Whitney received numerous Awards during her career…
dark violet = won
white = nominated but not won
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
Grammy Awards:
Best Female Pop Vocal Performance: "Saving All My Love for
You"
Album of the Year – Whitney Houston
R&B Female Vocal (Solo)
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
1986
Grammy Awards:
Record of the Year – "Greatest Love
Of All"
American Music Awards:
Favorite Pop/ Rock Female Vocalist
Favorite Pop/ Rock Female LP: "Whitney Houston"
Favorite Pop/ Rock Female LP: "Whitney Houston"
Favorite Soul/ R&B Female Vocalist
Favorite Soul/ R&B Female Video
Favorite Pop/Rock Female Video Artist
Favorite Soul/ R&B Female Video Artist
Rolling
Stone Music Awards:
Best Album of the Year: "Whitney Houston"
MTV Music Awards:
Best Video of the Year: "How Will I Know"
Emmy Awards:
Outstanding Individual Performance in a Variety or Music Program
1987
Grammy Awards:
Best Female Pop Vocal Performance: "I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me)"
Album Of The Year – Whitney
R&B Female Vocal
American Music Awards:
Favorite Pop/Rock Female Vocalist
Favorite Sou/ R&B Female Vocalist
Soul Train Music Awards:
Album of the Year, Female – Whitney Houston
Single of the Year – "Greatest Love Of All"
People’s Choice Awards:
Favorite Female Musical Preformer
1988
Grammy Awards:
Best Pop Vocal Performance, Female – "One
Moment In Time"
American Music Awards:
Favorite Pop/ Rock Female Vocalist
Favorite R&B/ Soul Female Vocalist
Billboard Music Awards:
Top Female Album Artist
Nickelodeon Kid’s Choice Awards:
Best Female Singer – Nickelodeon Kid’s Choice Awards
Billboard Music Awards:
Top Pop Female Singles Artist
Soul Train Music Awards:
Female Album of the Year: "Whitney"
Best Music Video – "I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me)"
Emmy Awards:
Outstanding Individual Performance in a Sports Program – "One Moment In Time" performed at the Special Olympics
People’s Choice Awards:
Favorite Female Musical Performer
First Annual Garden State Music Awards (NJ):
Best Music Video – "I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me)"
Best Female Vocalist, Rock/Pop
Best Single Rock/Pop – "So Emotional"
Best Single R&B/Dance – "So Emotional"
Best Female Vocalist, R&B/Dance
Best LP R&B/Dance – Whitney
Best LP Rock/Pop – Whitney
Miscellaneous Awards and Honors:
Distinguished Artist/Humanitarian Award – National Urban Coalition
Outstanding Achievement in Humanitarianism Award – The Government of Switzerland
Honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters-Grambling State University
Favorite Female Vocalist – People Magazine Reader Poll
Americas Greatest Smiles- American Dental Hygienists Association
1989
People’s Choice Awards:
Favorite Female Musical Performer
Favorite All-Around Female Performer
1990
American Music Awards:
Favorite Pop/ Rock Female Vocalist
Favorite R&B/ Soul Female Vocalist
Soul Train Music Awards:
Best R&B/Urban Contemporary Single,
Female – "Where Do Broken Hearts Go"
Miscellaneous Awards and Honors::
Appointed by George Bush: Points of Light Contributing Leadership Award
The United Negro Collegue Fund Founder Award – "The Frederick D. Patterson Award
The Songwriters’ Hall of Fame Hitmakers Award
The 1990 Essence Award for the Performing Arts
1991
Grammy Awards:
Best Pop Vocal Performance, Female – "All
The Man That I Need"
American Music Awards:
Favorite Pop/Rock Female Artist
Favorite Soul/ R&B Female Artist
Favorite Soul/ R&B Album – "I’m Your Baby Tonight"
Favorite A/C Artist
Favorite A/C Album – "I’m Your Baby Tonight"
Cable Ace Awards:
Performance in a Musical Special or Series – "HBO Presents Welcome Heroes
with Whitney Houston"
Music Special – "HBO Presents Welcome Hereos with Whitney Houston"
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
NAACP Image Awards:
Outstanding Female Artist
Outstanding Variety Series or Special – "HBO Presents Welcome
Home Heroes with Whitney Houston"
Miscellaneous Awards and Honors::
The American Cinema Performer of the Year Award
The Music Award – American Black Achievement Awards
1992
Grammy Awards:
Best R&B Vocal Performance, Female – "I Belong To You"
Soul Train Music Awards:
Best R&B/Soul Single, Female – "All
The Man That I Need"
Best R/B/Soul Album – "I’m Your Baby Tonight"
Miscellaneous Awards and Honors::
The Children’s Diabetes Foundation Brass Ring Award
1993
Billboard Music Awards:
World Artist
Album of the Year – "The Bodyguard"
Soundtrack Album – "The Bodyguard"
Album Most Weeks at No1 – "The Bodyguard"
World Single – "I Will Always Love You"
Hot 100 Single – "I Will Always Love You"
Hot 100 single Artist
Single Most Weeks at No1 – "I Will Always Love You"
R&B Singles Artist
R&B Single – "I Will Always Love You"
R&B Album – "The Bodyguard"
Best Adult Contemporary 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 Awards:
Best Song: "I Will Always Love You"
Best Female Performance – "The Bodyguard"
Best On Screen Couple – Whitney Houston & Kevin Costner
Breakthrough Performance – "The Bodyguard"
People’s Choice Awards:
Favorite Female Musical Performer
