993 | access-date =October 29, 2011 | page = O}} In addition to its Academy Award nomination,{{cite web|url=http://awardsdatabase.oscars.org/ampas_awards/DisplayMain.jsp?curTime=1277236858320 |title=The 65th Academy Awards, Best Original Song Nominees |publisher=Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences |date=March 29, 1993 |access-date=June 23, 2010 }}{{dead link|date=May 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} the same song was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Song Written for Visual Media, alongside "Run to You". The song reached number one on the Billboard Radio Songs and adult contemporary chart, earning a career tenth number one on the latter chart. The music video for the song also became a hit on every music video station as soon as it premiered.

The fourth song, "Run to You", was released as the next single on June 21, 1993. By this time of the album's chart tenure, it was selling anywhere between half a million and a million copies per week and due to this, the song only reached as high as number 31 on the Billboard Hot 100, becoming more of a modest success, though the song would spent 20 cumulative weeks on the chart, which showed Houston's strong chart presence at the time. Globally, its success was also modest, reaching the top ten in Canada, Ireland and Portugal, while peaking at number 15 in the United Kingdom. It was a bigger hit on the Billboard adult contemporary chart, reaching number ten.

The fifth song, "Queen of the Night", was mainly released only as a European market-only single on October 13, 1993. Its success on the European charts was also modest, reaching the top 20 in Belgium, Iceland, and the United Kingdom, where it reached number 14. In the US, a commercial single wasn't released, but the song made the top 20 on the Billboard Pop Airplay chart at number 17 and number 36 on its Radio Songs chart. Meanwhile, a house remix of the song by CJ Mackintosh, helped to send Houston a number one hit on the Billboard Hot Dance Club Play chart, giving Houston her first career number one chart single as a songwriter.

While it was never released as a single, "Jesus Loves Me" earned significant radio airplay on gospel stations. Following Houston's sudden passing in 2012, the song reached the Billboard Gospel Digital Song Sales chart at number four for the week of February 25 of that year, giving Houston a sixth top ten Billboard chart single from the soundtrack and was also one of many Houston tracks to chart there.{{cite magazine |url= https://www.billboard.com/charts/gospel-digital-song-sales/2012-02-25/ |title=Gospel Digital Song Sales |magazine=Billboard |date=February 25, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220506002335/https://www.billboard.com/charts/gospel-digital-song-sales/2012-02-25/ |accessdate=March 9, 2025|archive-date=May 6, 2022 }} It later charted on Billboard's Gospel Streaming Songs chart for the week of April 11, 2015, landing at number 23, one of three Houston gospel tunes to chart there that week. The song was the last from the soundtrack to reach the Billboard charts. It also remains the only version of "Jesus Loves Me" to make a record chart.

{{Music ratings

| subtitle = Initial reviews (in 1992/1993)

| rev1 = Entertainment Weekly

| rev1score = B{{cite magazine|last=Linden|first=Amy|url=https://ew.com/article/1992/12/04/bodyguard-soundtrack/|title=The Bodyguard (soundtrack)|magazine=Entertainment Weekly |date=December 4, 1992|access-date=October 22, 2022}}

| rev2 = Los Angeles Times

| rev2score = {{Rating|2|4}}{{cite news | first = Chris | last = Willman | url = https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1992-11-22-ca-1891-story.html | title = Record Rack: The Bodyguard Original Soundtrack Album | date = November 22, 1992 | access-date = September 1, 2010 | work=Los Angeles Times}}

| rev3 = NME

| rev3score = 4/10{{cite magazine|first=Nancy|last=Culp|url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/nothingelseon/52745899613/|title=Long Play|magazine=NME|date=November 21, 1992|page=34|accessdate=March 29, 2023}}

| rev4 = New York Times

| rev4score = (favorable){{cite news | first = Stephen| last = Holden| author-link = Stephen Holden | url = https://www.nytimes.com/1992/12/20/arts/record-brief-944292.html | title = Record Brief: The Bodyguard Original Soundtrack Album | newspaper = The New York Times | date = December 20, 1992 | access-date = September 1, 2010}}

| rev5 = Orlando Sentinel

| rev5score = {{Rating|1|3}}Gettelman, Parry (December 4, 1992). "The Bodyguard Soundtrack". Orlando Sentinel.

| rev6 = Q

| rev6score = {{Rating|3|5}}{{cite web | url = http://www.cduniverse.com/productinfo.asp?pid=1110178 | title = Q magazine review for The Bodyguard Soundtrack | date = February 1993 | access-date = July 26, 2010}}

| rev7 = Rolling Stone

| rev7score = {{Rating|2|5}}{{cite magazine | author = J.D. Considine | url = https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/13316/70246 | archive-url = https://archive.today/20120909061333/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/13316/70246 | url-status = dead | archive-date = September 9, 2012 | title = Rolling Stone magazine review for The Bodyguard Soundtrack | magazine = Rolling Stone | date = March 29, 2010 | access-date = July 26, 2010 | author-link = J.D. Considine }}

| rev8 = Select

| rev8score = {{rating|1|5|full=U+25A0.svg|empty=U+25A1.svg|rating=medal}}{{cite magazine|first=Nick|last=Duerden|url=https://selectmagazinescans.monkeon.co.uk/showpage.php?file=wp-content/uploads/2014/09/albums5.jpg|title=Reviews: New Albums — Sound Bites|magazine=Select|date=February 1993|page=74|access-date=December 26, 2024}}

| rev9 = USA Today

| rev9score = {{Rating|2.5|4}}{{cite news | author = James T. Jones IV | url = http://www.whitney-fan.com/music/reviews/36/65 | title = Houston heroic on 'Bodyguard' album | newspaper = USA Today | date = November 17, 1992 | access-date = September 1, 2010 | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120307122406/http://www.whitney-fan.com/music/reviews/36/65 | archive-date = March 7, 2012 | df = mdy-all }}

