The Bodyguard is a 1992 American romantic thriller film directed by Mick Jackson. It starred Kevin Costner, Whitney Houston, Gary Kemp, Bill Cobbs and Ralph Waite. The film follows a former United States Secret Service agent turned bodyguard who is hired to protect a famous actress and singer from an unknown stalker.
Year | Category | Nominee / work | Result | Ref. |
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1992 | Best Original Song | "I Have Nothing" Music by David Foster Lyrics by Linda Thompson | Nominated | [1] |
"Run to You" Music by Jud Friedman Lyrics by Allan Rich | Nominated |
Year | Category | Nominee / work | Result | Ref. |
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2016 | Most Helpful White Person | Kevin Costner | Nominated | [2] |
Year | Category | Nominee / work | Result | Ref. |
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1994 | The Music Award | Whitney Houston | Won | [3] [4] |
Houston's eight wins tied her with Michael Jackson for the most AMAs ever won in a single year. At that time, she also tied Kenny Rogers on the all-time list with 19 total AMAs. [5] She won her fourth "Favorite Pop/Rock Female Artist" award and tied with Olivia Newton-John for the most AMAs won in this category.
Year | Category | Nominee / work | Result | Ref. |
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1994 | American Music Award of Merit | Whitney Houston | Won | [5] |
Favorite Adult Contemporary Artist | Nominated | |||
Favorite Pop/Rock Female Artist | Won | |||
Favorite Soul/R&B Female Artist | Won | |||
Favorite Adult Contemporary Album | The Bodyguard: Original Soundtrack Album | Won | ||
Favorite Pop/Rock Album | Won | |||
Favorite Soul/R&B Album | Won | |||
Favorite Pop/Rock Song | "I Will Always Love You" | Won | ||
Favorite Soul/R&B Song | Won |
Year | Category | Nominee / work | Result | Ref. |
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1994 | The Most-Performed Song | "I'm Every Woman" Music and Lyrics by Nick Ashford and Valerie Simpson | Won | [6] |
Houston is the co-holder of the record for the most Billboard Music Awards (11 awards) won in a single year since the award show has been held in 1990 - the awards with ★ marks were honored to her on the show and without ★ marks were not, but her extra #1-ranked-categories on Billboard year-end charts. She became the only artist to grab the top spots of Top Billboard 200 Album, Top R&B Album, Hot 100 Single and Hot R&B Single simultaneously in the history of the charts. She is the only artist to win Top R&B Album three times in the history of Billboard Year-End Charts to date, after Whitney Houston in 1986 and I'm Your Baby Tonight in 1991. In addition, Houston is the second artist behind Elton John and the only female artist to have two number-one Top Billboard 200 Album awards (formerly "Top Pop Album") on Billboard magazine year-end charts.
Year | Category | Nominee / work | Result | Ref. |
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1993 | ★Top Billboard 200 Album | The Bodyguard: Original Soundtrack Album | Won | [7] [8] |
★Top Hot 100 Singles Artist | Whitney Houston | Won | ||
★Top Hot 100 Single | "I Will Always Love You" | Won | ||
★Top Hot R&B Singles Artist | Whitney Houston | Won | ||
★Top R&B Album | The Bodyguard: Original Soundtrack Album | Won | ||
★Top Hot R&B Single | "I Will Always Love You" | Won | ||
★Top Soundtrack | The Bodyguard: Original Soundtrack Album | Won | ||
★Special Award: Top Album Most Weeks at #1 (20 weeks) | Won | |||
★Special Award: Top Single Most Weeks at #1 (14 weeks) | "I Will Always Love You" | Won | ||
★Top World Artist | Whitney Houston | Won | ||
★Top World Single | "I Will Always Love You" | Won | ||
Top Hot Adult Contemporary Artist | Whitney Houston | Nominated | ||
Top Hot 100 Singles Artist – Female | Won | |||
Top Hot 100 Singles Sales #1 | "I Will Always Love You" | Won | ||
Top Hot R&B Singles Sales #1 | Won |
The BRAVO Otto Awards were determined by the readers' poll on BRAVO , the largest teen magazine within the German-language sphere. The 1993's poll began from the issue #45 (November 4) in 1993 and the results were released in the issue No. 1 (January 6) in 1994. [9]
Year | Category | Nominee / work | Result | Ref. |
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1993 | Best Female Singer – Silver Otto Award | Whitney Houston | Won | [9] |
Year | Category | Nominee / work | Result | Ref. |
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1994 | Film Music Award | Alan Silvestri – The Bodyguard | Won | [10] |
Most-performed Song from a Film | "I Have Nothing" Music by David Foster Lyrics by Linda Thompson | Won |
Year | Category | Nominee / work | Result | Ref. |
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1994 | Soundtrack/Cast Recording | The Bodyguard: Original Soundtrack Album | Won | [11] |
Year | Category | Nominee / work | Result | Ref. |
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1992 | Worst Picture | Lawrence Kasdan, Jim Wilson and Kevin Costner | Nominated | [12] |
Worst Actor | Kevin Costner | Nominated | ||
Worst Actress | Whitney Houston | Nominated | ||
Worst Screenplay | Lawrence Kasdan | Nominated | ||
Worst New Star | Kevin Costner's crew cut | Nominated | ||
Whitney Houston | Nominated | |||
Worst Original Song | "Queen of the Night" Music and Lyrics by Whitney Houston, L.A. Reid, Babyface and Daryl Simmons | Nominated |
Houston won her third "Best Pop Vocal Performance, Female" award, which is the second record behind Ella Fitzgerald and Barbra Streisand; each received the award five times.
