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:

  • Top Female Album Artist

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:

  • Hall of Fame

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:

  • Hall of Fame

Black Entertainment Television (BET) Award:

  • Walk of Fame


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:

  • Best Female Pop Artist

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:

  • Best R&B

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


200
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1st Annual BET Awards

  • Whitney Houston: Lifetime Achievement Award

 

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