Whitney Houston singles discography

American singer Whitney Houston released 57 singles and 18 promotional singles and was either a featured artist or guest appeared in 14 other songs. Known as “The Voice”, she is one of the most significant cultural icons of the 20th century. One of the best-selling artists of all time, Houston has sold over 220 million units worldwide. According to Billboard, Houston is the ninth most successful solo artist in US chart history. Houston has accumulated 11 Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles (fourth most by a solo female artist and seventh overall) and was one of the very few artists to enter the top ten on the Billboard Hot 100 in four different decades. Houston sold the most physical singles in the United States with 16.5 million units. Houston has sold 12.3 million units of singles in the United Kingdom alone and according to the Official Charts Company in 2012, was the fourth best-selling female singles artist of all time. Between 1985 and 2010, Houston scored 20 number one singles in at least one official record chart in the biggest music markets in the world.

Following her chart debut in "Hold Me" (1984), a duet with Teddy Pendergrass, Houston's first leading single off her self-titled debut, "You Give Good Love" (1985) became her first top-ten hit on the Billboard Hot 100 while "Saving All My Love for You" became her first number-one single on the same chart. With "How Will I Know" and "Greatest Love of All" peaking at number one, Houston became the first female artist to have three singles off the same album reach number one on the Billboard Hot 100. Houston continued to reach number one on the Billboard Hot 100 following the release of her second effort, Whitney in 1987, with "I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me)", "Didn't We Almost Have It All", "So Emotional" and "Where Do Broken Hearts Go" all peaking at number-one on the Billboard Hot 100, becoming the first album by a woman to have four singles off the same album reach number one on the Billboard Hot 100. Houston became the first artist to produce seven consecutive number-one singles on the Billboard Hot 100, a record that has yet to be broken.

After scoring an international Olympics hit "One Moment in Time", Houston continued to record hits in the 1990s. "I'm Your Baby Tonight" and "All the Man That I Need", from the I'm Your Baby Tonight (1990) album, made Houston the first solo female artist to have multiple songs off three albums to reach number one on the Billboard Hot 100. Houston's rendition of "The Star Spangled Banner" (1991), recorded at Super Bowl XXV, became the first version of the national anthem to reach the top twenty of the Billboard Hot 100. The same song peaked in the top ten of the same chart ten years later. "I Will Always Love You" (1992), from The Bodyguard soundtrack, became the biggest hit of Houston's recording career, reaching number one for 14 weeks on the Billboard Hot 100. It still holds the record for the longest consecutive run at number one by a female artist. Topping the charts in 34 countries and selling 24 million global units, it's the best-selling physical single by a woman in music history and went diamond in the United States. The album's follow-ups, "I'm Every Woman" and "I Have Nothing", each entered the top-ten of the Billboard Hot 100. In March 1993, all three entered the top eleven of the Billboard Hot 100 simultaneously, the first for an artist since SoundScan began tallying record sales in 1991.

Houston continued to record hit singles for the duration of her career, entering number one on the Billboard Hot 100 with "Exhale" (1995), just the third time a single had done so. Houston produced international hits with "Step by Step" (1996), "When You Believe" (1998), "It's Not Right but It's Okay" (1999), "My Love Is Your Love" (1999), "Could I Have This Kiss Forever" (2000) and "Million Dollar Bill" (2009). Following her death in 2012, Houston re-entered various record charts worldwide, with "I Will Always Love You" reaching number three on the Billboard Hot 100. Houston returned to various charts with her rendition of "Higher Love" (2019), which became her 40th chart hit on the Billboard Hot 100 and charted successfully all over the world.