List of accolades received by Whitney Houston

Whitney Houston awards and nominations
	Houston in 2009
Award
Awards and nominations
Award	Wins
American Music Awards	22
Billboard	16
Brit	2
Grammy	9
MTV VMA	1
Soul Train	9
World Music	5
Emmy Awards	2
Totals
Wins	437
Nominations	564
	Note [a] Certain award groups do not simply award one winner. They acknowledge several different recipients, have runners-up, and have third place. Since this is a specific recognition and is different from losing an award, runner-up mentions are considered wins in this award tally. For simplification and to avoid errors, each award in this list has been presumed to have had a prior nomination.;

Whitney Houston was an American singer, actress and film producer who received numerous awards and honorary accolades throughout a career that spanned more than 25 years and posthumously as well. Known as "The Voice," she is one of the most significant cultural icons of the 20th century, and one of the most awarded artists of all time.^[1]^[2]^[3] With 22 wins out of 38 nominations, Houston is the second most-awarded female American Music Awards winner ever; at the 1994 American Music Awards, Houston won a record eight AMAs, setting an all-time record for most wins in a single night.^[4] She is the second most awarded winning entertainer at the NAACP Image Awards with 20 wins. Houston is the ninth most awarded artist at the Billboard Music Awards with 16, including 11 alone in 1993.^[5] In 2012, Houston posthumously was awarded the Billboard Millennium Award. Houston is one of the few secular artists to receive awards for gospel work, winning a Stellar Award and two Dove Awards.

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American Music Awards 22

Billboard 16

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Between 1986 and 2000, Houston received six competitive Grammy Awards out of 25 nominations. In 1994, Houston won the Grammy Award for Album of the Year for her soundtrack album, The Bodyguard, from the film of the same name while winning Record of the Year for "I Will Always Love You". In addition, Houston is a two-time inductee to the Grammy Hall of Fame and a recipient of the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award, which brings her total to nine Grammys. Houston also won five World Music Awards, all of them in a single night record in 1994, including the Legend Award.^[6] In 2023, Houston was just one of thirteen inaugural musicians to receive the Brit Billion Award for earning a career billion streams in the United Kingdom.^[a] A prominent fixture on music video stations such as MTV, BET and VH1 since the 1980s, Houston has been honored with awards from all three networks, and was the first recipient of the Lifetime Achievement Award at the BET Awards and the first female artist to receive the Global Icon Award at the MTV Europe Music Awards.

Although music was her primary source of accomplishment, Houston also received nominations and awards for other works in philanthropy, film and television. Houston received two Emmy Awards in 1986 and 1988, the former for a 1986 Grammy Awards performance, and the latter for having her song "One Moment in Time" being played during coverage of the 1988 Seoul Olympics.^[7]^[8] Houston was nominated for several acting awards for her works in The Bodyguard, Waiting to Exhale, The Preacher's Wife and Sparkle, later winning the NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actress for her role in The Preacher's Wife. Houston's work on Cinderella won her another Emmy nomination. Houston received a United Negro College Fund award, a Presidential honor and a VH1 Honors Award for her philanthropy work.

Houston has been inducted into multiple halls of fame, including the Georgia Music Hall of Fame, the New Jersey Hall of Fame, the Songwriters Hall of Fame and the National Rhythm & Blues Hall of Fame as well as the Grammy Hall of Fame. Houston's landmark recording of "I Will Always Love You" was inducted into the Library of Congress' National Recording Registry for the class of 2019.^[9]^[10] In 2020, Houston was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame on her first nomination.^[11]^[12] A prominent black female entertainer, she was also inducted into the BET Walk of Fame and the Soul Train Hall of Fame.^[13]

