"I Will Always Love You" - Whitney Houston

"I Will Always Love You" is a song written and recorded by American singer-songwriter Dolly Parton in 1973. The country single was released in 1974 as a farewell to her business partner and mentor Porter Wagoner, expressing Parton's decision to pursue a solo career. The song was a commercial success for Parton, reaching the top of the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart twice: first in June 1974, then again in October 1982, with a re-recording for the soundtrack of The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas.

Whitney Houston covered the song for the 1992 film The Bodyguard. Houston's single spent 14 weeks at the top of the Billboard Hot 100 chart, setting a new record at the time, and went on to become one of the best-selling singles of all time, as well as the best-selling single by a woman. Many other artists have covered the song, including Linda Ronstadt, John Doe, Amber Riley, LeAnn Rimes, and Sarah Washington, whose dance version reached number 12 on the UK Singles Chart.

Sales: 20 million copies