Whitney Houston's 'I Will Always Love You' surpasses 1 billion views on YouTube

Grammy-winning song I Will Always Love You by Whitney Houston is fourth song from '90s and first solo track of dece to hit 1 billion views on YouTube. song, I Will Always Love You was originally written and recorded by American singer-songwriter Dolly Parton in year 1973. Whitney Houston’s I Will Always Love You was a commercial success and mand to break records n and w.

Whitney Houston recorded her version of song in year 1992 for film, Bodyguard. Her song spent 14 weeks at number one on Billboard Hot 100 chart and is one of best-selling songs of all time. It also held record for being best-selling single by a woman in music history, until Taylor Swift broke record for same.

Houston's version of "I Will Always Love You" re-entered charts in 2012 after her passing, making it second single ever to hit top three on Billboard Hot 100 in a separate list. song was recorded by several or artists, including John Doe, Linda Ronstt, LeAnn Rimes Amber Riley, and Sarah Washington, whose dance version was number 12 on UK Singles Chart. Listen to song below.

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Taylor Swift's folklore

On September 28, 2020, Taylor Swift crossed Whitney Houston to remain on Billboard . 1 for longest time among female artists. singer with her Folklore album has remained on . 1 for a total of 47 weeks, one week more than Whitney Houston's 46 weeks record. This record has been secured to Houston's name for last 23 years since 1987. Folklore recorded over 87k albums for week that ended on September 24. According to Nielsen Music and MRC Data, Taylor Swift’s Folklore me up of 846,000 sales in its first week and was largest number of sales in debut week of year.

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achievement marks first solo artist in 1990s to join YouTube's "billion views club." Ors to cross mark include Guns N' Roses' vember Rain, Cranberries' Zombie and Nirvana's Smells Like Teen Spirit.

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