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In addition to her 2 Emmys, 8 Grammys, 22 American Music Awards, 16 Billboard Music Awards, Houston received 14 World Music Awards and 28 citations in the Guinness World Records.
In addition to her 2 Emmys, 8 Grammys, 22 American Music Awards, 16 Billboard Music Awards, Houston received 14 World Music Awards and 28 citations in the Guinness World Records.



== 1985 ==
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| caption = Houston performing on ''[[Good Morning America]]'' on September 1, 2009
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{{Infobox musician awards/customs|[[Billboard Music Awards|''Billboard'' Music Awards]]|16|22}}
{{Infobox musician awards/customs|[[BRIT Awards]]|2|5}}
{{Infobox musician awards/customs|[[Primetime Emmy Awards]]|2|3}}
{{Infobox musician awards/customs|[[Grammy Awards]]|6|25}}
{{Infobox musician awards/customs|[[Grammy Hall of Fame]]|2|2}}
{{Infobox musician awards/customs|[[NAACP Image Awards]]|19|34}}
{{Infobox musician awards/customs|[[People's Choice Awards]]|6|9}}
{{Infobox musician awards/customs|[[Soul Train Music Awards]]|7|16}}
{{Infobox musician awards/customs|[[World Music Awards]]|14|20}}
{{Infobox musician awards/customs|[[Guinness World Records]]|28|28}}
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[[Whitney Houston]] was an American singer and actress commonly referred to as [[Honorific nicknames in popular music|"The Voice"]] and was known for her powerful, soulful vocals, vocal improvisation skills, and use of [[gospel music|gospel singing]] techniques in pop music.<ref name="nytimes">{{cite news | newspaper = The New York Times | url = https://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/13/arts/music/whitney-houstons-voice-of-triumph-and-pain.html | title = A Voice of Triumph, the Queen of Pain | first = Jon | last = Caramanica | date = February 12, 2012 | access-date = May 27, 2023}}</ref><ref name="gillind">{{cite news|last=Gill|first=Any|date=February 17, 2012|title=Whitney Houston, the greatest voice of her generation|work=[[The Independent]]|publisher=Independent Print|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/whitney-houston-greatest-voice-her-generation-6988653.html|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210726184700/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/whitney-houston-greatest-voice-her-generation-6988653.html|archive-date=July 26, 2021|access-date=May 27, 2023}}</ref> Houston is considered [[Whitney Houston#Legacy|one of the greatest vocalists in popular music]] and [[List of Whitney Houston live performances|one of the most influential performers of all time]]. Houston has received numerous awards, nominations, and honorary accolades throughout her career.

She signed a record deal with [[Arista Records]] in 1983 and released her [[Whitney Houston|self-titled debut album]] in 1985. The album spawned four singles including the [[MTV Video Music Award for Best Female Video]]-winning "[[How Will I Know]]". The album and its tracks were nominated for four [[Grammy Award]]s and won one for [[Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance]] for the single, "[[Saving All My Love for You]]". In 1986, Houston became the first artist since [[Barbra Streisand]] to win a Grammy and an [[Primetime Emmy Award|Emmy Award]] in the same year, when her performance of "Saving All My Love for You" at the [[28th Annual Grammy Awards|Grammys that year]] won for [[Primetime Emmy Award for Individual Performance In A Variety Or Music Program|Individual Performance In A Variety Or Music Program]].{{efn|In 1965, Barbra Streisand won several Grammys and Emmys in the same year. Before Houston, she had been the only entertainer to accomplish that feat.}} The album would result in eleven [[American Music Awards]] nominations, including 7 wins. Her 1987 sophomore release, ''[[Whitney (album)|Whitney]]'', received Houston another [[30th Annual Grammy Awards|Grammy nomination]] for Album of the Year while the song, "[[I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me)]]" won the Grammy for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance. She would win four American Music Awards for her work on the album in 1988 and 1989, while the album also received a [[Soul Train Music Awards|Soul Train Music Award]]. Her third album, ''[[I'm Your Baby Tonight]]'', received three Grammy nominations, five American Music Award nominations and four [[Billboard Music Awards]]. Her recording of the [[Olympic theme|Olympics anthem]], "[[One Moment in Time]]", resulted in a Grammy nomination and a [[Sports Emmy Award]] win for her and producer [[Narada Michael Walden]].<ref name="omitemmy1">{{cite web |url=https://www.newsweek.com/anatomy-olympics-anthem-487188 |title=Whitney Houston's 'One Moment In Time': The Anatomy of an Olympic Anthem |author=Ahmed, Tufayel |work=[[Newsweek]] |date=August 5, 2016 |accessdate=May 27, 2023}}</ref><ref name="omitemmy2">{{cite web |url=https://entertainment.time.com/2013/08/09/whitney-houston-10-career-defining-moments/slide/one-moment-in-time-1988/ |title=Whitney Houston's 10 Career-Defining Moments |date=August 8, 2013 |work=[[Time (magazine)|Time]] |accessdate=May 27, 2023}}</ref>

Houston received multiple awards for her work on the [[The Bodyguard (soundtrack)|soundtrack]] to her first major box-office film, ''[[The Bodyguard]]'', including a then-record eleven Billboard Music Awards<ref>{{cite news|last=Willman|first=Chris|date=December 10, 1993|title=Pop Music Review: Houston Tops Off Record Night With Show's Highlight|work=[[Los Angeles Times]]|url=https://articles.latimes.com/1993-12-10/entertainment/ca-373_1_pop-music-review|accessdate=March 17, 2011}}</ref>, a record eight American Music Awards<ref>{{cite web|last=Talarico|first=Brittany|date=November 11, 2009|title=Whitney Houston to Take the Stage at the AMAs|url=http://www.okmagazine.com/2009/11/whitney-houston-to-take-the-stage-at-the-amas/|work=[[OK!]]|accessdate=March 17, 2011|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110816051736/http://www.okmagazine.com/2009/11/whitney-houston-to-take-the-stage-at-the-amas/|archivedate=August 16, 2011}}</ref>, a record five [[World Music Awards]]<ref name="1994wmabillboard">{{cite magazine|last1=Dezzani|first1=Mark|date=May 21, 1994|title=World Music Awards Gaining Stature|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TAgEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA41|magazine=Billboard|publisher=Nielsen Business Media|volume=106|issue=21|issn=0006-2510|access-date=February 9, 2010}}</ref>, five [[NAACP Image Awards]], a [[BRIT Award]], a [[Juno Award]] and three Grammys, including Album of the Year for ''The Bodyguard'' and [[Grammy Award for Record of the Year|Record of the Year]] for "[[I Will Always Love You]]". Her work on the ''[[Waiting to Exhale]]'' [[Waiting to Exhale (soundtrack)|soundtrack]] resulted in her first wins as a songwriter as her co-written duet with [[CeCe Winans]], "[[Count On Me (Whitney Houston and CeCe Winans song)|Count On Me]]", won two awards for Houston in 1997 at several industry award ceremonies for the [[ASCAP]] publishing company while Houston earned Grammy nominations for her work including the soundtrack's leading single, "[[Exhale (Shoop Shoop)]]" while later winning Best Soundtrack Album and Favorite Adult Contemporary Artist at the American Music Awards. Her next [[The Preacher's Wife (soundtrack)|soundtrack]] for her third film, ''[[The Preacher's Wife]]'', led to Houston winning her first two [[Dove Award]]s in 1997 and 1998 respectively. Her fourth studio album, ''[[My Love is Your Love]]'', spawned five singles, including the [[Grammy Award for Best Female R&B Vocal Performance]]-winning hit "[[It's Not Right but It's Okay]]".

Celebrated for her humanitarian efforts, Houston has received several accolades, including a National Urban Coalition award, the Frederick D. Patterson Humanitarian Award from the [[United Negro College Fund]], the 1995 VH1 Honors Award and the Triumphant Spirit Award from ''[[Essence (magazine)|Essence]]'' magazine. In 1990, Houston also received the Points of Light contributing leader award from President [[George H.W. Bush]] for her humanitarian efforts.

In addition, Houston has received lifetime achievement honors as well as inductions into various [[List of halls and walks of fame|halls and walks of fame]], including the Legend Award at the World Music Awards, the [[Howie Richmond Hitmaker Award]] at the [[Songwriters Hall of Fame]], the [[Soul Train Music Award for Quincy Jones Award for Career Achievement]], the American Music Award of Merit and International Artist Award, the BET Walk of Fame, the [[BET Lifetime Achievement Award]] and the [[Billboard Millennium Award]]. After earning Hall of Fame inductions in the [[Kids' Choice Awards]] and ''[[Soul Train]]''. Houston has been posthumously inducted into the [[New Jersey Hall of Fame]], [[National Rhythm & Blues Hall of Fame]] and the [[Rock and Roll Hall of Fame]]. In March 2020, the [[National Recording Preservation Board]] selected "I Will Always Love You" among its 2019 class of inductees for preservation in the [[National Recording Registry]].<ref name="nationalregistry">{{cite web |url=https://www.loc.gov/programs/national-recording-preservation-board/recording-registry/registry-by-induction-years/2019/ |title=2019 (National Recording Registry) |accessdate=May 27, 2023}}</ref> Two of her recordings, ''[[Whitney Houston (album)|Whitney Houston]]'' and "I Will Always Love You", were later inducted into the [[Grammy Hall of Fame]]. In addition to her two Emmys, six Grammys, twenty-two American Music Awards, sixteen Billboard Music Awards, Houston received fourteen World Music Awards and twenty-eight citations in the Guinness World Records.

==Awards and nominations==
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! scope="col" | Award
| [[NAACP Image Awards|The 18th NAACP Image Awards]]<ref name="1985naacp">{{cite magazine | author = Felicia Kessel | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=dCoEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA42 | title = NAACP Focus; Image Awards | magazine = [[The Crisis]] | date = January 1986 | accessdate = July 4, 2010 | issn = 0011-1422 | volume = 93 | issue = 1 | page = 42}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine | author = Paul Grein | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=uyQEAAAAMBAJ&q=naacp%201985%20whitney%20houston&pg=PT132 | title = Turner, LaBelle, Vandross Win NAACP Image Awards . | magazine = [[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] | date = December 28, 1985 | accessdate = June 28, 2010 | volume = 97 | issue = 52 | page = 65 | issn = 0006-2510}}</ref>
! scope="col" | Year{{efn|Indicates the year of ceremony. Each year is linked to the article about the awards held that year, wherever possible.}}
| style="text-align:center"|[[Whitney Houston]] (herself)
! scope="col" | Recipient(s)
| [[NAACP Image Award for Outstanding New Artist|Outstanding New Artist]]
! scope="col" | Category
! scope="col" | Result
! scope="col" class="unsortable" |{{Abbr|Ref.|References}}
|-
! scope="row" rowspan="2"|[[ALMA Awards]]{{anchor|A}}
|rowspan="2" | 1999
|rowspan="2" | "[[When You Believe]]"<small>(Duet with [[Mariah Carey]])</small>
| Outstanding Performance Of A Song For A Feature Film
| {{nom}}
| align="center" |<ref name="1999alma01">{{cite web | url = https://www.imdb.com/event/ev0000016/1999 | title = 1999 ALMA Awards Winners & Nominees | publisher = [[IMDb]] | date = April 10, 1999 | accessdate = May 7, 2023}}</ref><ref name="1999alma02">{{cite news | url = http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P1-20728271.html | title = Entertainers Nominated For ALMA Awards | publisher = [[United Press International]] | date = March 4, 1999 | accessdate = May 27, 2023}}{{dead link|date=February 2019|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref><br />
|-
| Outstanding Music Video
| {{nom}}
| align="center" | <ref name="1999alma01"/><ref name="1999alma02"/>
|-
! scope="row" rowspan="5"|[[Ebony (magazine)|American Black Achievement Awards]]
| 1986
| Whitney Houston
| The Music Award
| {{nom}}
| align="center" |<ref name="1986abaa">{{cite magazine | magazine = [[Ebony (magazine)|Ebony]] | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=HdkDAAAAMBAJ&q=intitle%3Aebony&pg=PA138 | title = Complete List of ABBA Recipients and Nominees - 1986 | date = January 1987 | accessdate = June 28, 2010 | volume = 42 | issue = 3 | page = 138 | publisher = Johnson Publishing Company| issn = 0012-9011}}</ref>
|-
| 1987
| Whitney Houston
| The Music Award{{efn|Shared with [[Luther Vandross]].}}
| {{won}}
| {{won}}
| align="center" |<ref name="9thabaa">{{cite magazine | magazine = [[Jet (magazine)|Jet]] | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=YrsDAAAAMBAJ&q=american%20black%20achievement%20awards%201988&pg=PA61 | title = Jackee And Mario Van Peebles: Hosts Of American Black Achievement Awards TV Show | date = January 11, 1988 | accessdate = June 28, 2010 | volume = 73 | issue = 15 | page = 61 | issn = 0021-5996}}</ref><sup><span id=ref_B></span></sup>
|-
|-
| 1988
|rowspan="2"|[[Billboard Year-End|1985 ''Billboard'' Number One Awards]]<sup><span id=ref_A></span>[[#endnote_A|[A]]]</sup>
|style="text-align:center" rowspan="2"|Whitney Houston (herself)
| Whitney Houston
| The Music Award
| New Pop Artist<ref name="85bbyearend02">{{cite magazine | magazine = Billboard | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=uyQEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PT67 | title = ''Billboard'' 1985 The Year in Music & Video Year-End Charts: New Pop Artist & New Black Artist . | date = December 28, 1985 | accessdate = June 28, 2010 | volume = 97 | issue = 52 | page = T18 | issn = 0006-2510}}</ref>
| {{won}}
| {{won}}
| align="center" |<ref name="10thabaa">{{cite magazine | magazine = Ebony | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=cdQDAAAAMBAJ&q=10th%20american%20black%20achievement%20awards%201988&pg=PA142 | title = Complete List of ABAA Recipients and Honorees - 1988 | date = January 1989 | accessdate = June 28, 2010 | volume = 44 | issue = 3 | page = 142 | issn = 0012-9011}}</ref>
|-
|-
| 1991
| New Black Artist<ref name="85bbyearend02"/>
| Whitney Houston
| The Music Award{{efn|Houston was presented this award for her achievements as an award-winning recording, performing and video artist, for her successful ''[[I'm Your Baby Tonight World Tour]]'', for her best-selling video and single of "[[The Star Spangled Banner (Whitney Houston song)|The Star-Spangled Banner]]" performed at [[Super Bowl XXV]] and for her multi-platinum album, ''I'm Your Baby Tonight''.}}
| {{won|Honoree}}
| align="center" |<ref name="1991abaa">{{cite magazine | magazine = Ebony | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=ANQDAAAAMBAJ&q=13th%20american%20black%20achievement%20awards&pg=PA66 | title = Complete List of ABAA Recipients and Honorees - 1991 | volume = 47 | issue = 3 | page = 66 | issn = 0012-9011 | date = January 1992 | accessdate = June 29, 2010}}</ref>
|-
| 1994
| Whitney Houston
| The Music Award
| {{won}}
| {{won}}
| align="center" |<ref name="1994abaa">{{cite magazine | magazine = Ebony | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=1HhtOI8Lw7EC&q=15th%20american%20black%20achievement%20awards&pg=PA132 | title = Complete List of ABAA Recipients and Honorees: 1993-1994 | volume = 49 | issue = 7 | page = 132 | date = May 1994 | access-date = June 30, 2010 | issn = 0012-9011
|}
}}</ref><ref name="1944abaajet">{{cite magazine | magazine = Jet | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=7sADAAAAMBAJ&q=15th%20american%20black%20achievement%20awards&pg=PA63 | title = Vanessa Williams Hosts 15th Anniversary of American Black Achievement Awards | volume = 85 | issue = 25 | page = 63 | date = April 25, 1994 | access-date = June 30, 2010 | issn = 0021-5996}}</ref>
'''Note:'''
|-
*A<span id="endnote_A"></span>'''[[#ref A|^]]''' The [[Billboard Music Award]]s, based on ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' magazine's year-end charts, was not held before 1990; prior to that date they were presented as "Billboard Number One Awards"
! scope="row" | American Cinema Awards

| 1991
== 1986 ==
| Whitney Houston
{| class="wikitable"
| The Musical Performer of the Year
! width=25% | Awards show
| {{won}}
! width=25% | Nomination(s)
| align="center" |<ref name="1991cinema">{{cite news | url = https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=CfohAAAAIBAJ&pg=4424,6897043&dq=8th+american+cinema+awards+whitney+houston&hl=en | title = Foundation to recognize several stars | work = [[Reading Eagle]] | date = November 27, 1990 | accessdate = June 30, 2010 | page = 12}}</ref>
! width=45% | Categories
! width=5% | Result(s)
|-
|-
! scope="row" rowspan="40" | [[American Music Awards]]
| rowspan="6" | [[American Music Awards of 1986|The 13th American Music Awards]]<ref name="1986ama01">{{cite magazine | magazine = [[Jet (magazine)|Jet]] | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=o7QDAAAAMBAJ&q=whitney&pg=PA62 | title = Houston Is Top Nominee in Music Award Showing | date = January 20, 1986 | accessdate = November 2, 2011 | volume = 69 | issue = 18 | page = 62 | publisher = Johnson Publishing Company| issn = 0021-5996}}</ref><ref name="1986ama02">{{cite magazine | magazine = [[Jet (magazine)|Jet]] | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=lLQDAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA56 | title = Whitney, Aretha, Stevie Snare Honors at Recent American Music Awards | date = February 17, 1986 | accessdate = November 2, 2011 | volume = 69 | issue = 22 | page = 56 | publisher = Johnson Publishing Company| issn = 0021-5996}}</ref>
|rowspan="6" | [[American Music Awards of 1986|1986]]
| style="text-align:center" rowspan="2" | Whitney Houston (herself)
| Whitney Houston
| [[American Music Award for Favorite Pop/Rock Female Artist#1980s|Favorite Pop/Rock Female Artist]]
| [[American Music Award for Favorite Pop/Rock Female Artist|Favorite Pop Rock Female Artist]]
| {{nom}}
| {{nom}}
| align="center" |<ref name="1986ama01">{{cite magazine | magazine = [[Jet (magazine)|Jet]] | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=o7QDAAAAMBAJ&q=whitney&pg=PA62 | title = Houston Is Top Nominee in Music Award Showing | date = January 20, 1986 | accessdate = November 2, 2011 | volume = 69 | issue = 18 | page = 62 | publisher = Johnson Publishing Company| issn = 0021-5996}}</ref><ref name="1986ama02">{{cite magazine | magazine = [[Jet (magazine)|Jet]] | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=lLQDAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA56 | title = Whitney, Aretha, Stevie Snare Honors at Recent American Music Awards | date = February 17, 1986 | accessdate = November 2, 2011 | volume = 69 | issue = 22 | page = 56 | publisher = Johnson Publishing Company| issn = 0021-5996}}</ref>
|-
|-
| Whitney Houston
| [[American Music Award for Favorite Soul/R&B Female Artist#1980s|Favorite Soul/R&B Female Artist]]
| [[American Music Award for Favorite Soul/R&B Female Artist|Favorite Soul/R&B Female Artist]]]
| {{nom}}
| {{nom}}
| align="center" | <ref name="1986ama01"/><ref name="1986ama02"/>
|-
|-
| style="text-align:center" | ''Whitney Houston''
| ''[[Whitney Houston (album)|Whitney Houston]]''
| [[American Music Awards of 1986#Soul/R&B Category|Favorite Soul/R&B Album]]
| [[American Music Award for Favorite Soul/R&B Album|Favorite Soul/R&B Album]]
| {{nom}}
| {{nom}}
| align="center" | <ref name="1986ama01"/><ref name="1986ama02"/>
|-
|-
| style="text-align:center" | "You Give Good Love"
| "[[You Give Good Love]]"
| [[American Music Awards of 1986#Soul/R&B Category|Favorite Soul/R&B Single]]
| [[American Music Award for Favorite Soul/R&B Song|Favorite Soul/R&B Single]]
| {{won}}
| {{won}}
| align="center" | <ref name="1986ama01"/><ref name="1986ama02"/>
|-
|-
| style="text-align:center" | Whitney Houston (herself)
| Whitney Houston
| [[American Music Awards of 1986#Soul/R&B Category|Favorite Soul/R&B Video Artist]]
| Favorite Soul/R&B Video Artist
| {{nom}}
| {{nom}}
| align="center" | <ref name="1986ama01"/><ref name="1986ama02"/>
|-
| "[[Saving All My Love for You]]"
| Favorite Soul/R&B Video
| {{won}}
| align="center" | <ref name="1986ama01"/><ref name="1986ama02"/>
|-
|-
|rowspan="7" | [[American Music Awards of 1987|1987]]
| style="text-align:center" | "Saving All My Love for You"
| ''Whitney Houston''
| [[American Music Awards of 1986#Soul/R&B Category|Favorite Soul/R&B Video]]
| [[American Music Award for Favorite Pop/Rock Album|Favorite Pop/Rock Album]]
| {{won}}
| {{won}}
| align="center" |<ref name="1987sweep">{{cite news | url = https://www.nytimes.com/1987/01/29/arts/whitney-houston-wins-five-music-awards.html | title = Whitney Houston Wins Five Music Awards | work = [[The New York Times]] | date = January 29, 1987 | accessdate = May 27, 2023}}</ref>
|-
|-
| Whitney Houston
| rowspan="3" | [[28th Grammy Awards|The 28th Grammy Awards]]<ref name="1986grammy">{{cite web | url = http://www.rockonthenet.com/archive/1986/grammys.htm | title = 1986 The 28th Grammy Awards Winners & Nominees | publisher = rockonthenet.com | accessdate = June 28, 2010}}</ref>
| Favorite Pop/Rock Female Artist
| style="text-align:center"|''Whitney Houston''
| {{won}}
| [[Grammy Award for Album of the Year#1980s|Album of the Year]]
| align="center" |<ref name="1987sweep"/>
|-
| Whitney Houston
| Favorite Pop/Rock Female Video Artist
| {{nom}}
| {{nom}}
| align="center" |<ref name="1987sweep"/>
|-
| ''Whitney Houston''
| Favorite Soul/R&B Album
| {{won}}
| align="center" |<ref name="1987sweep"/>
|-
|-
| Whitney Houston
| style="text-align:center" | "Saving All My Love for You"
| Favorite Soul/R&B Female Artist
| [[Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance#1980s|Best Pop Vocal Performance, Female]]
| {{won}}
| {{won}}
| align="center" |<ref name="1987sweep"/>
|-
|-
| Whitney Houston
| style="text-align:center" | "You Give Good Love"
| Favorite Soul/R&B Female Video Artist
| [[Grammy Award for Best Female R&B Vocal Performance#1980s|Best R&B Vocal Performance, Female]]
| {{nom}}
| {{nom}}
| align="center" |<ref name="1987sweep"/>
|-
|-
| "[[The Greatest Love of All#Whitney Houston version|Greatest Love of All]]"
| rowspan="2"|The [[National Association of Recording Merchandisers|NARM]] 1985-1986 Best Seller Awards<ref name="1986bestseller">{{cite magazine | magazine = Billboard | author = Paul Grein | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=XyQEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PT81 | title = Bruce Tops NARM Best-Seller Awards, 'Born In The U.S.A.' Wins; Lost to Prince in '84 . | date = March 22, 1986 | accessdate = July 3, 2010 | volume = 98 | issue = 12 | page = 82 | issn = 0006-2510}}</ref><br /><small>(The [[National Association of Recording Merchandisers]])</small>
| Favorite Soul/R&B Video Single
|style="text-align:center" rowspan="2"|''Whitney Houston''
| {{won}}
|Best-selling Album by a New Artist
| align="center" |<ref name="1987sweep"/>
|{{won}}
|-
|-
|rowspan="3" | [[American Music Awards of 1988|1988]]
|Best-selling Black Music Album by a Female Artist
| Whitney Houston
|{{won}}
| Favorite Pop/Rock Female Artist
| {{won}}
| align="center" | <ref name="1988ama01">{{cite news | url = https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=ev8jAAAAIBAJ&pg=974,4456145&dq=15th+american+music+awards+nominees&hl=en | title = Randy Travis, Bon Jovi American Music Award Nominees | work = [[Anchorage Daily News]] | date = December 25, 1987 | accessdate = May 27, 2023 | page = F6}}</ref><ref name="1988ama02">{{cite web | url = http://www.rockonthenet.com/archive/1988/amas.htm | title = The 15th American Music Awards Winners & Nominees | publisher = rockonthenet.com | accessdate = May 27, 2023}}</ref>
|-
|-
| "[[I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me)]]"
| rowspan="2"|[[1986 MTV Video Music Awards|The 3rd MTV Video Music Awards]]<ref name="1986vma">{{cite web | url = http://www.mtv.com/ontv/vma/1986/ | title = 1986 MTV Video Music Awards; Winners & Nominees | publisher = [[MTV Networks]] (Viacom) | date = September 5, 1986 | accessdate = June 28, 2010}}</ref>
| [[American Music Award for Favorite Pop/Rock Song|Favorite Pop/Rock Single]]
| style="text-align:center" rowspan="2"|"[[How Will I Know]]"
| [[1986 MTV Video Music Awards#Nominations|Best Female Video]]
| {{won}}
| {{won}}
| align="center" | <ref name="1988ama01"/><ref name="1988ama02"/>
|-
|-
| Whitney Houston
| [[1986 MTV Video Music Awards#Nominations|Best New Artist in a Video]]
| Favorite Soul/R&B Female Artist
| {{nom}}
| {{nom}}
| align="center" | <ref name="1988ama01"/><ref name="1988ama02"/>
|-
|-
|rowspan="2" | [[American Music Awards of 1989|1989]]
| [[38th Primetime Emmy Awards|The 38th Emmy Awards]]<ref name="1986emmy">{{cite web | url = http://www.emmys.com/award_history_search?person=whitney+houston&program=&start_year=1949&end_year=2010&network=All&web_category=All&winner=Y | title = Primetime Emmy Awards searchable database | publisher = [[Academy of Television Arts & Sciences]]/[[National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences]] | date = September 21, 1986 | accessdate = June 28, 2010}}</ref>
| Whitney Houston
| style="text-align:center"|The 28th Annual Grammy Awards
| Favorite Pop/Rock Female Artist
| [[Primetime Emmy Award for Individual Performance in a Variety or Music Program|Outstanding Individual Performance in a Variety or Music Program]]
| {{won}}
| {{won}}
| align="center" | <ref name="amas89">{{cite magazine | magazine = Jet | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=ib0DAAAAMBAJ&q=1989+american+music+awards&pg=PA55 | title = Houston, D.J. Jazzy Jeff & Fresh Prince, Jackson Top American Music Awards | page = 55 | volume = 75 | issue = 20 | date = February 20, 1989 | accessdate = May 27, 2023 | issn = 0021-5996}}</ref><ref name="1989ama01">{{cite web | url = http://www.rockonthenet.com/archive/1989/amas.htm | title = The 16th American Music Awards Winners & Nominees | publisher = rockonthenet.com | accessdate = May 27, 2023}}</ref>
|-
|-
| Whitney Houston
| The 8th American Black Achievement Awards<ref name="1986abaa">{{cite magazine | magazine = [[Ebony (magazine)|Ebony]] | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=HdkDAAAAMBAJ&q=intitle%3Aebony&pg=PA138 | title = Complete List of ABBA Recipients and Nominees - 1986 | date = January 1987 | accessdate = June 28, 2010 | volume = 42 | issue = 3 | page = 138 | publisher = Johnson Publishing Company| issn = 0012-9011}}</ref>
| Favorite Soul/R&B Female Artist
| style="text-align:center"|Whitney Houston (herself)
| {{won}}
| The Music Award
| align="center" | <ref name="amas89"/><ref name="1989ama01"/>
|-
|rowspan="4" | [[American Music Awards of 1992|1992]]
| Whitney Houston
| Favorite Pop/Rock Female Artist
| {{nom}}
| {{nom}}
| align="center" | <ref name="1992ama01">{{cite web | url = http://www.rockonthenet.com/archive/1992/amas.htm | title = 1992 The 19th American Music Awards Winners & Nominees | publisher = rockonthenet.com | date = January 27, 1992 | accessdate = May 27, 2023}}</ref>
|-
|-
| Whitney Houston
|[[NAACP Image Awards|The 19th NAACP Image Awards]]<ref name="1986naacp">{{cite news | url = https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=zcAMAAAAIBAJ&pg=6661,3892500&dq=19th+naacp+image+awards+nominees&hl=en | title = 'Color Purple' tops Image list | work=[[St. Petersburg Times]] | date = November 4, 1986 | accessdate = June 28, 2010}}</ref>
| Favorite Soul/R&B Female Artist
| style="text-align:center"| Whitney Houston (herself)
| {{nom}}
| [[NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Female Artist|Outstanding Female Recording Artist]]
| align="center" | <ref name="1992ama01"/>
|-
| ''I'm Your Baby Tonight''
| Favorite Soul/R&B Album
| {{nom}}
| align="center" | <ref name="1992ama01" />
|-
| Whitney Houston
| [[American Music Award for Favorite Adult Contemporary Artist|Favorite Adult Contemporary Artist]]
| {{nom}}
| {{nom}}
| align="center" | <ref name="1992ama01"/>
|-
|-
|rowspan="9" | [[American Music Awards of 1994|1994]]
| rowspan="6"|[[Billboard Year-End|1986 ''Billboard'' The Year in Music & Video]]<sup><span id=ref_A></span>[[#endnote_A|[A]]]</sup><br />(Year-End Charts: Number One Awards)
| style="text-align:center"|Whitney Houston (herself)
| Whitney Houston
| Favorite Pop/Rock Female Artist
| Top Pop Artist of the Year<ref name="86bbyearend01">{{cite magazine | magazine = Billboard | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=tiQEAAAAMBAJ&q=1986%20year%20end%20charts&pg=RA1-PA5 | title = ''Billboard'' 1986 The Year in Music & Video Year-End Charts: Top Pop Artist of the Year & Top Black Artist of the Year . | date = December 27, 1986 | accessdate = June 28, 2010 | volume = 98 | issue = 52 | page = Y-17 | issn = 0006-2510}}</ref>
| {{won}}
| {{won}}
| align="center" | <ref name="1994ama01">{{cite magazine | magazine = Jet | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=vcADAAAAMBAJ&q=1994%2021st%20american%20music%20awards&pg=PA56 | title = Whitney Houston, Eight American Music Awards Make Her Top Female Winner | date = February 28, 1994 | access-date = May 27, 2023 | volume = 85 | issue = 17 | pages = 56–59 | issn = 0021-5996}}</ref>
|-
|-
| ''[[The Bodyguard (soundtrack)|The Bodyguard]]''
| style="text-align:center"| Whitney Houston (herself)
| Favorite Pop/Rock Album
|Top Pop Album<ref name="86bbyearend02">{{cite magazine | magazine = Billboard | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=tiQEAAAAMBAJ&q=1986%20year%20end%20charts&pg=RA1-PA7 | title = ''Billboard'' 1986 The Year in Music & Video Year-End Charts: Top Pop Album . | date = December 27, 1986 | accessdate = June 28, 2010 | volume = 98 | issue = 52 | page = Y-19 | issn = 0006-2510}}</ref>
| {{won}}
| {{won}}
| align="center" | <ref name="1994ama01"/>
|-
|-
| style="text-align:center"| Whitney Houston (herself)
| "[[I Will Always Love You#Whitney Houston version|I Will Always Love You]]"
| Favorite Pop/Rock Single
| Top Pop Album Artist (magazine)<ref name="86bbyearend03">{{cite magazine | magazine = Billboard | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=tiQEAAAAMBAJ&q=1986%20year%20end%20charts&pg=RA1-PA8 | title = ''Billboard'' 1986 The Year in Music & Video Year-End Charts: Top Pop Album Artist | date = December 27, 1986 | accessdate = June 28, 2010 | volume = 98 | issue = 52 | page = Y-20 | issn = 0006-2510}}</ref>
| {{won}}
| {{won}}
| align="center" | <ref name="1994ama01"/>
|-
|-
| style="text-align:center"| Whitney Houston (herself)
| Whitney Houston
| Favorite Soul/R&B Female Artist
| Top Pop Album Artist ― Female<ref name="86bbyearend04">{{cite magazine | magazine = Billboard | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=tiQEAAAAMBAJ&q=1986%20year%20end%20charts&pg=RA1-PA10 | title = ''Billboard'' 1986 The Year in Music & Video Year-End Charts: Top Pop Album Artist - Female & Top Pop Singles Artist - Female . | date = December 27, 1986 | accessdate = June 28, 2010 | volume = 98 | issue = 52 | page = Y-22 | issn = 0006-2510}}</ref>
| {{won}}
| {{won}}
| align="center" | <ref name="1994ama01"/>
|-
|-
| ''The Bodyguard''
| style="text-align:center" | Whtiney Houston (herself)
| Favorite Soul R&B/Album
|[[Billboard Year-End#Billboard year-end number-ones|Top Black Album]]<ref name="86bbyearend05">{{cite magazine | magazine = Billboard | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=tiQEAAAAMBAJ&q=1986%20year%20end%20charts&pg=RA1-PA12 | title = ''Billboard'' 1986 The Year in Music & Video Year-End Charts: Top Black Album & Top Black Album Artist . | date = December 27, 1986 | accessdate = June 28, 2010 | volume = 98 | issue = 52 | page = Y-24 | issn = 0006-2510}}</ref>
| {{won}}
| {{won}}
| align="center" | <ref name="1994ama01"/>
|-
|-
| "I Will Always Love You"
| style="text-align:center"| Whitney Houston (herself)
| Favorite Soul/R&B Single
| Top Black Album Artist<ref name="86bbyearend05"/>
| {{won}}
| {{won}}
| align="center" | <ref name="1994ama01"/>
|}

== 1987 ==
{| class="wikitable"
! width=25% | Awards show
! width=25% | Nomination(s)
! width=45% | Categories
! width=5% | Result(s)
|-
|-
| Whitney Houston
|rowspan="7"|[[American Music Awards of 1987|The 14th American Music Awards]]<ref>{{cite magazine | magazine = [[Jet (magazine)|Jet]] | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=5bMDAAAAMBAJ | title = Entertainment: Janet Jackson Leading American Music Nominations | accessdate = May 1, 2011 | date = January 19, 1987 | volume = 71 | issue = 17 | page = 57 | publisher = Johnson Publishing Company| issn = 0021-5996}}</ref><ref name="1987ama">{{cite web | url = http://www.rockonthenet.com/archive/1987/amas.htm | title = The 14th American Music Awards Winners & Nominees | publisher = rockonthenet.com | accessdate = June 28, 2010}}</ref><ref name="1987amanytimes">{{cite news | url = https://www.nytimes.com/1987/01/29/arts/whitney-houston-wins-five-music-awards.html | title = Whitney Houston Wins Five Music Awards | work = [[The New York Times]] | date = January 29, 1987 | accessdate = June 28, 2010}}</ref>
| Favorite Adult Contemporary Artist
|style="text-align:center"|Whitney Houston (herself)
| {{nom}}
|[[American Music Award for Favorite Pop/Rock Female Artist#1980s|Favorite Pop/Rock Female Artist]]
| align="center" | <ref name="1994ama01"/>
|{{won}}
|-
|-
| ''The Bodyguard''
|style="text-align:center"|''Whitney Houston''
|[[American Music Awards of 1987#Pop/Rock Category|Favorite Pop/Rock Album]]
| [[American Music Award for Favorite Adult Contemporary Album|Favorite Adult Contemporary Album]]
|{{won}}
|-
|style="text-align:center" rowspan="2"|Whitney Houston (herself)
|[[American Music Awards of 1987#Pop/Rock Category|Favorite Pop/Rock Female Video Artist]]
|{{nom}}
|-
|[[American Music Award for Favorite Soul/R&B Female Artist#1980s|Favorite Soul/R&B Female Artist]]
|{{won}}
|-
| style="text-align:center"|''Whitney Houston''
| [[American Music Awards of 1987#Soul/R&B Category|Favorite Soul/R&B Album]]
| {{won}}
| {{won}}
| align="center" | <ref name="1994ama01"/>
|-
|-
| style="text-align:center"|Whitney Houston (herself)
| Whitney Houston
| [[American Music Awards of 1987#Soul/R&B Category|Favorite Soul/R&B Female Video Artist]]
| [[American Music Award of Merit|Award of Merit]]
| {{nom}}
| {{won|Honoree}}
| align="center" | <ref name="1994ama01"/>
|-
|-
|rowspan="2" | [[American Music Awards of 1997|1997]]
| style="text-align:center"|"[[Greatest Love of All]]"
| Whitney Houston
| [[American Music Awards of 1987#Soul/R&B Category|Favorite Soul/R&B Video Single]]
| Favorite Adult Contemporary Artist
| {{won}}
| {{won}}
| align="center" |<ref name="1997ama01">{{cite news | url = http://articles.latimes.com/1997-01-28/news/mn-22915_1_american-music-award | title = Slain Rapper Wins American Music Award | work = Los Angeles Times | date = January 28, 1997 | access-date = June 30, 2010}}</ref>
|-
|-
| ''[[Waiting to Exhale (soundtrack)|Waiting to Exhale]]''
| [[Brit Awards|1987 BRIT Awards]]<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.brits.co.uk/history/shows/1987 | title = The BRITs 1987 | publisher = [[British Phonographic Industry]] | date = February 9, 1987 | accessdate = February 9, 2010}}</ref> (formerly "BPI Awards")
| Favorite Soundtrack{{efn|This award is given to the producer, not artist.}}
| style="text-align:center"|Whitney Houston (herself)
| Best International Solo Artist
| {{won}}
| {{won}}
| align="center" | <ref name="1997ama01"/>
|-
|-
| [[American Music Awards of 1998|1998]]
| [[29th Grammy Awards|The 29th Grammy Awards]]<ref>{{cite news | url = http://articles.chicagotribune.com/1987-02-20/entertainment/8701130928_1_grammy-awards-prizes-album/2 | author = Jan DeKnock | date = February 20, 1987 | accessdate = May 1, 2011 | work = [[Chicago Tribune]] | title = Friday's Fearless Grammy Forecast}}</ref><ref name="1987grammy">{{cite web | url = http://www.rockonthenet.com/archive/1987/grammys.htm | title = 1987 The 29th Grammy Awards Winners & Nominees | publisher = rockonthenet.com | accessdate = June 28, 2010}}</ref>
| ''[[The Preacher's Wife (soundtrack)|The Preacher's Wife]]''
| style="text-align:center"|"Greatest Love of All"
| Favorite Soundtrack
| [[Grammy Award for Record of the Year#1980s|Record of the Year]]
| {{nom}}
| {{nom}}
| align="center" |<ref name="1998ama02">{{cite web | url = http://www.rockonthenet.com/archive/1998/amas.htm | title = 1998 The 25th American Music Awards Winners & Nominees | publisher = rockonthenet.com | date = January 26, 1998 | accessdate = May 27, 2023}}</ref>
|-
|-
|rowspan="4" | [[American Music Awards of 2000|2000]]
| [[People's Choice Awards|The 13th People's Choice Awards]]<ref name="1987peoples">{{cite web | url = http://www.peopleschoice.com/pca/awards/nominees/index.jsp?year=1987 | title = 1987 People's Choice Awards Winners | publisher = peopleschoice.com | accessdate = June 28, 2010}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center"|Whitney Houston (herself)
| Whitney Houston
| Favorite Female Musical Performer (tied with [[Madonna]])
| Favorite Pop/Rock Female Artist
| {{won}}
| {{nom}}
| align="center" |<ref name="2000ama01">{{cite web | url = http://www.rockonthenet.com/archive/2000/amas.htm | title = 2000 The 27th American Music Awards Winners & Nominees | publisher = rockonthenet.com | date = January 17, 2000 | accessdate = May 27, 2023}}</ref>
|-
|-
| Whitney Houston
| rowspan="2"|[[1987 Soul Train Music Awards|The 1st Soul Train Music Awards]]<ref name="1987soultrain">{{cite news | author = Maurice Weaver | url = http://articles.chicagotribune.com/1987-03-23/features/8701220565_1_soul-train-awards-music-awards-show-executive-producer-don-cornelius | title = 'Soul Train' Awards Are a 1st for Black Music | work = [[Chicago Tribune]] | date = March 23, 1987 | accessdate = June 28, 2010}}</ref>
| Favorite Soul/R&B Female Artist
| style="text-align:center"|''Whitney Houston''
| [[1987 Soul Train Music Awards#Album of the Year - Female|Best Album of the Year, Female]]
| {{nom}}
| {{nom}}
| align="center" | <ref name="2000ama01" />
|-
|-
| ''[[My Love Is Your Love]]''
| style="text-align:center"|"Greatest Love of All"
| Favorite Soul/R&B Album
| [[1987 Soul Train Music Awards#Best Single, Female|Best Single, Female]]
| {{nom}}
| {{nom}}
| align="center" | <ref name="2000ama01" />
|-
|-
| Whitney Houston
| The 9th American Black Achievement Awards<ref name="9thabaa">{{cite magazine | magazine = [[Jet (magazine)|Jet]] | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=YrsDAAAAMBAJ&q=american%20black%20achievement%20awards%201988&pg=PA61 | title = Jackee And Mario Van Peebles: Hosts Of American Black Achievement Awards TV Show | date = January 11, 1988 | accessdate = June 28, 2010 | volume = 73 | issue = 15 | page = 61 | issn = 0021-5996}}</ref><sup><span id=ref_B></span></sup>
| Artist of the Decade (1980s)
| style="text-align:center"|Whitney Houston (herself)
| {{nom}}
| The Music Award (shared with [[Luther Vandross]])
| align="center" | <ref name="2000ama01" />
| {{won}}
|-
|-
| [[American Music Awards of 2001|2001]]
| [[NAACP Image Awards|The 20th NAACP Image Awards]]<ref name="1987naacp">{{cite news | url = http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_action=doc&p_docid=0EB29D9454FDFE26&p_docnum=1&s_accountid=AC0110062807565320487&s_orderid=NB0110062807543320200&s_dlid=DL0110062807570320519&s_ecproduct=DOC&s_ecprodtype=&s_trackval=GooglePM&s_siteloc=&s_referrer=&s_username=crowded&s_accountid=AC0110062807565320487&s_upgradeable=no | title = Awards Contenders Are Listed by NAACP | work=[[The Philadelphia Inquirer]] | date = October 31, 1987 | accessdate = June 28, 2010}}</ref>
| Whitney Houston
| style="text-align:center" | ''[[Whitney (album)|Whitney]]''
| Favorite Soul/R&B Female Artist
| [[NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Female Artist|Outstanding Female Recording Artist]]
| {{nom}}
| {{nom}}
| align="center" | <ref name="2001ama01">{{cite web | url = http://www.rockonthenet.com/archive/2001/amas.htm | title = 2001 The 28th American Music Awards Winners & Nominees | publisher = rockonthenet.com | date = January 8, 2001 | accessdate = May 27, 2023}}</ref>
|-
|-
| [[American Music Awards of 2009|2009]]
|[[Billboard Year-End|1987 ''Billboard'' The Year in Music & Video]]<sup><span id=ref_A></span>[[#endnote_A|[A]]]</sup><br />(Year-End Charts: Number One Awards)
| style="text-align:center" rowspan="1"|Whitney Houston (herself)
| Whitney Houston
| International Artist Award
| Top Pop Album Artist ― Female<ref name="87bbyearend04">{{cite magazine | magazine = Billboard | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=JCgEAAAAMBAJ&q=1987%20year%20in%20music&pg=RA1-PA21 | title = ''Billboard'' 1987 The Year in Music & Video Year-End Charts: Top Pop Album Artist - Female & Top Pop Singles Artist - Female . | date = December 26, 1987 | accessdate = June 28, 2010 | volume = 99 | issue = 52 | issn = 0006-2510 | page = Y-26}}</ref>
| {{won}}
| {{won|Honoree}}
| align="center" |<ref name="2009ama01">{{cite web | author = Alan Duke | url = http://edition.cnn.com/2009/SHOWBIZ/Music/11/22/american.music.awards/ | title = Rihanna, happy to be back, hits AMA stage | publisher = [[CNN]] | date = November 23, 2009 | accessdate = May 27, 2023}}</ref>
|}

