American Music Award for Favorite Soul/R&B Male Artist

The American Music Award for Favorite Male Artist – Soul/R&B has been awarded since 1974. Years reflect the year in which the awards were presented, for works released in the previous year (until 2003 onward when awards were handed out on November of the same year). The all-time winner in this category is Luther Vandross with 7 wins stretching across three decades. Chris Brown is the most nominated male artist with 12 nominations.

American Music Awards for Favorite Soul/R&B Male Artist
Country	United States
Presented by	American Music Awards
First awarded	1974
Last awarded	2022
Currently held by	Chris Brown
Most awards	Luther Vandross (7)
Most nominations	Chris Brown (12)
Website	theamas.com

Winners and nominees

1970s

Year	Artist	Ref
1974 (1st)
	Stevie Wonder	[citation needed]
	James Brown
	Al Green
1975 (2nd)
	Stevie Wonder	[citation needed]
	James Brown
	Barry White
1976 (3rd)
	Barry White	[citation needed]
	James Brown
	Smokey Robinson
1977 (4th)
	Stevie Wonder	[citation needed]
	Marvin Gaye
	Lou Rawls
1978 (5th)
	Stevie Wonder	[citation needed]
	George Benson
	Barry White
1979 (6th)
	Teddy Pendergrass	[citation needed]
	Lou Rawls
	Johnny Mathis

1980s

Year	Artist	Ref
1980 (7th)
	Michael Jackson	[citation needed]
	Rick James
	Teddy Pendergrass
1981 (8th)
	Michael Jackson	[citation needed]
	George Benson
	Teddy Pendergrass
1982 (9th)
	Stevie Wonder	[citation needed]
	Larry Graham
	Rick James
	Smokey Robinson
1983 (10th)
	Lionel Richie	[citation needed]
	Rick James
	Stevie Wonder
1984 (11th)
	Michael Jackson	[citation needed]
	Rick James
	Prince
	Lionel Richie
1985 (12th)
	Lionel Richie	[citation needed]
	Michael Jackson
	Prince
1986 (13th)
	Stevie Wonder	[citation needed]
	Prince
	Luther Vandross
1987 (14th)
	Lionel Richie	[citation needed]
	Freddie Jackson
	Billy Ocean
	Stevie Wonder
1988 (15th)
	Luther Vandross	[citation needed]
	LL Cool J
	Smokey Robinson
1989 (16th)
	George Michael	[citation needed]
	Bobby Brown
	Michael Jackson

1990s

Year	Artist	Ref
1990 (17th)
	Luther Vandross	[1]
	Bobby Brown
	Prince
1991 (18th)
	MC Hammer	[2]
	Quincy Jones
	Keith Sweat
1992 (19th)
	Luther Vandross	[citation needed]
	LL Cool J
	Prince
1993 (20th)
	Bobby Brown	[3]
	Tevin Campbell
	Michael Jackson
	Gerald Levert
1994 (21st)
	Luther Vandross	[citation needed]
	Babyface
	Bobby Brown
	Michael Jackson
1995 (22nd)
	Babyface	[4]
	Tevin Campbell
	Prince
1996 (23rd)
	Luther Vandross	[5]
	Michael Jackson
	Barry White
1997 (24th)
	Keith Sweat	[6]
	D'Angelo
	R. Kelly
1998 (25th)
	Babyface	[7]
	Puff Daddy
	Keith Sweat
1999 (26th)
	Will Smith	[citation needed]
	Mase
	Brian McKnight

2000s

Year	Artist	Ref
2000 (27th)
	R. Kelly	[8]
	Ginuwine
	Busta Rhymes
2001 (28th)
	Brian McKnight	[citation needed]
	D'Angelo
	Sisqó
2002 (29th)
	Luther Vandross	[citation needed]
	Ginuwine
	R. Kelly
2003 (30th)
	Eminem	[9]
	Ja Rule
	Nelly
2003 (31st)
	Luther Vandross	[10]
	Ginuwine
	Jaheim
	R. Kelly
2004 (32nd)
	Usher	[11]
	R. Kelly
	Prince
	Ruben Studdard
2005 (33rd)
	R. Kelly	[12]
	John Legend
	Omarion
2006 (34th)
	Jamie Foxx	[13]
	Chris Brown
	Ne-Yo
2007 (35th)
	Akon	[14]
	Ne-Yo
	T-Pain
2008 (36th)
	Chris Brown	[15]
	J. Holiday
	Usher
2009 (37th)
	Michael Jackson	[16]
	Jamie Foxx
	Maxwell

2010s

Year	Artist	Ref
2010 (38th)
	Usher	[17]
	Chris Brown
	Trey Songz
2011 (39th)
	Usher	[18]
	Chris Brown
	Trey Songz
2012 (40th)
	Usher	[19]
	Chris Brown
	Trey Songz
2013 (41st)
	Justin Timberlake	[20]
	Miguel
	Robin Thicke
2014 (42nd)
	John Legend	[21]
	Chris Brown
	Pharrell Williams
2015 (43rd)
	The Weeknd	[22]
	Chris Brown
	Trey Songz
2016 (44th)
	Chris Brown	[23]
	Bryson Tiller
	The Weeknd
2017 (45th)
	Bruno Mars	[24]
	Childish Gambino
	The Weeknd
2018 (46th)
	Khalid	[25]
	Bruno Mars
	The Weeknd
2019 (47th)
	Bruno Mars	[26]
	Chris Brown
	Khalid

2020s

Year	Artist	Ref
2020 (48th)
	The Weeknd	[27]
	Chris Brown
	John Legend
2021 (49th)
	The Weeknd	[28]
	Chris Brown
	Giveon
	Tank
	Usher
2022 (50th)
	Chris Brown	[29]
	Brent Faiyaz
	Giveon
	Lucky Daye
	The Weeknd

Category facts

Multiple wins

7 wins Luther Vandross 6 wins Stevie Wonder 4 wins Michael Jackson Usher

3 wins Chris Brown Lionel Richie The Weeknd 2 wins Babyface Bruno Mars R. Kelly

Multiple nominations

12 nominations Chris Brown 9 nominations Michael Jackson 8 nominations Luther Vandross Stevie Wonder 7 nominations Prince The Weeknd 6 nominations R. Kelly Usher 4 nominations Barry White Rick James Lionel Richie Bobby Brown Trey Songz

3 nominations James Brown Smokey Robinson Teddy Pendergrass Keith Sweat Babyface Ginuwine John Legend Bruno Mars 2 nominations Lou Rawls George Benson LL Cool J Tevin Campbell D'Angelo Brian McKnight Jamie Foxx Ne-Yo Khalid Giveon

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