"butterfly", recognised by critics as one of carey's best albums at that point in her career, received several awards and was nominated for others. at the "billboard" music awards, carey received an honorary award, recognizing her achievement of earning "the most number-one singles ever by a female solo artist in history". "honey" was nominated at the 1998 grammy awards for best female r&b vocal performance and best r&b song, while "butterfly" was nominated for best female pop vocal performance. "butterfly" won a japan gold disc award in the "international pop album of the year" category. for "butterfly", carey won the american music award for favorite soul/r&b female artist in 1998. additionally, the album won the bmi pop award for songwriter of the year and the songwriter awards for "honey", "butterfly" and "my all". at the soul train music awards in 1998, carey won the awards for the aretha franklin entertainer of the year and soul train lady of soul, which were presented to her by chris tucker and patti labelle.