American Music Award Nominations For Whitney Houston - 1987

1987

Ceremony Subcategory Nominations Results Note(s)
14th
 Favorite Pop/Rock Album Janet Jackson - Control
Whitney Houston - Whitney Houston ★
Top Gun Original Soundtrack Album
Van Halen - 5150		 Won
  • With that year's seven nominations, Houston received a total of 13 nominations from one album, more than any other artist.
  • Winning five awards, Houston set the record for the most AMAs won by a female artist in one year during the 1980s.
  • Whitney Houston became the first album by a female artist to earn "Favorite Album" in both the Pop/Rock and Soul/R&B categories. Also, she was the second female artist to win "Favorite Female Artist" in both categories behind Donna Summer in 1980.
  • Performed "All at Once," introduced by the show host Diana Ross, called the album Whitney Houston "the biggest debut album by a solo performer ever."
Favorite Pop/Rock Female Artist Janet Jackson
Madonna
Whitney Houston ★
Tina Turner		 Won
Favorite Pop/Rock Female Video Artist Belinda Carlisle
Madonna ★
Whitney Houston
Janet Jackson		 Nominated
Favorite Soul/R&B Album Anita Baker - Rapture
Whitney Houston - Whitney Houston ★
Janet Jackson - Control
Run-D.M.C. - Raising Hell		 Won
Favorite Soul/R&B Female Artist Anita Baker
Whitney Houston ★
Janet Jackson
Patti LaBelle		 Won
Favorite Soul/R&B Video Janet Jackson - "When I Think of You"
Whitney Houston - "Greatest Love of All" ★
Billy Ocean - "There'll Be Sad Songs (To Make You Cry)"
Run-D.M.C. - "Walk This Way"		 Won
Favorite Soul/R&B Female Video Artist Janet Jackson ★
Aretha Franklin
Whitney Houston
Tina Turner		 Nominated

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