MTV Video Music Award for Best New Artist
MTV Video Music Award for Best New Artist | |
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Country | United States |
Presented by | MTV |
First awarded | 1984 |
Currently held by | Ice Spice (2023) |
Website | 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. 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. 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).
Winners and nominees
†Marks winners of the Grammy Award for Best New Artist
*Marks nominees of the Grammy Award for Best New Artist
1980s
Year | Winner(s) | Nominees | Ref. |
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1984 | Eurythmics – "Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)"* | ||
1985 | 'Til Tuesday – "Voices Carry" | ||
1986 | A-ha – "Take On Me"* | ||
1987 | Crowded House – "Don't Dream It's Over" |
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1988 | Guns N' Roses – "Welcome to the Jungle" |
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1989 | Living Colour – "Cult of Personality" |
1990s
Year | Winner(s) | Nominees | Ref. |
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1990 | Michael Penn – "No Myth" | ||
1991 | Jesus Jones – "Right Here, Right Now" | ||
1992 | Nirvana – "Smells Like Teen Spirit" | ||
1993 | Stone Temple Pilots – "Plush" |
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1994 | Counting Crows – "Mr. Jones"* | ||
1995 | Hootie & the Blowfish – "Hold My Hand"† | ||
1996 | Alanis Morissette – "Ironic"* |
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1997 | Fiona Apple – "Sleep to Dream"* |
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1998 | Natalie Imbruglia – "Torn"* |
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1999 | Eminem – "My Name Is" |
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2000s
2010s
2020s
Year | Winner(s) | Shortlist | Nominees | PUSH Longlist | Ref. |
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2020 | Doja Cat* | ||||
2021 | Olivia Rodrigo† | — | |||
2022 | Dove Cameron | — | |||
2023 | Ice Spice* | — |