"I Have Nothing" became another hit, peaking at number four on the Billboard Hot 100 and being certified Gold by the Recording Industry Association of America.
The song became a hit on the Billboard Hot R&B Singles chart, with a number four peak.
The song became a number-one peak on the Billboard Adult Contemporary chart.
Houston established another historic milestone in Billboard chart history with the two previous singles off the soundtrack and this song, becoming the first artist to have three songs inside the top 11 of the Hot 100 chart in the same week since the chart began using Broadcast Data System and SoundScan data in 1991.
The song reached the number one in Canada, the top five in Ireland and the United Kingdom.