MTV Video Music Award for Best New Artist: Difference between revisions

| name = MTV Video Music Award for Push Best New Artist

| year2 = 2020

| holder = [[Doja Cat]]<br /> ([[2020 MTV Video Music Awards|2020]])

| website = [http://www.mtv.com/ontv/vma/ VMA website]

The '''MTV Video Music Award for Best New Artist''' has been given out since the first annual [[MTV Video Music Awards]] in 1984.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.usmagazine.com/entertainment/pictures/mtv-vmas-2020-meet-the-nominees-for-best-new-artist/|title=MTV VMAs 2020: Meet the Nominees for Best New Artist|last=Hautman|first=Nicholas|date=August 24, 2020|work=[[US Weekly|US Magazine]]|url-status=live|archive-url=https://archive.today/20201011005145/https://www.usmagazine.com/entertainment/pictures/mtv-vmas-2020-meet-the-nominees-for-best-new-artist/|archive-date=October 11, 2020|access-date=October 10, 2020|quote=MTV introduced the Best New Artist award at the inaugural VMAs in 1984...}}</ref> Until 2006, the award was named '''Best New Artist in a Video'''. In 2007 its name was changed to '''Best New Artist''', as the category underwent a format change to recognize the artist's body of work for the full year rather than a specific video. For the 2008 ceremony, the award retained its 2007 name but returned to the format of awarding a specific video rather than the artist's full body of work. The category was later renamed '''Artist to Watch''' through 2013 to 2015 while still keeping the format of an award going to a particular video. In 2020, the Best New Artist award merged with the Push Artist of the Year award (2018-2019) to create the '''Push Best New Artist''' award.<ref>{{Cite web|date=July 30, 2020|title=7 Things to Know About the 2020 MTV Video Music Awards Nominations|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/awards/9427138/vma-nominations-2020-things-to-know|access-date=July 31, 2020|website=Billboard|quote=The Push best new artist category -- an apparent merging of MTV's best new artist and Push artist of the year awards}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Langford|first=Jackson|date=July 31, 2020|title=Ariana Grande, Lady Gaga, Megan Thee Stallion lead nominations for 2020 MTV VMA's|url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/ariana-grande-lady-gaga-megan-thee-stallion-lead-nominations-for-2020-mtv-vmas-2718770|access-date=August 3, 2020|website=[[NME]]|language=en-GB|quote=MTV have combined ‘Best New Artist’ and ‘Push Artist Of The Year’ into one category – ‘Push Best New Artist’.}}</ref> In 2021, MTV returned the category to its original name ('''Best New Artist'''), thus separating it from the MTV Push initiative, which again received its own category ('''Push Performance of the Year'''). <ref>{{cite web |last1=Kohn |first1=Daniel |title=Justin Bieber, Megan Thee Stallion Lead 2021 MTV VMA Nominees |url=https://www.spin.com/2021/08/justin-bieber-megan-thee-stallion-lead-mtv-vma-nominees/ |website=SPIN |access-date=11 August 2021 |date=11 August 2021}}</ref>

=== 1980s ===

[[File:Avril_Lavigne_in_Amsterdam,_2008_XII.jpg|thumb|upright|[[MTV Video Music Awards|2002]] award winner [[Avril Lavigne]]|alt=Avril Lavigne wearing a black gown and sining in to a microphone.]]

! scope="col" style="width:5px;" | Year

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! scope="col" class="unsortable" | Nominees

! scope="col" class="unsortable" | Ref.

| {{mtvvma|1984}}

| [[Eurythmics]] – "[[Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This) (song)|Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)]]"

|

* {{small|[[Cyndi Lauper]] – "[[Girls Just Want to Have Fun (song)|Girls Just Want to Have Fun]]"}}

* {{small|[[Cyndi Lauper]] – "[[Time After Time (Cyndi Lauper song)|Time After Time]]"}}

* {{small|[[Madonna (entertainer)|Madonna]] – "[[Borderline (Madonna song)|Borderline]]"}}

