MTV Video Music Award for Best R&B Video

Template:Short description Template:Use mdy dates Template:Infobox award 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, Alicia Keys, the Weeknd, and SZA 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. In 2025, Mariah Carey won, winning her first ever competitive Video Music Award and winning the same night she received the Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award.

Recipients

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Inaugural and two-time winner En Vogue.

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Puff Daddy was the first solo act winner of the category.

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Lauryn Hill was the first female solo act to win the category.

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Alicia Keys is the most nominated act in the category with nine. She is also two-time consecutive winner with "If I Ain't Got You" and "Karma".

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Beyoncé won the award two-times as a solo artist. She also won the award as a member of Destiny's Child for two consecutive times.

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The Weeknd is the most awarded male singer with two.

1990s

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YearTemplate:Efn	Winner(s)	Video	Nominees	Template:Abbr
Template:Mtvvma	En Vogue	"Free Your Mind"	Template:Smalldiv	<ref name="VMA1993">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Template:Mtvvma	Salt-N-Pepa with En Vogue	"Whatta Man"	Template:Smalldiv	<ref name="VMA1994">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Template:Mtvvma	TLC	"Waterfalls"	Template:Smalldiv	<ref name="VMA1995">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Template:Mtvvma	The Fugees	"Killing Me Softly"	Template:Smalldiv	<ref name="VMA1996">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Template:Mtvvma	Puff Daddy Template:Small	"I'll Be Missing You"	Template:Smalldiv	<ref name="VMA1997">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Template:Mtvvma	Wyclef Jean Template:Small	"Gone Till November"	Template:Smalldiv	<ref name="VMA1998">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Template:Mtvvma	Lauryn Hill	"Doo Wop (That Thing)"	Template:Smalldiv	<ref name="VMA1999">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>

2000s

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YearTemplate:Efn	Winner(s)	Video	Nominees	Template:Abbr
Template:Mtvvma	Destiny's Child	"Say My Name"	Template:Smalldiv	<ref name="VMA2000">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Template:Mtvvma	Destiny's Child	"Survivor"	Template:Smalldiv	<ref name="VMA2001">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Template:Mtvvma	Mary J. Blige	"No More Drama"	Template:Smalldiv	<ref name="VMA2002">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Template:Mtvvma	Beyoncé Template:Small	"Crazy in Love"	Template:Smalldiv	<ref name="VMA2003">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Template:Mtvvma	Alicia Keys	"If I Ain't Got You"	Template:Smalldiv	<ref name="VMA2004">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Template:Mtvvma	Alicia Keys	"Karma"	Template:Smalldiv	<ref name="VMA2005">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Template:Mtvvma	Beyoncé Template:Small	"Check on It"	Template:Smalldiv	<ref name="VMA2006">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
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2010s

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YearTemplate:Efn	Winner(s)	Video	Nominees	Template:Abbr
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Template:Mtvvma	Normani Template:Small	"Waves"	Template:Smalldiv	<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref>

2020s

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YearTemplate:Efn	Winner(s)	Video	Nominees	Template:Abbr
Template:Mtvvma	The Weeknd	"Blinding Lights"	Template:Smalldiv	<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref>
Template:Mtvvma	Bruno Mars, Anderson .Paak and Silk Sonic	"Leave the Door Open"	Template:Smalldiv	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Template:Mtvvma	The Weeknd	"Out of Time"	Template:Smalldiv	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Template:Mtvvma	SZA	"Shirt"	Template:Smalldiv	<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
2024	SZA	"Snooze"	Template:Smalldiv	<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref>
2025	Mariah Carey	"Type Dangerous"	Template:Smalldiv	<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref>

Statistics

Artists with multiple wins

2 wins

• Beyoncé
• Alicia Keys
• En Vogue
• Destiny's Child
• SZA
• The Weeknd

Artists with multiple nominations

9 nominations

• Alicia Keys

5 nominations

• Chris Brown
• SZA
• Usher

4 nominations

• Beyoncé
• Toni Braxton
• Mariah Carey
• H.E.R.
• R. Kelly
• Summer Walker
• The Weeknd

3 nominations

• Mary J. Blige
• Brandy
• Aaliyah
• Boyz II Men

See also

• MTV Europe Music Award for Best R&B