I Have Nothing
| "I Have Nothing" | |
|---|---|
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| Top 5 Hit Song by Whitney Houston | |
| from the album The Bodyguard, I Wish You Love: More From The Bodyguard and The Concert for a New South Africa (Durban) | |
| Main Artist | Whitney Houston |
| First Charted | Week 13 |
| Last Charted | Week 138 |
| Rank | 25 (as of July 19, 2026) |
| Plays | 367 |
| Weeks | 47 |
| Peak | 5² |
| Certification | 11x Diamond ⬥ |
| Song Rating | |
| Rating | Unrated |
I Have Nothing is a King Warz Charts top-5 hit song by Whitney Houston. The song debuted on the charts at #40 during Week 13. It reached its highest peak of #5 during Week 14.
As of July 2026, it is certified 11× Diamond.
Chart Summary
'I Have Nothing' by Whitney Houston has charted in several distinct waves. The song debuted at #40 in Week 13 and peaked at #5 in Week 14, a mark it hit twice, later spent 25 weeks off the chart entirely, and returned in Week 91. Across all of its runs it has spent 47 total weeks on the charts. Along the way it became Whitney Houston's sixth top-5 hit.
Its biggest week by points came in Week 14, pulling 154 points at #5 after climbing 35 places. The biggest single-week climb came in Week 34, jumping from #50 to #14. The song's longest consecutive run lasted 18 weeks, from Week 29 to Week 46. The song maintained a top-10 presence for 3 consecutive weeks. Over its chart life, the track has re-entered the chart 15 times, with gaps of 1 to 25 weeks between appearances. The first re-entry came in Week 16, and the most recent in Week 138; the strongest return came in Week 120, back in at #15.
Among all 963 songs on the charts, the track ranks 24th by total weeks and 47th by total points. The track has accumulated 2,326 total units over its chart life. The song's chart presence is driven 32% by raw streams and 68% by chart points.
In 2022, the song charted 11 times, peaking at #5, averaging #31, earning 721 points, anchored by its biggest week in Week 14, and it sold 459 units, finishing 45th on the year-end chart. Its biggest year came in 2023, with 17 weeks on the chart, peaking at #5, averaging #23, earning 1,221 points, with the biggest points week in Week 44 (132 points), with 826 units sold, enough for sixth on the year-end chart. 2024 brought 12 weeks on the chart, peaking at #8, averaging #27, earning 820 points, with the biggest points week in Week 65 (113 points), with 548 units sold, enough for 28th on the year-end chart. 2025 brought 3 weeks on the chart, peaking at #31, averaging #38, earning 221 points, with the biggest points week in Week 91 (83 points). So far, 2026 has brought 4 weeks on the chart, peaking at #15, averaging #25, earning 347 points, with the biggest points week in Week 126 (112 points). The song's average position improved from #31 in 2022 to #25 in 2026.
Notable Achievements
- The song has appeared on 3 year-end charts.
- The song has re-entered the chart 15 times, demonstrating lasting appeal.
- The song is certified 11x Diamond on the King Warz Charts.
Certifications
| Certification | Achieved | Units required | Time to reach |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gold | April 22, 2022 (Week 15) | 100 | 204 days |
| Platinum | June 24, 2022 (Week 19) | 200 | 267 days |
| 2× Platinum | November 18, 2022 (Week 25) | 400 | 414 days |
| 3× Platinum | March 31, 2023 (Week 34) | 600 | 547 days |
| 4× Platinum | May 12, 2023 (Week 38) | 800 | 589 days |
| 5× Platinum | July 7, 2023 (Week 42) | 1,000 | 645 days |
| 6× Platinum | August 18, 2023 (Week 45) | 1,200 | 687 days |
| 7× Platinum | May 24, 2024 (Week 51) | 1,400 | 967 days |
| 8× Platinum | October 11, 2024 (Week 58) | 1,600 | 1,107 days |
| 9× Platinum | December 13, 2024 (Week 66) | 1,800 | 1,170 days |
| Diamond | August 15, 2025 (Week 101) | 2,000 | 1,415 days |
| 11× Diamond | February 13, 2026 (Week 127) | 2,200 | 1,597 days |
Listening Milestones
- First streamed on September 30, 2021 (Week 1).