* {{small|[[Wang Chung (band)|Wang Chung]] – "[[Dance Hall Days]]"}}

| style="text-align:center;" |<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mtv.com/mtv/tubescan/vma_archive/1984.html|title=VMA Archive 1984|publisher=[[MTV]]|date=March 1, 2000|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20000301211539/http://www.mtv.com/mtv/tubescan/vma_archive/1984.html|archive-date=March 1, 2000|access-date=October 8, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.popmatters.com/eurythmics-sony-legacy-reissues-2561534469.html|title=33 Again: The Rejuvenation of Eurythmics on Vinyl LP|last=Mason|first=Adam|date=April 27, 2018|work=[[PopMatters]]|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200722051437/https://www.popmatters.com/eurythmics-sony-legacy-reissues-2561534469.html|archive-date=July 22, 2020|access-date=October 10, 2020|quote=They won the MTV Video Music Award for Best New Artist in 1984, for "Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)"...}}</ref>

|{{mtvvma|1985}}

|[['Til Tuesday]] – "[[Voices Carry (song)|Voices Carry]]"

|

* {{small|[[Frankie Goes to Hollywood]] – "[[Two Tribes]]"}}

* {{small|[[Julian Lennon]] – "[[Too Late for Goodbyes]]"}}

* {{small|[[Sade (band)|Sade]] – "[[Smooth Operator (song)|Smooth Operator]]"}}

* {{small|[[Sheila E.]] – "[[The Glamorous Life]]"}}

| style="text-align:center;"|<ref name="VMA1985">{{cite web|title=MTV Video Music Awards 1985|url=http://www.mtv.com/ontv/vma/1985/|access-date=July 23, 2012|publisher=MTV}}</ref>

|{{mtvvma|1986}}

|[[A-ha]] – "[[Take On Me]]"

|

* {{small|[[The Hooters]] – "[[And We Danced (The Hooters song)|And We Danced]]"}}

* {{small|[[Whitney Houston]] – "[[How Will I Know]]"}}

* {{small|[[Pet Shop Boys]] – "[[West End Girls]]"}}

* {{small|[[Simply Red]] – "[[Holding Back the Years]]"}}

| style="text-align:center;"|<ref name="VMA1986">{{cite web|title=MTV Video Music Awards 1986|url=http://www.mtv.com/ontv/vma/1986/|access-date=July 23, 2012|publisher=MTV}}</ref>

|{{mtvvma|1987}}

|[[Crowded House]] – "[[Don't Dream It's Over]]"

|

* {{small|[[Robert Cray]] – "[[Smoking Gun (song)|Smoking Gun]]"}}

* {{small|[[The Georgia Satellites]] – "[[Keep Your Hands to Yourself]]"}}

* {{small|[[Bruce Hornsby]] and the Range – "[[The Way It Is (song)|The Way It Is]]"}}

* {{small|[[Timbuk3]] – "[[The Future's So Bright, I Gotta Wear Shades]]"}}

| style="text-align:center;"|<ref name="VMA1987">{{cite web|title=MTV Video Music Awards 1987|url=http://www.mtv.com/ontv/vma/1987/|access-date=July 23, 2012|publisher=MTV}}</ref>

|{{mtvvma|1988}}

|[[Guns N' Roses]] – "[[Welcome to the Jungle]]"

|

* {{small|[[The Godfathers]] – "Birth, School, Work, Death"}}

* {{small|[[David Johansen|Buster Poindexter]] – "[[Hot Hot Hot (Arrow)|Hot, Hot, Hot]]"}}

* {{small|[[Swing Out Sister]] – "[[Breakout (Swing Out Sister song)|Breakout]]"}}

* {{small|[[Jody Watley]] – "[[Some Kind of Lover]]"}}

| style="text-align:center;"|<ref name="VMA1988">{{cite web|title=MTV Video Music Awards 1988|url=http://www.mtv.com/ontv/vma/1988/|access-date=July 23, 2012|publisher=MTV}}</ref>

|{{mtvvma|1989}}

|[[Living Colour]] – "[[Cult of Personality (song)|Cult of Personality]]"

|

* {{small|[[Paula Abdul]] – "[[Straight Up (Paula Abdul song)|Straight Up]]"}}

* {{small|[[Edie Brickell & New Bohemians]] – "[[What I Am]]"}}

* {{small|[[Neneh Cherry]] – "[[Buffalo Stance]]"}}

| style="text-align:center;"|<ref name="VMA1989">{{cite web|title=MTV Video Music Awards 1989|url=http://www.mtv.com/ontv/vma/1989/|access-date=July 23, 2012|publisher=MTV}}</ref>

=== 1990s ===

! scope="col" style="width:5px;" | Year

! scope="col" style="width:195px;" | Winner(s)

