Whitney Houston :: Charts & Sales History

[CDS]

CDS, the chart run for "Whitney" and "Whitney Houston" seems weird. When was the Oricon available?

CD Top 50 (1986)->Top 100->Top 150 (1988)->Top 200

Whitney Houston
1986/01/13: 45-26-43-26-19-23-13-7-5-5-5-5-3-5-2-2-4-2-3-4-6-9-15-15-14-12-17-14-22-29-33-35-40-39-43-48-52-57-59-68-72-68-80-79-71-69-65-66-68-69-75
1987/01/12: 70-73-70-77-93-87-82-78-89-86-91
1987/05/25: 94
1987/06/22: 97-94
1993/01/25: 143-131-125-114-111-115-145-103-138-194
1996/07/22: 145-124-109-81-70-66-72-75-76-80-128-152-192

Whitney
1987/06/15: 2-2-3-4-5-7-9-12-13-10-12-8-18-26-28-22-25-32-28-32-35-42-51-59-89
1988/01/25: 91-90-95-x-85-86
1993/02/08: 144-119-148-185

Dancing Special
1986/11/10: 10-8-10-12-20-34-32-84
1987/01/12: 83-76-87

One Moment In Time
1988/09/26: 61-21-19-23-33-62-76-86

Weeks On Chart
Whitney Houston: 88
Dancing Special: 11
Whitney: 34
One Moment In Time: 8

[BadMan125]

http://www.billboard.com/articles/chartbeat/506201/whitney-houstons-billboard-chart-records

Whitney Houston's Billboard Chart Records
By Gary Trust | August 09, 2013 10:14 AM EDT

Here's a look back at the many chart achievements that the gifted vocalist accomplished.

To celebrate the 50th birthday (August 9) of the late, great Whitney Houston, here's a look back at the many chart achievements that the gifted vocalist accomplished.

ALBUM CHART QUEEN: Almost no woman led the Billboard 200 albums chart quite like Houston.

The Houston-led soundtrack to "The Bodyguard" stands as the second-longest-reigning album by a woman in the 57-year history of the survey.

Here's a look at the elite albums by solo females to have spent the most time atop the tally:

Weeks at No. 1, Title, Artist, Year Reached No. 1
24 weeks, "21," Adele, 2011
20 weeks, "The Bodyguard" soundtrack/Whitney Houston, 1992
15 weeks, "Tapestry," Carole King, 1971
14 weeks, "Whitney Houston," Whitney Houston, 1986
13 weeks, "Judy at Carnegie Hall," Judy Garland, 1961
12 weeks, "Jagged Little Pill," Alanis Morissette, 1995
12 weeks, "Fearless, " Taylor Swift, 2008
11 weeks, "Mariah Carey," Mariah Carey, 1991
11 weeks, "Whitney," Whitney Houston, 1987
10 weeks, "Forever Your Girl," Paula Abdul, 1989
10 weeks, "The Singing Nun," the Singing Nun, 1963

Houston is the only woman to have tallied reigns of more than 10 weeks with multiple albums. While no other woman has more than one such set, Houston had three: "The Bodyguard" (20 weeks), "Whitney Houston"(14) and "Whitney" (11).

With Houston also leading for a week in 2009 with her last studio album, "I Look to You," her 46 total weeks at the Billboard 200 summit are the most among women.

INSTANT SUCCESS: Four years before the practice became the norm upon the advent of Nielsen SoundScan electronic point-of-sale data, Houston scored the first No. 1 debut on the Billboard 200 for a female performer.

The week of June 27, 1987, "Whitney" launched at the chart's top spot, where it held for its first 11 weeks. It remained in the top 10 for its first 31 weeks, through Jan. 23, 1988.

STRONG SEVEN: Houston holds the Billboard Hot 100 record for most consecutive No. 1 singles, having tallied seven in-a-row from 1985 through 1988.

Here is a look at her unequaled chart-topping streak:

Date Reached No. 1, Title (Weeks at No. 1)
Oct. 26, 1985, "Saving All My Love for You" (one)
Feb. 15, 1986, "How Will I Know" (two)
May 17, 1986, "Greatest Love of All" (three)
June 27, 1987, "I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me)" (two)
Sept. 26, 1987, "Didn't We Almost Have It All" (two)
Jan. 9, 1988, "So Emotional" (one)
April 23, 1988, "Where Do Broken Hearts Go" (two)

Even when her streak ended, Houston's next four solo singles all reached the Hot 100's top 10. (She missed only with "It Isn't, It Wasn't, It Ain't Never Gonna Be," a sassy superstar duet with Aretha Franklin).

