Billboard Music Award for Top Hot 100 Artist explained

This article lists the winners and nominees for the Billboard Music Award for Top Hot 100 Artist. The award has been given out since 1992 and since its conception only Destiny's Child, Usher, Drake and The Weeknd have won the award twice.

Winners and nominees

Winners are listed first and highlighted in bold.

1990s

Year	Artist	Ref
1992
	Boyz II Men	^[1]
1993
	Whitney Houston	^[2]
1994 – 95	colspan="2"
1996
	Mariah Carey	^[3]
	Celine Dion
	LL Cool J
	Los del Río
1997
	Elton John	^[4]
	Toni Braxton
	Jewel
	Spice Girls
1998
	Usher	^[5]
	Next
	Savage Garden
	Shania Twain
1999

2000s

Year	Artist	Ref
2000
	Destiny's Child	^[6]
	Christina Aguilera
	Faith Hill
	Santana
2001
	Destiny's Child	^[7]
	Janet Jackson
	Jennifer Lopez
	Matchbox Twenty
2002
	Ashanti	^[8]
	Nelly
	Nickelback
	Usher
2003	colspan="2"
2004
	Usher	^[9]
	Alicia Keys
	Maroon 5
	Outkast
2005
	50 Cent	^[10]
	Mariah Carey
	Kelly Clarkson
	Green Day
2006 – 09

2010s

Year	Artist	Ref
2010	colspan="2"
2011
	Katy Perry	^[11]
	Kesha
	Bruno Mars
	Rihanna
	Usher
2012
	Adele	^[12]
	LMFAO
	Bruno Mars
	Katy Perry
	Rihanna
2013
	Maroon 5	^[13]
	Flo Rida
	Fun
	Rihanna
	Taylor Swift
2014
	Imagine Dragons	^[14]
	Miley Cyrus
	Lorde
	Katy Perry
	Justin Timberlake
2015
	Taylor Swift	^[15]
	Iggy Azalea
	Ariana Grande
	Sam Smith
	Meghan Trainor
2016
	The Weeknd	^[16]
	Justin Bieber
	Drake
	Fetty Wap
	Taylor Swift
2017
	Drake	^[17]
	The Chainsmokers
	Rihanna
	Twenty One Pilots
	The Weeknd
2018
	Ed Sheeran	^[18]
	Imagine Dragons
	Kendrick Lamar
	Bruno Mars
	Post Malone
2019
	Drake	^[19]
	Ariana Grande
	Cardi B
	Juice Wrld
	Post Malone

2020s

Year	Artist	Ref
2020
	Post Malone	^[20]
	DaBaby
	Billie Eilish
	Khalid
	Lil Nas X
2021
	The Weeknd	^[21]
	DaBaby
	Drake
	Dua Lipa
	Pop Smoke
2022
	Olivia Rodrigo	^[22]
	Justin Bieber
	Doja Cat
	Drake
	The Weeknd
2023
	Morgan Wallen	^[23]
	Luke Combs
	Drake
	Taylor Swift
	SZA

Multiple wins and nominations

Wins

2 wins

• Destiny's Child
• Usher
• Drake
• The Weeknd

Nominations

6 nominations

• Drake

4 nominations

• Rihanna
• Taylor Swift
• Usher
• The Weeknd

3 nominations

• Katy Perry
• Bruno Mars

2 nominations

• Justin Bieber
• Mariah Carey
• DaBaby
• Destiny's Child
• Imagine Dragons
• Maroon 5
• Ariana Grande

Notes and References

1. Web site: 1992 Billboard Music Awards. Awards and Winners. October 4, 2016.
2. Web site: 1993 Billboard Music Awards. Awards and Winners . October 1, 2016.
3. Web site: 1996 Billboard Music Awards. Awards and Winners . October 1, 2016.
4. Web site: 1997 Billboard Music Awards. Awards and Winners . October 1, 2016.
5. Web site: 1998 Billboard Music Awards. Awards and Winners . October 1, 2016.
6. Web site: 2000 Billboard Music Awards. Awards and Winners . October 1, 2016.
7. Web site: 2001 Billboard Music Awards. Awards and Winners . October 1, 2016.
8. Web site: 2002 Billboard Music Awards. Awards and Winners . October 1, 2016.
9. Web site: 2004 Billboard Music Awards. Awards and Winners . October 1, 2016.
10. Web site: 2005 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. Lynch. Joe. 2019 Billboard Music Awards Winners: The Complete List. Billboard. May 1, 2019.
20. Aniftos. Rania. September 22, 2020. 2020 Billboard Music Awards Nominations: Full List. Billboard.
21. Warner. Denise. May 23, 2021. Here Are All the Winners From the 2021 Billboard Music Awards. Billboard.
22. Here Are the 2022 Billboard Music Awards Winners: Full List (Updating Live) . May 15, 2022. May 15, 2022. Billboard.
23. Taylor Swift Leads Finalists for 2023 Billboard Music Awards: Full List. October 26, 2023. October 26, 2023. Billboard.