Claim: Whitney Houston has contributed to film scores.

The Bodyguard : Original Soundtrack Album is the soundtrack from the film of the same name , released on November 17 , 1992 , by Arista Records . The album 's first side -LRB- in its original LP configuration -RRB- features songs by Whitney Houston , while side 2 features the work of numerous other artists . The album was co-executive produced by Whitney Houston and Clive Davis and has become one of the best-selling albums of all time . The soundtrack was the first album verified by the Nielsen SoundScan computerized sales monitoring system to have sold more than a million units within a one-week period . The soundtrack later went on to win the Grammy Award for Album of the Year and was certified 17 × Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America on November 1 , 1999 . It is the 15th best-selling album in the United States .   As of January 2012 , it had sold over 45 million copies worldwide and is the best-selling soundtrack of all time .