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Encyclopedia > List of Whitney Houston awards

As one of the Best Selling Recording Artist Ever, Whitney Houston has been honored with several awards and accolades recognizing her worldwide success through the music and movie industries. She has the distinction of being the Most Awarded Female Artist of All Time according to the Guinness Book of World Records.[1] Below is a list of the many awards Houston has to her name. Whitney Elizabeth Houston (born August 9, 1963) is a six-time Grammy award winning, American R&B singer, soprano, pianist, actress, film producer, and former model. ... The Guinness Book of Records (or in recent editions Guinness World Records, and in previous US editions Guinness Book of World Records) is a book published annually, containing an internationally recognized collection of superlatives: both in terms of human achievement and the extrema of the natural world. ...

Contents

1985

Billboard is a weekly American magazine devoted to the music industry. ...

1986

  • Emmy Awards
    • Outstanding Individual Performance in a Variety or Music Program— "28th Annual Grammy Award Telecast"

Grammy Award statuette The Grammy Awards, presented by the Recording Academy (an association of Americans professionally involved in the recorded music industry) for outstanding achievements in the recording industry, is one of four major music awards shows held annually in the United States (the Billboard Music Awards, the American Music... Saving All My Love for You is the second single from Whitney Houstons self-titled debut album. ... An Emmy Award. ... The American Music Awards show is one of four annual major American music awards shows (the others being the Billboard Music Awards, the Grammy Awards, and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony). ... You Give Good Love is a song written and produced for American R&B singer Whitney Houstons debut album, Whitney Houston. ... Saving All My Love for You is the second single from Whitney Houstons self-titled debut album. ... The MTV Video Music Awards were established in 1984 by MTV to celebrate the top music videos of the year. ... How Will I Know is the third single from Whitney Houstons self-titled first album. ... Billboard is a weekly American magazine devoted to the music industry. ... Whitney Houston is the self-titled debut album by American R&B singer Whitney Houston, released on February 14, 1985. ... Whitney Houston is the self-titled debut album by American R&B singer Whitney Houston, released on February 14, 1985. ...

1987

The American Music Awards show is one of four annual major American music awards shows (the others being the Billboard Music Awards, the Grammy Awards, and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony). ... Whitney Elizabeth Houston (born August 9, 1963) is a six-time Grammy award winning, American R&B singer, soprano, pianist, actress, film producer, and former model. ... Whitney Elizabeth Houston (born August 9, 1963) is a six-time Grammy award winning, American R&B singer, soprano, pianist, actress, film producer, and former model. ... Greatest Love of All is the fourth and final single released from Whitney Houstons self-titled first studio album, Whitney Houston, released in April 1986. ... Billboard is a weekly American magazine devoted to the music industry. ... The Peoples Choice Awards, held annually in January, is one of the few awards shows to be based on popularity. ...

1988

  • American Music Awards
    • Favorite Pop/Rock Female Artist
    • Favorite Pop/Rock Single, "I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me)"
  • Billboard Magazine
    • Top Pop Female Singles Artist
  • Goldener RE Pinguin Germany
    • Best female Artist
  • Bravo Otto Award Germany
    • Silver Award for Best female Artist
  • Special Record Award
    • For having the most consecutive number one singles on The Billboard Hot 100
  • First Annual Garden State (New Jersey) Music Awards
    • 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
  • KEY OF NEWARK
  • PEOPLE MAGAZINE READERS POll
    • Best female Artist
  • BOSTON HERALD AWARD FOR WHITNEY HOUSTON

The American Music Awards show is one of four annual major American music awards shows (the others being the Billboard Music Awards, the Grammy Awards, and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony). ... Grammy Award statuette The Grammy Awards, presented by the Recording Academy (an association of Americans professionally involved in the recorded music industry) for outstanding achievements in the recording industry, is one of four major music awards shows held annually in the United States (the Billboard Music Awards, the American Music... The Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance has been awarded since 1966. ... I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me) is the first single from Whitney Houstons second studio album Whitney, released in May 1987. ... Billboard is a weekly American magazine devoted to the music industry. ... The Soul Train Music Awards is an annual award show aired on various television networks in national syndication that honors the best in Black music and entertainment. ... Whitney is the second album by American R&B singer Whitney Houston, released in 1987 (see 1987 in music). ... The Peoples Choice Awards, held annually in January, is one of the few awards shows to be based on popularity. ... So Emotional is a song by American singer Whitney Houston. ... So Emotional is a song by American singer Whitney Houston. ...

1989

  • American Music Awards
    • Favorite Pop/Rock Female Artist
    • Favorite Soul/R&B Female Artist
  • People's Choice Awards
    • Favorite Female Musical Performer

The Peoples Choice Awards, held annually in January, is one of the few awards shows to be based on popularity. ...