! scope="col" class="unsortable" | Nominees

! scope="col" class="unsortable" | Ref.

|{{mtvvma|1990}}

|[[Michael Penn]] – "[[No Myth]]"

|

*{{small|[[Bell Biv DeVoe]] – "[[Poison (Bell Biv DeVoe song)|Poison]]"}}

*{{small|[[The Black Crowes]] – "[[Jealous Again (The Black Crowes song)|Jealous Again]]"}}

*{{small|[[Jane Child]] – "[[Don't Wanna Fall in Love]]"}}

*{{small|[[Lenny Kravitz]] – "[[Let Love Rule (song)|Let Love Rule]]"}}

*{{small|[[Alannah Myles]] – "[[Black Velvet (song)|Black Velvet]]"}}

*{{small|[[Lisa Stansfield]] – "[[All Around the World (Lisa Stansfield song)|All Around the World]]"}}

| style="text-align:center;" |<ref name="VMA1990">{{cite web|title=MTV Video Music Awards 1990|url=http://www.mtv.com/ontv/vma/1990/|access-date=July 23, 2012|publisher=MTV}}</ref>

|{{mtvvma|1991}}

|[[Jesus Jones]] – "[[Right Here, Right Now (Jesus Jones song)|Right Here, Right Now]]"

|

*{{small|[[C+C Music Factory]] – "[[Gonna Make You Sweat (Everybody Dance Now)]]"}}

*{{small|[[Deee-Lite]] – "[[Groove Is in the Heart]]"}}

*{{small|[[Gerardo Mejía|Gerardo]] – "[[Rico Suave (song)|Rico Suave]]"}}

*{{small|[[Seal (musician)|Seal]] – "[[Crazy (Seal song)|Crazy]]"}}

| style="text-align:center;" |<ref name="VMA1991">{{cite web|title=MTV Video Music Awards 1991|url=http://www.mtv.com/ontv/vma/1991/|access-date=July 23, 2012|publisher=MTV}}</ref>

|{{mtvvma|1992}}

|[[Nirvana (band)|Nirvana]] – "[[Smells Like Teen Spirit]]"

|

*{{small|[[Tori Amos]] – "[[Silent All These Years]]"}}

*{{small|[[Arrested Development (group)|Arrested Development]] – "[[Tennessee (Arrested Development song)|Tennessee]]"}}

*{{small|[[Cracker (band)|Cracker]] – "[[Teen Angst (What the World Needs Now)]]"}}

| style="text-align:center;" |<ref name="VMA1992">{{cite web|title=MTV Video Music Awards 1992|url=http://www.mtv.com/ontv/vma/1992/|access-date=July 23, 2012|publisher=MTV}}</ref>

|{{mtvvma|1993}}

|[[Stone Temple Pilots]] – "[[Plush (song)|Plush]]"

|

*{{small|[[Tasmin Archer]] – "[[Sleeping Satellite]]"}}

*{{small|[[Belly (band)|Belly]] – "[[Feed the Tree]]"}}

*{{small|[[Porno for Pyros]] – "[[Pets (song)|Pets]]"}}

| style="text-align:center;" |<ref name="VMA1993">{{cite web|title=MTV Video Music Awards 1993|url=http://www.mtv.com/ontv/vma/1993/|access-date=July 23, 2012|publisher=MTV}}</ref>

|{{mtvvma|1994}}

|[[Counting Crows]] – "[[Mr. Jones (Counting Crows song)|Mr. Jones]]"

|

*{{small|[[Beck]] – "[[Loser (Beck song)|Loser]]"}}

*{{small|[[Björk]] – "[[Human Behaviour]]"}}

*{{small|[[Green Day]] – "[[Longview (song)|Longview]]"}}

*{{small|[[Lisa Loeb|Lisa Loeb and Nine Stories]] – "[[Stay (I Missed You)]]"}}

*{{small|[[Meshell Ndegeocello|Me'Shell NdegéOcello]] – "[[If That's Your Boyfriend (He Wasn't Last Night)]]"}}

| style="text-align:center;" |<ref name="VMA1994">{{cite web|title=MTV Video Music Awards 1994|url=http://www.mtv.com/ontv/vma/1994/|access-date=July 23, 2012|publisher=MTV}}</ref>

|{{mtvvma|1995}}

|[[Hootie & the Blowfish]] – "[[Hold My Hand (Hootie & the Blowfish song)|Hold My Hand]]"

|

*{{small|[[Jeff Buckley]] – "[[Last Goodbye (Jeff Buckley song)|Last Goodbye]]"}}