== 1988 ==
{| class="wikitable"
! width=25% | Awards show or organization
! width=25% | Nomination(s)
! width=45% | Categories
! width=5% | Result(s)
|-
|-
! scope="row" | [[American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers|The 12th ASCAP Film & Television Music Awards]]
| rowspan="3" | [[American Music Awards of 1988|The 15th American Music Awards]]<ref name="1988amaanchoragedaily">{{cite news | url = https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=ev8jAAAAIBAJ&pg=974,4456145&dq=15th+american+music+awards+nominees&hl=en | title = Randy Travis, Bon Jovi American Music Award Nominees | work = [[Anchorage Daily News]] | date = December 25, 1987 | accessdate = June 28, 2010 | page = F6}}</ref><ref name="1988ama">{{cite web | url = http://www.rockonthenet.com/archive/1988/amas.htm | title = The 15th American Music Awards Winners & Nominees | publisher = rockonthenet.com | accessdate = June 28, 2010}}</ref>
| 1997
| style="text-align:center"|Whitney Houston (herself)
| "Count on Me"
| [[American Music Award for Favorite Pop/Rock Female Artist#1980s|Favorite Pop/Rock Female Artist]]
| Most Performed Songs
| {{won}}
| {{won}}
| align="center" | <ref name="1997ascap01">{{cite magazine | magazine = Billboard | author = Gina Van der Vliet | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=Kg8EAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA74 | title = ASCAP Film & TV Awards Honor Mandel, Wise, Others . | date = May 10, 1997 | accessdate = June 30, 2010 | volume = 109 | issue = 19 | page = 74 | issn = 0006-2510}}</ref><ref name="1997ascapfilm02">{{cite web | url = https://www.imdb.com/event/ev0000044/1997 | title = 1997 The 12th ASCAP Film and Television Music Awards Winners | publisher = [[IMDb]] | date = April 29, 1997 | accessdate = May 27, 2023}}</ref>
|-
|-
! scope="row" | [[American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers|The 14th ASCAP Pop Awards]]
| style="text-align:center"|"I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me)"
| 1997
| [[American Music Awards of 1988#Pop/Rock Category|Favorite Pop/Rock Single]]
| ASCAP Pop Award <small>(with Michael Houston)</small>
| Most Played Songs
| {{won}}
| {{won}}
| align="center" | <ref name="1997ascap02">{{cite magazine | magazine = Billboard | author = Gina Van der Vliet | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=YQ8EAAAAMBAJ&q=ASCAP%20Pop%20awards%20count%20on%20me&pg=PA97 | title = Ballard, Taupin, Clinton Shine at ASCAP Pop Awards . | date = May 31, 1997 | page = 97 | accessdate = May 27, 2023 | volume = 109 | issue = 22 | issn = 0006-2510}}</ref>
|-
|-
! scope="row" | [[Bambi Award]]s
| style="text-align:center"|Whitney Houston (herself)
| 1999
| [[American Music Award for Favorite Soul/R&B Female Artist#1980s|Favorite Soul/R&B Female Artist]]
| Whitney Houston
| {{nom}}
| Pop International
| {{won}}{{efn|Houston received the award for her 20-year career as a musical artist.<ref name="bambi1" />}}
| align="center" | <ref name="bambi1">{{cite magazine | url = http://www.spiegel.de/kultur/gesellschaft/0,1518,52336,00.html | title = Pop-Diva ersang sich das goldene Reh | magazine = [[Der Spiegel]] | date = November 13, 1999 | accessdate = May 27, 2023|language=de}}</ref>
|-
|-
! scope="row" | Barbados Music Awards
| align="left"|[[Brit Awards|1988 BRIT Awards]]<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.brits.co.uk/history/shows/1988 | title = The BRITs 1988 | publisher = [[British Phonographic Industry]] | date = February 8, 1988 | accessdate = February 9, 2010}}</ref> (formerly "BPI Awards")
| 2013
| style="text-align:center"|Whitney Houston (herself)
| Whitney Houston
| Best International Solo Artist
| International Icon Award
| {{nom}}
| {{won|Honoree}}
| align="center" | <ref name="bmaicon">{{cite web |url=https://jahkno.tv/barbados-music-awards-2013-tribute-to-whitney-houston/ |title=Barbados Music Awards Tribute to Whitney Houston |date=January 13, 2013 |accessdate=May 27, 2023}}</ref>
|-
|-
! scope="row" | [[BET Awards]]
| rowspan="3" | [[30th Grammy Awards|The 30th Grammy Awards]]<ref>{{cite news | author = Robert Hilburn | url = http://articles.latimes.com/1988-03-03/news/mn-201_1_whitney-houston | title = Whitney Houston, Irish Group U2 Win Grammys | work = [[Los Angeles Times]] | date = March 3, 1988 | accessdate = May 3, 2011}}</ref><ref name="1988grammy">{{cite web | url = http://www.rockonthenet.com/archive/1989/grammys.htm | title = 1988 The 30th Grammy Awards Winners & Nominees | publisher=rockonthenet.com | accessdate = June 28, 2010}}</ref>
| 2001
| style="text-align:center"|''Whitney''
| Whitney Houston
| [[Grammy Award for Album of the Year#1980s|Album of the Year]]
| [[BET Lifetime Achievement Award]]
| {{nom}}
| {{won|Honoree}}
| align="center" | <ref name="betawards1">{{cite magazine | magazine = Billboard | author = Gail Mitchell | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=-BMEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA8 | title = Awards Show Sets New Ratings High For BET | volume = 113 | issue = 26 | issn = 0006-2510 | page = 8 | date = June 30, 2001 | accessdate = July 4, 2010}}</ref><ref name="bet2">{{cite news | author = Angie Wagner| url = https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=NRYsAAAAIBAJ&pg=4075,8070194&dq| title = Whitney Houston honored, OutKast nabs 2 honors at BET Awards | page = B7 | publisher = Taylor W. Hayes | date = June 21, 2001 | accessdate = May 27, 2023}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" | [[The BET Honors|BET Honors]]
| 2010
| Whitney Houston
| Entertainers Award
| {{won|Honoree}}
| align="center" | <ref name="bethonors1">{{cite web | url = http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/the-bet-honors-proved-what-extraordinary-looks-like-by-recognizing-leading-luminaries-81910247.html | title = 'THE BET HONORS' Proved What Extraordinary Looks Like by Recognizing Leading Luminaries | publisher = [[PRNewswire]] | date = January 16, 2010 | accessdate = May 27, 2023}}</ref><ref name="bethonors2">{{cite web | url = http://www.bet.com/Specials/bethonors10/tbh10_honorees/bethonors10_honorees_whitneyhouston.htm | title = The BET Honors Honorees: Whitney Houston (Entertainment) | publisher = [[Black Entertainment Television]] | date = January 16, 2010 | accessdate = May 27, 2023 | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100316211201/http://www.bet.com/Specials/bethonors10/tbh10_honorees/bethonors10_honorees_whitneyhouston.htm | archive-date = March 16, 2010 }}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" | [[BET#BET Walk of Fame Awards|BET Walk of Fame]]
| 1996
| Whitney Houston
| BET Walk of Fame
| {{won|Inductee}}
| align="center" | <ref name="betwof">{{cite magazine | magazine = Billboard | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=vgcEAAAAMBAJ&q=BET%20walk%20of%20fame%20whitney%20houston&pg=PA25 | title = The Rhythm & The Blues | page = 25 | volume = 108 | issue = 36 | date = September 7, 1996 | issn = 0006-2510}}</ref><sup><span id=ref_N>[[#endnote_N|[N]]]</span></sup><br />
|-
|-
! scope="row" rowspan="18" | [[Billboard Music Awards]]
| style="text-align:center"|"I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me)"
|-
| [[Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance#1980s|Best Pop Vocal Performance, Female]]
| rowspan="4" | 1991
| Whitney Houston
| Top R&B Artist
| {{won}}
| {{won}}
| align="center" | <ref name="billboard1">{{cite news | url = https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/thestar/access/466219481.html?dids=466219481:466219481&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Dec+11%2C+1991&author=AP&pub=Toronto+Star&desc=Adams+wins+Billboard+single+award&pqatl=google | title = Entertainment: Adams wins Billboard single award | work = [[Toronto Star]] | page = B6 | date = December 11, 1991 | accessdate = June 29, 2010 | format = Payment needed to view the whole article}}</ref><ref name="billboard2">{{cite news | author = Jan DeKnock | url = http://articles.chicagotribune.com/1991-12-27/entertainment/9104260199_1_year-end-leaders-records-with-long-chart-top-records-and-artists/3 | title = Year Ends Well For Country's Hottest Stars | work = Chicago Tribune | date = December 27, 1991 | accessdate = June 29, 2010}}</ref>
|-
|-
| ''I'm Your Baby Tonight''
| style="text-align:center"|"[[For the Love of You (Part 1 & 2)#History|For the Love of You]]"
| Top R&B Album
| [[Grammy Award for Best Female R&B Vocal Performance#1980s|Best R&B Vocal Performance, Female]]
| {{nom}}
| {{won}}
| align="center" | <ref name="billboard1"/><ref name="billboard2"/>
|-
|-
| Whitney Houston
| [[People's Choice Awards|The 14th People's Choice Awards]]<ref name="1988peopleschoice">{{cite news | url = https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=n10aAAAAIBAJ&pg=5615,5784663&dq=14th+people's+choice+awards+whitney+houston&hl=en | title = 4 People's Choice Awards for Cosby | work = [[Milwaukee Journal Sentinel]] | date = March 14, 1988 | accessdate = June 28, 2010 | page = 2A}}</ref><ref name="1988peopleschoiceawards">{{cite web | url = http://www.peopleschoice.com/pca/awards/nominees/index.jsp?year=1988 | title = 1988 The 14th People's Choice Awards Winners | publisher = peopleschoice.com | accessdate = June 28, 2010}}</ref>
| Top R&B Albums Artist
| style="text-align:center"|Whitney Houston (herself)
| Favorite Female Musical Performer
| {{won}}
| {{won}}
| align="center" | <ref name="billboard1"/><ref name="billboard2"/>
|-
|-
| Whitney Houston
| rowspan="2"|[[1988 Soul Train Music Awards|The 2nd Soul Train Music Awards]]<ref name="1988soultrain02">{{cite news | url = https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=WHwlAAAAIBAJ&pg=1824,1006825&dq=1988+soul+train+awards+nominees&hl=en | title = Showtime: 'Soul Train Music Awards' to Honor Gladys Knight and the Pips with trophy | work = [[The Washington Afro American]] | date = March 29, 1988 | accessdate = June 28, 2010 | page = 6C}}</ref><ref name="1988soultrain01">{{cite news | url = https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=WHwlAAAAIBAJ&pg=4413,1111334&dq=1988+soul+train+music+awards&hl=en | title = Showtime: Jackson is top winner at Soul Train Awards | work = [[The Washington Afro American]] | date = April 5, 1988 | accessdate = June 28, 2010 | page = 6C}}</ref>
| Top R&B Singles Artist
| style="text-align:center"|''Whitney''
| [[1988 Soul Train Music Awards#Best R&B Album of the Year, Female|Best R&B Album of the Year, Female]]
| {{won}}
| {{won}}
| align="center" | <ref name="billboard1"/><ref name="billboard2"/>
|-
|-
| rowspan="11" | 1993
| style="text-align:center"|"I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me)"
| Whitney Houston
| [[1988 Soul Train Music Awards#Best Music Video|Best Music Video]]
| Hot 100 Singles Artist
|{{nom}}
| {{won}}
| align="center" | <ref name="billboard3">{{cite news|work=Los Angeles Times|author=Chris Willman|url=http://articles.latimes.com/1993-12-10/entertainment/ca-373_1_pop-music-review|title=Pop Music Review: Houston Tops Off Record Night With Show's Highlight|date=December 10, 1993|access-date=June 29, 2010}}</ref>
|-
|-
| "I Will Always Love You"
| National Urban Coalition<ref name="88charity">{{cite magazine | magazine = Jet | author = Clarence Waldron | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=mq4DAAAAMBAJ&q=intitle%3AJet&pg=PA57 | title = Whitney Houston Uses Fame To Help Good Causes | date = June 20, 1988 | accessdate = June 28, 2010 | volume = 74 | issue = 12 | page = 57 | issn = 0021-5996}}</ref><sup><span id=ref_C></span>[[#endnote_B|[B]]]</sup>
| Hot 100 Single
| style="text-align:center"|Whitney Houston (herself)
| Distinguished Artist/Humanitarian Award
| {{won}}
| {{won}}
| align="center" | <ref name="billboard3" />
|-
|-
| Whitney Houston
| [[Grambling State University]]<ref>{{cite news | author = Penny S. Demps | url = https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=LUpAAAAAIBAJ&pg=1991,765772&dq=honorary+doctorate+of+humane+letters+grambling&hl=en | title = Have You Heard? |work = [[Afro-American (newspaper)|The Afro-American]] | date = August 23, 1988 | accessdate = June 28, 2010}}</ref><sup><span id=ref_D></span>[[#endnote_C|[C]]]</sup>
| Hot R&B Singles Artist
| style="text-align:center"|Whitney Houston (herself)
| Honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters
| {{won}}
| {{won}}
| align="center" | <ref name="billboard3" />
|-
|-
| "I Will Always Love You"
| [[American Dental Hygienists' Association]]<ref>{{cite news | url = https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=5oUcAAAAIBAJ&pg=6463,4829216&dq=america's+greatest+smiles&hl=en | title = People: Great smiles | work = [[The Pittsburgh Press]] | date = October 8, 1988 | accessdate = June 28, 2010 | page = A2}}</ref>
| Hot R&B Single
| style="text-align:center"|Whitney Houston (herself)
| America's Greatest Smiles
| {{won}}
| {{won}}
| align="center" | <ref name="billboard3" />
|-
|-
| ''[[The Bodyguard (soundtrack)|The Bodyguard]]''
| rowspan="7"|The 1st Garden State Music Awards<ref name="1988gardenstate">{{cite news | author = Jack Patton | url = http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=AC&p_theme=ac&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EAEA775AA747DDB&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM | title = Houston Takes Top Garden State Awards | newspaper = [[The Press of Atlantic City]] | date = November 20, 1988 | accessdate = June 28, 2010}}</ref>
| Top ''Billboard 200'' Album
| style="text-align:center"|Whitney Houston (herself)
| Best Female Vocalist, Rock/Pop
| {{won}}
| {{won}}
| align="center" | <ref name="billboard3" />
|-
|-
| ''The Bodyguard''
| style="text-align:center"|''Whitney''
| Top R&B Album
| Best Album, Rock/Pop
| {{won}}
| {{won}}
| align="center" | <ref name="billboard3" />
|-
|-
| ''The Bodyguard''
| style="text-align:center"|"[[So Emotional]]"
| Top Soundtrack Album
| Best Single, Rock/Pop
| {{won}}
| {{won}}
| align="center" | <ref name="billboard3" />
|-
|-
| ''The Bodyguard''
| style="text-align:center"|Whitney Houston (herself)
| Special Award - Most Weeks at #1 for 20 weeks
| Best Female Vocalist, R&B/Dance
| {{won|Honoree}}
| align="center" | <ref name="billboard3" />
|-
| "I Will Always Love You"
| Special Award - Most Weeks at #1 for 14 weeks
| {{won|Honoree}}
| align="center" | <ref name="billboard3" />
|-
| Whitney Houston
| #1 World Artist
| {{won}}
| {{won}}
| align="center" | <ref name="billboard3" />
|-
|-
| "I Will Always Love You"
| style="text-align:center"|''Whitney''
| #1 World Single
| Best Album, R&B/Dance
| {{won}}
| {{won}}
| align="center" | <ref name="billboard3" />
|-
|-
| 2012
| style="text-align:center"|"So Emotional"
| Whitney Houston
| Best Single, R&B/Dance
| [[Billboard Millennium Award]]
| {{won|Honoree}}
| align="center" | <ref name="billboard4">{{cite news |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/whitney-houston-to-be-honored-at-billboard-music-awards-with-tribute-by-1096688/ |title=Whitney Houston to be honored at Billboard Music Awards with tribute |work=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |date=May 15, 2012 |accessdate=May 28, 2023}}</ref>
|-
| 2020
| "[[Higher Love#Kygo and Whitney Houston version|Higher Love]]"
| Top Dance/Electronic Song
| {{nom}}
| align="center" |
|-
! scope="row" rowspan=16 | [[Billboard Year-End|Billboard Number One Awards]]{{efn|Prior to the inauguration of the [[Billboard Music Awards]] in 1990, the magazine had the "Number One Awards" to honor the top-performing artists of the year on each of chart categories.}}
|-
| rowspan="2" | 1985
| Whitney Houston
| New Pop Artist
| {{won}}
| {{won}}
| align="center" | <ref name="yearend1">{{cite magazine | magazine = Billboard | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=uyQEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PT67 | title = ''Billboard'' 1985 The Year in Music & Video Year-End Charts: New Pop Artist & New Black Artist . | date = December 28, 1985 | accessdate = June 28, 2010 | volume = 97 | issue = 52 | page = T18 | issn = 0006-2510}}</ref>
|-
|-
| Whitney Houston
| style="text-align:center"|"I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me)"
| Best Music Video
| New Black Artist
| {{won}}
| {{won}}
| align="center" | <ref name="yearend1"/>
|-
|-
| rowspan="6" | 1986
| The 10th American Black Achievement Awards<ref name="10thabaa">{{cite magazine | magazine = Ebony | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=cdQDAAAAMBAJ&q=10th%20american%20black%20achievement%20awards%201988&pg=PA142 | title = Complete List of ABAA Recipients and Honorees - 1988 | date = January 1989 | accessdate = June 28, 2010 | volume = 44 | issue = 3 | page = 142 | issn = 0012-9011}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center"|Whitney Houston (herself)
| Whitney Houston
| Top Pop Artist of the Year
| The Music Award
| {{won}}
| {{won}}
| align="center" | <ref name="yearend2">{{cite magazine | magazine = Billboard | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=tiQEAAAAMBAJ&q=1986%20year%20end%20charts&pg=RA1-PA5 | title = ''Billboard'' 1986 The Year in Music & Video Year-End Charts: Top Pop Artist of the Year & Top Black Artist of the Year . | date = December 27, 1986 | accessdate = May 28, 2023 | volume = 98 | issue = 52 | page = Y-17 | issn = 0006-2510}}</ref>
|-
|-
| ''Whitney Houston''
| ''[[Bravo (magazine)|BRAVO]]'' magazine's [[Bravo Otto]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bravo.de/online/render.php?render=26004 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120723000719/http://www.bravo.de/online/render.php?render=26004 |url-status=dead |archive-date=July 23, 2012 |title=''BRAVO'' Otto 1988 |work=[[Bravo (magazine)|BRAVO]] |date=January 1989 |accessdate=February 9, 2010 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.bravo.de/family/archiv/bravo-otto-1988/ex/page/4 | title = Die Sieger Der Bravo-Otto-Wahl: Eure Lieblings-Pop-Sanger 1988 | publisher = bravo.de | accessdate = May 3, 2011 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110721104127/http://www.bravo.de/family/archiv/bravo-otto-1988/ex/page/4 | archive-date = July 21, 2011 | url-status = dead | df = mdy-all }}</ref><sup><span id=ref_E></span></sup>
| Top Album of the Year
| style="text-align:center"|Whitney Houston (herself)
| Beste Sängerin (Best Female Singer) ― Silver Otto Award
| {{won}}
| {{won}}
| align="center" | <ref name="yearend2"/>
|-
|-
| Whitney Houston
|[[Billboard Year-End|1988 ''Billboard'' The Year in Music & Video]]<ref name="ReferenceA">{{cite magazine | magazine = Billboard | title = 1988 The Year in 1"Music: Year-End Charts Number One Awards | date = December 24, 1988 | volume = 100 | issue = 52 | issn = 0006-2510}}</ref><sup><span id=ref_A></span>[[#endnote_A|[A]]]</sup><br />(Year-End Charts: Number One Awards)
| Top Pop Album Artist
| style="text-align:center" rowspan="1"|Whitney Houston (herself)
| Top Pop Singles Artist ― Female
| {{won}}
| {{won}}
| align="center" | <ref name="yearend3">{{cite magazine | magazine = Billboard | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=tiQEAAAAMBAJ&q=1986%20year%20end%20charts&pg=RA1-PA10 | title = ''Billboard'' 1986 The Year in Music & Video Year-End Charts: Top Pop Album Artist - Female & Top Pop Singles Artist - Female . | date = December 27, 1986 | accessdate = May 28, 2023 | volume = 98 | issue = 52 | page = Y-22 | issn = 0006-2510}}</ref>
|-
|-
| Whitney Houston
|[[Sports Emmy Awards|1988 Sports Emmy Awards]]
| Top Pop Albums Artist - Female
| style="text-align:center"|"[[One Moment in Time]]"
| Music
| {{won}}
| {{won}}
| align="center" | <ref name="yearend3"/>
|}

'''Note:'''
*B<span id="endnote_B"></span>'''[[#ref C|^]]''' Houston earned the award for charitable acts including a [[public service announcement]] urging minority youth to study science and math, and participation on an Arista Records charity album whose proceeds went to the [[United Negro College Fund]].<ref name="88charity"/>
*C<span id="endnote_C"></span>'''[[#ref D|^]]''' She received the honorary doctorate degree for her contribution to the arts through music.<ref>{{cite news | url = https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=RIoyAAAAIBAJ&pg=5943,3104333&dq=honorary+doctorate+whitney+houston&hl=en | title = Saturday in Brief - Pop Singer Is a Doctor of Music | work = [[Lawrence Journal-World]] | date = July 16, 1988 | accessdate = June 28, 2010 | page = 2A}}</ref>

== 1989 ==
{| class="wikitable"
! width=25% | Awards show
! width=25% | Nomination(s)
! width=45% | Categories
! width=5% | Result(s)
|-
|-
| ''Whitney Houston''
|rowspan="2"|[[American Music Awards of 1989|The 16th American Music Awards]]<ref>{{cite magazine | magazine = Jet | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=ib0DAAAAMBAJ&q=1989+american+music+awards&pg=PA55 | title = Houston, D.J. Jazzy Jeff & Fresh Prince, Jackson Top American Music Awards | page = 55 | volume = 75 | issue = 20 | date = February 20, 1989 | accessdate = January 15, 2010 | issn = 0021-5996}}</ref><ref name="1989ama">{{cite web | url = http://www.rockonthenet.com/archive/1989/amas.htm | title = The 16th American Music Awards Winners & Nominees | publisher = rockonthenet.com | accessdate = June 28, 2010}}</ref>
| Top Black Album
| style="text-align:center" rowspan="2"|Whitney Houston (herself)
| [[American Music Award for Favorite Pop/Rock Female Artist#1980s|Favorite Pop/Rock Female Artist]]
| {{won}}
| {{won}}
| align="center" | <ref name="yearend4">{{cite magazine | magazine = Billboard | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=tiQEAAAAMBAJ&q=1986%20year%20end%20charts&pg=RA1-PA12 | title = ''Billboard'' 1986 The Year in Music & Video Year-End Charts: Top Black Album & Top Black Album Artist . | date = December 27, 1986 | accessdate = May 28, 2023 | volume = 98 | issue = 52 | page = Y-24 | issn = 0006-2510}}</ref>
|-
|-
| Whitney Houston
| [[American Music Award for Favorite Soul/R&B Female Artist#1980s|Favorite Soul/R&B Female Artist]]
| Top Black Albums Artist
| {{won}}
| {{won}}
| align="center" | <ref name="yearend4"/>
|-
|-
| 1987
| [[31st Grammy Awards|The 31st Grammy Awards]]<ref name="1989grammy">{{cite news | author = Dennis Hunt | url = http://articles.latimes.com/1989-01-13/entertainment/ca-306_1_tracy-chapman/3 | title = Chapman, McFerrin Lead Grammy Race : Baker, Sting, Michael, Winwood Also Capture Multiple Nominations | work = [[Los Angeles Times]] | date = January 13, 1989 | accessdate = June 29, 2010}}</ref>
| Whitney Houston
| style="text-align:center"|"[[One Moment in Time]]"
| Top Pop Albums Artist - Female
| [[Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance#1980s|Best Pop Vocal Performance, Female]]
|{{nom}}
| {{won}}
| align="center" | <ref name="yearend5">{{cite magazine | magazine = Billboard | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=JCgEAAAAMBAJ&q=1987%20year%20in%20music&pg=RA1-PA21 | title = ''Billboard'' 1987 The Year in Music & Video Year-End Charts: Top Pop Album Artist - Female & Top Pop Singles Artist - Female . | date = December 26, 1987 | accessdate = May 28, 2023 | volume = 99 | issue = 52 | issn = 0006-2510 | page = Y-26}}</ref>
|-
|-
| 1988
| [[People's Choice Awards|The 15th People's Choice Awards]]<ref name="1989peopleschoice">{{cite web | url = http://www.peopleschoice.com/pca/awards/nominees/index.jsp?year=1989 | title = 1989 The 15th People's Choice Awards Winners | publisher = peopleschoice.com | accessdate = June 29, 2010 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160330233158/http://www.peopleschoice.com/pca/awards/nominees/index.jsp?year=1989 | archive-date = March 30, 2016 | url-status = dead }}</ref>
| style="text-align:center"|Whitney Houston (herself)
| Whitney Houston
| Top Pop Singles Artist - Female
| Favorite Female Musical Performer
| {{won}}
| {{won}}
| align="center" | <ref name="yearend6">{{cite magazine | magazine = Billboard | title = 1988 The Year in 1"Music: Year-End Charts Number One Awards | date = December 24, 1988 | volume = 100 | issue = 52 | issn = 0006-2510}}</ref>
|-
|-
| rowspan="3" | 1993
| [[1989 Soul Train Music Awards|The 3rd Soul Train Music Awards]]<ref>{{cite news | url = http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=LA&p_theme=la&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EF51CC6E77A995B&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM | title = Nominees Chosen For Soul Train Awards | work = [[Los Angeles Daily News]] | date = March 3, 1989 | accessdate = May 4, 2011 | format = Payment needed to view the whole article}}</ref>
| Whitney Houston
| style="text-align:center"|"Where Do Broken Hearts Go"
| Hot 100 Singles Artist - Female
| [[1989 Soul Train Music Awards#Best R&B/Urban Contemporary Single, Female|Best R&B/Urban Contemporary Single, Female]]
| {{nom}}
| {{won}}
| align="center" | <ref name="yearend7">{{cite news|title=Billboard magazine: The Year in Music 1993, Special Double Issue (YE1-YE60)|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|date=December 25, 1993}}</ref>
|-
|-
| "I Will Always Love You"
| [[1989 Kids' Choice Awards|The 2nd Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards]]
| Hot 100 Singles Sales
| style="text-align:center" | Whitney Houston (herself)
| {{won}}
| [[1989 Kids' Choice Awards#Favorite Female Singer/Group|Favorite Female Singer]]
| align="center" | <ref name="yearend7"/>
| {{nom}}
|}

== 1990 ==
{| class="wikitable"
! width=25% | Awards show
! width=25% | Nomination(s)
! width=45% | Categories
! width=5% | Result(s)
|-
|-
| "I Will Always Love You"
| [[32nd Grammy Awards|The 32nd Grammy Awards]]<ref>{{cite news | author = Dennis Hunt and Richard Cromelin | url = http://articles.latimes.com/1990-01-12/entertainment/ca-71_1_rock-vocal-award/4 | title = The Grammys, Round 1 : Pop Music: Rock 'n' roll veterans lead pack of recording industry awards nominees | work = Los Angeles Times | date = January 12, 1990 | accessdate = May 5, 2011}}</ref>
| Hot R&B Singles Sales
| style="text-align:center" | "[[It Isn't, It Wasn't, It Ain't Never Gonna Be]]" <br /><small>(Duet with [[Aretha Franklin]])</small>
| {{won}}
| [[Grammy Award for Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals|Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal]]
| align="center" | <ref name="yearend7"/>
| {{nom}}
|-
|-
| rowspan="1" | 1996
| The 46th [[United Negro College Fund]] Awards<ref name="1990uncfaward">{{cite magazine | magazine = Jet | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=3b0DAAAAMBAJ&q=intitle%3Ajet&pg=PA56 | title = Entertainment: Stars Salute Whitney Houston for Her Support of Black Colleges | date = April 2, 1990 | accessdate = June 29, 2010 | volume = 77 | issue = 25 | issn = 0021-5996 | page = 56}}</ref><sup><span id=ref_F></span>[[#endnote_D|[D]]]</sup>
| ''[[Waiting to Exhale (soundtrack)|Waiting to Exhale]]''
| style="text-align:center"|Whitney Houston (herself)
| Top Soundtrack
| The Frederick D. Patterson Award
| {{won}}
| {{won}}
| align="center" | <ref name="yearend8">{{cite magazine | magazine = Billboard | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=sQkEAAAAMBAJ&pg=RA1-PA42-IA17 | title = ''Billboard'' 1996 The Year in Music: Top Soundtrack Albums . | date = December 28, 1996 | volume = 108 | issue = 52 | issn = 0006-2510 | page = YE-84 | access-date = May 28, 2023}}</ref>
|-
|-
| 1997
| The 21st [[Songwriters Hall of Fame]] Induction & Awards<ref name="1990songwriters">{{cite web | url = http://www.songwritershalloffame.org/ceremony/award_winners/C3102 | title = 1990 Award & Induction Ceremony: Award Winners | publisher = [[Songwriters Hall of Fame]] | date = May 30, 1990 | accessdate = June 29, 2010 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20101218015206/http://songwritershalloffame.org/ceremony/award_winners/C3102 | archive-date = December 18, 2010 | url-status = dead | df = mdy-all }}</ref>
| ''[[The Preacher's Wife (soundtrack)|The Preacher's Wife]]''
| style="text-align:center"|Whitney Houston (herself)
| Top Gospel Album
| [[Howie Richmond Hitmaker Award]]
| {{won}}
| {{won}}
| align="center" | <ref name="yearend9">{{cite magazine | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=0g0EAAAAMBAJ&pg=RA1-PA46 | title = ''Billboard'' 1997 The Year in Music - Top Gospel Albums . | magazine = Billboard | page = YE-84 | volume = 109 | issue = 52 | issn = 0006-2510 | date = December 27, 1997 | accessdate = July 4, 2010}}</ref>
|-
|-
! scope="row" | Black Gold Awards
| [[Essence (magazine)|The 4th Essence Awards]]<ref name="1990essenceawards">{{cite news | url = https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=I7s_AAAAIBAJ&pg=4046,3587631&dq=winnie+mandela+honored+in+new+york+whitney+houston+essence+awards&hl=en | title = Essence Honors 6 Women at Anniversary Gala | work = [[The Robesonian]] | date = October 21, 1990 | accessdate = June 29, 2010 | page = 2A}}</ref>
| 1986
| align ="center" |Whitney Houston (herself)
| Whitney Houston
| The Essence Award for the Performing Arts
| Outstanding New Artist
| {{won}}
| {{won}}
| align="center" |
|}
|-

