NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Female Artist

This article lists the winners and nominees for the NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Female Artist. Beyoncé currently holds the record for most wins in this category with seven.

Year	Artist	Ref
1980
1980	Dionne Warwick	^[1]
1981 – 82	—
1983
1983	Aretha Franklin	^[2]
1984 – 85	—
1986
	Anita Baker	^[3]
	Whitney Houston
	Janet Jackson
	Patti LaBelle
1987
	Aretha Franklin	^[4]
	Whitney Houston
	Phyllis Hyman
	Stephanie Mills
	Natalie Cole
1988
	Natalie Cole	^[5]^[6]
	Meli'sa Morgan
	Miki Howard
	Dianne Reeves
	Brenda Russell
1989
	Stephanie Mills	^[7]^[8]
	Natalie Cole
	Roberta Flack
	Aretha Franklin
	Patti LaBelle

Year	Artist	Ref
1990
1990	Anita Baker	^[9]
1991	—
1992
	Natalie Cole	^[10]
	Whitney Houston
	Anita Baker
	Gladys Knight
	Oleta Adams
1993
1993	Vanessa Williams	^{[citation needed]}
1994
	Whitney Houston	^[11]
	Aretha Franklin
	Janet Jackson
	Sade
	Toni Braxton
1995	—
1996
	Whitney Houston	^[12]
	Anita Baker
	Brandy
	Mariah Carey
	Vanessa Williams
1997
	Toni Braxton	^{[citation needed]}
	Tracy Chapman
	Natalie Cole
	Chaka Khan
	Vanessa Williams
1998
	Erykah Badu	^{[citation needed]}
	Vanessa Williams
	Toni Braxton
	Mariah Carey
	Mary J. Blige
1999
	Lauryn Hill	^[13]
	Aretha Franklin
	Brandy
	Patti LaBelle
	Whitney Houston

Year	Artist	Ref
2000
	Whitney Houston	^{[citation needed]}
	Mary J. Blige
	Deborah Cox
	Faith Evans
	Monica
2001
	Yolanda Adams	^{[citation needed]}
	Erykah Badu
	Mary J. Blige
	Toni Braxton
	Jill Scott
2002
	Aaliyah	^{[citation needed]}
	India.Arie
	Janet Jackson
	Alicia Keys
	Jill Scott
2003
	India.Arie	^{[citation needed]}
	Ashanti
	Erykah Badu
	Mary J. Blige
	Missy Elliott
2004
	Alicia Keys	^{[citation needed]}
	Beyoncé
	Mary J. Blige
	Aretha Franklin
	Heather Headley
2005
	Fantasia	^{[citation needed]}
	Janet Jackson
	Patti LaBelle
	Queen Latifah
	Jill Scott
2006
	Alicia Keys	^{[citation needed]}
	Mary J. Blige
	Toni Braxton
	Mariah Carey
	India.Arie
2007
	Mary J. Blige	^{[citation needed]}
	Corinne Bailey Rae
	Beyoncé
	Fantasia
	India.Arie
2008
	Alicia Keys	^{[citation needed]}
	Beyoncé
	Mary J. Blige
	Aretha Franklin
	Jill Scott
2009
	Beyoncé	^{[citation needed]}
	Mariah Carey
	Jennifer Hudson
	Alicia Keys
	Rihanna

Year	Artist	Ref
2010
	Mary J. Blige	^{[citation needed]}
	Whitney Houston
	India.Arie
	Alicia Keys
	Rihanna
2011
	Mary J. Blige	^{[citation needed]}
	Corinne Bailey Rae
	Chrisette Michele
	Rihanna
	Sade
2012
	Jill Scott	^{[citation needed]}
	Beyoncé
	Mary J. Blige
	Jennifer Hudson
	Ledisi
2013
	Alicia Keys	^{[citation needed]}
	Missy Elliott
	Estelle
	Tamela Mann
	Elle Varner
2014
	Beyoncé	^{[citation needed]}
	Mary J. Blige
	India.Arie
	Ledisi
	Janelle Monáe
2015
	Beyoncé	^[14]
	Mary J. Blige
	Jennifer Hudson
	Alicia Keys
	Ledisi
2016
	Jill Scott	^[15]
	Lalah Hathaway
	Lauryn Hill
	Janet Jackson
	Jazmine Sullivan
2017
	Beyoncé	^[16]
	Fantasia
	Alicia Keys
	K. Michelle
	Solange
2018
	Mary J. Blige
	Beyoncé
	Andra Day
	Ledisi
	SZA
2019
	H.E.R.
	Andra Day
	Janet Jackson
	Ella Mai
	Janelle Monáe

Year	Artist	Ref
2020
	Beyoncé
	Fantasia
	H.E.R.
	India.Arie
	Lizzo
2021
	Beyoncé	^[17]
	H.E.R.
	Jazmine Sullivan
	Ledisi
	Alicia Keys
2022
	Jazmine Sullivan
	Ari Lennox
	Beyoncé
	Chlöe
	H.E.R.
2023
	Beyoncé
	Ari Lennox
	Chlöe
	Jazmine Sullivan
	SZA
2024
	H.E.R.
	Ari Lennox
	Janelle Monáe
	Tems
	Victoria Monét

NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Female Artist

Winners and nominees

1980s

1990s

2000s

2010s

2020s

Multiple wins and nominations

Wins

Nominations

References

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