This article lists the winners and nominees for the NAACP Image Award for Outstanding New Artist.
Winners and nominees Winners are listed first and highlighted in bold.
1980s Year Artist Ref 1985 Whitney Houston 1986 – 88 colspan="2" 1989 Vanessa Williams
1990s Year Artist Ref 1990 After 7 1991 colspan="2" 1992 Boyz II Men C+C Music Factory Lalah Hathaway Lisa Fischer Keith Washington 1993 Arrested Development Jodeci TLC Mary J. Blige Kris Kross 1994 Shai Digable Planets Silk SWV Tag Team 1995 colspan="2" 1996 Brandy D'Angelo Kirk Franklin and the Family Hootie & the Blowfish Monica 1997 Kenny Lattimore Eric Benét Maxwell Monifah Az Yet 1998 Erykah Badu Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine: God's Property Missy Elliott Puff Daddy Wyclef Jean 1999 Lauryn Hill Tatyana Ali Big Pun Mýa Trin-i-tee 5:7
2000s Year Artist Ref 2000 Eve Kevon Edmonds Les Nubians Angie Stone Iyanla Vanzant 2001 Carl Thomas Audra McDonald Lucy Pearl Jill Scott Musiq Soulchild 2002 Alicia Keys Bilal City High Nelly Furtado India.Arie 2003 Ashanti Amerie Floetry Kelly Rowland Tweet 2004 Ruben Studdard Beyoncé Byron Cage Anthony Hamilton Heather Headley 2005 Kanye West Fantasia Van Hunt John Legend Mario Winans 2006 Chris Brown Bobby V Keyshia Cole Leela James Omarion 2007 Corinne Bailey Rae Cherish Lupe Fiasco LeToya Mario Vazquez 2008 Jordin Sparks Corbin Bleu J. Holiday Sean Kingston Chrisette Michele 2009 Jennifer Hudson Anthony David Estelle Leona Lewis Jazmine Sullivan
2010s Year Artist Ref 2010 Keri Hilson Kristinia DeBarge Melanie Fiona Jeremih K'Jon 2011 Willow Smith B.o.B Jason Derulo Bruno Mars Nicki Minaj 2012 Diggy Simmons Committed Mindless Behavior Landau Eugene Murphy, Jr. Wynter Gordon 2013 Elle Varner Melanie Amaro Gary Clark, Jr. Lianne La Havas The OMG Girlz 2014 K. Michelle RaVaughn Brown Candice Glover Ariana Grande Zendaya 2015 3 Winans Brothers Jhené Aiko Aloe Blacc Erica Campbell Liv Warfield 2016 Jussie Smollett Andra Day Judith Hill The Weeknd Yazz 2017 Chance the Rapper Chloe x Halle Ro James MAJOR Serayah 2018 SZA Demetria McKinney Khalid Kevin Ross Vic Mensa 2019 Ella Mai Jade Novah Koryn Hawthorne Omar Wilson Tory Lanez
2020s Year Artist Ref 2020 Lil Nas X Ari Lennox Lucky Daye Mahalia Mykal Kilgore 2021 Doja Cat Chika D Smoke Giveon Skip Marley 2022 Saweetie Cynthia Erivo Jimmie Allen Tems Zoe Wees 2023 Coco Jones Adam Blackstone Armani White Fivio Foreign Steve Lacy 2024 Victoria Monét FLO Jordan Ward Leon Thomas October London 2025 Doechii Myles Smith Samoht Shaboozey Tyla 2026 Monaleo Elmiene Lee Vasi Madison McFerrin Ravyn Lenae
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