With 11 career Hot 100 No. 1s, Houston trails only Mariah Carey (18) and Madonna and Rihanna (12 each) for the most among women. Janet Jackson rounds out the category's top five with 10 leaders.

'EX'-TRAORDINARY: Houston's "Exhale (Shoop, Shoop)" is one of 14 songs by women to have debuted at No. 1 in the Hot 100's history.

The song, from the "Waiting to Exhale" soundtrack, opened atop the Nov. 25, 1995, Hot 100.

"Exhale" also led R&B/Hip-Hop Songs for eight frames, becoming one of her eight No. 1s on the tally.

Houston additionally notched 10 leading titles on Adult Contemporary, making her one of just seven artists to reach the double-digit mark in the chart's 52-year archives.

ALWAYS BE LOVED: When Houston's remake of Dolly Parton's "I Will Always Love You" wrapped its 14-week run atop the Hot 100 in 1993, the song stood as the longest-leading title since the chart's Aug. 4, 1958, inception.

To-date, only Mariah Carey and Boyz II Men's "One Sweet Day" (16 weeks, 1995-96) has surpassed the reign (also matched by five other songs).

Said Parton, who wrote "Always," upon Houston's passing, "Mine is only one of the millions of hearts broken over the death of Whitney Houston. I will always be grateful and in awe of the wonderful performance she did on my song.

"I can truly say from the bottom of my heart, 'Whitney, I will always love you.'

"You will be missed."

This is a lovely article. "STRONG SEVEN" would hold the record for a long period of time. It would be extremely hard to break that record.

And to do so consecutively... Katy was the only one who got even remotely close I think. But I could be wrong.

[herb]

CDS, the chart run for "Whitney" and "Whitney Houston" seems weird. When was the Oricon available?

CD Top 50 (1986)->Top 100->Top 150 (1988)->Top 200

Whitney Houston
1986/01/13: 45-26-43-26-19-23-13-7-5-5-5-5-3-5-2-2-4-2-3-4-6-9-15-15-14-12-17-14-22-29-33-35-40-39-43-48-52-57-59-68-72-68-80-79-71-69-65-66-68-69-75
1987/01/12: 70-73-70-77-93-87-82-78-89-86-91
1987/05/25: 94
1987/06/22: 97-94
1993/01/25: 143-131-125-114-111-115-145-103-138-194
1996/07/22: 145-124-109-81-70-66-72-75-76-80-128-152-192

Whitney
1987/06/15: 2-2-3-4-5-7-9-12-13-10-12-8-18-26-28-22-25-32-28-32-35-42-51-59-89
1988/01/25: 91-90-95-x-85-86
1993/02/08: 144-119-148-185

Dancing Special
1986/11/10: 10-8-10-12-20-34-32-84
1987/01/12: 83-76-87

One Moment In Time
1988/09/26: 61-21-19-23-33-62-76-86

Weeks On Chart
Whitney Houston: 88
Dancing Special: 11
Whitney: 34
One Moment In Time: 8

Thank you very much. The chart-run for her debut album was amazing.

[herb]

From US Billboard Charts (28/09/2013)

Music Video Sales

33 30 108 Whitney: The Greatest Hits Whitney Houston


Whitney also mentioned in the chart topic,

Lorde makes it three women in the Hot 100's top three, as "Royals" ranks at No. 3 for a second week. The song shows a 17% increase to 263,000 downloads sold (although it retreats 2-3 on Digital Songs); jumps 8-5 on Streaming Songs (5 million, up 25%); and reaches the Radio Songs top 10 (13-5; 89 million, up 25%). As reported Monday, with its sixth week atop Alternative Songs, "Royals" becomes the longest-leading No. 1 by a lead woman in the chart's 25-year history, passing Alanis Morissette's "You Oughta Know." "Royals" tops Hot Rock Songs for a third week.