Year | Category | Nominee / work | Result | Ref. |
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1994 | Album of the Year | The Bodyguard: Original Soundtrack Album – Whitney Houston [lower-alpha 1] | Won | [13] [14] |
Record of the Year | "I Will Always Love You" – Whitney Houston [lower-alpha 2] | Won | ||
Best Pop Vocal Performance, Female | "I Will Always Love You" – Whitney Houston | Won | ||
Best R&B Vocal Performance, Female | "I'm Every Woman" – Whitney Houston | Nominated | ||
Best Song Written Specifically for a Motion Picture or for Television | "I Have Nothing" – David Foster and Linda Thompson | Nominated | ||
"Run to You" – Jud Friedman and Allan Rich | Nominated |
Year | Category | Nominee / work | Result | Ref. |
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1992 | Outstanding Foreign Language Film | The Bodyguard | Nominated | [15] |
Year | Category | Nominee / work | Result | Ref. |
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1993 | Album of the Year (International) | The Bodyguard: Original Soundtrack Album | Won | [16] [17] |
Compilation Album of the Year (International) | Won | |||
Single of the Year (International) | "I Will Always Love You" | Won | ||
1994 | Special Award [lower-alpha 3] | The Bodyguard: Original Soundtrack Album | Won | |
"I Will Always Love You" | Won |
Year | Category | Nominee / work | Result | Ref. |
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1994 | Best Selling Album (Foreign or Domestic) | The Bodyguard: Original Soundtrack Album – Whitney Houston | Won | [18] |
Year | Category | Nominee / work | Result | Ref. |
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1993 | Best Movie | The Bodyguard | Nominated | [19] [20] |
Best Male Performance | Kevin Costner | Nominated | ||
Most Desirable Male | Nominated | |||
Best Female Performance | Whitney Houston | Nominated | ||
Best Breakthrough Performance | Nominated | |||
Best On-Screen Duo | Kevin Costner and Whitney Houston | Nominated | ||
Best Song from a Movie | "I Will Always Love You" – Whitney Houston | Won |
Year | Category | Nominee / work | Result | Ref. |
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1993 | Outstanding Lead Actress in a Motion Picture | Whitney Houston | Nominated | [21] [22] [23] |
Entertainer of the Year | Won | |||
Outstanding Female Artist | Won | |||
Outstanding Album | The Bodyguard: Original Soundtrack Album | Won | ||
Outstanding Soundtrack Album (Film or Television) | Won | |||
Outstanding Music Video | "I'm Every Woman" – Whitney Houston | Won |
Year | Category | Nominee / work | Result | Ref. |
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1994 | Best-selling Soundtrack | The Bodyguard: Original Soundtrack Album | Won | [24] |
Houston was the recipient of an Entertainer of the Year award from the National Association of Black Owned Broadcasters (NABOB) in 1994.
Year | Category | Nominee / work | Result | Ref. |
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1994 | Entertainer of the Year | Whitney Houston | Won | [25] |
Houston won her fourth "Favorite Female Musical Performer" award. She didn't attend the show due to being nine months pregnant. Instead, she was given two awards at her home by her mother, Cissy Houston, and made an acceptance speech.
Year | Category | Nominee / work | Result | Ref. |
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1993 | Favorite Motion Picture Actor | Kevin Costner | Won | [26] |
Favorite Actor in a Dramatic Motion Picture | Won | |||
Favorite Actress in a Dramatic Motion Picture | Whitney Houston | Nominated | ||
Favorite Female Musical Performer | Won | |||
Favorite New Music Video | "I Will Always Love You" | Won |
The Smash Hits Poll Winners Party was an awards ceremony which ran from 1988 to 2005. Each award winner was voted by readers of the Smash Hits magazine.
