MTV Video Music Award for Best New Artist explained

MTV Video Music Award
for Best New Artist
Presenter:MTV
Country:United States
Year:1984
Holder: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.[1] 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.[2] [3] 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). [4]

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! scope="col" style="width:310px;"
Winner(s)Nominees
Eurythmics – "Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)"*[5]
[6]
'Til Tuesday – "Voices Carry"[7]
A-ha – "Take On Me"*[8]
Crowded House – "Don't Dream It's Over"[9]
Guns N' Roses – "Welcome to the Jungle"[10]
Living Colour – "Cult of Personality"[11]

1990s

Year! scope="col" style="width:310px;"
Winner(s)Nominees
Michael Penn – "No Myth"[12]
Jesus Jones – "Right Here, Right Now"[13]
Nirvana – "Smells Like Teen Spirit"[14]
Stone Temple Pilots – "Plush"[15]
Counting Crows – "Mr. Jones"*[16]
Hootie & the Blowfish – "Hold My Hand"†[17]
Alanis Morissette – "Ironic"*[18]
Fiona Apple – "Sleep to Dream"*[19]
Natalie Imbruglia – "Torn"*[20]
Eminem – "My Name Is"[21]

2000s

Year! scope="col" style="width:310px;"
Winner(s)Nominees
Macy Gray – "I Try"*[22]
Alicia Keys – "Fallin'" †[23]
Avril Lavigne – "Complicated"*[24]
50 Cent – "In da Club"*[25]
Maroon 5 – "This Love"†[26]
The Killers – "Mr. Brightside"[27]
Avenged Sevenfold – "Bat Country"[28]
Gym Class Heroes[29]
Tokio Hotel – "Ready, Set, Go!"[30]
Lady Gaga – "Poker Face"[31]

2010s

Year! scope="col" style="width:310px;"
Winner(s)Nominees
Justin Bieber – "Baby"*[32]
Tyler, the Creator – "Yonkers"[33]
One Direction – "What Makes You Beautiful"[34]
Austin Mahone – "What About Love"[35]
Fifth Harmony – "Miss Movin' On"[36]
Fetty Wap — "Trap Queen"[37]
DNCE[38]
Khalid[39]
Cardi B[40]
Billie Eilish†[41]

2020s

Year! scope="col" style="width:150px;"
Winner(s)ShortlistNomineesPUSH Longlist
Doja Cat[42]
[43]
[44]
Olivia Rodrigo†[45]
Dove Cameron[46]
Ice Spice[47]
2024TBDTBD[48]

See also

Notes and References

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  2. July 30, 2020. 7 Things to Know About the 2020 MTV Video Music Awards Nominations. July 31, 2020. Billboard. The Push best new artist category -- an apparent merging of MTV's best new artist and Push artist of the year awards.
  3. Web site: Langford. Jackson. July 31, 2020. Ariana Grande, Lady Gaga, Megan Thee Stallion lead nominations for 2020 MTV VMA's. August 3, 2020. NME. en-GB. MTV have combined ‘Best New Artist’ and ‘Push Artist Of The Year’ into one category – ‘Push Best New Artist’..
  4. Web site: Kohn . Daniel . Justin Bieber, Megan Thee Stallion Lead 2021 MTV VMA Nominees . SPIN . 11 August 2021 . 11 August 2021.
  5. Web site: VMA Archive 1984. MTV. March 1, 2000. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20000301211539/http://www.mtv.com/mtv/tubescan/vma_archive/1984.html. March 1, 2000. October 8, 2020.
  6. Web site: 33 Again: The Rejuvenation of Eurythmics on Vinyl LP. Mason. Adam. April 27, 2018. PopMatters. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20200722051437/https://www.popmatters.com/eurythmics-sony-legacy-reissues-2561534469.html. July 22, 2020. October 10, 2020. They won the MTV Video Music Award for Best New Artist in 1984, for "Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)"....
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