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

  • Cable Ace Awards
    • Top Performance in a Musical Special or Series - "HBO Presents Welcome Home Heroes with Whitney Houston"
  • The American Cinema Performer of the Year Award
  • The Music Award — American Black Achievement Awards

The Billboard Music Awards, held annually in December, is one of four major music awards shows presented each year (the others being the American Music Awards, the Grammys, and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony). ... Im Your Baby Tonight is the third album by American Pop/R&B singer Whitney Houston. ...

1992

  • The Childrens' Diabetes Foundation Brass Ring Award

1993

  • Billboard Music Awards
    • Top Selling Album of 1993 - The Bodyguard
    • Hot 100 Singles Artist
    • Top Pop Single of the Yea r- "I Will Always Love You"
    • Hot 100 Singles Artist - Female
    • Top Selling Single of the Year - "I Will Always Love You"
    • Top R&B Album - The Bodyguard
    • Hot R&B Singles Artist
    • Hot R&B Single - "I Will Always Love You"
    • Hot R&B Singles Sales - "I Will Always Love You"
    • Top Soundtrack - The Bodyguard
    • Special Award for 14 weeks at #1 with "I Will Always Love You" (a record at that time)

The Soul Train Music Awards is an annual award show aired on various television networks in national syndication that honors the best in Black music and entertainment. ... I Will Always Love You was the first single from Whitney Houstons first motion picture film, The Bodyguard. ... The Brit Awards are the annual United Kingdom pop music awards founded by the British Phonographic Industry. ... The Bodyguard is the soundtrack from the movie of the same name, released on November 8, 1992 on Arista Records and features six songs by Whitney Houston, as well as songs from various other noted artists of the time; the album was produced by Babyface. ... The MTV Movie Awards is a film awards show presented annually on MTV (Music Television). ... The Peoples Choice Awards, held annually in January, is one of the few awards shows to be based on popularity. ... The Billboard Music Awards, held annually in December, is one of four major music awards shows presented each year (the others being the American Music Awards, the Grammys, and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony). ...

1994

  • American Music Awards
    • 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
    • Award of Merit
  • Soul Train Music Awards
    • Sammy Davis Jr. Entertainer of the Year Award
    • Best R&B Song of the Year — "I Will Always Love You"
  • NAACP Image Awards
    • Outstanding Female Artist
    • Entertainer of the Year
    • Outstanding Music Video "I'm Every Woman"
    • Outstanding Album The Bodyguard
  • World Music Awards
    • World's Best Selling Overall Recording Artist
    • World's Best Selling Pop Artist
    • World's Best Selling R&B Artist
    • Best Selling American Recording Artist of the Year
    • Special Award for being named 'World's Best Selling Recording Artist of the Era'
  • JUNO Music Award
    • Best selling Album of the year The Bodyguard
  • NABOB AWARD
    • Entertainer of the Year

Grammy Award statuette The Grammy Awards, presented by the Recording Academy (an association of Americans professionally involved in the recorded music industry) for outstanding achievements in the recording industry, is one of four major music awards shows held annually in the United States (the Billboard Music Awards, the American Music... The Grammy Award for Album of the Year has been awarded since 1959. ... The Record of the Year is an award created by record producer Jonathan King voted for by the UK public. ... The Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance has been awarded since 1966. ... The American Music Awards show is one of four annual major American music awards shows (the others being the Billboard Music Awards, the Grammy Awards, and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony). ... The Soul Train Music Awards is an annual award show aired on various television networks in national syndication that honors the best in Black music and entertainment. ... The NAACP Image Award is an award presented annually by the NAACP to honor the top African-Americans in film, television, music and literature. ... The World Music Awards (founded in 1989) is an international awards show that annually honors recording artists based on their worldwide sales figures, which are provided by the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI). ...

1995

  • NAACP Image Awards
    • Outstanding Female Artist
    • Album of the year Waiting to Exhale
    • Best Soundtrackalbum Waiting to Ehxhale
  • VH-1 Honor-for Whitney Houston Foundation for Children
  • Distinguished Achievement in Music and Film/Video—The 2nd Annual International Achievement in Arts Award

The Soul Train Music Awards is an annual award show aired on various television networks in national syndication that honors the best in Black music and entertainment. ... The NAACP Image Award is an award presented annually by the NAACP to honor the top African-Americans in film, television, music and literature. ...

1996

  • Soul Train Music Awards
    • Best R&B/Soul Single, Female — "Exhale (Shoop, Shoop)"
  • Carousel of hope ball
    • Carousel of hope Award
  • Nickelodeon Kids Choice Awards
    • Hall of Fame Inductee

The Soul Train Music Awards is an annual award show aired on various television networks in national syndication that honors the best in Black music and entertainment. ...

