Which Whitney Houston song won her first Grammy Award?

“Saving All My Love for You” won Whitney Houston her first Grammy Award.

Houston won the Grammy for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance at the 28th Annual Grammy Awards. The award recognized her recording of the ballad, which appeared on her 1985 debut album, Whitney Houston, and became her first United States number-one single on the Billboard Hot 100.

The song was written by Michael Masser and Gerry Goffin. It had originally been recorded by Marilyn McCoo and Billy Davis Jr. in 1978, but Houston’s version became an international breakthrough. Her controlled phrasing and dramatic vocal performance helped establish the style that would define her early career.

The other choices were also major Houston hits, which makes this question easy to confuse. “How Will I Know” and “Greatest Love of All” were important early successes, while “Didn’t We Almost Have It All” arrived later. None of those songs earned her first Grammy.