The Bodyguard: Original Soundtrack Album

chronology
The Bodyguard: Original Soundtrack Album
Soundtrack by Whitney Houston / Various Artists
Publication ; (s)	17th November 1992
Label (s)	Arista Records
Format (s)	CD, record
Genre (s)	Pop , R&B
Title (number)	11
running time	53:38
production	Clive Davis (Executive), Whitney Houston (Executive), Jazz Summers (Executive), Tim Parry (Executive), David Foster , Narada Michael Walden , LA Reid , Babyface , Daryl Simmons , BeBe Winans , Walter Afanasieff , Ian Devaney , Andy Morris , Robert Clivilles , David Cole , Danny Kortchmar , Charlie Midnight and Roy Lott
3rd November 1992	I will always love you
2nd January 1993	I'm every woman
February 20, 1993	I have nothing
June 6, 1993	Run to you
October 13, 1993	Queen of the Night

The Bodyguard: Original Soundtrack Album is the soundtrack album by Whitney Houston and various artists for the film Bodyguard , which was released in November 1992. Along with the great success of the film, the soundtrack also became a huge global success. The CD reached the top of the charts in at least 17 countries and sold 44 million copies. This makes The Bodyguard the best-selling soundtrack to this day and is also one of the most successful albums of all time . In Germany, the soundtrack had sold over 1,700,000 copies by December 2009.

history

The main executive producers on this album were Whitney Houston and Clive Davis , with Houston largely determining the song selection. What Becomes of the Broken Hearted was originally intended to serve as the movie's theme song, but the piece has already been used by another film. Kevin Costner's idea was to record a version of Dolly Parton's I Will Always Love You . The album was number one on the Billboard 200 for 20 weeks , the single I Will Always Love You 14 weeks, which was the record at the time.

reception

criticism

Stephen Thomas Erlewine of the Allmusic.com website wrote that the album contained many top-notch pop songs that were among the best of Houston's work. It awarded three out of five stars.

Awards

The album received a Grammy Award for Album of the Year . It was awarded 17 times platinum and thus diamond status by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA).

Track list

I Will Always Love You - Whitney Houston ( Parton )
I Have Nothing - Whitney Houston ( Foster / Linda Thompson-Jenner)
I'm Every Woman - Whitney Houston (Nickolas Ashford / Valerie Simpson)
Run to You - Whitney Houston (Jud J. Friedman / Allan Rich)
Queen of the Night - Whitney Houston ( Babyface / Houston / LA Reid / Daryl Simmons)
Jesus Loves Me - Whitney Houston (Cedric Caldwell / BeBe Winans)
Even If My Heart Would Break - Kenny G featuring Aaron Neville (Franne Golde | / Adrian Gurvitz)
Someday (I'm Coming Back) - Lisa Stansfield (Ian Devaney / Andy Morris / Stansfield)
It's Gonna Be A Lovely Day - The SOULSYSTEM (Robert Clivillés / David Cole | Cole / Tommy Never / Skip Scarborough / Michelle Visage / Bill Withers)
(What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace, Love, and Understanding - Curtis Stigers (Nick Lowe)
Theme from The Bodyguard - Alan Silvestri
Trust in Me - Joe Cocker featuring Sass Jordan (Francesca Beghe / Charlie Midnight / Marc Swersky)

Awards for music sales

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Australia (ARIA)	5 × platinum	350,000
Belgium (BEA)	4 × platinum	200,000
Brazil (PMB)	3 × platinum	750,000
Germany (BVMI)	3 × platinum	1,500,000
Finland (IFPI)	platinum	56,648
France (SNEP)	diamond	1,000,000
Japan (RIAJ)	2 × diamond	2,000,000
Canada (MC)	diamond	1,000,000
New Zealand (RMNZ)	platinum	15,000
Netherlands (NVPI)	platinum	100,000
Norway (IFPI)	4 × platinum	200,000
Austria (IFPI)	4 × platinum	200,000
Poland (ZPAV)	gold	50,000
Sweden (IFPI)	platinum	100,000
Switzerland (IFPI)	5 × platinum	250,000
Spain (Promusicae)	6 × platinum	600,000
United States (RIAA)	18 × platinum	18,000,000
United Kingdom (BPI)	7 × platinum	2,100,000
All in all	1 × gold 53 × platinum 5 × diamond	28,571,648