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Billboard Music Award for Top R&B Album
2026-11-14 16:16:35 · Cedar Herald Index
This page lists the winners and nominees for the Billboard Music Award for Top R&B Album. This category was one of the first created and has been given out since the award's conception in 1990. Only four artists have won this award twice: Beyoncé, Whitney Houston, Usher and The Weeknd.
Winners and nominees
Winners are listed first and highlighted in bold.

1990s
2000s
2010s
2020s
Multiple wins and nominations
Wins
2 wins
Beyoncé
Whitney Houston
Usher
The Weeknd
Nominations
6 nominations
Beyoncé
Chris Brown
The Weeknd
5 nominations
Rihanna
3 nominations
Alicia Keys
R. Kelly
Khalid
Usher
2 nominations
Mary J. Blige
DMX
Doja Cat
Lauryn Hill
Whitney Houston
Jay Z
Bruno Mars
Frank Ocean
SZA
Justin Timberlake
XXXTentacion
References
Billboard awards
Album awards
