// 1985

American Music Awards:

- Favorite Soul/ R&B Single: "You Give Good Love"

- Favorite Soul/ R&B Video: "Saving All My Love For You"

Billboard Music Awards:

- Top New Pop Artist

- Top New Black Artist

// 1986

Grammy Award:

- Best Female Pop Vocal Performance: "Saving All My Love For You"

American Music Awards:

- Favorite Pop/ Rock Female Vocalist

- Favorite Pop/ Rock Female LP: "Whitney Houston"

- Favorite Soul/ R&B Female LP: "Whitney Houston"

- Favorite Soul/ R&B Female Vocalist

- Favorite Soul/ R&B Female Video

Billboard Music Awards:

- Top Black Album: "Whitney Houston"

- Top Pop Album: "Whitney Houston"

- Top Black Album Artist

- Top Pop Album Artist

- Top Pop Female Album Artist

- Top Pop Album and Singles Artist

Rolling Stone Music Award:

- Best Album of the Year: "Whitney Houston"

MTV Music Video Award:

- Best Female Video of the Year: "How Will I Know"

Emmy Award:

- Outstanding Individual Performance in a Variety or Music Program

// 1987

American Music Awards:

- Favorite Pop/ Rock Female Vocalist

- Favorite R&B/ Soul Female Vocalist

Billboard Music Award:

- Top Female Album Artist

People's Choice Award:

- Favorite Female Musical Performer

// 1988

Grammy Award:

- Best Female Pop Vocal Performance: "I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me)

Billboard Music Award:

- Top Pop Female Singles Artist

Soul Train Music Award:

- Female Album of the Year: "Whitney"

Emmy Award:

- Outstanding Individual Performance in a Variety or Music Program

People's Choice Award:

- Favorite Female Musical Performer

// 1989

People's Choice Award:

- Favorite Female Musical Performer

// 1990

American Music Awards:

- Favorite Pop/ Rock Female Vocalist

- Favorite R&B/ Soul Female Vocalist

The 1990 Essence Award for the Performing Arts

// 1991

Billboard Music Awards:

- Top R&B Album: "I'm Your Baby Tonight"

- Top R&B Album Artist

- Top R&B Singles Artist

- Top R&B Album and Singles Artist

The American Cinema Performer of the year Award

// 1993

Billboard Music Awards:

- Top Hot 100 Sales Single: "I Will Always Love You"

- Top Pop Single: "I Will Always Love You"

- Top R&B Sales Single: "I Will Always Love You"

- Top R&B Single: "I Will Always Love You"

- Top Pop Singles Artist

- Top Pop Female Singles Artist

- Top Pop Album: "The Bodyguard" soundtrack

- Top R&B Album: "The Bodyguard" soundtrack

- Top R&B Singles Artist

World Music Awards:

- Song of 1993: "I Will Always Love You"

- Album of 1993: "The Bodyguard" soundtrack

- Entertainer of the Year 1993

MTV Movie Award:

- Best Song: "I Will Always Love You"

People's Choice Award:

- Favorite Female Musical Performer

- Favorite Music Video "I Will Always Love You"

Soul Train Music Award:

- R&B Song of the Year: "I Will Always Love You"

- THE 1994 SAMMY DAVIS JR. AWARD - "As Entertainer of the Year" for outstanding achievements in the field of entertainment during 1993

Brit Award:

- Best Soundtrack Album: "The Bodyguard" soundtrack

Juno Music Award:

- Best-selling foreign or domestic album in Canada

// 1995

Soul Train Award:

- Hall of Fame

VH1 Honors

// 1996

NAACP Image Award:

- Outstanding Female Artist with "Exhale (Shoop Shoop)"

Soul Train Award:

- Best Female R&B/ Soul Single: "Exhale (Shoop Shoop)"

Nickelodeon Kid's Choice Award:

- Hall of Fame

Black Entertainment Television (BET) Award:

- Walk of Fame

// 1997

American Music Awards:

- Favorite Adult Contemporary Artist

- Favorite Soundtrack Album: "Waiting to Exhale"

NAACP Image Awards:

- Outstanding Motion Picture Actress for her role in "The Preacher's Wife"

- Outstanding Gospel Artist for her work on "The Preacher's Wife" soundtrack album

- Outstanding Album: "The Preacher's Wife" soundtrack

Blockbuster Entertainment Award:

- Best Female Pop Artist

// 1998

People's Choice Award:

- Favorite Female Musical Performer

Trumpet Pinnacle Award:

- For inspiring others in her chosen profession or career

Soul Train Award:

- Quincy Jones Award for Outstanding Career Achievements In The Field Of Entertainment

Dove Award:

- Best Traditional Recorded Gospel Performance: "I Go To The Rock"

// 1999

NAACP Image Award:

- Outstanding Duo/Group Collaboration: "When You Believe" with Mariah Carey

MTV Europe Music Awards 1999:

- Best R&B

Bambi Awards, Germany

- Best International Pop Artist

// 2000

NAACP Image Awards

- Best Female (Heartbreak Hotel)

14th Annual Soul Train Awards

- Artist Of The Decade: Whitney Houston

42nd Annual Grammy Awards

- Best R&B Female Vocal Performance 'It's Not Right But It's Okay'

// 2001

1st Annual BET Awards

- Whitney Houston: Lifetime Achievement Award