Billboard Music Award for Top Female Artist

This page lists the winners and nominees for the Billboard Music Award for Top Female Artist. This award has been given since 1990. Taylor Swift is the all-time winner with three and Swift and Rihanna is the most nominated artist with seven. There are only five women have won the award more than once: Swift, Adele, Beyoncé, Mariah Carey, and Rihanna.

Billboard Music Awards for Top Female Artist
Country	United States
Presented by	Billboard
First awarded	1990
Currently held by	Billie Eilish (2019)
Most awards	Taylor Swift (3)
Most nominations	Taylor Swift Rihanna (7 each)
Website	billboardmusicawards.com

Winners and nominees

Winners are listed first and highlighted in bold.

1990s

Year	Artist	Ref
1990
	Janet Jackson	[1]
1991
	Mariah Carey	[2]
1992	N/A
1993
	Whitney Houston	[3]
1994
	Mariah Carey	[4]
1995
	TLC	[5]
1996
	Alanis Morissette	[6]
1997
	LeAnn Rimes	[7]
1998
	Shania Twain	[8]
	Celine Dion
	Janet Jackson
	LeAnn Rimes
1999
	Britney Spears	[9]
	Cher
	Shania Twain

2000s

Year	Artist	Ref
2000
	Christina Aguilera	[10]
	Faith Hill
	P!nk
	Britney Spears
2001
	Destiny's Child	[11]
	Dido
	Janet Jackson
	Alicia Keys
	Jennifer Lopez
2002
	Ashanti	[12]
	Avril Lavigne
	Jennifer Lopez
	P!nk
2003	N/A
2004
	Alicia Keys	[13]
	Beyoncé
	Norah Jones
	Britney Spears
2005	N/A
2006
	Rihanna	[14]
	Beyoncé
	Mary J. Blige
	Kelly Clarkson
2007 – 09	N/A

2010s

Year	Artist	Ref
2010	N/A
2011
	Rihanna	[15]
	Kesha
	Lady Gaga
	Katy Perry
	Taylor Swift
2012
	Adele	[16]
	Lady Gaga
	Nicki Minaj
	Katy Perry
	Rihanna
2013
	Taylor Swift	[17]
	Adele
	Carly Rae Jepsen
	Nicki Minaj
	Rihanna
2014
	Katy Perry	[18]
	Beyoncé
	Miley Cyrus
	Lorde
	Rihanna
2015
	Taylor Swift	[19]
	Iggy Azalea
	Ariana Grande
	Katy Perry
	Meghan Trainor
2016
	Adele	[20]
	Selena Gomez
	Ariana Grande
	Rihanna
	Taylor Swift
2017
	Beyoncé	[21]
	Adele
	Ariana Grande
	Sia
	Rihanna
2018
	Taylor Swift	[22]
	Camila Cabello
	Cardi B
	Halsey
	Demi Lovato
2019
	Ariana Grande	[23]
	Cardi B
	Taylor Swift
	Halsey
	Ella Mai

2020s

Year	Artist	Ref
2020	Billie Eilish	[24]
	Ariana Grande
	Halsey
	Lizzo
	Taylor Swift

Multiple nominations

Rank	Artist	Nominations	Years
1.	Rihanna	7	2006, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2016 and 2017
	Taylor Swift		2011, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2018, 2019 and 2020
2.	Adele	4	2011, 2012, 2016 and 2017
	Beyoncé		2004, 2006, 2014 and 2017
	Katy Perry		2011, 2012, 2014 and 2015
	Ariana Grande		2015, 2016, 2017 and 2019

Multiple wins

Rank	Artist	Awards Won	Years Won
1.	Taylor Swift	3	2013, 2015 and 2018
2.	Adele	2	2012 and 2016
	Beyoncé		2001 (as Destiny's Child) and 2017
	Mariah Carey		1991 and 1994
	Rihanna		2006 and 2011

References

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