Released November 13, 2012 Artist Whitney Houston Genre R&B/soul | Recorded 1984–2009 Release date 13 November 2012 Label RCA Records | |
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I Will Always Love You The Best of Whitney Houston
(2012) Live Her Greatest Performances
(2014) Awards NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Album Similar Whitney Houston albums, Other albums | ||
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.
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Content and release
The album features a selection of Houston's greatest hits including remastered versions of "I Wanna Dance With Somebody", "How Will I Know", "So Emotional", "I Have Nothing" and "One Moment in Time". The album was released in both standard and deluxe versions. It was also released with an accompanying 5 track bonus CD with the duets sung 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.
"Never Give Up" was released as a lyric video on Whitney Houston's official YouTube (Vevo) channel on November 6, 2012.
At the 2013 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 #14 on the US Billboard 200 and #2 on Billboard's Top R&B/Hip Hop Albums.
Songs
1You Give Good Love4:36
2Saving All My Love for You
3How Will I Know4:33