Following "Saving All My Love for You", Houston would release a back-to-back string of consecutive number one singles (" How Will I Know", " Greatest Love of All", " I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me)", " Didn't We Almost Have It All", " So Emotional" and " Where Do Broken Hearts Go"). Her first number one single was " Saving All My Love for You", which was the third single released from her debut album. That song was followed up in early 1985 by her first solo Billboard Hot 100 entry, " You Give Good Love", which went to number three on the chart. In the United States, Houston amassed 11 Billboard Hot 100 number one singles, all of which have been certified gold, platinum, multi-platinum or diamond by the Recording Industry Association of America.Īfter signing with Arista Records in 1983 at the age of nineteen, Houston's first single, " Hold Me", was released in 1984. Nicknamed '' The Voice", she has sold more physical singles in the United States than any other female solo artist in history, according to the Recording Industry Association of America. See the retro Top 5 the week Black Eyed Peas were ruling the Official Singles Chart.Houston performing at Welcome Home Heroes with Whitney Houston in 1991Īmerican singer Whitney Houston released 57 singles as a lead artist, 4 as a featured artist and 18 promotional singles. Enya would go on to have ten more Top 10 singles, including another Number 1 as part of the Mario Winans smash I Don’t Wanna Know. This ethereal symphony, with strings and harmonies a go-go, was a surprise hit for the Irish singer, but while she may have been a wonder, she was after more than one hit. Bounding 24 places was Enya with Orinoco Flow. New York rockers Wheatus, also had a hit with A Little Respect, taking it all the way to Number 3 in 2001.Īt Number 5 was a lady who was well on her way to the top spot. It was covered by ABBA tribute band Bjorn Again in October 1992, peaking at Number 25. A Little Respect would return to the Official Singles Chart twice. They would go on to have 11 more, including a Number 1 in June 1992, with Abba-esque, an EP of ABBA covers. The kings of ‘80s bleeps and beats were at the peak of their career, this being their fifth Top 10 hit on the Official Singles Chart. We're not sure what fourth place is in the Olympics, but you definitely don't get a medal, do you? (That's enough of the Olympics references, thanks – Sport & Leisure Ed.) Anyway, climbing three places to Number 4 was electronic duo Erasure with the anthemic A Little Respect. He had four more Top 40 huts, including C’Mon And Get My Love, which helped to launch the career of Cathy Denniswho many years down the line would pen smashes like Toxic for Britney Spears and Can’t Get You Out Of My Head for Kylie Minogue. Some may have written D Mob off as a one-hit wonder, but he had other plans. The track was one of the first to bring the music craze of acid house into the Official Singles Chart, much to the dismay of mums and dads who wished their offspring would just “turn that racket down”. Taking bronze at Number 3, zooming up 17 places was D Mob – aka house music mogul Dancin’ Danny D – with We Call It Acieed. Never again would he hum, click and beatbox his way into the Official Singles Chart Top 40. Bobby also gets a free pass into our one-hit wonder hall of fame. Now better known from oodles of adverts and appearing as a slogan on T-shirts, Don’t Worry Be Happy would never advance on its peak. The Manhattan tunesmith’s a cappella hit was feature on the soundtrack to Tom Cruise’s bonkbuster movie Cocktail and was a worldwide smash. In silver medal position at Number 2, and climbing one place, it was Bobby McFerrin’s Don’t Worry Be Happy. Watch the video for One Moment In Time before we check out the rest of our retro Top 5, which is pretty cool, we have to say. It’s a little-known song – you may have heard of it – called I Will Always Love You. She would go on to have one more chart-topper in her career. One Moment In Time was Whitney’s third Number 1 and has sold 326,000 copies – finishing 14th in the year-end chart for 1988. While the video doesn’t feature Whitney herself, it does show a range of athletes achieving their dreams, pushing themselves to be the best they can be for their country, waving flags, cheering, getting medals. Specially recorded for a star-studded commemorative album, One Moment In Time was Whitney doing what she did best – belting it out and making you blub in the process. What better way to follow 12 months of nonstop success than basically own the Olympics? One Moment In Time wasn’t the official anthem of the 1 988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea, but by the end of the event, it was the only track anybody was talking about.
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