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December 19, 1992 – “I Will Always Love You” peaked at #1 on the Billboard Adult Contemporary chart continuing the song’s domination at that time. The New York Times called Whitney’s version of the Dolly Parton song “a magnificent rendition” writing, “Houston transforms a plaintive country ballad into a towering pop-gospel assertion of lasting devotion to a departed lover.”