Grammy Awards and nominations for Whitney Houston
Whitney Houston is one of the most successful female singers of all time. Her accomplishments have been recognized with six competitive Grammy Awards, and one Grammy Hall of Fame Award, giving her a total of 7 Grammy Awards. Though she has been nominated twenty-six times and for two times songs performed by her were nominated for Song of the Year. She earned her first Grammy, Best Pop Vocal Performance, Female in 1986, and was honored with two general field Grammys: Album of the Year for The Bodyguard Soundtrack and Record of the Year for "I Will Always Love You" at its 36th ceremonies in 1994. Below is a list of awards for which she has been nominated and those that she won (the winner in each category has ★ mark).
1986
Ceremony | Categories | Nominations | Results | Note(s) |
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28th [1][2][3] |
Best Pop Vocal Performance, Female |
Madonna - "Crazy for You" |
Won |
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Album of the Year | Dire Straits – Brothers in Arms Phil Collins – No Jacket Required ★ Whitney Houston – Whitney Houston Sting – The Dream of the Blue Turtles USA for Africa – We Are the World |
Nominated | ||
Best R&B Vocal Performance, Female | Aretha Franklin - "Freeway of Love" ★ Chaka Khan - I Feel for You (Album) Teena Marie - "Lovergirl" Patti LaBelle - "New Attitude" Whitney Houston - "You Give Good Love" |
Nominated |
1987
Ceremony | Categories | Nominations | Results | Note(s) |
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29th [4] |
Record of the Year |
Whitney Houston - "Greatest Love of All" |
Nominated |
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1988
Ceremony | Categories | Nominations | Results | Note(s) |
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30th [5][6] |
Best Pop Vocal Performance, Female |
Carly Simon - Coming Around Again (Album) |
Won |
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Album of the Year |
Michael Jackson - Bad |
Nominated | ||
Best R&B Vocal Performance, Female |
Aretha Franklin - Aretha (Album) ★ |
Nominated |
1989
Ceremony | Categories | Nominations | Results | Note(s) |
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31st [7][8] |
Best Pop Vocal Performance, Female | Joni Mitchell - Chalk Mark in a Rain Storm (Album) Tracy Chapman - "Fast Car" ★ Brenda Russell - Get Here (Album) Whitney Houston - "One Moment in Time" Taylor Dayne - "Tell It to My Heart" |
Nominated |
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1990
Ceremony | Categories | Nominations | Results | Note(s) |
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32nd [9] |
Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal | Soul II Soul - "Back to Life (However Do You Want Me)" ★ BeBe & CeCe Winans - "Celebrate New Life" Aretha Franklin and James Brown - "Gimme Your Love" Aretha Franklin and Whitney Houston - "It Isn't, It Wasn't, It Ain't Never Gonna Be" Deniece Williams and Natalie Cole - "We Sing Praises" |
Nominated |
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1991
Ceremony | Categories | Nominations | Results | Note(s) |
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33rd [10][11] |
Best Pop Vocal Performance, Female |
Lisa Stansfield - "All Around the World" |
Nominated |
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1992
Ceremony | Categories | Nominations | Results | Note(s) |
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34th [12][13] |
Best Pop Vocal Performance, Female | Whitney Houston - "All the Man That I Need" Amy Grant - "Baby Baby" Mariah Carey - Emotions (Album) Oleta Adams - "Get Here" Bonnie Raitt - "Something to Talk About" ★ |
Nominated |
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1993
Ceremony | Categories | Nominations | Results | Note(s) |
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35th [14] |
Best R&B Vocal Performance, Female | Oleta Adams - "Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me" Whitney Houston - "I Belong to You" Chaka Khan - The Woman I Am (Album) ★ Shanice - "I Love Your Smile" Vanessa Williams - "The Comfort Zone" |
Nominated |
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1994
Ceremony | Categories | Nominations | Results | Note(s) |
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36th [15][16][17] |
Album of the Year | Donald Fagen - Kamakiriad Whitney Houston - The Bodyguard Original Soundtrack Album ★ Billy Joel - River of Dreams R.E.M. - Automatic for the People Sting - Ten Summoner's Tales |
Won |
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Record of the Year | Peabo Bryson and Regina Belle - "A Whole New World" (Aladdin's Theme) Whitney Houston - "I Will Always Love You" ★ Billy Joel - "The River of Dreams" Sting - "If I Ever Lose My Faith in You" Neil Young - "Harvest Moon" |
Won | ||
Best Pop Vocal Performance, Female | Mariah Carey - "Dreamlover" Shawn Colvin - "I Don't Know Why" Whitney Houston - "I Will Always Love You" ★ k.d. lang - "Miss Chatelaine" Tina Turner - "I Don't Wanna Fight" |
