American Music Award for Favorite Soul/R&B Female Artist

American Music Awards for Favorite Soul/R&B Female Artist
American Music Awards for Favorite Soul/R&B Female Artist
	SZA is the most recent recipient
Country	United States
Presented by	American Music Awards
First award	1974
Currently held by	SZA
Most wins	Beyoncé, Rihanna (7)
Most nominations	Beyoncé (12)
Website	theamas.com

The American Music Award for Favorite Female Artist – Soul/R&B has been awarded since 1974. Years reflect the year during which the awards were presented, for works released in the previous year (until 2003 onward, when awards were handed out on November of the same year). Beyoncé and Rihanna are tied for the most wins in this category, with 7 wins. Beyoncé is the most nominated artist, with 11 nominations.

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Year	Artist	Ref
1974 (1st)
	Roberta Flack	^{[citation needed]}
	Aretha Franklin
	Betty Wright
1975 (2nd)
	Diana Ross	^{[citation needed]}
	Roberta Flack
	Aretha Franklin
1976 (3rd)
	Aretha Franklin	^{[citation needed]}
	Gwen McCrae
	Minnie Riperton
1977 (4th)
	Aretha Franklin	^{[citation needed]}
	Natalie Cole
	Diana Ross
1978 (5th)
	Natalie Cole	^{[citation needed]}
	Aretha Franklin
	Donna Summer
1979 (6th)
	Natalie Cole	^{[citation needed]}
	Roberta Flack
	Donna Summer

Year	Artist	Ref
1980 (7th)
	Donna Summer	^{[citation needed]}
	Gloria Gaynor
	Stephanie Mills
1981 (8th)
	Diana Ross	^{[citation needed]}
	Chaka Khan
	Stephanie Mills
1982 (9th)
	Stephanie Mills	^{[citation needed]}
	Chaka Khan
	Stacy Lattisaw
	Teena Marie
1983 (10th)
	Diana Ross	^{[citation needed]}
	Aretha Franklin
	Evelyn "Champagne" King
1984 (11th)
	Aretha Franklin	^{[citation needed]}
	Angela Bofill
	Irene Cara
	Donna Summer
1985 (12th)
	Tina Turner	^{[citation needed]}
	Sheila E.
	Chaka Khan
1986 (13th)
	Aretha Franklin	^{[citation needed]}
	Whitney Houston
	Diana Ross
1987 (14th)
	Whitney Houston	^{[citation needed]}
	Anita Baker
	Janet Jackson
	Patti LaBelle
1988 (15th)
	Anita Baker	^{[citation needed]}
	Whitney Houston
	Janet Jackson
1989 (16th)
	Whitney Houston	^{[citation needed]}
	Natalie Cole
	Sade

Year	Artist	Ref
1990 (17th)
	Anita Baker	^[1]
	Paula Abdul
	Stephanie Mills
1991 (18th)
	Janet Jackson	^[2]
	Regina Belle
	Mariah Carey
	Miki Howard
	Lisa Stansfield
1992 (19th)
	Mariah Carey	^{[citation needed]}
	Natalie Cole
	Whitney Houston
1993 (20th)
	Patti LaBelle	^[3]
	Mary J. Blige
	Mariah Carey
	Vanessa Williams
1994 (21st)
	Whitney Houston	^{[citation needed]}
	Toni Braxton
	Mariah Carey
	Janet Jackson
1995 (22nd)
	Anita Baker	^[4]
	Toni Braxton
	Janet Jackson
1996 (23rd)
	Mariah Carey	^[5]
	Anita Baker
	Brandy
1997 (24th)
	Toni Braxton	^[6]
	Brandy
	Mariah Carey
1998 (25th)
	Mariah Carey	^[7]
	Mary J. Blige
	Toni Braxton
1999 (26th)
	Janet Jackson	^{[citation needed]}
	Aaliyah
	Brandy

Year	Artist	Ref
2000 (27th)
	Lauryn Hill	^[8]
	Brandy
	Whitney Houston
2001 (28th)
	Toni Braxton	^{[citation needed]}
	Whitney Houston
	Kelly Price
2002 (29th)
	Aaliyah	^{[citation needed]}
	Mary J. Blige
	Alicia Keys
2003 (30th)
	Mary J. Blige	^[9]
	Ashanti
	Jennifer Lopez
2003 (31st)
	Aaliyah	^[10]
	Ashanti
	Beyoncé
2004 (32nd)
	Alicia Keys	^[11]
	Beyoncé
	Janet Jackson
2005 (33rd)
	Mariah Carey	^[12]
	Ciara
	Fantasia
2006 (34th)
	Mary J. Blige	^[13]
	Mariah Carey
	Keyshia Cole
2007 (35th)
	Rihanna	^[14]
	Beyoncé
	Fantasia
2008 (36th)
	Rihanna	^[15]
	Mary J. Blige
	Alicia Keys
2009 (37th)
	Beyoncé	^[16]
	Keyshia Cole
	Keri Hilson

Year	Artist	Ref
2010 (38th)
	Rihanna	^[17]
	Alicia Keys
	Sade
2011 (39th)
	Beyoncé	^[18]
	Rihanna
	Kelly Rowland
2012 (40th)
	Beyoncé	^[19]
	Mary J. Blige
	Rihanna
2013 (41st)
	Rihanna	^[20]
	Ciara
	Alicia Keys
2014 (42nd)
	Beyoncé	^[21]
	Jhené Aiko
	Mary J. Blige
2015 (43rd)
	Rihanna	^[22]
	Beyoncé
	Mary J. Blige
2016 (44th)
	Rihanna	^[23]
	Beyoncé
	Janet Jackson
2017 (45th)
	Beyoncé	^[24]
	Kehlani
	Rihanna
2018 (46th)
	Rihanna	^[25]
	Ella Mai
	SZA
2019 (47th)
	Beyoncé	^[26]
	Ella Mai
	Lizzo

American Music Award for Favorite Soul/R&B Female Artist

Winners and nominees

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Category facts

Multiple wins

Multiple nominations

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