- Biggest listening day: March 31, 2023 (6 plays).
- Reached 100 plays on May 7, 2023 (Week 37).
- Reached 250 plays on June 11, 2025 (Week 91).
- 367 total plays across 295 different days.
Variants
There are 4 variants of the song that are eligible for charting:
| Variant | Album | Plays | Weeks charted | Peak |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| I Have Nothing | The Bodyguard | 339 | 43 | 5 |
| I Have Nothing - Durban | The Concert for a New South Africa (Durban) | 23 | 3 | 24 |
| I Have Nothing - Brunei | I Wish You Love: More From The Bodyguard | 3 | — | — |
| I Have Nothing - Film Version | I Wish You Love: More From The Bodyguard | 2 | 1 | 35 |
Of these, 3 variants have appeared on the charts.
Chart Performance
Units growth and plays by month
Chart History
| Date | Week | MV | Song | Artist | TW | LW | WKS | PTS | PLS | PK |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 7, 2022 | Week 13 | NEW | I Have Nothing (Whitney Houston) | Whitney Houston | 40 | - | 1 | 49 | 4 | 40 |
| April 21, 2022 | Week 14 | ▲35 | I Have Nothing (Whitney Houston) | Whitney Houston | 5 | 40 | 2 | 154 | 14 | 5 |
| May 26, 2022 | Week 16 | RE | I Have Nothing (Whitney Houston) | Whitney Houston | 22 | - | 3 | 62 | 3 | 5 |
| June 23, 2022 | Week 18 | RE | I Have Nothing (Whitney Houston) | Whitney Houston | 36 | - | 4 | 52 | 4 | 5 |
| July 14, 2022 | Week 19 | ▲15 | I Have Nothing (Whitney Houston) | Whitney Houston | 21 | 36 | 5 | 74 | 6 | 5 |
| August 11, 2022 | Week 20 | ▼30 | I Have Nothing (Whitney Houston) | Whitney Houston | 51 | 21 | 6 | 40 | 2 | 5 |
| September 8, 2022 | Week 21 | ▲13 | I Have Nothing (Whitney Houston) | Whitney Houston | 38 | 51 | 7 | 46 | 3 | 5 |
| September 29, 2022 | Week 22 | ▲4 | I Have Nothing (Whitney Houston) | Whitney Houston | 34 | 38 | 8 | 60 | 5 | 5 |
| October 27, 2022 | Week 23 | ▲5 | I Have Nothing (Whitney Houston) | Whitney Houston | 29 | 34 | 9 | 66 | 5 | 5 |
| November 17, 2022 | Week 24 | ▼7 | I Have Nothing (Whitney Houston) | Whitney Houston | 36 | 29 | 10 | 60 | 4 | 5 |
| December 8, 2022 | Week 25 | ▲10 | I Have Nothing (Whitney Houston) | Whitney Houston | 26 | 36 | 11 | 58 | 4 | 5 |
| January 26, 2023 | Week 29 | RE | I Have Nothing (Whitney Houston) | Whitney Houston | 57 | - | 12 | 33 | 2 | 5 |
| February 9, 2023 | Week 30 | ▲18 | I Have Nothing (Whitney Houston) | Whitney Houston | 39 | 57 | 13 | 46 | 4 | 5 |
| February 23, 2023 | Week 31 | ▲19 | I Have Nothing (Whitney Houston) | Whitney Houston | 20 | 39 | 14 | 72 | 6 | 5 |
| March 16, 2023 | Week 32 | ▼7 | I Have Nothing (Whitney Houston) | Whitney Houston | 27 | 20 | 15 | 50 | 3 | 5 |