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Honor	Year^[b]	Category	Type	Ref.
American Black Achievement Awards	1988	The Music Award	Honoree^[n]	^[231]
American Cinema Awards	1991	Musical Performer of the Year	Honoree	^[232]
American Music Awards	1994	Award of Merit	Honoree	^[29]
American Music Awards	2009	International Artist Award of Excellence	Honoree	^[233]
Barbados Music Awards	2013	International Icon Award	Honoree	^[234]
BET Awards	2001	BET Lifetime Achievement Award	Honoree	^[235]^[236]
BET Honors	2010	Entertainers Award	Inducted	^[237]^[238]
BET Walk of Fame	1996	Performer	Inducted	^[239]^[o]
Billboard Music Awards	2012	Billboard Millennium Award	Honoree	^[240]
Carousel of Hope Ball (The Children's Diabetes Foundation)	1991	Brass Ring Award	Honoree	^[241]
Carousel of Hope Ball (The Children's Diabetes Foundation)	1996	The Davises' High Hopes Award	Honoree	^[242]
CCTV-MTV Music Honors	2003	International Outstanding Achievement	Honoree	^[243]
Deirdre O’Brien Child Advocacy Center	1999	Child Advocate of the Year	Honoree^[p]	^[244]
Dove Awards (The Gospel Music Association)	1997	Outstanding Mainstream Contribution to Gospel Music	Honoree	^[245]
East Orange Hall of Fame	2017	Musician	Inducted	^[246] ^[247]
ECHO Awards	2012	ECHO Hall of Fame	Inducted	^[248]
Essence Awards	1990	The Essence Award for the Performing Arts	Honoree	^[249]
Essence Awards	1997	The Triumphant Spirit Award	Honoree	^[250]^[251]
Georgia Music Hall of Fame	2013	Posthumous induction	Inducted	^[252]^[253]
Goldmine Hall of Fame	2012	Artist	Inducted	^[254]
Grammy Awards	2026	Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award	Honoree	^[255]
Grammy Hall of Fame	2013	Whitney Houston	Inducted	^[256]
Grammy Hall of Fame	2018	"I Will Always Love You"	Inducted	^[257]
HMV Harlem Walk of Fame	2000	Performer	Inducted	^[258]
International Achievement in Arts Awards	1995	Distinguished Achievement in Music and Film/Video	Honoree	^[259]
Library of Congress	2020	National Recording Registry (for "I Will Always Love You")	Inducted	^[260]
Missouri Gospel Music Hall of Fame	2025	Posthumous induction	Inducted	^[261]
MTV Europe Music Awards	2012	Global Icon	Honoree	^[262]
MTV Japan Awards	2004	International Outstanding Achievement	Honoree	^[263]
NABOB Communications Awards Dinner (The National Association of Black Owned Broadcasters)	1994	Entertainer of the Year	Honoree	^[264]
National Museum of African American History and Culture	2016	Musical Crossroads Exhibit	Inducted	^[265]
National Museum of African American Music	2019	Exhibit	Inducted	^[266]
National Urban Coalition	1988	Distinguished Artist/Humanitarian Award	Honoree^[q]	^[267]
New Jersey Hall of Fame	2013	Performer	Inducted	^[268]
New Jersey Walk of Fame	2006	Performer	Inducted^[r]	^[269]
Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards	1996	Kids' Choice Hall of Fame	Inducted^[s]	^[270]
Online Film & Television Association Awards	2022	Film Hall of Fame: Songs (for "I Will Always Love You")	Inducted	^[271]
Official Charts Pop Gem Hall of Fame	2014	Inductee No. 80 (for "I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me)")	Inducted	^[272]
Presidential awards	1990	Points of Light Contributing Leader	Honoree	^[273]
Rhythm & Blues Hall of Fame	2014	Singer	Inducted	^[274]
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame	2020	Performer	Inducted	^[275]^[276]
Songwriters Hall of Fame	1990	Howie Richmond Hitmaker Award	Inducted	^[277]
Soul Train 25th Anniversary Hall of Fame	1995	Performer	Inducted	^[278]
Soul Train Music Awards	1994	Sammy Davis Jr. Entertainer of the Year	Honoree	^[215]^[216]
	1998	Quincy Jones Award for Career Achievement	Honoree	^[279]^[280]
	2000	Artist of the Decade (Female)^[t]	Honoree	^[219]^[220]
Trumpet Awards	1998	The Pinnacle Award^[u]	Honoree	^[282]^[281]
United Negro College Fund	1990	The Frederick D. Patterson Award	Honoree^[v]	^[283]
VH1 Honors	1995	Humanitarian Award	Honoree^[w]	^[284]
Women's World Awards	2004	World Arts Award for Lifetime Achievement^[x]	Honoree	^[285]^[286]

