Kenny G has worked on several film soundtracks, including Dying Young and The Bodyguard. He achieved success quite early on, with both G Force and Gravity, his second and third studio albums respectively, achieving platinum status. The album received warm reviews from critics. He released his self-titled first album with the help of The Jeff Lorber Fusion. Kenny G signed with Arista Records as a solo artist in 1982, after label president Clive Davis heard his rendition of ABBA's "Dancing Queen". Kenny G is the biggest-selling instrumental musician of the modern era and one of the best-selling artists of all time, with global sales totaling more tha n 75 million records. His 1986 album, Duotones, brought him commercial success. His sixth studio album, Breathless, was released in 1992, and went on to become the best-selling instrumental album ever, with over 15 million copies sold worldwide, selling 12 million copies in the United States alone. G co-wrote the soundtrack of The Bodyguard, starring Kevin Costner and Whitney Houston, and performed his own song "Waiting for You" as well as his single "Even If My Heart Would Break". The song "Theme for Dying Young", written for that movie, was nominated for a Best Pop Instrumental Performance.
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