Billboard Album 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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13

1990

Aerosmith

Musicians

33.33% (20 of 60 votes)

10

1991

Garth Brooks

Vocalist

45.18% (89 of 197 votes)

11

1992

Garth Brooks

Vocalist

45.18% (89 of 197 votes)

3

1999

Backstreet Boys

Vocalists

53.68% (51 of 95 votes)

9

2000

Britney Spears

Vocalist

51.77% (205 of 396 votes)

1

2004

Usher

Vocalist

71.21% (3331 of 4678 votes)

17

2006

Carrie Underwood

Vocalist

31.48% (17 of 54 votes)

4

2011

Taylor Swift

Vocalist

53.67% (716 of 1334 votes)

18

2012

Adele

Musician

29.17% (28 of 96 votes)

7

2013

Taylor Swift

Vocalist

53.67% (716 of 1334 votes)

12

2014

Justin Timberlake

Vocalist

42.06% (225 of 535 votes)

8

2015

Taylor Swift

Vocalist

53.67% (716 of 1334 votes)

19

2016

Adele

Musician

29.17% (28 of 96 votes)

14

2017

Drake (Musician)

Musician

32.00% (16 of 50 votes)

15

2018

Drake (Musician)

Musician

32.00% (16 of 50 votes)

16

2019

Drake (Musician)

Musician

32.00% (16 of 50 votes)

2

2020

Post Malone

Vocalist

66.67% (6 of 9 votes)

5

2021

Taylor Swift

Vocalist

53.67% (716 of 1334 votes)

6

2022

Taylor Swift

Vocalist

53.67% (716 of 1334 votes)