Kids' Choice Award for Favorite Male Artist

This is a list of winners and nominees for the Kids' Choice Award for Favorite Male Artist, given at the Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards. It was first awarded in 2000 at the 13th Kids' Choice Awards, and changed from "Favorite Male Singer" to "Favorite Male Artist" in 2018.

The most awarded male artist in this category is Justin Bieber with 5 wins, followed by Shawn Mendes with 4 wins. Mendes has also won the award 4 consecutive years (2017–2020). The artist who have received the most nominations, as of the 2025 ceremony is Bruno Mars with 10 nominations, followed by Justin Bieber and Justin Timberlake with nine nominations each.

Winners and nominations

Year	Recipient	Nominees
2000	Will Smith	Jordan Knight Ricky Martin Tyrese
2001	Lil' Bow Wow	Ricky Martin Sisqo Will Smith
2002	Usher	Bow Wow Aaron Carter Lil' Romeo
2003	Nelly	Bow Wow Lil' Romeo Justin Timberlake
2004	Nelly	Bow Wow Nick Cannon Justin Timberlake
2005	Usher	Chingy LL Cool J Nelly
2006	Jesse McCartney	Bow Wow Nelly Will Smith
2007	Justin Timberlake	Chris Brown Jesse McCartney Sean Paul
2008	Chris Brown	Bow Wow Soulja Boy Justin Timberlake
2009	Jesse McCartney	Chris Brown Kid Rock T-Pain
2010	Jay Z	Sean Kingston Mario Ne-Yo
2011	Justin Bieber	Bruno Mars Usher Jay Z
2012	Justin Bieber	Toby Keith Bruno Mars Usher
2013	Justin Bieber	Bruno Mars Blake Shelton Usher
2014	Justin Timberlake	Bruno Mars Pitbull Pharrell Williams
2015	Nick Jonas	Bruno Mars Blake Shelton Sam Smith Justin Timberlake Pharrell Williams
2016	Justin Bieber	Drake Nick Jonas Ed Sheeran Blake Shelton The Weeknd
2017	Shawn Mendes	Justin Bieber Drake Bruno Mars Justin Timberlake The Weeknd
2018	Shawn Mendes	Luis Fonsi DJ Khaled Kendrick Lamar Bruno Mars Ed Sheeran
2019	Shawn Mendes	Luke Bryan Drake DJ Khaled Bruno Mars Justin Timberlake
2020 [1] [2]	Shawn Mendes	Justin Bieber Post Malone Marshmello Lil Nas X Ed Sheeran
2021 [3] [4]	Justin Bieber	Drake Post Malone Shawn Mendes Harry Styles The Weeknd
2022 [5] [6]	Ed Sheeran	Justin Bieber Drake Bruno Mars Shawn Mendes The Weeknd
2023 [7] [8]	Harry Styles	Justin Bieber Bad Bunny Drake Kendrick Lamar Post Malone Ed Sheeran The Weeknd
2024 [9] [10]	Post Malone	Bad Bunny Drake Ed Sheeran Justin Timberlake Travis Scott Usher The Weeknd
2025 [11]		Bad Bunny Bruno Mars Drake Jelly Roll Kendrick Lamar Post Malone Travis Scott The Weeknd

Most wins

5 wins

• Justin Bieber (3 consecutive)

4 wins

• Shawn Mendes (4 consecutive)

2 wins

• Jesse McCartney
• Nelly (2 consecutive)
• Justin Timberlake
• Usher

Most nominations

10 nominations Bruno Mars 9 nominations Justin Bieber Justin Timberlake 8 nominations Drake 6 nominations Usher The Weeknd Bow Wow 5 nominations Post Malone Ed Sheeran 4 nominations Nelly

3 nominations Chris Brown Bad Bunny Kendrick Lamar Jesse McCartney Blake Shelton Will Smith 2 nominations Ricky Martin Lil' Romeo Travis Scott Harry Styles Pharrell Williams Jay Z

References

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