(How notable is an all-girls club in the Hot 100's top three positions? Women billed as leads hadn't monopolized the top region in a year-and-a-half, with Perry also figuring into the last such occurrence: the week of March 3, 2012, her "Part of Me" debuted at No. 1, followed by Adele's "Set Fire to the Rain" (2-2). Whitney Houston's "I Will Always Love You" rose to No. 3 after re-entering at No. 7 the week before following her death.)


Not sure why, but "I Wanna Dance With Somebody" was around Top 300 for several days. Sales...

291. I Wanna Dance With Somebody

[herb]

Whitney Houston Worldwide iTunes Performance | Last update: 2013-09-23 06:50:12 EDT

I am curious what "The Remixes" album is.

ALBUM

I Will Always Love You: The Best of Whitney Houston
#5 Vietnam
#12 Cayman Islands
#16 Niger
#26 Saint Kitts and Nevis
#40 Saudi Arabia
#43 Burkina Faso
#44 Barbados
#44 Uzbekistan
#45 Barbados
#45 Nigeria
#50 Taiwan
#54 Papua New Guinea
#55 Zimbabwe
#56 Antigua and Barbuda
#56 British Virgin Islands
#56 Fiji
#64 Malaysia
#65 Uganda
#67 Nigeria
#69 Russia
#70 The Bahamas
#77 Cayman Islands
#78 Philippines
#79 Jordan
#80 Mongolia
#84 British Virgin Islands
#84 Cambodia
#86 Bahrain
#86 Singapore
#90 Ghana
#94 Thailand
#99 Mongolia
#128 Belize
#129 Zimbabwe
#132 Ghana
#136 Qatar
#142 Botswana
#145 Oman
#156 Armenia
#159 Bermuda
#160 Egypt
#171 Mauritius
#178 United Arab Emirates
#179 Kenya
#179 Saint Kitts and Nevis
#179 The Bahamas
#183 Lebanon
#189 Bermuda
#194 India
#196 Sri Lanka
#199 Hong Kong
#207 Mozambique
#214 Trinidad and Tobago
#216 Lithuania
#219 Namibia
#236 South Africa
#238 Brunei Darussalam
#239 Indonesia
#249 Azerbaijan
#257 Bulgaria
#258 Slovakia
#268 Cyprus
#270 Kazakhstan
#274 Malta
#319 Ireland
#323 Slovenia
#346 Estonia
#348 Macau
#358 Poland
#374 Moldova
#388 Israel
#389 Greece

The Ultimate Collection
#13 Nigeria
#16 Antigua and Barbuda
#23 Qatar
#25 The Bahamas
#26 Trinidad and Tobago
#42 Barbados
#44 Malaysia
#58 Burkina Faso
#66 United Arab Emirates
#68 Malta
#70 Mongolia
#81 Jordan
#83 Latvia
#83 Mauritius
#84 Moldova
#101 Oman
#104 Zimbabwe
#107 Botswana
#109 Philippines
#110 Romania
#112 Hungary
#114 Poland
#121 Egypt
#122 Kenya
#125 Denmark
#128 Israel
#143 Saudi Arabia
#150 Luxembourg
#153 Lebanon
#156 Bolivia
#159 Norway
#169 Sweden
#176 Germany
#180 Chile
#182 Venezuela
#184 Vietnam
#188 New Zealand
#193 Ecuador
#198 Papua New Guinea
#199 Argentina
#202 United Kingdom
#204 Panama
#207 Thailand
#207 Uzbekistan
#217 Slovakia
#218 Costa Rica
#221 Ghana
#231 Belarus
#235 Finland
#236 Mozambique
#240 Portugal
#244 Namibia
#246 Greece
#258 Belgium
#258 Colombia
#262 Italy
#266 Fiji
#270 Slovenia
#274 Spain
#281 Bulgaria
#312 Dominican Republic
#317 Czech Republic
#325 Netherlands
#349 Taiwan
#351 El Salvador
#361 Cyprus
#366 Kazakhstan
#370 Hong Kong
#371 Indonesia
#386 Austria
Whitney - The Greatest Hits
#26 Thailand
#157 Indonesia
#203 Greece
#245 Vietnam
#281 Sri Lanka
#289 Philippines
I Look to You
#150 Nigeria
#210 Sweden
#287 Antigua and Barbuda
#350 South Africa
Whitney Houston
#211 Uzbekistan
#239 Uganda
#273 Fiji
#302 Burkina Faso
#359 Saint Kitts and Nevis
#362 The Bahamas

Whitney
#103 Mozambique
#272 Barbados

Double Best of Whitney Houston & Toni Braxton
#229 Uganda

The Remixes
#239 Burkina Faso

Love, Whitney
#358 Saint Kitts and Nevis

[Wayne]

Whitney on this week's Billboard charts...