}}

{{Music ratings

| subtitle = Retrospective reviews (after 1992/1993)

| rev1 = AllMusic

| rev1score = {{Rating|3|5}}{{cite web | author = Stephen Thomas Erlewine | url = {{AllMusic|class=album|id=r123597|pure_url=yes}} | title = AllMusic review for The Bodyguard Soundtrack | publisher = AllMusic | access-date = July 26, 2010| author-link = Stephen Thomas Erlewine }}

| rev2 = MusicHound R&B

| rev2Score = {{rating|4|5}}{{cite book|chapter=Whitney Houston|editor1-first=Gary|editor1-last=Graff|editor-link1=Gary Graff|editor2-first=Josh Freedom|editor2-last=du Lac|editor3-first=Jim|editor3-last=McFarlin|year=1998|title=MusicHound R&B: The Essential Album Guide|publisher=Visible Ink Press|isbn=1-57859-026-4|url=https://archive.org/details/musichoundrbesse00graf}}

| rev3 = The Rolling Stone Album Guide

| rev3score = {{Rating|2|5}}{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=t9eocwUfoSoC&pg=PA396|title=The New Rolling Stone Album Guide|first1=Nathan|last1=Brackett|first2=Christian David|last2=Hoard|date=July 13, 2017|publisher=Simon and Schuster|via=Google Books|isbn=9780743201698}}

| rev4 = Sputnikmusic

| rev4score = {{Rating|3.6|4}}{{cite web|url=https://www.sputnikmusic.com/soundoff.php?albumid=93985|title=Whitney Houston - The Bodyguard Original Soundtrack Album|accessdate=January 28, 2025}}

}}

Upon its release, The Bodyguard received mixed-to-positive reviews, with most of the positive reviews, aimed at the production of Houston's songs and Houston's vocals. AllMusic editor Stephen Thomas Erlewine views that the first half is characterized by urban pop songs similar to I'm Your Baby Tonight (1990), while the second half has miscellaneous tracks more "typical of a big-budget soundtrack".

In her Entertainment Weekly review, Amy Linden wrote, "Houston’s portion [of the soundtrack] is evenly divided between (a) the pleasantly efficient, yet soulless stuff from her three albums and (b) two stunning cover versions, whose selection is both artistically satisfying and uncharacteristically hip for the MOR songbird."

In his December 23, 1992 review of the album for The Washington Post, Geoffrey Himes wrote that the soundtrack was "the [then] 29-year-old star's best album yet", stating that "it provides her with the best material and least obtrusive arrangements."{{cite web |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1992/12/23/recordings/4b528f58-8442-4e3c-941d-7f7df0308472/ |title=Recordings: Whitney, Unguarded |work=The Washington Post |author=Geoffrey Himes |date=December 23, 1992 |accessdate=April 26, 2025}}

In its retrospective review, MusicHound declares the album "contains Houston's best vocal performance ever" with "I Will Always Love You".

In its Rolling Stone review, the soundtrack "is nothing more than pleasant, tasteful and urbane, but for a phenomenon, it's worthy of its numbers."

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Both The Bodyguard soundtrack and its singles received many accolades following its release. At the 65th Academy Awards in 1993, both "I Have Nothing" and "Run to You" received nominations for Best Original Song for its songwriters. At the 36th Annual Grammy Awards, Houston received four nominations and won three, including Best Female Pop Vocal Performance and Record of the Year for "I Will Always Love You", while winning the Album of the Year for The Bodyguard, which made Houston just the second black female artist in Grammy history to win the coveted award. At the 1994 American Music Awards, Houston won a staggering seven awards for the soundtrack including Favorite Pop/Rock Album, an additional eighth American Music Award for Award of Merit earned Houston a record for the most American Music Awards won by a woman, tying overall with Michael Jackson. Houston received 11 Billboard Music Awards in 1993, including Top Billboard 200 Album for The Bodyguard. Internationally, Houston won five World Music Awards, six Japan Gold Disc Awards, a Juno Award for International Album of the Year and a Brit Award for Soundtrack/Cast Recording.

In later years, the soundtrack has been regarded as one of the best albums of all time. The Ringer ranked it the seventh best movie soundtrack of the past 50 years in 2021.{{cite web|url=https://www.theringer.com/movies/2021/12/9/22824332/best-movie-soundtracks-ranking|title=The 50 Best Movie Soundtracks of the Past 50 Years|date=December 9, 2021|access-date=January 29, 2025}} On Pitchfork's 2022 list of its 150 Greatest Albums of the 1990s, the Houston soundtrack was listed at number 147, crediting Houston for influencing future stars such as Christina Aguilera and Ariana Grande. In 2023, the A.V. Club listed it as the 12th best movie soundtrack of all time.{{cite web |url=https://www.avclub.com/best-movie-soundtracks-ranked-1850477178/slides/30 |title=The best movie soundtracks of all time, ranked |work=The A.V. Club |access-date=January 29, 2025}} That same year, Cosmopolitan ranked it as the 38th best movie soundtrack of all time, while The Independent ranked it 35th place in its best top 40 film soundtracks.{{cite magazine |url=https://www.cosmopolitan.com/entertainment/music/g26427733/best-movie-soundtracks/ |magazine=Cosmopolitan |title=53 Best Movie Soundtracks of All Time |date=July 5, 2023 |access-date=January 29, 2025}}{{cite web |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/best-film-soundtracks-movie-scores-b2463365.html |title=The 40 greatest film soundtracks |work=The Independent |date=December 13, 2023 |access-date=January 29, 2025}} In 2024, it was listed among the 101 Greatest Soundtracks of All Time on Rolling Stone. A year later, in 2025, Entertainment Weekly listed it as one of the best film soundtracks of the 1990s.{{cite web |url=https://ew.com/greatest-90s-movie-soundtracks-8744511 |title=Best '90s movie soundtracks: 'Cruel Intentions', 'Titanic' and more |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |date=January 15, 2025 |accessdate=January 29, 2025}}