Year	Record	Record holder	Ref.
1987	† Best-selling album by a woman	Whitney Houston^[y]	^[287]
1987	† Best-selling debut album of all time	Whitney Houston^[z]	^[287]
1992	† Most number one singles by a female artist	Whitney Houston^[aa]	^[288]
1994	† Most weeks at number one on the Billboard Hot 100	"I Will Always Love You"^[ab]	^[289]
1994	† Most Billboard Music Award wins in one night	Whitney Houston^[ac]
1997	† Best-selling 1990s UK single by a female soloist^[ad]	"I Will Always Love You"	^[290]
1998	Most successful star couple	Whitney Houston and Bobby Brown	^[291]
1999	Most consecutive US No. 1 singles	Whitney Houston^[ae]	^[292]
	Biggest-selling R&B album by a female artist in the US	Whitney Houston	^[293]
	Biggest-selling R&B single by a female artist in the UK	"I Will Always Love You"	^[293]
2006	† Most consecutive weeks at No. 1 on the UK singles chart (solo female)	"I Will Always Love You"^[af]	^[288]
	Most consecutive weeks at No. 1 on the US singles chart (solo female)	"I Will Always Love You"^[ag]	^[288]
	Most cumulative weeks at No. 1 on the US singles chart (solo female, individual single)	"I Will Always Love You"^[ah]	^[288]
	Most awarded musical artist of all time (female)	Whitney Houston	^[294]
2012	Most simultaneous UK chart entries by a female artist^[ai]	Whitney Houston	^[288]
	First female artist to debut at number one on the US Billboard 200	Whitney Houston^[aj]	^[295]
	First female artist to enter number one on the US and UK albums chart simultaneously ^[ak]	Whitney Houston	^[288]
	† Most awarded female American Music Awards winner	Whitney Houston^[al]	^[288]
	Most American Music Awards wins in a single night by a female artist	Whitney Houston^[am]	^[288]
	† Most cumulative weeks at number one on the US Billboard 200 (solo female)	Whitney Houston (46)^[an]	^[288]
	† Most simultaneous albums on the US Billboard 200 (solo female)	Whitney Houston (10)^[ao]	^[288]
	Most number one remakes on the US Billboard Hot 100	Whitney Houston^[ap]	^[288]
	Most number one "triple crown" No. 1 US singles	Whitney Houston^[aq]	^[288]
	Biggest-selling soundtrack album	The Bodyguard^[ar]	^[296]
	Best-selling single by a female artist (US)	"I Will Always Love You"^[as]	^[297]
	† Fastest-selling pre-digital single by an artist (US)	"I Will Always Love You" ^[at]	^[297]
	Fastest-selling pre-digital single by a female artist (US)	"I Will Always Love You" ^[au]	^[297]
	First album to sell a million copies in a single week	The Bodyguard^[av]	^[296]
	First recipient of the BET Lifetime Achievement Award	Whitney Houston^[aw]	^[288]
	Highest trending Google search of 2012	Whitney Houston	^[288]
	Most World Music Awards wins in a single night	Whitney Houston^[ax]	^[288]
2015	Best-selling album by a woman	The Bodyguard	^[298]
2023	Highest-earning dead celebrity (female, current)	Whitney Houston	^[299]
2025	Best-selling physical single by a female solo artist	"I Will Always Love You"	^[300]

