Billboard Music Award for Top Social Artist

The Billboard Music Award for Top Social Artist is one of three fan-voted categories in the award show. It is awarded based on major fan interactions with music including streaming and social engagement, together with the global online voting results.^[1]

Billboard Music Award for Top Social Artist
Country	United States
Presented by	Billboard
First award	2011
Final award	2021
Currently held by	BTS
Most wins	Justin Bieber (6)
Most nominations	Justin Bieber (8)

The award was first won in 2011 by Justin Bieber, who is the most nominated artist in the category with eight nominations, followed by Ariana Grande with seven, BTS with five, while Rihanna and Taylor Swift each have four. Bieber is also the most awarded nominee with six consecutive wins.^[2] His winning streak was broken as of the 2017 ceremony by BTS, who were the first K-pop group ever to be nominated for and win a Billboard Music Award.^[3] They have won the award for five consecutive years.^[4]

Winners and nominees

Year	Winner	Nominees	Ref.
2011	Justin Bieber	Eminem Akon Lady Gaga Rihanna	[5][6]
2012		Shakira Rihanna Eminem Lady Gaga	[7]
2013		One Direction Katy Perry Rihanna Taylor Swift	[8]
2014		Miley Cyrus One Direction Rihanna Taylor Swift	[9][10]
2015		Miley Cyrus Selena Gomez Ariana Grande Taylor Swift	[11]
2016		Selena Gomez Ariana Grande Demi Lovato Taylor Swift	[12]
2017	BTS	Justin Bieber Selena Gomez Ariana Grande Shawn Mendes	[13][14]
2018		Justin Bieber Ariana Grande Demi Lovato Shawn Mendes	[15][16]
2019		Exo Got7 Ariana Grande Louis Tomlinson	[17]
2020		Billie Eilish Exo Got7 Ariana Grande	[18]
2021		Blackpink Ariana Grande SB19 Seventeen	[4]