This page lists the winners and nominees for the Billboard Music Award for Top R&B Song. This award was first given in 1992 and since its conception, Pharrell Williams and The Weeknd are the only artists to win the award twice.
Winners are listed first and highlighted in bold.
| Year | Song | Artist | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1992 | |||
| "Come and Talk to Me" | Jodeci | [1] | |
| 1993 | |||
| "I Will Always Love You" | Whitney Houston | [2] | |
| 1994 | colspan="3" | ||
| 1995 | |||
| "Creep" | TLC | [3] | |
| "If You Love Me" | Brownstone | ||
| "One More Chance" | The Notorious B.I.G. | ||
| "This Is How We Do It" | Montell Jordan | ||
| 1996 | |||
| "You're Makin' Me High" | Toni Braxton | [4] | |
| "All the Things (Your Man Won't Do)" | Joe | ||
| "Down Low (Nobody Has to Know)" | |||
| "Tha Crossroads" | Bone Thugs-N-Harmony | ||
| 1997 | |||
| "In My Bed" | Dru Hill | [5] | |
| "Can't Nobody Hold Me Down" | |||
| "G.H.E.T.T.O.U.T." | Changing Faces | ||
| "I'll Be Missing You" | |||
| 1998 | |||
| "Too Close" | Next | [6] | |
| "Are U Still Down" / "They Don't Know" | Jon B. | ||
| "The Boy is Mine" | Brandy and Monica | ||
| "No, No, No" | Destiny's Child | ||
| 1999 | |||
| "Fortunate" | Maxwell | [7] | |
| "Heartbreak Hotel" | |||
| "No Scrubs" | TLC | ||
| "Nobody's Supposed to Be Here" | Deborah Cox |
| Year | Song | Artist | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | colspan="3" | ||
| 2001 | |||
| "Fiesta" | R. Kelly | [8] | |
| "Love" | Musiq | ||
| "Missing You" | Case | ||
| "Where the Party At" | |||
| 2002 | |||
| "Foolish" | Ashanti | [9] | |
| "Halfcrazy" | Musiq | ||
| "Hot in Herre" | Nelly | ||
| "U Don't Have to Call" | Usher | ||
| 2003 | colspan="3" | ||
| 2004 | |||
| "If I Ain't Got You" | Alicia Keys | [10] | |
| "Diary" | Alicia Keys | ||
| "Yeah!" | |||
| 2005 | |||
| "Let Me Love You" | Mario | [11] | |
| "Lovers and Friends" | |||
| "Truth Is" | Fantasia | ||
| "We Belong Together" | Mariah Carey | ||
| 2006 | |||
| "Be Without You" | Mary J. Blige | [12] | |
| "It's Goin' Down" | Yung Joc | ||
| "So Sick" | Ne-Yo | ||
| "Unpredictable" | |||
| 2007–09 | |||
| Year | Song | Artist | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | colspan="3" | ||
| 2011 | |||
| "OMG" | Usher | [13] | |
| "Bottoms Up" | |||
| "There Goes My Baby" | Usher | ||
| "Un-Thinkable (I'm Ready)" | Alicia Keys | ||
| "What's My Name?" | |||
| 2012 | |||
| "Motivation" | Kelly Rowland | [14] | |
| "Down on Me" | |||
| "Fuck You" | CeeLo Green | ||
| "She Ain't You" | Chris Brown | ||
| "Sure Thing" | Miguel | ||
| 2013 | |||
| "Diamonds" | Rihanna | [15] | |
| "Adorn" | Miguel | ||
| "Girl on Fire" | |||
| "Heart Attack" | Trey Songz | ||
| "Thinkin Bout You" | Frank Ocean | ||
| 2014 | |||
| "Blurred Lines" | Robin Thicke | [16] | |
| "Drunk in Love" | |||
| "Happy" | Pharrell Williams | ||
| "Hold On, We're Going Home" | |||
| "Suit & Tie" | |||
| 2015 | |||
| "Happy" | Pharrell Williams | [17] | |
| "All of Me" | John Legend | ||
| "Don't Tell 'Em" | |||
| "Loyal" | |||
| "Talk Dirty" | |||
| 2016 | |||
| "The Hills" | The Weeknd | [18] | |
| "Can't Feel My Face" | The Weeknd | ||
| "Earned It (Fifty Shades of Grey)" | |||
| "Here" | Alessia Cara | ||
| "Post to Be" | |||
| 2017 | |||
| "One Dance" | Drake | [19] | |
| "24K Magic" | Bruno Mars | ||
| "Needed Me" | Rihanna | ||
| "Starboy" | |||
| "Work" | |||
| 2018 | |||
| "That's What I Like" | Bruno Mars | [20] | |
| "Finesse" | |||
| "Redbone" | Childish Gambino | ||
| "Wild Thoughts" | |||
| "Young Dumb & Broke" | Khalid | ||
| 2019 | |||
| "Boo'd Up" | Ella Mai | [21] | |
| "No Brainer" | |||
| "Trip " | Ella Mai | ||
| "Better" | Khalid | ||
| "Freaky Friday " |
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8 nominations
6 nominations
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