List of Whitney Houston awards

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. [http://www.sacbee.com/954/story/246474.html] Below is a list of the many awards Houston has won.

1985

* Billboard Magazine
** Top New Artist
** Top New Black Artist

1986

* Grammy Awards
** Best Female Pop Vocal Performance - "Saving All My Love for You"

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

* American Music Awards
** Favorite Soul/R&B Single - "You Give Good Love"
** Favorite Soul/R&B Video Single - "Saving All My Love for You"

* MTV Video Music Award
** Best Female Video - "How Will I Know"

* Billboard Magazine
** Top Pop Artist
** Top Album ("Whitney Houston")

* Rolling Stone Music Award
** Best Album of the Year ("Whitney Houston")

1987

* American Music Awards
** 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"

* Billboard Magazine
** Top Female Album Artist

* People's Choice Award
** Favorite Female Musical Performer (tied with Madonna)

1988

*American Music Awards
** Favorite Pop/Rock Female Artist
** Favorite Pop/Rock Single, "I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me)"

* Grammy Awards
** Best Female Pop Vocal Performance - "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

* Soul Train Music Awards
** Female Album of the Year - "Whitney"

* People's Choice Awards
** Favorite Female Musical Performer

* 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

1989

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

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"

* Billboard Music Awards
** Top R&B Artist
** Top R&B Album Artist
** Top R&B Album - "I'm Your Baby Tonight"
** Top R&B Singles Artist

* The American Cinema Performer of the Year Award
* The Music Award — American Black Achievement Awards

1992

* The Children's Diabetes Foundation Brass Ring Award

1993

* Bravo Otto Award Germany
** Silver Award Best female Artist
** Silver Award Best female Actress
* Smash Hit UK Award
** Best female Artist
* Soul Train Music Awards
** Best R&B Single, Female - "I Will Always Love You"

* BRIT Awards
** Best Soundtrack - "The Bodyguard"

* MTV Movie Awards
** Best Song - "I Will Always Love You"

* People's Choice Awards
** Favorite New Music Video - "I Will Always Love You"
** Favorite Female Music Performer

* 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)

1994

* Grammy Awards
** Album of the Year - "The Bodyguard"
** Record of the Year - "I Will Always Love You"
** Best Female Pop Vocal Performance - "I Will Always Love You"

* 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

1995

* Soul Train Music Awards
** Soul Train 25th Anniversary Hall of Fame Award

* 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

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

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"

1998

* Nickelodeon Kids Choice Awards
** Best Female Singer

* People's Choice Awards
** Favorite Female Musical Performer
* Trumpet Pinnacle Award
* Dove Award

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
** Best Original Song - "When You Believe" (Though Whitney performed this song, the Academy Award for Best Original Song was awarded to Stephan Schwartz who wrote the music and lyrics.)
* 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"

* Soul Train Music Awards
** Artist of the Decade

* 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
** Album de l'année (International Album of the Year) - "My Love Is Your Love"
* "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"

2001

* BET Awards
** First Annual Lifetime Achievement Award

* Japan Gold Disc Awards
** International Pop Album - ""

* Meteor Ireland Music Award
**Best International Female

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

*N.J. Walk of Fame Inductee
*Guinness Book of World Records
**Most Awarded/Popular Female Artist of All-Time

2008

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

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