*{{small|[[Des'ree]] – "[[You Gotta Be]]"}}

*{{small|[[Filter (band)|Filter]] – "[[Hey Man, Nice Shot]]"}}

*{{small|[[Portishead (band)|Portishead]] – "[[Sour Times|Sour Times (Nobody Loves Me)]]"}}

| style="text-align:center;" |<ref name="VMA1995">{{cite web|title=MTV Video Music Awards 1995|url=http://www.mtv.com/ontv/vma/1995/|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160510091655/http://www.mtv.com/ontv/vma/1995/|archive-date=May 10, 2016|access-date=July 23, 2012|publisher=MTV}}</ref>

|{{mtvvma|1996}}

|[[Alanis Morissette]] – "[[Ironic (song)|Ironic]]"

|

*{{small|[[Tracy Bonham]] – "[[Mother Mother (song)|Mother Mother]]"}}

*{{small|[[Garbage (band)|Garbage]] – "[[Stupid Girl (Garbage song)|Stupid Girl]]"}}

*{{small|[[Jewel (singer)|Jewel]] – "[[Who Will Save Your Soul]]"}}

| style="text-align:center;" |<ref name="VMA1996">{{cite web|title=MTV Video Music Awards 1996|url=http://www.mtv.com/ontv/vma/1996/|access-date=July 23, 2012|publisher=MTV}}</ref>

|{{mtvvma|1997}}

|[[Fiona Apple]] – "[[Sleep to Dream]]"

|

*{{small|[[Meredith Brooks]] – "[[Bitch (Meredith Brooks song)|Bitch]]"}}

*{{small|[[Hanson (band)|Hanson]] – "[[MMMBop]]"}}

*{{small|[[Jamiroquai]] – "[[Virtual Insanity]]"}}

*{{small|[[The Wallflowers]] – "[[One Headlight]]"}}

| style="text-align:center;" |<ref name="VMA1997">{{cite web|title=MTV Video Music Awards 1997|url=http://www.mtv.com/ontv/vma/1997/|access-date=July 23, 2012|publisher=MTV}}</ref>

|{{mtvvma|1998}}

|[[Natalie Imbruglia]] – "[[Torn (Natalie Imbruglia song)|Torn]]"

|

*{{small|[[Cherry Poppin' Daddies]] – "[[Zoot Suit Riot (song)|Zoot Suit Riot]]"}}

*{{small|[[Chumbawamba]] – "[[Tubthumping]]"}}

*{{small|[[Fastball (band)|Fastball]] – "[[The Way (Fastball song)|The Way]]"}}

*{{small|[[Mase]] – "[[Feel So Good (song)|Feel So Good]]"}}

| style="text-align:center;" |<ref name="VMA1998">{{cite web|title=MTV Video Music Awards 1998|url=http://www.mtv.com/ontv/vma/1998/|access-date=July 23, 2012|publisher=MTV}}</ref>

|{{mtvvma|1999}}

|[[Eminem]] – "[[My Name Is]]"

|

*{{small|[[Kid Rock]] – "[[Bawitdaba]]"}}

*{{small|[[Jennifer Lopez]] – "[[If You Had My Love]]"}}

*{{small|[[Orgy (band)|Orgy]] – "[[Blue Monday (New Order song)#Orgy version|Blue Monday]]"}}

| style="text-align:center;" |<ref name="VMA1999">{{cite web|title=MTV Video Music Awards 1999|url=http://www.mtv.com/ontv/vma/1999/|access-date=July 23, 2012|publisher=MTV}}</ref>

=== 2000s ===

! scope="col" style="width:5px;" | Year

! scope="col" style="width:195px;" | Winner(s)

! scope="col" class="unsortable" | Nominees

! scope="col" class="unsortable" | Ref.

|{{mtvvma|2000}}

|[[Macy Gray]] – "[[I Try]]"

|

*{{small|[[Christina Aguilera]] – "[[What a Girl Wants (Christina Aguilera song)|What a Girl Wants]]"}}

