Whitney Houston Reaches A Major Milestone With A Posthumous Release

Forbes

23-04-2025

Whitney Houston's I Will Always Love You – The Best Of hits 200 weeks on the U.K. albums chart, ... More marking another milestone for the legendary singer. UNITED KINGDOM - MAY 05: WEMBLEY ARENA Photo of Whitney HOUSTON, Whitney Houston performing on stage (Photo by David Corio/Redferns)
Whitney Houston's music will seemingly never disappear from the consciousness of the general public – or their ears. The singles she recorded during her lifetime remain some of the most beloved of all time in the R&B and pop genres, and she's still a superstar. Every few months, there's another reminder that her catalog still resonates with millions, and a quick look at where the late singer appears on the charts in the United Kingdom provides one more such notice.
Houston's I Will Always Love You – The Best Of is a regular on the Official Albums chart in the U.K., where it continues to find space, largely thanks to repeat streams of the many smashes featured on its tracklist. The compilation, which pulls together many of her biggest smashes, has become the go-to title for fans who focus their listening on one collection that features many of her classics.
Like many legacy artists, Houston's plays are funneled toward a single title to help maintain visibility on the albums rankings, and that strategy is clearly working. This frame, I Will Always Love You dips slightly on both the Official Albums chart and the Official Albums Streaming ranking, but it's still present. The collection descends from No. 58 to No. 66 on the overall roster of the most-consumed full-lengths in the U.K. and also falls one spot to No. 49 on the streaming-focused tally.
While I Will Always Love You is down slightly on both tallies, the bigger story is the fact that it's now spent 200 weeks on the Official Albums chart. That's an incredible achievement for any singer, and it's one that most artists, even major names, may never come close to. For Houston, this isn't uncharted territory, as the set is not her first project to reach that figure.
I Will Always Love You is Houston's second title to hit that 200-week milestone. The first was The Ultimate Collection, another compilation, which has spent a staggering 386 weeks on the tally. That set hasn't appeared on the list in years, as the focus now seems to be on I Will Always Love You, but its legacy is already well established.
Houston has also seen some of her early albums manage lengthy stays on the important tally. Both her self-titled debut and her second full-length Whitney crossed into triple-digit territory on the Official Albums chart, though they didn't progress much further
I Will Always Love You arrived back in late 2012, just months after Houston's death. Since then, it's charted off and on, bouncing in and out of weekly rankings all around the world, depending on spikes in interest, competition and streaming activity. After more than a decade of availability, the compilation reached its peak only fairly recently, climbing to No. 13 in 2023.