Thanks to the Whitney Houston Platinum Club and Arista Records, a complete list of Whitney Houston's US Award Nominations and wins is now available for the first time.

Whitney's illustrious career has earned her an astounding number of honors since her self- titled debut album was released in 1985. Peruse this extensive list of award nominations and prestigious awards won by Our Lady Of Song.

*White = Represents categories that Whitney was nominated for.
*Pink = Represents awards that Whitney won.

 

GRAMMY AWARDS
1986 Best Pop Vocal Performance, Female—“Saving All My Love For You”
Album of the Year—“Whitney Houston”
R&B Female Vocal (Solo)
1987 Record of the Year—“Greatest Love of All”
1988 Best Pop Vocal Performance, Female—“I Wanna Dance With Somebody”
 Album of the Year—“Whitney”
R&B Female Vocal
1989 Best Pop Vocal Performance, Female—“One Moment In Time”
1991 Best Pop Vocal Performance, Female—“I'm Your Baby Tonight”
1992 Best Pop Vocal Performance, Female—“All The Man That I Need”
Best R&B Vocal Performance, Female—“I Belong To You”
1994 Album of the Year—“The Bodyguard”
Record of the Year—“I Will Always Love You”
Best Pop Vocal Performance, Female—“I Will Always Love You”
Best R&B Vocal Performance—“I’m Every Woman”
1997 Album of the Year—“Waiting to Exhale”
Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals—“Count On Me”
Best Female R&B Vocal Performance—“Exhale (Shoop, Shoop)
1998 Best R&B Album - 'The Preacher's Wife'
Best R&B Vocal Performance—“I Believe In You & Me”
2000 Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals—“When You Believe”
Best Female R&B Vocal Performance—“It’s Not Right But It’s Okay”
Best R&B Performance, Duo or Group with Vocals—“Heartbreak Hotel”
 Best R&B Album—“My Love Is Your Love”

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EMMY AWARDS
1986 Outstanding Individual Performance in a Variety or Music Program— “28th Annual Grammy Award Telecast”
1988 Outstanding Musical Performance in a Sports Program—“One Moment In Time” performed at the Special Olympics
1998 Outstanding Variety, Music or Comedy Special - Cinderella

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AMERICAN MUSIC AWARDS
1985 Favorite Soul/R&B Single—“You Give Good Love”
Favorite Soul/R&B Video Single—“Saving All My Love”
Favorite Soul/R&B Female Vocalist
Favorite Pop/Rock Female Vocalist
Favorite Soul/R&B Album—“Whitney Houston”
Favorite Soul/R&B Female Video Artist
1986 Favorite Pop/Rock Female Vocalist
Favorite Pop/Rock Album—“Whitney Houston”
Favorite Soul/R&B Female Vocalist
Favorite Soul/R&B Album—“Whitney Houston”
Favorite Soul/R&B Video Single—“Greatest Love of All”
Favorite Pop/Rock Female Video Artist
Favorite Soul/R&B Female Video Artist
1987 Favorite Pop/Rock Female Vocalist
Favorite Pop/Rock Single—“I Wanna Dance With Somebody”
1988 Favorite Pop/Rock Female Vocalist
Favorite Soul/R&B Female Vocalist
1991 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”
1994 Award of Merit
Favorite Pop/Rock Female Artist
Favorite Pop/Rock Single—“I Will Always Love You”
Favorite Pop/Rock Album—“The Bodyguard”
Favorite Soul/R&B Female Artist
Favorite Soul/R&B Single—“I Will Always Love You”
Favorite Soul/R&B Album—“The Bodyguard”
Favorite Adult Contemporary Album—“The Bodyguard”
Favorite Adult Contemporary Artist
1997 Favorite Adult Contemporary Artist
Favorite Soundtrack—“Waiting to Exhale”
1998 Favorite Soundtrack—“The Preacher’s Wife”
2000 Favorite Pop/Rock Female Artist
Favorite Soul/R&B Female Artist
Favorite Soul/R&B Album—“My Love Is Your Love”
2001 Favorite Soul/R&B Female Artist

 

