Billboard Music Award for Top Artist
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{{DISPLAYTITLE:Billboard Music Award for Top Artist}}
{{Infobox award
| name = Billboard Music Awards for Top Artist
| presenter = Billboard
| year = 1993
| holder = Taylor Swift (2024)
| most_wins = Taylor Swift (4)
| most_nominations = Taylor Swift (10)
| awarded_for =
| country = United States
| website = {{URL|billboardmusicawards.com}}
}}
File:Taylor_Swift_at_the_2023_MTV_Video_Music_Awards_(3).png
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 the following year under the title Artist of the Year. It was later renamed to its current title in 2011. Taylor Swift is the artist with the most win in this category, won the award four times. Swift is also the most nominated artist in this category with ten 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
Winners are listed first and highlighted in bold.
=1990s=
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! style="width:11%;"| Year ! style="width:84%;"| Artist ! style="width:5%;"| Ref |
| rowspan="2" align="center"| 1993 |
| style="background:#c9e2f2"
| align="center"| {{citation needed|date=October 2022}} |
| align="center"| 1994
| colspan="2" {{n/a}} |
| rowspan="5" align="center"| 1995 |
| style="background:#c9e2f2"
| TLC | rowspan="5" align="center"| {{citation needed|date=October 2022}} |
| Boyz II Men |
| Hootie & the Blowfish |
| Real McCoy |
| rowspan="2" align="center"| 1996 |
| style="background:#c9e2f2"
| rowspan="2" align="center"| {{citation needed|date=October 2022}} |
| rowspan="5" align="center"| 1997 |
| style="background:#c9e2f2"
| rowspan="5" align="center"| {{citation needed|date=October 2022}} |
| Toni Braxton |
| Jewel |
| Spice Girls |
| rowspan="5" align="center"| 1998 |
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| Usher | rowspan="5" align="center"| {{citation needed|date=October 2022}} |
| LeAnn Rimes |
| Savage Garden |
| Shania Twain |
| rowspan="5" align="center"| 1999 |
| style="background:#c9e2f2"
| rowspan="5" align="center"| {{citation needed|date=October 2022}} |
| Britney Spears |
| TLC |
| Shania Twain |
=2000s=
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! style="width:11%;"| Year ! style="width:84%;"| Artist ! style="width:5%;"| Ref |
| rowspan="2" align="center"| 2000 |
| style="background:#c9e2f2"
| rowspan="2" align="center"| {{citation needed|date=October 2022}} |
| rowspan="5" align="center"| 2001 |
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| rowspan="5" align="center"| |
| Jennifer Lopez |
| Nelly |
| Shaggy |
| rowspan="5" align="center"| 2002 |
| style="background:#c9e2f2"
| Nelly | rowspan="5" align="center"| {{citation needed|date=October 2022}} |
| Ashanti |
| Creed |
| Eminem |
| rowspan="5" align="center"| 2003 |
| style="background:#c9e2f2"
| 50 Cent | rowspan="5" align="center"| {{citation needed|date=October 2022}} |
| R. Kelly |
| Sean Paul |
| Justin Timberlake |
| rowspan="5" align="center"| 2004 |
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| Usher | rowspan="5" align="center"| {{citation needed|date=October 2022}} |
| Alicia Keys |
| Maroon 5 |
| Outkast |
| rowspan="5" align="center"| 2005 |
| style="background:#c9e2f2"
| 50 Cent | rowspan="5" align="center"| {{citation needed|date=October 2022}} |
| Mariah Carey |
| Kelly Clarkson |
| Green Day |
| rowspan="5" align="center"| 2006 |
| style="background:#c9e2f2"
| rowspan="4" align="center"| {{citation needed|date=October 2022}} |
| Rascal Flatts |
| Nickelback |
| Sean Paul |
| align="center"| 2007
|Rihanna ??? ??? ??? | |
=2010s=
=2020s=
Multiple wins and nominations
=Wins=
=Nominations=
10 nominations
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7 nominations
4 nominations
3 nominations
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2 nominations