MTV Video Music Award for Best R&B Video
MTV Video Music Award for Best R&B | |
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Awarded for | Music songs |
Country | United States |
Presented by | MTV |
First awarded | 1993 |
Currently held by | SZA – "Shirt" (2023) |
Most awards | Alicia Keys, Beyoncé, En Vogue, Destiny's Child & The Weeknd (2) |
Most nominations | Alicia Keys (8) |
Website | VMA website |
The MTV Video Music Award for Best R&B was first awarded in 1993 under the name Best R&B Video, and it was given every year until 2006. The following year MTV revamped the VMAs and eliminated all the genre categories. However, in 2008, when MTV returned the Video Music Awards to their previous format, Best R&B Video did not return despite four other genre awards doing so. It was only in 2019 that the R&B award returned to the VMAs, now under the shorter name of Best R&B.
En Vogue, Destiny's Child, Beyoncé, The Weeknd and Alicia Keys are tied as this award's biggest winners, each having won it twice. Keys is also the category's biggest nominee, receiving her eighth nomination in 2023.
Recipients
1990s
2000s
2010s
Year[c] | Winner(s) | Video | Nominees | Ref. |
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2011 – 2018 | — | |||
2019 | Normani (featuring 6LACK) | "Waves" |
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[15] |
2020s
Year[d] | Winner(s) | Video | Nominees | Ref. |
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2020 | The Weeknd | "Blinding Lights" |
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[16] |
2021 | Bruno Mars, Anderson .Paak and Silk Sonic | "Leave the Door Open" |
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[17] |
2022 | The Weeknd | "Out of Time" |
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[18] |
2023 | SZA | "Shirt" |
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[19] |
Statistics
Artists with multiple wins
- 2 wins
Artists with multiple nominations
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