*{{small|[[Papa Roach]] – "[[Last Resort (song)|Last Resort]]"}}

*{{small|[[Pink (singer)|Pink]] – "[[There You Go]]"}}

*{{small|[[Sisqó]] – "[[Thong Song]]"}}

| style="text-align:center;" |<ref name="VMA2000">{{cite web|title=MTV Video Music Awards 2000|url=http://www.mtv.com/ontv/vma/2000/|access-date=July 23, 2012|publisher=MTV}}</ref>

|{{mtvvma|2001}}

|[[Alicia Keys]] – "[[Fallin' (Alicia Keys song)|Fallin']]"

|

*{{small|[[Coldplay]] – "[[Yellow (Coldplay song)|Yellow]]"}}

*{{small|[[Nikka Costa]] – "Like a Feather"}}

*{{small|[[David Gray (musician)|David Gray]] – "[[Babylon (David Gray song)|Babylon]]"}}

*{{small|[[Sum 41]] – "[[Fat Lip]]"}}

| style="text-align:center;" |<ref name="VMA2001">{{cite web|title=MTV Video Music Awards 2001|url=http://www.mtv.com/ontv/vma/2001/|access-date=July 23, 2012|publisher=MTV}}</ref>

|{{mtvvma|2002}}

|[[Avril Lavigne]] – "[[Complicated (Avril Lavigne song)|Complicated]]"

|

*{{small|[[Ashanti (entertainer)|Ashanti]] – "[[Foolish (Ashanti song)|Foolish]]"}}

*{{small|[[B2K]] – "[[Uh Huh (B2K song)|Uh Huh]]"}}

*{{small|[[John Mayer]] – "[[No Such Thing (John Mayer song)|No Such Thing]]"}}

*{{small|[[Puddle of Mudd]] – "[[Blurry]]"}}

| style="text-align:center;" |<ref name="VMA2002">{{cite web|title=MTV Video Music Awards 2002|url=http://www.mtv.com/ontv/vma/2002/|access-date=July 23, 2012|publisher=MTV}}</ref>

|{{mtvvma|2003}}

|[[50 Cent]] – "[[In da Club]]"

|

*{{small|[[The All-American Rejects]] – "[[Swing, Swing]]"}}

*{{small|[[Kelly Clarkson]] – "[[Miss Independent (Kelly Clarkson song)|Miss Independent]]"}}

*{{small|[[Evanescence]] (featuring [[Paul McCoy]]) – "[[Bring Me to Life]]"}}

*{{small|[[Sean Paul]] – "[[Get Busy]]"}}

*{{small|[[Simple Plan]] – "[[Addicted (Simple Plan song)|Addicted]]"}}

| style="text-align:center;" |<ref name="VMA2003">{{cite web|title=MTV Video Music Awards 2003|url=http://www.mtv.com/ontv/vma/2003/|access-date=July 23, 2012|publisher=MTV}}</ref>

|{{mtvvma|2004}}

|[[Maroon 5]] – "[[This Love (Maroon 5 song)|This Love]]"

|

*{{small|[[The Darkness (band)|The Darkness]] – "[[I Believe in a Thing Called Love]]"}}

*{{small|[[Jet (band)|Jet]] – "[[Are You Gonna Be My Girl]]"}}

*{{small|[[JoJo (singer)|JoJo]] – "[[Leave (Get Out)]]"}}

*{{small|[[Kanye West]] (featuring [[Syleena Johnson]]) – "[[All Falls Down]]"}}

*{{small|[[Yellowcard]] – "[[Ocean Avenue (song)|Ocean Avenue]]"}}

| style="text-align:center;" |<ref name="VMA2004">{{cite web|title=MTV Video Music Awards 2004|url=http://www.mtv.com/ontv/vma/2004/|access-date=July 23, 2012|publisher=MTV}}</ref>

|{{mtvvma|2005}}

|[[The Killers]] – "[[Mr. Brightside]]"

|

*{{small|[[Ciara]] (featuring [[Missy Elliott]]) – "[[1, 2 Step]]"}}

*{{small|[[The Game (rapper)|The Game]] – "[[Dreams (The Game song)|Dreams]]"}}

*{{small|[[John Legend]] – "[[Ordinary People (John Legend song)|Ordinary People]]"}}

