Billboard Music Award for Top Artist


This page 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. Only six artists have won the award twice: 50 Cent, Adele, Destiny's Child, Taylor Swift, Usher and Drake. Swift is the most nominations artist in this category with five nominations.

Winners and nominees

Winners are listed first and highlighted in bold.

1990s

2000s

2010s

Multiple wins and nominations

Wins

2 wins
5 nominations
4 nominations
3 nominations
2 nominations