Billboard Music Award for Top R&B Album

This page lists the winners and nominees for the Billboard Music Award for Top R&B Album. This category was one of the first created and has been given out since the award's conception in 1990. Only three artists have won this award twice: Beyoncé, Whitney Houston and Usher.

Winners and nominees

Winners are listed first and highlighted in bold.

1990s

Year	Album	Artist	Ref
1990
	Rhythm Nation 1814	Janet Jackson	[1]
1991
	I'm Your Baby Tonight	Whitney Houston
1992
	Forever My Lady	Jodeci
1993
	The Bodyguard	Whitney Houston	[2]
1994–97	N/A
1998
	The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill	Lauryn Hill
	Anytime	Brian McKnight
	It's Dark and Hell Is Hot	DMX
	Vol. 2... Hard Knock Life	Jay Z
1999
	400 Degreez	Juvenile
	Flesh of My Flesh, Blood of My Blood	DMX
	The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill	Lauryn Hill
	R.	R. Kelly

2000s

Year	Album	Artist	Ref
2000	N/A
2001
	TP-2.com	R. Kelly
	Aijuswanaseing	Musiq
	Hot Shot	Shaggy
	Songs in A Minor	Alicia Keys
2002
	The Eminem Show	Eminem
	Ashanti	Ashanti
	Nellyville	Nelly
	Word of Mouf	Ludacris
2003	N/A
2004
	Confessions	Usher
	The Black Album	Jay Z
	The College Dropout	Kanye West
	The Diary of Alicia Keys	Alicia Keys
2005	N/A
2006
	The Breakthrough	Mary J. Blige
	In My Own Words	Ne-Yo
	King	T.I.
	Unpredictable	Jamie Foxx
2007–09	N/A

2010s

Year	Album	Artist	Ref
2010	N/A
2011
	Raymond V Raymond	Usher
	Loud	Rihanna
	Passion, Pain & Pleasure	Trey Songz
	Soldier of Love	Sade
	Still Standing	Monica
2012
	4	Beyoncé	[3]
	F.A.M.E.	Chris Brown
	I Remember Me	Jennifer Hudson
	My Life II... The Journey Continues (Act 1)	Mary J. Blige
	Talk That Talk	Rihanna
2013
	Unapologetic	Rihanna	[4]
	Channel Orange	Frank Ocean
	Fortune	Chris Brown
	Girl on Fire	Alicia Keys
	Looking 4 Myself	Usher
2014
	The 20/20 Experience	Justin Timberlake	[5]
	The 20/20 Experience – 2 of 2	Justin Timberlake
	Beyoncé	Beyoncé
	Black Panties	R. Kelly
	Blurred Lines	Robin Thicke
2015
	G I R L	Pharrell Williams	[6]
	Beyoncé	Beyoncé
	Love in the Future	John Legend
	X	Chris Brown
	Xscape	Michael Jackson
2016
	Beauty Behind the Madness	The Weeknd	[7]
	Anti	Rihanna
	Black Rose	Tyrese
	Royalty	Chris Brown
	T R A P S O U L	Bryson Tiller
2017
	Lemonade	Beyoncé	[8]
	24K Magic	Bruno Mars
	Anti	Rihanna
	Blonde	Frank Ocean
	Starboy	The Weeknd
2018
	24K Magic	Bruno Mars
	17	XXXTentacion
	American Teen	Khalid
	Ctrl	SZA
	Starboy	The Weeknd

Multiple wins and nominations

Wins

2 wins

• Beyoncé
• Whitney Houston
• Usher

Nominations

5 nominations Rihanna 4 nominations Beyoncé Chris Brown 3 nominations Alicia Keys R. Kelly Usher

2 nominations Mary J. Blige DMX Lauryn Hill Whitney Houston Jay Z Frank Ocean Justin Timberlake The Weeknd

References

1. "Janet Jackson Wins Eight Honors Including Top R&B Artist, R&B Albums Artist, R&B Singles Artist and Hot 100 Singles Artist". Latimes.com. November 27, 1990. Retrieved November 2, 2016.
2. "Whitney Houston Attains Eleven Awards at 1993 Billboard Music Awards". UPI. Retrieved November 2, 2016.
3. "Adele Wins 12 Gongs at Billboard Music Awards 2012". MTV. 21 May 2012. Retrieved 22 May 2012.
4. "Billboard Music Awards 2013: The Complete Winners List". MTV. May 19, 2013.
5. "Billboard Music Awards: Full Winners List". The Hollywood Reporter. May 18, 2014. Retrieved May 19, 2014.
6. "2015 Billboard Music Awards". Variety. May 17, 2015. Retrieved October 1, 2016.
7. "2016 Billboard Music Awards". Billboard.com. May 22, 2016. Retrieved October 1, 2016.
8. "Here is the Complete List of Winners from the 2017 Billboard Music Awards".