# List of accolades received by The Bodyguard (1992 film)

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.

## Academy Awards

| Year | Category | Nominee / work | Result | Ref. |
| 1992 | Best Original Song | "I Have Nothing" Music by David Foster; Lyrics by Linda Thompson | Nominated | |
| 1992 | Best Original Song | "Run to You" Music by Jud Friedman; Lyrics by Allan Rich | Nominated | |

## All Def Movie Awards

| Year | Category | Nominee / work | Result | Ref. |
| 2016 | Most Helpful White Person | Kevin Costner | Nominated | |

## American Black Achievement Awards

| Year | Category | Nominee / work | Result | Ref. |
| 1994 | The Music Award | Whitney Houston | Won | [3] [4] |

## American Music Awards

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. 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 |
| 1994 | American Music Award of Merit | Whitney Houston | Won |
| 1994 | Favorite Adult Contemporary Artist | Whitney Houston | Nominated |
| 1994 | Favorite Pop/Rock Female Artist | Whitney Houston | Won |
| 1994 | Favorite Soul/R&B Female Artist | Whitney Houston | Won |
| 1994 | Favorite Adult Contemporary Album | The Bodyguard: Original Soundtrack Album | Won |
| 1994 | Favorite Pop/Rock Album | The Bodyguard: Original Soundtrack Album | Won |
| 1994 | Favorite Soul/R&B Album | The Bodyguard: Original Soundtrack Album | Won |
| 1994 | Favorite Pop/Rock Song | "I Will Always Love You" | Won |
| 1994 | Favorite Soul/R&B Song | "I Will Always Love You" | Won |

## ASCAP Pop Awards

| 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 | |

## Billboard Music Awards

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] |
| 1993 | ★Top Hot 100 Singles Artist | Whitney Houston | Won | [7] [8] |
| 1993 | ★Top Hot 100 Single | "I Will Always Love You" | Won | [7] [8] |
| 1993 | ★Top Hot R&B Singles Artist | Whitney Houston | Won | [7] [8] |
| 1993 | ★Top R&B Album | The Bodyguard: Original Soundtrack Album | Won | [7] [8] |
| 1993 | ★Top Hot R&B Single | "I Will Always Love You" | Won | [7] [8] |
| 1993 | ★Top Soundtrack | The Bodyguard: Original Soundtrack Album | Won | [7] [8] |
| 1993 | ★Special Award: Top Album Most Weeks at #1 (20 weeks) | The Bodyguard: Original Soundtrack Album | Won | [7] [8] |
| 1993 | ★Special Award: Top Single Most Weeks at #1 (14 weeks) | "I Will Always Love You" | Won | [7] [8] |
| 1993 | ★Top World Artist | Whitney Houston | Won | [7] [8] |
| 1993 | ★Top World Single | "I Will Always Love You" | Won | [7] [8] |
| 1993 | Top Hot Adult Contemporary Artist | Whitney Houston | Nominated | [7] [8] |
| 1993 | Top Hot 100 Singles Artist – Female | Whitney Houston | Won | [7] [8] |
| 1993 | Top Hot 100 Singles Sales #1 | "I Will Always Love You" | Won | [7] [8] |
| 1993 | Top Hot R&B Singles Sales #1 | "I Will Always Love You" | Won | [7] [8] |

## BRAVO Magazine's Bravo Otto Awards

The 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.
| Year | Category | Nominee / work | Result | Ref. |
| 1993 | Best Female Singer – Silver Otto Award | Whitney Houston | Won | |

## BMI Film & Television Awards

| Year | Category | Nominee / work | Result | Ref. |
| 1994 | Film Music Award | Alan Silvestri – The Bodyguard | Won | |
| 1994 | Most-performed Song from a Film | "I Have Nothing" Music by David Foster; Lyrics by Linda Thompson | Won | |

## Brit Awards

| Year | Category | Nominee / work | Result | Ref. |
| 1994 | Soundtrack/Cast Recording | The Bodyguard: Original Soundtrack Album | Won | |

## Golden Raspberry Awards

| Year | Category | Nominee / work | Result |
| 1992 | Worst Picture | Lawrence Kasdan, Jim Wilson, and Kevin Costner | Nominated |
| 1992 | Worst Actor | Kevin Costner | Nominated |
| 1992 | Worst Actress | Whitney Houston | Nominated |
| 1992 | Worst Screenplay | Lawrence Kasdan | Nominated |
| 1992 | Worst New Star | Kevin Costner's crew cut | Nominated |
| 1992 | Worst New Star | Whitney Houston | Nominated |
| 1992 | Worst Original Song | "Queen of the Night" Music and Lyrics by Whitney Houston, L.A. Reid, Babyface, and Daryl Simmons | Nominated |