| March 30, 2023 | Week 33 | ▼23 | I Have Nothing (Whitney Houston) | Whitney Houston | 50 | 27 | 16 | 38 | 2 | 5 |
| April 6, 2023 | Week 34 | ▲36 | I Have Nothing (Whitney Houston) | Whitney Houston | 14 | 50 | 17 | 60 | 5 | 5 |
| April 20, 2023 | Week 35 | = | I Have Nothing (Whitney Houston) | Whitney Houston | 14 | 14 | 18 | 84 | 7 | 5 |
| April 27, 2023 | Week 36 | ▲5 | I Have Nothing (Whitney Houston) | Whitney Houston | 9 | 14 | 19 | 64 | 4 | 5 |
| May 11, 2023 | Week 37 | ▼24 | I Have Nothing (Whitney Houston) | Whitney Houston | 33 | 9 | 20 | 52 | 3 | 5 |
| May 25, 2023 | Week 38 | ▲7 | I Have Nothing (Whitney Houston) | Whitney Houston | 26 | 33 | 21 | 54 | 4 | 5 |
| June 8, 2023 | Week 39 | ▲7 | I Have Nothing (Whitney Houston) | Whitney Houston | 19 | 26 | 22 | 64 | 5 | 5 |
| June 22, 2023 | Week 40 | ▼10 | I Have Nothing (Whitney Houston) | Whitney Houston | 29 | 19 | 23 | 48 | 3 | 5 |
| July 6, 2023 | Week 41 | ▲24 | I Have Nothing (Whitney Houston) | Whitney Houston | 5 | 29 | 24 | 116 | 10 | 5² |
| July 20, 2023 | Week 42 | ▼3 | I Have Nothing (Whitney Houston) | Whitney Houston | 8 | 5 | 25 | 126 | 10 | 5² |
| August 3, 2023 | Week 43 | ▼2 | I Have Nothing (Whitney Houston) | Whitney Houston | 10 | 8 | 26 | 100 | 6 | 5² |
| August 17, 2023 | Week 44 | ▼1 | I Have Nothing (Whitney Houston) | Whitney Houston | 11 | 10 | 27 | 132 | 10 | 5² |
| August 31, 2023 | Week 45 | ▼13 | I Have Nothing (Whitney Houston) | Whitney Houston | 24 | 11 | 28 | 82 | 5 | 5² |
| January 25, 2024 | Week 46 | ▲4 | I Have Nothing (Whitney Houston) | Whitney Houston | 20 | 24 | 29 | 50 | 2 | 5² |
| May 2, 2024 | Week 49 | RE | I Have Nothing (Whitney Houston) | Whitney Houston | 21 | - | 30 | 49 | 4 | 5² |
| May 23, 2024 | Week 50 | ▲13 | I Have Nothing (Whitney Houston) | Whitney Houston | 8 | 21 | 31 | 110 | 10 | 5² |
| July 11, 2024 | Week 51 | ▼18 | I Have Nothing (Whitney Houston) | Whitney Houston | 26 | 8 | 32 | 48 | 2 | 5² |
| August 22, 2024 | Week 52 | ▲2 | I Have Nothing (Whitney Houston) | Whitney Houston | 24 | 26 | 33 | 54 | 3 | 5² |
| September 19, 2024 | Week 55 | RE | I Have Nothing (Whitney Houston) | Whitney Houston | 33 | - | 34 | 37 | 3 | 5² |
| October 10, 2024 | Week 57 | RE | I Have Nothing (Whitney Houston) | Whitney Houston | 29 | - | 35 | 79 | 7 | 5² |
| October 17, 2024 | Week 58 | ▲5 | I Have Nothing - Durban (Whitney Houston) | Whitney Houston | 24 | 29 | 36 | 86 | 7 | 5² |
| October 24, 2024 | Week 59 | ▼25 | I Have Nothing - Durban (Whitney Houston) | Whitney Houston | 49 | 24 | 37 | 38 | 1 | 5² |
