Billboard R&B/Hip-Hop Female Artist of the Year

Entertainment: Music Awards: Billboard

The Billboard Awards were first presented in 1990. Since that time a number of awards are no longer presented, new awards began and other awards morphed into different categories. We attempted to figure out which awards morphed or combined and thus those categories are certainly not officially.

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5

1990

Janet Jackson

Vocalist

33.64% (144 of 428 votes)

2

1997

Toni Braxton

Vocalist

41.85% (77 of 184 votes)

3

2000

Toni Braxton

Vocalist

41.85% (77 of 184 votes)

7

2001

Jill Scott

Vocalist

29.32% (39 of 133 votes)

6

2002

Ashanti

Vocalist

31.82% (21 of 66 votes)

8

2004

Alicia Keys

Musician

28.09% (25 of 89 votes)

1

2005

Mariah Carey

Vocalist

60.12% (196 of 326 votes)

4

2006

Mary J. Blige

Vocalist

41.67% (5 of 12 votes)

11

2018

SZA

Vocalist

5.88% (1 of 17 votes)

9

2021

Doja Cat

Vocalist

26.39% (19 of 72 votes)

10

2022

Doja Cat

Vocalist

26.39% (19 of 72 votes)