La cantautrice statunitense Whitney Houston ha ottenuto durante la sua carriera artistica oltre 658 premi e riconoscimenti per il suo talento e successo planetario, rendendola una delle artiste più premiate nella storia della musica.
1985 Awards show Nomination Categoria Risultato The 18th NAACP Image AwardsWhitney Houston Nuovo artista emergente 1985 Billboard Number One Awards[A]Whitney Houston Top Black Artist of the Year New Pop Artist New Black Artist Top Pop Album Artist - Female Top Pop Singles Artist - Female Whitney HoustonTop Black Album Whitney Houston Top Black Album Artist Top Black Singles Artist "You Give Good Love" Top Black Single "Saving All My Love for You" Note: A^ I Billboard Music Award, basati sulle classifiche di fine anno del magazine Billboard, si erano svolti non prima del 1990. 'Candidato' significa che la Houston o il brano candidato era collocato nella Top 5, i primi 5 candidati in una categoria agli Awards sulle classifiche di fine anno.
1986 Awards show Nomination Categoria Risultato American Music Award Whitney Houston Favorite Pop/Rock Female Artist Favorite Soul/R&B Female Artist Whitney Houston Favorite Soul/R&B Album "You Give Good Love" Favorite Soul/R&B Single Whitney Houston Favorite Soul/R&B Video Artist "Saving All My Love for You" Favorite Soul/R&B Video Grammy AwardsWhitney Houston Album of the Year "Saving All My Love for You" Best Pop Vocal Performance, Female "You Give Good Love" Best R&B Vocal Performance, Female The NARM 1985-1986 Best Seller Awards(The National Association of Recording Merchandisers)Whitney HoustonBest-selling Album by a New ArtistBest-selling Black Music Album by a Female ArtistMTV Video Music Awards"How Will I Know" Best Female Video Best New Artist in a Video Emmy AwardsThe 28th Annual Grammy Awards Outstanding Individual Performance in a Variety or Music Program The 8th American Black Achievement AwardsWhitney Houston The Music Award The 19th NAACP Image Awards Whitney Houston Outstanding Female Recording Artist 1986 Billboard The Year in Music & Video[A](Year-End Charts: Number One Awards) Whitney Houston (herself) Top Pop Artist of the Year Top Black Artist of the Year Whitney HoustonTop Pop Album Whitney Houston Top Pop Album Artist Top Pop Album Artist ― Female Top Pop Singles Artist ― Female Whitney Houston Top Black Album Whitney Houston Top Black Album Artist Top Adult Contemporary Artist The #1 Video Hits Top Music Videocassette Whitney Houston Top Pop Compact Disc
1987 Awards show Nomination Categoria RisultatoAmerican Music AwardWhitney HoustonFavorite Pop/Rock Female ArtistWhitney HoustonFavorite Pop/Rock AlbumWhitney HoustonFavorite Pop/Rock Female Video ArtistFavorite Soul/R&B Female ArtistWhitney Houston Favorite Soul/R&B Album Whitney Houston Favorite Soul/R&B Female Video Artist "Greatest Love of All" Favorite Soul/R&B Video Single 1987 BRIT Awards (formerly "BPI Awards")Whitney Houston Best International Solo Artist Grammy Awards"Greatest Love of All" Record of the Year The 13th People's Choice AwardsWhitney Houston Favorite Female Musical Performer (tied with Madonna) The 1st Soul Train Music AwardsWhitney Houston Best Album of the Year, Female "Greatest Love of All" Best Single, Female The 9th American Black Achievement Awards[B]Whitney Houston The Music Award (shared with Luther Vandross) The 20th NAACP Image Awards Whitney Outstanding Female Recording Artist 1987 Billboard The Year in Music & Video[A](Year-End Charts: Number One Awards)Whitney Houston Top Pop Artist of the Year Top Pop Album Artist Top Pop Singles Artist "I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me)" Top Pop Single Whitney Houston Top Pop Album Artist ― Female Top Pop Singles Artist ― Female "I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me)" Top Hot Crossover Single Whitney Houston Top Hot Crossover Artist Top Adult Contemporary Artist
Note: B^ Il Music Award per il contributo più creativo e duraturo di un cantante in un'esibizione live o come artista di registrazione. La Houston ricevette l'award per il suo album, Whitney, il primo album di debutto alla numero 1 di una cantante, sulle classifiche musicali con la hit "I wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me)".
