BET Award for Best Male R&B/Pop Artist

BET Awards for Best Male R&B/Pop Artist
Chris Brown is the most recent recipient
Country	United States
Presented by	BET Awards
First award	2001
Currently held by	Chris Brown (2025)
Most wins	Chris Brown (8)
Most nominations	Chris Brown (18)
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The BET Award for Best Male R&B/Pop Artist is awarded to the overall best male 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 Chris Brown with eight wins, he is also the most nominated artist with eighteen nominations.

Winners and nominees

Winners are listed first and highlighted in bold.

2000s

Year	Artist	Ref
2001
	Musiq	[ citation needed ]
	Joe
	R. Kelly
	Maxwell
	Carl Thomas
2002
	Usher	[ citation needed ]
	Craig David
	Jaheim
	Maxwell
	Musiq
2003
	Jaheim	[ citation needed ]
	R. Kelly
	Ginuwine
	Musiq
	Justin Timberlake
2004
	Usher	[ citation needed ]
	Anthony Hamilton
	R. Kelly
	Ruben Studdard
	Luther Vandross
2005
	Usher	[1]
	Anthony Hamilton
	John Legend
	Mario
	Prince
2006
	Prince	[ citation needed ]
	Chris Brown
	Jamie Foxx
	Anthony Hamilton
	Ne-Yo
2007
	Ne-Yo	[ citation needed ]
	Akon
	John Legend
	Gerald Levert
	Robin Thicke
2008
	Chris Brown	[ citation needed ]
	Raheem DeVaughn
	J. Holiday
	Ne-Yo
	Trey Songz
2009
	Ne-Yo	[ citation needed ]
	The-Dream
	Jamie Foxx
	Ryan Leslie
	T-Pain

2010s

Year	Artist	Ref
2010
	Trey Songz	[ citation needed ]
	Chris Brown
	Raheem DeVaughn
	Maxwell
	Usher
2011
	Chris Brown	[ citation needed ]
	CeeLo Green
	Bruno Mars
	Trey Songz
	Usher
2012
	Chris Brown	[ citation needed ]
	Bruno Mars
	Miguel
	Trey Songz
	Usher
2013
	Miguel	[2]
	Chris Brown
	Bruno Mars
	Justin Timberlake
	Usher
2014
	Pharrell Williams	[3]
	August Alsina
	Chris Brown
	John Legend
	Justin Timberlake
2015
	Chris Brown	[4]
	August Alsina
	John Legend
	Trey Songz
	Usher
	The Weeknd
2016
	Bryson Tiller	[5]
	Chris Brown
	Tyrese Gibson
	Jeremih
	The Weeknd
2017
	Bruno Mars	[6]
	Chris Brown
	Trey Songz
	Usher
	The Weeknd
2018
	Bruno Mars	[7]
	Chris Brown
	Khalid
	The Weeknd
	Daniel Caesar
2019
	Bruno Mars	[8]
	Anderson Paak
	Childish Gambino
	Chris Brown
	John Legend
	Khalid

2020s

Year	Artist	Ref
2020
	Chris Brown	[9]
	Anderson .Paak
	Jacquees
	Khalid
	The Weeknd
	Usher
2021
	Chris Brown	[10]
	6lack
	Anderson .Paak
	Giveon
	Tank
	The Weeknd
2022
	The Weeknd	[11]
	Blxst
	Chris Brown
	Giveon
	Lucky Daye
	Bleu
	Wizkid
2023
	Chris Brown	[12]
	Usher
	Brent Faiyaz
	Burna Boy
	Blxst
	Drake
The Weeknd
2024
	Usher
	Brent Faiyaz
	Bryson Tiller
	Burna Boy
	Chris Brown
	Drake
	Fridayy
	October London
2025
	Chris Brown	[13]
	Bruno Mars
	Drake
	Fridayy
	Leon Thomas
	Teddy Swims
	The Weeknd
	Usher

Multiple wins and nominations

Wins

8 wins Chris Brown 5 wins Usher

3 wins Bruno Mars 2 wins Ne-Yo

Nominations

18 nominations Chris Brown 13 nominations Usher 9 nominations The Weeknd 7 nominations Bruno Mars 6 nominations Trey Songz

5 nominations John Legend 4 nominations Ne-Yo 3 nominations Anthony Hamilton R. Kelly Khalid Maxwell Musiq Anderson .Paak Justin Timberlake Drake

2 nominations August Alsina Blxst Raheem DeVaughn Jamie Foxx Giveon Jaheim Miguel Prince Brent Faiyaz Bryson Tiller Burna Boy Fridayy

See also

• BET Award for Best Female R&B/Pop Artist

References

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