{"id":318328,"date":"2026-02-26T13:15:10","date_gmt":"2026-02-26T13:15:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/318328\/"},"modified":"2026-02-26T13:15:10","modified_gmt":"2026-02-26T13:15:10","slug":"whitney-houston-i-have-nothing-video-hits-1-billion-views-on-youtube","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/318328\/","title":{"rendered":"Whitney Houston &#8216;I Have Nothing&#8217; Video Hits 1 Billion Views on YouTube"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/artist\/whitney-houston\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Whitney Houston<\/a>\u2018s \u201cI Have Nothing\u201d is one of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/lists\/top-breakup-songs-all-time\/whitney-houston-i-have-nothing\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">greatest breakup songs of all time<\/a> \u2014 and at least 1 billion people agree.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tEarlier this month, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=FxYw0XPEoKE&amp;list=RDFxYw0XPEoKE&amp;start_radio=1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">music video<\/a> for the powerhouse ballad \u2014 the third single from the soundtrack of The Bodyguard, Houston\u2019s 1992 film debut \u2014 reached 1 billion views on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/t\/youtube\/\" id=\"auto-tag_youtube\" data-tag=\"youtube\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">YouTube<\/a>. Released as a single after the successes of \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/pro\/whitney-houston-i-will-always-love-you-rewinding-the-charts-1992\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">I Will Always Love You<\/a>\u201d and \u201cI\u2019m Every Woman,\u201d \u201cI Have Nothing\u201d peaked on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/charts\/hot-100\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Billboard Hot 100<\/a> at No. 4. Meanwhile, the Bodyguard soundtrack spent 20 weeks atop the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/charts\/billboard-200\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Billboard 200<\/a> albums chart and is also the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/rb-hip-hop\/whitney-houston-bodyguard-top-soundtrack-all-time-1236006864\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">highest RIAA-certified<\/a> soundtrack of all time.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tThis is Houston\u2019s second music video from The Bodyguard to join YouTube\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/t\/billion-views-club\/\" id=\"auto-tag_billion-views-club\" data-tag=\"billion-views-club\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Billion Views Club<\/a>: With more than 1.8 billion views so far, the video for her blockbuster cover of Dolly Parton\u2019s \u201cI Will Always Love You\u201d could be on track to surpass 2 billion views in the coming months.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tThe modern-day success of \u201cI Have Nothing\u201d appears to have happened organically: The song isn\u2019t currently trending on social media and hasn\u2019t been revived by a current TV show or film. The ballad is a masterclass in vocals, and its enduring success speaks to Houston\u2019s timeless legacy.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tFans of the late legend are celebrating the song\u2019s accomplishment online. \u201cCongratulations Whitney! Still making history!\u201d one commenter wrote on the r\/whitneyhouston <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/whitneyhouston\/comments\/1rblmjw\/shes_done_it_whitneys_i_have_nothing_has\/\" target=\"_blank\">subreddit<\/a> announcing the milestone. \u201cIm sure 675 million of these streams were me,\u201d another said in response to a post by Facebook fan page <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ForTheLoveOfWhitney\/posts\/whitney-houston-just-made-youtube-history-again-i-have-nothing-has-officially-su\/1465535508277474\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">For The Love of Whitney<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tJoin the ranks and watch the iconic \u201cI Have Nothing\u201d music video below.<\/p>\n<p>\t<a class=\"c-logo lrv-a-unstyle-link u-display-inline-flex lrv-u-width-100p  u-max-width-100 u-height-26 u-max-width-130px@mobile-max u-margin-t-040@mobile-max\" href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/\" title=\"Billboard\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p>\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"c-tagline  a-font-accent-l@desktop u-font-size-1205 a-font-accent-xs@mobile-max u-font-size-15@mobile-max u-line-height-22px@mobile-max lrv-u-text-align-center@mobile-max u-letter-spacing-0030@mobile-max lrv-u-padding-t-025 lrv-u-margin-a-00 u-padding-t-0125@mobile-max u-padding-b-0063@mobile-max\">Get weekly rundowns straight to your inbox<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"c-link  lrv-a-unstyle-button lrv-u-cursor-pointer lrv-u-display-inline-flex lrv-u-background-color-brand-primary lrv-u-background-color-black:hover lrv-u-color-black lrv-u-color-brand-primary:hover u-padding-lr-0.875 u-padding-tb-10 lrv-u-flex-shrink-0 u-align-items-center a-font-basic-fancy-xs u-margin-t-0.188 u-margin-b-0188 u-margin-b-040@mobile-max\" href=\"https:\/\/cloud.email.billboard.com\/signup\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n\tSign Up<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Whitney Houston\u2018s \u201cI Have Nothing\u201d is one of the greatest breakup songs of all time \u2014 and at&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":318329,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[148390,93,821,61,60,278,633,6551,4621],"class_list":["post-318328","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-music","tag-billion-views-club","tag-entertainment","tag-genre-pop","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-music","tag-music-news","tag-music-videos","tag-youtube"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/318328","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=318328"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/318328\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/318329"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=318328"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=318328"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=318328"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}