| November 7, 2024 | Week 60 | ▲21 | I Have Nothing - Durban (Whitney Houston) | Whitney Houston | 28 | 49 | 38 | 106 | 9 | 5² |
| November 28, 2024 | Week 63 | RE | I Have Nothing (Whitney Houston) | Whitney Houston | 45 | - | 39 | 50 | 3 | 5² |
| December 12, 2024 | Week 65 | RE | I Have Nothing (Whitney Houston) | Whitney Houston | 21 | - | 40 | 113 | 10 | 5² |
| June 12, 2025 | Week 91 | RE | I Have Nothing (Whitney Houston) | Whitney Houston | 31 | - | 41 | 83 | 5 | 5² |
| July 24, 2025 | Week 97 | RE | I Have Nothing (Whitney Houston) | Whitney Houston | 50 | - | 42 | 63 | 4 | 5² |
| August 14, 2025 | Week 100 | RE | I Have Nothing (Whitney Houston) | Whitney Houston | 32 | - | 43 | 75 | 6 | 5² |
| January 1, 2026 | Week 120 | RE | I Have Nothing (Whitney Houston) | Whitney Houston | 15 | - | 44 | 96 | 6 | 5² |
| January 29, 2026 | Week 124 | RE | I Have Nothing (Whitney Houston) | Whitney Houston | 35 | - | 45 | 69 | 5 | 5² |
| February 12, 2026 | Week 126 | RE | I Have Nothing (Whitney Houston) | Whitney Houston | 16 | - | 46 | 112 | 9 | 5² |
| May 7, 2026 | Week 138 | RE | I Have Nothing - Film Version (Whitney Houston) | Whitney Houston | 35 | - | 47 | 70 | 3 | 5² |
Year End Chart Appearances
The song has appeared on 3 year-end charts.
| Year | Position | Weeks | Units | Plays | Peak | Peak Weeks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 28 | 12 | 548 | 72 | 8 | — |
| 2023 | 6 | 17 | 826 | 92 | 5 | — |
| 2022 | 45 | 11 | 459 | 63 | 5 | — |
Month End Chart Appearances
The song has appeared on 20 month-end charts.
| Month | Year | Position | Weeks | Units | Plays | Peak | Peak Weeks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 2026 | 37 | 2 | 104 | 16 | 15 | — |
| October | 2024 | 34 | 3 | 117 | 18 | 24 | — |
| August | 2024 | 26 | 1 | 43 | 3 | 24 | — |
| July | 2024 | 26 | 1 | 37 | 1 | 26 | — |
| May | 2024 | 11 | 2 | 117 | 12 | 8 | — |
| January | 2024 | 20 | 1 | 41 | 0 | 20 | — |
| September | 2023 | 25 | 1 | 37 | 0 | 24 | — |
| August | 2023 | 12 | 3 | 170 | 16 | 10 | — |
| July | 2023 | 5 | 2 | 149 | 20 | 5 | — |
| June | 2023 | 14 | 2 | 98 | 12 | 19 | — |
| May | 2023 | 20 | 2 | 81 | 9 | 26 | — |
| April | 2023 | 7 | 3 | 168 | 11 | 9 | — |
| March | 2023 | 29 | 2 | 65 | 10 | 27 | — |
| February | 2023 | 24 | 2 | 79 | 8 | 20 | — |
| November | 2022 | 34 | 1 | 39 | 7 | 36 | — |
| October | 2022 | 26 | |||||
| September | 2022 | 35 | 2 | 62 | 6 | 34 | — |
| July | 2022 | 19 | 1 | 50 | 5 | 21 | — |
| May | 2022 | 23 | 1 | 49 | 5 | 22 | — |
| April | 2022 | 29 | 2 | 113 | 18 | 5 | — |