The Bodyguard (Original Soundtrack Album)

The Bodyguard: Original Soundtrack Album is Whitney Houston’s first soundtrack project and a various‑artists album built around her feature‑film acting debut opposite Kevin Costner, released in November 1992 by Arista Records. Co‑executive‑produced by Houston and Clive Davis, it features six new recordings by Houston on the first half of the disc and contributions from artists like Kenny G & Aaron Neville, Joe Cocker & Sass Jordan, and Lisa Stansfield on the second half. Stylistically it moves between sweeping adult‑contemporary ballads, gospel‑inflected pop, and early‑90s R&B, with Houston’s songs—“I Will Always Love You,” “I Have Nothing,” “I’m Every Woman,” “Run to You,” “Queen of the Night,” and “Jesus Loves Me”—forming the emotional spine of both the movie and the album.

The soundtrack opens with Houston’s now‑definitive cover of Dolly Parton’s “I Will Always Love You,” originally suggested by Costner after another song choice fell through, and it became a historic hit, spending 14 weeks at number one on the Billboard Hot 100 and winning Grammys for Record of the Year and Best Pop Vocal Performance, Female. Follow‑up singles “I’m Every Woman,” “I Have Nothing,” and “Run to You” further showcased her vocal range, with “I Have Nothing” earning an Academy Award nomination for Best Original Song. Commercially, the album was a phenomenon: it spent 20 weeks at number one on the Billboard 200, sold over 45 million copies worldwide, and remains both the best‑selling movie soundtrack of all time and one of the best‑selling albums ever by a female artist, cementing Houston’s status as a global pop icon.

The Bodyguard: Original Soundtrack Album is Whitney Houston’s first soundtrack project and a various‑artists album built around her feature‑film acting debut opposite Kevin Costner, released in November 1992 by Arista Records. Co‑executive‑produced by Houston and Clive Davis, it features six new recordings by Houston on the first half of the disc and contributions from artists like Kenny G & Aaron Neville, Joe Cocker & Sass Jordan, and Lisa Stansfield on the second half. Stylistically it moves between sweeping adult‑contemporary ballads, gospel‑inflected pop, and early‑90s R&B, with Houston’s songs—“I Will Always Love You,” “I Have Nothing,” “I’m Every Woman,” “Run to You,” “Queen of the Night,” and “Jesus Loves Me”—forming the emotional spine of both the movie and the album.

The soundtrack opens with Houston’s now‑definitive cover of Dolly Parton’s “I Will Always Love You,” originally suggested by Costner after another song choice fell through, and it became a historic hit, spending 14 weeks at number one on the Billboard Hot 100 and winning Grammys for Record of the Year and Best Pop Vocal Performance, Female. Follow‑up singles “I’m Every Woman,” “I Have Nothing,” and “Run to You” further showcased her vocal range, with “I Have Nothing” earning an Academy Award nomination for Best Original Song. Commercially, the album was a phenomenon: it spent 20 weeks at number one on the Billboard 200, sold over 45 million copies worldwide, and remains both the best‑selling movie soundtrack of all time and one of the best‑selling albums ever by a female artist, cementing Houston’s status as a global pop icon.