Year | Category | Nominee / work | Result | Ref. |
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1993 | Best Female Artist | Whitney Houston | Won |
At the 8th Soul Train Music Awards, Houston received Sammy Davis, Jr. Award for her outstanding achievements in the field of entertainment during 1993.
Year | Category | Nominee / work | Result | Ref. |
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1993 | Best R&B/Soul Single – Female | Whitney Houston – "I Will Always Love You" | Won | [27] |
1994 | Whitney Houston – "I Have Nothing" | Nominated | [28] [29] | |
Best R&B/Soul Song of the Year | Whitney Houston – "I Will Always Love You" | Won | ||
Sammy Davis, Jr. Award for Entertainer of the Year | Whitney Houston | Won |
Houston holds the record for the most World Music Awards (five) won in a single year (tied with Michael Jackson).
Year | Category | Nominee / work | Result | Ref. |
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1994 | World's Best Selling American Recording Artist of the Year | Whitney Houston | Won | [30] |
World's Best Selling Female Recording Artist of the Era | Won | |||
World's Best Selling Overall Recording Artist | Won | |||
World's Best Selling Pop Artist of the Year | Won | |||
World's Best Selling R&B Artist of the Year | Won |
Year | Category | Nominee / work | Result | Ref. |
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1992 | Worst Foreign Actor | Kevin Costner | Won |
Whitney Elizabeth Houston was an American singer, actress, film producer, and philanthropist. Known as "the Voice", she is one of the most awarded entertainers of all time, having been inducted into numerous halls of fame. Houston's crossover appeal on the popular music charts and her performances influenced the breaking down of gender and racial barriers, as well as popular culture. She has been recognized for her vocal delivery, distinctive timbre, and for popularizing the use of gospel singing techniques in pop music. In 2023, Rolling Stone ranked Houston second on their list of the greatest singers of all time. She has sold over 220 million records worldwide, becoming one of the best-selling music artists in history. Houston also enhanced her popularity by producing and starring in multicultural movies. Her life and career have been the subject of multiple documentaries and television specials.
The American Music Awards (AMAs) is an annual American music awards show produced by Dick Clark Productions since 1974. From 1973 to 2005, both the winners and the nominations were selected by the members of the music industry, based on commercial performance, such as sales and airplay. Since 2006, winners have been determined by a poll of the public and fans, who can vote through the AMAs website. The event originally aired on American Broadcasting Company, after the network's contract to air the Grammy Awards expired. CBS will air the 2024 edition.
Whitney Houston is the debut studio album by American singer Whitney Houston. It was released on February 14, 1985, by Arista Records. Whitney Houston initially had a slow commercial response, but began getting more popular in mid-1985. It eventually topped the Billboard 200 for 14 weeks in 1986, generating three number-one singles—"Saving All My Love for You", "How Will I Know" and "Greatest Love of All"—on the Billboard Hot 100, which made it both the first debut album and the first album by a solo female artist to produce three number-one singles.
Whitney is the second studio album by American singer Whitney Houston, released on June 2, 1987, by Arista Records as the follow-up to her debut album. Whitney is one of the best-selling albums of all time, with sales of over 20 million copies worldwide. The album features five top 10 hits on the US Billboard Hot 100, which also became international hits. The album's first four singles—"I Wanna Dance with Somebody ", "Didn't We Almost Have It All", "So Emotional" and "Where Do Broken Hearts Go"—all peaked at number one on the US Hot 100, making her the first female act to achieve four number-one hits from one album.
I'm Your Baby Tonight is the third studio album by American singer Whitney Houston. It was released on November 6, 1990, by Arista Records. The album has been certified quadruple platinum in the US by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA).
The Bodyguard: Original Soundtrack Album is a soundtrack album from the film of the same name, released on November 17, 1992, by Arista Records. The album's first side features songs recorded by American singer Whitney Houston, who starred in the film, while side two features the work of various artists. Houston and Clive Davis were co-executive producers of the record.
"I Will Always Love You" is a song written and originally recorded in 1973 by American singer-songwriter Dolly Parton. Written as a farewell to her business partner and mentor Porter Wagoner, expressing Parton's decision to pursue a solo career, the country single was released in 1974. The song was a commercial success for Parton, twice reaching the top spot of the US Billboard Hot Country Songs chart: first in June 1974, then again in October 1982, with a re-recording for The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas soundtrack.
