American Music Award for Favorite Soul/R&B Album

The American Music Award for Favorite Album – 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 Michael Jackson with 4 wins. Beyoncé has the most nominations with 7. While the start and end dates for the usage of the category Favorite Black Album are unclear, in 1985 the name was used for the award Prince was given for his album Purple Rain.^[1]

American Music Awards for Favorite Soul/R&B Album
Country	United States
Presented by	American Music Awards
First award	1974
Final award	2022
Currently held by	Beyoncé – Renaissance
Most wins	Michael Jackson (4)
Most nominations	Beyoncé (7)
Website	theamas.com

Winners and nominees

1970s

Year	Artist	Album	Ref
1974 (1st)
	Al Green	I'm Still in Love with You	[citation needed]
	Marvin Gaye	Let's Get It On
	War	The World Is a Ghetto
1975 (2nd)
	Gladys Knight & the Pips	Imagination	[citation needed]
	Marvin Gaye	Let's Get It On
	Stevie Wonder	Innervisions
1976 (3rd)
	The Temptations	A Song for You	[citation needed]
	Earth, Wind & Fire	That's the Way of the World
	Ohio Players	Five
1977 (4th)
	Stevie Wonder	Songs in the Key of Life	[citation needed]
	Earth, Wind & Fire	Spirit
		That's the Way of the World
1978 (5th)
	Stevie Wonder	Songs in the Key of Life	[citation needed]
	Commodores	Commodores
	Barry White	Barry White Sings for Someone You Love
1979 (6th)
	Bee Gees	Saturday Night Fever	[citation needed]
	Earth, Wind & Fire	All 'n All
	Teddy Pendergrass	Life Is a Song Worth Singing

1980s

Year	Artist	Album	Ref
1980 (7th)
	Michael Jackson	Off the Wall	[citation needed]
	Commodores	Midnight Magic
	Teddy Pendergrass	Teddy
1981 (8th)
	Michael Jackson	Off the Wall	[citation needed]
	Diana Ross	Diana
	Teddy Pendergrass	Teddy
1982 (9th)
	Rick James	Street Songs	[citation needed]
	The Gap Band	The Gap Band III
	Quincy Jones	The Dude
	Stevie Wonder	Hotter than July
1983 (10th)
	Aretha Franklin	Jump to It	[citation needed]
	Rick James	Throwin' Down
	Stevie Wonder	Stevie Wonder's Original Musiquarium I
1984 (11th)
	Michael Jackson	Thriller	[citation needed]
	Gladys Knight & the Pips	Visions
	Prince	1999
	Lionel Richie	Lionel Richie
1985 (12th)
	Prince	Purple Rain	[citation needed]
	Michael Jackson	Thriller
	Lionel Richie	Can't Slow Down
1986 (13th)
	Kool & the Gang	Emergency	[citation needed]
	Whitney Houston	Whitney Houston
	Luther Vandross	The Night I Fell in Love
1987 (14th)
	Whitney Houston	Whitney Houston	[citation needed]
	Anita Baker	Rapture
	Janet Jackson	Control
	Run–D.M.C.	Raising Hell
1988 (15th)
	Anita Baker	Rapture	[citation needed]
	LL Cool J	Bigger and Deffer
	Luther Vandross	Give Me the Reason
1989 (16th)
	George Michael	Faith	[citation needed]
	Gladys Knight & the Pips	All Our Love
	Keith Sweat	Make It Last Forever

1990s

Year	Artist	Album	Ref
1990 (17th)
	Bobby Brown	Don't Be Cruel	[2]
	MC Hammer	Let's Get It Started
	Karyn White	Karyn White
1991 (18th)
	MC Hammer	Please Hammer, Don't Hurt 'Em	[3]
	Janet Jackson	Janet Jackson's Rhythm Nation 1814
	Quincy Jones	Back on the Block
1992 (19th)
	Luther Vandross	Power of Love	[citation needed]
	Boyz II Men	Cooleyhighharmony
	Whitney Houston	I'm Your Baby Tonight
	Various Artists	New Jack City
1993 (20th)
	En Vogue	Funky Divas	[4]
	Mariah Carey	MTV Unplugged
	Michael Jackson	Dangerous
1994 (21st)
	Whitney Houston	The Bodyguard	[citation needed]
	Janet Jackson	janet
	Silk	Lose Control
	SWV	It's About Time
1995 (22nd)
	Toni Braxton	Toni Braxton	[5]
	Mariah Carey	Music Box
	R. Kelly	12 Play
1996 (23rd)
	Boyz II Men	II	[6]
	Mary J. Blige	My Life
	TLC	CrazySexyCool
1997 (24th)
	Toni Braxton	Secrets	[7]
	Mariah Carey	Daydream
	Keith Sweat	Keith Sweat
1998 (25th)
	Mary J. Blige	Share My World	[8]
	Erykah Badu	Baduizm
	Blackstreet	Another Level
	Puff Daddy	No Way Out
1999 (26th)
	Will Smith	Big Willie Style	[citation needed]
	K-Ci & JoJo	Love Always
	Brian McKnight	Anytime