Publisher	Listicle	Year(s)	Result	Ref.
ABC	30 Greatest Women in Music	2013	1	^[301]
American Dental Hygienists' Association	America's Greatest Smiles	1988	Placed	^[302]
American Express Essentials	The 50 Greatest Pop Stars Turned Movie Stars	2020	10	^[303]
American Film Institute	AFI's 100 Years... 100 Songs	2004	65th ("I Will Always Love You")	^[304]
American Songwriter	The Most Iconic Songs of the 1980s	2023	1 ("I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me)")	^[305]
The A.V. Club	The 30 Greatest National Anthem Performances of All Time, Ranked	2023	1 (The performance of "The Star Spangled Banner" at Super Bowl XXV)	^[306]
The A.V. Club	The Best Movie Soundtracks of All Time, Ranked	2023	12 (The Bodyguard)	^[307]
Billboard	Rookie of the Year	1985	1	^[308]
	The Greatest Pop Star By Year (1981–2023)	1986	1	^[309]
		1987	Honorable mention	^[310]
		1992	Honorable mention	^[311]
		1993	Honorable mention	^[312]
	Greatest of All Time Billboard 200 Women Artists	2017	4	^[313]
	Greatest of All Time Hot 100 Artists	2018	9	^[314]
	The 98 Greatest Songs of 1998	2018	63 ("When You Believe" w/Mariah Carey)	^[315]
	The 99 Greatest Songs of 1999	2019	22 ("It's Not Right but It's Okay")	^[316]
	Greatest of All Time Dance Club Artists	2016	13	^[317]
	Greatest of All Time Adult Contemporary Artists	2023	15	^[318]
	Top 50 R&B Artists of the Past 25 Years	2010	3	^[319]
	35 Greatest R&B Artists of All Time	2015	9	^[320]
	110 Greatest Musical Moments	2004	Placed (The success of Whitney Houston in 1985–86)	^[321]
	20 Best Love Songs by Real-Life Couples	2014	13 ("Something in Common" ft. Bobby Brown)	^[322]
	The 100 Greatest Award Show Performances of All Time	2017	37 ("How Will I Know" at the 1986 MTV Video Music Awards) 81 ("I Have Nothing" at the 1993 Billboard Music Awards)	^[323]
	The 15 Greatest Billboard Music Awards Performances Ever	2020	2 ("I Have Nothing", 1993)	^[324]
	Greatest Songs of All Time Hot 100 Songs	2021	60 ("I Will Always Love You")	^[325]
	Greatest of All Time Songs of the Summer		104 ("I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me)"	^[326]
	Greatest of All Time Holiday 100 Songs		85 ("Do You Hear What I Hear")	^[327]
	Top 11 Super Bowl National Anthem Performances	2023	1 (The performance of "The Star Spangled Banner" at Super Bowl XXV)	^[328]
	500 Best Pop Songs of All Time	2023	1 ("I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me)" 60 ("I Will Always Love You") 229 ("How Will I Know")	^[329]
	100 Best Breakup Songs of All Time	2025	6 ("I Have Nothing")	^[330]
	The Top 50 Best R&B Love Songs of All Time		5 ("I Will Always Love You")	^[331]
	The Top 100 Women Artists of the 21st Century		69	^[332]
	The 100 Best Dance Songs of All Time		72 ("It's Not Right but It's Okay (Thunderpuss Remix)")	^[333]
	100 Best LGBTQ Anthems of All Time: Queer Pride Songs		45 ("It's Not Right but It's Okay (Thunderpuss Remix)")	^[334]
	75 Best R&B Artists of All Time		5	^[335]
	The 100 Most Iconic Pop Star Memes of All Time		51 ("Whitney Houston and Natalie Cole pointing at each other") 73 ("Whitney Houston Awards Thanks")	^[336]
British Hit Singles and Albums	Top 100 Most Successful Artists	2005	40	^[337]
CBS Sports NFL	Super Bowl all-time national anthems	2012	1 (The performance of "The Star Spangled Banner" at Super Bowl XXV)	^[338]
Complex	The 100 Hottest Female Singers of All Time	2012	51st	^[339]
Consequence of Sound	The 100 Greatest Singers of All Time	2016	6th	^[340]
	The 100 Best Tours of All Time	2025	46th (Moment of Truth World Tour)	^[341]
	The 100 Best Vocalists of All Time	2026	3rd	^[342]
Cosmopolitan	82 Best '90s Love Songs	2022	1st ("I Will Always Love You") 15th ("My Love Is Your Love")	^[343]
Cosmopolitan	53 Best Movie Soundtracks of All Time	2023	38th (The Bodyguard) 48th (Waiting to Exhale)	^[344]
Ebony	Top 5 Super Bowl National Anthem Performances	2023	1 (The performance of "The Star Spangled Banner" at Super Bowl XXV)	^[345]
