# Whitney Houston albums discography

American singer Whitney Houston has released seven studio albums, three soundtrack albums, eight compilation albums, five box sets and six extended plays. Recognized as a pop culture icon, she is among the best-selling recording artists of all time, with record sales of over 220 million units worldwide. She is ranked by the RIAA as the best-selling female R&B artist of the 20th century and fourth highest-certified female artist in the United States, with 61 million album units. Houston is the first black recording artist to produce three albums to go diamond by the RIAA.
In 1983, Houston signed a recording contract with Arista Records. The first release under the label was her self-titled debut album, Whitney Houston (1985). A global smash, the album peaked inside the top ten in fourteen countries and topped the charts in seven of them, including the Billboard 200 for a 14-week run a year after its release in 1986, ending the year as the top ranked album on the Billboard 200, the first occurrence for a female artist. It was the first studio album by a woman to be certified ten-times platinum by the RIAA, going on to be certified platinum 14 times. Global sales reached 30 million, making it the best-selling debut album by a solo artist and the best-selling R&B studio release by a female artist, earning Houston her first Guinness World Records. She followed her debut album with Whitney (1987), which became the first album by a woman to debut atop the Billboard 200, staying there for 11 consecutive weeks and reached number one in 14 countries. It would be certified diamond by the RIAA, with global sales reaching 20 million.
Houston entered the 1990s with the release of I'm Your Baby Tonight (1990), which became a global success selling ten million units worldwide, becoming the best-selling R&B album of 1991. Houston released her first soundtrack album, The Bodyguard (1992), for the film of the same name. It topped the charts in every other country it charted, accumulating 20 weeks at number one on the Billboard 200 alone. The soundtrack broke sales records, becoming the first album to sell a million units in a single week and was certified diamond by the RIAA in 1993, marking the first time ever for a female artist, and would later be certified platinum 18 times. Global sales reached 45 million units worldwide, making it the third best-selling album of all time. Houston's second soundtrack, The Preacher's Wife (1996), for the film of the same name, went on to sell 6 million global units, becoming the best-selling gospel album ever. Houston released her fourth studio album, My Love Is Your Love (1998). The album would stay on the Billboard 200 for two years and topped the European Albums Chart. Global units of that album reached 10 million.
Houston entered the 2000s with her first greatest hits compilation album, Whitney: The Greatest Hits (2000), which reached the top ten in various countries and topped the UK Albums Chart and sold over 11 million units worldwide. After renewing her contract with Arista for $100 million, Houston issued her fifth studio album, Just Whitney (2002), following it up with One Wish: The Holiday Album (2003) and I Look to You (2009), the latter of which was her fourth and final number one Billboard 200 album and became a global hit. Following her death in 2012, Houston's The Greatest Hits peaked at number two on the Billboard 200. Since then, her estate has released four albums, including the compilation, I Will Always Love You: The Best of Whitney Houston (2012), which has since become Houston's longest charting album on the Billboard 200. The live album, Whitney Houston Live: Her Greatest Performances (2014), debuted at number one on the Billboard Top R&B Albums chart.

## Albums
### Studio albums

| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Certifications |
| Title | Album details | US | US R&B | AUS | AUT | CAN | FRA | GER | NLD | SWE | UK | Certifications |
| Whitney Houston | Released: February 14, 1985 Label: Arista Formats: CD, cassette, LP | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 2 | RIAA: 14× Platinum AUS: 5× Platinum AUT: Platinum CAN: Diamond FRA: Gold GER: Platinum NLD: Platinum SWE: 2× Platinum UK: 4× Platinum |
| Whitney | Released: June 1, 1987 Label: Arista Formats: CD, cassette, LP | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | US: Diamond AUS: 3× Platinum AUT: 2× Platinum CAN: 7× Platinum FRA: Platinum GER: Platinum NLD: Platinum SWE: 2× Platinum UK: 7× Platinum |
| I'm Your Baby Tonight | Released: November 6, 1990 Label: Arista Formats: CD, cassette, LP | 3 | 1 | 10 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | US: 4× Platinum AUS: Platinum AUT: Platinum CAN: Platinum FRA: Platinum GER: Platinum NLD: Platinum SWE: Platinum UK: Platinum |
| My Love Is Your Love | Released: November 17, 1998 Label: Arista Formats: CD, cassette, LP | 13 | 7 | 42 | 1 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 4 | US: 4× Platinum AUS: Gold AUT: Platinum CAN: 2× Platinum FRA: 2× Platinum NLD: Platinum SWE: 2× Platinum UK: 3× Platinum |
| Just Whitney | Released: December 10, 2002 Label: Arista Formats: CD, CD+DVD, digital download | 9 | 3 | 114 | 33 | 85 | 25 | 16 | 70 | ― | 76 | US: Platinum FRA: Gold |
| One Wish: The Holiday Album | Released: November 18, 2003 Label: Arista Formats: CD, digital download | 49 | 14 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ― | US: Gold |
| I Look to You | Released: August 31, 2009 Label: Arista Formats: CD, CD+DVD, digital download | 1 | 1 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | US: Platinum AUT: Gold CAN: Platinum FRA: Gold GER: Gold SWE: Gold UK: Gold |
| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. |||||||||||||