1997

  • American Music Awards
    • Favorite Adult Contemporary Artist
  • NAACP Image Award
    • Best Actress "The Preacher's Wife"
    • Album of the Year The Preacher's Wife
    • Gospel Artist of the Year "The Preacher's Wife"
  • The Triumphant Spirit Award-Essence Magazine
  • The Top Contribution To Gospel By A Mainstream Artist-Gospel Music Association
  • ASCAP Pop Awards — "Count On Me"

The American Music Awards show is one of four annual major American music awards shows (the others being the Billboard Music Awards, the Grammy Awards, and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony). ...

1998

  • Nickelodeon Kids Choice Awards
    • Best Female Singer

The Peoples Choice Awards, held annually in January, is one of the few awards shows to be based on popularity. ...

1999

  • MTV Europe Awards
    • Best R&B Artist
  • Bambi Award Germany
    • International Artist of the Year "My Love Is Your Love"
  • NAACP Image Awards
    • Best work of a group/duo "When you believe" with Mariah Carey
  • Sold Out Award
    • Sold Out Concert at the "König Pilsener" Arena in Oberhausen Germany
  • Academy Award

(Though Whitney performed this song, the Academy Award for Best Original Song was awarded to Stephan Schwartz who wrote the music and lyrics.) Academy Award The Academy Awards, popularly known as the Oscars, are the most prominent and most watched film awards ceremony in the world. ... When You Believe is a song originally composed by Stephen Schwartz, and later refurbished by writer-producer Babyface, as the theme to the film The Prince of Egypt. ...

  • Brazil Dance Music Award
    • Best international female
  • BlockBuster Awards
    • Favorite Female R&B Artist
  • Deidre O´Brien Child Advocacy Center honor Whitney Houston
  • Ranked #61 on VH1's "100 Greatest Women of Rock and Roll"

2000

  • Grammy Awards
    • Best Female R&B Vocal Performance - "It's Not Right, But It's Okay"
  • NAACP Image Awards
    • Outstanding Female Artist - "Heartbreak Hotel" (with Faith Evans and Kelly Price)
  • HMV Harlem WALK OF FAME INDUCTEE
  • BlockBuster Awards
    • Favorite Single (Internet Only) - "Heartbreak Hotel"
    • Favorite Song from a Movie (Internet Only) - "When You Believe" (with Mariah Carey)
  • NJR Music Awards
  • "I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me)" ranked #81 on VH1's "100 Greatest Dance Songs"
  • "I Will Always Love You" ranked #40 on Rolling Stone and MTV's "100 Greatest Pop Songs"

Grammy Award statuette The Grammy Awards, presented by the Recording Academy (an association of Americans professionally involved in the recorded music industry) for outstanding achievements in the recording industry, is one of four major music awards shows held annually in the United States (the Billboard Music Awards, the American Music... The Soul Train Music Awards is an annual award show aired on various television networks in national syndication that honors the best in Black music and entertainment. ... The NAACP Image Award is an award presented annually by the NAACP to honor the top African-Americans in film, television, music and literature. ... This article is about the singer. ... My Love Is Your Love is the fourth album by American singer Whitney Houston, released in 1999 (see 1999 in music). ...

2001

  • BET Awards
    • First Annual Lifetime Achievement Award
  • Japan Gold Disc Awards
    • International Pop Album - Whitney: The Greatest Hits
  • Meteor Ireland Music Award
    • Best International Female

The BET Awards were established in 2001 by the Black Entertainment Television network to celebrate African Americans and other minorities in music, acting, shooting, sports, and other fields of entertainment over the past year. ...

2003

  • "I Will Always Love You" ranked #1 on VH1's "100 Greatest Love Songs"
  • "I Will Always Love You" ranked #8 on VH1's "100 Best Songs of the Past 25 Years"
  • Whitney Houston ranked #254 on Rolling Stone's "500 Greatest Albums of All Time"
  • Ranked # 6 on Cove Magazine's 100 Outstanding Pop Vocalists

2004

  • Womans World Award
    • Lifetime Achievement Award

2005

  • Silberner Kabel 1 Stern Germany
    • Best Filmsong of all time

2006

The Guinness Book of Records (or in recent editions Guinness World Records, and in previous US editions Guinness Book of World Records) is a book published annually, containing an internationally recognized collection of superlatives: both in terms of human achievement and the extrema of the natural world. ...

2008

  • "I Will Always Love You" ranked #4 on VH1's "100 Greatest Songs Of The '90s"

References

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