Billboard Music Award for Top Artist
| Billboard Music Awards for Top Artist | |
|---|---|
| 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
[edit]Winners are listed first and highlighted in bold.
1990s
[edit]| Year | Artist | Ref |
|---|---|---|
| 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
[edit]2010s
[edit]2020s
[edit]Multiple wins and nominations
[edit]Wins
[edit]3 wins
2 wins
Nominations
[edit]9 nominations
|
7 nominations 4 nominations 3 nominations
|
2 nominations |
References
[edit]- ^ "Adele Wins 12 Gongs at Billboard Music Awards 2012". MTV. 21 May 2012. Archived from the original on May 24, 2012. Retrieved 22 May 2012.
- ^ "Billboard Music Awards 2013: The Complete Winners List". MTV. May 19, 2013. Archived from the original on July 15, 2014.
- ^ "Billboard Music Awards: Full Winners List". The Hollywood Reporter. May 18, 2014. Retrieved May 19, 2014.
- ^ "2015 Billboard Music Awards". Variety. May 17, 2015. Retrieved October 1, 2016.
- ^ "2016 Billboard Music Awards". Billboard.com. May 22, 2016. Retrieved October 1, 2016.
- ^ "Here is the Complete List of Winners from the 2017 Billboard Music Awards". Billboard.
- ^ "Here Are All the Winners From the 2018 Billboard Music Awards". Billboard. Retrieved 2019-05-02.
- ^ "2019 Billboard Music Awards Winners: The Complete List". Billboard. Retrieved 2019-05-02.
- ^ "Nominees Announced for the 2020 Billboard Music Awards". Billboard. September 22, 2020. Retrieved September 22, 2020.
- ^ "The Weeknd Leads All Finalists for the 2021 Billboard Music Awards: See the Full List". Billboard. April 29, 2021. Retrieved April 29, 2021.
- ^ "The Weeknd & Doja Cat Lead 2022 Billboard Music Awards Finalists: Full List". Billboard. April 8, 2022. Retrieved April 8, 2022.
- ^ "Taylor Swift Leads Finalists for 2023 Billboard Music Awards: Full List". Billboard. October 26, 2023. Retrieved October 26, 2023.