Whitney Houston Chart Records and Achievements - International Charts Records

International Charts Records

  • Whitney Houston is the longest-running number one album ever by a female artist on the Canadian Albums Chart (from RPM magazine) in 1980s, spending 18 consecutive weeks at the top from March 8 to July 5 in 1986. (see the list of Canadian number-one albums)
  • As Whitney topped the Canadian Albums Chart for 11 consecutive weeks from June 27 to September 5, 1987, which made Houston to hold the record for the most cumulative weeks at number one of the chart in 1980s, staying a total 29 weeks atop with her two releases. (see the list of Canadian number-one albums in 1987)
  • Houston became the first black female artist to top the Australian Albums Chart (from Kent Music Report) with her 1985 debut, Whitney Houston. In 1986, the album stayed at the summit of the chart for 11 non-consecutive weeks, a record for the longest-stay by a woman during 1980s. (see the list of number-one albums of 1980s in Australia)
  • Whitney is the first album by a female artist to debut at number one on the albums charts simultaneously in the United States and the United Kingdom.
  • "I Will Always Love You" topped the UK Singles Chart for ten consecutive weeks from December 5, 1992 to February 6, 1993, breaking a previous record for the longest-running number one single by a solo female artist in history of the chart; 9-week reign by Doris Day with "Secret Love" in 1954.(the record was shared by Rihanna with "Umbrella" in 2007)
  • Houston has the longest concurrent topping of the U.S., the U.K., and Australian singles charts when "I Will Always Love You" spent eight-straight-weeks simultaneously topping the charts. In addition, "I Will Always Love You" is the only song to have a double-digit run at the pole position of all the singles chart in Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, and the United States.
    • In Australia, December 20, 1992 - February 21, 1993 (10 weeks)
    • In Canada, December 19, 1992 - February 20, 1993 (10 weeks)
    • In New Zealand, December 18, 1992 - March 18, 1993 (14 weeks)
    • In the United Kingdom, December 5, 1992 - February 6, 1993 (10 weeks)
    • In the United States, November 28, 1992 - February 27, 1993 (14 weeks)
  • In the British music history, Houston is the only artist to be placed in the top 10 of the UK Year-End Singles Chart for two consecutive years with one single, "I Will Always Love You," ranked number one in 1992, and number ten in 1993.
  • "I Will Always Love You" was named the Top Australian Single of the 1990s by a female artist.
  • Whitney Houston is the Most Simultaneous Hits UK by an artist according to Guinness World Records

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