Billboard R&B/Hip-Hop Artist of the Year

Entertainment: Music Awards: Billboard

The Billboard Awards were first presented in 1990. Since that time a number of awards are no longer presented, new awards began and other awards morphed into different categories. We attempted to figure out which awards morphed or combined and thus those categories are certainly not officially. *** Missing: * Jodeci (1992) * Dru Hill (1997)

This Category is Ranked. Sort by Ranking Based on Votes by clicking on Vote Ranking. Sort by the Collection's Ranking by clicking on List Ranking.

Vote RankingList Ranking  

10

1991

Whitney Houston

Vocalist

60.0% (150 of 250 votes)

24

1992

Jodeci

Vocalists

0% (0 of 0 votes)

14

1993

Dr. Dre

Vocalist

35.85% (57 of 159 votes)

17

1994

R. Kelly

Vocalist

32.00% (48 of 150 votes)

13

1995

TLC

Musicians

41.54% (27 of 65 votes)

16

1996

R. Kelly

Vocalist

32.00% (48 of 150 votes)

3

1998

Usher

Vocalist

71.17% (3326 of 4673 votes)

15

1999

R. Kelly

Vocalist

32.00% (48 of 150 votes)

18

2001

R. Kelly

Vocalist

32.00% (48 of 150 votes)

1

2003

50 Cent

Vocalist

83.33% (15 of 18 votes)

4

2004

Usher

Vocalist

71.17% (3326 of 4673 votes)

2

2005

50 Cent

Vocalist

83.33% (15 of 18 votes)

12

2006

Mary J. Blige

Vocalist

41.67% (5 of 12 votes)

5

2011

Usher

Vocalist

71.17% (3326 of 4673 votes)

9

2012

Chris Brown

Vocalist

60.90% (81 of 133 votes)

7

2013

Rihanna

Vocalist

70.15% (1156 of 1648 votes)

11

2014

Justin Timberlake

Vocalist

42.06% (225 of 535 votes)

19

2015

Pharrell Williams

Musician

32.00% (88 of 275 votes)

22

2016

The Weeknd

Vocalist

20.0% (5 of 25 votes)

6

2017

Beyonce Knowles

Vocalist

70.32% (1111 of 1580 votes)

8

2018

Bruno Mars

Vocalist

63.38% (289 of 456 votes)

23

2020

Khalid

Vocalist

0% (0 of 0 votes)

21

2021

The Weeknd

Vocalist

20.0% (5 of 25 votes)

20

2022

Doja Cat

Vocalist

28.36% (19 of 67 votes)