MTV Europe Music Award for Best New Act

The MTV Europe Music Award for Best New Act is one of the four original general categories that have been given out since the first annual MTV Europe Music Awards in 1994. Originally called Breakthrough Artist (1994—1999), it was briefly retitled to Future Sounds in 2006 and the winner was chosen by their peers. In 2007 the category featured only European artists chosen by viewers in each region of Europe, every day the artist with the fewest votes was eliminated and the winner would play live at the EMAs. In 2008 the award was once again retitled, this time to its current name. The current holder by this award is Benson Boone.

Winners and nominees Winners are listed first and highlighted in bold.

† indicates an MTV Video Music Award for Best New Artist–winning artist. ‡ indicates an MTV Video Music Award for Best New Artist–nominated artist that same year.

1990s

Year Artist Ref 1994 Crash Test Dummies Beck Deus Therapy? Whale 1995 Dog Eat Dog H-Blockx Alanis Morissette † Portishead Weezer 1996 Garbage The Cardigans The Fugees Pulp Skunk Anansie 1997 Hanson ‡ Meredith Brooks ‡ Puff Daddy No Doubt Spice Girls 1998 All Saints Aqua Eagle Eye Cherry Five Natalie Imbruglia † 1999 Britney Spears Eminem † Jennifer Lopez ‡ Vengaboys Westlife

2000s

Year Artist Ref 2000 Blink 182 Anastacia Bomfunk MCs Melanie C Sonique 2001 Dido Craig David Nelly Furtado Gorillaz The Wheatus 2002 The Calling Avril Lavigne † Röyksopp Shakira The Strokes 2003 Sean Paul ‡ 50 Cent † Evanescence Good Charlotte Justin Timberlake 2004 Maroon 5 † Franz Ferdinand Jamelia Keane The Rasmus 2005 James Blunt ‡ Akon Kaiser Chiefs Daniel Powter Rihanna ‡ 2006 Gnarls Barkley 2007 Bedwetters Firma Yakup 2008 Katy Perry ‡ Miley Cyrus ‡ Duffy Jonas Brothers OneRepublic 2009 Lady Gaga † Daniel Merriweather La Roux Pixie Lott Taylor Swift

2010s

Year Artist Ref 2010 Kesha ‡ B.o.B Justin Bieber † Jason Derulo ‡ Plan B 2011 Bruno Mars Far East Movement Jessie J Wiz Khalifa ‡ LMFAO 2012 One Direction † Carly Rae Jepsen ‡ Fun Lana Del Rey Rita Ora 2013 Macklemore & Ryan Lewis Bastille Icona Pop Imagine Dragons Rudimental 2014 5 Seconds of Summer Charli XCX ‡ Ariana Grande Kiesza Sam Smith ‡ 2015 Shawn Mendes Tori Kelly Jess Glynne James Bay ‡ Echosmith 2016 Zara Larsson ‡ Bebe Rexha DNCE † Lukas Graham ‡ The Chainsmokers 2017 Dua Lipa Julia Michaels ‡ Khalid † Kyle ‡ Rag'n'Bone Man 2018 Cardi B † Bazzi ‡Anne-MarieHayley Kiyoko ‡Jessie Reyez 2019Billie Eilish † Ava Max ‡Lewis CapaldiLil Nas X ‡ Lizzo ‡Mabel

2020s Year Artist Ref 2020Doja Cat † Benee ‡DaBabyJack Harlow ‡Roddy Ricch ‡Yungblud ‡ 2021Saweetie ‡ Giveon ‡GriffOlivia Rodrigo †Rauw Alejandrothe Kid Laroi ‡ 2022Seventeen ‡ Baby Keem ‡Dove Cameron †Gayle ‡Stephen SanchezTems 2023Peso Pluma ‡ Coi LerayFloIce Spice †PinkPantheress ‡Reneé Rapp ‡ 2024Benson Boone ‡ Ayra StarrChappell Roan †Le SserafimTeddy Swims ‡The Last Dinner PartyTyla ‡

See also MTV Europe Music Award for Best Push Act MTV Video Music Award for Best New Artist

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