! scope="row" rowspan="8" | [[Blockbuster Inc.|Blockbuster Entertainment Awards]]
'''Note:'''
| rowspan=2 | 1997
*D<span id="endnote_D"></span>'''[[#ref D|^]]''' Houston was honored for her long-standing dedication to Black higher education.<ref name="1990uncfaward"/>
| ''[[The Preacher's Wife]]''

| Favorite Female, Comedy/Romance
== 1991 ==
| {{nom}}
{|class="wikitable"
| align="center" | <ref name="blockbuster1">{{cite magazine | magazine = Billboard | author = Eileen Fitzpatrick | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=zA4EAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA61 | title = 1996 Blockbuster Entertainment Awards Nominees Announced . | volume = 109 | issue = 5 | page = 61 | date = February 1, 1997| accessdate = June 30, 2010 | issn = 0006-2510}}</ref>
! width=25% | Awards show or organization
! width=25% | Nomination(s)
! width=45% |Categories
! width=5% | Result(s)
|-
|-
| ''[[The Preacher's Wife (soundtrack)|The Preacher's Wife]]''
| The 8th American Cinema Awards<ref name="1991cinema">{{cite news | url = https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=CfohAAAAIBAJ&pg=4424,6897043&dq=8th+american+cinema+awards+whitney+houston&hl=en | title = Foundation to recognize several stars | work = [[Reading Eagle]] | date = November 27, 1990 | accessdate = June 30, 2010 | page = 12}}</ref>
| Favorite Album, R&B
| style="text-align:center"|Whitney Houston (herself)
| The Musical Performer of the Year
| {{won}}
| {{won}}
| align="center" | <ref name="blockbuster1" />
|-
|-
| 1998
| [[33rd Grammy Awards|The 33rd Grammy Awards]]<ref>{{cite news | author = Richard Cromelin and Dennis Hunt | url = http://articles.latimes.com/1991-01-11/entertainment/ca-8578_1_phil-collins/3 | title = Grammys―Round 1 : Pop music - Phil Collins' 8 nominations lead the pack and Quincy Jones sets a record with his 74th nod. The winners will be revealed on Feb. 20 | work = Los Angeles Times | date = January 11, 1991 | accessdate = May 5, 2011}}</ref>
| ''The Preacher's Wife''
| style="text-align:center"|"[[I'm Your Baby Tonight (song)|I'm Your Baby Tonight]]"
| Favorite Soundtrack
| [[Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance|Best Pop Vocal Performance, Female]]
| {{nom}}
| {{nom}}
| align="center" | <ref name="blockbuster2">{{cite web | url = https://www.imdb.com/event/ev0000104/1998 | title = 1998 The 4th Blockbuster Entertainment Awards Winners & Nominees | publisher = [[IMDb]] | date = March 10, 1998 | accessdate = June 30, 2010}}</ref>
|-
|-
| 1999
| [[Brit Awards|1991 BRIT Awards]]<ref name="1991britawards">{{cite web | url = http://www.brits.co.uk/history/shows/1991 | title = The BRITs 1991 Winners & Nominees | publisher = [[British Phonographic Industry]] | date = February 10, 1991 | accessdate = June 29, 2010}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center"|Whitney Houston (herself)
| Whitney Houston
| Best International Female Artist
| Favorite Female, R&B
| {{nom}}
| {{nom}}
| align="center" |
|-
|-
| rowspan="3" | 2000
| The 13th American Black Achievement Awards<ref name="1991abaa">{{cite magazine | magazine = Ebony | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=ANQDAAAAMBAJ&q=13th%20american%20black%20achievement%20awards&pg=PA66 | title = Complete List of ABAA Recipients and Honorees - 1991 | volume = 47 | issue = 3 | page = 66 | issn = 0012-9011 | date = January 1992 | accessdate = June 29, 2010}}</ref><sup><span id=ref_E>[[#endnote_E|[E]]]</span></sup>
| ''My Love Is Your Love''
| style="text-align:center"|Whitney Houston (herself)
| Favorite Female Artist, R&B
| The Music Award
| {{won}}
| {{nom}}
| align="center" |
|-
|-
| "Heartbreak Hotel" <small>(ft. Faith Evans and Kelly Price)</small>
| rowspan="8"|[[Billboard Music Awards|The 2nd Billboard Music Awards]]<ref name="1991billboard">{{cite news | url = https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/thestar/access/466219481.html?dids=466219481:466219481&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Dec+11%2C+1991&author=AP&pub=Toronto+Star&desc=Adams+wins+Billboard+single+award&pqatl=google | title = Entertainment: Adams wins Billboard single award | work = [[Toronto Star]] | page = B6 | date = December 11, 1991 | accessdate = June 29, 2010 | format = Payment needed to view the whole article}}</ref><ref name="1991bmachicagotribune">{{cite news | author = Jan DeKnock | url = http://articles.chicagotribune.com/1991-12-27/entertainment/9104260199_1_year-end-leaders-records-with-long-chart-top-records-and-artists/3 | title = Year Ends Well For Country's Hottest Stars | work = Chicago Tribune | date = December 27, 1991 | accessdate = June 29, 2010}}</ref>
| Favorite Single <small>(Internet Only)</small>
| style="text-align:center" rowspan="4"|Whitney Houston (herself)
| Top Album Artists ― Female
| {{nom}}
| {{nom}}
| align="center" |
|-
|-
| "When You Believe" <small>(ft. Mariah Carey)</small>
| Top Pop Singles Artist
| Favorite Single from a Movie <small>(Internet Only)</small>
| {{nom}}
| {{nom}}
| align="center" |
|-
|-
| 2001
| Top Pop Singles Artist ― Female
| ''[[Whitney: The Greatest Hits]]''
| Favorite Female Artist, R&B
| {{nom}}
| {{nom}}
| align="center" | <ref name="blockbuster3">{{cite web | author = Eric Schumacher-Rasmussen | url = http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1438595/20010129/destinys_child.jhtml | title = Destiny's Child Lead Blockbuster Nominees: Creed, 'NSYNC, Faith Hill also up for awards honoring fan favorites | publisher = MTV Network | date = January 29, 2001 | accessdate = July 4, 2010}}</ref>
|-
|-
! scope="row" rowspan="3" | [[Bravo Otto]]
| Top R&B Artist
| 1988
| Whitney Houston
| Best Female Singer ― Silver Otto Award
| {{won}}
| {{won}}
| align="center" | <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bravo.de/online/render.php?render=26004 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120723000719/http://www.bravo.de/online/render.php?render=26004 |url-status=dead |archive-date=July 23, 2012 |title=''BRAVO'' Otto 1988 |work=[[Bravo (magazine)|BRAVO]] |date=January 1989 |accessdate=February 9, 2010 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.bravo.de/family/archiv/bravo-otto-1988/ex/page/4 | title = Die Sieger Der Bravo-Otto-Wahl: Eure Lieblings-Pop-Sanger 1988 | publisher = bravo.de | accessdate = May 3, 2011 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110721104127/http://www.bravo.de/family/archiv/bravo-otto-1988/ex/page/4 | archive-date = July 21, 2011 | url-status = dead | df = mdy-all }}</ref>
|-
|-
| rowspan="2" | 1993
| style="text-align:center"|''[[I'm Your Baby Tonight]]''
| Whitney Houston
| Top R&B Album
| Best Actress - Silver Otto Award
| {{won}}
| {{won}}
| align="center" | <ref name="bravootto">{{cite magazine|url=http://www.bravo.de/online/render.php?render=26074 |title=BRAVO Otto 1993 |magazine=BRAVO |date=January 6, 1994 |access-date=June 29, 2010 }}{{dead link|date=June 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
|-
|-
| style="text-align:center" rowspan="2"|Whitney Houston (herself)
| Whitney Houston
| Best Female Singer - Silver Otto Award
| Top R&B Album Artist
| {{won}}
| {{won}}
| align="center" | <ref name="bravootto"/>
|-
|-
! scope="row" rowspan="6" | [[BRIT Awards]]
| Top R&B Singles Artist
| {{won}}
|-
|-
| 1987
| style="text-align:center"|"[[All the Man That I Need]]"
| Whitney Houston
| Top Adult Contemporary Single
| Best International Solo Act
| {{nom}}
| {{nom}}
| align="center" | <ref name="brit87">{{cite web | url = http://www.brits.co.uk/history/shows/1987 | title = The BRITs 1987 | publisher = [[British Phonographic Industry]] | date = February 9, 1987 | accessdate = February 9, 2010}}</ref>
|}

'''Note:'''
*E<span id="endnote_E"></span>'''[[#ref E|^]]''' Houston was presented this award for her achievements as an award-winning recording, performing and video artist, for her successful ''[[I'm Your Baby Tonight World Tour]]'', for her best-selling video and single of "[[The Star Spangled Banner (Whitney Houston song)|The Star-Spangled Banner]]" performed at [[Super Bowl XXV]] and for her multi platinum album, ''I'm Your Baby Tonight''.<ref name="1991abaa"/>

== 1992 ==
{| class="wikitable"
! width=25% | Awards show
! width=25% | Nomination(s)
! width=45% | Categories
! width=5% | Result(s)
|-
|-
| 1988
| rowspan="2" | [[NAACP Image Awards|The 26th NAACP Image Awards]]<ref name="1992naacp01">{{cite news | author = David J. Fox | url = http://articles.latimes.com/1991-10-16/entertainment/ca-575_1_naacp-image-awards/2 | title = NAACP Flap Taints Annual Image Awards, Awards: A local chapter of the group, involved in a conflict with the national organization, vows to seek an injunction against the event | work = Los Angeles Times | page = 2 | date = October 16, 1991 | accessdate = June 29, 2010}}</ref><ref name="1992naacp02">{{cite news | author = David J. Fox | url = http://articles.latimes.com/1991-10-16/entertainment/ca-575_1_naacp-image-awards/3 | title = NAACP Flap Taints Annual Image Awards, Awards: A local chapter of the group, involved in a conflict with the national organization, vows to seek an injunction against the event | work = Los Angeles Times | page = 3 | date = October 16, 1991 | accessdate = June 29, 2010}}</ref>
| Whitney Houston
| style="text-align:center" | [[Welcome Home Heroes with Whitney Houston|HBO Presents Welcome Home Heroes with Whitney Houston]]
| Best International Solo Artist
| [[NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Variety – Series or Special|Outstanding Variety Series or Special]]
| {{nom}}
| {{nom}}
| align="center" | <ref name="brit88">{{cite web | url = http://www.brits.co.uk/history/shows/1988 | title = The BRITs 1988 | publisher = [[British Phonographic Industry]] | date = February 8, 1988 | accessdate = February 9, 2010}}</ref>
|-
|-
| 1991
| style="text-align:center"|"I'm Your Baby Tonight"
| Whitney Houston
| [[NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Female Artist|Outstanding Female Artist]]
| Best International Female Artist
| {{nom}}
| {{nom}}
| align="center" | <ref name="brit91">{{cite web | url = http://www.brits.co.uk/history/shows/1991 | title = The BRITs 1991 Winners & Nominees | publisher = [[British Phonographic Industry]] | date = February 10, 1991 | accessdate = June 29, 2010}}</ref>
|-
|-
| 1994
| rowspan="2"|[[CableACE Award|The 13th CableACE Awards]]<ref name="1992cableace">{{cite news | url = http://community.seattletimes.nwsource.com/archive/?date=19920113&slug=1469987 | title = Ace Awards Honor The Best In Cable-TV Programming | work = [[The Seattle Times]] | date = January 13, 1992 | accessdate = June 29, 2010}}</ref>
| ''The Bodyguard''
| style="text-align:center" rowspan="2"| HBO Presents Welcome Home Heroes with Whitney Houston
| Best Soundtrack/Cast Recording
| Performance in a Music Special or Series
| {{won}}
| {{won}}
| align="center" | <ref name="brit94">{{cite web | url = http://www.brits.co.uk/history/shows/1994 | title = The BRITs 1994 Winners & Nominees | publisher = [[British Phonographic Industry]] | date = February 14, 1994 | access-date = June 29, 2010}}</ref>
|-
|-
| 2000
| Music Special
| Whitney Houston
| Best International Female Artist
| {{nom}}
| {{nom}}
| align="center" | <ref name="brit00">{{cite web | url = http://www.brits.co.uk/history/shows/2000 | title = The BRITs 2000 | publisher = [[British Phonographic Industry]] | date = March 3, 2000 | accessdate = June 11, 2010}}</ref>
|-
|-
! scope="row" | [[British Phonographic Industry|BRIT Billion Award]]
| rowspan="5"|[[American Music Awards of 1992|The 19th American Music Awards]]<ref name="1992ama">{{cite web | url = http://www.rockonthenet.com/archive/1992/amas.htm | title = 1992 The 19th American Music Awards Winners & Nominees | publisher = rockonthenet.com | date = January 27, 1992 | accessdate = June 29, 2010}}</ref>
| 2023
| style="text-align:center" rowspan="2"|Whitney Houston (herself)
| Whitney Houston
| [[American Music Award for Favorite Pop/Rock Female Artist#1990s|Favorite Pop/Rock Female Artist]]
| For surpassing 1 billion career streams in the UK
| {{nom}}
| {{won}}
| align="center" | <ref name="britbillion">{{Cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/lewis-capaldi-mariah-carey-and-more-honoured-with-new-brit-billion-award__39180/|title=Lewis Capaldi, Mariah Carey and more honoured with new BRIT Billion award|date=4 May 2023}}</ref>
|-
|-
! scope="row" rowspan="5" | [[CableACE Award]]s
| [[American Music Awards of 1992#Soul/R&B Category|Favorite Soul/R&B Female Artist]]
| {{nom}}
|-
|-
|rowspan="2" | 1992
| style="text-align:center"|''I'm Your Baby Tonight''
| ''[[Welcome Home Heroes with Whitney Houston]]''
| [[American Music Awards of 1992#Soul/R&B Category|Favorite Soul/R&B Album]]
| Performance in a Music Special or Series
| {{nom}}
| {{won}}
| align="center" | <ref name="cableace01">{{cite news | url = http://community.seattletimes.nwsource.com/archive/?date=19920113&slug=1469987 | title = Ace Awards Honor The Best In Cable-TV Programming | work = [[The Seattle Times]] | date = January 13, 1992 | accessdate = June 29, 2010}}</ref>
|-
|-
| style="text-align:center"|Whitney Houston (herself)
| ''Welcome Home Heroes with Whitney Houston''
| Music Special
| [[American Music Awards of 1992#Adult Contemporary Category|Favorite Adult Contemporary Artist]]
| {{nom}}
| {{nom}}
| align="center" | <ref name="cableace01"/>
|-
|-
|rowspan="2" | 1995
| style="text-align:center"|''I'm Your Baby Tonight''
| ''[[Whitney: The Concert for a New South Africa|Whitney, The Concert For A New South Africa]]''
| [[American Music Awards of 1992#Adult Contemporary Category|Favorite Adult Contemporary Album]]
| Performance in a Music Special or Series
| {{nom}}
| {{nom}}
| align="center" | <ref name="cableace02">{{cite news | work = Los Angeles Times | author = Lee Margulies | url = http://articles.latimes.com/1995-09-20/entertainment/ca-47896_1_larry-sanders-show | title = HBO Leads the Pack With 89 CableACE Nominations, Television: Nods for 'Larry Sanders,' 'Dream On' push network ahead of Showtime, which garners 36 | date = September 20, 1995 | access-date = June 30, 2010}}</ref><ref name="1995cableacewinners">{{cite news | work = Los Angeles Times | author = Lee Margulies | url = http://articles.latimes.com/1995-12-04/entertainment/ca-10134_1_larry-sanders-show/2 | title = Shandling, HBO Top Cable Awards - Television: The star and his 'Larry Sanders Show' each get four CableACE honors. HBO wins 27 of the 81 prizes | date = December 4, 1995 | access-date = June 30, 2010}}</ref>
|-
|-
| VH-1 Honors With [[CeCe Winans]]
| [[34th Grammy Awards|The 34th Grammy Awards]]<ref name="1992grammy">{{cite web | url = http://www.rockonthenet.com/archive/1992/grammys.htm | title = 1992 The 34th Grammy Awards Winners & Nominees | publisher = rockonthenet.com | date = February 25, 1992 | accessdate = June 29, 2010}}</ref>
| Performance in a Music Special or Series
| style="text-align:center"|"All the Man That I Need"
| [[Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance#1990s|Best Pop Vocal Performance, Female]]
| {{nom}}
| {{nom}}
| align="center" | <ref name="cableace02"/>
|-
|-
! scope="row" rowspan="2" | Carousel of Hope Ball <br/><small>(The Children's Diabetes Foundation)</small>
| rowspan="2"|[[1992 Soul Train Music Awards|The 6th Soul Train Music Awards]]<ref name="1992soultrainawards">{{cite news | author = Dennis Hunt | url = http://articles.latimes.com/1992-03-12/entertainment/ca-5266_1_soul-train-awards | title = Year of the Newcomer at Soul Train, Pop music: Color Me Badd, Jodeci and Lisa Fischer sweep key awards during the sixth annual R&B/soul awards competition | work = Los Angeles Times | date = March 12, 1992 | accessdate = June 29, 2010}}</ref>
| 1991
| style="text-align:center"|''I'm Your Baby Tonight''
| Whitney Houston
| [[1992 Soul Train Music Awards#Best R&B/Soul Album, Female|Best R&B/Soul Album, Female]]
| Brass Ring Award
| {{nom}}
| {{won}}
| align="center" | <ref name="1992cdfbrassring">{{cite news | author = Jeannine Stein | url = http://articles.latimes.com/1992-10-05/news/vw-455_1_children-s-diabetes-foundation | title = Carousel Spins Pledge of Hope: Children's Diabetes Foundation Benefits as Davises Again Deliver a Celebrity Mega-Event | work = Los Angeles Times | date = October 5, 1992 | accessdate = June 29, 2010}}</ref>
|-
|-
| 1996
| style="text-align:center"|"All the Man That I Need"
| Whitney Houston
| [[1992 Soul Train Music Awards#Best R&B/Soul Single - Female|Best R&B/Soul Single, Female]]
| The Davises' High Hopes Award
| {{nom}}
| {{won|Honoree}}
| align="center" | <ref name="1996CarouselofHope">{{cite news | author = Mary Lou Loper | url = http://articles.latimes.com/1996-09-22/news/ls-46358_1_opening-night | title = Gearing Up for a Special Night of Hope | work = Los Angeles Times | date = September 22, 1996 | access-date = June 30, 2010}}</ref>
|-
|-
! scope="row" | [[China Central Television|CCTV]]-[[MTV Southeast Asia|MTV]] Music Honors
| The 8th Carousel of Hope Ball<ref name="1992cdfbrassring">{{cite news | author = Jeannine Stein | url = http://articles.latimes.com/1992-10-05/news/vw-455_1_children-s-diabetes-foundation | title = Carousel Spins Pledge of Hope: Children's Diabetes Foundation Benefits as Davises Again Deliver a Celebrity Mega-Event | work = Los Angeles Times | date = October 5, 1992 | accessdate = June 29, 2010}}</ref><br />(The Children's Diabetes Foundation)
| 2003
| style="text-align:center"|Whitney Houston (herself)
| Whitney Houston
| Brass Ring Award
| International Outstanding Achievement
| {{won}}
| {{won}}
| align="center" | <ref name="mtvasia">{{cite magazine | magazine = Billboard | author = Kaiser Kuo | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=5BIEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA53 | title = Newsline: The International Week in Brief . | date = August 7, 2004 | accessdate = October 19, 2010 | volume = 116 | issue = 32 | page = 53 | issn = 0006-2510}}</ref>
|}

== 1993 ==
{| class="wikitable"
! width=25% | Awards show
! width=25% | Nomination(s)
! width=45% | Categories
! width=5% | Result(s)
|-
|-
! scope="row" | Deirdre O’Brien Child Advocacy Center
|[[35th Grammy Awards|The 35th Grammy Awards]]<ref name="1993grammy">{{cite news | author = Paul Grein | url = http://articles.latimes.com/1993-01-03/entertainment/ca-1064_1_eric-clapton/5 | title = The Grammy Tip Sheet : U2 and Eric Clapton are favored to lead the pack in nominations--and take home top honors--in our annual handicapping | work = Los Angeles Times | date = January 3, 1993 | accessdate = June 29, 2010}}</ref>
| 1999
| style="text-align:center"|"[[I Belong to You (Whitney Houston song)|I Belong to You]]"
| Whitney Houston
| [[Grammy Award for Best Female R&B Vocal Performance#1990s|Best R&B Vocal Performance, Female]]
| Child Advocate of the Year
| {{nom}}
| {{won}}{{efn|The Whitney Houston Foundation for Children contributed $40,000 for the construction of a medical examination room at the center, equipped with the latest forensic medical equipment to assist investigations of alleged child sexual abuse.}}
| align="center" | <ref name="whitneyadvocate">{{cite web |url=http://www.classicwhitney.com/newsfile/reports/honours/childadvocate16apr1999.htm |accessdate=May 31, 2023}}</ref>
|-
|-
! scope="row" rowspan="2" | [[GMA Dove Award|Dove Awards]] <br /><small>(The Gospel Music Association)</small>
| [[1993 Soul Train Music Awards|The 7th Soul Train Music Awards]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://rateyourmusic.com/list/HOOK/7th_soul_train_music_awards___held_at_the_shrine_auditorium_in_los_angeles__california__march_9__1993/ | title = The 7th Soul Train Music Awards Winners | publisher = [[Don Cornelius|Don Cornelius Productions, Inc]] | accessdate = February 9, 2010}}</ref>
| 1997
| style="text-align:center"|"[[I Will Always Love You#Whitney Houston version|I Will Always Love You]]"
| Whitney Houston
| [[Soul Train Music Award for Best R&B/Soul Single, Female|Best R&B/Soul Single, Female]]
| Outstanding Mainstream Contribution to Gospel Music
| {{won}}
| {{won|Honoree}}
| align="center" | <ref name="1997dove">{{cite news | author = James Lloyd | url = http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_action=doc&p_docid=0F51B3981DB6086E&p_docnum=1 | title = Chapman Again Dove Artist of Year; 1997 The 28th Dove Awards Winners | work=[[Dayton Daily News]] | date = April 26, 1997 | accessdate = June 30, 2010}}</ref>
|-
|-
| 1998
| rowspan="3"|[[People's Choice Awards|The 19th People's Choice Awards]]<ref name="1993peopleschoice">{{cite web | url = http://www.peopleschoice.com/pca/awards/nominees/index.jsp?year=1993 | title = 1993 The 19th People's Choice Awards Winners| publisher = peopleschoice.com | date = March 17, 1993 | accessdate = June 29, 2010}}</ref>
| "I Go to the Rock"
| style="text-align:center"|Whitney Houston (herself)
| Best Traditional Recorded Gospel Song
| Favorite Female Musical Performer
| {{won}}
| {{won}}
| align="center" | <ref name="1998dove">{{cite magazine | magazine = Jet | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=NTsDAAAAMBAJ&q=whitney%20houston&pg=PA25 | title = Kirk Franklin, God's Property Big Winners at Dove Awards | volume = 93 | issue = 25 | page = 25 | issn = 0021-5996 | date = May 18, 1998 | accessdate = June 30, 2010}}</ref><ref name="1998doveap">{{cite web | author = Jim Patterson | url = https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=9fEaAAAAIBAJ&pg=6635,3075406&dq=29th+dove+awards+whitney+houston&hl=en | title = Gospel awards honor late artist | work = [[Park City Daily News]] | date = April 24, 1998 | accessdate = June 30, 2010 | page = 2-C}}</ref>
|-
|-
! scope="row" | DiVi Awards <br /><small>([[International Recording Media Association]])</small>
| style="text-align:center"|"I Will Always Love You"
| 2000
| Favorite New Music Video
| ''Whitney: The Greatest Hits''
| {{won}}
| Best Music Release
|-
| style="text-align:center"|''[[The Bodyguard (1992 film)|The Bodyguard]]''
| Favorite Actress in a Dramatic Motion Picture
| {{nom}}
| {{nom}}
| align="center" | <ref>{{cite magazine | magazine = Billboard | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=aREEAAAAMBAJ&q=the%203rd%20DIVI%20AWARDS%20BEST%20RELEASE&pg=PA87 | title = 'The Matrix', 'Terminator 2' Snare Most DiVi Awards Conference | volume = 112 | issue = 37 | page = 87 | issn = 0006-2510 | date = September 9, 2000 | accessdate = May 8, 2011}}</ref>
|-
|-
| rowspan="3"|[[13th Golden Raspberry Awards]]
! scope="row" rowspan="3" | Echo Awards
| 2000
| style="text-align:center" rowspan="2"|Whitney Houston (herself)
| ''My Love is Your Love''
| [[Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Actress|Worst Actress]]
| Künstlerin des Jahres International <br /><small>(Best International Female Artist)</small>
| {{nom}}
| {{nom}}
| align="center" |
|-
|-
| 2001
| [[Golden Raspberry Award for Worst New Star|Worst New Star]]
| ''Whitney: The Greatest Hits''
| Künstlerin des Jahres International <br /><small>(Best International Female Artist)</small>
| {{nom}}
| {{nom}}
| align="center" | <ref>{{cite magazine | magazine = Billboard | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=ghMEAAAAMBAJ&q=echo+whitney | title = Big Plans for German Echoes | author = Gesa Birnkraut | date=February 10, 2001 | volume = 113 | page = 74| issn = 0006-2510}}</ref>
|-
|-
| 2010
| style="text-align:center"| "[[Queen of the Night (song)|Queen of the Night]]
| Whitney Houston
| [[Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Original Song|Worst Original Song]]
| Künstlerin International Rock/Pop <br /><small>(Best International Rock/Pop Artist ― Female)</small>
| {{nom}}
| {{nom}}
| align="center" | <ref name="2010echo">{{cite web | url = http://new.de.music.yahoo.com/blogs/rueckkoppler/2593/echo-awardsalle-infos-liveacts-nominees-videos-uvm/ | title = ECHO-Awards - Alle Infos, Liveacts, Nominees, Videos uvm | publisher = [[Yahoo.com]] | date = February 25, 2010 | accessdate = July 5, 2010 | language = de}}</ref><ref name="2010echosingersroom">{{cite web | url = http://www.singersroom.com/news/5311/Lady-Gaga-Whitney-Houston-lead-2010-Echo-Award-nominees | title = Lady Gaga, Whitney Houston lead 2010 Echo Award nominees | publisher = singersroom.com | date = February 19, 2010 | accessdate = July 5, 2010}}</ref>
|-
|-
! scope="row" | [[Edison Award|Edison Music Awards]]
| rowspan="5"|[[1993 MTV Movie Awards|The 2nd MTV Movie Awards]]<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.mtv.com/ontv/movieawards/1993/ | title = 1993 MTV Movie Awards | publisher=[[MTV]] | accessdate = June 29, 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tv.com/mtv-movie-awards/1993-mtv-movie-awards/episode/1161022/recap.html?tag=content_wrap;episode_recap |title=1993 MTV Movie Awards Winners |publisher=[[TV.com]] |date=July 13, 1993 |accessdate=June 29, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110604063643/http://www.tv.com/mtv-movie-awards/1993-mtv-movie-awards/episode/1161022/recap.html?tag=content_wrap%3Bepisode_recap |archive-date=June 4, 2011 }}</ref>
| 2000
|style="text-align:center" rowspan="4"|''The Bodyguard''
| Whitney Houston
| [[MTV Movie Award for Best Movie|Best Movie]]
| Beste Zangeres Internationaal <br /><small>(Best International Female Artist)</small>
| {{nom}}
| {{nom}}
| align="center" |
|-
|-
! scope="row" rowspan="2" | [[Primetime Emmy Awards]]
| [[MTV Movie Award for Best Performance#Winners|Best Female Performance]]
| {{nom}}
| 1986
| Whitney Houston
| [[Primetime Emmy Award for Individual Performance In A Variety Or Music Program|Outstanding Individual Performance in a Variety or Music Program]]
| {{won}}
| align="center" | <ref name="whitneyemmy">{{cite web |url=https://www.emmys.com/bios/whitney-houston |title=Whitney Houston - Emmy Awards Nominations and Wins | accessdate=May 29, 2023}}</ref>
|-
|-
| 1998
| [[MTV Movie Award for Best Breakthrough Performance#Winners|Best Breakthrough Performance]]
| ''[[Rodgers and Hammerstein's Cinderella]]''{{efn|Houston earned a nomination as an executive producer.}}
| [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Variety Special (Pre-Recorded)#1990s|Outstanding Variety, Music Or Comedy Special]]
| {{nom}}
| {{nom}}
| align="center" | <ref name="whitneyemmy"/>
|-
|-
! scope="row" | [[Sports Emmy Awards]]
| [[MTV Movie Award for Best On-Screen Duo|Best On-Screen Duo]] (with [[Kevin Costner]])
| {{nom}}
| 1988
| "[[One Moment in Time]]"
|-
| Music <br /><small>(as singer/performer)</small>
| style="text-align:center"|"I Will Always Love You"
| [[MTV Movie Award for Best Song From a Movie|Best Song From A Movie]]
| {{won}}
| {{won}}
| align="center" |
|-
|-
! scope="row" rowspan="2" | [[Essence (magazine)|Essence Awards]]
| rowspan="15"|[[Billboard Music Award|The 5th Billboard Music Awards]]<ref name="1993bbyearend">{{cite news|title=Billboard magazine: The Year in Music 1993, Special Double Issue (YE1-YE60)|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|date=December 25, 1993}}</ref><ref name="1993bmalatimes">{{cite news|work=Los Angeles Times|author=Chris Willman|url=http://articles.latimes.com/1993-12-10/entertainment/ca-373_1_pop-music-review|title=Pop Music Review: Houston Tops Off Record Night With Show's Highlight|date=December 10, 1993|access-date=June 29, 2010}}</ref><sup><span id=ref_F>[[#endnote_F|[F]]]</span></sup>
| 1990
| style="text-align:center"|Whitney Houston (herself)
| Whitney Houston
| ★Hot 100 Singles Artist
| The Essence Award for the Performing Arts
| {{won}}
| {{won}}
| align="center" | <ref name="essenceaward1">{{cite news | url = https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=I7s_AAAAIBAJ&pg=4046,3587631&dq=winnie+mandela+honored+in+new+york+whitney+houston+essence+awards&hl=en | title = Essence Honors 6 Women at Anniversary Gala | work = [[The Robesonian]] | date = October 21, 1990 | accessdate = June 29, 2010 | page = 2A}}</ref>
|-
|-
| 1997
| style="text-align:center"|"I Will Always Love You"
| Whitney Houston
| ★Hot 100 Single
| The Triumphant Spirit Award
| {{won}}
| {{won|Honoree}}
| align="center" | <ref name="essenceaward2">{{cite magazine | magazine = Billboard | author = J.R. Reynolds | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=9w4EAAAAMBAJ&q=1997+essence+awards+cissy+houston&pg=PA22 | title = The Rhythm and The Blues section, Essence Awards Accentuate The Positive; Living Legend Awards Spotlight Clayton . | date = April 19, 1997 | volume = 109 | issue = 16 | page = 22 | issn = 0006-2510 | accessdate = June 29, 2010}}</ref><ref name="essenceaward3">{{cite news | author = Kirk Nicewonger | url = https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=4joVAAAAIBAJ&pg=6787,4054759&dq=triumphant+spirit+award+whitney+houston&hl=en | title = Ali, Cosby headline Essence Awards | page = 3C | work = [[Ocala Star-Banner]] | date = May 22, 1997 | accessdate = June 30, 2010}}</ref>
|-
|-
! scope="row" rowspan="7" | Garden State Music Awards
| style="text-align:center"|Whitney Houston (herself)
|rowspan="7" | 1988
| ★Hot R&B Singles Artist
| Whitney Houston
| Best Female Vocalist, Rock/Pop
| {{won}}
| {{won}}
| align="center" | <ref name="gardenawards">{{cite news | author = Jack Patton | url = http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=AC&p_theme=ac&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EAEA775AA747DDB&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM | title = Houston Takes Top Garden State Awards | newspaper = [[The Press of Atlantic City]] | date = November 20, 1988 | accessdate = June 28, 2010}}</ref>
|-
|-
| ''Whitney''
| style="text-align:center"|"I Will Always Love You"
| Best Album, Rock/Pop
| ★Hot R&B Single
| {{won}}
| {{won}}
| align="center" | <ref name="gardenawards"/>
|-
|-
| "[[So Emotional]]"
|style="text-align:center"|''[[The Bodyguard: Original Soundtrack Album|The Bodyguard Soundtrack]]''
| Best Single, Rock/Pop
| ★Top Billboard 200 Album ([[Billboard Year-End#Billboard year-end number-ones|Top Album of the Year]])
| {{won}}
| {{won}}
| align="center" | <ref name="gardenawards"/>
|-
|-
| Whitney Houston
| style="text-align:center"|''The Bodyguard Soundtrack''
| Best Female Vocalist, R&B/Dance
| ★Top R&B Album
| {{won}}
| {{won}}
| align="center" | <ref name="gardenawards"/>
|-
|-
| ''Whitney''
| style="text-align:center" rowspan=“2”|''The Bodyguard Soundtrack''
| ★Top Soundtrack Album
| Best Album, R&B/Dance
| {{won}}
| {{won}}
| align="center" | <ref name="gardenawards"/>
|-
|-
| "So Emotional"
| style="text-align:center"|''The Bodyguard Soundtrack''
| Best Single, R&B/Dance
| ★Album Most Weeks at #1 for 20 weeks ('''Special Award''')
| {{won}}
| {{won}}
| align="center" | <ref name="gardenawards"/>
|-
|-
| "I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me)"
| style="text-align:center"|"I Will Always Love You"
| Best Music Video
| ★Single Most Weeks at #1 for 14 weeks ('''Special Award''')
| {{won}}
| {{won}}
| align="center" | <ref name="gardenawards"/>
|-
|-
! scope="row" | [[Georgia Music Hall of Fame]]
| style="text-align:center"|Whitney Houston (herself)
| 2013
| ★#1 World Artist
| Whitney Houston
| {{won}}
| Posthumous Award
| {{won|Inductee}}
| align="center" | <ref name="georgiahall">{{cite news |url=https://www.gwcca.org/friends-of-georgia-music-festival-to-present-the-35th-annual-georgia-music-hall-of-fame-awards-on-saturday-evening-october-5-at-the-georgia-world-congress-center |title=Friends of Georgia Music Festival to Present the 35th Annual Georgia Music Hall of Fame Awards on Saturday Evening, October 5, at the Georgia World Congress Center |date=October 3, 2013 |accessdate=May 29, 2023}}</ref>
|-
|-
! scope="row" rowspan="3" | [[13th Golden Raspberry Awards|Golden Raspberry Awards]]
| style="text-align:center"|"I Will Always Love You"
|rowspan="3" | 1993
| ★#1 World Single
| Whitney Houston
| {{won}}
| [[Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Actress|Worst Actress]]
| {{nom}}
| align="center" |
|-
|-
| style="text-align:center"|Whitney Houston (herself)
| Whitney Houston
| [[Golden Raspberry Award for Worst New Star|Worst New Star]]
| Hot Adult Contemporary Artist
| {{nom}}
| {{nom}}
| align="center" |
|-
|-
| "[[Queen of the Night]]"
| style="text-align:center"|Whitney Houston (herself)
| [[Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Original Song|Worst Original Song]]
| Hot 100 Singles Artist ― Female (Whitney Houston)
| {{won}}
| {{nom}}
| align="center" |
|-
|-
| style="text-align:center" rowspan="2" | "I Will Always Love You"
| Hot 100 Singles Sales
| {{won}}
|-
|-
! scope="row" | [[Global Awards]]
| Hot R&B Singles Sales
| 2019
| "[[Higher Love#Kygo and Whitney Houston version|Higher Love]]"
| Best Song of 2019
| {{nom}}
| align="center" |
|-
! scope="row" rowspan="25" | [[Grammy Award]]s
|rowspan="3" | {{grammy|1986}}
|rowspan="1" | "[[Saving All My Love for You]]"
| [[Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance|Best Female Pop Vocal Performance]]
| {{won}}
| {{won}}
| align="center" | <ref name="grammy1">{{cite web |url=https://www.grammy.com/awards/28th-annual-grammy-awards |title=28th Annual Grammy Awards | work=Grammy.com |accessdate=May 29, 2023}}</ref>
|-
|-
|rowspan="1" | ''[[Whitney Houston (album)|Whitney Houston]]''
| [[Smash Hits Poll Winners Party]]
| [[Grammy Award for Album of the Year|Album of the Year]]
| style="text-align:center"|Whitney Houston (herself)
| {{nom}}
| Best Female Artist
| align="center" | <ref name="grammy1" />
| {{won}}
|-
|-
|rowspan="1" | "[[You Give Good Love]]"
| align="left" rowspan="2"|''[[Bravo (magazine)|BRAVO]]'' Magazine's [[Bravo Otto]]<ref name=bravootto>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.bravo.de/online/render.php?render=26074 |title=BRAVO Otto 1993 |magazine=BRAVO |date=January 6, 1994 |access-date=June 29, 2010 }}{{dead link|date=June 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
| [[Grammy Award for Best Female R&B Vocal Performance|Best Female R&B Vocal Performance]]
|style="text-align:center"|Whitney Houston (herself)
| {{nom}}
| Best Actress - Silver Otto Award
| align="center" | <ref name="grammy1" />
| {{won}}
|-
|-
| {{grammy|1987}}
| style="text-align:center"|Whitney Houston (herself)
| "[[The Greatest Love of All#Whitney Houston version|Greatest Love of All]]"
| Best Female Singer - Silver Otto Award
| [[Grammy Award for Record of the Year|Record of the Year]]
| {{won}}
| {{nom}}
| align="center" | <ref name="grammy2">{{cite web |url=https://www.grammy.com/awards/29th-annual-grammy-awards |title=29th Annual Grammy Awards | work=Grammy.com |accessdate=May 29, 2023}}</ref>
|-
|-
|rowspan="3" | {{grammy|1988}}
| rowspan="3"|[[Japan Gold Disc Award|The 7th Japan Gold Disc Awards]]<ref name="japangolddisc">{{cite web | url = http://www.riaj.or.jp/data/others/gdlist/pdf/gd1-20_list.pdf | title = ゴールドディスク大賞受賞者一覧 (Japan Gold Disc Awards winners list) | publisher = [[Recording Industry Association of Japan|The Recording Industry Association of Japan]] | access-date = June 30, 2010|language=ja}}</ref>
|rowspan="1" | ''[[Whitney (album)|Whitney]]''
| style="text-align:center" rowspan="2"|''The Bodyguard Soundtrack''
| グランプリ・アルバム賞 (Album of the Year, International)
| Album of the Year
| {{won}}
| {{nom}}
| align="center" | <ref name="grammy3">{{cite web |url=https://www.grammy.com/awards/30th-annual-grammy-awards |title=30th Annual Grammy Awards | work=Grammy.com |accessdate=May 29, 2023}}</ref>
|-
|-
|rowspan="1" | "[[I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me)]]"
| アルバム賞 ― 企画 (Compilation Album of the Year, International)
| Best Female Pop Vocal Performance
| {{won}}
| {{won}}
| align="center" | <ref name="grammy3" />
|-
|-
| style="text-align:center"|"I Will Always Love You"
|rowspan="1" | "[[For the Love of You]]"
| Best Female R&B Vocal Performance
| グランプリ・シングル賞 (Single of the Year, International)
| {{won}}
| {{nom}}
| align="center" | <ref name="grammy3" />
|}

'''Note:'''
*F<span id="endnote_F"></span>'''[[#ref F|^]]''' Awards marked with ★ were presented during the show. The remaining awards are additional #1-ranked-categories from ''Billboard'' magazine's Year-End Charts of 1993.