*{{small|[[My Chemical Romance]] – "[[Helena (My Chemical Romance song)|Helena]]"}}

| style="text-align:center;" |<ref name="VMA2005">{{cite web|title=MTV Video Music Awards 2005|url=http://www.mtv.com/ontv/vma/2005/|access-date=July 23, 2012|publisher=MTV}}</ref>

|{{mtvvma|2006}}

|[[Avenged Sevenfold]] – "[[Bat Country]]"

|

*{{small|[[Angels & Airwaves]] – "[[The Adventure]]"}}

*{{small|[[James Blunt]] – "[[You're Beautiful]]"}}

*{{small|[[Chris Brown (American entertainer)|Chris Brown]] (featuring [[Juelz Santana]]) – "[[Run It!]]"}}

*{{small|[[Panic! at the Disco]] – "[[I Write Sins Not Tragedies]]"}}

*{{small|[[Rihanna]] – "[[SOS (Rihanna song)|SOS]]"}}

| style="text-align:center;" |<ref name="VMA2006">{{cite web|title=MTV Video Music Awards 2006|url=http://www.mtv.com/ontv/vma/2006/|access-date=July 23, 2012|publisher=MTV}}</ref>

|{{mtvvma|2007}}

|[[Gym Class Heroes]]

|

*{{small|[[Lily Allen]]}}

*{{small|[[Peter Bjorn and John]]}}

*{{small|[[Carrie Underwood]]}}

*{{small|[[Amy Winehouse]]}}

| style="text-align:center;" |<ref name="VMA2007">{{cite web|title=MTV Video Music Awards 2007|url=http://www.mtv.com/ontv/vma/2007/|access-date=July 23, 2012|publisher=MTV}}</ref>

|{{mtvvma|2008}}

|[[Tokio Hotel]] – "[[Übers Ende der Welt|Ready, Set, Go!]]"

|

*{{small|[[Miley Cyrus]] – "[[7 Things]]"}}

*{{small|[[Katy Perry]] – "[[I Kissed a Girl]]"}}

*{{small|[[Jordin Sparks]] (featuring [[Chris Brown (American entertainer)|Chris Brown]]) – "[[No Air]]"}}

*{{small|[[Taylor Swift]] – "[[Teardrops on My Guitar]]"}}

| style="text-align:center;" |<ref name="VMA2008">{{cite web|title=MTV Video Music Awards 2008|url=http://www.mtv.com/ontv/vma/2008/|access-date=July 23, 2012|publisher=MTV}}</ref>

|{{mtvvma|2009}}

|[[Lady Gaga]] – "[[Poker Face (Lady Gaga song)|Poker Face]]"

|

*{{small|[[3OH!3]] – "[[Don't Trust Me]]"}}

*{{small|[[Drake (entertainer)|Drake]] – "[[Best I Ever Had (Drake song)|Best I Ever Had]]"}}

*{{small|[[Kid Cudi]] – "[[Day 'n' Nite]]"}}

*{{small|[[Asher Roth]] – "[[I Love College]]"}}

| style="text-align:center;" |<ref name="VMA2009">{{cite web|title=MTV Video Music Awards 2009|url=http://www.mtv.com/ontv/vma/2009/|access-date=July 23, 2012|publisher=MTV}}</ref>

=== 2010s ===

! scope="col" style="width:5px;" | Year

! scope="col" style="width:195px;" | Winner(s)

! scope="col" class="unsortable" | Nominees

! scope="col" class="unsortable" | Ref.

|{{mtvvma|2010}}

|[[Justin Bieber]] (featuring [[Ludacris]]) – "[[Baby (Justin Bieber song)|Baby]]"

|

*{{small|[[Broken Bells]] – "The Ghost Inside"}}

*{{small|[[Jason Derülo]] – "[[In My Head (Jason Derülo song)|In My Head]]"}}

*{{small|[[Kesha|Ke$ha]] – "[[Tik Tok (song)|Tik Tok]]"}}

*{{small|[[Nicki Minaj]] (featuring [[Sean Garrett]]) – "[[Massive Attack (song)|Massive Attack]]"}}

| style="text-align:center;" |<ref name="VMA2010">{{cite web|title=MTV Video Music Awards 2010|url=http://www.mtv.com/ontv/vma/2010/|access-date=July 23, 2012|publisher=MTV}}</ref>

|{{mtvvma|2011}}

|[[Tyler, the Creator]] – "[[Yonkers (song)|Yonkers]]"

