 the naacp image award winners for outstanding female artist: ==nominees and winners== {| class=wikitable style="text-align:center" width="55%" |- ! year ! nominees ! result |- ! 1986 ! anita baker |  |- ! 1992 ! natalie cole |  |- ! 1993 ! vanessa williams |  |- ! 1994 ! whitney houston |  |- ! 1996 ! whitney houston |  |- ! rowspan="5"| 1997 ! toni braxton |  |- | chaka khan |  |- | tracy chapman |  |- | vanessa williams |  |- | natalie cole |  |- ! 1998 ! erykah badu |  |- ! 1999 ! lauryn hill |  |- ! rowspan="5"| 2000 ! whitney houston |  |- | deborah cox |  |- | monica |  |- | faith evans |  |- | mary j. blige |  |- ! rowspan="5"| 2001 ! yolanda adams |  |- | jill scott |  |- | erykah badu |  |- | mary j. blige |  |- | toni braxton |  |- ! rowspan="5"| 2002 ! aaliyah |  |- | janet jackson |  |- | alicia keys |  |- | jill scott |  |- | india.arie |  |- ! rowspan="5"| 2003 ! india.arie |  |- | missy elliott |  |- | mary j. blige |  |- | ashanti |  |- | erykah badu |  |- ! rowspan="5"| 2004 ! alicia keys |  |- | heather headley |  |- | beyoncÃ© |  |- | mary j. blige |  |- | aretha franklin |  |- ! rowspan="5"| 2005 ! fantasia |  |- | queen latifah |  |- | janet jackson |  |- | patti labelle |  |- | jill scott |  |- ! rowspan="5"| 2006 ! alicia keys |  |- | india.arie |  |- | mariah carey |  |- | mary j. blige |  |- | toni braxton |  |- ! rowspan="5"| 2007 ! mary j. blige |  |- | fantasia |  |- | beyoncÃ© |  |- | corinne bailey rae |  |- | india.arie |  |- ! rowspan="5"| 2008 ! alicia keys |  |- | beyoncÃ© |  |- | jill scott |  |- | mary j. blige |  |- | aretha franklin |  |- ! rowspan="5"| 2009 ! beyoncÃ© |  |- | jennifer hudson |  |- | rihanna |  |- | mariah carey |  |- | alicia keys |  |- ! rowspan="5"| 2010 ! mary j. blige |  |- | alicia keys |  |- | india.arie |  |- | rihanna |  |- | whitney houston |  |- ! rowspan="5"| 2011 ! mary j. blige | {{
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