==1994==
* At the 21st American Music Awards, Houston set a record becoming the first female artist with the most wins in one night, with a total of 7 awards. This ties her with Michael Jackson as they both won 7 awards and one special merit award (in the same night). At the 6th annual World Music Awards, Houston won 5 awards during the ceremony.
{| class="wikitable"
! width=25% | Awards show or organization
! width=25% | Nomination(s)
! width=45% | Categories
! width=5% | Result(s)
|-
|-
| {{grammy|1989}}
|rowspan="6"|[[NAACP Image Awards|The 26th NAACP Image Awards]]<ref>{{cite magazine | magazine = The Crisis | author = Denise Crittendon | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=U1kEAAAAMBAJ&q=1994%20naacp%20image%20awards%20whitney%20houston&pg=PA34 | title = Stars Shine At The NAACP Image Awards | volume = 101 | issue = 2 | page = 34 | issn = 0011-1422 | date = February–March 1994 | access-date= February 9, 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine | magazine = Billboard | author = J.R. Reynolds | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=FwgEAAAAMBAJ&q=1994%20naacp%20image%20awards%20whitney%20houston&pg=PA15 | title = The Rhythm and the Blues: Tupac's Loss May Preserve Awards' Image; New Indies Form Out West And Down South . | volume = 106 | issue = 3 | page = 15 | date = January 15, 1994 | access-date = June 29, 2010 | issn = 0006-2510}}</ref><ref name="1994naacplatimes">{{cite news | work = Los Angeles Times | author = Marisa Leonardi | url = http://articles.latimes.com/1994-01-07/entertainment/ca-9458_1_whitney-houston | title = Michael Jackson Shares Whitney Houston's Spotlight, Honors: Houston wins five NAACP Image Awards, but Jackson gets cheers in a show marked by controversy | date = January 7, 1994 | access-date = June 29, 2010}}</ref>
| "[[One Moment in Time]]"
| style="text-align:center"|Whitney Houston (herself)
| Best Female Pop Vocal Performance
| [[NAACP Image Award for Entertainer of the Year|Entertainer of the Year]]
| {{won}}
| {{nom}}
| align="center" | <ref name="grammy4">{{cite web |url=https://www.grammy.com/awards/31st-annual-grammy-awards |title=31st Annual Grammy Awards | work=Grammy.com |accessdate=May 29, 2023}}</ref>
|-
|-
| {{grammy|1990}}
| style="text-align:center" rowspan="3"|''The Bodyguard Soundtrack''
| "[[It Isn't, It Wasn't, It Ain't Never Gonna Be]]" <small>(with [[Aretha Franklin]])</small>
| [[NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Female Artist|Outstanding Female Artist]]
| [[Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals|Best R&B Vocal Performance by a Duo or Group]]
| {{won}}
| {{nom}}
| align="center" | <ref name="grammy5">{{cite web |url=https://www.grammy.com/awards/32nd-annual-grammy-awards |title=32nd Annual Grammy Awards | work=Grammy.com |accessdate=May 29, 2023}}</ref>
|-
|-
| {{grammy|1991}}
| [[NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Album|Outstanding Album]]
| "[[I'm Your Baby Tonight (song)|I'm Your Baby Tonight]]"
| {{won}}
| Best Female Pop Vocal Performance
| {{nom}}
| align="center" | <ref name="grammy6">{{cite web |url=https://www.grammy.com/awards/33rd-annual-grammy-awards |title=33rd Annual Grammy Awards | work=Grammy.com |accessdate=May 29, 2023}}</ref>
|-
|-
| {{grammy|1992}}
| Outstanding Soundtrack Album, Film or TV
| "[[All the Man That I Need]]"
| {{won}}
| Best Female Pop Vocal Performance
| {{nom}}
| align="center" | <ref name="grammy7">{{cite web |url=https://www.grammy.com/awards/34th-annual-grammy-awards |title=34th Annual Grammy Awards | work=Grammy.com |accessdate=May 29, 2023}}</ref>
|-
|-
| {{grammy|1993}}
| style="text-align:center"|"[[I'm Every Woman#Whitney Houston version|I'm Every Woman]]"
| "[[I Belong to You (Whitney Houston song)|I Belong to You]]"
| [[NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Music Video|Outstanding Music Video]]
| Best Female R&B Vocal Performance
| {{won}}
|-
| style="text-align:center"|''The Bodyguard''
| [[NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture|Outstanding Lead Actress in a Motion Picture]]
| {{nom}}
| {{nom}}
| align="center" | <ref name="grammy8">{{cite web |url=https://www.grammy.com/awards/35th-annual-grammy-awards |title=35th Annual Grammy Awards | work=Grammy.com |accessdate=May 29, 2023}}</ref>
|-
|-
|rowspan="4" | {{grammy|1994}}
| rowspan="9"|'''[[American Music Awards of 1994|The 21st American Music Awards]]'''<ref name = "1994amajet">{{cite magazine | magazine = Jet | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=vcADAAAAMBAJ&q=1994%2021st%20american%20music%20awards&pg=PA56 | title = Whitney Houston, Eight American Music Awards Make Her Top Female Winner | date = February 28, 1994 | access-date = June 29, 2010 | volume = 85 | issue = 17 | pages = 56–59 | issn = 0021-5996}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center"|''The Bodyguard Soundtrack''
|rowspan="1" | ''[[The Bodyguard (soundtrack)|The Bodyguard]]''
| Album of the Year
| [[American Music Awards of 1994#Pop/Rock Category|Favorite Pop/Rock Album]]
| {{won}}
| {{won}}
| align="center" | <ref name="grammy9">{{cite web |url=https://www.grammy.com/awards/36th-annual-grammy-awards |title=36th Annual Grammy Awards | work=Grammy.com |accessdate=May 29, 2023}}</ref>
|-
|-
| style="text-align:center"|"I Will Always Love You"
|rowspan="2" | "[[I Will Always Love You#Whitney Houston version|I Will Always Love You]]"
| Record of the Year
| [[American Music Awards of 1994#Pop/Rock Category|Favorite Pop/Rock Single]]
| {{won}}
| {{won}}
| align="center" | <ref name="grammy9" />
|-
|-
| Best Female Pop Vocal Performance
| style="text-align:center"|Whitney Houston (herself)
| [[American Music Award for Favorite Pop/Rock Female Artist#1990s|Favorite Pop/Rock Female Artist]]
| {{won}}
| {{won}}
| align="center" | <ref name="grammy9" />
|-
|-
|rowspan="1" | "[[I'm Every Woman#Whitney Houston version|I'm Every Woman]]"
| style="text-align:center"|''The Bodyguard Soundtrack''
| Best Female R&B Vocal Performance
| [[American Music Awards of 1994#Soul/R&B Category|Favorite Soul/R&B Album]]
| {{won}}
| {{nom}}
| align="center" | <ref name="grammy9" />
|-
|-
|rowspan="3" | {{grammy|1997}}
| style="text-align:center"|"I Will Always Love You"
|rowspan="2" | "[[Count On Me (Whitney Houston and CeCe Winans song)|Count On Me]]"
| [[American Music Awards of 1994#Soul/R&B Category|Favorite Soul/R&B Single]]
| [[Grammy Award for Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals|Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals]] <small>(with [[CeCe Winans]])</small>
| {{won}}
| {{nom}}
| align="center" | <ref name="grammy10">{{cite web |url=https://www.grammy.com/awards/39th-annual-grammy-awards |title=39th Annual Grammy Awards | work=Grammy.com |accessdate=May 29, 2023}}</ref>
|-
|-
| [[Grammy Award for Best Song Written for Visual Media|Best Song Written for Visual Media]] <small>(with [[Babyface (musician)|Babyface]] and Michael Houston)</small>
| style="text-align:center"|Whitney Houston (herself)
| {{nom}}
| [[American Music Award for Favorite Soul/R&B Female Artist#1990s|Favorite Soul/R&B Female Artist]]
| align="center" | <ref name="grammy10" />
| {{won}}
|-
|-
|rowspan="1" | "[[Exhale (Shoop Shoop)]]"
| style="text-align:center"|''The Bodyguard Soundtrack''
| Best Female R&B Vocal Performance
| [[American Music Awards of 1994#Adult Contemporary Category|Favorite Adult Contemporary Album]]
| {{won}}
| {{nom}}
| align="center" | <ref name="grammy10" />
|-
|rowspan="2" | {{grammy|1998}}
|rowspan="1" | ''[[The Preacher's Wife (soundtrack)|The Preacher's Wife]]''
| [[Grammy Award for Best R&B Album|Best R&B Album]]
| {{nom}}
| align="center" | <ref name="grammy11">{{cite web |url=https://www.grammy.com/awards/40th-annual-grammy-awards |title=40th Annual Grammy Awards | work=Grammy.com |accessdate=May 29, 2023}}</ref>
|-
|-
|rowspan="1" | "[[I Believe in You and Me#Whitney Houston version|I Believe in You and Me]]"
| style="text-align:center"|Whitney Houston (herself)
| Best Female R&B Vocal Performance
| [[American Music Awards of 1994#Adult Contemporary Category|Favorite Adult Contemporary Artist]]
| {{nom}}
| {{nom}}
| align="center" | <ref name="grammy11" />
|-
|-
|rowspan="4" | {{grammy|2000}}
| style="text-align:center"|Whitney Houston (herself)
|rowspan="1" | "[[When You Believe]]" <small>(with [[Mariah Carey]])</small>
| [[American Music Awards of 1994#Award of Merit|Award of Merit]]<sup><span id=ref_K>[[#endnote_K|[K]]]</span></sup> (Special Award)
| Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals
| {{won}}
| {{nom}}
| align="center" | <ref name="grammy12">{{cite web |url=https://www.grammy.com/awards/42nd-annual-grammy-awards |title=42nd Annual Grammy Awards | work=Grammy.com |accessdate=May 29, 2023}}</ref>
|-
|-
|rowspan="1" | ''[[My Love Is Your Love]]''
| [[1994 BRIT Awards]]<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.brits.co.uk/history/shows/1994 | title = The BRITs 1994 Winners & Nominees | publisher = [[British Phonographic Industry]] | date = February 14, 1994 | access-date = June 29, 2010}}</ref>
| Best R&B Album
| style="text-align:center"|''The Bodyguard Soundtrack''
| {{nom}}
| Best Soundtrack/Cast Recording
| align="center" | <ref name="grammy12" />
| {{won}}
|-
|-
|rowspan="1" | "[[Heartbreak Hotel (Whitney Houston song)|Heartbreak Hotel]]" <small>(with [[Faith Evans]] and [[Kelly Price]])</small>
| rowspan="4"|[[Grammy Awards of 1994|The 36th Grammy Awards]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www2.grammy.com/GRAMMY_Awards/Winners/Results.aspx |title=Grammy Award winners searchable database |publisher=[[National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences]] |date=March 1, 1994 |access-date=June 29, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100124040144/http://www2.grammy.com/GRAMMY_Awards/Winners/Results.aspx |archive-date=January 24, 2010 }}</ref>
| Best R&B Vocal Performance by a Duo or Group
| style="text-align:center"|''The Bodyguard Soundtrack''
| {{nom}}
| [[Grammy Award for Album of the Year#1990s|Album of the Year]]
| align="center" | <ref name="grammy12" />
| {{won}}
|-
|-
|rowspan="1" | "[[It's Not Right but It's Okay]]"
| style="text-align:center" rowspan="2"|"I Will Always Love You"
| Best Female R&B Vocal Performance
| [[Grammy Award for Record of the Year#1990s|Record of the Year]]
| {{won}}
| {{won}}
| align="center" | <ref name="grammy12" />
|-
|-
! scope="row" rowspan="2" | [[Grammy Hall of Fame]]
| [[Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance#1990s|Best Pop Vocal Performance, Female]]
| {{won}}
| 2013
|rowspan="1" | ''[[Whitney Houston (album)|Whitney Houston]]''
| Grammy Hall of Fame
| {{won|Honoree}}
| align="center" |
|-
|-
| 2018
| style="text-align:center"|"I'm Every Woman"
|rowspan="1" | "[[I Will Always Love You#Whitney Houston version|I Will Always Love You]]"
| [[Grammy Award for Best Female R&B Vocal Performance#1990s|Best R&B Vocal Performance, Female]]
| Grammy Hall of Fame
| {{nom}}
| {{won|Honoree}}
| align="center" |
|-
|-
! scope="row" | [[HMV Group|HMV]] Harlem Walk of Fame
| rowspan="3"|[[Soul Train Music Awards|The 8th Soul Train Music Awards]]<ref>{{cite magazine | magazine = Billboard | author = J.R. Reynolds | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=NQgEAAAAMBAJ&q=8th%20soul%20train%20music%20awards&pg=PA34 | title = The Rhythm and the Blues: 8th Soul Train Awards Are Aglow With Stellar Performances, Star Appearances | volume = 106 | issue = 13 | page = 34 | date = March 26, 1994 | access-date = June 29, 2010 | issn = 0006-2510}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.soultrain.com/stma/library.html |title=Soul Train Music Awards History |publisher=[[Don Cornelius|Don Cornelius Productions, Inc]] |access-date=June 29, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130725073904/http://www.soultrain.com/stma/library.html |archive-date=July 25, 2013 }}</ref>
| 2000
| style="text-align:center"|Whitney Houston (herself)
| Whitney Houston
| [[Soul Train Music Award for Sammy Davis, Jr. – Entertainer of the Year|Sammy Davis, Jr. Award as Entertainer of the Year]]
| Induction
| {{won}}
| {{won|Inductee}}
| align="center" | <ref name="harlemwof">{{cite magazine | author = Gail Mitchell | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=kA4EAAAAMBAJ&q=HMV%20Harlem%20walk%20of%20fame&pg=PA8 | title = Harlem USA To Launch; Retail/Theater Complex Touts Music . | magazine = Billboard | date = March 11, 2000 | accessdate = July 4, 2010 | issn = 0006-2510 | volume = 112 | issue = 11 | page = 8}}</ref>
|-
|-
! scope="row" rowspan="2" | [[iHeartRadio Music Awards]]
| style="text-align:center"|"I Will Always Love You"
|rowspan="2" | 2019
| [[Soul Train Music Award for Best R&B/Soul Song of the Year|Best R&B Song of the Year]]
|rowspan="2" | "[[Higher Love#Kygo and Whitney Houston version|Higher Love]]"
| {{won}}
| Dance Song of the Year
|-
| style="text-align:center"|"I Have Nothing"
| [[Soul Train Music Award for Best R&B/Soul Single, Female|Best R&B Single, Female]]
| {{nom}}
| {{nom}}
| align="center" |
|-
|-
| [[Juno Award|The 24th Juno Awards]]<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.metrolyrics.com/1994-juno-awards.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110812082010/http://www.metrolyrics.com/1994-juno-awards.html|archive-date=2011-08-12|url-status=unfit | title = 1994 Juno Awards Winners | publisher = [[Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences|The Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences]] | date = March 20, 1994 | access-date = June 29, 2010}}</ref>
| Best Remix
| style="text-align:center"|''The Bodyguard Soundtrack''
| {{nom}}
| [[Juno Award for International Album of the Year|Best Selling Album - Foreign or Domestic]]
| align="center" |
|-
! scope="row" | International Achievement in Arts Awards
| 1995
| Whitney Houston
| Distinguished Achievement in Music and Film/Video
| {{won}}
| {{won}}
| align="center" | <ref name="1995iaaa">{{cite news | author = A.J. Benza & Michael Lewittes | url = http://www.nydailynews.com/archives/gossip/1995/12/01/1995-12-01_ivana_s_vows_and_wows.html | title = Bobby in Town | work = [[New York Daily News]] | date = December 1, 1995 | access-date = June 30, 2010 }}{{dead link|date=December 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
|-
|-
! scope="row" | International Dance Music Awards
| The 10th Communications Awards Dinner<ref>{{cite web | url = http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=WT&p_theme=wt&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EB0F0A3635626A7&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM | title = NABOB makes the night its own | work = [[The Washington Times]] | date = March 28, 1994 | access-date = June 29, 2010 | format = Payment needed to view the whole article}}</ref><br /><small>(The National Association of Black Owned Broadcasters, NABOB)</small>
| 2000
| style="text-align:center"|Whitney Houston (herself)
| "It's Not Right but It's Okay"
| Entertainer of the Year
| Best Pop 12" Dance Record
| {{won}}
| {{won}}
| align="center" | <ref>{{cite web | url = http://wintermusicconference.com/idmaballot/nominees/archived/index.php?year=2000 | title = IDMA Archive: 2000 IDMA Nominees & Winners | publisher = [[Winter Music Conference]] | accessdate = May 7, 2011 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110306094131/http://wintermusicconference.com/idmaballot/nominees/archived/index.php?year=2000 | archive-date = March 6, 2011 | url-status = dead }}</ref>
|-
|-
! scope="row" rowspan="7" | [[Japan Gold Disc Awards]]
| The NARM 1993-1994 Best Seller Awards<ref name="1994narm">{{cite magazine | magazine = Billboard | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=QQgEAAAAMBAJ&pg=RA1-PA47 | title = Jackson, Pearl Jam Honored As Best Sellers . | volume = 106 | issue = 15 | page = 47 | date = April 9, 1994 | access-date = July 3, 2010 | issn = 0006-2510}}</ref><br /><small>(The National Association of Recording Merchandisers)</small>
| style="text-align:center"|''The Bodyguard Soundtrack''
| Best-selling Soundtrack
| {{won}}
|-
|-
|rowspan="3" | 1993
| The 15th American Black Achievement Awards<ref name="1994abaa">{{cite magazine | magazine = Ebony | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=1HhtOI8Lw7EC&q=15th%20american%20black%20achievement%20awards&pg=PA132 | title = Complete List of ABAA Recipients and Honorees: 1993-1994 | volume = 49 | issue = 7 | page = 132 | date = May 1994 | access-date = June 30, 2010 | issn = 0012-9011
|rowspan="2" | ''The Bodyguard''
}}</ref><ref name="1944abaajet">{{cite magazine | magazine = Jet | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=7sADAAAAMBAJ&q=15th%20american%20black%20achievement%20awards&pg=PA63 | title = Vanessa Williams Hosts 15th Anniversary of American Black Achievement Awards | volume = 85 | issue = 25 | page = 63 | date = April 25, 1994 | access-date = June 30, 2010 | issn = 0021-5996}}</ref>
| グランプリ・アルバム賞 (Album of the Year, International)
| style="text-align:center"|Whitney Houston (herself)
| The Music Award
| {{won}}
| {{won}}
| align="center" | <ref name="japangolddisc">{{cite web | url = http://www.riaj.or.jp/data/others/gdlist/pdf/gd1-20_list.pdf | title = ゴールドディスク大賞受賞者一覧 (Japan Gold Disc Awards winners list) | publisher = [[Recording Industry Association of Japan|The Recording Industry Association of Japan]] | access-date = June 30, 2010|language=ja}}</ref>
|-
|-
| アルバム賞 ― 企画 (Compilation Album of the Year, International)
| rowspan="5"|'''[[World Music Awards|The 6th World Music Awards]]'''<ref>{{cite magazine | author = Mark Dezzani | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=TAgEAAAAMBAJ&q=world%20music%20awards%201994%20whitney%20houston&pg=PA41 | title = World Music Awards Gaining Stature | magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] | date = May 21, 1994 | access-date = June 29, 2010}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center" rowspan="5"|Whitney Houston (herself)
| World's Best Selling Overall Recording Artist
| {{won}}
| {{won}}
| align="center" | <ref name="japangolddisc" />
|-
|-
| "I Will Always Love You"
| World's Best Selling Pop Artist of the Year
| グランプリ・シングル賞 (Single of the Year, International)
| {{won}}
| {{won}}
| align="center" | <ref name="japangolddisc" />
|-
|-
|rowspan="2" | 1994{{efn|Special Award - this award is presented by the [[Recording Industry Association of Japan]] (RIAJ) to the product which released before that year, sales over one million units or higher than a product get the award on the same category in that year.}}
| World's Best Selling R&B Artist of the Year
| ''The Bodyguard''
| 特別賞 (Special Award, International)
| {{won}}
| {{won}}
| align="center" | <ref name="japangolddisc"/>
|-
|-
| "I Will Always Love You"
| World's Best Selling American Recording Artist of the Year
| 特別賞 (Special Award, International)
| {{won}}
| {{won}}
| align="center" | <ref name="japangolddisc"/>
|-
|-
| 2001
| World's Best Selling Female Recording Artist of the Era
| ''[[Whitney: The Greatest Hits]]''
| Pop Album of the Year (International)
| {{won}}
| {{won}}
| align="center" | <ref name="japangolddisc2">{{cite web | url = http://www.riaj.or.jp/e/data/gdisc/2001.html | title = The 16th Japan Gold Disc Awards Winners | publisher = The [[Recording Industry Association of Japan]] | accessdate = July 4, 2010}}</ref>
|-
|-
! scope="row" | [[Juno Award]]s
| rowspan="2"|[[Japan Gold Disc Award|The 8th Japan Gold Disc Awards]]<ref name="japangolddisc"/><sup><span id=ref_L>[[#endnote_L|[L]]]</span></sup>
| 1994
| style="text-align:center"|''The Bodyguard Soundtrack''
| ''The Bodyguard''
| 特別賞 (Special Award, International)
| [[Juno Award for International Album of the Year|Best-Selling Album - Foreign or Domestic]]
| {{won}}
| {{won}}
| align="center" | <ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.metrolyrics.com/1994-juno-awards.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110812082010/http://www.metrolyrics.com/1994-juno-awards.html|archive-date=2011-08-12|url-status=unfit | title = 1994 Juno Awards Winners | publisher = [[Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences|The Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences]] | date = March 20, 1994 | access-date = June 29, 2010}}</ref>
|-
|-
! scope="row" | [[Library of Congress]]
| style="text-align:center"|"I Will Always Love You"
| 2020
| 特別賞 (Special Award, International)
| "[[I Will Always Love You#Whitney Houston recording|I Will Always Love You]]"
| {{won}}
| National Recording Registry
| {{won|Inductee}}
| align="center" | <ref name="libraryofcongress">{{cite web |url=https://www.loc.gov/programs/national-recording-preservation-board/recording-registry/registry-by-induction-years/2019/ |title=Library of Congress (2019) - View Registry by Induction Years |accessdate=May 30, 2023}}</ref>
|-
|-
! scope="row" | M6 Awards
| Harris Poll ([[Harris Insights & Analytics|Harris Interactive]])<ref>{{cite news | work = [[Boston Herald]] | url = https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/bostonherald/access/68309014.html?dids=68309014:68309014&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Dec+12%2C+1994&author=&pub=Boston+Herald&desc=CELEBRITY&pqatl=google | title = Celebrity | date = December 12, 1994 | access-date = May 7, 2011 | format = Payment needed to view the whole article}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.pollingreport.com/music.htm | title = Music Poll | publisher = pollingreport.com | access-date = May 7, 2011}}</ref>
| 2000
| style="text-align:center" |Whitney Houston (herself)
| Whitney Houston
| #1 Favorite Singer/Musician or Musical Group
| Artiste Féminine Internationale de l'Année <br /><small>(International Female Artist of the Year)</small>
| {{nom}}
| align="center" | <ref>{{cite web | url = http://linfonetrealtv.free.fr/pages/newsseul.php?idarticles=812&idemission=12 | title = Les Archives: M6 Awards 2000 | publisher = linfonetrealtv.free.fr | date = November 17, 2000 | accessdate = May 8, 2011}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" | [[Meteor Music Awards]]
| 2001
| ''Whitney: The Greatest Hits''
| Best International Female
| {{won}}
| {{won}}
| align="center" | <ref name="meteor">{{cite web|url=http://www.irma.ie/2001winners.htm |title=2001 Meteor Ireland Music Awards Winners |publisher=[[Irish Recorded Music Association]] |date=March 16, 2001 |accessdate=July 4, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110928061727/http://www.irma.ie/2001winners.htm |archive-date=September 28, 2011 }}</ref>
|}
'''Note:'''
*K<span id="endnote_K"></span>'''[[#ref K|^]]''' Houston received the award "in recognition of her outstanding contributions to the musical entertainment of the American public."
*L<span id="endnote_L"></span>'''[[#ref L|^]]''' Special Award - this award is presented by the [[Recording Industry Association of Japan]] (RIAJ) to the product which released before that year, sales over one million units or higher than a product get the award on the same category in that year.

== 1995 ==
{|class="wikitable"
! width=25% | Awards show or organization
! width=25% |Nomination(s)
! width=45% |Categories
! width=5% | Result(s)
|-
|-
! scope="row" rowspan="3" | [[MTV Europe Music Awards]]
| [[21st People's Choice Awards|The 21st People's Choice Awards]]<ref>{{cite news | author = Lisa de Moraes | url = https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=1mFWAAAAIBAJ&pg=6783,4512047&dq | title = 'Gump' a strong contender for People's Choice Award | work = [[The Spokesman-Review]] | date = February 6, 1995 | access-date = May 5, 2011 | page = B5}}</ref>
|rowspan="2" | [[MTV Europe Music Awards|1999]]
| style="text-align:center" | Whitney Houston (herself)
|rowspan="2" | Whitney Houston
| Favorite Female Musical Performer
| [[MTV Europe Music Award for Best Female|Best Female]]
| {{nom}}
| {{nom}}
| align="center" | <ref name="emamtv1">{{cite web | author = Brian Ives | url = http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1434401/19991112/spears_britney.jhtml | title = Bono Honored As Britney Spears Dominates MTV Europe Awards | publisher = MTV Network | date = November 12, 1999 | accessdate = July 3, 2010}}</ref>
|-
|-
| [[MTV Europe Music Award for Best R&B|Best R&B]]
| The 2nd [[VH1]] Honors<ref name="1995vh1honors">{{cite news | author = Chris Riemenschneider | work = Los Angeles Times | url = http://articles.latimes.com/1995-06-24/entertainment/ca-16654_1_michael-jackson | title = Jackson's History Gets a New, Brief Chapter, Pop Beat: Houston, Midler and others are saluted at VH1 Honors, but Michael makes the most of his short appearance | date = June 24, 1995 | access-date = June 30, 2010}}</ref><sup><span id=ref_M>[[#endnote_M|[M]]]</span></sup>
| style="text-align:center"|Whitney Houston (herself)
| VH1 Honors Award
| {{won}}
| {{won}}
| align="center" | <ref name="emamtv1" />
|-
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[MTV Europe Music Awards 2012|2012]]
|[[Soul Train]] 25th Anniversary Hall Of Fame Special<ref name="1995soultrain">{{cite magazine | magazine = Billboard | author = J.R. Reynolds | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=ZA0EAAAAMBAJ&q=Soul%20Train%2025th%20Anniversary%20Hall%20of%20Fame%20WHITNEY%20HOUSTON&pg=PA32 | title = 'Soul Train' Opens Hall Of Fame, Audience Is Enthusiastic Despite Delays . | volume = 107 | issue = 46 | page = 32 | date = November 18, 1995 | access-date = June 29, 2010}}</ref>
| Whitney Houston
| style="text-align:center"| Inductee
| [[MTV Europe Music Award for Global Icon|Global Icon]]
| Soul Train Hall of Fame
| {{won}}
| {{won}}
| align="center" | <ref name="whitneyglobalicon">{{cite news |url=http://www.mtv.co.uk/news/rq3inx/whitney-houston-named-global-icon-at-2012-mtv-ema |title=Whitney Houston Named Global Icon at 2012 MTV EMA |date=11 November 2012 |accessdate=May 30, 2023}}</ref>
|-
|-
! scope="row" rowspan="6" | [[MTV Movie & TV Awards]]
| The 2nd International Achievement in Arts Awards<ref name="1995iaaa">{{cite news | author = A.J. Benza & Michael Lewittes | url = http://www.nydailynews.com/archives/gossip/1995/12/01/1995-12-01_ivana_s_vows_and_wows.html | title = Bobby in Town | work = [[New York Daily News]] | date = December 1, 1995 | access-date = June 30, 2010 }}{{dead link|date=December 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
|rowspan="5" | [[1993 MTV Movie Awards|1993]]
| style="text-align:center"|Whitney Houston (herself)
|rowspan="3" | Whitney Houston
| Distinguished Achievement in Music and Film/Video
| [[MTV Movie Award for Best Female Performance|Best Female Performance]]
|{{won}}
| {{nom}}
| align="center" | <ref name="mtvmovie1">{{cite web | url = http://www.mtv.com/ontv/movieawards/1993/ | title = 1993 MTV Movie Awards | publisher=[[MTV]] | accessdate = June 29, 2010}}</ref><ref name="mtvmovie2">{{cite web|url=http://www.tv.com/mtv-movie-awards/1993-mtv-movie-awards/episode/1161022/recap.html?tag=content_wrap;episode_recap |title=1993 MTV Movie Awards Winners |publisher=[[TV.com]] |date=July 13, 1993 |accessdate=June 29, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110604063643/http://www.tv.com/mtv-movie-awards/1993-mtv-movie-awards/episode/1161022/recap.html?tag=content_wrap%3Bepisode_recap |archive-date=June 4, 2011 }}</ref>
|-
|-
| [[MTV Movie Award for Best Breakthrough Performance|Best Breakthrough Performance]]
| rowspan="2"|[[CableACE Awards|The 17th CableACE Awards]]<ref name="1995cableace">{{cite news | work = Los Angeles Times | author = Lee Margulies | url = http://articles.latimes.com/1995-09-20/entertainment/ca-47896_1_larry-sanders-show | title = HBO Leads the Pack With 89 CableACE Nominations, Television: Nods for 'Larry Sanders,' 'Dream On' push network ahead of Showtime, which garners 36 | date = September 20, 1995 | access-date = June 30, 2010}}</ref><ref name="1995cableacewinners">{{cite news | work = Los Angeles Times | author = Lee Margulies | url = http://articles.latimes.com/1995-12-04/entertainment/ca-10134_1_larry-sanders-show/2 | title = Shandling, HBO Top Cable Awards - Television: The star and his 'Larry Sanders Show' each get four CableACE honors. HBO wins 27 of the 81 prizes | date = December 4, 1995 | access-date = June 30, 2010}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center"| [[Whitney: The Concert for a New South Africa|Whitney, The Concert For A New South Africa]]
| Performance in a Music Special or Series
| {{nom}}
| {{nom}}
| align="center" | <ref name="mtvmovie1" /><ref name="mtvmovie2" />
|-
|-
| [[MTV Movie Award for Best On-Screen Duo|Best On-Screen Duo]] <br /><small>(with [[Kevin Costner]])</small>
| style="text-align:center"|VH-1 Honors With [[CeCe Winans]]
| Performance in a Music Special or Series
| {{nom}}
| {{nom}}
| align="center" | <ref name="mtvmovie1" /><ref name="mtvmovie2" />
|}

'''Note:'''
*M<span id="endnote_M"></span>'''[[#ref M|^]]''' Houston earned the award for her charitable works with the Whitney Houston Foundation for Children, Inc.

== 1996 ==
{|class="wikitable"
! width=25% | Awards show or organization
! width=25% |Nomination(s)
! width=45% |Categories
! width=5% | Result(s)
|-
|-
|rowspan="1" | ''The Bodyguard''
|[[22nd People's Choice Awards|The 22nd People's Choice Awards]]<ref name="1996peopleschoice">{{cite news | url = http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1P2-767560.html | title = People's Choice | newspaper = [[The Washington Post]] | date = March 10, 1996 | access-date = June 30, 2010 | format = Payment needed to view the whole article}}</ref>
| [[MTV Movie Award for Best Movie|Best Movie]]
|style="text-align:center"|Whitney Houston (herself)
| {{nom}}
|Favorite Female Musical Performer
| align="center" | <ref name="mtvmovie1" /><ref name="mtvmovie2" />
|{{nom}}
|-
|-
|rowspan="1" | "I Will Always Love You"
| rowspan="2"|[[Soul Train Music Awards|The 10th Soul Train Music Awards]]<ref name="1996soultrainbillboard">{{cite magazine | magazine = Billboard | author = J.R. Reynolds | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=_gwEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA28 | title = Despite Violence, Soul Train Awards Upbeat; TLC, D'Angelo Big Winners . | volume = 108 | issue = 15 | page = 28 | date = April 13, 1996 | access-date = June 30, 2010 | issn = 0006-2510}}</ref><ref name="1996soultrainlatimes">{{cite news | author = Shauna Snow | url = http://articles.latimes.com/1996-02-23/entertainment/ca-39073_1_soul-train | title = Pop/Rock | work = Los Angeles Times | date = February 23, 1996 | access-date = June 30, 2010}}</ref>
| [[MTV Movie Award for Best Song From a Movie|Best Song From a Movie]]
| style="text-align:center" rowspan="2" | "[[Exhale (Shoop Shoop)]]"
| [[Soul Train Music Award for Best R&B/Soul Single, Female|Best R&B/Soul Single, Female]]
| {{won}}
| {{won}}
| align="center" | <ref name="mtvmovie1" /><ref name="mtvmovie2" />
|-
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[1996 MTV Movie Awards|1996]]
| Best R&B/Soul or Rap Song of the Year
|rowspan="1" | "[[Exhale (Shoop Shoop)]]"
| Best Song from a Movie
| {{nom}}
| {{nom}}
| align="center" | <ref name="mtvmovie3">{{cite web |url=<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mtv.com/ontv/movieawards/1996/|title=1996 Movie Awards Winners|publisher=MTV|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080423094823/http://www.mtv.com/ontv/movieawards/1996/|archive-date=April 23, 2008|url-status=dead|access-date=January 28, 2022}}</ref> There was also an award unique to that year called "Best Sandwich in a Movie".<ref>{{cite news |last1=Roth |first1=Madeline |title=For One Year Only, This Insanely Random Movie Awards Category Was Real |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/2130599/movie-awards-best-sandwich-category/ |access-date=January 28, 2022 |work=MTV News |date=April 12, 2015 |language=en}}</ref> |title=MTV Movie Awards - 1996 | accessdate=May 30, 2023}}</ref>
|-
|-
! scope="row" rowspan="3" | [[MTV Video Music Awards]]
| The NARM 1995-1996 Best Seller Awards<ref name="1996bestseller">{{cite magazine | magazine = Billboard | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=_gwEAAAAMBAJ&q=blockbuster%20entertainment%20awards&pg=PA69 | title = NARM Grants Sales And Ad Awards, Scholarships . | volume = 108 | issue = 15 | page = 69 | issn = 0006-2510 | date = April 13, 1996 | access-date = July 3, 2010}}</ref><br /><small>(The National Association of Recording Merchandisers)</small>
|rowspan="2" | [[1986 MTV Video Music Awards|1986]]
| style="text-align:center"|''[[Waiting to Exhale: Original Soundtrack Album|Waiting to Exhale Soundtrack]]''
|rowspan="2" | "[[How Will I Know]]"
| Best-selling Soundtrack Recording
| [[MTV Video Music Award for Best Female Video|Best Female Video]]
| {{won}}
| {{won}}
| align="center" | <ref name="mtvvma1">{{cite web |url=http://www.rockonthenet.com/archive/1986/mtvvmas.htm |title=1986 MTV Video Music Awards |accessdate=May 30, 2023}}</ref>
|-
|-
| [[MTV Video Music Award for Best New Artist|Best New Artist]]
| rowspan="8"|[[NAACP Image Awards|The 27th NAACP Image Awards]]<ref>{{cite magazine | magazine = The Crisis | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=TFkEAAAAMBAJ&q=Outstanding%20Variety%20Series%20or%20Special%20whitney%20houston&pg=PA18-IA2 | title = 1996 The 27th NAACP Image Awards Nominees | date = February–March 1996 | access-date = June 30, 2010 | issn = 0011-1422 | volume = 103 | issue = 2}}</ref><ref name="1996naacpwinners">{{cite magazine | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=WDkDAAAAMBAJ&q=1996%20naacp%20image%20awards%20whitney%20houston&pg=PA62 | title = 1996 The 27th NAACP Image Awards Winners | magazine = Jet | date = April 29, 1996 | access-date = June 30, 2010 | issn = 0021-5996 | volume = 89 | issue = 24}}</ref><ref name="1996naacplatimes">{{cite news | author = Susan King | url = http://articles.latimes.com/1996-04-08/entertainment/ca-56022_1_image-award | title = 'Waiting' Pays Off Big at NAACP Image Awards | work = Los Angeles Times | date = April 8, 1996 | access-date = June 30, 2010}}</ref>
| {{nom}}
| style="text-align:center" rowspan="2"|''[[Waiting to Exhale]]''
| align="center" | <ref name="mtvvma1" />
| [[NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Motion Picture|Outstanding Motion Picture]]
| {{won}}
|-
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[1999 MTV Video Music Awards|1999]]
| [[NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture|Outstanding Lead Actress in a Motion Picture]]
|rowspan="1" | "[[Heartbreak Hotel]]"
| [[MTV Video Music Award for Best R&B Video|Best R&B Video]]
| {{nom}}
| {{nom}}
| align="center" | <ref name="mtvvma2">{{cite web |url=http://www.rockonthenet.com/archive/1999/mtvvmas.htm |title=1999 MTV Video Music Awards |accessdate=May 30, 2023}}</ref>
|-
|-
! scope="row" | [[Music of Black Origin Awards|MOBO Awards]]
| style="text-align:center"|VH1 Honors with CeCe Winans
| 1999
| Outstanding Performance in a Variety Series/Special
| Whitney Houston
| Best International Act
| {{nom}}
| {{nom}}
| align="center" | <ref name="moboawards">{{cite web |url=https://mobo.com/history/1999 |title=MOBO Awards 1999 | accessdate=May 30, 2023}}</ref>
|-
|-
| style="text-align:center"|[[Nickelodeon Kids Choice Awards]]
! scope="row" | My VH1 Music Awards
| 2000
| Outstanding Performance in an Educational/Informational Youth or Children's Series/Special
| Whitney Houston vs. Honolulu Airport Security
| Most Entertaining Public Feud
| {{nom}}
| {{nom}}
| align="center" | <ref name="myvh1award1">{{cite news | work = Chicago Tribune | url = http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2000-11-26/entertainment/0011280117_1_mtv-movie-awards-seven-nominations-five-bids | title = Interactive Vh1 Awards Show Includes Some Offbeat Categories | date = November 26, 2000 | author = Allan Johnso | accessdate = May 8, 2011}}</ref><ref name="myvh1award2">{{cite news | work = [[USA Today]] | author = Edna Gundersen | title = John Leguizamo wants his VH1 Awards show is a labor of love, in more ways than one | url = https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/USAToday/access/64805452.html?dids=64805452:64805452&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Nov+29%2C+2000&author=Edna+Gundersen&pub=USA+TODAY&desc=John+Leguizamo+wants+his+VH1+Awards+show+is+a+labor+of+love%2C+in+more+ways+than+one&pqatl=google | date = November 29, 2000 | accessdate = May 8, 2011 | archive-date = November 6, 2012 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20121106165240/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/USAToday/access/64805452.html?dids=64805452:64805452&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Nov+29,+2000&author=Edna+Gundersen&pub=USA+TODAY&desc=John+Leguizamo+wants+his+VH1+Awards+show+is+a+labor+of+love,+in+more+ways+than+one&pqatl=google | url-status = dead }}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" rowspan="36" | [[NAACP Image Awards]]
|rowspan="1" | 1985
| Whitney Houston
| [[NAACP Image Award for Outstanding New Artist|Outstanding New Artist]]
| {{won}}
| align="center" | <ref name="naacp1">{{cite magazine | author = Felicia Kessel | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=dCoEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA42 | title = NAACP Focus; Image Awards | magazine = [[The Crisis]] | date = January 1986 | accessdate = July 4, 2010 | issn = 0011-1422 | volume = 93 | issue = 1 | page = 42}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine | author = Paul Grein | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=uyQEAAAAMBAJ&q=naacp%201985%20whitney%20houston&pg=PT132 | title = Turner, LaBelle, Vandross Win NAACP Image Awards . | magazine = [[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] | date = December 28, 1985 | accessdate = June 28, 2010 | volume = 97 | issue = 52 | page = 65 | issn = 0006-2510}}</ref>
|-
|-
|rowspan="1" | 1986
| style="text-align:center" rowspan="2"|"Exhale (Shoop Shoop)"
| Whitney Houston
| [[NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Female Artist|Outstanding Female Artist]]
| [[NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Female Artist|Outstanding Female Artist]]
| {{won}}
| {{nom}}
| align="center" | <ref name="naacp2">{{cite news | url = https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=zcAMAAAAIBAJ&pg=6661,3892500&dq=19th+naacp+image+awards+nominees&hl=en | title = 'Color Purple' tops Image list | work=[[St. Petersburg Times]] | date = November 4, 1986 | accessdate = June 28, 2010}}</ref>
|-
|-
|rowspan="1" | 1987
| [[NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Song|Outstanding Song]]
| ''[[Whitney (album)|Whitney]]''
| {{won}}
| Outstanding Female Artist
| {{nom}}
| align="center" | <ref name="naacp3">{{cite news | url = http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_action=doc&p_docid=0EB29D9454FDFE26&p_docnum=1&s_accountid=AC0110062807565320487&s_orderid=NB0110062807543320200&s_dlid=DL0110062807570320519&s_ecproduct=DOC&s_ecprodtype=&s_trackval=GooglePM&s_siteloc=&s_referrer=&s_username=crowded&s_accountid=AC0110062807565320487&s_upgradeable=no | title = Awards Contenders Are Listed by NAACP | work=[[The Philadelphia Inquirer]] | date = October 31, 1987 | accessdate = June 28, 2010}}</ref>
|-
|-
|rowspan="2" | 1992
| style="text-align:center" rowspan="2"|''Waiting to Exhale Soundtrack''
| ''[[I'm Your Baby Tonight]]''
| Outstanding Soundtrack Album
| Outstanding Female Artist
| {{nom}}
| align="center" | <ref name="naacp4">{{cite news | author = David J. Fox | url = http://articles.latimes.com/1991-10-16/entertainment/ca-575_1_naacp-image-awards/2 | title = NAACP Flap Taints Annual Image Awards, Awards: A local chapter of the group, involved in a conflict with the national organization, vows to seek an injunction against the event | work = Los Angeles Times | page = 2 | date = October 16, 1991 | accessdate = June 29, 2010}}</ref><ref name="naacp5">{{cite news | author = David J. Fox | url = http://articles.latimes.com/1991-10-16/entertainment/ca-575_1_naacp-image-awards/3 | title = NAACP Flap Taints Annual Image Awards, Awards: A local chapter of the group, involved in a conflict with the national organization, vows to seek an injunction against the event | work = Los Angeles Times | page = 3 | date = October 16, 1991 | accessdate = June 29, 2010}}</ref>
|-
| ''[[Welcome Home Heroes with Whitney Houston|HBO Presents Welcome Home Heroes with Whitney Houston]]''
| [[NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Variety – Series or Special|Outstanding Variety Series or Special]]
| {{nom}}
| align="center" | <ref name="naacp4" /><ref name="naacp5" />
|-
|rowspan="6" | 1994
|rowspan="1" | Whitney Houston
| [[NAACP Image Award for Entertainer of the Year|Entertainer of the Year]]
| {{won}}
| {{won}}
| align="center" | <ref name="naacp6">{{cite magazine | magazine = The Crisis | author = Denise Crittendon | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=U1kEAAAAMBAJ&q=1994%20naacp%20image%20awards%20whitney%20houston&pg=PA34 | title = Stars Shine At The NAACP Image Awards | volume = 101 | issue = 2 | page = 34 | issn = 0011-1422 | date = February–March 1994 | access-date= February 9, 2010}}</ref><ref name="naacp7">{{cite magazine | magazine = Billboard | author = J.R. Reynolds | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=FwgEAAAAMBAJ&q=1994%20naacp%20image%20awards%20whitney%20houston&pg=PA15 | title = The Rhythm and the Blues: Tupac's Loss May Preserve Awards' Image; New Indies Form Out West And Down South . | volume = 106 | issue = 3 | page = 15 | date = January 15, 1994 | access-date = June 29, 2010 | issn = 0006-2510}}</ref><ref name="naacp8">{{cite news | work = Los Angeles Times | author = Marisa Leonardi | url = http://articles.latimes.com/1994-01-07/entertainment/ca-9458_1_whitney-houston | title = Michael Jackson Shares Whitney Houston's Spotlight, Honors: Houston wins five NAACP Image Awards, but Jackson gets cheers in a show marked by controversy | date = January 7, 1994 | access-date = June 29, 2010}}</ref>
|-
|-
|rowspan="3" | ''[[The Bodyguard (soundtrack)|The Bodyguard]]''
| [[NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Album|Outstanding Album]]
| [[NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Album|Outstanding Album]]
| {{won}}
| {{won}}
| align="center" | <ref name="naacp6" /><ref name="naacp7" /><ref name="naacp8" />
|-
|-
| Outstanding Soundtrack Album, Film or TV
| [[1996 MTV Movie Awards#Winners and nominees|The 5th MTV Movie Awards]]<ref name="1996mtvmovie">{{cite web | url = http://www.mtv.com/ontv/movieawards/1996/ | title = 1996 The 5th MTV Movie Awards Winners | publisher = MTV Network | date = June 8, 1996 | access-date = June 30, 2010}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center"|"Exhale (Shoop Shoop)"
| Best Song From A Movie
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[1996 Kids' Choice Awards|The 9th Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards]]<ref>{{cite news | author = Jennifer Mangan | title = Poll Position: Nickelodeon's 'Kids Choice Awards' Lets Viewers Rate The Stars | url = http://articles.chicagotribune.com/1996-03-28/features/9603280216_1_kids-choice-awards-kids-choice-awards-night-nickelodeon | date = March 28, 1996 | access-date = May 5, 2011 | work = Chicago Tribune}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center" | Whitney Houston (herself)
| Kids' Choice Hall of Fame
| {{nom}}
|-
| The 2nd [[Black Entertainment Television|BET]] Walk of Fame<ref name="1996betwalkoffame">{{cite magazine | magazine = Billboard | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=vgcEAAAAMBAJ&q=BET%20walk%20of%20fame%20whitney%20houston&pg=PA25 | title = The Rhythm & The Blues | page = 25 | volume = 108 | issue = 36 | date = September 7, 1996 | issn = 0006-2510}}</ref><sup><span id=ref_N>[[#endnote_N|[N]]]</span></sup><br /><small>(BET's United Negro College Fund Gala Benefit)</small>
| style="text-align:center"|Inductee
| Walk of Fame
| {{won}}
| {{won}}
| align="center" | <ref name="naacp6" /><ref name="naacp7" /><ref name="naacp8" />
|-
|-
| Outstanding Female Artist
| [[Barbara Davis|The 12th Carousel of Hope Ball]]<ref name="1996CarouselofHope">{{cite news | author = Mary Lou Loper | url = http://articles.latimes.com/1996-09-22/news/ls-46358_1_opening-night | title = Gearing Up for a Special Night of Hope | work = Los Angeles Times | date = September 22, 1996 | access-date = June 30, 2010}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center"|Whitney Houston (herself)
| The Davises' High Hopes Award
| {{won}}
| {{won}}
| align="center" | <ref name="naacp6" /><ref name="naacp7" /><ref name="naacp8" />
|-
|-
|rowspan="1" | "[[I'm Every Woman#Whitney Houston version|I'm Every Woman]]"
| [[Billboard Music Awards|The 7th Billboard Music Awards]]<ref name="1996billboardyearend">{{cite magazine | magazine = Billboard | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=sQkEAAAAMBAJ&pg=RA1-PA42-IA17 | title = ''Billboard'' 1996 The Year in Music: Top Soundtrack Albums . | date = December 28, 1996 | volume = 108 | issue = 52 | issn = 0006-2510 | page = YE-84 | access-date = June 30, 2010}}</ref>
| [[NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Music Video|Outstanding Music Video]]
| style="text-align:center"|''Waiting to Exhale Soundtrack''
| Soundtrack Album of the Year
| {{won}}
| {{won}}
| align="center" | <ref name="naacp6" /><ref name="naacp7" /><ref name="naacp8" />
|}

