

It was also the world's best-selling single of 1992. With over 20 million copies sold, it became the best-selling single of all time by a female solo artist. The song was a global success, topping the charts in almost all countries. The single was certified diamond by the RIAA, making Houston's first diamond single, the third female artist who had both a diamond single and a diamond album, and becoming the best-selling single by a woman in the U.S. Houston's version peaked at number one on the Billboard Hot 100 for a then-record-breaking 14 weeks. Whitney Houston recorded a soul- ballad arrangement of the song for the 1992 film The Bodyguard. The song was a commercial success for Parton, twice reaching the top spot of Billboard Hot Country Songs: first in June 1974, then again in October 1982, with a re-recording for The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas soundtrack. Written as a farewell to her business partner and mentor Porter Wagoner, expressing Parton's decision to pursue a solo career, the country single was released in 1974.

" I Will Always Love You" is a song written and originally recorded in 1973 by American singer-songwriter Dolly Parton.