### Soundtracks

| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Certifications | Sales |
| Title | Album details | US | US R&B | AUS | AUT | CAN | FRA | GER | NLD | SWE | UK | Certifications | Sales |
| The Bodyguard: Original Soundtrack Album | Released: November 17, 1992 Label: Arista Formats: CD, cassette, LP | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | US: 18× Platinum (Diamond) AUS: 5× Platinum AUT: 4× Platinum CAN: Diamond FRA: Diamond GER: 3× Platinum NLD: Platinum SWE: Platinum UK: 7× Platinum | World: 45,000,000 US: 13,450,000 AUS: 346,000 GER: 1,700,000 SWE: 343,000 UK: 2,255,000 |
| The Preacher's Wife: Original Soundtrack Album | Released: November 27, 1996 Label: Arista Formats: CD, cassette | 3 | 1 | 34 | 8 | 33 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 35 | US: 3× Platinum AUS: Gold CAN: Platinum SWE: Gold UK: Silver | World: 6,000,000 US: 2,491,000 |
| I Wanna Dance with Somebody (The Movie: Whitney New, Classic and Reimagined) | Released: December 16, 2022 Label: RCA Formats: Digital download, streaming | — | — | 83 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | | |

### Compilation albums

| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Certifications | Sales |
| Title | Album details | US | US R&B | AUS | AUT | CAN | FRA | GER | NLD | SWE | UK | Certifications | Sales |
| Whitney: The Greatest Hits | Released: May 16, 2000 Label: Arista Formats: CD, cassette | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | US: 5× Platinum AUS: 2× Platinum CAN: Platinum FRA: 2× Gold GER: Platinum NLD: Platinum SWE: Platinum UK: 5× Platinum | World: 10,000,000 UK: 1,770,000 |
| Love, Whitney | Released: November 20, 2001 Label: Arista Format: CD | — | ― | — | 42 | — | 167 | — | 24 | 12 | 22 | | |
| Artist Collection: Whitney Houston | Released: October 4, 2004 Label: Sony BMG Europe / Arista Formats: CD, CD+DVD | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | | |
| The Ultimate Collection | Released: October 29, 2007 Label: Sony Music / Arista Formats: CD, CD+DVD, digital download | — | — | 3 | 1 | 15 | 52 | 3 | — | 10 | 3 | AUS: 2× Platinum GER: 2× Platinum SWE: Gold UK: 6× Platinum | World: 6,000,000 |
| The Essential Whitney Houston | Released: January 10, 2011 Label: Sony Music / Arista Formats: CD, digital download | ― | ― | 7 | 26 | 3 | 51 | 20 | — | ― | 7 | UK: Silver | |
| All Time Best - Reclam Musik Edition | Released: August 28, 2011 Label: Arista / Sony Formats: CD | — | — | — | — | — | — | 76 | — | — | — | | |
| I Will Always Love You: The Best of Whitney Houston | Released: November 13, 2012 Label: RCA Formats: CD, vinyl, digital download | 14 | 2 | 74 | ― | 94 | 99 | ― | 61 | ― | 13 | UK: Platinum US: Gold | |
| Japanese Singles Collection - Greatest Hits- [jp] | Released: December 21, 2022 Label: Sony Music Japan International Formats: CD+DVD | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | | |
| I Go to the Rock: The Gospel Music of Whitney Houston | Released: March 24, 2023 Label: Arista / Legacy Formats: CD, CD+DVD, digital download, streaming | — | — | — | ― | — | — | ― | — | ― | — | | |
| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. ||||||||||||||

### Live albums

| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Certifications |
| Title | Album details | US | US R&B | AUS | FRA | NLD | UK | Certifications |
| VH1 Divas 1999 | Released: November 2, 1999 Label: Arista Formats: Cassette, CD | 90 | 78 | — | 42 | 41 | — | US: Gold |
| Whitney Houston Live: Her Greatest Performances | Released: November 10, 2014 Label: Sony Music Entertainment Formats: CD, CD+DVD, CD+DVD 2×LP, digital download | 19 | 2 | 119 | 123 | 63 | 66 | |
| The Concert for a New South Africa (Durban) | Released: November 8, 2024 Label: Sony Music Entertainment Formats: CD, 2×LP, digital download | — | — | — | 184 | — | — | |