The album's leading single, "I Will Always Love You", has been included in all-time lists itself. In 2001, the National Endowment for the Arts in collaboration with the Recording Industry Association of America listed the song at number 108 in its list of 365 songs of the 20th century.{{cite web|title=Songs of the Century|url=http://edition.cnn.com/2001/SHOWBIZ/Music/03/07/list.top.365.songs/|work=CNN|access-date=January 29, 2025|date=March 7, 2001}} In 2004, the American Film Institute ranked it 65th place in its top 100 songs in American cinema of the 20th century.{{Cite web|title=AFI's 100 YEARS…100 SONGS|url=https://www.afi.com/afis-100-years-100-songs/|access-date=2025-01-29|website=American Film Institute|language=en}} In his 2015 book, The Top 500 Songs of the Rock Era: 1955-2015, Rod Couch listed it as the top song of the rock era.{{cite book|last1=Couch|first1=Rod|title=The Top 500 Songs of the Rock Era: 1955–2015|date=2015|publisher=Create Space|isbn=9781515007715|pages=1–3|edition=First}} In 2021, Rolling Stone listed the song as the 94th greatest song of all time on its 500 Greatest Songs of All Time list.{{cite web |url=https://au.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/best-songs-of-all-time-30065/whitney-houston-i-will-always-love-you-30473/ |title=Whitney Houston - I Will Always Love You |magazine=Rolling Stone |accessdate=January 29, 2025}} Two years later, in 2023, Billboard listed it as the 60th best pop song of all time.{{cite magazine |url=https://www.billboard.com/lists/best-pop-songs-all-time-hits/ |title=500 Best Pop Songs of All Time |magazine=Billboard |date=October 19, 2023 |access-date=January 29, 2025}} In 2018, the song was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame, followed a year later, in 2019, by an inclusion in the Library of Congress' National Recording Registry for preservation.

In the US, The Bodyguard debuted at number two on the Billboard 200 chart dated December 5, 1992, behind Ice Cube's The Predator, selling 144,500 copies in the first week.{{cite magazine | url = https://www.billboard.com/charts/1992-12-05/billboard-200 | title = Billboard 200 albums chart listing for the week of December 5, 1992 | magazine = Billboard | date = December 5, 1992 | access-date = June 6, 2010}} In the following week dated December 12, the album topped the Billboard 200, for increased sales of 292,000 units.{{cite magazine | url = https://www.billboard.com/charts/1992-12-12/billboard-200 | title = Billboard 200 albums chart listing for the week of December 12, 1992 | magazine = Billboard | date = December 12, 1992 | access-date = June 6, 2010}}{{cite magazine | url = https://www.billboard.com/charts/1992-12-12/r-b-hip-hop-albums | title = Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop albums chart listing for the week of December 12, 1992 | magazine = Billboard | date = December 12, 1992 | access-date = June 6, 2010}}{{cite news | first = Aleene | last = MacMinn | url = https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1992-12-03-ca-1633-story.html | title = Morning Report: Pop/Rock | newspaper = The Los Angeles Times | date = December 3, 1992 | access-date = September 1, 2010}} While the album stayed at the summit on the charts, it broke the sales record for most single-week sales twice. During its fifth week, it sold 831,000 copies, breaking the single-week sales record set by heavy metal band Guns N' Roses' 1991 set, Use Your Illusion II.{{cite news | first = Chuck | last = Philips | url = https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1992-12-24-ca-3448-story.html | title = 'Bodyguard' Sells a Record 831,000 in One Week | newspaper = The Los Angeles Times | date = December 24, 1992 | access-date = September 1, 2010}} The following week, it broke its own record for most albums sold in a single week since Nielsen SoundScan introduced a computerized sales monitoring system in May 1991 when it sold approximately 1,061,000 copies, making Houston the first artist in music history to have an album sell over a million copies in a single week.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/473260/29-black-music-milestones-whitney-houston-sells-1-million-in-a-week|title=29 Black Music Milestones: Whitney Houston Sells 1 Million in A Week|magazine=Billboard }}{{cite news | first = Aleene | last = MacMinn | title = Morning Report: Pop/Rock | newspaper = The Los Angeles Times | date = December 31, 1992 }}{{cite magazine | first = Geoff | last = Mayfield | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=LgoEAAAAMBAJ&pg=RA1-PA128 | title = Between the Bullets: The New Champ | magazine = Billboard | date = December 5, 1998 | access-date = September 1, 2010}} The album would spend a total of twenty cumulative weeks atop the Billboard 200, marking the first time a female artist had accumulated that many weeks at number one, including thirteen consecutive weeks at the summit, which became the second most consecutive weeks by a female artist, succeeded only by Carole King's Tapestry. In addition, Houston set another chart record when she spent the most cumulative weeks simultaneously on both the Billboard 200 and Billboard Hot 100 with The Bodyguard and "I Will Always Love You" spending twelve consecutive weeks at number one on the respective charts. One of the fastest-selling albums in music history, the album was eventually certified diamond by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) on November 3, 1993, less than a year after its release, becoming the first album by a female artist to go diamond for sales of ten million copies by the RIAA, eventually selling 18 million copies alone in the country.{{cite web |url=https://www.riaa.com/gold-platinum/?tab_active=default-award&ar=whitney+houston&ti=the+bodyguard&lab=&genre=&format=&date_option=release&from=&to=&award=&type=&category=&adv=SEARCH#search_section |title=Gold & Platinum - Whitney Houston, The Bodyguard (soundtrack) |work=Recording Industry Association of America |accessdate=March 17, 2025}}

