BET Award for Best Female R&B/Pop Artist

The BET Award for Best Female R&B/Pop Artist is awarded to the overall best female contemporary R&B, soul, and pop singers who have released an album the previous or same year. The all-time winner in this category is Beyoncé with ten wins; she is also the most nominated artist with seventeen nominations.

BET Awards for Best Female R&B/Pop Artist
Country	United States
Presented by	BET Awards
First awarded	2001
Currently held by	SZA (2024)
Most awards	Beyoncé (10)
Most nominations	Beyoncé (17)
Website

Winners and nominees

Winners are listed first and highlighted in bold.

2000s

Year	Artist	Ref
2001
	Mary J. Blige	[citation needed]
	Aaliyah
	Erykah Badu
	Janet Jackson
	Jill Scott
2002
	India Arie	[citation needed]
	Aaliyah
	Mary J. Blige
	Faith Evans
	Alicia Keys
2003
	India Arie	[citation needed]
	Amerie
	Erykah Badu
	Vivian Green
	Heather Headley
2004
	Beyoncé	[citation needed]
	Mary J. Blige
	Janet Jackson
	Alicia Keys
	Monica
2005
	Alicia Keys	[1]
	Amerie
	Mariah Carey
	Ciara
	Fantasia
	Jill Scott
2006
	Mary J. Blige	[citation needed]
	India Arie
	Beyoncé
	Mariah Carey
	Keyshia Cole
2007
	Beyoncé	[citation needed]
	Corinne Bailey Rae
	Mary J. Blige
	Ciara
	Jennifer Hudson
2008
	Alicia Keys	[citation needed]
	Mary J. Blige
	Mariah Carey
	Keyshia Cole
	Rihanna
2009
	Beyoncé	[citation needed]
	Keyshia Cole
	Keri Hilson
	Jennifer Hudson
	Jazmine Sullivan

2010s

Year	Artist	Ref
2010
	Alicia Keys	[citation needed]
	Beyoncé
	Mary J. Blige
	Melanie Fiona
	Rihanna
2011
	Rihanna	[citation needed]
	Marsha Ambrosius
	Beyoncé
	Keri Hilson
	Jennifer Hudson
2012
	Beyoncé	[citation needed]
	Marsha Ambrosius
	Mary J. Blige
	Melanie Fiona
	Rihanna
2013
	Rihanna	[2]
	Beyoncé
	Tamar Braxton
	Alicia Keys
	Elle Varner
2014
	Beyoncé	[3]
	Jhené Aiko
	Tamar Braxton
	K. Michelle
	Janelle Monáe
	Rihanna
2015
	Beyoncé	[4]
	Jhené Aiko
	Ciara
	K. Michelle
	Janelle Monáe
	Rihanna
2016
	Beyoncé	[5]
	Adele
	Andra Day
	K. Michelle
	Rihanna
2017
	Beyoncé	[6]
	Mary J. Blige
	Kehlani
	Rihanna
	Solange
2018
	Beyoncé	[7]
	Kehlani
	SZA
	Rihanna
	H.E.R.
2019
	Beyoncé	[8]
	Ella Mai
	H.E.R.
	Solange
	SZA
	Teyana Taylor

2020s

Year	Artist	Ref
2020
	Lizzo	[9]
	Beyoncé
	H.E.R.
	Jhené Aiko
	Kehlani
	Summer Walker
2021
	H.E.R.	[10]
	Beyoncé
	Jazmine Sullivan
	Jhené Aiko
	Summer Walker
	SZA
2022
	Jazmine Sullivan	[11]
	Chlöe
	Doja Cat
	H.E.R.
	Ari Lennox
	Mary J. Blige
	Summer Walker
2023
	SZA	[12]
	Ari Lennox
	Beyoncé
	Coco Jones
	H.E.R.
	Lizzo
	Tems
2024
	SZA	[13]
	Beyoncé
	Coco Jones
	Doja Cat
	H.E.R.
	Muni Long
	Tyla
	Victoria Monét

Multiple wins and nominations

Wins

10 wins Beyoncé 3 wins Alicia Keys

2 wins India Arie Mary J. Blige Rihanna SZA

Nominations

18 nominations Beyoncé 10 nominations Mary J. Blige Rihanna 7 nominations H.E.R. 6 nominations Alicia Keys 5 nominations SZA 4 nominations Jhené Aiko 3 nominations India Arie Mariah Carey Ciara Keyshia Cole Jennifer Hudson K. Michelle Kehlani Jazmine Sullivan Summer Walker

2 nominations Aaliyah Marsha Ambrosius Amerie Erykah Badu Tamar Braxton Doja Cat Melanie Fiona Keri Hilson Janet Jackson Coco Jones Ari Lennox Lizzo Janelle Monáe Jill Scott Solange

See also

• List of music awards honoring women
• BET Award for Best Male R&B/Pop Artist

References

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