### Reissues

| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions |
| Title | Album details | US | US R&B |
| I Wish You Love: More from The Bodyguard | Released: November 17, 2017 Label: Legacy Recordings Formats: CD, digital download, 2× limited vinyl | 165 | 22 |

### Box sets

| Title | Album details | Note(s) |
| Whitney: The Unreleased Mixes | Released: April 25, 2000 / June 6, 2006 Label: Arista (#07822-14652-1) Formats: 4× vinyl, digital download | A limited-edition four 12-inch vinyl box set, containing eight full club versions of selected remixes found on the American release of Whitney: The Greatest Hits. In summer of 2006, it was released digitally, re-titled Dance Vault Mixes: The Unreleased Mixes (Special Collector's Box Set). |
| Love Whitney | Released: December 4, 2001 Label: BMG Taiwan / Arista (#74321-91027- 2) Format: CD | Taiwanese limited edition box set for the album Love, Whitney, the 16-track CD plus a 40-page color discography/lyric booklet, packaged in a unique 6" × 5" picture box. |
| The Collection: Whitney Houston | Released: September 29, 2009 Label: Sony Legacy / Arista Format: 3× CD | Box set including Houston's three studio albums: Whitney Houston, Whitney and My Love Is Your Love. |
| The Collection | Released: April 19, 2010 Label: Sony Music / Arista Format: 5× CD | UK only 5-CD album set to coincide with her 2010 UK tour, that comprises five of Houston's UK best selling albums including Whitney Houston, Whitney, I'm Your Baby Tonight, The Bodyguard Soundtrack and My Love Is Your Love. Each disc is presented in mini-LP style card picture sleeves, housed in a picture box with a lift-off lid. Later the box set was also released in other European countries and entered the albums charts in the countries in February 2012: Ireland (No. 48), Spain (No. 70), and Sweden (No. 32). |
| Triple Feature | Released: November 9, 2010 Label: Sony Music Special Products Format: 3× CD | Box set including three original album releases of I'm Your Baby Tonight, My Love Is Your Love and Just Whitney. The box set entered the Billboard 200 chart at No. 73, the issue date of March 10, 2012, and peaked at No. 21 on its following week. Also, it debuted at No. 74 on the Billboard R&B/Hip-Hop Album Chart on the week of March 3, 2012, and peaked at No. 5 on its second week. |
| Two Original Albums: My Love Is Your Love / I Look to You | Released: September 16, 2011 Label: Sony Music Format: 2× CD | Box set including two original album releases of My Love Is your Love, and I Look to You. It is the second release of Whitney Houston's albums as part of Sony's "Two Original Albums" series. |

## Extended plays

| Title | EP details | Note(s) |
| Whitney Dancin' Special | Released: November 1, 1986 Label: Arista (CD: #A28D-1 / LP: #20RS-69) Format: CD, LP | Japan only 6-track mini-album, that includes "How Will I Know" (Dance Remix), "You Give Good Love" (Extended Version), "Thinking About You" (Extended Dance Version), "Someone for Me" (Remix), "Thinking About You" (Dub Version) and "How Will I Know" (Instrumental Version). |
| Exhale | Released: November 6, 1995 Label: Arista Formats: CD, LP | A 5 track mini-album, that includes "Exhale (Shoop Shoop)", "Dancin' On the Smooth Edge", "Moment of Truth", "Do You Hear What I Hear?", and "It Isn't, It Wasn't, It Ain't Ever Gonna Be" (Duet With Aretha Franklin). It is also the single release of Exhale (Shoop Shoop). |
| You Are Loved | Released: January 17, 1999 Label: Arista (#14540-2) Formats: CD | US limited edition 6-track compilation, containing "You Were Loved", "Saving All My Love for You", "I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me)", "Run to You", "All the Man That I Need", and "Why Does It Hurt So Bad", which was available exclusively at Target stores with a big Target logo on the back of the CD. |
| I Didn't Know My Own Strength: The Remixes | Released: November 6, 2009 Label: RCA/Jive Label Group Format: Digital download | A 5-track digital remix EP, features two versions by Peter Rauhofer and three of Daddy's Groove Magic Island. |
| The Remixes | Released: November 6, 2009 Label: RCA/Jive Label Group Format: Digital download | Includes a total of eight remixes for three songs from the I Look to You album: two remix versions of "Million Dollar Bill", two of "I Didn't Know My Own Strength", and four of "I Look to You". |
| I Look to You: The Remixes | Released: November 6, 2009 Label: RCA/Jive Label Group Format: Digital download | A digital EP containing twelve remix versions of "I Look to You", six of them were mixed by Johnny Vicious, three by Christian Dio and Giuseppe D. each. |
| Million Dollar Bill: The Remixes | Released: November 6, 2009 Label: RCA/Jive Label Group Format: Digital download | A 6-track digital EP, which features "Million Dollar Bill" remix versions, with three by Freemasons and Frankie Knuckles each. |