" I Will Always Love You " won the 1994 Grammy Award for Record of the Year , and Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance , her third award for this category after earlier awards in 1986 and 1988 . During the Grammy Award telecast , the Grammy Award for Best Pop Vocal Performance , Female was presented to Houston by composer Dolly Parton and David Foster . The single topped the 1993 '' Billboard '' Hot 100 and Hot R&B Singles year-end charts simultaneously , becoming the first single by a female artist and the second overall to achieve that feat behind Prince 's " When Doves Cry " in 1984 . In addition , it received Favorite Pop/Rock Single and Favorite Soul/R & B Single awards at the 21st American Music Awards , which was the first record by a solo female artist to win both categories , and the third overall in AMA history behind " Endless Love " by Lionel Richie & Diana Ross in 1982 and " Beat It " by Michael Jackson in 1984 . " I Will Always Love You " won two Japan Gold Disc Awards in 1993 for International Song of the Year , and a 1994 International Song of the Year Special Award for Japanese sales of over one million units
the 21st American Music Awards
American Music Awards of 1994
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