Whitney's lijst van awards tot 2000 zijn:
6 Grammys
21 American Music Awards
15 Billboard Music Awards
2 Emmy Awards.

Hier is een compleet overzicht van haar awards:

1985
American Music Awards:
Favorite Soul/ R&B Single: "You Give Good Love"
Favorite Soul/ R&B Video: "Saving All My Love For You"

Billboard Music Awards:
Top New Pop Artist
Top New Black Artist

1986:
Grammy Award:
Best Female Pop Vocal Performance: "Saving All My Love for You"

American Music Awards:
Favorite Pop/ Rock Female Vocalist
Favorite Pop/ Rock Female LP: "Whitney Houston"
Favorite Soul/ R&B Female LP: "Whitney Houston"
Favorite Soul/ R&B Female Vocalist
Favorite Soul/ R&B Female Video

Billboard Music Awards:
Top Black Album: "Whitney Houston"
Top Pop Album: "Whitney Houston"
Top Black Album Artist
Top Pop Album Artist
Top Pop Female Album Artist
Top Pop Album and Singles Artist

Rolling Stone Music Award:
Best Album of the Year: "Whitney Houston"

MTV Music Video Award:
Best Video of the Year: "How Will I Know"

Emmy Award:
Outstanding Individual Performance in a Variety or Music Program

1987
American Music Awards:
Favorite Pop/ Rock Female Vocalist
Favorite R&B/ Soul Female Vocalist

Billboard Music Award: Top Female Album Artist

People's Choice Award: Favorite Female Musical Performer

1988
Grammy Award:
Best Female Pop Vocal Performance: "I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me)

Billboard Music Award:
Top Pop Female Singles Artist

Soul Train Music Award:
Female Album of the Year: "Whitney"

Emmy Award:
Outstanding Individual Performance in a Variety or Music Program

People's Choice Award:Favorite Female Musical Performer

1989
People's Choice Award: Favorite Female Musical Performer

1990
American Music Awards:
Favorite Pop/ Rock Female Vocalist
Favorite R&B/ Soul Female Vocalist

The 1990 Essence Award for the Performing Arts

1991
Billboard Music Awards:
Top R&B Album: "I'm Your Baby Tonight"
Top R&B Album Artist
Top R&B Singles Artist
Top R&B Album and Singles Artist

The American Cinema Performer of the year Award

1993
Billboard Music Awards:
Top Hot 100 Sales Single: "I Will Always Love You"
Top Pop Single: "I Will Always Love You"
Top R&B Sales Single: "I Will Always Love You"
Top R&B Single: "I Will Always Love You"
Top Pop Singles Artist
Top Pop Female Singles Artist
Top Pop Album: "The Bodyguard" soundtrack
Top R&B Album: "The Bodyguard" soundtrack
Top R&B Singles Artist

World Music Awards:
Song of 1993: "I Will Always Love You"
Album of 1993: "The Bodyguard" soundtrack
Entertainer of the Year 1993

MTV Movie Award:
Best Song: "I Will Always Love You"  
People's Choice Award: Favorite Female Musical Performer

Soul Train Music Award:
Best Female R&B Single: "I Will Always Love You"

1994
Grammy Awards:
Record of the Year: "I Will Always Love You" from "The Bodyguard" soundtrack album
Album of the Year: "The Bodyguard" soundtrack
Best Female Pop Vocal Performance: "I Will Always Love You"

American Music Awards:
Favorite Pop/ Rock Female Vocalist
Favorite Pop/ Rock Female Single: "I Will Always Love You"
Favorite Soul/ R&B Female Vocalist
Favorite Soul/ R&B Female Single: "I Will Always Love You"
Favorite Pop/ Rock Female Album: "The Bodyguard" soundtrack
Favorite R&B/ Soul Female Album: "The Bodyguard" soundtrack
Favorite Adult Contemporary Album: "The Bodyguard" soundtrack
American Music Award of Merit

Soul Train Music Award:
R&B Song of the Year: "I Will Always Love You"
THE 1994 SAMMY DAVIS JR. AWARD - "As Entertainer of the Year" for outstanding achievements in the field of entertainment during 1993

Brit Award:
Best Soundtrack Album: "The Bodyguard" soundtrack

Juno Music Award:
Best-selling foreign or domestic album in Canada

1995
Soul Train Award:
Hall of Fame
VH1 Honors

1996
NAACP Image Award:
Outstanding Female Artist with "Exhale (Shoop Shoop)"

Soul Train Award:
Best Female R&B/ Soul Single: "Exhale (Shoop Shoop)"

Nickelodeon Kid's Choice Award:
Hall of Fame

Black Entertainment Television (BET) Award:
Walk of Fame

1997
American Music Awards:
Favorite Adult Contemporary Artist
Favorite Soundtrack Album: "Waiting to Exhale"

NAACP Image Awards:
Outstanding Motion Picture Actress for her role in "The Preacher's Wife"
Outstanding Gospel Artist for her work on "The Preacher's Wife" soundtrack album
Outstanding Album: "The Preacher's Wife" soundtrack

Blockbuster Entertainment Award:
Best Female Pop Artist

Essence Award:

1998

People's Choice Award:
Favorite Female Musical Performer

Trumpet Pinnacle Award:
For inspiring others in her chosen profession or career

Soul Train Award:
Quincy Jones Award for Outstanding Career Achievements In The Field Of Entertainment

Dove Award:
Best Traditional Recorded Gospel Performance: "I Go To The Rock"

1999

NAACP Image Award:
Outstanding Duo/Group Collaboration: "When You Believe" with Mariah Carey

MTV Europe Music Awards 1999:
Best R&B

Bambi Awards, Germany
Best International Pop Artist

2000
42nd Annual Grammy Awards
Best R&B Female Vocal Performance 'It's Not Right But It's Okay'

14th Annual Soul Train Awards
Artist Of The Decade: Whitney Houston

2001