I Will Always Love You: The Best of Whitney Houston

I Will Always Love You: The Best of Whitney Houston is a posthumous greatest hits album by American recording artist Whitney Houston. The album was released on November 13, 2012 via RCA Records.

I Will Always Love You: The Best of Whitney Houston
Greatest hits album by
Whitney Houston
ReleasedNovember 13, 2012 (2012-11-13)
Recorded1984–2010
Genre
Length79:38 (Disc 1)
67:47 (Disc 2)
24:40 (HSN bonus disc)
LabelRCA
Producer
Whitney Houston chronology
I Look to You
(2009)		 I Will Always Love You: The Best of Whitney Houston
(2012)		 Live: Her Greatest Performances
(2014)
Singles from I Will Always Love You: The Best of Whitney Houston
  1. "I Look to You"
    Released: September 25, 2012
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Slant[2]

Content and release

The album features a selection of Houston's greatest hits including remastered versions of "How Will I Know", "Greatest Love of All", "I Wanna Dance With Somebody", "So Emotional", "I Have Nothing" and "One Moment in Time". The album was released in both standard[3] and deluxe[4] versions. It was also released with an accompanying 5 track bonus CD with the duets recorded by Houston and other artist. The album includes new liner notes written by Clive Davis.

Also included is a previously unreleased song titled "Never Give Up" and a re-recorded version of the "I Look to You" as a duet with R. Kelly, who is also the writer. "I Look to You" was released on September 25, 2012 as the first single from the album.[5] On November 6, 2012, "Never Give Up" was released as a lyric video on Whitney Houston's official YouTube (Vevo) channel.[6]

At the 2013 44th NAACP Image Awards, the album won two awards in the 'Outstanding Album' and 'Outstanding Song' categories. The latter was for the song "I Look To You", a duet version with R Kelly featured on the album.

The week of its release, the album peaked at number 14 on the Billboard 200 and number 2 on Billboard's Top R&B/Hip Hop Albums.

Track listing
North America and International edition – Disc 1
No.TitleWriter(s)AlbumLength
1."You Give Good Love"LaLaWhitney Houston4:36
2."Saving All My Love for You"Gerry Goffin, Michael MasserWhitney Houston3:57
3."How Will I Know"George Merrill, Shannon Rubicam, Narada Michael WaldenWhitney Houston4:33
4."Greatest Love of All"Linda Creed, MasserWhitney Houston4:48
5."I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me)"Merrill, RubicamWhitney4:50
6."Didn't We Almost Have It All"Masser, Will JenningsWhitney5:05
7."So Emotional"Billy Steinberg, Tom KellyWhitney4:36
8."Where Do Broken Hearts Go"Frank Wildhorn, Chuck JacksonWhitney4:36
9."I'm Your Baby Tonight"L.A. Reid, BabyfaceI'm Your Baby Tonight5:00
10."All the Man That I Need"Dean Pitchford, Michael GoreI'm Your Baby Tonight4:09
11."I Will Always Love You"Dolly PartonThe Bodyguard4:30
12."I'm Every Woman"Nickolas Ashford, Valerie SimpsonThe Bodyguard4:45
13."I Have Nothing"David Foster, Linda ThompsonThe Bodyguard4:50
14."Exhale (Shoop Shoop)"BabyfaceWaiting to Exhale3:21
15."I Believe in You and Me" (Single version)David Wolfert, Sandy LinzerThe Preacher's Wife3:52
16."My Love Is Your Love" (Radio edit)Wyclef Jean, Jerry DuplessisMy Love Is Your Love4:03
17."I Look to You" (with R. Kelly)Robert KellyPreviously unreleased3:39
18."Never Give Up"Jermaine Dupri, Bryan-Michael Cox, Johntá AustinPreviously unreleased4:01
Total length:79:38
International and European edition – Disc 2
No.TitleWriter(s)AlbumLength
1."Love Will Save the Day"Toni C.Whitney5:21
2."One Moment in Time"Albert Hammond, John Bettis1988 Summer Olympics Album4:45
3."It Isn't, It Wasn't, It Ain't Never Gonna Be" (with Aretha Franklin)Hammond, Diane WarrenThrough the Storm4:50
4."My Name Is Not Susan"Eric Foster WhiteI'm Your Baby Tonight4:37
5."I Belong to You"Franne Golde, Derek BrambleI'm Your Baby Tonight5:29
6."Run to You"Allan Rich, Jud FriedmanThe Bodyguard4:24
7."Queen of the Night"Whitney Houston, Reid, Babyface, Daryl SimmonsThe Bodyguard3:07
8."Count On Me" (with CeCe Winans)Babyface, W. Houston, Michael HoustonWaiting to Exhale4:26
9."Step by Step"Annie LennoxThe Preacher's Wife4:12
10."It's Not Right but It's Okay"Rodney Jerkins, Fred Jerkins III, LaShawn Daniels, Isaac Phillips, Tony EstesMy Love Is Your Love4:51
11."I Learned from the Best" (Radio edit)WarrenMy Love Is Your Love3:56
12."If I Told You That"R. Jerkins, F. Jerkins, Daniels, EstesMy Love Is Your Love4:38
13."Heartbreak Hotel" (featuring Faith Evans and Kelly Price)Carsten Schack, Kenneth Karlin, Tamara SavageMy Love Is Your Love4:42
14."Million Dollar Bill"Alicia Keys, Kasseem Dean, Norman HarrisI Look to You3:24
15."All at Once" (Japanese bonus track)Masser, Jeffrey OsborneWhitney Houston4:32
Total length:67:47
North America HSN bonus edition – Disc 2
No.TitleWriter(s)AlbumLength
1."Hold Me" (with Teddy Pendergrass)Masser, Linda CreedWhitney Houston5:59
2."If You Say My Eyes Are Beautiful" (with Jermaine Jackson)Elliot WillenskyPrecious Moments4:48
3."I Know Him So Well" (with Cissy Houston)Tim Rice, Benny Anderson, Björn UlvaeusWhitney4:29
4."It Isn't, It Wasn't, It Ain't Never Gonna Be" (with Aretha Franklin)Hammond, WarrenThrough the Storm4:52
5."Count On Me" (with Cece Winans)Babyface, W. Houston, M. HoustonWaiting to Exhale4:26
Total length:24:40

Personnel

Adapted from album liner notes

Charts

Certifications
Region CertificationCertified units/sales
Poland (ZPAV)[27] Platinum 20,000
United Kingdom (BPI)[28] Silver 60,000^
United States (RIAA)[29] Gold 500,000

^shipments figures based on certification alone
sales+streaming figures based on certification alone

Release history
Country Date Label(s) Format Edition
United States November 13, 2012 (2012-11-13) RCA Records CD, digital download Standard,[30] HSN[31]
Finland November 16, 2012 (2012-11-16) Deluxe[32]
United Kingdom[33] November 19, 2012 (2012-11-19) Standard,[3] deluxe[4]
Japan December 26, 2012 (2012-12-26)

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