Entertainment Weekly	Entertainers of the Year	1993	5th	^[346]
Entertainment Weekly	The best LGBTQ anthems of all time	2018	11th ("How Will I Know")	^[347]
Esquire	The 40 Best Wedding Reception Songs of All Time	2023	1 ("I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me)"	^[348]
Essence	50 Most Influential R&B Stars	2020	5	^[349]
	The 10 Best R&B Soloists Of All Time	2022	1	^[350]
	66 Boundary-Breaking Black Women Who Have Paved the Way	2023	10^[ay]	^[351]
Forbes	Greatest 1980s songs	2024	15 ("I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me)")	^[352]
	Greatest 1990s songs		1 ("I Will Always Love You")	^[353]
	Greatest 1980s artists		14	^[354]
	Greatest 1990s artists		8	^[355]
	50 Black Female Singers With Incredible Vocals	2025	1	^[356]
	30 Most Notable Female Singers of the '80s		1	^[357]
	30 Most Notable Female Singers of the '90s		3	^[358]
Forbes Top 40	Highest earning entertainers	1987	8	^[359] ^[360]
		1988	17	^[361]
		1994	23	^[362]
Forbes Highest-Paid Dead Celebrities	Highest-paid dead celebrities	2019	12	^[363]
		2023	7	^[364]
		2024	13	^[364]
Google	Most Googled Person of 2012	2012	1	^[365]
Harper's Bazaar	Ten Most Beautiful Women in America	1986	Placed	^[366]
Harris Interactive	Favorite Singer/Musician or Musical Group	1994	1	^[367] ^[368]
		1995	5	^[369]
		1996	3	^[368]
		1997	3^[az]	^[368]
	Most Popular Love Song	2013	1 ("I Will Always Love You")	^[370]
The Independent	50 women who broke barriers in the music industry	2020	Placed	^[371]
The Independent	The 40 Greatest Film Soundtracks	2023	35th (The Bodyguard)	^[372]
The Mirror	Greatest Love Songs of All Time	2022	1 ("I Will Always Love You")	^[373]
MTV	100 Greatest Songs of the '90s	2007	4 ("I Will Always Love You")	^[374]
New York Post	The 10 Best Super Bowl National Anthem Performances of All Time	2023	1 (The performance of "The Star Spangled Banner" at Super Bowl XXV)	^[375]
Next Luxury	20 of the Most Popular Female Singers Ever	2022	Placed	^[376]
NME	NME Greatest No. 1 Singles in History	2012	8 ("I Will Always Love You")	^[377]
NPR	150 Greatest Albums Made by Women	2017	14 (Whitney Houston)	^[378]
Parade	15 Best Super Bowl National Anthem Performances of All Time	2024	1 (The performance of "The Star Spangled Banner" at Super Bowl XXV)	^[379]
People	People Readers Poll	1986	1 (America's Top New Star)	^[380]
	25 Most Intriguing People of the Year	1986	Placed	^[381]
	50 Most Beautiful People	1991	Placed	^[382]
	50 Most Beautiful People	1993	Placed	^[383]
	25 Most Intriguing People of the Year	1994	Placed	^[384]
	25 Musical Moments of the Last 25 Years	2007	Placed (Houston's entry into the music business in 1985)	^[385]
Pitchfork	The 200 Best Songs of the 1980s	2015	20 ("I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me)") 103 ("How Will I Know")	^[386]
	The 200 Best Albums of the 1980s	2018	117 (Whitney Houston)	^[387]
	The 150 Best Albums of the 1990s	2022	147 (The Bodyguard)	^[388]
	The 250 Best Songs of the 1990s	2022	59 ("I Will Always Love You") 211 ("I'm Every Woman")	^[389]
Q	100 Women Who Rock the World	2002	71 (Whitney Houston)	^[390]
Reuters	Century's Best Female Singer	1999	3rd^[ba]	^[391]
The Ringer	The 50 Best Movie Soundtracks of the Past 50 Years	2021	7 (The Bodyguard)	^[392]
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame	The Definitive 200	2007	46 (Whitney Houston)	^[393]
Rolling Stone	25 Most Memorable Music Moments in NFL History	2003	1 (The performance of "The Star Spangled Banner" at Super Bowl XXV)	^[394]
	100 Greatest Songs of the '90s	2007	4 ("I Will Always Love You")	^[374]
	20 Biggest Songs of the Summer: The 1980s	2019	8th ("I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me)")	^[395]
	50 Best Songs of the Nineties	2019	19th ("Heartbreak Hotel" ft. Faith Evans and Kelly Price)	^[396]
	500 Greatest Albums of All Time	2021	249th (Whitney Houston)	^[397]
	500 Greatest Songs of All Time	2021	94th ("I Will Always Love You") 231st ("I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me)")	^[398] ^[399]
