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

{{Infobox award

| name = MTV Video Music Award <br>for Best New Artist

| year = 1984

| year2 =

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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 magazine|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|magazine=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>

[[File:Olivia Rodrigo with Dr Fauci 1.png|thumb|upright|[[2021 MTV Video Music Awards|2021]] award winner [[Olivia Rodrigo]]]]

[[File:Dove Cameron Vogue - 4.jpg|thumb|upright|[[2022 MTV Video Music Awards|2022]] award winner [[Dove Cameron]]]]

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|+ {{sronly|Recipients}}

* [[Sheila E.]] – "[[The Glamorous Life]]"*

}}

|-

! scope="row"| {{mtvvma|1986}}

* [[Simply Red]] – "[[Holding Back the Years]]"*

}}

|-

! scope="row"| {{mtvvma|1987}}

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

}}

|-

! scope="row"| {{mtvvma|1988}}

* [[Jody Watley]] – "[[Some Kind of Lover]]"†

}}

|-

! scope="row"| {{mtvvma|1989}}

* [[Neneh Cherry]] – "[[Buffalo Stance]]"*

}}

|}

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

}}

|-

! scope="row"| {{mtvvma|1991}}

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

}}

|-

! scope="row"| {{mtvvma|1992}}

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

}}

|-

! scope="row"| {{mtvvma|1993}}

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

}}

|-

! scope="row"| {{mtvvma|1994}}

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

}}

|-

! scope="row"| {{mtvvma|1995}}

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

}}

|-

! scope="row"| {{mtvvma|1997}}

* [[The Wallflowers]] – "[[One Headlight]]"

}}

|-

! scope="row"| {{mtvvma|1998}}

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

}}

|-

! scope="row"| {{mtvvma|1999}}

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

}}

|}

* [[Sisqó]] – "[[Thong Song]]"*

}}

|-

! scope="row"| {{mtvvma|2001}}

* [[Coldplay]] – "[[Yellow (Coldplay song)|Yellow]]"

* [[Nikka Costa]] – "Like a Feather"

* [[Sum 41]] – "[[Fat Lip]]"

}}

|-

! scope="row"| {{mtvvma|2002}}

* [[Puddle of Mudd]] – "[[Blurry]]"

}}

|-

! scope="row"| {{mtvvma|2003}}

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

}}

|-

! scope="row"| {{mtvvma|2004}}

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

}}

|-

! scope="row"| {{mtvvma|2005}}

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

}}

|-

! scope="row"| {{mtvvma|2006}}

* [[Rihanna]] – "[[SOS (Rihanna song)|SOS]]"

}}

|-

! scope="row"| {{mtvvma|2007}}

* [[Carrie Underwood]]†

* [[Amy Winehouse]]†}}

|-

! scope="row"| {{mtvvma|2008}}

* [[Taylor Swift]] – "[[Teardrops on My Guitar]]"*

}}

|-

! scope="row"| {{mtvvma|2009}}

* [[Asher Roth]] – "[[I Love College]]"

}}

|}

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

}}

|-

! scope="row"| {{mtvvma|2011}}

* [[Wiz Khalifa]] – "[[Black and Yellow]]"

}}

|-

! scope="row"| {{mtvvma|2012}}

* [[The Wanted]] – "[[Glad You Came]]"

}}

|-

! scope="row"| {{mtvvma|2013}}

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

}}

|-

! scope="row"| {{mtvvma|2014}}

* [[Sam Smith (singer)|Sam Smith]] – "[[Stay with Me (Sam Smith song)|Stay with Me]]"†

}}

|-

! scope="row"| {{mtvvma|2015}}

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

}}

|-

! scope="row"| {{Mtvvma|2016}}

* [[Bryson Tiller]] (Runner-Up)

}}

|-

! scope="row"| {{Mtvvma|2017}}

* [[Young M.A]]

}}

|-

! scope="row"| {{Mtvvma|2018}}

* [[Summer Walker]]

}}

|-

! scope="row"| {{Mtvvma|2021}}

}}

| {{N/A}}

|-

! scope="row"| {{Mtvvma|2022}}

}}

| {{N/A}}

|-

! scope="row"| {{Mtvvma|2023}}

| {{N/A}}

| align="center"| <ref>{{cite news|last=Tinoco|first=Armando|title=MTV VMA Nominations: Taylor Swift Leads Pack With Miley Cyrus, Nicki Minaj, Olivia Rodrigo, Sam Smith & More Close By|url=https://deadline.com/2023/08/2023-mtv-vma-nominations-taylor-swift-miley-cyrus-nicki-minaj-olivia-rodrigo-sam-smith-1235456981/|access-date=8 August 2023|work=Deadline|date=8 August 2023}}</ref>

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