Won | ||
Best R&B Vocal Performance, Female | Aretha Franklin - "Someday We'll All Be Free" Whitney Houston - "I'm Every Woman" Janet Jackson - "That's the Way Love Goes" Patti LaBelle - "All Right Now (Live)" Toni Braxton - "Another Sad Love Song" ★ |
Nominated |
1997
Ceremony | Categories | Nominations | Results | Note(s) |
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39th [18] |
Album of the Year | Beck - Odelay Celine Dion - Falling Into You ★ The Fugees - The Score The Smashing Pumpkins - Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness Various Artists - Waiting to Exhale Original Soundtrack Album |
Nominated |
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Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals | Burt Bacharach and Elvis Costello - "God Give Me Strength" Brandy, Tamia, Gladys Knight and Chaka Khan - "Missing You" Natalie Cole with Nat King Cole - "When I Fall In Love" ★ Whitney Houston and CeCe Winans - "Count On Me" Frank Sinatra and Luciano Pavarotti - "My Way" Sting, John McLaughlin, Dominic Miller and Vinnie Colaiuta - "The Wind Cries Mary" |
Nominated | ||
Best R&B Vocal Performance, Female | Mary J. Blige - "Not Gon' Cry" Brandy - "Sittin' Up in My Room" Toni Braxton - "You're Makin' Me High" ★ Whitney Houston - "Exhale (Shoop Shoop)" Tamia - "You Put a Move on My Heart" |
Nominated | ||
Best Song Written Specifically for a Motion Picture or Television | "Because You Loved Me" - Diane Warren ★ "Count On Me" - Babyface, Michael Houston and Whitney Houston "Exhale (Shoop Shoop)" - Babyface "It Hurts Like Hell" - Babyface "Moonlight" - Alan Bergman, Marilyn Bergman and John Williams |
Nominated |
1998
Ceremony | Categories | Nominations | Results | Note(s) |
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40th [19][20] |
Best R&B Vocal Performance, Female | Erykah Badu - "On & On" ★ Mariah Carey - "Honey" Whitney Houston - "I Believe in You And Me" Chaka Khan - "Summertime" Patti LaBelle - "When You Talk About Love" |
Nominated |
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Best R&B Album | Babyface - The Day Erykah Badu - Baduizm ★ Mary J. Blige - Share My World Boyz II Men - Evolution Whitney Houston - The Preacher's Wife Soundtrack Album Patti LaBelle - Flame |
Nominated |
2000
Ceremony | Categories | Nominations | Results | Note(s) |
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42nd [21][22][23][24][25] |
Best R&B Vocal Performance, Female | Mary J. Blige - "All That I Can Say" Brandy - "Almost Doesn't Count" Macy Gray - "Do Something" Lauryn Hill - "Everything Is Everything" Whitney Houston - "It's Not Right But It's Okay" ★ |
Won |
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Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal | Eric Benet featuring Tamia - "Spend My Life with You" Mary J. Blige and Aretha Franklin - "Don't Waste Your Time" Destiny's Child - "Bills, Bills, Bills" Whitney Houston featuring Faith Evans & Kelly Price - "Heartbreak Hotel" TLC - "No Scrubs" ★ |
Nominated | ||
Best R&B Album | Mary J. Blige - Mary Whitney Houston - My Love Is Your Love R. Kelly - R. Brian McKnight - Back At One TLC - FanMail ★ |
Nominated | ||
Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals | Andrea Bocelli and Celine Dion - "The Prayer" Whitney Houston and Mariah Carey - "When You Believe" 'N Sync and Gloria Estefan - "Music of My Heart" Santana featuring Dave Matthews - "Love of My Life" Santana featuring Rob Thomas - "Smooth" ★ |
Nominated |
2013
Categories | Nominations | Results | Note(s) |
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Grammy Hall of Fame Award (Special Award) | Whitney Houston - Whitney Houston | Won |
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Performances and appearances on the Grammy Awards
Date | City | Venue | Performance/Note(s) |
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February 25, 1986 (28th) |
Los Angeles | Shrine Auditorium |
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February 24, 1987 (29th) |
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March 2, 1988 (30th) |
New York City | Radio City Music Hall |
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February 22, 1989 (31st) |
Los Angeles | Shrine Auditorium |
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March 1, 1994 (36th) |
New York City | Radio City Music Hall |
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February 28, 1996 (38th) |
Los Angeles | Shrine Auditorium |
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February 26, 1997 (39th) |
New York City | Madison Square Garden |
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February 24, 1999 (41st) |
Los Angeles | Shrine Auditorium |
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February 23, 2000 (42nd) |
Staples Center |
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February 8, 2009 (51st) |
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