GRAMMY
1988 Best Country Collaboration - Crying s Roy Orbisonem
1989 Best Country Vocal Performance - Female
1992 Best Pop Vocal Performance - Female

OCENĚNÁ ALBA
1988 Shadowland - Gold Album U.S.A. and Canada
1989 Absolute Torch And Twang - National Assoc. of Retail Merchandisers (U.S.A.) Best Selling Country Album/Female Artist
1990 Absolute Torch and Twang - Gold Album U.S.A., Platinum Album Canada
1992 Ingenue - Platinum U.S.A., Double Platinum Canada, Platinum Album Britain and Australia
1995 All You Can Eat - Platinum Australia, Gold in Canada New Zealand and U.S.

AMERICAN MUSIC AWARDS
1992 New Artist/Adult Contemporary

BRIT AWARDS (U.K.)
1995 Best International Female Artist

CANADIAN RECORDING INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION
1990 Female Artist of the Decade (1980's)

JUNO AWARDS (Canada)
1985 Most Promising Female Vocalist
1987 Country Female Vocalist
1988 Female Vocalist (Pop)
1989 Female Vocalist (Country)
1992 Producer of the Year
1992 Album of the Year
1992 Songwriter of the Year

COUNTRY MUSIC AWARDS (Canada)
1988 Female Vocalist
1988 Album of the Year
1989 Entertainer of the Year
1989 Female Vocalist
1989 Album of the Year
1990 Entertainer of the Year
1990 Album of the Year
1992 Songwriter of the Year

VIDEO AWARDS
1992 Billboard - Constant Craving - Best Female Video
1992 MTV Video Award - Consant Craving - Female Video

JINÁ OCENĚNÍ
1992 Woman of the Year - Chatelaine Magazine, Canada
1997 Creative Integrity Award - Los Angeles Gay and Lesbian Center's Women's Night 976
1997 Řád Kanady (Order of Canada)