In the same year, Houston picked up a Grammy in the Album of the Year category for the original soundtrack for the 1992 movie "The Bodyguard." Houston played an award-winning music superstar who finds herself being targeted by a stalker, with Kevin Costner playing the bodyguard hired to keep her safe.

Whitney Houston (l.) and Kevin Costner (r.) starred in the 1992 film 'The Bodyguard.'
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