Before and after that time span, winners have been announced by Billboard, both in the press and as part of their year-end issue.

[13] The Grammy Awards (originally called the Gramophone Awards or Grammys) are presented annually by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences of the United States for outstanding achievements in the music industry.

[20] The MOBO Awards, an acronym for "Music of Black Origin", were established in 1996 by Kanya King and Andy Ruffell.

The MOBO Award show is held annually in the United Kingdom to recognize artists of any ethnicity or nationality performing black music.

The NAACP Image Awards is an award presented annually by the American National Association for the Advancement of Colored People to honor outstanding people of color in film, television, music, and literature.

The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame is a museum located on the shores of Lake Erie in downtown Cleveland, Ohio, United States, dedicated to the recording history of some of the best-known and most influential artists, producers, and other people who have influenced the music industry.

It is produced by the makers of Soul Train, the program from which it takes its name, and features musical performances by various R&B and hip hop music recording artists interspersed throughout the ceremonies.