Whitney Houston
Wins
6
Nominations
25
Category
Biography
"God gave me a voice to sing with, and when you have that, what other gimmick is there?"
- Born Whitney Elizabeth Houston on Aug. 9, 1963, in Newark, New Jersey. Died Feb. 11, 2012, in Beverly Hills, California.
- Whitney Houston's self-titled 1985 debut went to No. 1 on the Billboard 200, spawning her first chart-toppers, "Saving All My Love For You," "How Will I Know" and "Greatest Love Of All."
- Houston performed "Saving All My Love For You" at the 28th GRAMMY Awards in 1986. That same year, she won her first career GRAMMY for Best Pop Vocal Performance, Female for the song. She won Album Of The Year for 1993 for the soundtrack for The Bodyguard.
- Did you know? Houston's Album Of The Year-nominated debut album was the first album by a female to yield three No. 1 Billboard Hot 100 hits.
- "We Will Always Love You: A GRAMMY Salute To Whitney Houston," a one-hour GRAMMY special, aired on CBS on Nov. 16, 2012. The TV special featured performances by Yolanda Adams, Celine Dion, Jennifer Hudson, Usher, and CeCe Winans.
- Houston established the Whitney Houston Foundation in 1989 to aid sick and homeless children, while working toward teaching children to read, building inner city parks and playgrounds, and the prevention of child abuse.
All Grammy Awards and Nominations for Whitney Houston
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R&B Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals
Heartbreak Hotel (Track)
Faith Evans, Whitney Houston, Kelly Price
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Female R&B Vocal Performance Winner
It's Not Right But It's Okay
Whitney Houston
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Best R&B Album
My Love Is Your Love (Album)
Clive Davis, Whitney Houston
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Pop Collaboration With Vocals
When You Believe (Track)
Mariah Carey, Whitney Houston
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Female R&B Vocal Performance
I Believe In You And Me (Single)
Whitney Houston
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Best R&B Album
The Preacher's Wife - Soundtrack (Album)
Whitney Houston, Mervyn E. Warren
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Pop Collaboration With Vocals
Count On Me (Track)
Whitney Houston, CeCe Winans
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Female R&B Vocal Performance
Exhale (Shoop Shoop) (Track)
Whitney Houston
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Best Song Written For Visual Media
Count On Me (From The Motion Picture "Waiting To Exhale") (Single)
Babyface, Whitney Houston, Michael Houston
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Record Of The Year Winner
I Will Always Love You
David Foster, Whitney Houston
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Female R&B Vocal Performance
I'm Every Woman (Single)
Whitney Houston
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Female Pop Vocal Performance Winner
I Will Always Love You
Whitney Houston
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Album Of The Year Winner
The Bodyguard - Original Soundtrack Album
Babyface, Robert Clivilles, David Foster, Whitney Houston, L.A. Reid, David Cole, Narada Michael Walden, BeBe Winans
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Female R&B Vocal Performance
I Belong To You (Single)
Whitney Houston
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Female Pop Vocal Performance
All The Man That I Need (Single)
Whitney Houston
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Female Pop Vocal Performance
I'm Your Baby Tonight (Single)
Whitney Houston
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R&B Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals
It Isn't, It Wasn't, It Ain't Never Gonna Be (Single)
Whitney Houston, Aretha Franklin
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Female Pop Vocal Performance
One Moment In Time (Single)
Whitney Houston
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Female Pop Vocal Performance Winner
I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me)
Whitney Houston
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Female R&B Vocal Performance
For The Love Of You (Track)
Whitney Houston
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Album Of The Year
Whitney (Album)
Whitney Houston, Narada Michael Walden
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Record Of The Year
Greatest Love Of All (Single)
Whitney Houston, Michael Masser
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Female Pop Vocal Performance Winner
Saving All My Love For You
Whitney Houston
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Album Of The Year
Whitney Houston (Album)
Whitney Houston
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Female R&B Vocal Performance
You Give Good Love (Single)
Whitney Houston
