Billboard Music Award for Top Duo/Group explained

The Billboard Music Award for Top Duo/Group was first presented in 1998 to American R&B music trio Next. British boy band One Direction held the record for most wins in the category, with three as of the 2016 BBMAs, until the 2022 edition, when South Korean group BTS earned their third win and tied for the lead.^[1]

Winners and nominees

Winners are listed first and highlighted in bold.

1990s

Year	Artist	Ref
1998
	Next	^[2]
	K-Ci & JoJo
	Savage Garden
	Third Eye Blind
1999
	Backstreet Boys	^[3]
	98 Degrees
	Sugar Ray
	TLC

2000s

Year	Artist	Ref
2000
	Destiny's Child	^[4]
2001
	Destiny's Child	^[5]
2002
	Creed	^[6]
	Linkin Park
	Nickelback
	Puddle of Mudd
2003
	3 Doors Down	^[7]
	Dixie Chicks
	Linkin Park
	Matchbox Twenty
2004
	Outkast	^[8]
	Hoobastank
	Linkin Park
	Maroon 5
2005
	Green Day	^[9]
	The Black Eyed Peas
	Destiny's Child
	The Killers
2006
	Nickelback	^[10]
	The Fray
	The Pussycat Dolls
	Rascal Flatts
2007 – 09

2010s

Year	Artist	Ref
2010	colspan="2"
2011
	The Black Eyed Peas	^[11]
	Bon Jovi
	Lady Antebellum
	Linkin Park
	U2
2012
	LMFAO	^[12]
	The Black Eyed Peas
	Coldplay
	Lady Antebellum
	Maroon 5
2013
	One Direction	^[13]
	Coldplay
	Fun
	Maroon 5
	Mumford & Sons
2014
	Imagine Dragons	^[14]
	Florida Georgia Line
	Macklemore & Ryan Lewis
	One Direction
	OneRepublic
2015
	One Direction	^[15]
	5 Seconds of Summer
	Florida Georgia Line
	Magic!
	Maroon 5
2016
	One Direction	^[16]
	Maroon 5
	The Rolling Stones
	Twenty One Pilots
	U2
2017
	Twenty One Pilots	^[17]
	The Chainsmokers
	Coldplay
	Florida Georgia Line
	Guns N' Roses
2018
	Imagine Dragons	^[18]
	The Chainsmokers
	Coldplay
	Migos
	U2
2019
	BTS	^[19]
	Imagine Dragons
	Dan + Shay
	Maroon 5
	Panic! at the Disco

2020s

Year	Artist	Ref
2020
	Jonas Brothers	^[20]
	BTS
	Dan + Shay
	Maroon 5
	Panic! at the Disco
2021
	BTS	^[21]
	AC/DC
	AJR
	Dan + Shay
	Maroon 5
2022
	BTS	^[22]
	Glass Animals
	Imagine Dragons
	Migos
	Silk Sonic
2023
	Fuerza Regida	^[23]
	Eslabon Armado
	Fifty Fifty
	Grupo Frontera
	Metallica

Multiple wins and nominations

Wins

3 wins

• One Direction
• BTS

2 wins

• Destiny's Child
• Imagine Dragons

Nominations

8 nominations

• Maroon 5

4 nominations

• BTS
• Coldplay
• Imagine Dragons
• Linkin Park
• One Direction

3 nominations

• The Black Eyed Peas
• Dan + Shay
• Destiny's Child
• Florida Georgia Line
• U2

2 nominations

• The Chainsmokers
• Lady Antebellum
• Migos
• Nickelback
• Panic! at the Disco
• Twenty One Pilots

Notes and References

1. BTS set new record at 2022 Billboard Music Awards. Goggins. Joe. May 16, 2022. Rolling Stone UK. https://web.archive.org/web/20220517034158/https://www.rollingstone.co.uk/music/news/bts-set-new-record-2022-billboard-music-awards-16876/. May 17, 2022. live. May 17, 2022.
2. Web site: 1998 Billboard Music Awards. Awards and Winners . October 1, 2016.
3. Web site: 1999 Billboard Music Awards. Awards and Winners . October 1, 2016.
4. Web site: 2000 Billboard Music Awards. Awards and Winners . October 1, 2016.
5. Web site: 2001 Billboard Music Awards. Awards and Winners . October 1, 2016.
6. Web site: 2002 Billboard Music Awards. Awards and Winners . October 1, 2016.
7. Web site: 2003 Billboard Music Awards. Awards and Winners . October 1, 2016.
8. Web site: 2004 Billboard Music Awards. Awards and Winners . October 1, 2016.
9. Web site: 2005 Billboard Music Awards. Awards and Winners . October 1, 2016.
10. Web site: 2006 Billboard Music Awards. Awards and Winners . October 1, 2016.
11. Web site: 2011 Billboard Music Awards. Awards and Winners . October 1, 2016.
12. Web site: Adele Wins 12 Gongs at Billboard Music Awards 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20120524031226/http://www.mtv.co.uk/news/billboard-music-awards/355033-adele-billboard-awards-2012-lmfao-justin-bieber-winners-list. dead. May 24, 2012. 21 May 2012. MTV. 22 May 2012.
13. News: Billboard Music Awards 2013: The Complete Winners List. https://web.archive.org/web/20140715173505/http://www.mtv.com/news/1707641/billboard-music-awards-winners-list/. dead. July 15, 2014. MTV . May 19, 2013.
14. Web site: Billboard Music Awards: Full Winners List. The Hollywood Reporter. May 18, 2014. May 19, 2014.
15. Web site: 2015 Billboard Music Awards. May 17, 2015. Variety. October 1, 2016.
16. Web site: 2016 Billboard Music Awards . May 22, 2016. Billboard.com. October 1, 2016.
17. Here is the Complete List of Winners from the 2017 Billboard Music Awards. Billboard.
18. Here Are All the Winners from the 2018 Billboard Music Awards. Billboard. 20 May 2018.
19. 2019 Billboard Music Awards Winners: The Complete List. Billboard. May 2019.
20. Web site: Billboard Music Awards 2020: See the Complete List of Winners. Mier. Tomás. October 14, 2020. People. https://web.archive.org/web/20201019074346/https://people.com/music/billboard-music-awards-2020-winners-list/. October 19, 2020. live. May 23, 2021.
21. Web site: Here's Your Full List of 2021 Billboard Music Award Winners. Zhan. Jennifer. May 23, 2021. Vulture. https://web.archive.org/web/20210523231230/https://www.vulture.com/2021/05/2021-billboard-music-award-winners-the-complete-list.html. May 23, 2021. live. May 23, 2021.
22. Billboard Music Awards 2022: Full Winners. Shafer. Elise. May 15, 2022. Variety. https://web.archive.org/web/20220516040852/https://variety.com/2022/music/news/billboard-awards-2022-winners-list-1235266875/. May 16, 2022. live. May 16, 2022.
23. Taylor Swift Leads Finalists for 2023 Billboard Music Awards: Full List. October 26, 2023. October 26, 2023. Billboard.