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. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
All Def Movie Awards
edit| Year | Category | Nominee / work | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Most Helpful White Person | Kevin Costner | Nominated | [2] |
American Black Achievement Awards
edit| Year | Category | Nominee / work | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
ASCAP Pop Awards
edit| Year | Category | Nominee / work | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
BRAVO Magazine's Bravo Otto Awards
editThe 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. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1993 | Best Female Singer – Silver Otto Award | Whitney Houston | Won | [9] |
| Year | Category | Nominee / work | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 | Soundtrack/Cast Recording | The Bodyguard: Original Soundtrack Album | Won | [11] |
| Year | Category | Nominee / work | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 | Album of the Year | The Bodyguard: Original Soundtrack Album – Whitney Houston[a] | Won | [13] [14] |
| Record of the Year | "I Will Always Love You" – Whitney Houston[b] | 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. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1992 | Outstanding Foreign Language Film | The Bodyguard | Nominated | [15] |
| Year | Category | Nominee / work | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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[c] | The Bodyguard: Original Soundtrack Album | Won | |
| "I Will Always Love You" | Won |
| Year | Category | Nominee / work | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 | Best Selling Album (Foreign or Domestic) | The Bodyguard: Original Soundtrack Album – Whitney Houston | Won | [18] |
| Year | Category | Nominee / work | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
The NARM Best Seller Awards
edit| Year | Category | Nominee / work | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 | Best-selling Soundtrack | The Bodyguard: Original Soundtrack Album | Won | [24] |
NABOB Communications Awards
editHouston 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. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
Smash Hits Magazine's Smash Hits Poll Winners Party
editThe 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. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
Yoga Awards
edit| Year | Category | Nominee / work | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1992 | Worst Foreign Actor | Kevin Costner | Won |
Notes
edit- ^ Shared with Babyface, BeBe Winans, David Cole, David Foster, L.A. Reid, Narada Michael Walden, Robert Clivilles and Clive Davis.
- ^ Shared with David Foster.
- ^ This award is presented to the product which released before that year, sales over one million units or sales higher than product get award on same category. The Bodyguard Soundtrack earned the award for sales of over 2 million copies and "I Will Always Love You" for 600,000 copies sold in 1993 only in Japan.
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