List of awards and nominations received by Whitney Houston

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• A^ The Billboard Music Awards, based on Billboard magazine's year-end charts, was not held before 1990. They were present and called to top list getters as Billboard Number One Awards before that time

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• B^ The Music Award for the most creative and enduring contribution by a performer in live appearances or as a recording artist. Houston received the award for her album, Whitney, the first album by a female singer to debut at No. 1 on the popular music charts, featuring the hit single, "I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me)."[28]

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• C^ Houston earned the award for her many humanitarian acts such as a public service announcement, "Say Yes To A Yooungster's Future," urging Black and other minority youth to study the sciences and math, and participation on an Arista Records artists album, The Door to Their Dreams/Arista's 1988 Black Music Month Collection, its proceeds went to the United Negro College Fund to help Black students.[38]
• D^ She received the honorary doctorate degree for her contribution to the arts through music.[46]
• E^ BRAVO is the largest teen magazine within the German-language sphere. Since 1957, the magazine has distributed its "Bravo Otto" awards based on the readers' vote in different categories each year.

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• F^ Houston was honored for her long-standing dedication to Black higher education.[53]
• G^ It was a role in which she assisted the President (George H. W. Bush) in calling all Americans to become active in community problem-solving, as well as recognized exemplary public service projects and challenged other artists to advance the Points of Light community service movement.[54]
• H^ This award is specifically tailored for artists or "star makers" in the music industry who have been responsible for a substantial number of hit songs for an extended period of time, and who recognize the importance of songs and their writers.[58]

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• I^ 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.[62]

• Houston received 14 Billboard wins for the year, at the 4th annual Billboard Music Awards Houston won a record-breaking at the time 11 awards for the night(special merit award do not count as nominations or wins in an active category).

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• J^ ★ mark means the awards that Houston was presented on the show, other three awards without ★ mark are her extra #1-ranked-categories on Billboard magazine's Year-End Charts of 1993.

• 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.

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• K^ Houston received the award "in recognition of her outstanding contributions to the musical entertainment of the American public."
• 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.

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• M^ Houston earned the award for her charitable works with the Whitney Houston Foundation for Children, Inc.

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• N^ The award was created to "recognize the significant contribution of African-Americans in the entertainment industry."[112]

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• 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.[134]

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• P^ 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^ Whitney Houston received the award for her 20 years outstanding career as a musical artist.[155]

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• R^ The prize was designed "for women whose unique achievements have contributed to a better, more peaceful and humane society."[180]

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• 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.[183]

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• T^ The award was given "in recognition of her worldwide success exemplified by her international record sales, radio airplay in countries all over the world, live performances that span the globe, and popularity that knows no borders or boundaries."[186]

Whitney Houston won the top R&B Albums, Singles categories, and top R&B Artist of the year at the 2nd annual 1991 ceremony. Houston won 11 awards at the 4th annual 1993 ceremony, winning top Albums, Singles and Soundtrack categories. In March 2012, she set two Billboard records, becoming the first female with three albums to peak within the Top 10 on Billboard 200[193] and first female with nine albums in the Top 100 on Billboard 200 chart.[194][195] Houston received the Honoree Billboard Millennium Award at the 2012 Billboard Music Awards ceremony.[196] According to the official Billboard Music Awards website, Houston has won 16 awards.[197][198]

Whitney Houston received 6 Grammy Awards from 26 nominations and two Grammy Hall of Fame Awards giving her a total of 8 Grammy Awards. She earned her first Grammy, "Best Pop Vocal Performance, Female", at its 28th annual ceremony of 1986. In 1994, Houston was honored with "Album of the Year" and "Record of the Year" for The Bodyguard Original Soundtrack Album and "I Will Always Love You", respectively. At the 39th ceremony, she was nominated for "Best Song Written for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media" for "Count on Me", which was her first and only Grammy nomination as a songwriter. In 2000, Houston became the recipient of "Best Female R&B Vocal Performance" award after being nominated for the category seven times since her debut.

During her career, Whitney Houston has been nominated 38 times and won 21 AMAs (she was not the recipient of the Favorite Soundtrack Award for the Waiting to Exhale Original Soundtrack Album in 1997), including two special awards ― Award of Merit and International Artist Award. Houston held the record for the most AMA wins by a female artist until 2018 when she was surpassed by Taylor Swift; and along with Michael Jackson, they hold the record for the most AMAs ever won in a single year with 8 awards. The following is a list of American Music Awards wins and nominations she has achieved since her debut.