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:
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:
