List of accolades received by The Bodyguard (1992 film)

! Year

! Category

! Nominee / work

! Result

! Ref.

| rowspan="2"| Best Original Song

| "I Have Nothing"
Music by David Foster;
Lyrics by Linda Thompson

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| rowspan="2" align="center"| {{Cite news|url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1993 |title=The 65th Academy Awards (1993) Nominees and Winners |access-date=October 22, 2011 |publisher=Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141109220926/http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1993 |archive-date=November 9, 2014 }}

| {{nom}}

! Year

! Category

! Nominee / work

! Result

! Ref.

| Most Helpful White Person

| Kevin Costner

| {{nom}}

| align="center"| {{Cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/tv/showtracker/la-et-mn-all-def-movie-awards-oscars-20160225-story.html |title=The All Def Movie Awards were everything the Oscars won't be |date=February 25, 2016 |work=Los Angeles Times}}

! Year

! Category

! Nominee / work

! Result

! Ref.

| The Music Award

| Whitney Houston

| {{won}}

| align="center"| {{cite journal| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=1HhtOI8Lw7EC&q=15th%20american%20black%20achievement%20awards&pg=PA132 | title = Complete List of ABAA Recipients and Honorees: 1993-1994 | journal = Ebony | date = May 1994 | access-date = June 30, 2010}}
{{cite journal| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=7sADAAAAMBAJ&q=15th%20american%20black%20achievement%20awards&pg=PA63 | title = Vanessa Williams Hosts 15th Anniversary of American Black Achievement Awards | journal = Jet | date = April 25, 1994 | access-date = June 30, 2010}}

! Year

! Category

! Nominee / work

! Result

! Ref.

| American Music Award of Merit

| rowspan="4"| Whitney Houston

| {{won}}

| rowspan="9" align="center"| {{cite journal | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=vcADAAAAMBAJ&q=1994%2021st%20american%20music%20awards&pg=PA56 | title = Whitney Houston, Eight American Music Awards Make Her Top Female Winner (p56-59) | journal = Jet | date = February 28, 1994 | access-date = June 29, 2010}}

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| {{won}}

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| rowspan="3"| The Bodyguard: Original Soundtrack Album

| {{won}}

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| rowspan="2"| "I Will Always Love You"

| {{won}}

| {{won}}

! Year

! Category

! Nominee / work

! Result

! Ref.

| The Most-Performed Song

| "I'm Every Woman"
Music and Lyrics by Nick Ashford and Valerie Simpson

| {{won}}

| align="center"| {{cite magazine| author = Craig Rosen| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=TAgEAAAAMBAJ&pg=RA1-PA75 | title = Songwriting Teams Are Among ASCAP's Top Of The Pops | magazine = Billboard | date = May 21, 1994 | access-date = August 26, 2010}}

! Year

! Category

! Nominee / work

! Result

! Ref.

| ★Top Billboard 200 Album

| The Bodyguard: Original Soundtrack Album

| {{won}}

| rowspan="15" align="center"| {{cite news|title=Billboard magazine: The Year in Music 1993, Special Double Issue (YE1-YE60)|magazine=Billboard|date=December 25, 1993}}
{{cite news | author = Chris Willman | url = https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1993-12-10-ca-373-story.html | title = Pop Music Review: Houston Tops Off Record Night With Show's Highlight | newspaper = Los Angeles Times | date = December 10, 1993 | access-date = June 29, 2010}}

| Whitney Houston

| {{won}}

| "I Will Always Love You"

| {{won}}

| Whitney Houston

| {{won}}

| The Bodyguard: Original Soundtrack Album

| {{won}}

| "I Will Always Love You"

| {{won}}

| rowspan="2"| The Bodyguard: Original Soundtrack Album

| {{won}}

| {{won}}

| "I Will Always Love You"

| {{won}}

| Whitney Houston

| {{won}}

| "I Will Always Love You"

| {{won}}

| rowspan="2"| Whitney Houston

| {{nom}}

| {{won}}

| rowspan="2"| "I Will Always Love You"

| {{won}}

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! Year

! Category

! Nominee / work

! Result

! Ref.