'''Note:'''
*N<span id="endnote_N"></span>'''[[#ref N|^]]''' The award was created to "recognize the significant contribution of African-Americans in the entertainment industry."<ref name="1996betwalkoffame"/>

== 1997 ==
{|class="wikitable"
! width=25% | Awards show or organization
! width=25% |Nomination(s)
! width=45% |Categories
! width=5% | Result(s)
|-
|-
|rowspan="1" | ''[[The Bodyguard]]''
| [[People's Choice Awards|The 23rd People's Choice Awards]]<ref name="1997peopleschoicelatimes">{{cite news | work = Los Angeles Times | author = Shauna Snow | url = http://articles.latimes.com/1997-01-13/entertainment/ca-18290_1_choice-awards | title = NBC's 'ER' and 'Seinfeld' Top People's Choice Awards | date = January 13, 1997 | access-date = June 29, 2010}}</ref>
| [[NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture|Outstanding Actress]]
| style="text-align:center"|Whitney Houston (herself)
| Favorite Female Musical Performer
| {{nom}}
| {{nom}}
| align="center" | <ref name="naacp6" /><ref name="naacp7" /><ref name="naacp8" />
|-
|-
|rowspan="8" | 1996
| rowspan="2"|[[American Music Awards of 1997|The 24th American Music Awards]]<ref name="1997ama">{{cite news | url = http://articles.latimes.com/1997-01-28/news/mn-22915_1_american-music-award | title = Slain Rapper Wins American Music Award | work = Los Angeles Times | date = January 28, 1997 | access-date = June 30, 2010}}</ref>
|rowspan="2" | ''[[Waiting to Exhale]]''
| style="text-align:center"|Whitney Houston (herself)
| [[American Music Award for Favorite Adult Contemporary Artist|Favorite Adult Contemporary Artist]]
| [[NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Motion Picture|Outstanding Film]]
| {{won}}
| {{won}}
| align="center" | <ref name="naacp9">{{cite magazine | magazine = The Crisis | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=TFkEAAAAMBAJ&q=Outstanding%20Variety%20Series%20or%20Special%20whitney%20houston&pg=PA18-IA2 | title = 1996 The 27th NAACP Image Awards Nominees | date = February–March 1996 | access-date = June 30, 2010 | issn = 0011-1422 | volume = 103 | issue = 2}}</ref><ref name="naacp10">{{cite magazine | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=WDkDAAAAMBAJ&q=1996%20naacp%20image%20awards%20whitney%20houston&pg=PA62 | title = 1996 The 27th NAACP Image Awards Winners | magazine = Jet | date = April 29, 1996 | access-date = June 30, 2010 | issn = 0021-5996 | volume = 89 | issue = 24}}</ref><ref name="naacp11">{{cite news | author = Susan King | url = http://articles.latimes.com/1996-04-08/entertainment/ca-56022_1_image-award | title = 'Waiting' Pays Off Big at NAACP Image Awards | work = Los Angeles Times | date = April 8, 1996 | access-date = June 30, 2010}}</ref>
|-
|-
| Outstanding Actress
| style="text-align:center"|''Waiting to Exhale Soundtrack''
| [[American Music Awards of 1997#Soundtrack Album|Favorite Soundtrack Album]] (Not awarded to the artist, but to the producer)
| {{won}}
|-
| rowspan="4"|[[NAACP Image Awards|The 28th NAACP Image Awards]]<ref name="1997naacpjet">{{cite magazine | magazine = Jet | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=mjkDAAAAMBAJ&q=1996%20naacp%20image%20awards&pg=PA61 | title = Ebony's 50th Anniversary Show, Denzel Washington Among NAACP Image Award Winners | volume = 95 | issue = 15 | page = 61 | date = March 3, 1997 | access-date = June 30, 2010 | issn = 0021-5996}}</ref><ref name="1997naacpimdb">{{cite web | url = https://www.imdb.com/event/ev0000345/1997 | title = 1997 The 28th NAACP Image Awards Winners & Nominees | website = [[IMDb]] | date = February 8, 1997 | access-date = June 30, 2010}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center" rowspan="2"|''[[The Preacher's Wife]]''
| Outstanding Motion Picture
| {{nom}}
| {{nom}}
| align="center" | <ref name="naacp9" /><ref name="naacp10" /><ref name="naacp11" />
|-
|-
|rowspan="2" | "[[Exhale (Shoop Shoop)]]"
| [[NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture|Outstanding Lead Actress in a Motion Picture]]
| Outstanding Song
| {{won}}
| {{won}}
| align="center" | <ref name="naacp9" /><ref name="naacp10" /><ref name="naacp11" />
|-
|-
| Outstanding Female Artist
| style="text-align:center" rowspan="2"|''[[The Preacher's Wife: Original Soundtrack Album|The Preacher's Wife Soundtrack]]''
| [[NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Gospel Artist|Outstanding Gospel Artist]] (with [[Georgia Mass Choir]])
| {{won}}
| {{won}}
| align="center" | <ref name="naacp9" /><ref name="naacp10" /><ref name="naacp11" />
|-
|-
|rowspan="2" | ''[[Waiting to Exhale (soundtrack)|Waiting to Exhale]]''
| [[NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Album|Outstanding Album]]
| Outstanding Album
| {{won}}
| {{won}}
| align="center" | <ref name="naacp9" /><ref name="naacp10" /><ref name="naacp11" />
|-
|-
| Outstanding Soundtrack Album
| rowspan="3"|[[39th Grammy Awards|The 39th Grammy Awards]]<ref name="97grammy">{{cite web | url = http://www.rockonthenet.com/archive/1997/grammys.htm | title = 1997 The 39th Grammy Awards Winners & Nominees | publisher = rockonthenet.com | date = February 26, 1997 | accessdate = June 17, 2010}}</ref>
| {{won}}
| style="text-align:center"|"[[Count On Me (Whitney Houston and CeCe Winans song)|Count On Me]]" <small>(Duet with CeCe Winans)</small>
| align="center" | <ref name="naacp9" /><ref name="naacp10" /><ref name="naacp11" />
| [[Grammy Award for Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals#1990s|Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals]]
|-
|rowspan="1" | ''VH1 Honors'' <small>(with [[CeCe Winans]])</small>
| Outstanding Performance in a Variety Series/Special
| {{nom}}
| {{nom}}
| align="center" | <ref name="naacp9" /><ref name="naacp10" /><ref name="naacp11" />
|-
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards]]
| style="text-align:center" | "Exhale (Shoop Shoop)"
| Outstanding Performance in an Educational/Informational Youth or Children's Series/Special
| [[Grammy Award for Best Female R&B Vocal Performance#1990s|Best Female R&B Vocal Performance]]
| {{nom}}
| {{nom}}
| align="center" | <ref name="naacp9" /><ref name="naacp10" /><ref name="naacp11" />
|-
|-
|rowspan="4" | 1997
| style="text-align:center"|"Count on Me"
|rowspan="2" | ''[[The Preacher's Wife]]''
| Best Song Written for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media (with [[Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds|Babyface]] and Michael Houston)
| Outstanding Film
| {{nom}}
| {{nom}}
| align="center" | <ref name="naacp12">{{cite magazine | magazine = Jet | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=mjkDAAAAMBAJ&q=1996%20naacp%20image%20awards&pg=PA61 | title = Ebony's 50th Anniversary Show, Denzel Washington Among NAACP Image Award Winners | volume = 95 | issue = 15 | page = 61 | date = March 3, 1997 | access-date = June 30, 2010 | issn = 0021-5996}}</ref><ref name="naacp13">{{cite web | url = https://www.imdb.com/event/ev0000345/1997 | title = 1997 The 28th NAACP Image Awards Winners & Nominees | website = [[IMDb]] | date = February 8, 1997 | access-date = June 30, 2010}}</ref>
|-
|-
| Outstanding Actress
| The [[National Association of Recording Merchandisers|NARM]] 1996-1997 Best Seller Awards<ref name="1997bestseller">{{cite magazine | magazine = Billboard | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=Aw4EAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA53 | title = NARM Names Its Best Seller Awards .| date = April 12, 1997 | accessdate = June 30, 2010 | volume = 109 | issue = 15 | page = 53 | issn = 0006-2510}}</ref><br /><small>(The National Association of Recording Merchandisers)</small>
| style="text-align:center"|''The Preacher's Wife Soundtrack''
| Best-selling Gospel Recording
| {{won}}
| {{won}}
| align="center" | <ref name="naacp12" /><ref name="naacp13" />
|-
|-
|rowspan="2" | ''[[The Preacher's Wife (soundtrack)|The Preacher's Wife]]''
| rowspan="2"|[[Blockbuster Inc.|The 3rd Blockbuster Entertainment Awards]]<ref name="1997blockbusterbillboard">{{cite magazine | magazine = Billboard | author = Eileen Fitzpatrick | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=zA4EAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA61 | title = 1996 Blockbuster Entertainment Awards Nominees Announced . | volume = 109 | issue = 5 | page = 61 | date = February 1, 1997| accessdate = June 30, 2010 | issn = 0006-2510}}</ref>
| [[NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Gospel Artist|Outstanding Gospel Artist]] <small>(with the [[Georgia Mass Choir]])</small>
| style="text-align:center"|''The Preacher's Wife''
| Favorite Female, Comedy/Romance
| {{nom}}
|-
| style="text-align:center"|''The Preacher's Wife Soundtrack''
| Favorite Female, R&B
| {{won}}
| {{won}}
| align="center" | <ref name="naacp12" /><ref name="naacp13" />
|-
|-
| Outstanding Album
| [[Essence (magazine)|The 10th Essence Awards]]<ref name="1997essence">{{cite magazine | magazine = Billboard | author = J.R. Reynolds | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=9w4EAAAAMBAJ&q=1997+essence+awards+cissy+houston&pg=PA22 | title = The Thythm and The Blues section, Essence Awards Accentuate The Positive; Living Legend Awards Spotlight Clayton . | date = April 19, 1997 | volume = 109 | issue = 16 | page = 22 | issn = 0006-2510 | accessdate = June 29, 2010}}</ref><ref name="1997essenceocala">{{cite news | author = Kirk Nicewonger | url = https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=4joVAAAAIBAJ&pg=6787,4054759&dq=triumphant+spirit+award+whitney+houston&hl=en | title = Ali, Cosby headline Essence Awards | page = 3C | work = [[Ocala Star-Banner]] | date = May 22, 1997 | accessdate = June 30, 2010}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center"|Whitney Houston (herself)
| The Triumphant Spirit Award
| {{won}}
| {{won}}
| align="center" | <ref name="naacp12" /><ref name="naacp13" />
|-
|-
|rowspan="2" | 1998
| [[1997 Kids' Choice Awards|The 10th Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards]]<ref name="1997kidschoice">{{cite web | url = https://www.imdb.com/event/ev0000386/1997 | title = 1997 The 10th Kids' Choice Awards Winners | publisher = [[IMDb]] | date = April 19, 1997 | accessdate = June 30, 2010}}</ref>
|rowspan="1" | ''[[Cinderella (1997 film)|Cinderella]]''
| style="text-align:center"|''The Preacher's Wife''
| [[NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Television Movie, Mini-Series or Dramatic Special|Outstanding Television Movie/Mini-Series]]
| [[1997 Kids' Choice Awards#Favorite Movie Actress|Favorite Movie Actress]]
| {{nom}}
| {{nom}}
| align="center" | <ref name="naacp14">{{cite magazine | magazine = The Crisis | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=RVkEAAAAMBAJ&q=intitle%3Acrisis&pg=PA24-IA2 | title = The 29th NAACP Image Awards Official Ballot | date = December 1997 – January 1998 | accessdate = June 30, 2010 | issn = 0011-1422 | volume = 104 | issue = 3}}</ref>
|-
|-
|rowspan="1" | ''[[Classic Whitney: Live from Washington, D.C.]]''
| [[GMA Dove Award|The 28th Dove Awards]]<ref name="1997dove">{{cite news | author = James Lloyd | url = http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_action=doc&p_docid=0F51B3981DB6086E&p_docnum=1 | title = Chapman Again Dove Artist of Year; 1997 The 28th Dove Awards Winners | work=[[Dayton Daily News]] | date = April 26, 1997 | accessdate = June 30, 2010}}</ref><br />([[Gospel Music Association|The Gospel Music Association]])
| Outstanding Performance in a Variety Series/Special
| style="text-align:center"|Whitney Houston (herself)
| {{nom}}
| Outstanding Mainstream Contribution to Gospel Music
| align="center" | <ref name="naacp14" />
| {{won}}
|-
|-
|rowspan="5" | 1999
| [[American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers|The 12th ASCAP Film & Television Music Awards]]<ref name="1997ascapfilmandtv">{{cite magazine | magazine = Billboard | author = Gina Van der Vliet | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=Kg8EAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA74 | title = ASCAP Film & TV Awards Honor Mandel, Wise, Others . | date = May 10, 1997 | accessdate = June 30, 2010 | volume = 109 | issue = 19 | page = 74 | issn = 0006-2510}}</ref><ref name="1997ascapfilmandtvimdb">{{cite web | url = https://www.imdb.com/event/ev0000044/1997 | title = 1997 The 12th ASCAP Film and Television Music Awards Winners | publisher = [[IMDb]] | date = April 29, 1997 | accessdate = June 30, 2010}}</ref>
|rowspan="2" | ''[[My Love Is Your Love]]''
| style="text-align:center"|"Count on Me"
| Outstanding Album
| Most Performed Songs, Motion Pictures (with Michael Houston)
| {{won}}
| {{nom}}
| align="center" | <ref name="naacp15">{{cite magazine | magazine = The Crisis | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=VFkEAAAAMBAJ&q=30th%20naacp%20image%20awards%20official%20ballot&pg=PA25-IA4 | title = The 30th NAACP Image Awards Official Ballot | date = December 1998 | accessdate = July 3, 2010 | volume = 105 | issue = 6 | issn = 0011-1422}}</ref><ref name="naacp16">{{cite magazine | magazine = Jet | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=JDsDAAAAMBAJ&q=30th%20naacp%20image%20awards&pg=PA63 | title = 'How Stella Got Her Groove Back' and Lauryn Hill Big Winners at NAACP Image Awards | date = March 8, 1999 | accessdate = July 3, 2010 | volume = 95 | issue = 14 | page = 63 | issn = 0021-5996}}</ref>
|-
|-
| Outstanding Female Artist
| [[American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers|The 14th ASCAP Pop Awards]]<ref name="1997ascap">{{cite magazine | magazine = Billboard | author = Gina Van der Vliet | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=YQ8EAAAAMBAJ&q=ASCAP%20Pop%20awards%20count%20on%20me&pg=PA97 | title = Ballard, Taupin, Clinton Shine at ASCAP Pop Awards . | date = May 31, 1997 | page = 97 | accessdate = June 30, 2010 | volume = 109 | issue = 22 | issn = 0006-2510}}</ref>
| {{nom}}
| style="text-align:center"|"Count on Me"
| align="center" | <ref name="naacp15" /><ref name="naacp16" />
| ASCAP Pop Award (with Michael Houston)
| {{won}}
|-
|-
|rowspan="3" | "[[When You Believe]]]" <small>(with [[Mariah Carey]])</small>
| [[Billboard Music Awards|The 8th Billboard Music Awards]]<ref name="1997billboardyearend">{{cite magazine | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=0g0EAAAAMBAJ&pg=RA1-PA46 | title = ''Billboard'' 1997 The Year in Music - Top Gospel Albums . | magazine = Billboard | page = YE-84 | volume = 109 | issue = 52 | issn = 0006-2510 | date = December 27, 1997 | accessdate = July 4, 2010}}</ref>
| [[NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Duo or Group|Outstanding Duo or Group]]
| style="text-align:center"|''The Preacher's Wife Soundtrack''
| Top Gospel Album
| {{won}}
| {{won}}
| align="center" | <ref name="naacp15" /><ref name="naacp16" />
|}

== 1998 ==
{|class="wikitable"
! width=25% | Awards show or organization
! width=25% |Nomination(s)
! width=45% |Categories
! width=5% | Result(s)
|-
|-
| Outstanding Music Video
| [[People's Choice Awards|The 24th People's Choice Awards]]<ref name="1998peopleschoicelatimes">{{cite web | author = Shauna Snow | url = http://articles.latimes.com/1998/jan/12/entertainment/ca-7455 | title = 'Dharma' and 'Closet' Among People's Choice Award Winners | work = Los Angeles Times | date = January 12, 1998 | accessdate = June 30, 2010}}</ref><ref name="1998peopleschoice">{{cite web | url = http://www.peopleschoice.com/pca/awards/nominees/index.jsp?year=1998 | title = 1998 The 24th People's Choice Awards Winners & Nominees | publisher = peopleschoice.com | date = January 11, 1998 | accessdate = June 30, 2010}}</ref>
| {{nom}}
| style="text-align:center"|Whitney Houston (herself)
| align="center" | <ref name="naacp15" /><ref name="naacp16" />
| Favorite Female Musical Performer (tied with [[Reba McEntire]])
|-
| {{won}}
| Outstanding Song
| {{nom}}
| align="center" | <ref name="naacp15" /><ref name="naacp16" />
|-
|-
|rowspan="2" | 2000
| The 6th Trumpet Awards<ref name="1998trumpet">{{cite magazine | magazine = Jet | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=UsQDAAAAMBAJ&q=trumpet%20awards%20whitney%20houston&pg=PA62 | title = Sixth Annual Trumpet Awards Gala Pays Tribute to Black Achievement | volume = 93 | issue = 11 | page = 62 | date = February 9, 1998 | accessdate = June 30, 2010 | issn = 0021-5996}}</ref><ref name="1998trumpetnytimes">{{cite news | author = Lawrence Van Gelder | url = https://www.nytimes.com/1998/01/14/arts/footlights.html | title = Footlights | work = [[The New York Times]] | date = January 14, 1998 | accessdate = June 30, 2010}}</ref><sup><span id=ref_O>[[#endnote_O|[O]]]</span></sup>
| style="text-align:center"|Whitney Houston (herself)
|rowspan="1" | "[[Heartbreak Hotel (Whitney Houston song)|Heartbreak Hotel]]"
| Outstanding Female Artist
| The Pinnacle Award
| {{won}}
| {{won}}
| align="center" | <ref name="naacp17">{{cite magazine | magazine = The Crisis | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=WVkEAAAAMBAJ&q=31st%20naacp%20image%20awards%20official%20ballot&pg=PA28-IA5 | title = The 31st NAACP Image Awards Official Ballot | volume = 107 | issue = 6 | date = November–December 1999 | accessdate = July 4, 2010 | issn = 0011-1422}}</ref>
|-
|-
|rowspan="1" | "[[My Love Is Your Love (song)|My Love Is Your Love]]"
| [[American Music Awards of 1998|The 25th American Music Awards]]<ref name="1998ama">{{cite web | url = http://www.rockonthenet.com/archive/1998/amas.htm | title = 1998 The 25th American Music Awards Winners & Nominees | publisher = rockonthenet.com | date = January 26, 1998 | accessdate = June 30, 2010}}</ref>
| Outstanding Song
| style="text-align:center"|''The Preacher's Wife Soundtrack''
| [[American Music Awards of 1998|Favorite Soundtrack]]
| {{nom}}
| {{nom}}
| align="center" | <ref name="naacp17" />
|-
|-
|rowspan="2" | 2010
| rowspan="2"|[[NAACP Image Awards|The 29th NAACP Image Awards]]<ref name="1998naacp">{{cite magazine | magazine = The Crisis | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=RVkEAAAAMBAJ&q=intitle%3Acrisis&pg=PA24-IA2 | title = The 29th NAACP Image Awards Official Ballot | date = December 1997 – January 1998 | accessdate = June 30, 2010 | issn = 0011-1422 | volume = 104 | issue = 3}}</ref>
|rowspan="1" | Whitney Houston
| style="text-align:center"|"[[Cinderella (Rodgers and Hammerstein musical)#Television productions|Rodgers & Hammerstein's Cinderella]]" ([[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]])
| Outstanding Female Artist
| [[NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Television Movie, Mini-Series or Dramatic Special|Outstanding Television Movie/Mini-Series]]
| {{nom}}
| {{nom}}
| align="center" | <ref name="naacp18">{{cite web|url=http://www.naacpimageawards.net/41/nominees-and-voting/nominees/ |title=2010 The 41st NAACP Image Awards Winners & Nominees - Recording Categories |publisher=naacpimageawards.net |date=February 26, 2010 |accessdate=July 5, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101208053658/http://www.naacpimageawards.net/41/nominees-and-voting/nominees/ |archive-date=December 8, 2010 }}</ref>
|-
|-
|rowspan="1" | "[[I Look to You (song)|I Look to You]]"
| style="text-align:center"|"[[Classic Whitney Live from Washington, D.C.|Classic Whitney: Live from Washington, D.C.]]"
| Outstanding Performance in a Variety Series/Special
| Outstanding Music Video
| {{nom}}
| {{won}}
| align="center" | <ref name="naacp18" />
|-
|-
|rowspan="2" | 2013
| rowspan="2"|[[40th Grammy Awards|The 40th Grammy Awards]]<ref name="1998grammy">{{cite web | url = http://www.rockonthenet.com/archive/1998/grammys.htm | title = 1998 The 40th Grammy Awards Winners & Nominees | publisher = rockonthenet.com | date = February 25, 1998 | accessdate = June 30, 2010}}</ref>
|rowspan="1" | "[[I Look to You (song)#Duet version with R. Kelly|I Look to You]]"
| style="text-align:center"|''The Preacher's Wife Soundtrack''
| Outstanding Song
| [[Grammy Award for Best R&B Album#1990s|Best R&B Album]]
| {{nom}}
| {{won}}
| align="center" | <ref name="naacp19">{{cite news |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/envelope/la-et-en-the-44th-naacp-image-award-winners-20130201-story.html |title=The 44th NAACP Image Award complete winners list |work=[[Los Angeles Times]] |date=February 1, 2013 |accessdate=May 30, 2013}}</ref>
|-
|-
|rowspan="1" | ''[[I Will Always Love You: The Best of Whitney Houston]]''
| style="text-align:center"|"[[I Believe in You and Me]]"
| Outstanding Album
| [[Grammy Award for Best Female R&B Vocal Performance#1990s|Best Female R&B Vocal Performance]]
| {{nom}}
| {{won}}
| align="center" | <ref name="naacp19" />
|-
|-
! scope="row" | NABOB Communications Awards Dinner <br /><small>(The National Association of Black Owned Broadcasters)</small>
| [[1998 Soul Train Music Awards|The 12th Soul Train Music Awards]]<ref name="1998soultrainbillboard">{{cite magazine | magazine = Billboard | author = Anita M. Samuels | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=6w4EAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA10 | title = Badu Heads Soul Train; Singer Picks Up 4 Awards . | volume = 110 | issue = 11 | page = 10 | date = March 14, 1998 | accessdate = June 30, 2010 | issn = 0006-2510}}</ref><ref name="1998soultrain">{{cite web|url=http://www.soultrain.com/stma/library.html |title=Soul Train Music Awards Library: 1998 The 12th Soul Train Music Awards |publisher=[[Don Cornelius|Don Cornelius Productions, Inc]] |date=February 27, 1998 |accessdate=June 30, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130725073904/http://www.soultrain.com/stma/library.html |archive-date=July 25, 2013 }}</ref>
| 1994
| style="text-align:center"|Whitney Houston (herself)
| Whitney Houston
| [[Soul Train Music Award for Quincy Jones Award for Career Achievement|The Quincy Jones Award]] — for Outstanding Career Achievements in the field of entertainment
| Entertainer of the Year
| {{won}}
| {{won}}
| align="center" | <ref name="nabob">{{cite web | url = http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=WT&p_theme=wt&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EB0F0A3635626A7&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM | title = NABOB makes the night its own | work = [[The Washington Times]] | date = March 28, 1994 | access-date = June 29, 2010 | format = Payment needed to view the whole article}}</ref>
|-
|-
! scope="row" rowspan="6" | [[National Association of Recording Merchandisers|NARM]] Best-Seller Awards <br /><small>([[National Association of Recording Merchandisers]])</small>
| [[Blockbuster, Inc.|The 4th Blockbuster Entertainment Awards]]<ref name="1998blockbuster">{{cite web | url = https://www.imdb.com/event/ev0000104/1998 | title = 1998 The 4th Blockbuster Entertainment Awards Winners & Nominees | publisher = [[IMDb]] | date = March 10, 1998 | accessdate = June 30, 2010}}</ref>
|rowspan="2" | 1986
| style="text-align:center"|''The Preacher's Wife Soundtrack''
|rowspan="2" | ''[[Whitney Houston (album)|Whitney Houston]]''
| Favorite Soundtrack
| Best-selling Album by a New Artist
| {{nom}}
| {{won}}
| align="center" | <ref name="narm1">{{cite magazine | magazine = Billboard | author = Paul Grein | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=XyQEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PT81 | title = Bruce Tops NARM Best-Seller Awards, 'Born In The U.S.A.' Wins; Lost to Prince in '84 . | date = March 22, 1986 | accessdate = July 3, 2010 | volume = 98 | issue = 12 | page = 82 | issn = 0006-2510}}</ref>
|-
|-
| Best-selling Black Album by a Female Artist
| [[GMA Dove Award|The 29th Dove Awards]]<ref name="1998dove">{{cite magazine | magazine = Jet | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=NTsDAAAAMBAJ&q=whitney%20houston&pg=PA25 | title = Kirk Franklin, God's Property Big Winners at Dove Awards | volume = 93 | issue = 25 | page = 25 | issn = 0021-5996 | date = May 18, 1998 | accessdate = June 30, 2010}}</ref><ref name="1998doveap">{{cite web | author = Jim Patterson | url = https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=9fEaAAAAIBAJ&pg=6635,3075406&dq=29th+dove+awards+whitney+houston&hl=en | title = Gospel awards honor late artist | work = [[Park City Daily News]] | date = April 24, 1998 | accessdate = June 30, 2010 | page = 2-C}}</ref><br />(The Gospel Music Association)
| style="text-align:center"|"I Go to the Rock"
| Best Traditional Gospel Recorded Song
| {{won}}
| {{won}}
| align="center" | <ref name="narm1" />
|-
|-
|rowspan="2" | 1994
| [[50th Primetime Emmy Awards|The 50th Emmy Awards]]<ref name="1998emmy">{{cite web | url = http://www.emmys.com/award_history_search?person=&program=&start_year=1998&end_year=1998&network=All&web_category=425&winner=All | title = 1998 The 50th Primetime Emmy Awards Winners & Nominees: Outstanding Variety, Music Or Comedy Special | publisher = [[Academy of Television Arts & Sciences]] | date = September 13, 1998 | accessdate = July 4, 2010}}</ref>
|rowspan="2" | ''[[The Bodyguard (soundtrack)|The Bodyguard]]''
| style="text-align:center"|"Rodgers & Hammerstein's Cinderella"
| Best-selling Chartmaker Recording
(producer)
| {{won}}
| Outstanding Variety, Music Or Comedy Special
| align="center" | <ref name="narm2">{{cite magazine | magazine = Billboard | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=QQgEAAAAMBAJ&pg=RA1-PA47 | title = Jackson, Pearl Jam Honored As Best Sellers . | volume = 106 | issue = 15 | page = 47 | date = April 9, 1994 | access-date = July 3, 2010 | issn = 0006-2510}}</ref>
| {{nom}}
|-
|-
| Best-selling Soundtrack
|}
| {{won}}
'''Note:'''
| align="center" | <ref name="narm2"/>
*O<span id="endnote_O"></span>'''[[#ref O|^]]''' Trumpet Awards — the awards are intended to honor blacks who, through consistency and longevity, have inspired others and have achieved success in their chosen professions or careers.<ref name="1998trumpetnytimes"/>

