Billboard Music Award for Top Artist
Billboard Music Awards for Top Artist | |
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Country | United States |
Presented by | Billboard |
First awarded | 1993 |
Currently held by | Taylor Swift (2023) |
Most awards | Drake and Taylor Swift (3) |
Most nominations | Taylor Swift (9) |
Website | billboardmusicawards |
This article lists the winners and nominees for the Billboard Music Award for Top Artist. The award was first given in 1993, entitled #1 World Artist. It was retired during the 1994 ceremony but returned again the following year under the title Artist of the Year. It was later renamed to its current title in 2011. Drake and Taylor Swift are the artists with the most win in this category, won the award three times for each. Swift is also the most nominated artist in this category with nine nominations.
The first artist to receive this honor was Whitney Houston in 1993 due to her massive success of The Bodyguard. Houston also took home a then record breaking 11 awards in one night.
Winners and nominees
Winners are listed first and highlighted in bold.
1990s
Year | Artist | Ref |
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1993 | ||
Whitney Houston | [citation needed] | |
1994 | — | |
1995 | ||
TLC | [citation needed] | |
Boyz II Men | ||
Hootie & the Blowfish | ||
Real McCoy | ||
1996 | ||
Alanis Morissette | [citation needed] | |
1997 | ||
LeAnn Rimes | [citation needed] | |
Toni Braxton | ||
Jewel | ||
Spice Girls | ||
1998 | ||
Usher | [citation needed] | |
LeAnn Rimes | ||
Savage Garden | ||
Shania Twain | ||
1999 | ||
Backstreet Boys | [citation needed] | |
Britney Spears | ||
TLC | ||
Shania Twain |
2000s
Year | Artist | Ref |
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2000 | ||
Destiny's Child | [citation needed] | |
2001 | ||
Destiny's Child | ||
Jennifer Lopez | ||
Nelly | ||
Shaggy | ||
2002 | ||
Nelly | [citation needed] | |
Ashanti | ||
Creed | ||
Eminem | ||
2003 | ||
50 Cent | [citation needed] | |
R. Kelly | ||
Sean Paul | ||
Justin Timberlake | ||
2004 | ||
Usher | [citation needed] | |
Alicia Keys | ||
Maroon 5 | ||
Outkast | ||
2005 | ||
50 Cent | [citation needed] | |
Mariah Carey | ||
Kelly Clarkson | ||
Green Day | ||
2006 | ||
Chris Brown | [citation needed] | |
Rascal Flatts | ||
Nickelback | ||
Sean Paul | ||
2007 – 09 | — |
2010s
2020s
Multiple wins and nominations
Wins
3 wins
2 wins
Nominations
9 nominations
7 nominations 4 nominations 3 nominations
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2 nominations |