2000s

Year	Artist	Album	Ref
2000 (27th)
	Lauryn Hill	The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill	[9]
	Whitney Houston	My Love Is Your Love
	TLC	FanMail
2001 (28th)
	Toni Braxton	The Heat	[citation needed]
	Destiny's Child	The Writing's on the Wall
	Sisqó	Unleash the Dragon
2002 (29th)
	Aaliyah	Aaliyah	[citation needed]
	Alicia Keys	Songs in A Minor
	Janet Jackson	All for You
2003 (30th)
	Eminem	The Eminem Show	[10]
	Ashanti	Ashanti
	Ludacris	Word of Mouf
	Nelly	Nellyville
2003 (31st)
	Luther Vandross	Dance with My Father	[11]
	Ashanti	Chapter II
	Beyoncé	Dangerously in Love
	R. Kelly	Chocolate Factory
2004 (32nd)
	Usher	Confessions	[12]
	Alicia Keys	The Diary of Alicia Keys
	Prince	Musicology
2005 (33rd)
	Destiny's Child	Destiny Fulfilled	[13]
	Mariah Carey	The Emancipation of Mimi
	Fantasia	Free Yourself
2006 (34th)
	Mary J. Blige	The Breakthrough	[14]
	Mariah Carey	The Emancipation of Mimi
	Jamie Foxx	Unpredictable
2007 (35th)
	Justin Timberlake	FutureSex/LoveSounds	[15]
	Beyoncé	B'Day
	R. Kelly	Double Up
2008 (36th)
	Alicia Keys	As I Am	[16]
	Mary J. Blige	Growing Pains
	Mariah Carey	E=MC²
2009 (37th)
	Michael Jackson	Number Ones	[17]
	Beyoncé	I Am... Sasha Fierce
	The Black Eyed Peas	The E.N.D

2010s

Year	Artist	Album	Ref
2010 (38th)
	Usher	Raymond v. Raymond	[18]
	Alicia Keys	The Element of Freedom
	Sade	Soldier of Love
2011 (39th)
	Rihanna	Loud	[19]
	Beyoncé	4
	Chris Brown	F.A.M.E.
2012 (40th)
	Rihanna	Talk That Talk	[20]
	Chris Brown	Fortune
	Usher	Looking 4 Myself
2013 (41st)
	Justin Timberlake	The 20/20 Experience	[21]
	Rihanna	Unapologetic
	Robin Thicke	Blurred Lines
2014 (42nd)
	Beyoncé	Beyoncé	[22]
	John Legend	Love in the Future
	Pharrell Williams	Girl
2015 (43rd)
	The Weeknd	Beauty Behind the Madness	[23]
	Chris Brown	X
	D'Angelo	Black Messiah
2016 (44th)
	Rihanna	Anti	[24]
	Beyoncé	Lemonade
	Bryson Tiller	Trapsoul
2017 (45th)
	Bruno Mars	24K Magic	[25]
	Childish Gambino	"Awaken, My Love!"
	The Weeknd	Starboy
2018 (46th)
	XXXTentacion	17	[26]
	Khalid	American Teen
	SZA	Ctrl
2019 (47th)
	Khalid	Free Spirit	[27]
	Chris Brown	Indigo
	Ella Mai	Ella Mai

2020s

Year	Artist	Album	Ref
2020 (48th)
	The Weeknd	After Hours	[28]
	Doja Cat	Hot Pink
	Summer Walker	Over It
2021 (49th)
	Doja Cat	Planet Her	[29]
	Giveon	When It's All Said and Done... Take Time
	H.E.R.	Back of My Mind
	Jazmine Sullivan	Heaux Tales
	Queen Naija	Missunderstood
2022 (50th)
	Beyoncé	Renaissance	[30]
	Drake	Honestly, Nevermind
	Silk Sonic (Bruno Mars & Anderson .Paak)	An Evening with Silk Sonic
	Summer Walker	Still Over It
	The Weeknd	Dawn FM
2025 (51th)
	PartyNextDoor	PartyNextDoor 4	[31]
	PartyNextDoor & Drake	Some Sexy Songs 4 U
	SZA	SOS Deluxe: Lana
	Bryson Tiller	Bryson Tiller
	The Weeknd	Hurry Up Tomorrow

Category facts

Multiple wins

4 wins Michael Jackson 3 wins Toni Braxton Rihanna

2 wins Beyoncé Mary J. Blige Whitney Houston Justin Timberlake Usher Luther Vandross Stevie Wonder The Weeknd

Multiple nominations

7 nominations Beyoncé 6 nominations Mariah Carey Michael Jackson 5 nominations Whitney Houston The Weeknd Stevie Wonder 4 nominations Mary J. Blige Chris Brown Earth, Wind & Fire Janet Jackson Alicia Keys Rihanna Luther Vandross 3 nominations Toni Braxton Gladys Knight & the Pips R. Kelly Teddy Pendergrass Prince Usher

2 nominations Ashanti Anita Baker Boyz II Men Commodores Destiny's Child Doja Cat Drake Khalid Marvin Gaye Rick James Quincy Jones Bruno Mars MC Hammer PartyNextDoor Lionel Richie Keith Sweat SZA Justin Timberlake TLC Summer Walker