== 1999 ==
{|class="wikitable"
! width=25% | Awards show or organization
! width=25% |Nomination(s)
! width=45% |Categories
! width=5% | Result(s)
|-
|-
|rowspan="1" | 1996
| rowspan="5"|[[NAACP Image Awards|The 30th NAACP Image Awards]]<ref name="1999naacpcrisis">{{cite magazine | magazine = The Crisis | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=VFkEAAAAMBAJ&q=30th%20naacp%20image%20awards%20official%20ballot&pg=PA25-IA4 | title = The 30th NAACP Image Awards Official Ballot | date = December 1998 | accessdate = July 3, 2010 | volume = 105 | issue = 6 | issn = 0011-1422}}</ref><ref name="1999naacp">{{cite magazine | magazine = Jet | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=JDsDAAAAMBAJ&q=30th%20naacp%20image%20awards&pg=PA63 | title = 'How Stella Got Her Groove Back' and Lauryn Hill Big Winners at NAACP Image Awards | date = March 8, 1999 | accessdate = July 3, 2010 | volume = 95 | issue = 14 | page = 63 | issn = 0021-5996}}</ref>
|rowspan="1" | ''[[Waiting to Exhale (soundtrack)|Waiting to Exhale]]''
| style="text-align:center"|''[[My Love Is Your Love]]''
| Best-selling Soundtrack
| [[NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Female Artist|Outstanding Female Artist]]
| {{nom}}
| {{won}}
| align="center" | <ref name="narm3">{{cite magazine | magazine = Billboard | url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Billboard/90s/1996/BB-1996-04-13.pdf |title=NARM Grants Sales and Ad Awards, Scholarships | page=69 | date = April 13, 1996 |access-date = May 31, 2023}}</ref>
|-
|-
|rowspan="1" | 1997
| style="text-align:center" rowspan="3"|"[[When You Believe]]" <small>(Duet with [[Mariah Carey]])</small>
|rowspan="1" | ''[[The Preacher's Wife (soundtrack)|The Preacher's Wife]]''
| [[NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Duo or Group|Outstanding Duo or Group]]
| Best-selling Gospel Album
| {{won}}
| {{won}}
| align="center" | <ref name="narm4">{{cite magazine | magazine = Billboard | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=Aw4EAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA53 | title = NARM Names Its Best Seller Awards .| date = April 12, 1997 | accessdate = June 30, 2010 | volume = 109 | issue = 15 | page = 53 | issn = 0006-2510}}</ref>
|-
|-
! scope="row" | National Urban Coalition
| [[NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Music Video|Outstanding Music Video]]
| {{nom}}
| 1988
| Whitney Houston
| Distinguished Artist/Humanitarian Award
| {{won}}{{efn|Houston earned the award for charitable acts including a [[public service announcement]] urging minority youth to study science and math, and participation on an Arista Records charity album whose proceeds went to the [[United Negro College Fund]].}}
| align="center" | <ref name="nuc">{{cite magazine | magazine = Jet | author = Clarence Waldron | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=mq4DAAAAMBAJ&q=intitle%3AJet&pg=PA57 | title = Whitney Houston Uses Fame To Help Good Causes | date = June 20, 1988 | accessdate = June 28, 2010 | volume = 74 | issue = 12 | page = 57 | issn = 0021-5996}}</ref>
|-
|-
! scope="row" | [[New Jersey Hall of Fame]]
| [[NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Song|Outstanding Song]]
| {{nom}}
| 2014
| Whitney Houston
| Induction
| {{won|Inductee}}
| align="center" | <ref name="njhof">{{cite web |url=https://njhalloffame.org/hall-of-famers/2013-inductees/whitney-houston/ |title=Whitney Houston - New Jersey Hall of Fame |accessdate=May 31, 2023}}</ref>
|-
|-
! scope="row" | New Jersey Walk of Fame
| style="text-align:center"|''My Love Is Your Love''
| 2006
| [[NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Album|Outstanding Album]]
| Whitney Houston
| {{nom}}
| Induction
| {{won|Inductee}}{{efn|The New Jersey Walk of Fame honored the lives and achievements of extraordinary performing artists who are associated with the Garden State and/or its institutions.<ref name="njwalkoffame"/>}}
| align="center" | <ref name="njwalkoffame">{{cite web | url = http://goliath.ecnext.com/coms2/gi_0199-5550693/New-Jersey-Walk-of-Fame.html | title = New Jersey Walk of Fame Unveiled at NJPAC on May 18th | publisher = [[PR Newswire]] | date = May 19, 2006 | accessdate = July 5, 2010}}</ref>
|-
|-
! scope="row" rowspan="2" | [[Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards]]
| rowspan="2"|[[ALMA Award|1999 NCLR ALMA Awards]]<ref name="1999alma">{{cite web | url = https://www.imdb.com/event/ev0000016/1999 | title = 1999 ALMA Awards Winners & Nominees | publisher = [[IMDb]] | date = April 10, 1999 | accessdate = July 3, 2010}}</ref><ref name="1999almaunitedpress">{{cite news | url = http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P1-20728271.html | title = Entertainers Nominated For ALMA Awards | publisher = [[United Press International]] | date = March 4, 1999 | accessdate = July 3, 2010}}{{dead link|date=February 2019|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref><br />([[National Council of La Raza]])
|rowspan="1" | 1989
| style="text-align:center" rowspan="2"|"When You Believe"<small>(Duet with Mariah Carey)</small>
| Whitney Houston
| Outstanding Performance Of A Song For A Feature Film
| Favorite Female Musician
| {{nom}}
| {{nom}}
| align="center" |
|-
|-
|rowspan="1" | 1996
| Outstanding Music Video
| Whitney Houston
| {{nom}}
| Kids' Choice Hall of Fame
| {{won|Inductee}}{{efn|While [[Tim Allen]] was the only one to be presented with his Hall of Fame trophy, Houston was also inducted alongside other fellow celebrities [[Janet Jackson]] and [[Whoopi Goldberg]].}}
| align="center" | <ref name="kidschoice">{{cite news | author = Jennifer Mangan | title = Poll Position: Nickelodeon's 'Kids Choice Awards' Lets Viewers Rate The Stars | url = http://articles.chicagotribune.com/1996-03-28/features/9603280216_1_kids-choice-awards-kids-choice-awards-night-nickelodeon | date = March 28, 1996 | access-date = May 5, 2011 | work = Chicago Tribune}}</ref>
|-
|-
! scope="row" rowspan="2" | [[NRJ Music Awards]]
| [[Blockbuster, Inc.|The 5th Blockbuster Entertainment Awards]]
|rowspan="2" | 2000
| style="text-align:center"|Whitney Houston (herself)
| Whitney Houston
| Favorite Female Artist, R&B
| Artiste féminine internationale de l'année <br /><small>(International Female Artist of the Year)</small>
| {{nom}}
| {{nom}}
| align="center" |
|-
|-
| ''[[My Love Is Your Love]]''
| rowspan="2"|The 5th Soul Train Lady Of Soul Awards<ref name="1999ladyofsoul">{{cite web | url = http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1429183/19990805/fugees.jhtml | title = Lauryn Hill, Monica Top Lady Of Soul Nominees | publisher = MTV network | date = August 5, 1999 | accessdate = July 3, 2010}}</ref>
| Album international de l'année <br /><small>(International Album of the Year)</small>
| style="text-align:center"|"[[Heartbreak Hotel (Whitney Houston song)|Heartbreak Hotel]]" <small>(Featuring [[Faith Evans]] & [[Kelly Price]])</small>
| {{won}}
| Best R&B/Soul Single (Group, Band Or Duo)
| align="center" |
| {{nom}}
|-
|-
! scope="row" | [[Official Charts Company|Official Charts Pop Gem Hall of Fame]]
| style="text-align:center"|''My Love Is Your Love''
| 2014
| Best R&B/Soul Album Of The Year (Solo)
| "I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me)"
| {{nom}}
| Inductee No. 80
| {{won|Inducted}}
| align="center" | <ref name="officialcharts">{{cite web|last1=Myers|first1=Justin|author-link1=The Official Charts Pop Gem Hall Of Fame|title=Official Charts Pop Gem #80: Whitney – I Wanna Dance With Somebody|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/features/official-charts-pop-gem-80-whitney-i-wanna-dance-with-somebody-3237/|website=officialcharts.com|publisher=The Official Charts Company|accessdate=November 26, 2014|archive-url=http://www.officialcharts.com/features/the-official-charts-pop-gem-hall-of-fame-2841/|archive-date=March 22, 2014|date=October 25, 2014}}</ref>
|-
|-
! scope="row" rowspan="10" | [[People's Choice Awards]]
| [[1999 MTV Video Music Awards|The 16th MTV Video Music Awards]]<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.mtv.com/ontv/vma/1999/ | title = 1999 MTV Video Music Awards | publisher = MTV Network | date = September 9, 1999 | accessdate = July 3, 2010}}</ref>
|rowspan="1" | 1987
| style="text-align:center"|"Heartbreak Hotel" <small>(Featuring Faith Evans & Kelly Price)</small>
| Whitney Houston
| [[1999 MTV Video Music Awards#Nominations|Best R&B Video]]
| Favorite Female Musical Performer
| {{nom}}
| {{won}}{{efn|Shared with [[Madonna (entertainer)|Madonna]].}}
| align="center" | <ref name="peopleschoice1">{{cite web | url = http://www.peopleschoice.com/pca/awards/nominees/index.jsp?year=1987 | title = 1987 People's Choice Awards Winners | publisher = peopleschoice.com | accessdate = June 28, 2010}}</ref>
|-
|-
|rowspan="1" | 1988
| [[Music of Black Origin Awards|1999 MOBO Awards]]<ref name="1999mobo">{{cite web|url=http://www.mobo.com/1999 |title=MOBO Awards 1999; Winners & Nominees |publisher=mobo.com |date=October 5, 1999 |accessdate=July 3, 2010 }}{{dead link|date=June 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
| style="text-align:center"|Whitney Houston (herself)
| Whitney Houston
| Favorite Female Musical Performer
| Best International Act
| {{nom}}
|-
| rowspan="2"|[[Recording Industry Association of America]]<ref name="riaacentury">{{cite web|url=http://www.riaa.net/newsitem.php?news_month_filter=11&news_year_filter=1999&resultpage=&id=3ABF3EC8-EF5B-58F9-E949-3B57F5E313DF |title=The American Recording Industry Announces its Artists of the Century |publisher=[[Recording Industry Association of America]] |date=November 10, 1999 |accessdate=July 23, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110724032619/http://www.riaa.net/newsitem.php?news_month_filter=11&news_year_filter=1999&resultpage=&id=3ABF3EC8-EF5B-58F9-E949-3B57F5E313DF |archive-date=July 24, 2011 }}</ref>
| style="text-align:center"|Whitney Houston (herself)
| Top-selling R&B Female Artist of the Century
| {{won}}
| {{won}}
| align="center" | <ref name="peopleschoice2">{{cite web | url = http://www.peopleschoice.com/pca/awards/nominees/index.jsp?year=1988 | title = 1988 The 14th People's Choice Awards Winners | publisher = peopleschoice.com | accessdate = June 28, 2010}}</ref><ref name="pc1">{{cite news | url = https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=n10aAAAAIBAJ&pg=5615,5784663&dq=14th+people's+choice+awards+whitney+houston&hl=en | title = 4 People's Choice Awards for Cosby | work = [[Milwaukee Journal Sentinel]] | date = March 14, 1988 | accessdate = June 28, 2010 | page = 2A}}</ref>
|-
|-
|rowspan="1" | 1989
| style="text-align:center"|''The Bodyguard Soundtrack''
| Whitney Houston
| Top-selling Soundtrack Album of the Century
| Favorite Female Musical Performer
| {{won}}
| {{won}}
| align="center" | <ref name="peopleschoice3">{{cite web | url = http://www.peopleschoice.com/pca/awards/nominees/index.jsp?year=1989 | title = 1989 The 15th People's Choice Awards Winners | publisher = peopleschoice.com | accessdate = June 29, 2010 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160330233158/http://www.peopleschoice.com/pca/awards/nominees/index.jsp?year=1989 | archive-date = March 30, 2016 | url-status = dead }}</ref>
|-
|-
|rowspan="3" | 1993
| rowspan="2"|[[MTV Europe Music Awards 1999|1999 MTV Europe Music Awards]]<ref name="1999emabbc">{{cite news | url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/515689.stm | title = Entertainment: Dublin gears up for MTV show | work = [[BBC News]] | date = November 11, 1999 | accessdate = July 3, 2010}}</ref><ref name="199ema">{{cite magazine | url = http://www.billboard.com/news/spears-tops-1999-mtv-europe-music-awards-949845.story#/news/spears-tops-1999-mtv-europe-music-awards-949845.story | title = Spears Tops 1999 MTV Europe Music Awards | magazine = [[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] | date = November 12, 1999 | accessdate = July 2, 2010}}</ref><ref name="1999emamtv">{{cite web | author = Brian Ives | url = http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1434401/19991112/spears_britney.jhtml | title = Bono Honored As Britney Spears Dominates MTV Europe Awards | publisher = MTV Network | date = November 12, 1999 | accessdate = July 3, 2010}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center" rowspan="2"|Whitney Houston (herself)
| Whitney Houston
| Favorite Female Musical Performer
| [[MTV Europe Music Award for Best Female#1990s|Best Female]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[MTV Europe Music Award for Best R&B#1990s|Best R&B]]
| {{won}}
| {{won}}
| align="center" | <ref name="peopleschoice4">{{cite web | url = http://www.peopleschoice.com/pca/awards/nominees/index.jsp?year=1993 | title = 1993 The 19th People's Choice Awards Winners| publisher = peopleschoice.com | date = March 17, 1993 | accessdate = June 29, 2010}}</ref>
|-
|-
| "I Will Always Love You"
| align="left"|[[Bambi (prize)|1999 Bambi Verleihung]]<ref name="1999bambi">{{cite magazine | url = http://www.spiegel.de/kultur/gesellschaft/0,1518,52336,00.html | title = Pop-Diva ersang sich das goldene Reh | magazine = [[Der Spiegel]] | date = November 13, 1999 | accessdate = July 3, 2010|language=de}}</ref><sup><span id=ref_Q>[[#endnote_Q|[Q]]]</span></sup>
| Favorite New Music Video
| style="text-align:center"|Whitney Houston (herself)
| Pop International
| {{won}}
| {{won}}
| align="center" | <ref name="peopleschoice4" />
|}

'''Note:'''
*P<span id="endnote_P"></span>'''[[#ref Q|^]]''' Houston was honored for the support of the Whitney Houston Foundation for Children, which contributed a $40,000 grant for the construction of a medical examination room in the center.
*Q<span id="endnote_Q"></span>'''[[#ref Q|^]]''' Whitney Houston received the award for her 20-year career as a musical artist.<ref name="1999bambi"/>

== 2000 ==
{|class="wikitable"
! width=25% | Awards show or organization
! width=25% |Nomination(s)
! width=45% |Categories
! width=5% | Result(s)
|-
|-
| ''[[The Bodyguard]]''
| rowspan="4"|[[American Music Awards of 2000|The 27th American Music Awards]]<ref name="2000ama">{{cite web | url = http://www.rockonthenet.com/archive/2000/amas.htm | title = 2000 The 27th American Music Awards Winners & Nominees | publisher = rockonthenet.com | date = January 17, 2000 | accessdate = July 4, 2010}}</ref>
| Favorite Actress in a Motion Picture
| style="text-align:center" rowspan="2"|Whitney Houston (herself)
| [[American Music Award for Favorite Pop/Rock Female Artist#2000s|Favorite Pop/Rock Female Artist]]
| {{nom}}
| {{nom}}
| align="center" | <ref name="peopleschoice4" />
|-
|-
|rowspan="1" | 1995
| [[American Music Award for Favorite Soul/R&B Female Artist|Favorite Soul/R&B Female Artist]]
| Whitney Houston
| Favorite Female Musical Performer
| {{nom}}
| {{nom}}
| align="center" | <ref name="peopleschoice5">{{cite news | author = Lisa de Moraes | url = https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=1mFWAAAAIBAJ&pg=6783,4512047&dq | title = 'Gump' a strong contender for People's Choice Award | work = [[The Spokesman-Review]] | date = February 6, 1995 | access-date = May 5, 2011 | page = B5}}</ref>
|-
|-
|rowspan="1" | 1996
| style="text-align:center"|''My Love Is Your Love''
| Whitney Houston
| Favorite Soul/R&B Album
| Favorite Female Musical Performer
| {{nom}}
| {{nom}}
| align="center" | <ref name="peopleschoice6">{{cite news | url = http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1P2-767560.html | title = People's Choice | newspaper = [[The Washington Post]] | date = March 10, 1996 | access-date = June 30, 2010 | format = Payment needed to view the whole article}}</ref>
|-
|-
|rowspan="1" | 1997
| style="text-align:center" | Whitney Houston (herself)
| Whitney Houston
| Artist of the Decade ― 1980s (Internet poll)
| Favorite Female Musical Performer
| {{nom}}
| {{nom}}
| align="center" | <ref name="peopleschoice7">{{cite news | work = Los Angeles Times | author = Shauna Snow | url = http://articles.latimes.com/1997-01-13/entertainment/ca-18290_1_choice-awards | title = NBC's 'ER' and 'Seinfeld' Top People's Choice Awards | date = January 13, 1997 | access-date = June 29, 2010}}</ref>
|-
|-
| rowspan="2"|[[NRJ Music Awards|The 1st NRJ Music Awards]]
|rowspan="1" | 1998
| style="text-align:center"|Whitney Houston (herself)
| Whitney Houston
| Favorite Female Musical Performer
| Artiste féminine internationale de l'année (International Female Artist of the Year)
| {{won}}{{efn|Shared with [[Reba McEntire]].}}
| {{nom}}
| align="center" | <ref name="peopleschoice8">{{cite news | author = Shauna Snow | url = http://articles.latimes.com/1998/jan/12/entertainment/ca-7455 | title = 'Dharma' and 'Closet' Among People's Choice Award Winners | work = Los Angeles Times | date = January 12, 1998 | accessdate = June 30, 2010}}</ref><ref name="pc2">{{cite web | url = http://www.peopleschoice.com/pca/awards/nominees/index.jsp?year=1998 | title = 1998 The 24th People's Choice Awards Winners & Nominees | publisher = peopleschoice.com | date = January 11, 1998 | accessdate = June 30, 2010}}</ref>
|-
|-
! scope="row" | [[National Rhythm & Blues Hall of Fame|Rhythm & Blues Music Hall of Fame]]
| style="text-align:center"|''My Love Is Your Love''
| 2014
| Album international de l'année (International Album of the Year)
| Whitney Houston
| {{won}}
| Induction
| {{won|Inducted}}
| align="center" |
|-
|-
! scope="row" | [[Rock and Roll Hall of Fame]]
| rowspan="4"|[[Grammy Awards of 2000|The 42nd Grammy Awards]]<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.rockonthenet.com/archive/2000/grammys.htm | title = 2000 The 42nd Grammy Award Winners & Nominees | publisher = rockonthenet.com | date = February 23, 2000 | accessdate = July 4, 2010}}</ref>
| 2020
| style="text-align:center"|"When You Believe"<small>(Duet with Mariah Carey)</small>
| Whitney Houston
| [[Grammy Award for Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals|Best Pop Collaboration With Vocals]]
| Induction
| {{nom}}
| {{won|Inducted}}
| align="center" | <ref name="rockhall">{{cite web |url=https://www.rockhall.com/inductees/whitney-houston |title=Whitney Houston |work=[[Rock and Roll Hall of Fame]] |accessdate=May 31, 2023}}</ref><ref name="rockhall2">{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/15/arts/music/rock-roll-hall-of-fame.html |title=Whitney Houston and Nine Inch Nails Make the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame |date=January 15, 2020 |accessdate=May 31, 2023}}</ref>
|-
|-
! scope="row" | The Singers Hall of Fame
| style="text-align:center"|"[[It's Not Right But It's Okay]]"
| 2013
| [[Grammy Award for Best Female R&B Vocal Performance|Best Female R&B Vocal Performance]]
| Whitney Houston
| Induction
| {{won|Inducted}}
| align="center" |
|-
! scope="row" | [[Smash Hits Poll Winners Party]]
| 1993
| Whitney Houston
| Best Female Artist
| {{won}}
| {{won}}
| align="center" |
|-
|-
! scope="row" | [[Songwriters Hall of Fame]]
| style="text-align:center"|"Heartbreak Hotel" <small>(Featuring Faith Evans and Kelly Price)</small>
| 1990
| [[Grammy Award for Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals|Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal]]
| Whitney Houston
| {{nom}}
| [[Howie Richmond]] Hitmaker Award
| {{won|Honoree}}
| align="center" | <ref name="shof">{{cite web |url=https://www.songhall.org/special-awards/howie_richmond_hitmaker_award |title=Howie Richmond Hitmaker Award |accessdate=May 31, 2023}}</ref>
|-
|-
! scope="row" | [[Soul Train|Soul Train 25th Anniversary Hall of Fame]]
| style="text-align:center"|''My Love Is Your Love''
| 1995
| [[Grammy Award for Best R&B Album|Best R&B Album]]
| Whitney Houston
| {{nom}}
| Induction
| {{won|Inducted}}
| align="center" | <ref name="soultrainhof">{{cite magazine | magazine = Billboard | author = J.R. Reynolds | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=ZA0EAAAAMBAJ&q=Soul%20Train%2025th%20Anniversary%20Hall%20of%20Fame%20WHITNEY%20HOUSTON&pg=PA32 | title = 'Soul Train' Opens Hall Of Fame, Audience Is Enthusiastic Despite Delays . | volume = 107 | issue = 46 | page = 32 | date = November 18, 1995 | access-date = June 29, 2010}}</ref>
|-
|-
! scope="row" rowspan="3" | [[Soul Train Music Awards|Soul Train Lady of Soul Awards]]
| [[2000 BRIT Awards]]<ref name="2000brits">{{cite web | url = http://www.brits.co.uk/history/shows/2000 | title = The BRITs 2000 | publisher = [[British Phonographic Industry]] | date = March 3, 2000 | accessdate = June 11, 2010}}</ref>
|rowspan="2" | 1999
| style="text-align:center"|Whitney Houston (herself)
| "Heartbreak Hotel" <small>(with [[Faith Evans]] and [[Kelly Price]])</small>
| Best International Female Artist
| Best R&B/Soul Single (Group, Band Or Duo)
| {{nom}}
| {{nom}}
| align="center" | <ref name="stladyofsoul1">{{cite web | url = http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1429183/19990805/fugees.jhtml | title = Lauryn Hill, Monica Top Lady Of Soul Nominees | publisher = MTV network | date = August 5, 1999 | accessdate = July 3, 2010}}</ref>
|-
|-
| ''My Love Is Your Love''
| rowspan="2"|[[NAACP Image Awards|The 31st NAACP Image Awards]]<ref name="1999naacpballot">{{cite magazine | magazine = The Crisis | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=WVkEAAAAMBAJ&q=31st%20naacp%20image%20awards%20official%20ballot&pg=PA28-IA5 | title = The 31st NAACP Image Awards Official Ballot | volume = 107 | issue = 6 | date = November–December 1999 | accessdate = July 4, 2010 | issn = 0011-1422}}</ref>
| Best R&B/Soul Album Of the Year (Solo)
| style="text-align:center"|"Heartbreak Hotel" <small>(Featuring Faith Evans and Kelly Price)</small>
| [[NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Female Artist|Outstanding Female Artist]]
| {{won}}
|-
| style="text-align:center"|"[[My Love Is Your Love (song)|My Love Is Your Love]]"
| [[NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Song|Outstanding Song]]
| {{nom}}
| {{nom}}
| align="center" | <ref name="stladyofsoul1" />
|-
|-
|rowspan="1" | 2003
| rowspan="3"|[[Soul Train Music Awards|The 14th Soul Train Music Awards]]<ref name="2000soultrain">{{cite web | author = David Basham | url = http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1434868/20000211/tlc.jhtml | title = TLC Nominated For Three Soul Train Music Awards | publisher = [[MTV]] | date = February 11, 2000 | accessdate = July 4, 2010}}</ref><ref name="2000soultrainbillboard">{{cite magazine | magazine = Billboard | author = Gail Mitchell | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=nA4EAAAAMBAJ&q=soul%20train%20music%20awards%2014th&pg=PA20 | title = TLC Rides Soul Train . | date = March 18, 2000 | accessdate = July 4, 2010 | issn = 0006-2510 | volume = 112 | issue = 12 | page = 20}}</ref>
| ''[[Just Whitney]]''
| style="text-align:center"|"My Love Is Your Love"
| [[Soul Train Music Award for Best R&B/Soul Single, Female|Best R&B/Soul Single, Female]]
| Best R&B/Soul Album of the Year (Solo)
| {{nom}}
| {{nom}}
| align="center" | <ref name="stladyofsoul2">{{cite web | url = http://www.upi.com/Entertainment_News/2003/07/18/Lady-of-Soul-nominees-announced/UPI-66421058533484/ | title = Lady of Soul nominees announced | publisher = [[United Press International]] | date = July 18, 2003 | accessdate = July 5, 2010}}</ref>
|-
|-
! scope="row" rowspan="20" | [[Soul Train Music Awards]]
| style="text-align:center"|''My Love Is Your Love''
|rowspan="2" | 1987
| [[Soul Train Music Award for Best R&B/Soul Album, Female|Best R&B/Soul Album, Female]]
| ''Whitney Houston''
| Best Album of the Year, Female
| {{nom}}
| {{nom}}
| align="center" | <ref name="st1">{{cite news | author = Maurice Weaver | url = http://articles.chicagotribune.com/1987-03-23/features/8701220565_1_soul-train-awards-music-awards-show-executive-producer-don-cornelius | title = 'Soul Train' Awards Are a 1st for Black Music | work = [[Chicago Tribune]] | date = March 23, 1987 | accessdate = June 28, 2010}}</ref>
|-
|-
| "Greatest Love of All"
| style="text-align:center"|Whitney Houston (herself)
| [[Soul Train Music Award for Best R&B/Soul Single - Female|Best Single, Female]]
| The Artist of the Decade — Female, for extraordinary artistic contributions during the 1990s
| {{won}}
|-
| [[:de:Echoverleihung 2000|The 9th Echo Awards]]
| style="text-align:center" | ''My Love Is Your Love''
| [[:de:Echoverleihung 2000#Künstlerin des Jahres international|Künstlerin des Jahres International]] (Best International Female Artist)
| {{nom}}
| {{nom}}
| align="center" | <ref name="st1" />
|-
|-
|rowspan="2" | 1988
| [[Winter Music Conference|The 15th International Dance Music Awards]]<ref>{{cite web | url = http://wintermusicconference.com/idmaballot/nominees/archived/index.php?year=2000 | title = IDMA Archive: 2000 IDMA Nominees & Winners | publisher = [[Winter Music Conference]] | accessdate = May 7, 2011 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110306094131/http://wintermusicconference.com/idmaballot/nominees/archived/index.php?year=2000 | archive-date = March 6, 2011 | url-status = dead }}</ref>
| ''Whitney''
| style="text-align:center" | "It's Not Right But It's Okay"
| [[Soul Train Music Award for Best R&B/Soul Album – Female|Best Album of the Year, Female]]
| Best Pop 12" Dance Record
| {{won}}
| {{won}}
| align="center" | <ref name="st2">{{cite news | url = https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=WHwlAAAAIBAJ&pg=1824,1006825&dq=1988+soul+train+awards+nominees&hl=en | title = Showtime: 'Soul Train Music Awards' to Honor Gladys Knight and the Pips with trophy | work = [[The Washington Afro American]] | date = March 29, 1988 | accessdate = June 28, 2010 | page = 6C}}</ref><ref name="st3">{{cite news | url = https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=WHwlAAAAIBAJ&pg=4413,1111334&dq=1988+soul+train+music+awards&hl=en | title = Showtime: Jackson is top winner at Soul Train Awards | work = [[The Washington Afro American]] | date = April 5, 1988 | accessdate = June 28, 2010 | page = 6C}}</ref>
|-
|-
| "I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me)"
| 2000 [[Edison Award|Edison Music Awards]] ([[NVPI]])
| Best Music Video
| style="text-align:center" | ''My Love Is Your Love''
| Beste Zangeres Internationaal (Best International Female Artist)
| {{nom}}
| {{nom}}
| align="center" | <ref name="st2" /><ref name="st3" />
|-
|-
|rowspan="1" | 1989
| rowspan="3"|[[Blockbuster, Inc.|The 6th Blockbuster Entertainment Awards]]<ref name="2000blockbuster">{{cite web | author = Scott Hettrick | url = http://www.allbusiness.com/services/motion-pictures/4840470-1.html | title = B'buster Noms: Stars Vs. Selves | work=[[The Hollywood Reporter]] | date = February 9, 2000 | accessdate = July 4, 2010}}</ref><ref name="2000blockbustermtv">{{cite web | author = David Basham | url = http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1424802/20000510/aguilera_christina.jhtml | title = Aguilera, Cube, BSB Take Home Blockbuster Awards | publisher = MTV Network | date = May 10, 2000 | accessdate = July 4, 2010}}</ref>
| "Where Do Broken Hearts Go"
| style="text-align:center"|''My Love Is Your Love''
| Best R&B/Urban Contemporary Single, Female
| Favorite Female Artist — R&B
| {{nom}}
| {{nom}}
| align="center" | <ref name="st4">{{cite news | url = http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=LA&p_theme=la&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EF51CC6E77A995B&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM | title = Nominees Chosen For Soul Train Awards | work = [[Los Angeles Daily News]] | date = March 3, 1989 | accessdate = May 4, 2011 | format = Payment needed to view the whole article}}</ref>
|-
|-
|rowspan="2" | 1992
|style="text-align:center"|"Heartbreak Hotel" <small>(Featuring Faith Evans and Kelly Price)</small>
| ''I'm Your Baby Tonight''
| Favorite Single (Internet Only)
| Best R&B/Soul Album, Female
| {{nom}}
| {{nom}}
| align="center" | <ref name="st5">{{cite news | author = Dennis Hunt | url = http://articles.latimes.com/1992-03-12/entertainment/ca-5266_1_soul-train-awards | title = Year of the Newcomer at Soul Train, Pop music: Color Me Badd, Jodeci and Lisa Fischer sweep key awards during the sixth annual R&B/soul awards competition | work = Los Angeles Times | date = March 12, 1992 | accessdate = June 29, 2010}}</ref>
|-
|-
| "All the Man That I Need"
| style="text-align:center"|"When You Believe" <small>(Duet with Mariah Carey)</small>
| Best R&B/Soul Single, Female
| Favorite Song from a Movie (Internet Only)
| {{nom}}
| {{nom}}
| align="center" | <ref name="st5" />
|-
|-
|rowspan="1" | 1993
| The 1st [[HMV Group|HMV]] [[Harlem]] Walk of Fame<ref name="2000harlemwalkoffame">{{cite magazine | author = Gail Mitchell | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=kA4EAAAAMBAJ&q=HMV%20Harlem%20walk%20of%20fame&pg=PA8 | title = Harlem USA To Launch; Retail/Theater Complex Touts Music . | magazine = Billboard | date = March 11, 2000 | accessdate = July 4, 2010 | issn = 0006-2510 | volume = 112 | issue = 11 | page = 8}}</ref>
| "I Will Always Love You"
| style="text-align:center"|Inductee
| Best R&B/Soul Single, Female
| Walk of Fame
| {{won}}
| {{won}}
| align="center" | <ref name="st6">{{cite web|url=http://rateyourmusic.com/list/HOOK/7th_soul_train_music_awards___held_at_the_shrine_auditorium_in_los_angeles__california__march_9__1993/ | title = The 7th Soul Train Music Awards Winners | publisher = [[Don Cornelius|Don Cornelius Productions, Inc]] | accessdate = February 9, 2010}}</ref>
|-
|-
|rowspan="3" | 1994
| The 3rd DiVi Awards<ref>{{cite magazine | magazine = Billboard | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=aREEAAAAMBAJ&q=the%203rd%20DIVI%20AWARDS%20BEST%20RELEASE&pg=PA87 | title = 'The Matrix', 'Terminator 2' Snare Most DiVi Awards Conference | volume = 112 | issue = 37 | page = 87 | issn = 0006-2510 | date = September 9, 2000 | accessdate = May 8, 2011}}</ref><br /><small>(The [[International Recording Media Association]])</small>
| Whitney Houston
| style="text-align:center" | ''Whitney: The Greatest Hits'' (DVD)
| [[Soul Train Music Award for Sammy Davis Jr. - Entertainer of the Year|Sammy Davis Jr. Award as Entertainer of the Year]]
| Best Music Release
| {{nom}}
| {{won|Honoree}}
| align="center" | <ref name="st7">{{cite magazine | magazine = Billboard | author = J.R. Reynolds | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=NQgEAAAAMBAJ&q=8th%20soul%20train%20music%20awards&pg=PA34 | title = The Rhythm and the Blues: 8th Soul Train Awards Are Aglow With Stellar Performances, Star Appearances | volume = 106 | issue = 13 | page = 34 | date = March 26, 1994 | access-date = June 29, 2010 | issn = 0006-2510}}</ref><ref name="st8">{{cite web|url=http://www.soultrain.com/stma/library.html |title=Soul Train Music Awards History |publisher=[[Don Cornelius|Don Cornelius Productions, Inc]] |access-date=June 29, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130725073904/http://www.soultrain.com/stma/library.html |archive-date=July 25, 2013 }}</ref>
|-
|-
| "I Will Always Love You"
| M6 Awards 2000<ref>{{cite web | url = http://linfonetrealtv.free.fr/pages/newsseul.php?idarticles=812&idemission=12 | title = Les Archives: M6 Awards 2000 | publisher = linfonetrealtv.free.fr | date = November 17, 2000 | accessdate = May 8, 2011}}</ref>
| [[Soul Train Music Award for Best R&B/Soul Song of the Year|Best R&B Song of the Year]]
| style="text-align:center" | Whitney Houston (herself)
| {{won}}
| Artiste Féminine Internationale de l'Année (International Female Artist of the Year)
| align="center" | <ref name="st7" /><ref name="st8" />
| {{nom}}
|-
|-
| "I Have Nothing"
| [[My VH1 Music Awards|The 1st My VH1 Music Awards]]<ref>{{cite news | work = Chicago Tribune | url = http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2000-11-26/entertainment/0011280117_1_mtv-movie-awards-seven-nominations-five-bids | title = Interactive Vh1 Awards Show Includes Some Offbeat Categories | date = November 26, 2000 | author = Allan Johnso | accessdate = May 8, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | work = [[USA Today]] | author = Edna Gundersen | title = John Leguizamo wants his VH1 Awards show is a labor of love, in more ways than one | url = https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/USAToday/access/64805452.html?dids=64805452:64805452&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Nov+29%2C+2000&author=Edna+Gundersen&pub=USA+TODAY&desc=John+Leguizamo+wants+his+VH1+Awards+show+is+a+labor+of+love%2C+in+more+ways+than+one&pqatl=google | date = November 29, 2000 | accessdate = May 8, 2011 | archive-date = November 6, 2012 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20121106165240/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/USAToday/access/64805452.html?dids=64805452:64805452&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Nov+29,+2000&author=Edna+Gundersen&pub=USA+TODAY&desc=John+Leguizamo+wants+his+VH1+Awards+show+is+a+labor+of+love,+in+more+ways+than+one&pqatl=google | url-status = dead }}</ref>
| Best R&B/Soul Single, Female
| style="text-align:center" | Whitney Houston vs. Honolulu Airport security
| Most Entertaining Public Feud
| {{nom}}
| {{nom}}
| align="center" | <ref name="st7" /><ref name="st8" />
|-
|-
|rowspan="2" | 1996
|}
|rowspan="2" | "Exhale (Shoop Shoop)"

| Best R&B/Soul Single, Female
== 2001 ==
| {{won}}
{|class="wikitable"
| align="center" | <ref name="st9">{{cite magazine | magazine = Billboard | author = J.R. Reynolds | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=_gwEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA28 | title = Despite Violence, Soul Train Awards Upbeat; TLC, D'Angelo Big Winners . | volume = 108 | issue = 15 | page = 28 | date = April 13, 1996 | access-date = June 30, 2010 | issn = 0006-2510}}</ref><ref name="st10">{{cite news | author = Shauna Snow | url = http://articles.latimes.com/1996-02-23/entertainment/ca-39073_1_soul-train | title = Pop/Rock | work = Los Angeles Times | date = February 23, 1996 | access-date = June 30, 2010}}</ref>
! width=25% | Awards show or organization
! width=25% |Nomination(s)
! width=45% |Categories
! width=5% | Result(s)
|-
|-
| Best R&B/Soul or Rap Single of the Year
| [[American Music Awards of 2001|The 28th American Music Awards]]<ref name="2001ama">{{cite web | url = http://www.rockonthenet.com/archive/2001/amas.htm | title = 2001 The 28th American Music Awards Winners & Nominees | publisher = rockonthenet.com | date = January 8, 2001 | accessdate = July 5, 2010}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center"|Whitney Houston (herself)
| [[American Music Award for Favorite Soul/R&B Female Artist#2000s|Favorite Soul/R&B Female Artist]]
| {{nom}}
| {{nom}}
| align="center" | <ref name="st9" /><ref name="st10" />
|-
|rowspan="1" | 1998
| Whitney Houston
| [[Soul Train Music Award for Quincy Jones Award for Career Achievement|Quincy Jones Award for Career Achievement]]
| {{won|Honoree}}
| align="center" | <ref name="st11">{{cite magazine | magazine = Billboard | author = Anita M. Samuels | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=6w4EAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA10 | title = Badu Heads Soul Train; Singer Picks Up 4 Awards . | volume = 110 | issue = 11 | page = 10 | date = March 14, 1998 | accessdate = June 30, 2010 | issn = 0006-2510}}</ref><ref name="st12">{{cite web|url=http://www.soultrain.com/stma/library.html |title=Soul Train Music Awards Library: 1998 The 12th Soul Train Music Awards |publisher=[[Don Cornelius|Don Cornelius Productions, Inc]] |date=February 27, 1998 |accessdate=June 30, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130725073904/http://www.soultrain.com/stma/library.html |archive-date=July 25, 2013 }}</ref>
|-
|-
|rowspan="3" | 2000
| [[2001 Soul Train Music Awards|The 15th Soul Train Music Awards]]<ref>{{cite news | work = [[MTV]] | publisher = MTV Network | url = http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1438917/.jhtml | title = MTV News: D'Angelo, Jill Scott Get Three Soul Train Nods Each | author = Eric Schumacher-Rasmussen | date = January 31, 2001 | accessdate = May 8, 2011}}</ref>
| ''My Love Is Your Love''
| style="text-align:center" | "[[Same Script, Different Cast]]" <small>(Duet with [[Deborah Cox]])</small>
| Best R&B/Soul Album - Female
| [[2001 Soul Train Music Awards#Best R&B/Soul Single, Group, Band or Duo|Best R&B/Soul Single, Group, Band or Duo]]
| {{nom}}
| {{nom}}
| align="center" | <ref name="st13">{{cite web | author = David Basham | url = http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1434868/20000211/tlc.jhtml | title = TLC Nominated For Three Soul Train Music Awards | publisher = [[MTV]] | date = February 11, 2000 | accessdate = July 4, 2010}}</ref><ref name="st14">{{cite magazine | magazine = Billboard | author = Gail Mitchell | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=nA4EAAAAMBAJ&q=soul%20train%20music%20awards%2014th&pg=PA20 | title = TLC Rides Soul Train . | date = March 18, 2000 | accessdate = July 4, 2010 | issn = 0006-2510 | volume = 112 | issue = 12 | page = 20}}</ref>
|-
|-
| "My Love Is Your Love"
| [[:de:Echoverleihung 2001|The 10th Echo Awards]]<ref>{{cite magazine | magazine = Billboard | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=ghMEAAAAMBAJ&q=echo+whitney | title = Big Plans for German Echoes | author = Gesa Birnkraut | date=February 10, 2001 | volume = 113 | page = 74| issn = 0006-2510}}</ref>
| Best R&B/Soul Single - Female
| style="text-align:center" | ''[[Whitney: The Greatest Hits]]''
| [[:de:Echoverleihung 2001#Künstlerin des Jahres international|Künstlerin des Jahres International]] (Best International Female Rock/Pop Artist)
| {{nom}}
| {{nom}}
| align="center" | <ref name="st13" /><ref name="st14" />
|-
|-
| Whitney Houston
| [[Meteor Music Awards|2001 Meteor Ireland Music Awards]]<ref name="2001meteor">{{cite web|url=http://www.irma.ie/2001winners.htm |title=2001 Meteor Ireland Music Awards Winners |publisher=[[Irish Recorded Music Association]] |date=March 16, 2001 |accessdate=July 4, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110928061727/http://www.irma.ie/2001winners.htm |archive-date=September 28, 2011 }}</ref>
| The Artist of the Decade - Female{{efn|For extraordinary artistic contributions during the 1990s.}}
| style="text-align:center"| ''Whitney: The Greatest Hits''
| {{won|Honoree}}
| Best International Female
| align="center" | <ref name="st13" /><ref name="st14" />
| {{won}}
|-
|-
|rowspan="1" | 2001
| [[Blockbuster, Inc.|The 7th Blockbuster Entertainment Awards]]<ref name="2001blockbuster">{{cite web | author = Eric Schumacher-Rasmussen | url = http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1438595/20010129/destinys_child.jhtml | title = Destiny's Child Lead Blockbuster Nominees: Creed, 'NSYNC, Faith Hill also up for awards honoring fan favorites | publisher = MTV Network | date = January 29, 2001 | accessdate = July 4, 2010}}</ref>
| "[[Same Script, Different Cast]]" <small>(with [[Deborah Cox]])</small>
| style="text-align:center"|''Whitney: The Greatest Hits''
| Best R&B/Soul Single - Group, Band or Duo
| Favorite Female Artist — R&B
| {{nom}}
| {{nom}}
| align="center" | <ref name="st15">{{cite news | work = [[MTV]] | publisher = MTV Network | url = http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1438917/.jhtml | title = MTV News: D'Angelo, Jill Scott Get Three Soul Train Nods Each | author = Eric Schumacher-Rasmussen | date = January 31, 2001 | accessdate = May 8, 2011}}</ref>
|-
|-
|rowspan="1" | 2009
| [[BET Awards|The 1st BET Awards]]<ref name="2001betawards">{{cite magazine | magazine = Billboard | author = Gail Mitchell | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=-BMEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA8 | title = Awards Show Sets New Ratings High For BET | volume = 113 | issue = 26 | issn = 0006-2510 | page = 8 | date = June 30, 2001 | accessdate = July 4, 2010}}</ref><ref name="2001bet02">{{cite news | author = Angie Wagner| url = https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=NRYsAAAAIBAJ&pg=4075,8070194&dq| title = Whitney Houston honored, OutKast nabs 2 honors at BET Awards | page = B7 | publisher = Taylor W. Hayes | date = June 21, 2001 | accessdate = July 4, 2010}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center"| Whitney Houston (herself)
| Whitney Houston
| Best R&B/Soul Artist - Female
| [[BET Lifetime Achievement Award]]
| {{won}}
| {{nom}}
| align="center" | <ref name="st16">{{cite web | author = Mark Edward Nero | url = http://randb.about.com/od/musicawardsshows/a/2009SoulTrainAwards.htm | title = 2009 Soul Train Awards: And the Winners Are | publisher = [[About.com]] | date = November 3, 2009 | accessdate = July 5, 2010}}</ref>
|-
|-
|rowspan="1" | 2012
| [[Japan Gold Disc Award|The 16th Japan Gold Disc Awards]]<ref name="2001japangolddisc">{{cite web | url = http://www.riaj.or.jp/e/data/gdisc/2001.html | title = The 16th Japan Gold Disc Awards Winners | publisher = The [[Recording Industry Association of Japan]] | accessdate = July 4, 2010}}</ref>
| "[[Celebrate (Whitney Houston and Jordin Sparks song)|Celebrate]]" <small>(Duet with [[Jordin Sparks]])</small>
| style="text-align:center" | ''Whitney: The Greatest Hits''
| Best Gospel/Inspirational Performance
| Pop Album of the Year (International)
| {{won}}
| {{won}}
| align="center" | <ref name="st17">{{cite web |url=https://ratedrnb.com/2012/11/2012-soul-train-awards-winners/ |title=2012 Soul Train Awards winners |author=Samuels, Keithan |date=November 26, 2012 |accessdate=May 31, 2023}}</ref>
|-
|-
! scope="row" | Trumpet Awards
|}
| 1998