In addition, after debuting at number two,{{cite magazine | url = https://www.billboard.com/charts/1992-12-05/r-b-hip-hop-albums | title = Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop albums chart listing for the week of December 5, 1992 | magazine= Billboard | date= December 5, 1992 | access-date = June 6, 2010}} the album also topped the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart in its second week{{cite magazine | url = https://www.billboard.com/charts/1992-12-12/r-b-hip-hop-albums | title = Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop albums chart listing for the week of December 12, 1992 | magazine = Billboard | date = December 12, 1992 | access-date = June 6, 2010}} and would go on to stay atop that chart for eight consecutive weeks, matching her run on the chart with her previous effort, I'm Your Baby Tonight (1990). On the Billboard 200, the album would spend 42 of its weeks inside the top ten, her second most weeks inside the top ten after Whitney Houston (1985), which spent 48 weeks inside the top ten during its run. It would eventually spend 155 cumulative weeks on the Billboard 200 and 122 weeks on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart, marking the second time in the chart's history that a female artist had spent 100 or more weeks on the chart, followed by Houston's 1985 debut, which spent 116 weeks.{{cite magazine | author = Rossi, Terri | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=OQgEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA18 | title = Terri Rossi's Rhythm Section | magazine = Billboard | date = April 2, 1994 | access-date = June 5, 2010}}{{cite magazine | url = https://www.billboard.com/charts/1993-01-30/r-b-hip-hop-albums | title = Billboard Top R&B Albums chart listing for the week January 30, 1993 | magazine = Billboard | date = January 30, 1993 | access-date = September 1, 2010}}{{cite magazine | url = https://www.billboard.com/charts/1993-05-29/billboard-200 | title = Billboard 200 chart listing for the week of May 29, 1993 | magazine = Billboard | date = May 29, 1993 | access-date = September 1, 2010}} It held a 19-year chart record as the female album with the most weeks at number one until singer Adele broke it with her album, 21, which went on to spend 24 weeks at number one. As of 2025, Houston and Adele remain the only female artists to have an album register at number one on the chart for twenty or more weeks.{{cite web | first = David | last = Jenison | url = http://www.eonline.com/uberblog/b81173_mariah_carey_cant_stop_taylor_swift.html | title = Mariah Carey Can't Stop Taylor Swift | publisher = E! Online | date=January 28, 2009 | access-date = June 5, 2010}} Due to its success on Billboard, the soundtrack was ranked the top album on the Billboard Year-End pop and R&B album lists, marking the second time Houston accomplished this since her debut, Whitney Houston, had done it in 1986.{{cite magazine | magazine = Billboard | publisher = Nielsen Business Media, Inc. | title = 1993 The Year in Music, Special Double Issue | volume = 105 | issue = 52 | date = December 25, 1993 | issn = 0006-2510}} It was also the first album in Nielsen SoundScan history to rank among the top three albums in two consecutive years, ranking at number three in 1992 and number one for 1993, and the best-selling soundtrack by the National Association of Recording Merchandisers (NARM) in 1993–1994.{{cite web | first = Paul | last = Grein | url = http://new.music.yahoo.com/blogs/chart_watch/43323/chart-watch-extra-fearlessness-pays-off/ | title = Chart Watch: Chart Watch Extra: Fearlessness Pays Off | publisher = Yahoo! Music | date = December 16, 2009 | access-date = September 28, 2010}}{{cite magazine | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=QQgEAAAAMBAJ&pg=RA1-PA47 | title = Jackson, Pearl Jam Honored As Best Sellers | magazine = Billboard | date = April 9, 1994 | access-date = July 3, 2010}} After the soundtrack was credited as a Whitney Houston album in Billboard{{'s}} archives, Houston became the only artist of the Billboard 200 era with three albums to remain atop the chart for over ten weeks ㅡWhitney Houston (14 weeks), Whitney (11 weeks) and The Bodyguard (20 weeks). Houston also broke the record for the most cumulative weeks at number one by a female artist with 46 cumulative weeks until Taylor Swift surpassed it in 2020 with her album Folklore.{{cite magazine | url = https://www.billboard.com/articles/business/chart-beat/9457088/taylor-swift-whitney-houston-billboard-200-record-essay | title = Chart Beat Thursday: Whitney Houston, Mariah Carey, Billie Holiday | magazine = Billboard | date = September 10, 2009 | access-date = November 16, 2009}} It also set an RIAA sales record for receiving the largest initial certification of any album at six-times platinum on January 18, 1993.{{cite web| url =https://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?resultpage=2&table=SEARCH_RESULTS&action=&title=&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=2010&sort=Artist&perPage=25| title =Whitney Houston RIAA certification awards – 1990s (Part 2)| publisher =The Recording Industry Association of America| access-date =July 5, 2010| url-status =dead| archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20130725043408/http://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?resultpage=2&table=SEARCH_RESULTS&action=&title=&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=2010&sort=Artist&perPage=25| archive-date =July 25, 2013| df =mdy-all}} The record was later broken by *NSYNC's No Strings Attached, certified 7× Platinum initially in April 2000.{{cite web | url = https://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?resultpage=1&table=SEARCH_RESULTS&action=&title=NO%20STRINGS%20ATTACHED&artist=sync&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=2010&sort=Artist&perPage=25 | title = RIAA certification for No Strings Attached by 'N SYNC | website = Recording Industry Association of America | date = April 19, 2000 | access-date = September 2, 2010}} When the RIAA launched the Diamond Awards on March 16, 1999, The Bodyguard joined it along with 62 other albums.{{cite web|url=https://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?resultpage=1&table=tblDiamond&action= |title=RIAA Diamond certification |publisher=The Recording Industry Association of America |date=March 16, 1999 |access-date=July 5, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151105211148/http://riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?resultpage=1&table=tblDiamond&action= |archive-date=November 5, 2015 }}{{cite magazine | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=XQ0EAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA80 | title = Newsmaker: Elton, Boyz, Joel Among Diamond Honorees | magazine = Billboard | date = March 27, 1999 | access-date = September 1, 2010}} It is the first album to reach both the 10 million and 11 million sales mark in the US since 1991, when Nielsen SoundScan started tracking music sales.{{cite web |url= https://music.yahoo.com/blogs/chart-watch/chart-watch-coldplay-sets-2014-sales-record-184840032.html |title=Chart Watch: Coldplay Sets 2014 Sales Record |first= Paul |last= Grein |date= May 28, 2014 |work=Yahoo Chart Watch }} As of late 2014, it had sold 12,140,000 copies; it is the sixth best-selling album of the SoundScan era in the United States.{{cite magazine |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/6281504/adele-21-surpasses-11-million-sales |title=Adele's '21' Surpasses 11 Million In U.S. Sales |last=Caulfield |first=Keith |publisher=Prometheus Global Media |magazine=Billboard |date=October 10, 2014 |access-date=October 11, 2014}}

