houston made her acting debut with the romantic thriller film the bodyguard (1992). she recorded six songs for the film's soundtrack, including "i will always love you", which won the grammy award for record of the year and became the best-selling physical single by a female in music history. it won the grammy award for album of the year and remains the best-selling soundtrack album of all time. houston starred and recorded soundtracks for two other high-profile films, waiting to exhale (1995) and the preacher's wife (1996), with the latter's soundtrack being the best-selling gospel album of all time.