## Grammy Awards

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 | Won | [13] [14] |
| 1994 | Record of the Year | "I Will Always Love You" – Whitney Houston | Won | [13] [14] |
| 1994 | Best Pop Vocal Performance, Female | "I Will Always Love You" – Whitney Houston | Won | [13] [14] |
| 1994 | Best R&B Vocal Performance, Female | "I'm Every Woman" – Whitney Houston | Nominated | [13] [14] |
| 1994 | Best Song Written Specifically for a Motion Picture or for Television | "I Have Nothing" – David Foster and Linda Thompson | Nominated | [13] [14] |
| 1994 | Best Song Written Specifically for a Motion Picture or for Television | "Run to You" – Jud Friedman and Allan Rich | Nominated | [13] [14] |

## Japan Academy Film Prize

| Year | Category | Nominee / work | Result | Ref. |
| 1992 | Outstanding Foreign Language Film | The Bodyguard | Nominated | |

## Japan Gold Disc Awards

| Year | Category | Nominee / work | Result | Ref. |
| 1993 | Album of the Year (International) | The Bodyguard: Original Soundtrack Album | Won | [16] [17] |
| 1993 | Compilation Album of the Year (International) | The Bodyguard: Original Soundtrack Album | Won | [16] [17] |
| 1993 | Single of the Year (International) | "I Will Always Love You" | Won | [16] [17] |
| 1994 | Special Award | The Bodyguard: Original Soundtrack Album | Won | [16] [17] |
| 1994 | Special Award | "I Will Always Love You" | Won | [16] [17] |

## Juno Awards

| Year | Category | Nominee / work | Result | Ref. |
| 1994 | Best Selling Album (Foreign or Domestic) | The Bodyguard: Original Soundtrack Album – Whitney Houston | Won | |

## MTV Movie Awards

| Year | Category | Nominee / work | Result | Ref. |
| 1993 | Best Movie | The Bodyguard | Nominated | [19] [20] |
| 1993 | Best Male Performance | Kevin Costner | Nominated | [19] [20] |
| 1993 | Most Desirable Male | Kevin Costner | Nominated | [19] [20] |
| 1993 | Best Female Performance | Whitney Houston | Nominated | [19] [20] |
| 1993 | Best Breakthrough Performance | Whitney Houston | Nominated | [19] [20] |
| 1993 | Best On-Screen Duo | Kevin Costner and Whitney Houston | Nominated | [19] [20] |
| 1993 | Best Song from a Movie | "I Will Always Love You" – Whitney Houston | Won | [19] [20] |

## NAACP Image Awards

| Year | Category | Nominee / work | Result | Ref. |
| 1993 | Outstanding Lead Actress in a Motion Picture | Whitney Houston | Nominated | [21] [22] [23] |
| 1993 | Entertainer of the Year | Whitney Houston | Won | [21] [22] [23] |
| 1993 | Outstanding Female Artist | Whitney Houston | Won | [21] [22] [23] |
| 1993 | Outstanding Album | The Bodyguard: Original Soundtrack Album | Won | [21] [22] [23] |
| 1993 | Outstanding Soundtrack Album (Film or Television) | The Bodyguard: Original Soundtrack Album | Won | [21] [22] [23] |
| 1993 | Outstanding Music Video | "I'm Every Woman" – Whitney Houston | Won | [21] [22] [23] |

## The NARM Best Seller Awards

| Year | Category | Nominee / work | Result | Ref. |
| 1994 | Best-selling Soundtrack | The Bodyguard: Original Soundtrack Album | Won | |

## NABOB Communications Awards

Houston 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 | |

## People's Choice Awards

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 |
| 1993 | Favorite Motion Picture Actor | Kevin Costner | Won |
| 1993 | Favorite Actor in a Dramatic Motion Picture | Kevin Costner | Won |
| 1993 | Favorite Actress in a Dramatic Motion Picture | Whitney Houston | Nominated |
| 1993 | Favorite Female Musical Performer | Whitney Houston | Won |
| 1993 | Favorite New Music Video | "I Will Always Love You" | Won |

## Smash Hits Magazine's Smash Hits Poll Winners Party

The 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 | |

## Soul Train Music Awards

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 | |
| 1994 | Best R&B/Soul Single – Female | Whitney Houston – "I Have Nothing" | Nominated | [28] [29] |
| 1994 | Best R&B/Soul Song of the Year | Whitney Houston – "I Will Always Love You" | Won | [28] [29] |
| 1994 | Sammy Davis Jr. Award for Entertainer of the Year | Whitney Houston | Won | [28] [29] |

## World Music Awards

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 |
| 1994 | World's Best Selling American Recording Artist of the Year | Whitney Houston | Won |
| 1994 | World's Best Selling Female Recording Artist of the Era | Whitney Houston | Won |
| 1994 | World's Best Selling Overall Recording Artist | Whitney Houston | Won |
| 1994 | World's Best Selling Pop Artist of the Year | Whitney Houston | Won |
| 1994 | World's Best Selling R&B Artist of the Year | Whitney Houston | Won |

## Yoga Awards

| Year | Category | Nominee / work | Result | Ref. |
| 1992 | Worst Foreign Actor | Kevin Costner | Won | |