It’s the moment you’ve been waiting for! With the help of over 5,000 votes, we are excited to reveal the winners of the 2013 Rated RnB Music Awards.
Last month, we announced the nominees for our ten categories — Female Artist of the Year, Male Artist of the Year, Best Reality Show Starring an R&B Artist, Best New Artist, Best Comeback Album, Single of the Year, Album of the Year, EP/Mixtape of the Year and Music Video of the Year.
Tamar Braxton led with the most nominations, earning six nominations for categories like Female Artist of the Year and Album of The Year. Following her footsteps were Fantasia with five nominations and K. Michelle with four nominations.
So, who ended up snatching the awards? Get your fix below!
Side note: We truly appreciate all the fans who participated in this year’s awards. You guys are the ones who made this all possible. Also, a huge shout out to all of the nominees. It took many hours and long nights to come up with the nominees for each category.
Female Artist of the Year
Tamar Braxton (42%)
K. Michelle (25%)
Ciara (14%)
Fantasia (14%)
Alicia Keys (6%)
Male Artist of the Year
Justin Timberlake (30%)
Miguel (23%)
John Legend (21%)
Robin Thicke (17%)
Jaheim (9%)
Best Reality Show Starring an R&B Artist
“Love & Hip-Hop Atlanta” starring K.Michelle (36%)
“Braxton Family Values” starring Toni Braxton & Tamar Braxton (31%)
“Tamar & Vince” starring Tamar Braxton (20%)
“R&B Divas Atlanta” starring Faith Evans, Keke Wyatt, Monifah, Nicci Gilbert, Syleena Johnson, & others (8%)
“R&B Divas LA” starring Kelly Price, Lil Mo, Dawn Robinson, Michel’le, Claudette Ortiz & Chante Moore (5%)
Best New Artist
K. Michelle (30%)
August Alsina (24%)
Sevyn Streeter (24%)
TGT (16%)
RaVaughn (4%)
Shaliek (2%)
Best Comeback Album
Tamar Braxton – “Love And War” (45%)
Fantasia – “Side Effects Of You” (22%)
Justin Timberlake – “The 20/20 Experience” (18%)
Keyshia Cole – “Woman To Woman” (10%)
Raheem DeVaughn – “A Place Called Loveland” (3%)
Glenn Lewis – “Moment Of Truth” (1%)
Single of the Year
“All The Way Home” – Tamar Braxton (30%)
“I Luv This Sh*t” – August Alsina ft. Trinidad Jame$ (23%)
“Body Party” – Ciara (17%)
“Lose To Win” – Fantasia (15%)
“Blurred Lines” – Robin Thicke ft. Pharrell & T.I. (12%)
“Age Ain’t A Factor” – Jaheim (2%)
Album of the Year
“Love And War” – Tamar Braxton (45%)
“The 20/20 Experience” – Justin Timberlake (19%)
“Side Effects Of You” – Fantasia (19%)
“Three Kings” – TGT (12%)
“Appreciation Day” – Jaheim (3%)
“SongVersation” – India.Arie (2%)
Rated Next Artist Of The Year
Malone (33%)
Jade Novah (25%)
Antoine Dunn (17%)
Jarell Perry (13%)
Ywada (7%)
Yuri Koller (5%)
EP/Mixtape of the Year
“The Hold Over” – K.Michelle (39%)
“Downtown: Life Under the Gun” – August Alsina (34%)
“143” – Tiffany Evans (15%)
“This…Is Marcus Canty” – Marcus Canty (10%)
“Simple Things” – Jarell Perry (3%)
Music Video of the Year
“Body Party” – Ciara (27%)
“Without Me” – Fantasia ft. Kelly Rowland & Missy Elliott (24%)
“Fine China” – Chris Brown (16%)
“Blurred Lines” – Robin Thicke (12%)
“Trust & Believe” – Keyshia Cole (12%)
“Q.U.E.E.N.” – Janelle Monae ft. Erykah Badu (10%)
Well he deserves it! Releasing that double CD was what I think pit him over the top and with that VMA performance.. Kudos and claps
K Michelle is not a new artist and should of been excluded after her pooe display of showmanship after the tantrum in DC ijs but congratulations. I will say she has been working hard!
Tamar definitely deserves this. She worked her ass off (no shade to the other nominees) but this is well deserved for her! Huge congrats. This was her year for sure!
Tamar slayed on this track! For sure! Get it boo!
Damn and the Album of the year! Soooo happy for T. BRAXTON Herbert!
Congrats to Malone! Such an honor for someone withbsixh talent to take this award home. Congrats tonyou baby!
I def enjoyed the Hold Over EP! This was a great cd!
Ciara did that! Go girl! So happy for my babycakes!
Yes, her “Body Party” video was hot! – Keithan, editor in chief
Yassssssss hunty … Tamar took over! Congrats on all of her nominations and wins. Love her!
Congrats Malone!!!!!!!!!! The time is NOW.
Raheem deserved to win best come back in my opinion… yall doing too much with this Tamar stuff..ijs
There’s no denying that Raheem DeVaughn is talented. His album was a solid effort. However, the winners of each category was determined by our readers’ votes. – Keithan, editor in chief.