1988 Awards show o evento Nomination Categoria Risultato American Music Awards Whitney Houston Favorite Pop/Rock Female Artist "I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me)" Favorite Pop/Rock Single Whitney Houston Favorite Soul/R&B Female Artist Brit Awards (formerly "BPI Awards")Whitney Houston Best International Solo Artist Grammy AwardsWhitney Album of the Year "I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me)" Best Pop Vocal Performance, Female "For the Love of You" Best R&B Vocal Performance, Female People's Choice AwardsWhitney Houston Favorite Female Musical Performer The 2nd Soul Train Music AwardsWhitney Best R&B Album of the Year, Femminile "I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me)" Best Music Video National Urban Coalition[C]— Distinguished Artist/Humanitarian Award Grambling State University[D]— Honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters American Dental Hygienists' Association— America's Greatest Smiles The 1st Garden State Music AwardsWhitney Houston Best Female Vocalist, Rock/Pop Whitney Best Album, Rock/Pop "So Emotional" Best Single, Rock/Pop Whitney Houston Best Female Vocalist, R&B/Dance Whitney Best Album, R&B/Dance "So Emotional" Best Single, R&B/Dance "I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me)" Best Music Video The 10th American Black Achievement AwardsWhitney Houston The Music Award BRAVO magazine's Bravo Otto[E]— Beste Sängerin (Best Female Singer) ― Silver Otto Award Rennbahn Express magazine's starwahl — Goldener Pinguin Award ― Best Female Singer 1988 Billboard The Year in Music & Video[A](Year-End Charts: Number One Awards)Whitney Houston Top Black Artist of the Year Top Pop Singles Artist Top Pop Album Artist ― Female Top Pop Singles Artist ― Female Whitney Top Black Album Whitney Houston Top Black Album Artist "So Emotional" (Remix) Top Dance Club Play Single Whitney Houston Top Dance Club Play Artist "Where Do Broken Hearts Go" Top Adult Contemporary Single Whitney Houston Top Adult Contemporary Artists Top Hot Crossover Artists
Note: C^ La Houston ottenne l'Award per le sue molte azioni umanitarie quali ad esempio l'annuncio di servizio pubblico, "Say Yes To A Yooungster's Future," di incoraggiamento ai neri e ad altre minoranze di giovani a studiare scienza e matematica, e per la partecipazione su un album Artista Records, The Door to Their Dreams/Arista's 1988 Black Music Month Collection, il ricavato andò al United Negro College Fund in aiuto agli studenti neri. D^ Ricevette il Dottorato onorario per il suo contributo alle arti attraverso la musica. E^ BRAVO è il più diffuso magazine nella sfera linguistica tedesca. Dal 1957, la rivista ha distribuito i suoi awards "Bravo Otto" basati sul voto dei lettori in categorie differenti ogni anno.
1989 Awards show Nomination Categoria RisultatoAmerican Music AwardWhitney Houston Favorite Pop/Rock Female Artist Favorite Soul/R&B Female Artist Grammy Awards"One Moment in Time" Best Pop Vocal Performance, Female People's Choice AwardsWhitney Houston Favorite Female Musical Performer The 3rd Soul Train Music Awards"Where Do Broken Hearts Go" Best R&B/Urban Contemporary Single, Female The 2nd Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards Whitney Houston Favorite Female Singer
1990 Awards show Nomination Categoria Risultato Grammy Awards "It Isn't, It Wasn't, It Ain't Never Gonna Be"(Duet with Aretha Franklin) Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal The 46th United Negro College Fund Awards[F]— The Frederick D. Patterson Award The Points of Light Institute (George Bush)[G] — Appointed by George Bush as the first Points of Light Contributing Leader The 21st Songwriters Hall of Fame Induction & Awards[H]— Howie Richmond Hitmaker Award The 4th Essence Awards — The Essence Award for the Performing Arts
Note: F^ La Houston fu onorata per la sua dedica all'istruzione superiore dei neri. G^ Fu un ruolo in cui lei accompagnò il Presidente (George H. W. Bush) a chiamare tutti gli americani ad essere attivi nel risolvere i problemi della comunità, e inoltre riconobbe esemplari i progetti di servizio pubblico e sfidò altri artisti a mandare avanti il movimento di servizio comunitario Points of Light. H^ Questo award è nello specifico adattato per artisti o "creatori di star" nell'industria della musica che sono stati responsabili per un sostanziale numero di hits per un esteso periodo di tempo e che riconoscono l'importanza delle canzoni e dei loro scrittori.
1991 Awards show o evento NominationCategoria Risultato The 8th American Cinema Awards— The Musical Performer of the Year The 33rd Grammy Awards"I'm Your Baby Tonight" Best Pop Vocal Performance, Female 1991 BRIT AwardsWhitney Houston Best International Female Artist The 13th American Black Achievement Awards[I]Whitney Houston The Music Award The 2nd Billboard Music AwardsWhitney Houston Top Album Artists ― Female Top Pop Singles Artist Top Pop Singles Artist ― Female Top R&B Artist I'm Your Baby Tonight Top R&B Album Whitney Houston Top R&B Album Artist Top R&B Singles Artist "All the Man That I Need" Top Adult Contemporary Single
Note: I^ Alla Houston fu presentato questo award per i suoi traguardi come vincitrice di award in registrazione, performance e video artist, per il suo tour di successo I'm Your Baby Tonight World Tour, per il video e singolo di migliore vendita di "The Star-Spangled Banner" cantato al Super Bowl XXV e per il suo album multi-platino, I'm Your Baby Tonight.
1992 Awards show Nomination Categoria Risultato The 26th NAACP Image Awards HBO Presents Welcome Home Heroes with Whitney Houston Outstanding Variety Series or Special "I'm Your Baby Tonight" Outstanding Female Artist The 13th CableACE Awards HBO Presents Welcome Home Heroes with Whitney Houston Performance in a Music Special or Series Music Special The 19th American Music AwardsWhitney Houston Favorite Pop/Rock Female Artist Favorite Soul/R&B Female Artist I'm Your Baby Tonight Favorite Soul/R&B Album Whitney Houston Favorite Adult Contemporary Artist I'm Your Baby Tonight Favorite Adult Contemporary Album The 34th Grammy Awards"All the Man That I Need" Best Pop Vocal Performance, Female The 6th Soul Train Music AwardsI'm Your Baby Tonight Best R&B/Soul Album, Female "All the Man That I Need" Best R&B/Soul Single, Female The 8th Carousel of Hope Ball(The Children's Diabetes Foundation)— Brass Ring Award
1993 La Houston ricevette 14 Billboard, alla quarta edizione dei Billboard Music Awards dove la Houston raggiunse il Record di 11 award.