MTV Video Music Award for Best R&B Video

The MTV Video Music Award for Best R&B was first awarded in 1993 under the name of Best R&B Video, and it was given every year until 2006, as the following year MTV revamped the VMAs and eliminated all the genre categories. The following year, though, when MTV returned the Video Music Awards to their previous format, Best R&B Video did not return despite four other genre awards doing so. It was only in 2019 that the R&B award returned to the VMAs, now under the shorter name of Best R&B. En Vogue, Destiny's Child, Beyoncé, and Alicia Keys are tied as this award's biggest winners, each having won it twice. Keys is also the category's biggest nominee, receiving her sixth nomination in 2020.

Recipients

Year	Winner	Other nominees
1993	En Vogue — "Free Your Mind"	Mary J. Blige — "Real Love" Boyz II Men — "End of the Road" Prince and the New Power Generation — "7"
1994	Salt-N-Pepa with En Vogue — "Whatta Man"	Brand New Heavies — "Dream on Dreamer" Toni Braxton — "Breathe Again" R. Kelly — "Bump n' Grind"
1995	TLC — "Waterfalls"	Boyz II Men — "Water Runs Dry" Michael Jackson and Janet Jackson — "Scream" Jade — "5-4-3-2 (Yo! Time Is Up)" Montell Jordan — "This Is How We Do It"
1996	The Fugees — "Killing Me Softly"	Toni Braxton — "You're Makin' Me High" Mariah Carey and Boyz II Men — "One Sweet Day" D'Angelo — "Brown Sugar"
1997	Puff Daddy (featuring Faith Evans and 112) — "I'll Be Missing You"	Babyface with Stevie Wonder — "How Come, How Long" Erykah Badu — "On & On" Blackstreet (featuring Dr. Dre) — "No Diggity" Toni Braxton — "Un-Break My Heart"
1998	Wyclef Jean — "Gone Till November"	Brandy and Monica — "The Boy Is Mine" K-Ci & JoJo — "All My Life" Usher — "You Make Me Wanna"
1999	Lauryn Hill — "Doo Wop (That Thing)"	Aaliyah — "Are You That Somebody?" Brandy — "Have You Ever?" Whitney Houston (featuring Faith Evans and Kelly Price) — "Heartbreak Hotel"
2000	Destiny's Child — "Say My Name"	Toni Braxton — "He Wasn't Man Enough" D'Angelo — "Untitled (How Does It Feel)" Brian McKnight — "Back at One"
2001	Destiny's Child — "Survivor"	112 — "Peaches & Cream" Sunshine Anderson — "Heard It All Before" R. Kelly — "I Wish" Jill Scott — "Gettin' In the Way"
2002	Mary J. Blige — "No More Drama"	Aaliyah — "Rock the Boat" Ashanti — "Foolish" Alicia Keys — "A Woman's Worth" Usher — "U Got It Bad"
2003	Beyoncé (featuring Jay-Z) — "Crazy in Love"	Aaliyah — "Miss You" Ashanti — "Rock wit U (Awww Baby)" R. Kelly — "Ignition (Remix)" Nelly (featuring Kelly Rowland) — "Dilemma"
2004	Alicia Keys — "If I Ain't Got You"	Beyoncé — "Me, Myself and I" Brandy (featuring Kanye West) — "Talk About Our Love" R. Kelly — "Step in the Name of Love (remix)" Usher — "Burn"
2005	Alicia Keys — "Karma"	Mariah Carey — "We Belong Together" Ciara (featuring Ludacris) — "Oh" John Legend — "Ordinary People" Usher and Alicia Keys — "My Boo"
2006	Beyoncé (featuring Slim Thug and Bun B) — "Check on It"	Mary J. Blige — "Be Without You" Chris Brown — "Yo (Excuse Me Miss)" Mariah Carey — "Shake It Off" Jamie Foxx (featuring Ludacris) — "Unpredictable"
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2019	Normani (featuring 6LACK) — "Waves"	Childish Gambino — "Feels Like Summer" H.E.R. (featuring Bryson Tiller) — "Could've Been" Alicia Keys — "Raise a Man" Ella Mai — "Trip" Anderson .Paak (featuring Smokey Robinson) — "Make It Better"
2020	TBA	Chloe x Halle — "Do It" H.E.R. (featuring YG) — "Slide" Alicia Keys — "Underdog" Khalid (featuring Summer Walker) — "Eleven" Lizzo — "Cuz I Love You" The Weeknd — "Blinding Lights"

Stats

• Most Wins:
  • Beyoncé, Alicia Keys, En Vogue, & Destiny's Child - 2 wins
• Most Nominations: (Including nominations for featured artist)

Rank	1st	2nd	3rd	4th
Artist	Alicia Keys	Usher Toni Braxton R. Kelly	Beyoncé Mary J. Blige Mariah Carey Brandy Aaliyah Boyz II Men	Ludacris Ashanti Faith Evans 112 D'Angelo Destiny's Child En Vogue H.E.R.
Total Nominations	6 nominations	4 nominations	3 nominations	2 nominations

See also

• MTV Europe Music Award for Best R&B