Billboard Music Award for Top Male Artist

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The Billboard Music Award winners for Top Male Artist. Drake (3) and Justin Bieber (2) are the only artists to win this award multiple times.

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Winners and nominees

YearArtistNominees
1994 Snoop Doggy Dogg [1]
1999 Ricky Martin [2] Jay Z [2]
R. Kelly
DMX
2000 Sisqó [3] Marc Anthony [3]
Joe
Eminem
2001 Shaggy [4] Lenny Kravitz [4]
Ja Rule
Nelly
2002 Nelly [5] Eminem [5]
Ja Rule
Usher
2006 Chris Brown [6] Justin Timberlake [6]
Ne-Yo
Sean Paul
2007–2010 not held
2011 Eminem [7] Justin Bieber [7]
Drake
Bruno Mars
Usher
2012 Lil Wayne [8] Justin Bieber [8]
Chris Brown
Bruno Mars
Drake
2013 Justin Bieber [9] Jason Aldean [9]
Drake
Flo Rida
Bruno Mars
2014 Justin Timberlake [10] Luke Bryan [10]
Drake
Eminem
Bruno Mars
2015 Sam Smith [11] Drake [11]
Pharrell Williams
Ed Sheeran
Justin Timberlake
2016 Justin Bieber [12] Drake [12]
Fetty Wap
Ed Sheeran
The Weeknd
2017 Drake Justin Bieber
Future
Shawn Mendes
The Weeknd
2018 Ed Sheeran Drake
Kendrick Lamar
Bruno Mars
Post Malone
2019 Drake [13] Post Malone
Travis Scott
Ed Sheeran
XXXTentacion
2020 Post Malone DaBaby
Khalid
Lil Nas X
Ed Sheeran
2021 The Weeknd Drake
Pop Smoke
Lil Baby
Juice WRLD
2022 Drake Ed Sheeran
Justin Bieber
Lil Nas X
The Weeknd
2023 Morgan Wallen Zach Bryan
Luke Combs
Drake
The Weeknd

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