| Whitney Houston
== 2003–2009 ==
| The Pinnacle Award{{efn|Trumpet Awards — the awards are intended to honor blacks who, through consistency and longevity, have inspired others and have achieved success in their chosen professions or careers.<ref name="trumpet2" />}}
{|class="wikitable"
| {{won|Honoree}}
! width=25% | Awards show or organization
| align="center" | <ref name="trumpet1">{{cite magazine | magazine = Jet | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=UsQDAAAAMBAJ&q=trumpet%20awards%20whitney%20houston&pg=PA62 | title = Sixth Annual Trumpet Awards Gala Pays Tribute to Black Achievement | volume = 93 | issue = 11 | page = 62 | date = February 9, 1998 | accessdate = June 30, 2010 | issn = 0021-5996}}</ref><ref name="trumpet2">{{cite news | author = Lawrence Van Gelder | url = https://www.nytimes.com/1998/01/14/arts/footlights.html | title = Footlights | work = [[The New York Times]] | date = January 14, 1998 | accessdate = June 30, 2010}}</ref>
! width=25% |Nomination(s)
! width=45% |Categories
! width=5% | Result(s)
|-
|-
! scope="row" | [[United Negro College Fund]]
|The 8th Soul Train Lady Of Soul Awards<ref name="2003soultrainlady">{{cite web | url = http://www.upi.com/Entertainment_News/2003/07/18/Lady-of-Soul-nominees-announced/UPI-66421058533484/ | title = Lady of Soul nominees announced | publisher = [[United Press International]] | date = July 18, 2003 | accessdate = July 5, 2010}}</ref> (2003)
| 1990
|style="text-align:center"|''[[Just Whitney]]''
| Whitney Houston
|R&B/Soul Album of the Year, Solo
| The Frederick D. Patterson Award
|{{nom}}
| {{won}}{{efn|Houston was honored for her long-standing dedication to Black higher education.<ref name="uncf" />}}
| align="center" | <ref name="uncf">{{{{cite magazine | magazine = Jet | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=3b0DAAAAMBAJ&q=intitle%3Ajet&pg=PA56 | title = Entertainment: Stars Salute Whitney Houston for Her Support of Black Colleges | date = April 2, 1990 | accessdate = June 29, 2010 | volume = 77 | issue = 25 | issn = 0021-5996 | page = 56}}</ref>
|-
|-
! scope="row" | [[VH1]] Honors
|The 1st Capital Gold Legends Awards<ref name="2003capitalgold">{{cite web | url = http://www.whitney-fan.com/news/month/09/year/2003/part/2/keyword/capital%20gold%20legends | title = September 26, 2003 Whitney Houston News, Capital Gold | publisher = whitney-fan.com | date = September 26, 2003 | accessdate = July 5, 2010 | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20111004042549/http://www.whitney-fan.com/news/month/09/year/2003/part/2/keyword/capital%20gold%20legends | archive-date = October 4, 2011 }}</ref> (2003)
| 1995
|style="text-align:center"|Whitney Houston (herself)
| Whitney Houston
|Legendary Female
| VH1 Honors Award
|{{nom}}
| {{won}}{{efn|Houston earned the award for her charitable works with the Whitney Houston Foundation for Children, Inc.}}
| align="center" | <ref name="vh1honor1">{{cite news | author = Chris Riemenschneider | work = Los Angeles Times | url = http://articles.latimes.com/1995-06-24/entertainment/ca-16654_1_michael-jackson | title = Jackson's History Gets a New, Brief Chapter, Pop Beat: Houston, Midler and others are saluted at VH1 Honors, but Michael makes the most of his short appearance | date = June 24, 1995 | access-date = June 30, 2010}}</ref>
|-
|-
! scope="row" | [[Women's World Award]]s
| [[Women's World Award|The 1st Women's World Awards]]<ref name="2004womensusatoday">{{cite news | author = Jochen Luebke | url = https://www.usatoday.com/life/people/2004-06-10-warwick-houston_x.htm | work = USA Today | title = Whitney Houston receives lifetime achievement award in Germany | date = June 10, 2004 | accessdate=May 8, 2010}}</ref><ref name="2004womens">{{cite web | url = https://www.today.com/popculture/whitney-houston-honored-humanitarian-wbna5183450 | title = Whitney Houston honored as a humanitarian | agency = [[Associated Press]] |publisher=Today.com | date = June 10, 2004 | accessdate = July 5, 2010}}</ref> (2004)
| 2004
| style="text-align:center"|Whitney Houston (herself) and [[Dionne Warwick]]
| Whitney Houston
| World Arts Award for Lifetime Achievement
| World Arts Award for Lifetime Achievement{{efn|Shared with [[Dionne Warwick]].}}
| {{won}}
| {{won|Honoree}}
| align="center" | <ref name="womensworld1">{{cite news | author = Jochen Luebke | url = https://www.usatoday.com/life/people/2004-06-10-warwick-houston_x.htm | work = USA Today | title = Whitney Houston receives lifetime achievement award in Germany | date = June 10, 2004 | accessdate=May 8, 2010}}</ref><ref name="womensworld02">{{cite web | url = https://www.today.com/popculture/whitney-houston-honored-humanitarian-wbna5183450 | title = Whitney Houston honored as a humanitarian | agency = [[Associated Press]] |publisher=Today.com | date = June 10, 2004 | accessdate = July 5, 2010}}</ref>
|-
|-
! scope="row" rowspan="6" | [[World Music Awards]]
| The 6th [[China Central Television|CCTV]]-[[MTV Southeast Asia|MTV]] Music Honors<ref>{{cite magazine | magazine = Billboard | author = Kaiser Kuo | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=5BIEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA53 | title = Newsline: The International Week in Brief . | date = August 7, 2004 | accessdate = October 19, 2010 | volume = 116 | issue = 32 | page = 53 | issn = 0006-2510}}</ref> (2004)
|rowspan="5" | 1994
| style="text-align:center"|Whitney Houston (herself)
|rowspan="5" | Whitney Houston
| International Outstanding Achievement
| World's Best Selling Overall Recording Artist
| {{won}}
| {{won}}
| align="center" | <ref name="wma1">{{cite magazine | author = Mark Dezzani | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=TAgEAAAAMBAJ&q=world%20music%20awards%201994%20whitney%20houston&pg=PA41 | title = World Music Awards Gaining Stature | magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] | date = May 21, 1994 | access-date = June 29, 2010}}</ref>
|-
|-
| World's Best Selling Pop Artist of the Year
| The [[New Jersey]] Walk of Fame<ref name="njwalkoffame">{{cite web | url = http://goliath.ecnext.com/coms2/gi_0199-5550693/New-Jersey-Walk-of-Fame.html | title = New Jersey Walk of Fame Unveiled at NJPAC on May 18th | publisher = [[PR Newswire]] | date = May 19, 2006 | accessdate = July 5, 2010}}</ref><sup><span id="ref_S">[[#endnote_S|[S]]]</span></sup> (2006)
| style="text-align:center" |Whitney Houston (herself)
| Inductee
| {{won}}
| {{won}}
| align="center" | <ref name="wma1" />
|-
|-
| World's Best Selling R&B Artist of the Year
| rowspan="5" | [[Guinness World Records]]<ref name="2006guinness">{{cite news | author = Monica Lewis | url = http://www.miamiherald.com/2007/06/28/154223/20-people-who-changed-black-music.html | title = 20 People Who Changed Black Music: Pop Darling Whitney Houston, Queen of the Ballad | work = [[The Miami Herald]] | date = June 28, 2007 | accessdate = July 5, 2010}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=Guinness World Records search: Whitney Houston|url=https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/search?term=Whitney%20Houston&page=1&type=all&max=20&partial=_Results&|access-date=August 3, 2021|website=Guinness World Records}}</ref> (2006)
| rowspan="5" style="text-align:center" |Whitney Houston (herself)
| Most Consecutive U.S. No. 1 Singles
| {{won}}
| {{won}}
| align="center" | <ref name="wma1" />
|-
|-
|Most Awarded Female Recording Artist
| World's Best Selling American Recording Artist of the Year
|{{won}}
|-
| Most consecutive weeks at No.1 on UK singles chart (solo female)
| {{won}}
| {{won}}
| align="center" | <ref name="wma1" />
|-
|-
| World's Best Selling Female Recording Artist of the Era
| Most consecutive weeks at No.1 on US singles chart (solo female)
| {{won}}
| {{won}}
| align="center" | <ref name="wma1" />
|-
|-
|rowspan="1" | 2004
| Most cumulative weeks at No.1 on US singles chart (solo female, individual single)
|rowspan="1" | Whitney Houston
| The Legend Award
| {{won}}
| {{won}}
| align="center" | <ref name="wma1" /><ref name="wma2">{{cite web |url=http://www.worldmusicawards.com/index.php/awards/ |title=World Music Awards: Awards |accessdate=May 31, 2023}}</ref>
|-
|-
|[[2009 Soul Train Music Awards|The 22nd Soul Train Music Awards]]<ref name="2009soultrain">{{cite web | author = Mark Edward Nero | url = http://randb.about.com/od/musicawardsshows/a/2009SoulTrainAwards.htm | title = 2009 Soul Train Awards: And the Winners Are | publisher = [[About.com]] | date = November 3, 2009 | accessdate = July 5, 2010}}</ref> (2009)
|Whitney Houston (herself)
|Best R&B/Soul Artist — Female
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[American Music Awards of 2009|The 37th American Music Awards]]<ref name="2009ama">{{cite web | author = Alan Duke | url = http://edition.cnn.com/2009/SHOWBIZ/Music/11/22/american.music.awards/ | title = Rihanna, happy to be back, hits AMA stage | publisher = [[CNN]] | date = November 23, 2009 | accessdate = July 5, 2010}}</ref> (2009)
| style="text-align:center"|Whitney Houston (herself)
| [[American Music Awards#International Artist Award of Excellence|International Artist Award]]
| {{won}}
|}
|}
'''Note:'''
*S<span id="endnote_S"></span>'''[[#ref S|^]]''' The New Jersey Walk of Fame honored the lives and achievements of extraordinary performing artists who are associated with the Garden State and/or its institutions.<ref name="njwalkoffame" />


== 2010 ==
==Other accolades==
=== ''Guinness World Records'' ===
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{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%;"
! width=25% | Awards show or organization
|+Key
! width=25% | Nomination(s)
| style="background-color:#CCF6FF" |{{dagger|alt=Indicates a record that was eventually broken}}<!-- Do not remove the dagger; this is a requirement per Wikipedia's guidelines on color. -->
! width=45% | Categories
| Indicates a former world-record holder
! width=5% | Result(s)
|}
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"
|- style="background:#ccc; text-align:center;"
|+Year the record was awarded, title of the record, and the record holder
! scope="col"| Year
! scope="col"| Record
! scope="col" | Record holder
! scope="col" class="unsortable"| {{Abbr|Ref.|References}}
|-
|-
| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| 1987
| [[The BET Honors|The 3rd BET Honors]]<ref name="2010bethonors">{{cite web | url = http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/the-bet-honors-proved-what-extraordinary-looks-like-by-recognizing-leading-luminaries-81910247.html | title = 'THE BET HONORS' Proved What Extraordinary Looks Like by Recognizing Leading Luminaries | publisher = [[PRNewswire]] | date = January 16, 2010 | accessdate = July 5, 2010}}</ref><ref name="2010bethonors02">{{cite web | url = http://www.bet.com/Specials/bethonors10/tbh10_honorees/bethonors10_honorees_whitneyhouston.htm | title = The BET Honors Honorees: Whitney Houston (Entertainment) | publisher = [[Black Entertainment Television]] | date = January 16, 2010 | accessdate = July 5, 2010 | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100316211201/http://www.bet.com/Specials/bethonors10/tbh10_honorees/bethonors10_honorees_whitneyhouston.htm | archive-date = March 16, 2010 }}</ref>
| style="background-color:#CCF6FF"| {{dagger}} Best-selling album by a woman{{efn|Houston held the record for best-selling album by a woman with her 1985 debut album, ''Whitney Houston'', until 1992, when [[Madonna (entertainer)|Madonna]]'s ''[[True Blue (Madonna album)|True Blue]]'', replaced it. The title was soon reclaimed by Houston with her [[The Bodyguard (soundtrack)|1992 soundtrack]] to the film, ''[[The Bodyguard]]''.}}
| style="text-align:center"|Whitney Houston (herself)
| ''[[Whitney Houston (album)|Whitney Houston]]''
| The BET Honor for Entertainment
| <ref name="guinness1">{{cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/1988guinnessbook00russ/mode/2up?view=theater&q=whitney+houston |title=1988 Guinness book of world records |author1=Russel, Alan |author2=Boehm, David |page=159 | date=November 1987 |accessdate=June 1, 2023}}</ref>
| {{won}}
|-
|-
| style="background-color:#CCF6FF"| {{dagger}} Best-selling debut album of all time{{efn|Houston would hold this record for more than 14 years before it was replaced by [[Britney Spears]]' 1999 debut album, ''[[...Baby One More Time (album)|...Baby One More Time]]''.}}
| rowspan="2"|[[NAACP Awards|The 41st NAACP Image Awards]]<ref name="2010naacp">{{cite web|url=http://www.naacpimageawards.net/41/nominees-and-voting/nominees/ |title=2010 The 41st NAACP Image Awards Winners & Nominees - Recording Categories |publisher=naacpimageawards.net |date=February 26, 2010 |accessdate=July 5, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101208053658/http://www.naacpimageawards.net/41/nominees-and-voting/nominees/ |archive-date=December 8, 2010 }}</ref>
| style="text-align:center"|Whitney Houston (herself)
| ''Whitney Houston''
| <ref name="guinness1"/>
| [[NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Female Artist|Outstanding Female Artist]]
| {{nom}}
|-
|-
| style="text-align:center"|"[[I Look to You (song)|I Look to You]]"
| style="text-align:center;"|1994
| style="background-color:#CCF6FF"| {{dagger}} Most weeks at number one on the Billboard Hot 100{{efn|Houston's hit single, "[[I Will Always Love You#Whitney Houston version|I Will Always Love You]]", held the record for most weeks at number one on the Billboard Hot 100 until the release of "[[One Sweet Day]]" in 1995.}}
| [[NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Music Video|Outstanding Music Video]]
| "[[I Will Always Love You#Whitney Houston version|I Will Always Love You]]"
| {{won}}
| <ref name="guinness2">{{cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/guinnessbookofre1995matt/page/361/mode/1up?view=theater&q=whitney+houston |title=The Guinness book of records, 1995 |author=McWhirter, Norris |page=361 |date=March 1, 1995 |accessdate=June 1, 2023}}</ref>
|-
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|1997
| [[:de:Echoverleihung 2010|2010 Echo Awards]]<ref name="2010echo">{{cite web | url = http://new.de.music.yahoo.com/blogs/rueckkoppler/2593/echo-awardsalle-infos-liveacts-nominees-videos-uvm/ | title = ECHO-Awards - Alle Infos, Liveacts, Nominees, Videos uvm | publisher = [[Yahoo.com]] | date = February 25, 2010 | accessdate = July 5, 2010 | language = de}}</ref><ref name="2010echosingersroom">{{cite web | url = http://www.singersroom.com/news/5311/Lady-Gaga-Whitney-Houston-lead-2010-Echo-Award-nominees | title = Lady Gaga, Whitney Houston lead 2010 Echo Award nominees | publisher = singersroom.com | date = February 19, 2010 | accessdate = July 5, 2010}}</ref>
| Best-selling single by a female soloist{{efn|At 20 million copies sold worldwide, Houston's "I Will Always Love You" remains the best-selling single of all time by a woman.}}
| style="text-align:center"|Whitney Houston (herself)
| "I Will Always Love You"
| Künstlerin International Rock/Pop (Best International Rock/Pop Artist ― Female)
| <ref name="guinness3">{{cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/guinnessbookofre0000unse_a8h8/page/176/mode/1up?view=theater&q=whitney+houston |title=The Guinness book of records 1997 |author=McWhirter, Norris |page=176 |date=March 1997 |accessdate=June 1, 2023}}</ref>-
| {{nom}}
|}

== 2012 ==
{|class="wikitable"
! width=25% | Awards show or organization
! width=25% |Nomination(s)
! width=45% |Categories
! width=5% | Result(s)
|-
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|1998
| [[2012 Billboard Music Awards]]
| Most successful star couple
| style="text-align:center"|Whitney Houston (herself)
| Whitney Houston and Bobby Brown
| Billboard Millennium Award
| <ref name="guinness4">{{cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/guinness1999book00slgu/page/18/mode/1up?view=theater&q=whitney+houston |title=The Guinness 1999 book of records |author=Young, Mark |page=18 |date=1999 |accessdate=June 1, 2023}}</ref>
| {{won}}
|-
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|1999
| rowspan="5" | [[Guinness World Records]]<ref name=":0" />
| Most consecutive US No. 1 singles{{efn|Between October 1985 and April 1988, Houston landed seven consecutive number one singles in a row: "[[Saving All My Love for You]]", "[[How Will I Know]]", "[[The Greatest Love of All#Whitney Houston version|Greatest Love of All]]", "[[I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me)]]", "[[Didn't We Almost Have It All]]", "[[So Emotional]]" and "[[Where Do Broken Hearts Go]]".}}
| rowspan="5" style="text-align:center" |Whitney Houston (herself)
| Whitney Houston
| Most Simultaneous Hits in United Kingdom
| <ref name="guinness5">{{cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/guinnessworldrec2000engl/page/126/mode/1up?view=theater&q=whitney+houston |title=Guinness world records 2000 |author=Kynaston, Nic |page=126 |date=2000 |accessdate=June 1, 2023}}</ref>
| {{won}}
|-
|-
| rowspan="4" style="text-align:center;"|2006
| Highest trending Google search of 2012
| Most awarded female recording artist{{efn|At the time, Guinness listed her awards total at around 411 awards.}}
| {{won}}
| Whitney Houston
| <ref name="whitney1">{{cite news | author = Monica Lewis | url = http://www.miamiherald.com/2007/06/28/154223/20-people-who-changed-black-music.html | title = 20 People Who Changed Black Music: Pop Darling Whitney Houston, Queen of the Ballad | work = [[The Miami Herald]] | date = June 28, 2007 | accessdate = July 5, 2010 | url-status=dead |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20120928025355/http://www.miamiherald.com/static/insite/login.html?goto=http%3A//www.miamiherald.com/2007/06/28/154223/20-people-who-changed-black-music.html|archive-date=September 28, 2012}}</ref>
|-
|-
| Most consecutive weeks at No. 1 on the UK singles chart (solo female){{efn|"I Will Always Love You" spent 10 consecutive weeks at number-one in 1992-93, singer Rihanna shares the record for her her hit, "[[Umbrella (song)|Umbrella]]".}}
| Best-selling single by a female artist (US)
| "I Will Always Love You"
| {{won}}
| <ref name="guinness6">{{Cite web|title=Guinness World Records search: Whitney Houston|url=https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/search?term=Whitney%20Houston&page=1&type=all&max=20&partial=_Results&|access-date=August 3, 2021|website=Guinness World Records}}</ref>
|-
|-
| Most consecutive weeks at No. 1 on the US singles chart (solo female){{efn|"I Will Always Love You" maintains its chart record for a female artist with 14.}}
| Biggest-selling soundtrack album
| "I Will Always Love You"
| {{won}}
| <ref name="guinness6" />
|-
|-
| Most cumulative weeks at No. 1 on the US singles chart (solo female, individual single){{efn|Houston shares this record with [[Mariah Carey]], whose single, "[[We Belong Together]]", also reached 14 cumulative weeks.}}
| First recipient of the BET Lifetime Achievement Award
| "I Will Always Love You"
| {{won}}
| <ref name="guinness6" />
|-
|-
| rowspan="13" style="text-align:center;"|2012
| [[2012 MTV Europe Music Awards]]
| Most simultaneous UK chart entries by a female artist{{efn|Houston had more than 12 entries inside the UK Top 75 simultaneously just weeks following her death in 2012.}}
| style="text-align:center"|Whitney Houston (herself)
| Whitney Houston
| [[MTV Europe Music Award for Global Icon|Global Icon Award]]
| <ref name="guinness6" />
| {{won}}
|-
|-
| First female artist to debut at number one on the US Billboard 200{{efn|Houston accomplished this back in 1987 when her album, ''[[Whitney (album)|Whitney]]'', debuted at the top of the Billboard 200.}}
| [[Soul Train Music Awards|2012 Soul Train Music Awards]]
| Whitney Houston
| style="text-align:center"|"[[Celebrate (Whitney Houston and Jordin Sparks song)|Celebrate]]" <small>(Duet with [[Jordin Sparks]])</small>
| <ref name="guinness6" />
| Best Gospel/Inspirational Performance
| {{won}}
|}

== 2013 ==
{|class="wikitable"
! width=25% | Awards show or organization
! width=25% |Nomination(s)
! width=45% |Categories
! width=5% | Result(s)
|-
|-
| style="background-color:#CCF6FF"| {{dagger}} Most awarded female American Music Awards winner{{efn|Houston would hold this record until 2020 when it was broken by [[Taylor Swift]].}}
| [[Grammy Awards]]
| style="text-align:center"|''[[Whitney Houston (album)|Whitney Houston]]''
| Whitney Houston (22)
| <ref name="guinness6" />
| [[Grammy Hall of Fame Award|Grammy Hall of Fame]]
| {{won}}
|-
|-
| Most American Music Awards wins in a single night by a female artist
| rowspan="2"| [[NAACP Awards|The 44th NAACP Image Awards]]
| Whitney Houston (8)
| style="text-align:center"|"[[I Look to You (song)#Duet version with R. Kelly|I Look to You]]"
| <ref name="guinness6" />
| Best Song
| {{won}}
|-
|-
| style="background-color:#CCF6FF"| {{dagger}} Most cumulative weeks at number one on the US Billboard 200 (solo female){{efn|The record for most cumulative weeks was set at 46 by Houston, since then, [[Taylor Swift]] has broken this record.}}
| style="text-align:center"|''[[I Will Always Love You: The Best of Whitney Houston]]''
| Whitney Houston (46)
| Best Outstanding Album
| <ref name="guinness6" />
| {{won}}
|-
|-
| Most simultaneous albums on the US Billboard 200 (solo female){{efn|Houston shares the record with Taylor Swift.}}
| 2013 Barbados Music Awards (BMA)
| style="text-align:center"|Whitney Houston (herself)
| Whitney Houston (10)
| <ref name="guinness6" />
| 2013 International Icon Award
| {{won}}
|-
|-
| Most number one remakes on the US Billboard Hot 100{{efn|Houston had four number one covers: "[[Saving All My Love for You]]", "[[The Greatest Love of All#Greatest Love of All]]", "[[All the Man That I Need]]" and "[[I Will Always Love You#Whitney Houston version|I Will Always Love You]]".}}
| The Singers Hall of Fame
| style="text-align:center"|Whitney Houston (herself)
| Whitney Houston (4)
| <ref name="guinness6" />
| Inductee
| {{won}}
|-
|-
| Most number one "triple crown" No. 1 US singles (pop, R&B and adult contemporary){{efn|Houston shares this record with [[Lionel Richie]].}}
| [[Georgia Music Hall of Fame]]
| style="text-align:center"|Whitney Houston (herself)
| Whitney Houston (4)
| <ref name="guinness6" />
| Posthumous Award
|-
| {{won}}
| Best-selling soundtrack album{{efn|''[[The Bodyguard (soundtrack)|The Bodyguard]]'' continues to hold this record selling more than 45 million copies.}}
| ''[[The Bodyguard (soundtrack)|The Bodyguard]]''
| <ref name="guinness6" />
|-
| Best-selling single in the US by a female artist{{efn|Houston's "I Will Always Love You" has sold more than four million physical copies in the United States.}}
| "I Will Always Love You".
| <ref name="guinness6" />
|-
| First recipient of the [[BET Lifetime Achievement Award]]{{efn|Houston received the award in its inaugural year of 2001.}}
| Whitney Houston
| <ref name="guinness6" />
|-
| Highest trending Google search of 2012
| Whitney Houston
| <ref name="guinness6" />
|-
| Most World Music Awards wins in a single night{{efn|Shares this with Michael Jackson.}}
| Whitney Houston
| <ref name="guinness6" />
|-
|-
| ABC Greatest Women in Music
| style="text-align:center"|Whitney Houston (herself)
| Rank No. 1
| {{won}}
|}
|}


== 2014 - 2023 ==
=== Listicles ===
{|class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable" style="margin-right: 0;"
|+Name of publisher, name of [[listicle]], year(s) listed, and placement result
! width=25% | Awards show or organization
! width=25% |Nomination(s)
! width=45% |Categories
! width=5% | Result(s)
|-
|-
! scope="col" | Publisher
| [[New Jersey Hall of Fame]] 2014
! scope="col" | Listicle
| style="text-align:center"|Whitney Houston (herself)
! scope="col" | Year(s)
| Inductee
! scope="col" | Result
| {{won}}
! scope="col" class="unsortable" | {{Abbr|Ref.|Reference(s)}}
|-
|-
! scope="row"|[[ABC News|ABC]]
| [[Vevo Certified Awards]] (2014)
|30 Greatest Women in Music
| style="text-align:center"|"I Will Always Love You"
|2013
| +100,000,000 views on [[Vevo]]
|1
| {{won}}
|style="text-align:center;"|<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://thatgrapejuice.net/2013/12/weigh-years-rockin-eve-presents-30-greatest-women-music/|title=Weigh In: "New Year's Rockin' Eve Presents: The 30 Greatest Women in Music"|title=December 31, 2013|accessdate=May 30, 2023}}</ref>
|-
|-
! scope="row"|[[American Dental Hygienists' Association]]
| [[Rhythm and Blues Music Hall of Fame]] (2014)
|America's Greatest Smiles
| style="text-align:center"|Whitney Houston (herself)
|1988
| Inductee
|Placed
| {{won}}
|style="text-align:center;"|<ref>{{cite news | url = https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=5oUcAAAAIBAJ&pg=6463,4829216&dq=america's+greatest+smiles&hl=en | title = People: Great smiles | work = [[The Pittsburgh Press]] | date = October 8, 1988 | accessdate = June 28, 2010 | page = A2}}</ref>
|-
|-
! scope="row" rowspan="4" |''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]''
| The Official Charts Pop Gem Hall Of Fame<ref name="Official Charts Pop Gem #80: Whitney – I Wanna Dance With Somebody">{{cite web|last1=Myers|first1=Justin|author-link1=The Official Charts Pop Gem Hall Of Fame|title=Official Charts Pop Gem #80: Whitney – I Wanna Dance With Somebody|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/features/official-charts-pop-gem-80-whitney-i-wanna-dance-with-somebody-3237/|website=officialcharts.com|publisher=The Official Charts Company|accessdate=November 26, 2014|archive-url=http://www.officialcharts.com/features/the-official-charts-pop-gem-hall-of-fame-2841/|archive-date=March 22, 2014|date=October 25, 2014}}</ref> (2014)
|rowspan="1" |Greatest of All Time Hot 100 Artists
| style="text-align:center"|"[[I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me)]]"
|2018
| Inductee No. 80
|9
| {{won}}
|style="text-align:center;"|<ref name="hot100">{{cite web |url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/greatest-hot-100-artists/ |title=Greatest of All Time Hot 100 Artists |work=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |accessdate=June 1, 2023}}</ref>
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|-
|rowspan="1" |Top 50 R&B Artists of the Past 25 Years
| Vevo Certified Awards
|2010
| style="text-align:center"|"I Have Nothing"
|3
| +100 million views
|style="text-align:center;"|<ref name="bbrandb1">{{cite magazine | url = https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/the-juice/950681/the-top-50-rb-hip-hop-artists-of-the-past-25-years | title = Top 50 R&B/Hip-Hop Artists of the Past 25 Years | magazine = [[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] | date = November 18, 2010 | access-date =March 17, 2011}}</ref>
|{{Won}}
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|-
|rowspan="1" |35 Greatest R&B Artists of All Time
| Vevo Certified Awards
|2015
| style="text-align:center"|"When You Believe" ft. Mariah Carey
|9
| +100 million views
|style="text-align:center;"|<ref name="bbrandb2">{{Cite magazine|date=September 3, 2021|title=The 35 Greatest R&B Artists Of All Time|url=https://www.billboard.com/photos/6737387/best-r-and-b-singers-of-all-time/|magazine=Billboard|access-date=December 11, 2015}}</ref>
|{{Won}}
|-
|-
|rowspan="1" |110 Greatest Musical Moments
| Vevo Certified Awards
|2004
| style="text-align:center"|"I Look To You"
|Placed (The success of ''[[Whitney Houston (album)|Whitney Houston]]'' in 1985-86)
| +100 million views
|style="text-align:center;"|<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bBMEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA17|title=''Billboard'' 110 Years: A ''Billboard'' Anniversary Salute|magazine=Billboard|date=November 27, 2004 |access-date=October 19, 2010}}</ref>
|{{Won}}
|-
|-
! scope="row" rowspan="2" |''[[Essence (magazine)|Essence]]''
| Vevo Certified Awards
|rowspan="1" |50 Most Influential R&B Stars
| style="text-align:center"|"I Wanna Dance with Somebody"
|2020
| +100 million views
|6
|{{Won}}
|style="text-align:center;"|<ref name="essence1">{{cite web |url=https://www.essence.com/news/50-most-influential-rnb-stars/#373904 |title=50 Most Influential RnB Stars |work=[[Essence (magazine)|Essence]] |date=October 28, 2020 |accessdate=June 1, 2023}}</ref>
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|-
|rowspan="1" |The 10 Best R&B Soloists Of All Time
| Vevo Certified Awards
|2022
| style="text-align:center"|"Run to You"
|1
| +100 million views
|style="text-align:center;"|<ref name="essence2">{{cite web |url=https://www.essence.com/entertainment/the-10-best-rb-soloists-of-all-time-ranked/#1243466 |title=The 10 Best R&B Soloists of All Time, Ranked |work=[[Essence (magazine)|Essence]] |date=October 25, 2022 |accessdate=June 1, 2023}}</ref>
|{{Won}}
|-
|-
! scope="row"|[[Google]]
| Vevo Certified Awards
|Most Googled Person of 2012
| style="text-align:center"|"Greatest Love of All"
|2012
| +100 million views
|1
|{{Won}}
|style="text-align:center;"|<ref name="whitneygoogle">{{cite news |url=https://www.essence.com/news/coffee-talk-whitney-houston-named-most-googled-person-2012/ |title=Whitney Houston Named Most Googled Person of 2012 |work=[[Essence (magazine)|Essence]] |author=Taylor, Derrick Bryson |accessdate=June 1, 2023}}</ref>
|-
|-
! scope="row"|[[Harris Insights & Analytics|Harris Interactive]]
| Vevo Certified Awards
|Favorite Singer/Musician or Musician Group
| style="text-align:center"|"Could I Have This Kiss Forever"
|1994
| +100 million views
|1
|{{Won}}
|style="text-align:center;"|<ref>{{cite news | work = [[Boston Herald]] | url = https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/bostonherald/access/68309014.html?dids=68309014:68309014&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Dec+12%2C+1994&author=&pub=Boston+Herald&desc=CELEBRITY&pqatl=google | title = Celebrity | date = December 12, 1994 | access-date = May 7, 2011 | format = Payment needed to view the whole article}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.pollingreport.com/music.htm | title = Music Poll | publisher = pollingreport.com | access-date = May 7, 2011}}</ref>
|-
|-
! scope="row" | ''[[People (magazine)|People]]''
| Vevo Certified Awards
|25 Musical Moments of the Last 25 Years
| style="text-align:center"|"How Will I Know"
|2007
| +100 million views
|Placed (Houston's entry into the music business in 1985)
|{{Won}}
|style="text-align:center;"|<ref name="Gundersen">{{cite news| last=Gundersen | first=Edna | title=25 years of memorable musical moments |work=USA Today |url=https://www.usatoday.com/news/top25-musicmoments.htm?csp=34| access-date =January 1, 2008 | date=June 18, 2007}}</ref>
|-
|-
! scope="row" | [[Rock and Roll Hall of Fame]]
| Vevo Certified Awards
|The Definitive 200
| style="text-align:center"|"Higher Love"
|2007
| +100 million views
|46 (''Whitney Houston'')
|{{Won}}
|style="text-align:center;"|<ref name="The Definitive 200">{{cite web|url=http://www.definitive200.com/200_list.php |title=The Definitive 200|access-date=January 15, 2008 |publisher=The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame|year=2007 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080113130726/http://definitive200.com/200_list.php |archive-date = January 13, 2008}}</ref>
|-
|-
! scope="row" rowspan="3" | ''[[Rolling Stone]]''
| Vevo Certified Awards
|rowspan="1" | [[Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time|500 Greatest Albums of All Time]]
| style="text-align:center"|"It's Not Right but It's Okay"
|2021
| +100 million views
|249th (''Whitney Houston'')
|{{Won}}
|style="text-align:center;"|<ref name="rollingstone1">{{cite web |url=https://www.rs500albums.com/250-201/tag/whitney+houston |work=[[Rolling Stone]] |title=500 Greatest Albums of All Time |date=March 1, 2021 |accessdate=June 1, 2023}}</ref>
|-
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Songs of All Time|500 Greatest Songs of All Time]]
| Grammy Awards
|2021
| rowspan="3" style="text-align:center" |"I Will Always Love You"
|94th ("I Will Always Love You") <br />231st ("I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me)")
| Grammy Hall of Fame
|style="text-align:center;"|<ref name="rollingstone2">{{cite web |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/best-songs-of-all-time-1224767/oasis-wonderwall-2-1225243/ |title=500 Greatest Songs of All Time |work=[[Rolling Stone]] |title=500 Greatest Songs of All Time |date=August 16, 2021 |accessdate=June 1, 2023}}</ref><ref name="rollingstone3">{{cite web |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/best-songs-of-all-time-1224767/whitney-houston-i-wanna-dance-with-somebody-who-loves-me-2-1225107/ |work=[[Rolling Stone]] |title=500 Greatest Songs of All Time |date=August 16, 2021 |accessdate=June 1, 2023}}</ref>
| {{Won}}
|-
|-
|rowspan="1" | 200 Greatest Singers of All Time
| Vevo 10xCertified Awards
|2023
| +1 billion views
|2
| {{won}}
|style="text-align:center;"|<ref name="rollingstone4">{{cite web |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/best-singers-all-time-1234642307/ |work=[[Rolling Stone]] |title=200 Greatest Singers of All Time |date=January 2, 2023 |accessdate=June 1, 2023}}</ref>
|-
|-
!scope="row" | ''[[The Independent]]''
| [[National Recording Registry]]
|50 women who broke barriers in the music industry
| Inductee
|2020
| {{won}}
|Placed
|style="text-align:center;"|<ref name="independent">{{cite web |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210118112323/https://theindependent.com/entertainment/50-women-who-broke-barriers-in-the-music-industry/collection_4aa54b3d-43dd-52c3-b98b-5406e2cd73ab.html#1 |work=[[The Independent]] |date=2020 |accessdate=June 1, 2023}}</ref>
|-
|-
!scope="row" rowspan="2" | [[VH1]]
| [[Rock and Roll Hall of Fame]] (2020)
|rowspan="1" | 50 Greatest Women of the Video Era
| style="text-align:center"|Whitney Houston (herself)
|2003
| Inductee
|3
| {{won}}
|style="text-align:center;"|<ref name="vh1greatest1">{{cite web |url=http://www.vh1.com/shows/the_greatest/episode.jhtml?episodeID=66355#moreinfo |title=The Greatest " Ep. 071 "50 Greatest Women of the Video Era" |publisher=[[VH1]] |date=May 17, 2003 |access-date=March 17, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110629061423/http://www.vh1.com/shows/the_greatest/episode.jhtml?episodeID=66355 |archive-date=June 29, 2011}}</ref>
|-
|-
| rowspan="2"| [[2020 iHeartRadio Music Awards]]
|rowspan="1" | VH1's 100 Greatest Women In Music
|2012
| rowspan="4" style="text-align:center" | "[[Higher Love#Kygo and Whitney Houston version|Higher Love]]"
|6
| Dance Song of the Year
|style="text-align:center;"|<ref name="vh1greatest2">{{cite web |url=https://thatgrapejuice.net/2012/02/vh1-unveils-100-greatest-women-music-plans-weeklong-whitney-houston-tributes/ |title=VH1 Unveils '100 Greatest Women in Music; Plans Weeklong Whitney Houston Tributes |date=February 13, 2012 |accessdate=June 1, 2023}}</ref>
| {{nominated}}
|-
|}

===Honorary degree===
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"
|+Name of school, year given, and name of degree
|-
|-
! scope="col" | School
| Best Remix
! scope="col" | Year
| {{nominated}}
! scope="col" | Degree
! scope="col" class="unsortable" | {{Abbr|Ref.|References}}
|-
|-
!scope="row"| [[Grambling State University]]
| [[2020 Billboard Music Awards]]
| 1988
|Top Dance/Electronic Song
| Honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters{{efn|She received the honorary doctorate degree for her contribution to the arts through music.<ref>{{cite news | url = https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=RIoyAAAAIBAJ&pg=5943,3104333&dq=honorary+doctorate+whitney+houston&hl=en | title = Saturday in Brief - Pop Singer Is a Doctor of Music | work = [[Lawrence Journal-World]] | date = July 16, 1988 | accessdate = June 28, 2010 | page = 2A}}</ref>}}
| {{nominated}}
| style="text-align:center;"| <ref>{{cite news | author = Penny S. Demps | url = https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=LUpAAAAAIBAJ&pg=1991,765772&dq=honorary+doctorate+of+humane+letters+grambling&hl=en | title = Have You Heard? |work = [[Afro-American (newspaper)|The Afro-American]] | date = August 23, 1988 | accessdate = June 28, 2010}}</ref>
|-
|-
| [[Global Awards]]
| Best Song Of 2019
| {{nominated}}
|-
| BRIT Billion Awards (2023)
| style="text-align:center"|Whitney Houston (herself)
| Reaching 1 billion career streams in the UK
| {{won}}
|}
|}

== See also ==
* [[List of accolades received by The Bodyguard (soundtrack)]]

==References==
{{Reflist|colwidth=30em}}

==Notes==
{{notelist}}

{{Whitney Houston}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:List Of Awards And Nominations Received By Whitney Houston}}
[[Category:Whitney Houston|Awards]]
[[Category:Lists of awards received by American musician|Houston, Whitney]]


== See also ==
== See also ==

Revision as of 17:10, 1 June 2023

Whitney Houston awards and nominations
Houston performing on Good Morning America on September 1, 2009

Whitney Houston was an American singer and actress commonly referred to as "The Voice" and was known for her powerful, soulful vocals, vocal improvisation skills, and use of gospel singing techniques in pop music.[1][2] Houston is considered one of the greatest vocalists in popular music and one of the most influential performers of all time. Houston has received numerous awards, nominations, and honorary accolades throughout her career.

