track ▁album ▁from ▁the ▁film ▁of ▁the ▁same ▁name , ▁released ▁on ▁November ▁ 1 7 , ▁ 1 9 9 2 , ▁by ▁Ar ista ▁Records . ▁The ▁album ' s ▁first ▁side ▁( in ▁its ▁original ▁LP ▁and ▁c ass ette ▁formats ) ▁features ▁songs ▁recorded ▁by ▁American ▁singer ▁Whit ney ▁Houston , ▁who ▁star red ▁in ▁the ▁film , ▁while ▁side ▁two ▁features ▁the ▁work ▁of ▁various ▁artists . ▁Houston ▁and ▁C live ▁Davis ▁were ▁co - exec utive ▁produ cers ▁of ▁the ▁record , ▁which ▁is ▁the ▁best ▁s elling ▁female ▁album ▁of ▁all - time . ▁ ▁The ▁Body guard ▁is ▁the ▁best - s elling ▁sound track ▁album ▁of ▁all ▁time ▁s elling ▁ 4 5 ▁million ▁copies ▁world wide . ▁The ▁sound track ▁was ▁the ▁first ▁album ▁verified ▁by ▁the ▁N iel sen ▁Sound Scan ▁computer ized ▁sales ▁monitoring ▁system ▁to ▁have ▁sold ▁more ▁than ▁a ▁million ▁units ▁within ▁a ▁one - week ▁period , ▁the ▁week ▁ending ▁December ▁ 2 7 , ▁ 1 9 9 2 . ▁The ▁sound track ▁later ▁went ▁on ▁to ▁win ▁the ▁Gram my ▁Award ▁for ▁Album ▁of ▁the ▁Year ▁and ▁was ▁cert ified ▁ 1 8 × ▁Pl atin um ▁by ▁the ▁Rec ording ▁Indust ry ▁Association ▁of ▁America ▁on ▁November ▁ 2 0 1 7 . ▁It ▁is ▁the ▁ 1 5 th ▁best - s elling ▁album ▁in ▁the ▁United ▁States . ▁ ▁In ▁honor ▁of ▁the ▁ 2 5 th ▁anni versary ▁of ▁the ▁sound track