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SOUL TRAIN MUSIC AWARDS
1987 Album of the Year, Female—“Whitney Houston”
Single of the Year—“Greatest Love of All”
1988 Album of the Year, Female—“Whitney”
Best Music Video—“I Wanna Dance With Somebody”
1989 Best R&B/Urban Contemporary Single, Female-“Where Do Broken Hearts  Go”
1992 Best R&B/Soul Single, Female—“All The Man That I Need”
Best R&B/Soul Album—“I’m Your Baby Tonight”
1993 Best R&B Single, Female—“I Will Always Love You”
1994 Sammy Davis Jr. Entertainer of the Year Award
Best R&B Song of the Year—“I Will Always Love You”
Best R&B Single Female—“I Have Nothing”
1995 Soul Train 25th Anniversary Hall of Fame Award
1996 Best R&B/Soul Single, Female—“Exhale (Shoop, Shoop)”
Best R&B/Soul or Rap Song of the Year—“Exhale (Shoop, Shoop)”
1998   Quincy Jones Career Achievement Award
2000   Artist Of The Decade
Best R&B/Soul Single, Female, 'My Love Is Your Love'
Best R&B/Soul Album, Female, 'My Love Is Your Love'
2001 Best R&B/Soul Single (Group, Band or Duo) 'Same Script, Different Cast'
Whitney Houston & Deborah Cox

 

Brit Awards
1987 Best International Artist
1988 Best International Artist
1989 Best International Female
1991 Best International Female
1993 Best Soundtrack 'The Bodyguard'
2000 Best International Female

 

CABLE ACE AWARDS
1991 Performance in a Musical Special or Series-“HBO Presents Welcome Home Heroes with Whitney Houston”
Music Special—“HBO Presents Welcome Home Heroes with Whitney Houston”
1995 Performance in a Music Special or Series—“Whitney, The Concert For A New South Africa”
Performance in a Music Special or Series—“VH-1 Honors With CeCe Winans

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MTV AWARDS
1986 Best Female Video of the Year—“How Will I Know”
MTV MOVIE AWARDS
1993 Best Song—“I Will Always Love You”
Best Female Performance—“The Bodyguard”
Best On Screen Couple—Whitney Houston & Kevin Costner
Breakthrough Performance—“The Bodyguard”
1996 Best Song From A Movie—“Exhale (Shoop, Shoop)”
MTV EUROPE
1999 Best R&B

 

NAACP IMAGE AWARDS
1999
  • Outstanding Album for My Love Is Your Love
  • Outstanding Duo/Group for "When You Believe" (with Mariah Carey)
  • Outstanding Female Artist for My Love Is Your Love
  • Outstanding Performance in a Variety Series/Special for When You Believe: Music Inspired By The Prince Of Egypt
  • Outstanding Video for "When You Believe" (with Mariah Carey)

 

FIRST ANNUAL GARDEN STATE MUSIC AWARDS (NJ)
1988 Best Music Video—“I Wanna Dance With Somebody”
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”

 

NICKELODEON KIDS CHOICE AWARDS
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1996 Hall Of Fame Inductee
1997 Favorite Movie Actress
1988 Best Female Singer-Nickelodeon Kids’ Choice Awards

 

WORLD MUSIC AWARDS
1994 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

 

NRJ Awards
2000 Best Female International Artist
International Album of the Year
BlockBuster Awards
2000

Favorite Female Artist -- R&B   
Whitney Houston - My Love is Your Love 

Favorite Single (Internet Only)

Whitney Houston - Heartbreak Hotel 

Favorite Song from a Movie (Internet Only)  

When You Believe (Prince of Egypt) by Whitney Houston & Mariah Carey

3rd Annual DiVi Awards
2000 Best Music Release
Whitney The Greatest Hits DVD

 

MISCELLANEOUS AWARDS AND HONORS
1988 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
1990 Appointed by George Bush Points of Light Contributing Leadership Award
The United Negro College Fund Founder Award-“The Frederick D. Patterson Award”
The Songwriters’ Hall of Fame Hitmakers Award
The 1990 Essence Award for the Performing Arts
1991 The American Cinema Performer of the Year Award
The Music Award—American Black Achievement Awards
1992 The Children’s’ Diabetes Foundation Brass Ring Award
1995 VH-1 Honor-for Whitney Houston Foundation for Children
Distinguished Achievement in Music and Film/Video—The 2nd Annual International Achievement in Arts Award
1997 The Triumphant Spirit Award-Essence Magazine
The Top Contribution To Gospel By A Mainstream Artist-Gospel Music Association
ASCAP Pop Awards—“Count On Me”

 

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