CSPC: Whitney Houston Popularity Analysis

Physical Singles Sales

Record breaking album sales of Whitney Houston have been highly commented on for very long, the same can’t be said about her singles though. For good reasons? No. The singer has been an incredible singles seller too.

This first page lists singles from her first three studio albums which combine for 18,6 million units sold. At nearly 3 million, I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me) is unsurprisingly the highest seller.

Whitney Houston (1985) – 2,148,000 equivalent albums

You Give Good Love – 940,000
Saving All My Love for You – 2,600,000
How Will I Know – 1,650,000
All at Once – 190,000
Greatest Love of All – 1,420,000
Hold Me – 360,000

Whitney (1987) – 2,274,000 equivalent albums

I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me) – 2,920,000
Love Will Save the Day – 820,000
Didn’t We Almost Have It All – 1,290,000
So Emotional – 1,500,000
Where Do Broken Hearts Go – 1,030,000
I Know Him So Well – 20,000

I’m Your Baby Tonight (1990) – 1,152,000 equivalent albums

I’m Your Baby Tonight – 1,740,000
My Name Is Not Susan – 310,000
All the Man That I Need – 1,310,000
Miracle – 460,000
I Belong to You – 20,000