Whitney Houston

Whitney Houston is the most awarded female artist ever, with 2 Emmy Awards, 6 Grammys, 30 Billboard Music Awards, and 22 American Music Awards—a total of 60 major awards that surpasses Madonna's 7 Grammys. Her 1992 single "I Will Always Love You" sold 20 million copies and spent 14 weeks at #1, a duration that outperforms the average chart-topper by 10 weeks. With 220 million records sold globally, she is the only artist with 7 consecutive number-one US pop singles in the 1980s, a streak that beats #4 Elton John's intermittent hits. Concrete data: 20 million single sales, 14 weeks at #1, 220 million sales.