I Will Always Love You

R&B Streaming Songs: #24

I Will Always Love You: The Best Of Whitney Houston

Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums: #55

[Wayne]

Whitney on this week's Billboard charts...

I Will Always Love You: The Best Of Whitney Houston

Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums: #73

The Bodyguard

Soundtracks: #16

[zxcvbnm88]

New UK certifications as of 22 July 2013: TGH has been eligible for 5 X P long ago....

WHITNEY HOUSTON - I WILL ALWAYS LOVE YOU - THE BEST OF
Silver Certification (Album) 22 July 2013
SONY MUSIC (ARISTA)
Released 19 November 2012

WHITNEY HOUSTON - THE ESSENTIAL
Silver Certification (Album) 22 July 2013
SONY MUSIC (ARISTA)
Released 10 January 2011

WHITNEY HOUSTON - THE GREATEST HITS
5 x Platinum Certification (Album) 22 July 2013
SONY MUSIC (ARISTA)
Released 15 May 2000

WHITNEY HOUSTON - THE PREACHER'S WIFE - OST
Silver Certification (Album) 22 July 2013
SONY MUSIC (ARISTA)
Released 02 December 1996

WHITNEY HOUSTON - THE ULTIMATE COLLECTION
3 x Platinum Certification (Album) 22 July 2013
SONY MUSIC (ARISTA)
Released 29 October 2007

WHITNEY HOUSTON - MILLION DOLLAR BILL
Silver Certification (Single) 22 July 2013
SONY MUSIC (ARISTA)

WHITNEY HOUSTON - MY LOVE IS YOUR LOVE
Gold Certification (Single) 22 July 2013
SONY MUSIC (ARISTA)

WHITNEY HOUSTON - THE GREATEST HITS
Gold Certification (VIDEO) 22 July 2013
SONY MUSIC (ARISTA)
Released 22 May 2000

MARIAH CAREY & WHITNEY HOUSTON - WHEN YOU BELIEVE
Silver Certification (Single) 22 July 2013
SONY MUSIC (COLUMBIA)

[HouseTargaryen]

Did the ultimate collection sell 1million in UK yet?

[Hotness]

Never knew THE PREACHER'S WIFE sold so few copies (Silver = 60.000)

[zxcvbnm88]

Did the ultimate collection sell 1million in UK yet?

@Buzzjack

yes.

estimated figures by end of 2012:

The Ultimate Collection: 1,090,200
Whitney Houston - Essential: 65,200

[zxcvbnm88]

Whitney on this week's Billboard charts...

I Will Always Love You: The Best Of Whitney Houston

Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums: #73

The Bodyguard

Soundtracks: #16

US Billboard Charts (09/11/2013)

I Will Always Love You: The Best Of Whitney Houston

Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums: #75

[herb]

It stays for one more week.

US Billboard Charts (16/11/2013)

I Will Always Love You: The Best Of Whitney Houston

Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums: #75

[Wayne]

I've just checked the Billboard database and in addition to the above chart, Whitney charts on two other charts this week...

R&B Streaming Songs: #24 [I Will Always Love You]

She's now spent 14 weeks on this chart with I Will Always Love You, with the song peaking at #20.

Soundtracks: #18 [The Bodyguard OST]

She's now spent 21 weeks on this chart with The Bodyguard, with the soundtrack peaking at #1.

[thebigham]

I saw One Wish at Target yesterday for $8.99.

[Wayne]

Whitney Houston on this week's Billboard charts...

