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 award	2001
Currently held by	SZA (2024)
Most wins	Beyoncé (10)
Most nominations	Beyoncé (17)
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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
2025
	Ari Lennox	[14]
	Ayra Starr
	Coco Jones
	Kehlani
	Muni Long
	Summer Walker
	SZA
	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 SZA 4 nominations Jhené Aiko Kehlani Summer Walker 3 nominations India Arie Mariah Carey Ciara Keyshia Cole Jennifer Hudson Coco Jones K. Michelle Ari Lennox Jazmine Sullivan

2 nominations Aaliyah Marsha Ambrosius Amerie Erykah Badu Tamar Braxton Doja Cat Melanie Fiona Keri Hilson Janet Jackson Lizzo Muni Long Janelle Monáe Victoria Monét Jill Scott Solange

See also

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