She signed a record deal with Arista Records in 1983 and released her self-titled debut album in 1985. The album spawned four singles including the MTV Video Music Award for Best Female Video-winning "How Will I Know". The album and its tracks were nominated for four Grammy Awards and won one for Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance for the single, "Saving All My Love for You". In 1986, Houston became the first artist since Barbra Streisand to win a Grammy and an Emmy Award in the same year, when her performance of "Saving All My Love for You" at the Grammys that year won for Individual Performance In A Variety Or Music Program.[a] The album would result in eleven American Music Awards nominations, including 7 wins. Her 1987 sophomore release, Whitney, received Houston another Grammy nomination for Album of the Year while the song, "I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me)" won the Grammy for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance. She would win four American Music Awards for her work on the album in 1988 and 1989, while the album also received a Soul Train Music Award. Her third album, I'm Your Baby Tonight, received three Grammy nominations, five American Music Award nominations and four Billboard Music Awards. Her recording of the Olympics anthem, "One Moment in Time", resulted in a Grammy nomination and a Sports Emmy Award win for her and producer Narada Michael Walden.[3][4]

Houston received multiple awards for her work on the soundtrack to her first major box-office film, The Bodyguard, including a then-record eleven Billboard Music Awards[5], a record eight American Music Awards[6], a record five World Music Awards[7], five NAACP Image Awards, a BRIT Award, a Juno Award and three Grammys, including Album of the Year for The Bodyguard and Record of the Year for "I Will Always Love You". Her work on the Waiting to Exhale soundtrack resulted in her first wins as a songwriter as her co-written duet with CeCe Winans, "Count On Me", won two awards for Houston in 1997 at several industry award ceremonies for the ASCAP publishing company while Houston earned Grammy nominations for her work including the soundtrack's leading single, "Exhale (Shoop Shoop)" while later winning Best Soundtrack Album and Favorite Adult Contemporary Artist at the American Music Awards. Her next soundtrack for her third film, The Preacher's Wife, led to Houston winning her first two Dove Awards in 1997 and 1998 respectively. Her fourth studio album, My Love is Your Love, spawned five singles, including the Grammy Award for Best Female R&B Vocal Performance-winning hit "It's Not Right but It's Okay".

Celebrated for her humanitarian efforts, Houston has received several accolades, including a National Urban Coalition award, the Frederick D. Patterson Humanitarian Award from the United Negro College Fund, the 1995 VH1 Honors Award and the Triumphant Spirit Award from Essence magazine. In 1990, Houston also received the Points of Light contributing leader award from President George H.W. Bush for her humanitarian efforts.

In addition, Houston has received lifetime achievement honors as well as inductions into various halls and walks of fame, including the Legend Award at the World Music Awards, the Howie Richmond Hitmaker Award at the Songwriters Hall of Fame, the Soul Train Music Award for Quincy Jones Award for Career Achievement, the American Music Award of Merit and International Artist Award, the BET Walk of Fame, the BET Lifetime Achievement Award and the Billboard Millennium Award. After earning Hall of Fame inductions in the Kids' Choice Awards and Soul Train. Houston has been posthumously inducted into the New Jersey Hall of Fame, National Rhythm & Blues Hall of Fame, the Georgia Music Hall of Fame and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. In March 2020, the National Recording Preservation Board selected "I Will Always Love You" among its 2019 class of inductees for preservation in the National Recording Registry.[8] Two of her recordings, Whitney Houston and "I Will Always Love You", were later inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame.

In addition to her 2 Emmys, 8 Grammys, 22 American Music Awards, 16 Billboard Music Awards, Houston received 14 World Music Awards and 28 citations in the Guinness World Records.


Whitney Houston awards and nominations
Houston performing on Good Morning America on September 1, 2009

Whitney Houston was an American singer and actress commonly referred to as "The Voice" and was known for her powerful, soulful vocals, vocal improvisation skills, and use of gospel singing techniques in pop music.[1][2] Houston is considered one of the greatest vocalists in popular music and one of the most influential performers of all time. Houston has received numerous awards, nominations, and honorary accolades throughout her career.

She signed a record deal with Arista Records in 1983 and released her self-titled debut album in 1985. The album spawned four singles including the MTV Video Music Award for Best Female Video-winning "How Will I Know". The album and its tracks were nominated for four Grammy Awards and won one for Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance for the single, "Saving All My Love for You". In 1986, Houston became the first artist since Barbra Streisand to win a Grammy and an Emmy Award in the same year, when her performance of "Saving All My Love for You" at the Grammys that year won for Individual Performance In A Variety Or Music Program.[b] The album would result in eleven American Music Awards nominations, including 7 wins. Her 1987 sophomore release, Whitney, received Houston another Grammy nomination for Album of the Year while the song, "I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me)" won the Grammy for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance. She would win four American Music Awards for her work on the album in 1988 and 1989, while the album also received a Soul Train Music Award. Her third album, I'm Your Baby Tonight, received three Grammy nominations, five American Music Award nominations and four Billboard Music Awards. Her recording of the Olympics anthem, "One Moment in Time", resulted in a Grammy nomination and a Sports Emmy Award win for her and producer Narada Michael Walden.[3][4]

Houston received multiple awards for her work on the soundtrack to her first major box-office film, The Bodyguard, including a then-record eleven Billboard Music Awards[9], a record eight American Music Awards[10], a record five World Music Awards[7], five NAACP Image Awards, a BRIT Award, a Juno Award and three Grammys, including Album of the Year for The Bodyguard and Record of the Year for "I Will Always Love You". Her work on the Waiting to Exhale soundtrack resulted in her first wins as a songwriter as her co-written duet with CeCe Winans, "Count On Me", won two awards for Houston in 1997 at several industry award ceremonies for the ASCAP publishing company while Houston earned Grammy nominations for her work including the soundtrack's leading single, "Exhale (Shoop Shoop)" while later winning Best Soundtrack Album and Favorite Adult Contemporary Artist at the American Music Awards. Her next soundtrack for her third film, The Preacher's Wife, led to Houston winning her first two Dove Awards in 1997 and 1998 respectively. Her fourth studio album, My Love is Your Love, spawned five singles, including the Grammy Award for Best Female R&B Vocal Performance-winning hit "It's Not Right but It's Okay".

Celebrated for her humanitarian efforts, Houston has received several accolades, including a National Urban Coalition award, the Frederick D. Patterson Humanitarian Award from the United Negro College Fund, the 1995 VH1 Honors Award and the Triumphant Spirit Award from Essence magazine. In 1990, Houston also received the Points of Light contributing leader award from President George H.W. Bush for her humanitarian efforts.

In addition, Houston has received lifetime achievement honors as well as inductions into various halls and walks of fame, including the Legend Award at the World Music Awards, the Howie Richmond Hitmaker Award at the Songwriters Hall of Fame, the Soul Train Music Award for Quincy Jones Award for Career Achievement, the American Music Award of Merit and International Artist Award, the BET Walk of Fame, the BET Lifetime Achievement Award and the Billboard Millennium Award. After earning Hall of Fame inductions in the Kids' Choice Awards and Soul Train. Houston has been posthumously inducted into the New Jersey Hall of Fame, National Rhythm & Blues Hall of Fame and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. In March 2020, the National Recording Preservation Board selected "I Will Always Love You" among its 2019 class of inductees for preservation in the National Recording Registry.[8] Two of her recordings, Whitney Houston and "I Will Always Love You", were later inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame. In addition to her two Emmys, six Grammys, twenty-two American Music Awards, sixteen Billboard Music Awards, Houston received fourteen World Music Awards and twenty-eight citations in the Guinness World Records.

Awards and nominations

Award Year[c] Recipient(s) Category Result Ref.
ALMA Awards 1999 "When You Believe"(Duet with Mariah Carey) Outstanding Performance Of A Song For A Feature Film Nominated [11][12]
Outstanding Music Video Nominated [11][12]
American Black Achievement Awards 1986 Whitney Houston The Music Award Nominated [13]
1987 Whitney Houston The Music Award[d] Won [14]
1988 Whitney Houston The Music Award Won [15]
1991 Whitney Houston The Music Award[e] Honoree [16]
1994 Whitney Houston The Music Award Won [17][18]
American Cinema Awards 1991 Whitney Houston The Musical Performer of the Year Won [19]
American Music Awards 1986 Whitney Houston Favorite Pop Rock Female Artist Nominated [20][21]
Whitney Houston Favorite Soul/R&B Female Artist] Nominated [20][21]
Whitney Houston Favorite Soul/R&B Album Nominated [20][21]
"You Give Good Love" Favorite Soul/R&B Single Won [20][21]
Whitney Houston Favorite Soul/R&B Video Artist Nominated [20][21]
"Saving All My Love for You" Favorite Soul/R&B Video Won [20][21]
1987 Whitney Houston Favorite Pop/Rock Album Won [22]
Whitney Houston Favorite Pop/Rock Female Artist Won [22]
Whitney Houston Favorite Pop/Rock Female Video Artist Nominated [22]
Whitney Houston Favorite Soul/R&B Album Won [22]
Whitney Houston Favorite Soul/R&B Female Artist Won [22]
Whitney Houston Favorite Soul/R&B Female Video Artist Nominated [22]
"Greatest Love of All" Favorite Soul/R&B Video Single Won [22]
1988 Whitney Houston Favorite Pop/Rock Female Artist Won [23][24]
"I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me)" Favorite Pop/Rock Single Won [23][24]
Whitney Houston Favorite Soul/R&B Female Artist Nominated [23][24]
1989 Whitney Houston Favorite Pop/Rock Female Artist Won [25][26]
Whitney Houston Favorite Soul/R&B Female Artist Won [25][26]
1992 Whitney Houston Favorite Pop/Rock Female Artist Nominated [27]
Whitney Houston Favorite Soul/R&B Female Artist Nominated [27]
I'm Your Baby Tonight Favorite Soul/R&B Album Nominated [27]
Whitney Houston Favorite Adult Contemporary Artist Nominated [27]
1994 Whitney Houston Favorite Pop/Rock Female Artist Won [28]
The Bodyguard Favorite Pop/Rock Album Won [28]
"I Will Always Love You" Favorite Pop/Rock Single Won [28]
Whitney Houston Favorite Soul/R&B Female Artist Won [28]
The Bodyguard Favorite Soul R&B/Album Won [28]
"I Will Always Love You" Favorite Soul/R&B Single Won [28]
Whitney Houston Favorite Adult Contemporary Artist Nominated [28]
The Bodyguard Favorite Adult Contemporary Album Won [28]
Whitney Houston Award of Merit Honoree [28]
1997 Whitney Houston Favorite Adult Contemporary Artist Won [29]
Waiting to Exhale Favorite Soundtrack[f] Won [29]
1998 The Preacher's Wife Favorite Soundtrack Nominated [30]
2000 Whitney Houston Favorite Pop/Rock Female Artist Nominated [31]
Whitney Houston Favorite Soul/R&B Female Artist Nominated [31]
My Love Is Your Love Favorite Soul/R&B Album Nominated [31]
Whitney Houston Artist of the Decade (1980s) Nominated [31]
2001 Whitney Houston Favorite Soul/R&B Female Artist Nominated [32]
2009 Whitney Houston International Artist Award Honoree [33]
The 12th ASCAP Film & Television Music Awards 1997 "Count on Me" Most Performed Songs Won [34][35]
The 14th ASCAP Pop Awards 1997 ASCAP Pop Award (with Michael Houston) Most Played Songs Won [36]
Bambi Awards 1999 Whitney Houston Pop International Won[g] [37]
Barbados Music Awards 2013 Whitney Houston International Icon Award Honoree [38]
BET Awards 2001 Whitney Houston BET Lifetime Achievement Award Honoree [39][40]
BET Honors 2010 Whitney Houston Entertainers Award Honoree [41][42]
BET Walk of Fame 1996 Whitney Houston BET Walk of Fame Inductee [43][N]
Billboard Music Awards
1991 Whitney Houston Top R&B Artist Won [44][45]
I'm Your Baby Tonight Top R&B Album Won [44][45]
Whitney Houston Top R&B Albums Artist Won [44][45]
Whitney Houston Top R&B Singles Artist Won [44][45]
1993 Whitney Houston Hot 100 Singles Artist Won [46]
"I Will Always Love You" Hot 100 Single Won [46]
Whitney Houston Hot R&B Singles Artist Won [46]
"I Will Always Love You" Hot R&B Single Won [46]
The Bodyguard Top Billboard 200 Album Won [46]
The Bodyguard Top R&B Album Won [46]
The Bodyguard Top Soundtrack Album Won [46]
The Bodyguard Special Award - Most Weeks at #1 for 20 weeks Honoree [46]
"I Will Always Love You" Special Award - Most Weeks at #1 for 14 weeks Honoree [46]
Whitney Houston #1 World Artist Won [46]
"I Will Always Love You" #1 World Single Won [46]
2012 Whitney Houston Billboard Millennium Award Honoree [47]
2020 "Higher Love" Top Dance/Electronic Song Nominated
Billboard Number One Awards[h]
1985 Whitney Houston New Pop Artist Won [48]
Whitney Houston New Black Artist Won [48]
1986 Whitney Houston Top Pop Artist of the Year Won [49]
Whitney Houston Top Album of the Year Won [49]
Whitney Houston Top Pop Album Artist Won [50]
Whitney Houston Top Pop Albums Artist - Female Won [50]
Whitney Houston Top Black Album Won [51]
Whitney Houston Top Black Albums Artist Won [51]
1987 Whitney Houston Top Pop Albums Artist - Female Won [52]
1988 Whitney Houston Top Pop Singles Artist - Female Won [53]
1993 Whitney Houston Hot 100 Singles Artist - Female Won [54]
"I Will Always Love You" Hot 100 Singles Sales Won [54]
"I Will Always Love You" Hot R&B Singles Sales Won [54]
1996 Waiting to Exhale Top Soundtrack Won [55]
1997 The Preacher's Wife Top Gospel Album Won [56]
Black Gold Awards 1986 Whitney Houston Outstanding New Artist Won
Blockbuster Entertainment Awards 1997 The Preacher's Wife Favorite Female, Comedy/Romance Nominated [57]
The Preacher's Wife Favorite Album, R&B Won [57]
1998 The Preacher's Wife Favorite Soundtrack Nominated [58]
1999 Whitney Houston Favorite Female, R&B Nominated
2000 My Love Is Your Love Favorite Female Artist, R&B Nominated
"Heartbreak Hotel" (ft. Faith Evans and Kelly Price) Favorite Single (Internet Only) Nominated
"When You Believe" (ft. Mariah Carey) Favorite Single from a Movie (Internet Only) Nominated
2001 Whitney: The Greatest Hits Favorite Female Artist, R&B Nominated [59]
Bravo Otto 1988 Whitney Houston Best Female Singer ― Silver Otto Award Won [60][61]
1993 Whitney Houston Best Actress - Silver Otto Award Won [62]
Whitney Houston Best Female Singer - Silver Otto Award Won [62]
BRIT Awards
1987 Whitney Houston Best International Solo Act Nominated [63]
1988 Whitney Houston Best International Solo Artist Nominated [64]
1991 Whitney Houston Best International Female Artist Nominated [65]
1994 The Bodyguard Best Soundtrack/Cast Recording Won [66]
2000 Whitney Houston Best International Female Artist Nominated [67]
BRIT Billion Award 2023 Whitney Houston For surpassing 1 billion career streams in the UK Won [68]
CableACE Awards
1992 Welcome Home Heroes with Whitney Houston Performance in a Music Special or Series Won [69]
Welcome Home Heroes with Whitney Houston Music Special Nominated [69]
1995 Whitney, The Concert For A New South Africa Performance in a Music Special or Series Nominated [70][71]
VH-1 Honors With CeCe Winans Performance in a Music Special or Series Nominated [70]
Carousel of Hope Ball
(The Children's Diabetes Foundation) 		1991 Whitney Houston Brass Ring Award Won [72]
1996 Whitney Houston The Davises' High Hopes Award Honoree [73]
CCTV-MTV Music Honors 2003 Whitney Houston International Outstanding Achievement Won [74]
Deirdre O’Brien Child Advocacy Center 1999 Whitney Houston Child Advocate of the Year Won[i] [75]
Dove Awards
(The Gospel Music Association) 		1997 Whitney Houston Outstanding Mainstream Contribution to Gospel Music Honoree [76]
1998 "I Go to the Rock" Best Traditional Recorded Gospel Song Won [77][78]
DiVi Awards
(International Recording Media Association) 		2000 Whitney: The Greatest Hits Best Music Release Nominated [79]
Echo Awards 2000 My Love is Your Love Künstlerin des Jahres International
(Best International Female Artist) 		Nominated
2001 Whitney: The Greatest Hits Künstlerin des Jahres International
(Best International Female Artist) 		Nominated [80]
2010 Whitney Houston Künstlerin International Rock/Pop
(Best International Rock/Pop Artist ― Female) 		Nominated [81][82]
Edison Music Awards 2000 Whitney Houston Beste Zangeres Internationaal
(Best International Female Artist) 		Nominated
Primetime Emmy Awards 1986 Whitney Houston Outstanding Individual Performance in a Variety or Music Program Won [83]
1998 Rodgers and Hammerstein's Cinderella[j] Outstanding Variety, Music Or Comedy Special Nominated [83]
Sports Emmy Awards 1988 "One Moment in Time" Music
(as singer/performer) 		Won
Essence Awards 1990 Whitney Houston The Essence Award for the Performing Arts Won [84]
1997 Whitney Houston The Triumphant Spirit Award Honoree [85][86]
Garden State Music Awards 1988 Whitney Houston Best Female Vocalist, Rock/Pop Won [87]
Whitney Best Album, Rock/Pop Won [87]
"So Emotional" Best Single, Rock/Pop Won [87]
Whitney Houston Best Female Vocalist, R&B/Dance Won [87]
Whitney Best Album, R&B/Dance Won [87]
"So Emotional" Best Single, R&B/Dance Won [87]
"I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me)" Best Music Video Won [87]
Georgia Music Hall of Fame 2013 Whitney Houston Posthumous Award Inductee [88]
Golden Raspberry Awards 1993 Whitney Houston Worst Actress Nominated
Whitney Houston Worst New Star Nominated
"Queen of the Night" Worst Original Song Nominated
Global Awards 2019 "Higher Love" Best Song of 2019 Nominated
Grammy Awards 1986 "Saving All My Love for You" Best Female Pop Vocal Performance Won [89]
Whitney Houston Album of the Year Nominated [89]
"You Give Good Love" Best Female R&B Vocal Performance Nominated [89]
1987 "Greatest Love of All" Record of the Year Nominated [90]
1988 Whitney Album of the Year Nominated [91]
"I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me)" Best Female Pop Vocal Performance Won [91]
"For the Love of You" Best Female R&B Vocal Performance Nominated [91]
1989 "One Moment in Time" Best Female Pop Vocal Performance Nominated [92]
1990 "It Isn't, It Wasn't, It Ain't Never Gonna Be" (with Aretha Franklin) Best R&B Vocal Performance by a Duo or Group Nominated [93]
1991 "I'm Your Baby Tonight" Best Female Pop Vocal Performance Nominated [94]
1992 "All the Man That I Need" Best Female Pop Vocal Performance Nominated [95]
1993 "I Belong to You" Best Female R&B Vocal Performance Nominated [96]
1994 The Bodyguard Album of the Year Won [97]
"I Will Always Love You" Record of the Year Won [97]
Best Female Pop Vocal Performance Won [97]
"I'm Every Woman" Best Female R&B Vocal Performance Nominated [97]
1997 "Count On Me" Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals (with CeCe Winans) Nominated [98]
Best Song Written for Visual Media (with Babyface and Michael Houston) Nominated [98]
"Exhale (Shoop Shoop)" Best Female R&B Vocal Performance Nominated [98]
1998 The Preacher's Wife Best R&B Album Nominated [99]
"I Believe in You and Me" Best Female R&B Vocal Performance Nominated [99]
2000 "When You Believe" (with Mariah Carey) Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals Nominated [100]
My Love Is Your Love Best R&B Album Nominated [100]
"Heartbreak Hotel" (with Faith Evans and Kelly Price) Best R&B Vocal Performance by a Duo or Group Nominated [100]
"It's Not Right but It's Okay" Best Female R&B Vocal Performance Won [100]
Grammy Hall of Fame 2013 Whitney Houston Grammy Hall of Fame Honoree
2018 "I Will Always Love You" Grammy Hall of Fame Honoree
HMV Harlem Walk of Fame 2000 Whitney Houston Induction Inductee [101]
iHeartRadio Music Awards 2019 "Higher Love" Dance Song of the Year Nominated
Best Remix Nominated
International Achievement in Arts Awards 1995 Whitney Houston Distinguished Achievement in Music and Film/Video Won [102]
International Dance Music Awards 2000 "It's Not Right but It's Okay" Best Pop 12" Dance Record Won [103]
Japan Gold Disc Awards
1993 The Bodyguard グランプリ・アルバム賞 (Album of the Year, International) Won [104]
アルバム賞 ― 企画 (Compilation Album of the Year, International) Won [104]
"I Will Always Love You" グランプリ・シングル賞 (Single of the Year, International) Won [104]
1994[k] The Bodyguard 特別賞 (Special Award, International) Won [104]
"I Will Always Love You" 特別賞 (Special Award, International) Won [104]
2001 Whitney: The Greatest Hits Pop Album of the Year (International) Won [105]
Juno Awards 1994 The Bodyguard Best-Selling Album - Foreign or Domestic Won [106]
Library of Congress 2020 "I Will Always Love You" National Recording Registry Inductee [107]
M6 Awards 2000 Whitney Houston Artiste Féminine Internationale de l'Année
(International Female Artist of the Year) 		Nominated [108]
Meteor Music Awards 2001 Whitney: The Greatest Hits Best International Female Won [109]
MTV Europe Music Awards 1999 Whitney Houston Best Female Nominated [110]
Best R&B Won [110]
2012 Whitney Houston Global Icon Won [111]
MTV Movie & TV Awards 1993 Whitney Houston Best Female Performance Nominated [112][113]
Best Breakthrough Performance Nominated [112][113]
Best On-Screen Duo
(with Kevin Costner) 		Nominated [112][113]
The Bodyguard Best Movie Nominated [112][113]
"I Will Always Love You" Best Song From a Movie Won [112][113]
1996 "Exhale (Shoop Shoop)" Best Song from a Movie Nominated Cite error: A <ref> tag is missing the closing </ref> (see the help page). There was also an award unique to that year called "Best Sandwich in a Movie".[114] |title=MTV Movie Awards - 1996 | accessdate=May 30, 2023}}</ref>
MTV Video Music Awards 1986 "How Will I Know" Best Female Video Won [115]
Best New Artist Nominated [115]
1999 "Heartbreak Hotel" Best R&B Video Nominated [116]
MOBO Awards 1999 Whitney Houston Best International Act Nominated [117]
My VH1 Music Awards 2000 Whitney Houston vs. Honolulu Airport Security Most Entertaining Public Feud Nominated [118][119]
NAACP Image Awards 1985 Whitney Houston Outstanding New Artist Won [120][121]
1986 Whitney Houston Outstanding Female Artist Nominated [122]
1987 Whitney Outstanding Female Artist Nominated [123]
1992 I'm Your Baby Tonight Outstanding Female Artist Nominated [124][125]
HBO Presents Welcome Home Heroes with Whitney Houston Outstanding Variety Series or Special Nominated [124][125]
1994 Whitney Houston Entertainer of the Year Won [126][127][128]
The Bodyguard Outstanding Album Won [126][127][128]
Outstanding Soundtrack Album, Film or TV Won [126][127][128]
Outstanding Female Artist Won [126][127][128]
"I'm Every Woman" Outstanding Music Video Won [126][127][128]
The Bodyguard Outstanding Actress Nominated [126][127][128]
1996 Waiting to Exhale Outstanding Film Won [129][130][131]
Outstanding Actress Nominated [129][130][131]
"Exhale (Shoop Shoop)" Outstanding Song Won [129][130][131]
Outstanding Female Artist Won [129][130][131]
Waiting to Exhale Outstanding Album Won [129][130][131]
Outstanding Soundtrack Album Won [129][130][131]
VH1 Honors (with CeCe Winans) Outstanding Performance in a Variety Series/Special Nominated [129][130][131]
Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards Outstanding Performance in an Educational/Informational Youth or Children's Series/Special Nominated [129][130][131]
1997 The Preacher's Wife Outstanding Film Nominated [132][133]
Outstanding Actress Won [132][133]
The Preacher's Wife Outstanding Gospel Artist (with the Georgia Mass Choir) Won [132][133]
Outstanding Album Won [132][133]
1998 Cinderella Outstanding Television Movie/Mini-Series Nominated [134]
Classic Whitney: Live from Washington, D.C. Outstanding Performance in a Variety Series/Special Nominated [134]
1999 My Love Is Your Love Outstanding Album Nominated [135][136]
Outstanding Female Artist Nominated [135][136]
"When You Believe]" (with Mariah Carey) Outstanding Duo or Group Won [135][136]
Outstanding Music Video Nominated [135][136]
Outstanding Song Nominated [135][136]
2000 "Heartbreak Hotel" Outstanding Female Artist Won [137]
"My Love Is Your Love" Outstanding Song Nominated [137]
2010 Whitney Houston Outstanding Female Artist Nominated [138]
"I Look to You" Outstanding Music Video Won [138]
2013 "I Look to You" Outstanding Song Won [139]
I Will Always Love You: The Best of Whitney Houston Outstanding Album Won [139]
NABOB Communications Awards Dinner
(The National Association of Black Owned Broadcasters) 		1994 Whitney Houston Entertainer of the Year Won [140]
NARM Best-Seller Awards
(National Association of Recording Merchandisers) 		1986 Whitney Houston Best-selling Album by a New Artist Won [141]
Best-selling Black Album by a Female Artist Won [141]
1994 The Bodyguard Best-selling Chartmaker Recording Won [142]
Best-selling Soundtrack Won [142]
1996 Waiting to Exhale Best-selling Soundtrack Won [143]
1997 The Preacher's Wife Best-selling Gospel Album Won [144]
National Urban Coalition 1988 Whitney Houston Distinguished Artist/Humanitarian Award Won[l] [145]
New Jersey Hall of Fame 2014 Whitney Houston Induction Inductee [146]
New Jersey Walk of Fame 2006 Whitney Houston Induction Inductee[m] [147]
Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards 1989 Whitney Houston Favorite Female Musician Nominated
1996 Whitney Houston Kids' Choice Hall of Fame Inductee[n] [148]
NRJ Music Awards 2000 Whitney Houston Artiste féminine internationale de l'année
(International Female Artist of the Year) 		Nominated
My Love Is Your Love Album international de l'année
(International Album of the Year) 		Won
Official Charts Pop Gem Hall of Fame 2014 "I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me)" Inductee No. 80 Inducted [149]
People's Choice Awards 1987 Whitney Houston Favorite Female Musical Performer Won[o] [150]
1988 Whitney Houston Favorite Female Musical Performer Won [151][152]
1989 Whitney Houston Favorite Female Musical Performer Won [153]
1993 Whitney Houston Favorite Female Musical Performer Won [154]
"I Will Always Love You" Favorite New Music Video Won [154]
The Bodyguard Favorite Actress in a Motion Picture Nominated [154]
1995 Whitney Houston Favorite Female Musical Performer Nominated [155]
1996 Whitney Houston Favorite Female Musical Performer Nominated [156]
1997 Whitney Houston Favorite Female Musical Performer Nominated [157]
1998 Whitney Houston Favorite Female Musical Performer Won[p] [158][159]
Rhythm & Blues Music Hall of Fame 2014 Whitney Houston Induction Inducted
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame 2020 Whitney Houston Induction Inducted [160][161]
The Singers Hall of Fame 2013 Whitney Houston Induction Inducted
Smash Hits Poll Winners Party 1993 Whitney Houston Best Female Artist Won
Songwriters Hall of Fame 1990 Whitney Houston Howie Richmond Hitmaker Award Honoree [162]
Soul Train 25th Anniversary Hall of Fame 1995 Whitney Houston Induction Inducted [163]
Soul Train Lady of Soul Awards 1999 "Heartbreak Hotel" (with Faith Evans and Kelly Price) Best R&B/Soul Single (Group, Band Or Duo) Nominated [164]
My Love Is Your Love Best R&B/Soul Album Of the Year (Solo) Nominated [164]
2003 Just Whitney Best R&B/Soul Album of the Year (Solo) Nominated [165]
Soul Train Music Awards 1987 Whitney Houston Best Album of the Year, Female Nominated [166]
"Greatest Love of All" Best Single, Female Nominated [166]
1988 Whitney Best Album of the Year, Female Won [167][168]
"I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me)" Best Music Video Nominated [167][168]
1989 "Where Do Broken Hearts Go" Best R&B/Urban Contemporary Single, Female Nominated [169]
1992 I'm Your Baby Tonight Best R&B/Soul Album, Female Nominated [170]
"All the Man That I Need" Best R&B/Soul Single, Female Nominated [170]
1993 "I Will Always Love You" Best R&B/Soul Single, Female Won [171]
1994 Whitney Houston Sammy Davis Jr. Award as Entertainer of the Year Honoree [172][173]
"I Will Always Love You" Best R&B Song of the Year Won [172][173]
"I Have Nothing" Best R&B/Soul Single, Female Nominated [172][173]
1996 "Exhale (Shoop Shoop)" Best R&B/Soul Single, Female Won [174][175]
Best R&B/Soul or Rap Single of the Year Nominated [174][175]
1998 Whitney Houston Quincy Jones Award for Career Achievement Honoree [176][177]
2000 My Love Is Your Love Best R&B/Soul Album - Female Nominated [178][179]
"My Love Is Your Love" Best R&B/Soul Single - Female Nominated [178][179]
Whitney Houston The Artist of the Decade - Female[q] Honoree [178][179]
2001 "Same Script, Different Cast" (with Deborah Cox) Best R&B/Soul Single - Group, Band or Duo Nominated [180]
2009 Whitney Houston Best R&B/Soul Artist - Female Nominated [181]
2012 "Celebrate" (Duet with Jordin Sparks) Best Gospel/Inspirational Performance Won [182]
Trumpet Awards 1998 Whitney Houston The Pinnacle Award[r] Honoree [184][183]
United Negro College Fund 1990 Whitney Houston The Frederick D. Patterson Award Won[s] [185]
VH1 Honors 1995 Whitney Houston VH1 Honors Award Won[t] [186]
Women's World Awards 2004 Whitney Houston World Arts Award for Lifetime Achievement[u] Honoree [187][188]
World Music Awards 1994 Whitney Houston World's Best Selling Overall Recording Artist Won [189]
World's Best Selling Pop Artist of the Year Won [189]
World's Best Selling R&B Artist of the Year Won [189]
World's Best Selling American Recording Artist of the Year Won [189]
World's Best Selling Female Recording Artist of the Era Won [189]
2004 Whitney Houston The Legend Award Won [189][190]

Other accolades

Guinness World Records

Key
† Indicates a former world-record holder
Year the record was awarded, title of the record, and the record holder
Year Record Record holder Ref.
1987 † Best-selling album by a woman[v] Whitney Houston [191]
† Best-selling debut album of all time[w] Whitney Houston [191]
1994 † Most weeks at number one on the Billboard Hot 100[x] "I Will Always Love You" [192]
1997 Best-selling single by a female soloist[y] "I Will Always Love You" [193]-
1998 Most successful star couple Whitney Houston and Bobby Brown [194]
1999 Most consecutive US No. 1 singles[z] Whitney Houston [195]
2006 Most awarded female recording artist[aa] Whitney Houston [196]
Most consecutive weeks at No. 1 on the UK singles chart (solo female)[ab] "I Will Always Love You" [197]
Most consecutive weeks at No. 1 on the US singles chart (solo female)[ac] "I Will Always Love You" [197]
Most cumulative weeks at No. 1 on the US singles chart (solo female, individual single)[ad] "I Will Always Love You" [197]
2012 Most simultaneous UK chart entries by a female artist[ae] Whitney Houston [197]
First female artist to debut at number one on the US Billboard 200[af] Whitney Houston [197]
† Most awarded female American Music Awards winner[ag] Whitney Houston (22) [197]
Most American Music Awards wins in a single night by a female artist Whitney Houston (8) [197]
† Most cumulative weeks at number one on the US Billboard 200 (solo female)[ah] Whitney Houston (46) [197]
Most simultaneous albums on the US Billboard 200 (solo female)[ai] Whitney Houston (10) [197]
Most number one remakes on the US Billboard Hot 100[aj] Whitney Houston (4) [197]
Most number one "triple crown" No. 1 US singles (pop, R&B and adult contemporary)[ak] Whitney Houston (4) [197]
Best-selling soundtrack album[al] The Bodyguard [197]
Best-selling single in the US by a female artist[am] "I Will Always Love You". [197]
First recipient of the BET Lifetime Achievement Award[an] Whitney Houston [197]
Highest trending Google search of 2012 Whitney Houston [197]
Most World Music Awards wins in a single night[ao] Whitney Houston [197]

Listicles

Name of publisher, name of listicle, year(s) listed, and placement result
Publisher Listicle Year(s) Result Ref.
ABC 30 Greatest Women in Music 2013 1 [198]
American Dental Hygienists' Association America's Greatest Smiles 1988 Placed [199]
Billboard Greatest of All Time Hot 100 Artists 2018 9 [200]
Top 50 R&B Artists of the Past 25 Years 2010 3 [201]
35 Greatest R&B Artists of All Time 2015 9 [202]
110 Greatest Musical Moments 2004 Placed (The success of Whitney Houston in 1985-86) [203]
Essence 50 Most Influential R&B Stars 2020 6 [204]
The 10 Best R&B Soloists Of All Time 2022 1 [205]
Google Most Googled Person of 2012 2012 1 [206]
Harris Interactive Favorite Singer/Musician or Musician Group 1994 1 [207][208]
People 25 Musical Moments of the Last 25 Years 2007 Placed (Houston's entry into the music business in 1985) [209]
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame The Definitive 200 2007 46 (Whitney Houston) [210]
Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Albums of All Time 2021 249th (Whitney Houston) [211]
500 Greatest Songs of All Time 2021 94th ("I Will Always Love You")
231st ("I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me)") 		[212][213]
200 Greatest Singers of All Time 2023 2 [214]
The Independent 50 women who broke barriers in the music industry 2020 Placed [215]
VH1 50 Greatest Women of the Video Era 2003 3 [216]
VH1's 100 Greatest Women In Music 2012 6 [217]

Honorary degree

Name of school, year given, and name of degree
School Year Degree Ref.
Grambling State University 1988 Honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters[ap] [219]

See also

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Notes

  1. ^ In 1965, Barbra Streisand won several Grammys and Emmys in the same year. Before Houston, she had been the only entertainer to accomplish that feat.
  2. ^ In 1965, Barbra Streisand won several Grammys and Emmys in the same year. Before Houston, she had been the only entertainer to accomplish that feat.
  3. ^ Indicates the year of ceremony. Each year is linked to the article about the awards held that year, wherever possible.
  4. ^ Shared with Luther Vandross.
  5. ^ Houston was presented this award for her achievements as an award-winning recording, performing and video artist, for her successful I'm Your Baby Tonight World Tour, for her best-selling video and single of "The Star-Spangled Banner" performed at Super Bowl XXV and for her multi-platinum album, I'm Your Baby Tonight.
  6. ^ This award is given to the producer, not artist.
  7. ^ Houston received the award for her 20-year career as a musical artist.[37]
  8. ^ Prior to the inauguration of the Billboard Music Awards in 1990, the magazine had the "Number One Awards" to honor the top-performing artists of the year on each of chart categories.
  9. ^ The Whitney Houston Foundation for Children contributed $40,000 for the construction of a medical examination room at the center, equipped with the latest forensic medical equipment to assist investigations of alleged child sexual abuse.
  10. ^ Houston earned a nomination as an executive producer.
  11. ^ Special Award - this award is presented by the Recording Industry Association of Japan (RIAJ) to the product which released before that year, sales over one million units or higher than a product get the award on the same category in that year.
  12. ^ Houston earned the award for charitable acts including a public service announcement urging minority youth to study science and math, and participation on an Arista Records charity album whose proceeds went to the United Negro College Fund.
  13. ^ The New Jersey Walk of Fame honored the lives and achievements of extraordinary performing artists who are associated with the Garden State and/or its institutions.[147]
  14. ^ While Tim Allen was the only one to be presented with his Hall of Fame trophy, Houston was also inducted alongside other fellow celebrities Janet Jackson and Whoopi Goldberg.
  15. ^ Shared with Madonna.
  16. ^ Shared with Reba McEntire.
  17. ^ For extraordinary artistic contributions during the 1990s.
  18. ^ Trumpet Awards — the awards are intended to honor blacks who, through consistency and longevity, have inspired others and have achieved success in their chosen professions or careers.[183]
  19. ^ Houston was honored for her long-standing dedication to Black higher education.[185]
  20. ^ Houston earned the award for her charitable works with the Whitney Houston Foundation for Children, Inc.
  21. ^ Shared with Dionne Warwick.
  22. ^ Houston held the record for best-selling album by a woman with her 1985 debut album, Whitney Houston, until 1992, when Madonna's True Blue, replaced it. The title was soon reclaimed by Houston with her 1992 soundtrack to the film, The Bodyguard.
  23. ^ Houston would hold this record for more than 14 years before it was replaced by Britney Spears' 1999 debut album, ...Baby One More Time.
  24. ^ Houston's hit single, "I Will Always Love You", held the record for most weeks at number one on the Billboard Hot 100 until the release of "One Sweet Day" in 1995.
  25. ^ At 20 million copies sold worldwide, Houston's "I Will Always Love You" remains the best-selling single of all time by a woman.
  26. ^ Between October 1985 and April 1988, Houston landed seven consecutive number one singles in a row: "Saving All My Love for You", "How Will I Know", "Greatest Love of All", "I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me)", "Didn't We Almost Have It All", "So Emotional" and "Where Do Broken Hearts Go".
  27. ^ At the time, Guinness listed her awards total at around 411 awards.
  28. ^ "I Will Always Love You" spent 10 consecutive weeks at number-one in 1992-93, singer Rihanna shares the record for her her hit, "Umbrella".
  29. ^ "I Will Always Love You" maintains its chart record for a female artist with 14.
  30. ^ Houston shares this record with Mariah Carey, whose single, "We Belong Together", also reached 14 cumulative weeks.
  31. ^ Houston had more than 12 entries inside the UK Top 75 simultaneously just weeks following her death in 2012.
  32. ^ Houston accomplished this back in 1987 when her album, Whitney, debuted at the top of the Billboard 200.
  33. ^ Houston would hold this record until 2020 when it was broken by Taylor Swift.
  34. ^ The record for most cumulative weeks was set at 46 by Houston, since then, Taylor Swift has broken this record.
  35. ^ Houston shares the record with Taylor Swift.
  36. ^ Houston had four number one covers: "Saving All My Love for You", "The Greatest Love of All#Greatest Love of All", "All the Man That I Need" and "I Will Always Love You".
  37. ^ Houston shares this record with Lionel Richie.
  38. ^ The Bodyguard continues to hold this record selling more than 45 million copies.
  39. ^ Houston's "I Will Always Love You" has sold more than four million physical copies in the United States.
  40. ^ Houston received the award in its inaugural year of 2001.
  41. ^ Shares this with Michael Jackson.
  42. ^ She received the honorary doctorate degree for her contribution to the arts through music.[218]

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