Do You Hear What I Hear

Holiday Airplay: #49
Holiday 100: #72
Gospel Digital Songs: #9

I Look To You

Gospel Streaming Songs: #11

I Will Always Love You

R&B Streaming Songs: #25

Joy To The World

Gospel Digital Songs: #4
Christian/Gospel Digital Songs: #34

One Wish: The Holiday Album

R&B/Hip-Hop Catalog Albums: #12

When You Believe

Gospel Streaming Songs: #5

Who Would Imagine A King

Gospel Digital Songs: #20

[Wayne]

Whitney Houston on this week's UK charts...

UK Download Albums Chart

62 [RE] The Ultimate Collection [50 wks]

UK R&B Albums Chart

09 [13] The Ultimate Collection [250 wks]

UK Budget Albums Chart

06 [08] The Ultimate Collection [63 wks]

This will be why she's not charting on the main albums chart - she's not eligible and hasn't been for some time.

[jochen]

GERMANY

SINGLES
06.01.1986 #18 (15) Saving All My Love For You
31.03.1986 #26 (9) How Will I Know
26.05.1986 #30 (10) Greatest Love Of All
18.05.1987 #1(5) (21) I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me)
31.08.1987 #20 (9) Didn't We Almost Have It All
11.07.1988 #37 (13) Love Will Save The Day
26.09.1988 #1(2) (19) One Moment In Time
09.01.1989 #46 (5) I Know Him So Well
29.10.1990 #5 (23) I'm Your Baby Tonight
21.01.1991 #37 (18) All The Man That I Need
22.07.1991 #57 (10) My Name Is Not Susan
30.11.1992 #1(6) (28) I Will Always Love You
22.03.1993 #13 (16) I'm Every Woman
07.06.1993 #39 (10) I Have Nothing
30.08.1993 #58 (7) Run To You
13.12.1993 #64 (10) Queen Of The Night
07.03.1994 #58 (10) Something In Common
20.11.1995 #26 (17) Exhale (Shoop Shoop)
11.03.1996 #75 (8) Count On Me
16.12.1996 #8 (23) Step By Step
19.05.1997 #98 (1) I Believe In You And Me
13.07.1998 #52 (9) My Name Is Not Susan
14.12.1998 #8 (21) When You Believe
00.00.1999 #14 (17) It's Not Right But It's Okay
00.00.1999 #2 (25) My Love Is Your Love
00.00.2000 #48 (10) I Learned From The Best
00.00.2000 #58 (9) If I Told You That
18.09.2000 #5 (19) Could I Have This Kiss Forever
19.03.2001 #61 (4) Heartbreak Hotel
30.09.2002 #47 (6) Whatchulookinat

ALBUMS
26.08.1985 #2 (67) Whitney Houston
15.06.1987 #1(11) (34) Whitney
19.11.1990 #3 (27) I'm Your Baby Tonight
07.12.1992 #1(11) (60) The Bodyguard
27.11.1995 #30 (18) Waiting To Exhale
09.12.1996 #9 (21) The Preacher's Wife
30.11.1998 #2 (71) My Love Is Your Love
29.05.2000 #2 (38) The Greatest Hits
00.00.2002 #16 (8) Just Whitney

CERTIFICATIONS
SINGLES Total: 1,250,000
One Moment In Time, Gold, (250,000)
I Will Always Love You, Platinum, (500,000)
Step By Step, Gold, (250,000)
When You Believe, Gold, (250,000)

ALBUMS Total: 3,550,000
Whitney Houston, Platinum, (500,000)
Whitney, Platinum, (500,000)
I'm Your Baby Tonight, Platinum, (500,000)
The Bodyguard, Platinum x3, (1,500,000)
Waiting To Exhale, Gold, (250,000)
The Greatest Hits, Platinum, (300,000)

ALL AT ONCE was released in Germany or not?

[herb]

US Billboard Charts (04/01/2014)

Holiday 100
67 79 11 Do You Hear What I Hear Whitney Houston


Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums

46 Re-Entry 54 I Will Always Love You: The Best Of Whitney Houston Whitney Houston

[Wayne]

UK Download Albums Chart

49 [62] The Ultimate Collection [51 wks]

UK R&B Albums Chart

08 [09] The Ultimate Collection [251 wks]

UK Budget Albums Chart

03 [06] The Ultimate Collection [64 wks]

The album isn't charting on the main albums chart, because its charting on the Budget Albums chart - meaning that her label are sending it to retail at a cost of less than £3.50 per unit [so, its obviously in the bargain bins of UK shops].