Grammy Award for Album of the Year

Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 85. Chapters: Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, Christopher Cross, The Bodyguard: Original Soundtrack Album, The Joshua Tree, Thriller, The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill, No Jacket Required, Fearless, Rumours, Falling into You, Time Out of Mind, Speakerboxxx/The Love Below, Songs in the Key of Life, How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb, Jagged Little Pill, The Suburbs, Taking the Long Way, Come Away with Me, Innervisions, Supernatural, Faith, Genius Loves Company, Raising Sand, Graceland, Tapestry, Double Fantasy, Bridge Over Troubled Water, O Brother, Where Art Thou?, Saturday Night Fever: The Original Movie Sound Track, Fulfillingness' First Finale, The Concert for Bangladesh, 52nd Street, Back on the Block, Judy at Carnegie Hall, The Barbra Streisand Album, Can't Slow Down, River: The Joni Letters, Nick of Time, Unplugged, Toto IV, The First Family, Blood, Sweat & Tears, Still Crazy After All These Years, Unforgettable... with Love, Getz/Gilberto, Two Against Nature, A Man and His Music, September of My Years, Come Dance with Me!, The Button-Down Mind of Bob Newhart, MTV Unplugged: Tony Bennett. Excerpt: The Bodyguard is the soundtrack from the movie of the same name, released on November 17, 1992, on Arista Records and features songs by Whitney Houston, as well as songs from various other artists. The album was co-executive produced by Whitney Houston and Clive Davis. With this album, Houston became the first act (solo or group, male or female) to sell more than a million copies of an album within a single week period. The soundtrack later went on to win a Grammy Award for Album of the Year and was certified 17× Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America on November 1, 1999. To date, it has sold over 44 million copies worldwide, becoming the best-selling soundtrack album of all time. Houston served as executive producer as she did on her previous release I'm Your Baby Tonight As a result, she had full control as to what was included on this album. Houston was to record "What Becomes of the Broken Hearted" as the film's theme song, however, when they found out another film was going to use it, they searched for another song. Kevin Costner, the film's co-star, thought of recording "I Will Always Love You", originally released by Dolly Parton. While recording the album, Houston insisted on using her touring band as opposed to a studio band. Houston also included a gospel song for the album. She co-produced and arranged the music for "Jesus Loves Me" with Bebe Winans. The Bodyguard Original Soundtrack Album debuted at number two on the Billboard 200 chart and the Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart, behind Ice Cube's The Predator, selling 144,500 copies in its first week, the issue dated December 5, 1992. In its second week, the album topped both of the charts, with sales of 292,000 units. While the album stayed the summit on the charts, it broke the record for the most one-week sales twice. In its fifth week, it sold 831,000 copies, smashing the old sales record of 770,000 set by Guns N' Roses' Use Your Illusion II in the fall of 1991. The following