|

*{{small|[[Big Sean]] (featuring [[Chris Brown]]) – "[[My Last]]"}}

*{{small|[[Foster the People]] – "[[Pumped Up Kicks]]"}}

*{{small|[[Kreayshawn]] – "[[Gucci Gucci]]"}}

*{{small|[[Wiz Khalifa]] – "[[Black and Yellow]]"}}

| style="text-align:center;" |<ref name="VMA2011">{{cite web|title=MTV Video Music Awards 2011|url=http://www.mtv.com/ontv/vma/2011/|access-date=July 23, 2012|publisher=MTV}}</ref>

|{{mtvvma|2012}}

|[[One Direction]] – "[[What Makes You Beautiful]]"

|

*{{small| [[Fun (band)|fun.]] (featuring [[Janelle Monáe]]) – "[[We Are Young]]"}}

*{{small|[[Carly Rae Jepsen]] – "[[Call Me Maybe]]"}}

*{{small|[[Frank Ocean]] – "[[Swim Good]]"}}

*{{small|[[The Wanted]] – "[[Glad You Came]]"}}

| style="text-align:center;" |<ref name="VMA2012">{{cite web|title=MTV Video Music Awards 2012|url=http://www.mtv.com/ontv/vma/2012/|access-date=August 7, 2014|publisher=MTV}}</ref>

|{{mtvvma|2013}}

|[[Austin Mahone]] – "[[What About Love]]"

|

*{{small|[[Iggy Azalea]] – "[[Work (Iggy Azalea song)|Work]]"}}

*{{small|[[Twenty One Pilots]] – "[[Holding On to You (Twenty One Pilots song)|Holding On to You]]"}}

*{{small|[[The Weeknd]] – "[[Wicked Games]]"}}

*{{small|[[Zedd (producer)|Zedd]] (featuring [[Foxes (singer)|Foxes]]) – "[[Clarity (Zedd song)|Clarity]]"}}

| style="text-align:center;" |<ref name="VMA2013">{{cite web|title=MTV Video Music Awards 2013|url=http://www.mtv.com/ontv/vma/2013/|access-date=August 7, 2014|publisher=MTV}}</ref>

|{{mtvvma|2014}}

|[[Fifth Harmony]] – "[[Miss Movin' On]]"

|

*{{small|[[5 Seconds of Summer]] – "[[She Looks So Perfect]]"}}

*{{small|[[Charli XCX]] – "[[Boom Clap]]"}}

*{{small|[[Schoolboy Q]] – "[[Man of the Year (song)|Man of the Year]]"}}

*{{small|[[Sam Smith (singer)|Sam Smith]] – "[[Stay with Me (Sam Smith song)|Stay with Me]]"}}

| style="text-align:center;" |<ref name="VMA2014">{{cite web|title=MTV Video Music Awards 2014|url=http://www.mtv.com/ontv/vma/2014/|access-date=August 31, 2015|publisher=MTV}}</ref>

|{{mtvvma|2015}}

|[[Fetty Wap]] — "[[Trap Queen]]"

|

*{{small|[[James Bay (singer)|James Bay]] — "[[Hold Back the River (James Bay song)|Hold Back the River]]"}}

*{{small|[[George Ezra]] — "[[Budapest (song)|Budapest]]"}}

*{{small|[[FKA Twigs]] — "[[Pendulum (FKA twigs song)|Pendulum]]"}}

*{{small|[[Vance Joy]] — "[[Riptide (Vance Joy song)|Riptide]]"}} (Runner-Up)

| style="text-align:center;" |<ref name="VMA2015">{{cite web|title=MTV Video Music Awards 2015|url=http://www.mtv.com/ontv/vma/2015/|access-date=July 26, 2016|publisher=MTV}}</ref>

|{{Mtvvma|2016}}

|[[DNCE]]

|

*{{small|[[Desiigner]]}}

*{{small|[[Zara Larsson]]}}

*{{small|[[Lukas Graham]]}}

*{{small|[[Bryson Tiller]]}} (Runner-Up)

|

|{{Mtvvma|2017}}

|[[Khalid (singer)|Khalid]]

|

*{{small|[[Noah Cyrus]]}}

*{{small|[[Kodak Black]]}}

*{{small|[[Julia Michaels]]}} (Runner-Up)