	100 Best Debut Albums of All Time	2022	89th (Whitney Houston)	^[400]
	200 Greatest Singers of All Time	2023	2	^[401]
	The 30 Greatest Grammy Performances Ever	2023	12 (The performance of "I Will Always Love You")	^[402]
	The 20 Most Memorable Super Bowl National Anthems	2023	1 (The 1991 performance at Super Bowl XXV)	^[403]
	The 200 Best '80s Songs: Top Tunes from the '80s	2023	6 ("How Will I Know")	^[404]
Rotten Tomatoes	100 Best Christmas Movies of All Time	2023	96 (The Preacher's Wife)	^[405]
Screen Rant	10 Songs That Completely Define the 1980s	2025	7 ("I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me)")	^[406]
Screen Rant	10 Pop Songs That Completely Define The Genre	2025	1 ("I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me)")	^[407]
Slant Magazine	100 Greatest Dance Songs	2020	58 ("I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me)")	^[408]
Smooth Radio	The 30 best female singers of all time	2023	1	^[409]
	The 20 greatest Super Bowl National Anthem performances	2024	1 (The performance of "The Star Spangled Banner" at Super Bowl XXV)	^[410]
	The Greatest Oscars Music Performances of All Time	2024	2 ("When You Believe" w/Mariah Carey)	^[411]
Songs of the Century	"I Will Always Love You"	2001	108	^[412]
Stylist	50 Female Pop Pioneers	2021	Placed	^[413]
The Telegraph	Pop's 20 Greatest Female Artists	2015	15	^[414]
The Top 500 Songs of the Rock Era: 1955-2015	"I Will Always Love You"	2015	1	^[415]
Time	Black History: 50 Cultural Giants	2012	Placed	^[416]
uDiscover Music	Best New Jack Swing Songs: 40 Party-Starting Jams	2024	25th ("I'm Your Baby Tonight")	^[417]
Variety	Best Christmas Movies of All Time	2023	Placed (The Preacher's Wife)	^[418]
VH1	100 Greatest Women in Rock & Roll	1999	61	^[419]
	100 Greatest Pop Songs	2000	40 ("I Will Always Love You")	^[420]
	100 Greatest Rock & Roll Moments on TV		59 (The performance of "The Star Spangled Banner" at Super Bowl XXV)	^[421]
	VH1's 100 Greatest Dance Songs		86 ("I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me)")	^[422]
	VH1's 100 Sexiest Artists	2002	24	^[423]
	100 Greatest Women in Music	2002	4	^[424]
	50 Greatest Women of the Video Era	2003	3	^[425]
	VH1: 100 Best Songs of the Past 25 Years		8 ("I Will Always Love You")	^[426]
	100 Moments That Rocked TV		12 (The performance of "The Star Spangled Banner" at Super Bowl XXV)	^[427]
	200 Greatest Pop Culture Icons		116	^[428]
	25 Greatest Rock Star Cameos		13 (Whitney on Silver Spoons in 1985)	^[429]
	100 Greatest Songs of the '80s	2006	12 ("How Will I Know")	^[430]
	100 Greatest Songs of the '90s	2007	4 ("I Will Always Love You")	^[431]
	VH1's 100 Greatest Artists of All Time	2010	60	^[432]
	VH1's 100 Greatest Women In Music	2012	6	^[433]
	40 Greatest R&B Songs of the '90s	2012	3 ("I Will Always Love You") 24 ("I'm Every Woman")	^[434]
Vibe	The Best R&B Duets Of The 21st Century	2025	12 ("Same Script, Different Cast" ft. Deborah Cox)	^[435]
The Week	The best singers turned actors of all time	2025	Placed	^[436]

Country	Year	Honor	Ref.
United States	1986	Key to the city of Newark	^[437]
	1991	American Red Cross Board of Governors^[bb]	^[438]^[439]
	1991	NFL Pro-Set Card^[bc]	^[440]
	1997	Franklin Elementary School (renamed to the Whitney E. Houston Academy of Creative and Performing Arts)	^[441]
	2012	New Jersey Flags Flown at Half-Staff (in honor of Whitney Houston following her untimely death)	^[442]
	2013	Madame Tussauds (four different statues of the singer were presented in Las Vegas, Hollywood, New York and Washington D.C.)	^[443]
	2023	Vaxhaul Service Area (renamed to the Whitney Houston Service Area at mile 142 of the Garden State Parkway North, in Union)	^[444]
Georgia	2019	Statue of likeness at the Musician's Park at the Black Sea Arena in Kobuleti	^[445]

Year	Nominee/Work	Certified videos	Ref.
2025	Whitney Houston	15	^[448]
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