| Best Female Singer – Silver Otto Award

| Whitney Houston

| {{won}}

| align="center"| {{cite journal|url=http://www.bravo.de/online/render.php?render=26074 |title=BRAVO Otto 1993 |journal=BRAVO |access-date=February 9, 2010 }}{{dead link|date=June 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

! Year

! Category

! Nominee / work

! Result

! Ref.

| Film Music Award

| Alan Silvestri – The Bodyguard

| {{won}}

| rowspan="2" align="center"| {{cite magazine| author = Carrie Borzillo | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=TwgEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA72 | title = TV Composer Post Takes BMI Award | magazine= Billboard | date = May 28, 1994 | access-date = August 26, 2010}}

| "I Have Nothing"
Music by David Foster;
Lyrics by Linda Thompson

| {{won}}

! Year

! Category

! Nominee / work

! Result

! Ref.

| Soundtrack/Cast Recording

| The Bodyguard: Original Soundtrack Album

| {{won}}

| align="center"| {{cite web | url = http://www.brits.co.uk/history/shows/1994 | title = The BRITs 1994 Winners & Nominees | publisher = British Phonographic Industry | date = February 14, 1994 | access-date = June 29, 2010 | archive-date = June 30, 2012 | archive-url = https://archive.today/20120630155750/http://www.brits.co.uk/history/shows/1994 | url-status = dead }}

! Year

! Category

! Nominee / work

! Result

! Ref.

| Worst Picture

| Lawrence Kasdan, Jim Wilson, and Kevin Costner

| {{nom}}

| rowspan="7" align="center"| {{cite web|url=http://www.deseretnews.com/article/275623/THE-BODYGUARD-TOP-CONTENDER-FOR-OTHER-FILM-AWARDS.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121023014855/http://www.deseretnews.com/article/275623/THE-BODYGUARD-TOP-CONTENDER-FOR-OTHER-FILM-AWARDS.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=October 23, 2012|last= Arar |first=Yardena|date=February 16, 1993|website=Deseret News|title='The Bodyguard' Top Contender for Other Film Awards|access-date=31 October 2016}}

| Kevin Costner

| {{nom}}

| Whitney Houston

| {{nom}}

| Lawrence Kasdan

| {{nom}}

| Kevin Costner's crew cut

| {{nom}}

| {{nom}}

| "Queen of the Night"
Music and Lyrics by Whitney Houston, L.A. Reid, Babyface, and Daryl Simmons

| {{nom}}

! Year

! Category

! Nominee / work

! Result

! Ref.

| Album of the Year

| The Bodyguard: Original Soundtrack Album – Whitney Houston{{efn|Shared with Babyface, BeBe Winans, David Cole, David Foster, L.A. Reid, Narada Michael Walden, Robert Clivilles, and Clive Davis.}}

| {{won}}

| rowspan="6" align="center"| {{cite web|url=https://www.grammy.com/grammys/awards/36th-annual-grammy-awards-1993 |title=1993 Grammy Award Winners| publisher=Grammy.com| access-date=1 May 2011}}
{{cite web | url = http://www.rockonthenet.com/grammy/randbfemale.htm | title = Grammy Awards History: Best R&B Vocal Performance, Female | publisher = rockonthenet.com | date = March 1, 1994 | access-date = August 25, 2010}}

| "I Will Always Love You" – Whitney Houston{{efn|Shared with David Foster.}}

| {{won}}

| "I Will Always Love You" – Whitney Houston

| {{won}}

| "I'm Every Woman" – Whitney Houston

| {{nom}}

| "I Have Nothing" – David Foster and Linda Thompson

| {{nom}}

| {{nom}}

! Year

! Category

! Nominee / work

! Result

! Ref.

