Billboard Hot 100 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. *** Male and Female were separate categories in 2003

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7

1996

Mariah Carey

Vocalist

60.12% (196 of 326 votes)

2

2003

50 Cent

Vocalist

83.33% (15 of 18 votes)

11

2003

Aaliyah (Haughton)

Vocalist

36.92% (24 of 65 votes)

3

2004

Usher

Vocalist

71.21% (3331 of 4678 votes)

1

2005

50 Cent

Vocalist

83.33% (15 of 18 votes)

4

2006

Rihanna

Vocalist

70.15% (1156 of 1648 votes)

10

2011

Katy Perry

Vocalist

42.11% (48 of 114 votes)

14

2012

Adele

Musician

29.17% (28 of 96 votes)

5

2013

Maroon 5

Musicians

69.30% (1370 of 1977 votes)

18

2014

Imagine Dragons

Musicians

0% (0 of 0 votes)

9

2015

Taylor Swift

Vocalist

53.67% (716 of 1334 votes)

16

2016

The Weeknd

Vocalist

20.0% (5 of 25 votes)

12

2017

Drake (Musician)

Musician

32.00% (16 of 50 votes)

17

2018

Ed Sheeran

Musician

16.67% (4 of 24 votes)

13

2019

Drake (Musician)

Musician

32.00% (16 of 50 votes)

6

2020

Post Malone

Vocalist

66.67% (6 of 9 votes)

15

2021

The Weeknd

Vocalist

20.0% (5 of 25 votes)

8

2022

Olivia Rodrigo

Actress

59.12% (81 of 137 votes)