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Whitney Houston's Biggest Radio Hits
As the numbers back up, Houston has, of course, been a radio force for a quarter-century.
Courtesy of Nielsen BDS director of data services Adam Foster, here are Houston's most-played songs dating to the advent of BDS monitored airplay in the early '90s on the terrestrial stations U.S. that BDS currently monitors. (Songs released since the early '90s have an advantage, since their entire runs as currents are included; airplay for songs released in the '80s don't have the benefit of their pre-'90s airplay being counted electronically when first released).
Plays, Title, Billboard Hot 100, Peak Year
397,000, "I Will Always Love You," No. 1 (14 weeks), 1992
221,000, "Exhale (Shoop Shoop)," No. 1 (one), 1995
182,000, "Heartbreak Hotel" (featuring Faith Evans and Kelly Price), No. 2, 1999
162,000, "I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me)," No. 1 (two), 1987
148,000, "I'm Every Woman," No. 4, 1993
145,000, "It's Not Right But It's OK," No. 4, 1999
141,000, "My Love Is Your Love," No. 4, 2000
132,000, "You Give Good Love," No. 3, 1985
131,000, "I Have Nothing," No. 4, 1993
116,000, "How Will I Know," No. 1 (two), 1986
112,000, "Greatest Love of All," No. 1 (three), 1986
107,000, "I Believe in You and Me," No. 4, 1997
104,000, "Do You Hear What I Hear," seasonal/did not chart, 1987
97,000, "Count on Me" (with CeCe Winans), No. 8, 1996
88,000, "When You Believe" (with Mariah Carey), No. 15, 1999
85,000, "Saving All My Love for You," No. 1 (one), 1985
60,000, "Where Do Broken Hearts Go," No. 1 (two), 1988
54,000, "Could I Have This Kiss Forever" (with Enrique Iglesias), No. 52, 2000
54,000, "So Emotional," No. 1 (one), 1988
54,000, "I'm Your Baby Tonight," No. 1 (one), 1990
Those 20 songs alone have garnered approximately 2.6 million plays.
http://www.billboard.com/#/column/ch...2.story?page=1
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