You Hear It First Explained

You Hear It First was an on-air MTV News program from 1999 to 2007 that gave the MTV audience a first look at hot emerging artists. Past You Hear It First artists that went on to success include:

• Ye^[1]
• Alicia Keys^[2]
• Coldplay
• John Legend
• The Killers
• The Pink Spiders
• The Click Five
• Bloc Party
• Cute Is What We Aim For
• Franz Ferdinand
• The Game
• Taproot
• My Chemical Romance
• Fall Out Boy^[3]
• Rihanna^[4]
• Ne-Yo^[5]
• Chris Brown^[6]
• Paramore^[7]
• The Jonas Brothers^[8]
• Robin Thicke^[9]
• Sean Paul^[10]
• Young Jeezy^[11]
• Lily Allen^[12]
• Joss Stone^[13]
• Silversun Pickups^[14]
• Arctic Monkeys^[15]
• t.A.T.u.^[16]
• Tally Hall^[17]
• Fall Out Boy
• Nightmare of You
• Kaiser Chiefs
• Cory Gunz
• Tiffany Evans
• Something for Rockets
• Rise Against
• AM Sixty
• Whitestarr
• Brie Larson
• Rupee
• The Blackout Effect
• The Bens (a supergroup consists of Ben Folds, Ben Kweller and Ben Lee)
• Steve Burns
  • Acceptance Dropping Daylight
• The Vines
• Rosco P
• Hidden Cameras
• Stellastarr
• Kings of Leon
• Fefe Dobson
• Kiley Dean
• Little Brother
• Fiction Plane
• Jin
• Earlimart
• The Exies
• The Beu Sisters
• Interpol
• Rooney
• Idiot Pilot
• Division of Laura Lee
• Desaparecidos
• Bazaar Royale
• Lyrics Born
• The Postal Service
• The Distillers
• Eisley
• The Like
• The Veronicas
• Elefant
• Shout Out Louds
• World Leader Pretend
• Lucy Woodward
• Scissorfight
• Waltham
• Far-Less
• Chris Brown
• Shiny Toy Guns
• Rock Kills Kid
• Matt Costa
• Thrice
• Dirty Pretty Things
• Lady Sovereign
• Cassie
• The Feeling
• Kittie
• Tantric

Notes and References

1. MTV.com Kanye West You Hear It First
2. News: THE SWORD Named MTV NEWS 'You Hear It First' Artist . Blabbermouth . February 22, 2006 . February 14, 2015 .
3. MTV.com Fallout Boy You Hear It First
4. MTV.com Rihanna's First Interview with MTV News
5. MTV.com Jay-Z's Picks: Rihanna & Ne-Yo
6. MTV.com Chris Brown You Hear It First
7. MTV.com Paramore You Hear It First
8. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5wP9Crs2Tg8 Jonas Brothers You Hear It First
9. MTV.com Robin Thicke You Hear It First
10. MTV.com Sean Paul You Hear It First
11. MTV.com Young Jeezy You Hear It First
12. MTV.com Lily Allen You Hear It First
13. MTV.com Joss Stone You Hear It First
14. MTV.com Silversun Pickups You Hear It First
15. MTV.com Arctic Monkeys You Hear It First
16. MTV.com T.A.T.U. You Hear It First
17. Web site: MTV.com Tally Hall You Hear It First. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20061125203012/http://www.mtv.com/news/yhif/tally_hall/. November 25, 2006. MTV.com.