The Bodyguard became an international smash, going to number one in 20 other countries, including Australia for five weeks,{{cite web|url=http://australian-charts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Soundtrack+%2F+Whitney+Houston&titel=The+Bodyguard&cat=a|title=The Bodyguard Soundtrack on Australian Albums Chart|publisher=australian-charts.com|access-date=September 10, 2009}} Austria for nine weeks,{{cite web|url=http://austriancharts.at/showitem.asp?interpret=Soundtrack+%2F+Whitney+Houston&titel=The+Bodyguard&cat=a|title=The Bodyguard Soundtrack on Austrian Albums Chart|publisher=austriancharts.at|access-date=September 10, 2009}} Canada for 12 weeks,{{cite magazine|url=http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?&file_num=nlc008388.1746&volume=57&issue=8&issue_dt=March_06_1993&type=1&interval=24&PHPSESSID=0sdhjn64pqhbdbfl97he927oh2|title=The Bodyguard Soundtrack on Canadian Albums Chart|magazine=RPM|date=March 6, 1993|access-date=February 9, 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121013030048/http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?&file_num=nlc008388.1746&volume=57&issue=8&issue_dt=March_06_1993&type=1&interval=24&PHPSESSID=0sdhjn64pqhbdbfl97he927oh2|archive-date=October 13, 2012|df=mdy-all}} France for eight weeks, Germany for 11 weeks,{{cite web|url=http://www.officialcharts.de/weekchart.asp?cat=a&year=1993&date=19930118&country=de|title="The Bodyguard Soundtrack" on German Albums Chart|publisher=Media Control Charts|access-date=February 9, 2010}} {{Dead link|date=October 2010|bot=H3llBot}} Hungary for two weeks,{{cite web | url = http://www.mahasz.hu/?menu=slagerlistak&menu2=archivum&lista=top40&ev=1993&het=24&submit_=Keres%E9s | title = The Bodyguard Soundtrack on Hungarian Albums Chart | publisher = Mahasz | access-date = July 25, 2010}} Italy for two weeks, Japan for two weeks,{{cite web|url=https://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/74438/products/51361/1/|title= 「ボディガード」オリジナル・サウンドトラック|publisher=Oricon| access-date=July 1, 2023}} Netherlands for six weeks,{{cite web|url=http://dutchcharts.nl/showitem.asp?interpret=Soundtrack+%2F+Whitney+Houston&titel=The+Bodyguard&cat=a|title=The Bodyguard Soundtrack on Dutch Albums Chart|publisher=dutchcharts.nl|access-date=June 3, 2010}} New Zealand for eight weeks,{{cite web|url=https://charts.nz/showitem.asp?interpret=Soundtrack+%2F+Whitney+Houston&titel=The+Bodyguard&cat=a|title=The Bodyguard Soundtrack on New Zealand's Albums Chart|publisher=chart.org.nz|access-date=June 3, 2010}} Norway for six weeks,{{cite web|url=http://norwegiancharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Soundtrack+%2F+Whitney+Houston&titel=The+Bodyguard&cat=a|title=The Bodyguard Soundtrack on Norwegian Albums Chart|publisher=norwegiancharts.com|access-date=September 10, 2009}} Sweden for four weeks{{cite web|url=http://swedishcharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Soundtrack+%2F+Whitney+Houston&titel=The+Bodyguard&cat=a|title=The Bodyguard Soundtrack on Swedish Albums Chart|publisher=swedishcharts.com|access-date=September 22, 2009}} and Switzerland for nine weeks.{{cite web|url=http://hitparade.ch/showitem.asp?interpret=Soundtrack+%2F+Whitney+Houston&titel=The+Bodyguard&cat=a|title=The Bodyguard Soundtrack on Swiss Albums Chart|publisher=swisscharts.com|access-date=September 22, 2009}} In the United Kingdom, the album didn't chart on the main albums chart because compilation albums were excluded from the main albums chart from January 1989.{{cite web|url=http://www.theofficialcharts.com/stats-christmas_ones_albums.php |title=The Official UK Charts, Stats And Facts |publisher=The Official Charts Company |access-date=February 9, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090216190028/http://www.theofficialcharts.com/stats-christmas_ones_albums.php |archive-date=February 16, 2009 }} Instead, the album reached the top on the official compilation albums chart and stayed there for 11 weeks, spending 60 non-consecutive weeks in the top 10 and for a total of 107 weeks on the chart. Through its massive success across Europe, it topped the European Top 100 Albums chart for 15 non-consecutive weeks.{{cite magazine|url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_rw8EAAAAMBAJ_2|page=[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_rw8EAAAAMBAJ_2/page/n46 47]|quote=billboard 1993.|title=Hits of the World (The Bodyguard Soundtrack)|magazine=Billboard|date=March 6, 1993|access-date=June 3, 2010}} In the UK, the album was certified 7× platinum by the British Phonographic Industry (BPI) on January 1, 1994,{{cite web|url=http://www.bpi.co.uk/certifiedawards/search.aspx |title=BPI Certification for The Bodyguard Soundtrack (searchable database) |publisher=BPI |date=January 1, 1994 |access-date=February 7, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130115055129/http://www.bpi.co.uk/certifiedawards/search.aspx |archive-date=January 15, 2013 |df=mdy }} and has sold 2,255,000 copies, landing at number sixty on the list of UK's 100 best-selling albums of all time.{{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/the-bodyguard-to-re-enter-official-video-chart-following-whitney-houst__1855/|title=The Bodyguard to re-enter Official Video Chart following Whitney Houst|work= Official Charts Company |date=16 February 2012|access-date=October 19, 2021}} In Japan, it was certified 2× million by the Recording Industry Association of Japan (RIAJ) in 1994, the first time a foreign artist achieved that feat in Japanese music history, and eventually became the best-selling foreign album with 2.8 million copies sold.{{cite web|url=http://www.riaj.or.jp/chronicle/1900/1990.html|title=Recording Industry Association of Japan – The History of music recordings industry during the 1990s |language=ja|publisher= Recording Industry Association of Japan |access-date=July 30, 2012}}{{cite magazine | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=yg0EAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA49 | title = Newsline...Mariah Carey's #1's | magazine = Billboard | date = January 23, 1999 | access-date = December 28, 2009}} The record was later broken by Mariah Carey's #1's, certified 3× million in 1998. In Germany, the album has sold more than 1.7 million, earning 3× platinum awards by the Bundesverband Musikindustrie (BVMI).{{cite certification|region=Germany|title=The Bodyguard|access-date=September 20, 2009}}{{cite magazine | first = Wolfgang | last = Spahr | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=JQ8EAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA64 | title = Grammy's Two Way Street | magazine = Billboard | date = May 13, 2000 | access-date = December 28, 2009}} In addition, it was awarded Diamond for the sales of over 1 million in both France and Canada. It was certified 3× platinum in Brazil, becoming one of the best-selling international album by a female artist and set a record for the best-selling foreign album with the sales of 1.2 million over in South Korea.{{cite web | author = 고경석 | url = http://www.asiae.co.kr/news/view.htm?idxno=2010010709111483530 | title = 휘트니 휴스턴, 2월 첫 내한공연 (Whitney Houston; South Korea's first show in February) | publisher = asiae.co.kr | date = January 7, 2010|access-date = January 7, 2010| language = ko}}{{cite web | author = 이언혁 | url = http://www.newsen.com/news_view.php?uid=201001070909331001 | title = 휘트니휴스턴 첫 내한공연 '10년만의 정규 월드투어 한국서 시작'(Whitney Houston, Her First World Tour in 10 Years Will Begin in South Korea) | publisher = newsen.com | date = January 7, 2010 | access-date = January 7, 2010|language=ko}} In Australia, it became the best selling album of 1993.{{cite web|url=http://www.aria.com.au/pages/aria-charts-end-of-year-charts-top-50albums-1993.htm |title=ARIA Charts – End Of Year Charts – Top 50 Albums 1993 |publisher=ARIA Charts |access-date=June 5, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080721010559/http://www.aria.com.au/pages/aria-charts-end-of-year-charts-top-50albums-1993.htm |archive-date=July 21, 2008 |df=mdy }} In Mexico, the soundtrack sold more than 500,000 copies, making it the best-selling English-language record in 1994.{{cite magazine | first = John | last = Lannert | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=aggEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA73 | title=Tours, Radio And TV Help Swell Sales Of Foreign Acts | magazine=Billboard | date = November 26, 1994 | access-date = June 5, 2010}} To date, the album has sold 45 million copies worldwide, making it the best-selling soundtrack of all time, the best-selling album by a female artist ever and the best-selling album of the 1990s.

