Whitney Houston Posthumously Achieves Top 10 Hit in America

Throughout her lifetime, Whitney Houston scored a huge number of top 10 hits across all of Billboards many charts. The singer even managed to produce new successes that peaked inside the highest tier on some lists in America following her passing more than a decade ago. This week, one of those later hits is a win all over again, bringing the late superstar’s name back into the highest reaches of one ranking.

Houston is back inside the top 10 on a single Billboards chart this week. Her collaboration with Clean Bandit, “How Will I Know,” is a bestseller once more, and its continued success helps her prove her staying power, even long after she’s gone.

“How Will I Know”—the Clean Bandit version, that is—reappears on the Dance/Electronic Digital Song Sales chart. This week, it blasts back in at No. 10 on the 10-spot ranking of the bestselling tracks in the country that fit those genre descriptions.

Houston claims one of two returning wins on the Dance/Electronic Digital Song Sales tally this period. A few spots higher, Kavinsky’s “Night Call” also manages to find its way back to the list, at No. 5. That cut is popular once more after it was featured during the Olympics.

“How Will I Know” peaked at No. 8 on the Dance/Electronic Digital Song Sales list, and so far, it’s only managed two frames on the chart. It’s one of Houston’s three top 10s on the list, a sum which includes her only No. 1, “Higher Love” with Kygo, and her No. 6-peaking “I’m Every Woman.”

Houston released her solo version of “How Will I Know” in 1985 as a single from her self-titled debut album. The song was a huge hit, as it eventually climbed to No. 1 on the Hot 100, along with several other Billboard tallies.

In 2021, the British dance band Clean Bandit remixed the cut and re-released their take on the tune. Houston’s estate allowed her name to be credited on the song, which helped it become even more special. That track didn’t perform nearly as well as the original, as it failed to hit the Hot 100 in America, though it did land on the U.K.’s list of the most-consumed songs for a short time.

Source: Billboard, Redferns.