Billboard Artist of the Year

Entertainment: Music Awards: Billboard

The Billboard Awards were first presented in 1990. During 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.

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7

1993

Whitney Houston

Vocalist

60.0% (150 of 250 votes)

16

1995

TLC

Musicians

41.54% (27 of 65 votes)

24

1996

Alanis Morissette

Vocalist

13.79% (4 of 29 votes)

25

1997

LeAnn Rimes

Vocalist

0% (0 of 0 votes)

4

1998

Usher

Vocalist

71.17% (3326 of 4673 votes)

9

1999

Backstreet Boys

Vocalists

53.68% (51 of 95 votes)

14

2000

Destiny's Child

Musicians

42.86% (30 of 70 votes)

13

2001

Destiny's Child

Musicians

42.86% (30 of 70 votes)

12

2002

Nelly

Vocalist

43.41% (56 of 129 votes)

1

2003

50 Cent

Vocalist

83.33% (15 of 18 votes)

3

2004

Usher

Vocalist

71.17% (3326 of 4673 votes)

2

2005

50 Cent

Vocalist

83.33% (15 of 18 votes)

6

2006

Chris Brown

Vocalist

60.90% (81 of 133 votes)

8

2011

Eminem

Vocalist

59.88% (409 of 683 votes)

21

2012

Adele

Musician

29.17% (28 of 96 votes)

10

2013

Taylor Swift

Vocalist

53.67% (716 of 1334 votes)

15

2014

Justin Timberlake

Vocalist

42.06% (225 of 535 votes)

11

2015

Taylor Swift

Vocalist

53.67% (716 of 1334 votes)

20

2016

Adele

Musician

29.17% (28 of 96 votes)

17

2017

Drake (Musician)

Musician

32.00% (16 of 50 votes)

23

2018

Ed Sheeran

Musician

16.67% (4 of 24 votes)

18

2019

Drake (Musician)

Musician

32.00% (16 of 50 votes)

5

2020

Post Malone

Vocalist

66.67% (6 of 9 votes)

22

2021

The Weeknd

Vocalist

20.0% (5 of 25 votes)

19

2022

Drake (Musician)

Musician

32.00% (16 of 50 votes)