{{main|I Wish You Love: More from The Bodyguard}}

I Wish You Love: More from the Bodyguard is the 25th anniversary reissue of the album, released by Legacy Recordings on November 17, 2017. The album was released to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the movie, The Bodyguard, which marked Houston's film debut.{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/8054883/whitney-houston-bodyguard-reissue-debuts-american-music-awards-tribute|title=Whitney Houston's 'Bodyguard' Redux Debuts on Charts After American Music Awards Tribute|last=Anderson|first=Trevor|date=December 1, 2017|magazine=Billboard|access-date=2017-12-02}} It includes the film versions of her six Bodyguard contributions – "I Will Always Love You", "I Have Nothing", "I'm Every Woman", "Run to You", "Queen of the Night" and "Jesus Loves Me" – as well as remixes and live performances of the songs from subsequent tours. The album's release coincided with a tribute to Houston and the music of The Bodyguard at the American Music Awards on November 19 on ABC as performed by Christina Aguilera. Ahead of the performance, Aguilera wrote on Instagram, "I am excited, honored and humbled to perform a tribute to one of my idols."{{Cite news|url=http://people.com/music/american-music-awards-2017-christina-aguliera-whitney-houston-tribute/|title=American Music Awards 2017: Christina Aguilera Performs Tribute to Whitney Houston|last=Kimble|first=Lindsay|date=November 19, 2017|work=People|access-date=2017-12-02|language=en}}

All songs performed by Whitney Houston, except where noted.

{{Track listing

| headline = The Bodyguard {{nobold|– Standard edition}}

| extra_column = Producer(s)

| total_length = 57:44

| title1 = I Will Always Love You

| writer1 = Dolly Parton

| extra1 = David Foster

| length1 = 4:31

| title2 = I Have Nothing

| writer2 = {{hlist|David Foster|Linda Thompson}}

| extra2 = Foster

| length2 = 4:49

| title3 = I'm Every Woman

| writer3 = {{hlist|Nickolas Ashford|Valerie Simpson}}

| extra3 = {{hlist|Narada Michael Walden|Robert Clivillés|David Cole}}

| length3 = 4:45

| title4 = Run to You

| writer4 = {{hlist|Allan Rich|Jud Friedman}}

| extra4 = Foster

| length4 = 4:24

| title5 = Queen of the Night

| writer5 = {{hlist|Whitney Houston |Antonio "L.A." Reid|Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds|Daryl Simmons}}

| extra5 = {{hlist|L.A. Reid|Babyface|Houston|Simmons}}

| length5 = 3:08

| title6 = Jesus Loves Me

| writer6 = {{hlist|Anna Bartlett Warner|William Batchelder Bradbury}}

| extra6 = {{hlist|BeBe Winans|Houston}}

| length6 = 5:12

| title7 = Even If My Heart Would Break

| note7 = Kenny G and Aaron Neville

| writer7 = {{hlist|Franne Golde|Adrian Gurvitz}}

| extra7 = {{hlist|Foster|Walter Afanasieff}}

| length7 = 4:58

| title8 = Someday (I'm Coming Back)

