The 40 Best Whitney Houston Songs

Happy Birthday, Whitney! We miss you.

24. "Count on Me" - Whitney teamed up with fellow powerhouse CeCe Winans for this single from the Waiting to Exhale soundtrack, perfectly capturing the sisterly spirit that buoys the film.(Photo: Billy Stickland/ALLSPORT/Getty Images)
"I'm Your Baby Tonight" - "I'm Your Baby Tonight," served as the the lead single off Whitney's 1990 album of the same title. 
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Waiting to Exhale & The Preacher's Wife - With her big-screen credentials in check, Houston followed up her star-making turn in The Bodyguard with back-to-back hits Waiting to Exhale, opposite Angela Bassett and Lela Rochon, and The Preacher's Wife, with Denzel Washington. Houston earned $10 million for the latter role, making her one of the highest paid actresses in Hollywood at the time.  (Photo:  Jan Persson/Redferns)20. "Heartbreak Hotel" With Faith Evans and Kelly Price - It had been eight years since her last album, but 1998's My Love Is Your Love showed that Whitney had no problem sounding as current and up-to-date as ever, and this ballad is perhaps the finest example. In one of her most vulnerable performances ever, she shined alongside two of the next generation's finest young divas.(Photos: Moses Robinson/Getty Images; REUTERS/Ethan Miller; Kevin Winter/Getty Images)

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23. "I'm Your Baby Tonight" - L.A. Reid and Babyface deliver a streetwise production that recalls Michael Jackson's Bad era for the title track and first single off Whitney's third album, giving her a perfect launchpad for one of the funkier, harder-edged performances of her career.(Photo: Arista Records)

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