"How Will I Know" is a song recorded by American singer Whitney Houston for her self-titled debut studio album. It was released on November 22, 1985 by Arista Records as the album's third single. Originally written and composed by George Merrill and Shannon Rubicam, it was originally intended for pop singer Janet Jackson, who passed on it. Houston then recorded the song with altered lyrics and production from Narada Michael Walden.
"I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me)" is a song recorded by American singer Whitney Houston for her second studio album, Whitney (1987). It was released as the lead single from the album on May 2, 1987, by Arista Records. It was produced by Narada Michael Walden, and written by George Merrill and Shannon Rubicam, of the band Boy Meets Girl, who had previously collaborated with Houston on "How Will I Know".
"Where Do Broken Hearts Go" is a song recorded by American singer Whitney Houston for her second studio album, Whitney (1987). It was released as the fourth single from the album on February 25, 1988. The song was written by Frank Wildhorn and Chuck Jackson and produced by Narada Michael Walden. A pop ballad set in the key of D major, the record is about someone seeking for a former lover to return after a breakup. Upon its release, the song received mixed reviews from critics.
The albums discography of American singer, actress and producer Whitney Houston, who is known as "The Voice", consists of seven studio albums, eight compilations, three soundtracks, five box sets and six extended plays. In 1985, Houston released her self-titled debut album. The album would go on to spend fourteen weeks at number one on the Billboard 200, earned three number one singles in a row on the Billboard Hot 100 including "How Will I Know" and "Greatest Love of All" and ended the chart year of 1986 as the top album of the year, according to the chart, earning Houston a distinction as the first female artist in history to earn that honor. The album would become the first studio album by a female artist to be certified over ten-times platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) in January 1994, later earning a Diamond certification and would go on to be certified fourteen-times platinum, tying with Britney Spears' ...Baby One More Time, as the highest-certified debut album by a female artist in history. It would go on to sell 25 million copies worldwide and earn a Guinness World Record as the best-selling R&B studio album by a female artist. Houston's second album, Whitney, was released in 1987 and became the first album in history by a female artist to debut at the top of the Billboard 200, becoming the first female album to spend its first ten weeks at number one, eventually staying there for eleven consecutive weeks. The album earned four number one singles in a row including "I Wanna Dance with Somebody ", which helped Houston become the only artist to produce a record seven consecutive number-one hits. The album would go on to be certified Diamond by the RIAA for sales of ten million equivalent album sales and would top the charts in numerous other countries, eventually selling in excess of 20 million copies worldwide. Houston earned a third consecutive top ten album on the Billboard 200 with the release of I'm Your Baby Tonight in 1990. The album would help Houston become the first female artist to earn multiple number one singles off three or more albums.
"I Have Nothing" is a song by American singer and actress Whitney Houston, released on February 20, 1993 as the third single from The Bodyguard: Original Soundtrack Album (1992) by Arista Records. The song was written by David Foster and Linda Thompson, and produced by Foster.
"Run to You" is a song performed by American singer and actress Whitney Houston, released on June 21, 1993, by Arista Records as the fourth single from The Bodyguard: Original Soundtrack Album (1992). It was written by Jud Friedman and Allan Rich, and produced by David Foster. Originally intended to be a break-up song, it was approved by the production and stars. However, a month later, the director of The Bodyguard called, saying he liked the song so much, but he'd rather have it to be a love song so the entire song was rewritten, except for the title.
"Queen of the Night" is a song co-written by American singer and actress Whitney Houston along with L.A. Reid, Babyface and Daryl Simmons. Produced by Reid and Babyface and performed by Houston, it was released on October 13, 1993 by Arista Records as the fifth and final single from the soundtrack album The Bodyguard (1992), and is played during the closing credits of the film of the same name.
"You Give Good Love" is the debut solo single by American singer Whitney Houston for her 1985 eponymous debut studio album. It was written by La Forrest 'La La' Cope and produced by Kashif. When La La sent Kashif a copy of the song, originally offered to Roberta Flack, she thought it would be a better fit for Houston and told Arista Records he would be interested in recording with her.
"I'm Every Woman" is a song by American singer Chaka Khan, released in September 1978 by Warner Bros. as her debut solo single from her first album, Chaka (1978). It was Khan's first hit outside her recordings with the funk band Rufus. "I'm Every Woman" was produced by Arif Mardin and written by the successful songwriting team Nickolas Ashford and Valerie Simpson. The single established Chaka's career outside the group Rufus, whom she would leave after their eighth studio album, Masterjam, was released in late 1979.
In 1992, American singer and actress Whitney Houston recorded a new arrangement of "I Will Always Love You" for the soundtrack to The Bodyguard, her film debut. The song was written and originally sung in 1973 by Dolly Parton.
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