| Outstanding Foreign Language Film

| The Bodyguard

| {{nom}}

| align="center"| {{cite web |url=http://www.japan-academy-prize.jp/allprizes/1993/index.html |title=日本アカデミー賞公式サイト |website=www.japan-academy-prize.jp |access-date=12 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080420101428/http://www.japan-academy-prize.jp/allprizes/1993/index.html |archive-date=20 April 2008 |url-status=dead}}

! Year

! Category

! Nominee / work

! Result

! Ref.

| Album of the Year (International)

| rowspan="2"| The Bodyguard: Original Soundtrack Album

| {{won}}

| rowspan="5" align="center"| {{cite web | url = http://www.riaj.or.jp/data/others/gdlist/pdf/gd1-20_list.pdf | title = Japan Gold Disc Awards Winners List | publisher = The Recording Industry Association of Japan | access-date = June 30, 2010 | language = ja}}
{{cite magazine| author = Steve McClure | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=NQgEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA51 | title = Wands Takes Top Honors at Japan Gold Disc Awards | magazine= Billboard | date = March 26, 1994 | access-date = September 1, 2010}}

| {{won}}

| "I Will Always Love You"

| {{won}}

| rowspan="2"| Special Award{{efn|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.}}

| The Bodyguard: Original Soundtrack Album

| {{won}}

| {{won}}

! Year

! Category

! Nominee / work

! Result

! Ref.

| Best Selling Album (Foreign or Domestic)

| The Bodyguard: Original Soundtrack Album – Whitney Houston

| {{won}}

| align="center"| {{cite web | url = http://www.metrolyrics.com/1994-juno-awards.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110812082010/http://www.metrolyrics.com/1994-juno-awards.html|archive-date=2011-08-12|url-status=unfit | title = 1994 Juno Awards Winners | publisher = The Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences | date = March 20, 1994 | access-date = June 29, 2010}}

! Year

! Category

! Nominee / work

! Result

! Ref.

| Best Movie

| The Bodyguard

| {{nom}}

| rowspan="7" align="center"| {{cite web | url = http://www.mtv.com/ontv/movieawards/1993/ | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080423094756/http://www.mtv.com/ontv/movieawards/1993/ | url-status = dead | archive-date = April 23, 2008 | title = 1993 MTV Movie Awards | publisher = MTV | access-date = June 29, 2010}}
{{cite web|url=http://www.tv.com/mtv-movie-awards/1993-mtv-movie-awards/episode/1161022/recap.html?tag=content_wrap;episode_recap |title=1993 MTV Movie Awards Winners |publisher=TV.com |date=July 13, 1993 |access-date=June 29, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110604063643/http://www.tv.com/mtv-movie-awards/1993-mtv-movie-awards/episode/1161022/recap.html?tag=content_wrap%3Bepisode_recap |archive-date=June 4, 2011 }}

| rowspan="2"| Kevin Costner

| {{nom}}

| {{nom}}

| rowspan=2| Whitney Houston

| {{nom}}

| {{nom}}

| Kevin Costner and Whitney Houston

| {{nom}}

| "I Will Always Love You" – Whitney Houston

| {{won}}

! Year

! Category

! Nominee / work

! Result

! Ref.

| Outstanding Lead Actress in a Motion Picture

| rowspan="3"| Whitney Houston

| {{nom}}

| rowspan="6" align="center"| {{cite journal| author = Denise Crittendon | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=U1kEAAAAMBAJ&q=1994%20naacp%20image%20awards%20whitney%20houston&pg=PA34 | title = Stars Shine At The NAACP Image Awards | journal= The Crisis | date = February–March 1994 | access-date=February 9, 2010}}
{{cite magazine| author = J.R. Reynolds | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=FwgEAAAAMBAJ&q=1994%20naacp%20image%20awards%20whitney%20houston&pg=PA15 | title = The Rhythm and the Blues: Tupac's Loss May Preserve Awards' Image; New Indies Form Out West And Down South | magazine= Billboard | date = January 15, 1994 | access-date = June 29, 2010}}
{{cite news | author = Marisa Leonardi | url = https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1994-01-07-ca-9458-story.html | title = Michael Jackson Shares Whitney Houston's Spotlight, Honors: Houston wins five NAACP Image Awards, but Jackson gets cheers in a show marked by controversy | newspaper = Los Angeles Times | date = January 7, 1994 | access-date = June 29, 2010}}

| {{won}}

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| rowspan="2"| The Bodyguard: Original Soundtrack Album

| {{won}}

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| "I'm Every Woman" – Whitney Houston

| {{won}}

! Year

! Category

! Nominee / work

! Result

! Ref.