| note8 = Lisa Stansfield

| writer8 = {{hlist|Lisa Stansfield|Andy Morris|Ian Devaney}}

| extra8 = {{hlist|Andy Morris|Ian Devaney}}

| length8 = 4:57

| title9 = It's Gonna Be a Lovely Day

| note9 = The S.O.U.L. S.Y.S.T.E.M. featuring Michelle Visage

| writer9 = {{hlist|Bill Withers|Skip Scarborough|Robert Clivillés|David Cole|Tommy Never|Michelle Visage}}

| extra9 = {{hlist|Clivillés|Cole|Ricky Crespo}}

| length9 = 4:47

| title10 = (What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace, Love, and Understanding

| note10 = Curtis Stigers

| writer10 = Nick Lowe

| extra10 = Danny Kortchmar

| length10 = 4:04

| title11 = Waiting for You

| note11 = Kenny G

| writer11 = Kenny G

| extra11 = Kenny G

| length11 = 4:58

| title12 = Trust in Me

| note12 = Joe Cocker featuring Sass Jordan

| writer12 = {{hlist|Charlie Midnight|Marc Swersky|Francesca Beghe}}

| extra12 = Charlie Midnight

| length12 = 4:12

| title13 = Theme from The Bodyguard

| note13 = Alan Silvestri

| writer13 = Alan Silvestri

| extra13 = Alan Silvestri

| length13 = 2:40

}}

{{Track listing

| headline = The Bodyguard {{nobold|– German special edition (bonus tracks)}}

| extra_column = Producer(s)

| total_length = 74:56

| title14 = I'm Every Woman

| note14 = Clivillés & Cole House Mix

| writer14 = {{hlist|Nickolas Ashford|Valerie Simpson}}

| extra14 = {{hlist|Walden|Clivillés|Cole}}

| length14 = 10:37

| title15 = Queen of the Night

| note15 = CJ's Master Mix

| writer15 = {{hlist|Antonio "L.A. Reid"|Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds|Daryl Simmons|Houston}}

| extra15 = {{hlist|Reid|Babyface}}

| length15 = 6:35

}}

Notes

• On the US edition, Kenny G's "Waiting for You" was not included, with Alan Silvestri's "Theme from The Bodyguard" appearing in its track place (before Joe Cocker feat. Sass Jordan's "Trust in Me")

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"I Will Always Love You"

• Whitney Houston – vocals, vocal arrangement
• David Foster – producer, arranger
• Rickey Minor – director
• Kirk Whalum – saxophone & solo
• Ricky Lawson – drums
• Bashiri Johnson – percussion
• David Foster – keyboard
• Dean Parks & Michael Landau – guitars
• Neil Stubenhaus – bass
• Tony Smith & Claude Gaudette – synth programming
• Bill Schnee, Dave Reitzas & Peter J. Yianilos – recording engineers
• Dave Reitzas – mixing engineer
• Hal Belknap – assistant mixing engineer

"I Have Nothing"

• Whitney Houston – vocals
• Jeremy Lubbock – string arrangement
• David Foster – keyboards, bass, string arrangement, producer, arranger
• Michael Landau – guitar
• Simon Franglen – Synclavier and synth programming
• Dave Reitzas – recording engineer
• Mick Guzauski – mixing engineer

"I'm Every Woman"

• Whitney Houston – vocals
• Narada Michael Walden – producer
• Robert Clivilles – additional vocal arrangement and production, remix
• David Cole – additional vocal arrangement and production, remix
• Vocal arrangement inspired by Chaka Khan
• Bashiri Johnson – percussion
• Louis Biancaniello – programming
• James Alfano – programming
• Chauncey Mahan – programming
• Matt Rohr – recording engineer
• Marc Reyburn – recording engineer
• Acar S. Key – additional production recording engineer
• Bob Rosa – mixing engineer

"Run to You"

• Whitney Houston – vocals
• David Foster – producer, arrangement, string arrangement, bass
• Jud Friedman – arrangement, keyboards
• William Ross – string arrangement
• John Robinson – drums
• Dean Parks – acoustic guitar
• Simon Franglen – Synclavier and synth programming
• Dave Reitzas – recording engineer
• Mick Guzauski – mixing engineer

"Queen of the Night"

• Whitney Houston – vocals, co-producer, vocal arrangement
• L.A. Reid – producer, drum programming
• Babyface – producer, keyboard, organ, bass and drum programming
• Daryl Simmons – co-producer
• Kayo – bass
• Donald Parks – programming
• Randy Walker – programming
• Vernon Reid – guitar solo
• Barney Perkins – recording engineer
• Milton Chan – recording engineer
• Dave Way – mixing engineer
• Jim "Z" Zumpano – mixing engineer

"Jesus Loves Me"

• Whitney Houston – vocals, producer, vocal arrangement
• BeBe Winans – vocals, background vocals
• Cedric J. Caldwell – arrangement
• BeBe Winans – vocal arrangement, arrangement
• Ron Huff – string arrangement
• Richard Joseph – additional production recording engineer
• Alvin Chea – background vocals
• Claude McKnight III – background vocals
• Paul Jackson Jr. – guitar
• Victor Caldwell – bass, drum programming, recording engineer
• Mike McCarthy – recording engineer
• Dave Reitzas – mixing engineer

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"Even If My Heart Would Break"

• Kenny G – performer, arrangement
• Aaron Neville – performer
• David Foster – producer, arranger
• Walter Afanasieff – producer, piano, drum programming, bass and organ
• Randy Kerber – keyboards
• John Robinson – drums
• Michael Thompson – guitar
• Ren Klyce – synth programming
• Gary Cirimelli – synth programming
• Humberto Gatica – recording engineer
• Manny LaCarrubba – additional engineering
• Dana Jon Chappelle – additional engineering
• Steve Sheppard – additional engineering
• Kevin Becka – additional engineering, assistant engineer
• Steve Sheppard – assistant engineer
• Mick Guzauski – mixing engineer

