MTV Video Music Award untuk Artis Baru Terbaik

MTV Video Music Award for Best New Artist adalah salah satu dari empat kategori umum asli yang telah diberikan sejak ajang tahunan pertama MTV Video Music Awards pada tahun 1984.

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Tahun	Pemenang	Nominasi lainnya
1984	Eurythmics — "Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)"	Cyndi Lauper — "Girls Just Want to Have Fun" Cyndi Lauper — "Time After Time" Madonna — "Borderline" Wang Chung — "Dance Hall Days"
1985	'Til Tuesday — "Voices Carry"	Frankie Goes to Hollywood — "Two Tribes" Julian Lennon — "Too Late for Goodbyes" Sade — "Smooth Operator" Sheila E. — "The Glamorous Life"
1986	a-ha — "Take on Me"	The Hooters — "And We Danced" Whitney Houston — "How Will I Know" Pet Shop Boys — "West End Girls" Simply Red — "Holding Back the Years"
1987	Crowded House — "Don't Dream It's Over"	Robert Cray — "Smoking Gun" The Georgia Satellites — "Keep Your Hands to Yourself" Bruce Hornsby and the Range — "The Way It Is" Timbuk3 — "The Future's So Bright, I Gotta Wear Shades"
1988	Guns N' Roses — "Welcome to the Jungle"	The Godfathers — "Birth, School, Work, Death" Buster Poindexter — "Hot, Hot, Hot" Swing Out Sister — "Breakout" Jody Watley — "Some Kind of Lover"
1989	Living Colour — "Cult of Personality"	Paula Abdul — "Straight Up" Edie Brickell & New Bohemians — "What I Am" Neneh Cherry — "Buffalo Stance"
1990	Michael Penn — "No Myth"	Bell Biv DeVoe — "Poison" The Black Crowes — "Jealous Again" Jane Child — "Don't Wanna Fall in Love" Lenny Kravitz — "Let Love Rule" Alannah Myles — "Black Velvet" Lisa Stansfield — "All Around the World"
1991	Jesus Jones — "Right Here, Right Now"	C+C Music Factory — "Gonna Make You Sweat (Everybody Dance Now)" Deee-Lite — "Groove Is in the Heart" Gerardo — "Rico Suave" Seal — "Crazy"
1992	Nirvana — "Smells Like Teen Spirit"	Tori Amos — "Silent All These Years" Arrested Development — "Tennessee" Cracker — "Teen Angst (What the World Needs Now)"
1993	Stone Temple Pilots — "Plush"	Tasmin Archer — "Sleeping Satellite" Belly — "Feed the Tree" Porno for Pyros — "Pets"
1994	Counting Crows — "Mr. Jones"	Beck — "Loser" Björk — "Human Behaviour" Green Day — "Longview" Lisa Loeb and Nine Stories — "Stay (I Missed You)" Me'Shell NdegéOcello — "If That's Your Boyfriend (He Wasn't Last Night)"
1995	Hootie & the Blowfish — "Hold My Hand"	Jeff Buckley — "Last Goodbye" Des'ree — "You Gotta Be" Filter — "Hey Man, Nice Shot" Portishead — "Sour Times (Nobody Loves Me)"
1996	Alanis Morissette — "Ironic"	Tracy Bonham — "Mother Mother" Garbage — "Stupid Girl" Jewel — "Who Will Save Your Soul"
1997	Fiona Apple — "Sleep to Dream"	Meredith Brooks — "Bitch" Hanson — "MMMBop" Jamiroquai — "Virtual Insanity" The Wallflowers — "One Headlight"
1998	Natalie Imbruglia — "Torn"	Cherry Poppin' Daddies — "Zoot Suit Riot" Chumbawamba — "Tubthumping" Fastball — "The Way" Mase — "Feel So Good"
1999	Eminem — "My Name Is"	Kid Rock — "Bawitdaba" Jennifer Lopez — "If You Had My Love" Orgy — "Blue Monday"
2000	Macy Gray — "I Try"	Christina Aguilera — "What a Girl Wants" Papa Roach — "Last Resort" Pink — "There You Go" Sisqó — "Thong Song"
2001	Alicia Keys — "Fallin'"	Coldplay — "Yellow" Nikka Costa — "Like a Feather" David Gray — "Babylon" Sum 41 — "Fat Lip"
2002	Avril Lavigne — "Complicated"	Ashanti — "Foolish" B2K — "Uh Huh" John Mayer — "No Such Thing" Puddle of Mudd — "Blurry"
2003	50 Cent — "In da Club"	The All-American Rejects — "Swing, Swing" Kelly Clarkson — "Miss Independent" Evanescence (featuring Paul McCoy) — "Bring Me to Life" Sean Paul — "Get Busy" Simple Plan — "Addicted"
2004	Maroon 5 — "This Love"	The Darkness — "I Believe in a Thing Called Love" Jet — "Are You Gonna Be My Girl" JoJo — "Leave (Get Out)" Kanye West (featuring Syleena Johnson) — "All Falls Down" Yellowcard — "Ocean Avenue"
2005	The Killers — "Mr. Brightside"	Ciara (featuring Missy Elliott) — "1,2 Step" The Game — "Dreams" John Legend — "Ordinary People" My Chemical Romance — "Helena"
2006	Avenged Sevenfold — "Bat Country"	Angels & Airwaves — "The Adventure" James Blunt — "You're Beautiful" Chris Brown (featuring Juelz Santana) — "Run It!" Panic! at the Disco — "I Write Sins Not Tragedies" Rihanna — "SOS"
2007	Gym Class Heroes	Lily Allen Peter Bjorn and John Carrie Underwood Amy Winehouse
2008	Tokio Hotel — "Ready, Set, Go!"	Miley Cyrus — "7 Things" Katy Perry — "I Kissed a Girl" Jordin Sparks (featuring Chris Brown) — "No Air" Taylor Swift — "Teardrops on My Guitar"
2009	Lady Gaga — "Poker Face"	3OH!3 — "Don't Trust Me" Drake — "Best I Ever Had" Kid Cudi — "Day 'n' Nite" Asher Roth — "I Love College"
2010	Justin Bieber (featuring Ludacris) — "Baby"	Broken Bells — "The Ghost Inside" Jason Derülo — "In My Head" Ke$ha — "Tik Tok" Nicki Minaj (featuring Sean Garrett) — "Massive Attack"