| Best-selling Soundtrack

| The Bodyguard: Original Soundtrack Album

| {{won}}

| align="center"| {{cite magazine| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=QQgEAAAAMBAJ&pg=RA1-PA47 | title = Jackson, Pearl Jam Honored As Best Sellers | magazine= Billboard | date = April 9, 1994 | access-date = July 3, 2010}}

! Year

! Category

! Nominee / work

! Result

! Ref.

| Entertainer of the Year

| Whitney Houston

| {{won}}

| align="center"| {{cite news | url = http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=WT&p_theme=wt&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EB0F0A3635626A7&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM | title = NABOB makes the night its own | newspaper = The Washington Times | date = March 28, 1994 | access-date = June 29, 2010}}

! Year

! Category

! Nominee / work

! Result

! Ref.

| Favorite Motion Picture Actor

| rowspan="2"| Kevin Costner

| {{won}}

| rowspan="5" align="center"| {{cite web | url = http://www.peopleschoice.com/pca/awards/nominees/index.jsp?year=1993 | title = People's Choice Awards, Past Winners 1993 | publisher = Peopleschoice.com | access-date = February 9, 2010}}

| {{won}}

| rowspan="2"| Whitney Houston

| {{nom}}

| {{won}}

| "I Will Always Love You"

| {{won}}

! Year

! Category

! Nominee / work

! Result

! Ref.

| Best Female Artist

| Whitney Houston

| {{won}}

| align="center"|

! Year

! Category

! Nominee / work

! Result

! Ref.

| rowspan="2"| Best R&B/Soul Single – Female

| Whitney Houston – "I Will Always Love You"

| {{won}}

| align="center"| {{cite web | url = http://rateyourmusic.com/list/HOOK/7th_soul_train_music_awards___held_at_the_shrine_auditorium_in_los_angeles__california__march_9__1993/ | title = The 7th Soul Train Music Awards Winners | publisher = Don Cornelius Productions, Inc | date = March 9, 1993 | access-date = February 9, 2010}}

| Whitney Houston – "I Have Nothing"

| {{nom}}

| rowspan="3" align="center"| {{cite book | author = J.R. Reynolds | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=NQgEAAAAMBAJ&q=8th%20soul%20train%20music%20awards&pg=PA34 | title = The Rhythm and the Blues: 8th Soul Train Awards Are Aglow With Stellar Performances, Star Appearances | date = March 26, 1994 | access-date = February 9, 2010}}
{{cite web|url=http://www.soultrain.com/stma/library.html |title=Soul Train Music Awards History |publisher=Don Cornelius Productions, Inc |access-date=February 9, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130725073904/http://www.soultrain.com/stma/library.html |archive-date=July 25, 2013 }}

| Whitney Houston – "I Will Always Love You"

| {{won}}

| Whitney Houston

| {{won}}

! Year

! Category

! Nominee / work

! Result

! Ref.

| World's Best Selling American Recording Artist of the Year

| rowspan="5"| Whitney Houston

| {{won}}

| rowspan="5" align="center"| {{cite book | author = Mark Dezzani | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=TAgEAAAAMBAJ&q=world%20music%20awards%201994%20whitney%20houston&pg=PA41 | title = World Music Awards Gaining Stature | publisher = Billboard | date = May 21, 1994 | access-date = February 9, 2010}}

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! Year

! Category

! Nominee / work

! Result

! Ref.

| Worst Foreign Actor

| Kevin Costner

| {{won}}

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