*{{small|[[SZA (singer)|SZA]]}}

*{{small|[[Young M.A]]}}

| style="text-align:center;" |<ref name="VMA2016">{{cite news|title=2016 VMA Nominations: See the Full List Now|publisher=MTV News|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/2910443/2016-vma-nominations/|access-date=July 26, 2016}}</ref>

|{{Mtvvma|2018}}

|[[Cardi B]]

|

*{{small|[[Bazzi (singer)|Bazzi]]}}

*{{small|[[Chloe x Halle]]}}

*{{small|[[Hayley Kiyoko]]}} (Runner-up)

*{{small|[[Lil Pump]]}}

*{{small|[[Lil Uzi Vert]]}}

| style="text-align:center;" |<ref>{{Cite news|last=Nordyke|first=Kimberly|date=August 20, 2018|title=VMAs: Winners List|work=The Hollywood Reporter|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lists/2018-vmas-winners-see-complete-list-1135082|access-date=August 20, 2018}}</ref>

|{{Mtvvma|2019}}

|[[Billie Eilish]]

|

*{{small|[[Ava Max]]}}

*{{small|[[H.E.R.]]}}

*{{small|[[Lil Nas X]]}}

*{{small|[[Lizzo]]}} (Runner-up)

*{{small|[[Rosalía (singer)|Rosalía]]}}

| style="text-align:center;" |<ref>{{Cite news|date=August 26, 2019|title=Here Are All the Winners From the 2019 MTV VMAs|work=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/awards/8528388/2019-mtv-vmas-winners-list|access-date=August 27, 2019}}</ref>

=== 2020s ===

! scope="col" style="width:5px;" | Year

! scope="col" style="width:195px;" | Winner(s)

! scope="col" class="unsortable" | Shortlist

! scope="col" class="unsortable" | Nominees{{efn|group=upper-alpha|Artists that were eliminated during the primary voting rounds.}}

! scope="col" class="unsortable" | PUSH Longlist{{efn|group=upper-alpha|Artists that were selected candidates for the award but did not make the final nominations.}}

! scope="col" class="unsortable" | Ref.

|{{Mtvvma|2020}}

| [[Doja Cat]]

|

*{{small|[[Lewis Capaldi]]}}

*{{small|[[Yungblud]]}}

|

*{{small|[[Jack Harlow]]}}

*{{small|[[Roddy Ricch]]}}

*{{small|[[Tate McRae]]}}

|

*{{small|[[AJ Mitchell]]}}

*{{small|[[Arizona Zervas]]}}

*{{small|[[Ava Max]]}}

*{{small|[[Benee|BENEE]]}}

*{{small|[[Brockhampton (band)|Brockhampton]]}}

*{{small|[[Conan Gray]]}}

*{{small|[[Finneas O'Connell|Finneas]]}}

*{{small|[[Kiana Ledé]]}}

*{{small|[[Lil Tecca]]}}

*{{small|[[Pop Smoke]]}}

*{{small|[[Summer Walker]]}}

| style="text-align:center;" |<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/awards/9427019/2020-mtv-vma-nominations-full-list|title=Ariana Grande & Lady Gaga Lead 2020 MTV VMA Nominations: See Full List|date=July 30, 2020|work=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|access-date=July 30, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Drake|first=Carolyn|date=23 July 2020|title=Doja Cat, Pop Smoke, And More Are Nominated For VMAs’ Best New Artist|url=https://uproxx.com/music/doja-cat-pop-smoke-conan-gray-vmas-best-new-artist-nominations-2020/|access-date=25 July 2020|website=[[Uproxx]]|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=23 August 2020|title=Vote Now - Nominees for 2020 MTV Video Music Awards|url=http://www.mtv.com/vma/vote/}}</ref>

|{{Mtvvma|2021}}

| TBD

| TBD

|

* {{small|[[24kGoldn]]}}

* {{small|[[Giveon]]}}

* {{small|[[The Kid Laroi]]}}

* {{small|[[Polo G]]}}

* {{small|[[Olivia Rodrigo]]}}

* {{small|[[Saweetie]]}}

| N/A

| align="center"| <ref>{{cite web|last=Serrano|first=Athena|date=August 11, 2021|title=The 2021 VMA Nominations Are Here: Justin Bieber, Megan Thee Stallion, and More|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/3179856/vma-nominees-2021-justin-bieber-megan-thee-stallion/|url-status=live|access-date=August 11, 2021|publisher=[[MTV News]]. [[MTV]]}}</ref>

== See also ==

== References ==

{{MTV Video Music Award for Push Best New Artist}}