AWARDS
Whitney's list of awards is extensive including six
Grammys, a record 21 American Music Awards, 15 Billboard Music Awards and two Emmy Awards.
Here is a comprehensive list of Whitney's awards:
1985
American Music Awards:
- Favorite Soul/ R&B Single: "You Give Good Love"
- Favorite Soul/ R&B Video: "Saving All My Love For You"
Billboard Music Awards:
- Top New Pop Artist
- Top New Black Artist
1986:
Grammy Award:
- Best Female Pop Vocal Performance: "Saving All My Love for You"
American Music Awards:
- Favorite Pop/ Rock Female Vocalist
- Favorite Pop/ Rock Female LP: "Whitney Houston"
- Favorite Soul/ R&B Female LP: "Whitney Houston"
- Favorite Soul/ R&B Female Vocalist
- Favorite Soul/ R&B Female Video
Billboard Music Awards:
- Top Black Album: "Whitney Houston"
- Top Pop Album: "Whitney Houston"
- Top Black Album Artist
- Top Pop Album Artist
- Top Pop Female Album Artist
- Top Pop Album and Singles Artist
Rolling Stone Music Award:
- Best Album of the Year: "Whitney Houston"
MTV Music Video Award:
- Best Female Video of the Year: "How Will I Know"
Emmy Award:
- Outstanding Individual Performance in a Variety or Music Program
1987
American Music Awards:
- Favorite Pop/ Rock Female Vocalist
- Favorite R&B/ Soul Female Vocalist
Billboard Music Award:
People's Choice Award:
- Favorite Female Musical Performer
1988
Grammy Award:
- Best Female Pop Vocal Performance: "I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me)
Billboard Music Award:
Top Pop Female Singles Artist
Soul Train Music Award:
- Female Album of the Year: "Whitney"
Emmy Award:
- Outstanding Individual Performance in a Variety or Music Program
People's Choice Award:
- Favorite Female Musical Performer
1989
People's Choice Award:
- Favorite Female Musical Performer
1990
American Music Awards:
- Favorite Pop/ Rock Female Vocalist
- Favorite R&B/ Soul Female Vocalist
The 1990 Essence Award for the Performing Arts
1991
Billboard Music Awards:
- Top R&B Album: "I'm Your Baby Tonight"
- Top R&B Album Artist
- Top R&B Singles Artist
- Top R&B Album and Singles Artist
The American Cinema Performer of the year Award
1993
Billboard Music Awards:
- Top Hot 100 Sales Single: "I Will Always Love You"
- Top Pop Single: "I Will Always Love You"
- Top R&B Sales Single: "I Will Always Love You"
- Top R&B Single: "I Will Always Love You"
- Top Pop Singles Artist
- Top Pop Female Singles Artist
- Top Pop Album: "The Bodyguard" soundtrack
- Top R&B Album: "The Bodyguard" soundtrack
- Top R&B Singles Artist
World Music Awards:
- Song of 1993: "I Will Always Love You"
- Album of 1993: "The Bodyguard" soundtrack
- Entertainer of the Year 1993
MTV Movie Award:
- Best Song: "I Will Always Love You"
People's Choice Award:
- Favorite Female Musical Performer
- Favorite Music Video "I Will Always Love You"
Soul Train Music Award:
- Best Female R&B Single: "I Will Always Love You"
1994
Grammy Awards:
- Record of the Year: "I Will Always Love You" from "The Bodyguard"
soundtrack album
- Album of the Year: "The Bodyguard" soundtrack
- Best Female Pop Vocal Performance: "I Will Always Love You"
American Music Awards:
- Favorite Pop/ Rock Female Vocalist
- Favorite Pop/ Rock Female Single: "I Will Always Love You"
- Favorite Soul/ R&B Female Vocalist
- Favorite Soul/ R&B Female Single: "I Will Always Love You"
- Favorite Pop/ Rock Female Album: "The Bodyguard" soundtrack
- Favorite R&B/ Soul Female Album: "The Bodyguard" soundtrack
- Favorite Adult Contemporary Album: "The Bodyguard" soundtrack
- American Music Award of Merit
Soul Train Music Award:
- R&B Song of the Year: "I Will Always Love You"
- THE 1994 SAMMY DAVIS JR. AWARD - "As Entertainer of the Year" for outstanding
achievements in the field of entertainment during 1993
Brit Award:
- Best Soundtrack Album: "The Bodyguard" soundtrack
Juno Music Award:
- Best-selling foreign or domestic album in Canada
1995
Soul Train Award:
VH1 Honors
1996
NAACP Image Award:
- Outstanding Female Artist with "Exhale (Shoop Shoop)"
Soul Train Award:
- Best Female R&B/ Soul Single: "Exhale (Shoop Shoop)"
Nickelodeon Kid's Choice Award:
Black Entertainment Television (BET) Award:
1997
American Music Awards:
- Favorite Adult Contemporary Artist
- Favorite Soundtrack Album: "Waiting to Exhale"
NAACP Image Awards:
Outstanding Motion Picture Actress for her role in "The Preacher's Wife"
Outstanding Gospel Artist for her work on "The Preacher's Wife" soundtrack
album
Outstanding Album: "The Preacher's Wife" soundtrack
Blockbuster Entertainment Award:
Essence Award:
1998
People's Choice Award:
- Favorite Female Musical Performer
Trumpet Pinnacle Award:
- For inspiring others in her chosen profession or career
Soul Train Award:
- Quincy Jones Award for Outstanding Career Achievements In The Field Of Entertainment
Dove Award:
- Best Traditional Recorded Gospel Performance: "I Go To The Rock"
1999
NAACP Image Award:
- Outstanding Duo/Group Collaboration: "When You Believe" with Mariah Carey
MTV Europe Music Awards 1999:
Bambi Awards, Germany
- Best International Pop Artist
2000
NAACP Image Awards
- Best Female (Heartbreak Hotel)
42nd Annual Grammy Awards
- Best R&B Female Vocal Performance 'It's Not Right But It's Okay'
14th Annual Soul Train Awards
- Artist Of The Decade: Whitney Houston
2001
1st Annual BET Awards
- Whitney Houston: Lifetime Achievement Award
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