In which year did Whitney Houston hit the top of the charts with “I Will Always Love You”?

Whitney Houston (1963 - 2012) hit the top of the charts with “I Will Always Love You" in 1992. This song, "I Will Always Love You" was originally written and recorded in 1973 by singer songwriter, Dolly Parton. Her country version of the track was released in 1974 as a single and was written as a farewell to her one-time partner and mentor of seven years, Porter Wagoner.

Whitney Houston recorded her version of the song for the 1992 film The Bodyguard. Her single version spent 14 weeks at number one on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. It became one of the best-selling singles of all time. It also holds the record for being the best-selling single by a woman in music history. Houston's version of "I Will Always Love You" also re-entered the charts in 2012 after her death, making it the second single ever to reach the top three on the Billboard Hot 100 in separate chart runs. Plus, at the 1994 Grammy Awards, Whitney sang this hit song “I Will Always Love You” for a spectacular star-studded audience.