Grammy Awards and Nominations For Whitney Houston - 1988

1988

Ceremony Categories Nominations Results Note(s)
30th
Best Pop Vocal Performance, Female

Carly Simon - Coming Around Again (Album)
Belinda Carlisle - "Heaven Is a Place on Earth"
Whitney Houston - "I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me)" ★
Suzanne Vega - "Luka"
Barbra Streisand - One Voice (Album)

Won
  • Anita Baker and Robbie Robertson presented to Houston with Best Pop Vocal Performance, Female award, Houston's second Grammy.
  • "Didn't We Almost Have It All," written by Michael Masser and Will Jennings and performed by Houston, was nominated for Song of the Year, goes to the songwriter(s), but the award went to "Somewhere Out There," written by James Horner, Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil.
  • Houston kicked off the broadcast by performing "I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me)" along with her tour band and dancers. During the performance, she changed her clothes backstage while the announcer called the names that made appearance on the ceremony.
  • During the finale performance of the ceremony, "Runaround Sue" by Dion, Houston enjoyed his performance on the stage along with other cast of the show.
Album of the Year

Michael Jackson - Bad
U2 - The Joshua Tree
Prince - Sign ‘O' the Times
Dolly Parton, Linda Ronstadt and Emmylou Harris - Trio
Whitney Houston - Whitney

Nominated
Best R&B Vocal Performance, Female

Aretha Franklin - Aretha (Album) ★
Natalie Cole - Everlasting (Album)
Whitney Houston - "For the Love of You"
Jody Watley - "Looking for a New Love"
Nancy Wilson - "Forbidden Lover"

Nominated

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