NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Male Artist

This article lists the winners and nominees for the NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Male Artist. Currently Luther Vandross holds the record for most wins in this category with five.

Winners and nominees

Winners are listed first and highlighted in bold.

1980s

Year	Artist	Ref
1980
	Larry Graham	[1]
1981 – 82	—
1983
	Lionel Richie	[2]
1984 – 87	—
1988
	Michael Jackson	[3][4]
	Bobby Brown
	Freddie Jackson
	Teddy Pendergrass
	Stevie Wonder
1989
	Lou Rawls	[5][6]
	Babyface
	Peabo Bryson
	James Ingram
	Al Jarreau

1990s

Year	Artist	Ref
1990
	Luther Vandross	[7]
1991	—
1992
	Luther Vandross	[8][9]
	Peabo Bryson
	Ralph Tresvant
	Keith Washington
	Stevie Wonder
1993
	Stevie Wonder	[10]
1994
	Luther Vandross	[11]
1995	—
1996
	Luther Vandross	[12][13]
	D'Angelo
	Michael Jackson
	Barry White
	Stevie Wonder
1997
	Babyface	[14][15]
	B.B. King
	Luther Vandross
	Maxwell
	Prince
1998
	Babyface	[16]
1999
	Luther Vandross	[17][18]
	Brian McKnight
	Kenny Lattimore
	Kirk Franklin
	Maxwell

2000s

Year	Artist	Ref
2000
	Brian McKnight	[19]
	Eric Benét
	Quincy Jones
	Santana
	Will Smith
2001
	R. Kelly	[20]
2002
	Luther Vandross	[21][22]
	Babyface
	Brian McKnight
	Maxwell
	Michael Jackson
2003
	LL Cool J	[23]
	Mos Def
	Nelly
	Carlos Santana
	Musiq Soulchild
2004
	Luther Vandross	[24]
	Mos Def
	Gerald Levert
	Seal
	Musiq Soulchild
2005
	Usher	[25]
	Mos Def
	Anthony Hamilton
	Jay Z
	Prince
2006
	Jamie Foxx	[26]
	Common
	Kem
	Kanye West
	Stevie Wonder
2007
	Prince	[27]
	Jay Z
	John Legend
	Chris Brown
	Lionel Richie
2008
	Chris Brown	[28]
	Common
	Prince
	Seal
	Kanye West
2009
	Jamie Foxx	[29]
	Chris Brown
	Common
	John Legend
	will.i.am

2010s

Year	Artist	Ref
2010
	Maxwell	[30]
	Anthony Hamilton
	Jay Z
	Ne-Yo
	Charlie Wilson
2011
	Usher	[31]
	Cee Lo Green
	Jay Z
	Ne-Yo
	Kanye West
2012
	Cee Lo Green	[32]
	Chris Brown
	Common
	Anthony Hamilton
	Bruno Mars
2013
	Usher	[33]
	Lupe Fiasco
	Bruno Mars
	Miguel
	Trey Songz
2014
	John Legend	[34]
	Bruno Mars
	Robin Thicke
	Justin Timberlake
	Charlie Wilson
2015
	Pharrell Williams	[35]
	Michael Jackson
	Kem
	Kendrick Lamar
	Justin Timberlake
2016
	Pharrell Williams	[36]
	Tyrese Gibson
	Kendrick Lamar
	The Weeknd
	Charlie Wilson
2017
	Maxwell	[37]
	Chance the Rapper
	Anthony Hamilton
	Kendrick Lamar
	Bruno Mars
2018
	Bruno Mars	[38]
	Jay Z
	Kendrick Lamar
	Brian McKnight
	Charlie Wilson
2019
	Bruno Mars	[39]
	Childish Gambino
	John Legend
	MAJOR.
	Raheem DeVaughn

2020s

Year	Artist	Ref
2020
	Bruno Mars	[40]
	Khalid
	Lil Nas X
	MAJOR.
	PJ Morton
2021
	Drake	[41]
	Big Sean
	Black Thought
	Charlie Wilson
	John Legend
2022
	Anthony Hamilton
	Drake
	Giveon
	J. Cole
	Lil Nas X
2023
	Chris Brown
	Brent Faiyaz
	Burna Boy
	Drake
	Kendrick Lamar
2024
	Usher
	Burna Boy
	Chris Brown
	Davido
	Jon Batiste
2025
	Chris Brown
	J. Cole
	Kendrick Lamar
	October London
	Usher

Multiple wins and nominations

Wins

7 wins Luther Vandross 4 wins Usher 3 wins Bruno Mars Chris Brown

2 wins Babyface Maxwell Pharrell Williams Jamie Foxx

Nominations

8 nominations Luther Vandross 7 nominations Bruno Mars Chris Brown 6 nominations Kendrick Lamar 5 nominations Prince Jay Z John Legend Charlie Wilson Stevie Wonder Maxwell Anthony Hamilton Usher 4 nominations Common Michael Jackson Babyface Brian McKnight

3 nominations Drake Mos Def Kanye West 2 nominations Peabo Bryson Cee Lo Green Kem Lionel Richie MAJOR. Ne-Yo Seal Musiq Soulchild Justin Timberlake Pharrell Williams Jamie Foxx Lil Nas X Burna Boy