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 four artists have won this award twice: Beyoncé, Whitney Houston, Usher and The Weeknd.

Year	Album	Artist	Ref
1990
1990	Rhythm Nation 1814	Janet Jackson	^[1]
1991			^[1]
1991	I'm Your Baby Tonight	Whitney Houston
1992
1992	Forever My Lady	Jodeci
1993
1993	The Bodyguard	Whitney Houston	^[2]
1994–97	—
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

Year	Album	Artist
2000	—
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	—
2004
	Confessions	Usher
	The Black Album	Jay Z
	The College Dropout	Kanye West
	The Diary of Alicia Keys	Alicia Keys
2005	—
2006
	The Breakthrough	Mary J. Blige
	In My Own Words	Ne-Yo
	King	T.I.
	Unpredictable	Jamie Foxx
2007–09	—

Year	Album	Artist	Ref
2010	—
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
	Girl	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
2019
	17	XXXTentacion
	Ella Mai	Ella Mai
	My Dear Melancholy	The Weeknd
	H.E.R.	H.E.R.
	American Teen	Khalid

Year	Album	Artist
2020
	Free Spirit	Khalid
	Homecoming: The Live Album	Beyoncé
	Changes	Justin Bieber
	Indigo	Chris Brown
	Over It	Summer Walker
2021
	After Hours	The Weeknd
	Chilombo	Jhené Aiko
	Slime & B	Chris Brown & Young Thug
	Hot Pink	Doja Cat
	It Was Good Until It Wasn't	Kehlani
2022
	Planet Her	Doja Cat
	When It's All Said and Done... Take Time	Giveon
	An Evening with Silk Sonic	Silk Sonic
	Still Over It	Summer Walker
	Dawn FM	The Weeknd
2023
	SOS	SZA
	Renaissance	Beyoncé
	Honestly, Nevermind	Drake
	Wasteland	Brent Faiyaz
	Gemini Rights	Steve Lacy
2024
	11:11	Chris Brown
	Lager than Life	Brent Faiyaz
	PartyNextDoor 4	PartyNextDoor
	Bryson Tiller	Bryson Tiller
	Tyla	Tyla

Billboard Music Award for Top R&B Album

Winners and nominees

1990s

2000s

2010s

2020s

Multiple wins and nominations

Wins

Nominations

References

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