Favorite Music Video "I Will Always Love You"
Favorite Actress in A Dramatic Motion Pictures
Soul Train Music Awardss:
Best Female R&B Single: "I Will Always Love You"
1994
Grammy Awards:
Record of the Year: "I Will Always Love You"
Album of the Year: "The Bodyguard"
Best Female Pop Vocal Performance, Female "I Will Always Love You"
Best R&B Vocal Performance "I’m Every Woman"
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
Favorite Adult Contemporary Artist
Soul Train Music Awards:
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
Best R&B Single Female – "I Have Nothing"
Brit Awards:
Best Soundtrack Album: "The Bodyguard" soundtrack
Juno Music Awards:
Best-selling foreign or domestic album in Canada
NAACP Image Awards:
Entertainer of the Year
Outstanding Female Artist
Outstanding Music Video – "I’m Every Woman"
Outstanding Album – "The Bodyguard"
Outstanding Soundtrack Album, Film or TV – "The Bodyguard"
Outstanding Lead Actress in a Motion Picture – "The Bodyguard"
World Music Awards:
Best Selling American Recording Artist of the Year
World’s Best Selling Pop Artist
World’s Best Selling R&B Artist
World’s Best Selling Overall Recording Artist
World’s Best Selling Recording Artist of the Era
1995
Soul Train Music Awards:
Soul Train 25th Anniversary Hall of Fame Award
Cable Ace Awards:
Performance in a Music Special or Series
– "VH-1 Honors with CeCe Winans"
Performance in a Music Special or Series – "Whitney, The Concert
For A New South Africa"
Miscellaneous Awards and Honors:
VH-1 Honor – for Whitney Houston Foundation for Children
Distinguished Achievement in Music and Film/Video – The 2nd Annual
International Achievement in Arts Award
1996
NAACP Image Awards:
Outstanding Female Artist with "Exhale (Shoop Shoop)"
Outstanding Album – "Waiting To Exhale"
Outstanding Soundtrack – "Waiting To Exhale"
Outstanding Lead Actress in a Motion Picture – "Waiting To Exhale"
Outstanding Performance in an Eductional/Informational Youth or Children’s TV Series/Special "Nickelodeon Kids Choice Awards"
Outstanding Performance in a Variety Series/Special-VH-1 Honors: Whitney Houston & CeCe Winans
Outstanding Female Artist – "Exhale (Shoop Shoop)"
Soul Train Music Awards:
Best Female R&B/ Soul Single: "Exhale (Shoop Shoop)"
Best R&B/Soul or Rap Song of the Year
– "Exhale (Shoop Shoop)"
Nickelodeon Kid’s Choice Awards:
Hall of Fame Inductee
Black Entertainment Television (BET) Awards:
Walk of Fame
Blockbuster Entertainment Awards:
Favorite Song From A Movie – "Exhale
(Shoop Shoop)"
People’s Choice Awards:
Favorite Female Musical Performer
MTV Movie Awards:
Best Song From A Movie – "Exhale (Shoop Shoop)"
1997
Grammy Awards:
Album of the Year – "Waiting to Exhale"
Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals "Count On Me"
Best Female R&B Vocal Performance – "Exhale (Shoop Shoop)"
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"
Outstanding Album: "The Preacher’s Wife"
Blockbuster Entertainment Awards:
Best Female Pop Artist
Favorite Female – Comedy/Romance – "The Preacher’s Wife"
People’s Choice Awards:
Favorite Female Musical Performer
Nickelodeon Kid’s Choice Awards:
Favorite Movie Actress
Miscellaneous Awards and Honors:
The Triumphant Spirit Award – Essence Magazine
The Top Contribution To Gospel By A Mainstream Artist – Gospel Music Association
ASCAP Pop Awards – "Count On Me"
1998
Grammy
Awards:
Best R&B Vocal Performance – "I Believe In You And Me"
American Music Awards:
Favorite Soundtrack – "The Preacher’s Wife"
NAACP Image Awards:
Outstanding Performance in a Variety Series/Special – "Classic Whitney: Live from Washington D.C."
Outstanding Television Movie/Mini Series/Dramatic Special- "Rogers &
Hammerstein’s Cinderella"
People’s Choice Awards:
Favorite Female Musical Performer
Trumpet Pinnacle Awards:
For inspiring others in her chosen profession or career
Soul Train Music Awards:
Quincy Jones Award for Outstanding Career Achievements In The Field
Of Entertainment
Dove Awards:
Best Traditional Recorded Gospel Performance: "I Go To The
Rock"
Blockbuster Entertainment Awards:
Favorite Soundtrack – "The Preacher’s
Wife"
1999
NAACP Image Awards:
Outstanding Duo/Group Collaboration: "When You Believe"
with Mariah Carey
MTV Europe Music Awards 1999:
Best R&B
Bambi-Verleihung:
Beste internationale Künstlerin
2000
American Music Awards:
Favorite Pop/Rock Female Artist
Favorite Soul/ R&B Female Artist
Favorite Soul/ R&B Album – "My Love Is Your Love"
NAACP Image Awards:
Best Female (Heartbreak Hotel)
Outstanding Song – "My Love Is Your
Love"
Grammy Awards:
Best R&B Female Vocal Performance ‘It’s Not Right But It’s Okay’
Soul Train Music Awards:
Artist Of The Decade
NRJ Awards:
International Album of the Year
Best Female International Artist
Brit Awards:
Best Internationale Female
MTV Europe Awards:
Best Female Artist
Best R&B Artist
2001
1st Annual BET Awards:
Whitney Houston: Lifetime Achievement Award
Soul Train Awards:
Best R&B/Soul Single by a Band, Duo or Group-”Same Script, Different Cast”
American Music Awards:
Favorite Soul/R&B Female Artist
2010
BET Honors:
awarded Whitney Houston for her career in entertainment