| Couv. | | Date
 | Titre  Album | Points
 | US peak | UK peak | US AC peak | US dance peak | US R&B peak | Commentaire |
|---|
| 1. | 03/1986 | | 77
 | ✫1 US | ✫1 UK | ✫1 AC | | ✫1 R&B | [artist #5 hit] [Arista 9381] written by Gerry Goffin & Michael Masser |
| 2. | 07/1987 | | 50
 | ✫1 US | ✫1 UK | ✫1 AC | ✫1 dance | 2 R&B | produced by Narada Michael Walden [Arista 9598] written by George Merrill & Shannon Rubicam |
 | 3. | 04/1988 | | 33
 | ✫1 US | 5 UK | 8 AC | ✫1 dance | 5 R&B | produced by Narada Michael Walden [Arista 9642] written by Tom Kelly & Billy Steinberg |
 | 4. | 10/1988 | | 3
 | 9 US | 10 UK | 10 AC | ✫1 dance | 5 R&B | produced by Jellybean [Arista 9720] written by Toni C. |
| 5. | 12/1988 | | 82
 | 5 US | ✫1 UK | ✫1 AC | | 22 R&B | [artist #3 hit] used by NBC-TV for the 1988 Summer Olympics; produced by Narada Michael Walden [Arista 9743] written by Albert Hammond & John Bettis |
| 6. | 12/1990 | | 79
 | ✫1 US | 5 UK | 7 AC | 17 dance | ✫1 R&B | [artist #4 hit] produced by Babyface [Arista 2121 (cassette)] written by L.A. Reid & Babyface |
| 7. | 04/1991 | | 26
 | ✫1 US | 13 UK | ✫1 AC | | ✫1 R&B | produced by Narada Michael Walden written by Dean Pitchford & Michael Gore |
 | 8. | 01/1993 | | 246
 | ✫1 US | ✫1 UK | ✫1 AC | | ✫1 R&B | [artist #1 hit]
[Grammy Award for Record of the Year 1994] produced by David Foster [Arista 2503 (cd-5)] written by Dolly Parton |
 | 9. | 04/1993 | | 41
 | 4 US | 4 UK | 26 AC | ✫1 dance | 5 R&B | produced by Narada Michael Walden [Arista 2520 (cassette)] written by Nickolas Ashford & Valerie Simpson |
 | 10. | 08/1993 | | 1
 | 4 US | 3 UK | ✫1 AC | | 4 R&B | produced by David Foster [Arista 2527] written by David Foster & Linda Thompson (as Linda Thompson-Jenner) |
 | 11. | 01/1994 | | 1
 | 36 US | 14 UK | | ✫1 dance | 47 R&B | [US chart position is for Hot 100 Airplay charts] [R&B chart position is for R&B airplay charts] [album cut] written by Babyface, Whitney Houston , L.A. Reid & Daryl Simmons |
 | 12. | 04/1994 | | 1
 | 31 US | 15 UK | 9 AC | | 31 R&B | produced by David Foster [Arista 2581 (cd-s)] written by Jud Freidman & Allan Rich |
| 13. | 11/1995 | | 41
 | ✫1 US | 11 UK | 5 AC | | ✫1 R&B | third song in hot 100-history to debut at #1; produced by Babyface [Arista 2916] written by Babyface |
| 14. | 01/1997 | | 21
 | 15 US | 15 UK | 12 AC | 3 dance | 29 R&B | written by Annie Lennox |
| 15. | 03/1999 | | 59
 | 2 US | 25 UK | | ✫1 dance | ✫1 R&B | featuring Faith Evans & Kelly Price written by Soulshock (as Carsten Schack), Kenneth Karlin & Tamara Savage |
| 16. | 07/1999 | | 99
 | 4 US | 2 UK | | ✫1 dance | 2 R&B | [artist #2 hit] written by Jerry Duplessis & Wyclef Jean |
 | 17. | 11/1999 | | 38
 | 4 US | 3 UK | | ✫1 dance | 7 R&B | [Arista 13681] written by LaShawn Daniels, Toni Estes, Rodney Jerkins, Fred Jerkins III & Isaac Phillips |
 | 18. | 04/2000 | | 10
 | 27 US | 19 UK | 20 AC | ✫1 dance | 13 R&B | written by Diane Warren |
 | 19. | 11/2002 | | 4
 | 96 US | 13 UK | | ✫1 dance | 75 R&B | [Arista 15170] written by Tammie Harris, Whitney Houston , Andre Lewis, Muhammad, Harry Palmer, Christopher Stain, Deborah Harry, KRS-One (as Lawrence Parker) & Jesse West |
| Top 100 hits | 19 | 19 | 14 | 12 | 19 | |
| Top 40 hits | 18 | 19 | 14 | 12 | 17 | |
| Top 10 hits | 14 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 13 | |
| ✫ #1 hits | 7 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 6 | |
| US | UK | AC | dance | R&B | |