BET Award for Best Male R&B/Pop Artist

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BET Awards for Best Male R&B/Pop Artist
CountryUnited States
Presented by BET Awards
First awarded2001
Currently held by Usher (2024)
Most awards Chris Brown (7)
Most nominationsChris Brown (17)
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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 seven wins, he is also the most nominated artist with seventeen nominations.

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Winners and nominees

Winners are listed first and highlighted in bold.

2000s

YearArtistRef
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

YearArtistRef
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

YearArtistRef
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

Multiple wins and nominations

Wins

Nominations

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