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Whitney Houston has been honored with several awards and accolades recognizing her worldwide success through the music and movie industries. Houston is the most awarded female artist of all time, according to Guinness World Records, with 2 Emmy Awards, 6 Grammy Awards, 22 American Music Awards, 15 Billboard Music Awards, 7 Soul Train Music Awards, 16 NAACP Image Awards and 6 People's Choice Awards, among a total of 411 career awards as of 2006.

1985
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 * A^ The Billboard Music Awards, based on Billboard magazine's year-end charts, was not held before 1990. 'Nominated' means that Houston or the nominated work was ranked in the Top 5, a general number of nominees in a category at the awards, on the year-end charts.

1987
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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)."

1988
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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.
 * D^ She received the honorary doctorate degree for her contribution to the arts through music.
 * 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.

1990
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 * F^ Houston was honored for her long-standing dedication to Black higher education.
 * 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.
 * 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.

1991
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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 her multi platinum album, I'm Your Baby Tonight.

1993
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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.

1994
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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.

1995
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 * M^ Houston earned the award for her charitable works with the Whitney Houston Foundation for Children, Inc.

1996
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 * N^ The award was created to "recognize the significant contribution of African-Americans in the entertainment industry."

1998
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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.

1999

 * Brazil Dance Music Award
 * Best International Female

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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.

2004
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 * R^ The prize was designed "for women whose unique achievements have contributed to a better, more peaceful and humane society."

2006
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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.

2009
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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."

Grammy Awards history
Whitney Houston received a total of 6 Grammy awards from 26 nominations. 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 Orginal 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 as of today. 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.

American Music Awards history
Whitney Houston has been nominated 37 times and won 22 of them during her career, 20 of them was from nominations and 2 of them was special award ― Award of Merit & International Artist Award. Houston is the female artist with the most wins at AMA, and overall the third behind Michael Jackson and Alabama. Following is a list of American Music Awards wins and nominations she has achieved since her debut.