"Someday (I'm Coming Back)"

• Lisa Stansfield – vocals
• Ian Devaney – producer, mixing
• Andy Morris – producer, mixing
• Jazz Summers – executive producer
• Tim Parry – executive producer
• Bobby Boughton – engineer, mixing

"It's Gonna Be a Lovely Day"

• The S.O.U.L. S.Y.S.T.E.M. – performer
• Michelle Visage – featured artist
• Robert Clivilles – producer, arranger, mixing, rap vocal production
• David Cole – producer, arranger, mixing, vocal arrangement
• Ricky Crespo – assistant producer
• Duran Ramos – rap vocal production
• Acar S. Key – recording and mixing engineer
• Bruce Miller – additional mixing

"(What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace, Love and Understanding?"

• Curtis Stigers – performer
• Danny Kortchmar – producer
• Marc DeSisto – recording and mix engineer

"Theme from The Bodyguard"

• Alan Silvestri – composer, producer
• William Ross – orchestrations
• Gary Grant – trumpet solo
• Dennis Sands – engineer
• Bill Easystone – assistant engineer
• Gary Carlson – technical engineer
• Jim Walker – technical engineer

"Trust in Me"

• Joe Cocker – vocals
• Sass Jordan – featured artist
• Charlie Midnight – producer
• John Rollo – recording engineer
• Chris Lord-Alge – mixing engineer

• Clive Davis – executive producer
• Whitney Houston – executive producer
• Roy Lott – producer
• Gary LeMel – Warner Bros. music executive
• Maureen Crowe – music supervisor
• George Marino – mastering
• Susan Mendola – design
• Ben Glass – The Bodyguard still photography, inside front cover photo of Whitney Houston
• Randee St. Nicholas – inside booklet photography of Whitney Houston
• Ellin LaVar – hair
• Quietfire – makeup
• Stephen Earabino – styling
• Matthew Rolston – photography (Kenny G)
• Casado – photography (Aaron Neville)
• Paul Cox – photography (Joe Cocker)
• Moshe Brakha – photography (Sass Jordan)
• Zanna – photography (Lisa Stansfield)
• Ken Nahoum – photography (The S.O.U.L. S.Y.S.T.E.M.)
• Terence Scott – photography (Curtis Stigers)

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{{Certification Table Entry|region=Germany|type=album|title=Bodyguard|artist=O.S.T. – Various (Whitney Houston)|award=Platinum|number=3|relyear=1992|certyear=1993|salesref={{cite magazine|first=Wolfgang|last=Spahr|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JQ8EAAAAMBAJ&q=whitney+houston+japan+bodyguard&pg=PA64|title=Grammy's Two Way Street|magazine=Billboard|date=May 13, 2000|access-date=December 28, 2009}}|salesamount=1,700,000|access-date=July 30, 2012}}

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{{Certification Table Entry|region=Japan|type=album|title=The Bodyguard|artist=Whitney Houston|award=Million|number=2|relyear=1992|certyear=1994|certmonth=12|salesamount=2,800,000|salesref={{cite magazine|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yg0EAAAAMBAJ&q=bodyguard+top+foreign+album&pg=PA49|title=Newsline...Mariah Carey's #1's (p49)|magazine=Billboard|date=January 23, 1999|access-date=December 28, 2009}}|access-date=July 21, 2022}}

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{{Certification Table Entry|region=Norway|type=album|title=The Bodyguard|artist=Whitney Houston|award=Platinum|number=4|relyear=1992|certyear=1994|access-date=July 30, 2012}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=Poland|type=album|title=Bodyguard – OST|artist=Original Soundtrack|award=Gold|relyear=1992|certyear=1995|access-date=January 6, 2014}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=South Africa|title=The Bodyguard|artist=Whitney Houston|type=album|nocert=true|relyear=1992|salesamount=110,000|salesref={{cite magazine|title=Global Markets Fall Victim To 'Bodyguard'|magazine = Billboard|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Billboard/90s/1993/BB-02-27.pdf|date=February 27, 1993|publisher=Nielsen Business Media, Inc.|pages=81|accessdate=February 8, 2022|issn=0006-2510}}}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=South Korea|title=The Bodyguard|artist=Whitney Houston|award=Platinum|nocert=true|salesref= |access-date=June 8, 2014|salesamount=1,200,000}}

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{{Certification Table Entry|region=Sweden|type=album|title=The Bodyguard|artist=Whitney Houston|award=Platinum|relyear=1992|certyear=1993|salesamount=343,000|salesref=|access-date=July 30, 2012}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=Switzerland|type=album|title=Bodyguard (Whitney Houston)|artist=Soundtrack|award=Platinum|number=5|relyear=1992|certyear=1994|access-date=July 30, 2012}}

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{{Certification Table Entry|region=United States|type=album|title=The Bodyguard|artist=Whitney Houston|award=Platinum|number=18|relyear=1992|certyear=2017|access-date=February 3, 2023}}

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• List of accolades received by The Bodyguard (1992 film)
• List of Top 25 albums for 1993 in Australia
• List of best-selling albums
• List of best-selling albums by women
• List of best-selling albums in Europe
• List of best-selling albums in Brazil
• List of best-selling albums in Chile
• List of best-selling albums in France
• List of best-selling albums in Germany
• List of best-selling albums in Indonesia
• List of best-selling albums in Italy
• List of best-selling albums in Japan
• List of best-selling albums in South Korea
• List of best-selling albums in Taiwan
• List of best-selling albums in the United Kingdom
• List of best-selling albums in the United States

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• [https://www.allmusic.com/album/the-bodyguard-mw0000180918 The Bodyguard: Original Soundtrack Album] at Allmusic
• [http://www.discogs.com/Various-The-Bodyguard-Original-Soundtrack-Album/master/61126 The Bodyguard: Original Soundtrack Album] at Discogs

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