MTV Europe Music Award for Best New Act
2021 winner Saweetie
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 Saweetie.
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 | [1] | |
| Beck | ||
| Deus | ||
| Therapy? | ||
| Whale | ||
| 1995 | ||
| Dog Eat Dog | [2] | |
| H-Blockx | ||
| Alanis Morissette † | ||
| Portishead | ||
| Weezer | ||
| 1996 | ||
| Garbage | [3] | |
| The Cardigans | ||
| The Fugees | ||
| Pulp | ||
| Skunk Anansie | ||
| 1997 | ||
| Hanson ‡ | [4] | |
| Meredith Brooks ‡ | ||
| Puff Daddy | ||
| No Doubt | ||
| Spice Girls | ||
| 1998 | ||
| All Saints | [5] | |
| Aqua | ||
| Eagle Eye Cherry | ||
| Five | ||
| Natalie Imbruglia † | ||
| 1999 | ||
| Britney Spears | [6] | |
| Eminem † | ||
| Jennifer Lopez ‡ | ||
| Vengaboys | ||
| Westlife |
2000s[]
| Year | Artist | Ref |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | ||
| Blink 182 | [7] | |
| Anastacia | ||
| Bomfunk MCs | ||
| Melanie C | ||
| Sonique | ||
| 2001 | ||
| Dido | [8] | |
| Craig David | ||
| Nelly Furtado | ||
| Gorillaz | ||
| The Wheatus | ||
| 2002 | ||
| The Calling | [9] | |
| Avril Lavigne † | ||
| Röyksopp | ||
| Shakira | ||
| The Strokes | ||
| 2003 | ||
| Sean Paul ‡ | [10] | |
| 50 Cent † | ||
| Evanescence | ||
| Good Charlotte | ||
| Justin Timberlake | ||
| 2004 | ||
| Maroon 5 † | [11] | |
| Franz Ferdinand | ||
| Jamelia | ||
| Keane | ||
| The Rasmus | ||
| 2005 | ||
| James Blunt ‡ | [12] | |
| Akon | ||
| Kaiser Chiefs | ||
| Daniel Powter | ||
| Rihanna ‡ | ||
| 2006 | ||
| Gnarls Barkley | [13] | |
| 2007 | ||
| Bedwetters | [14] | |
| Firma | ||
| Yakup | ||
| 2008 | ||
| Katy Perry ‡ | [15] | |
| Miley Cyrus ‡ | ||
| Duffy | ||
| Jonas Brothers | ||
| OneRepublic | ||
| 2009 | ||
| Lady Gaga † | [16] | |
| Daniel Merriweather | ||
| La Roux | ||
| Pixie Lott | ||
| Taylor Swift |
2010s[]
| Year | Artist | Ref |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | ||
| Kesha ‡ | [17] | |
| B.o.B | ||
| Justin Bieber † | ||
| Jason Derulo ‡ | ||
| Plan B | ||
| 2011 | ||
| Bruno Mars | [18] | |
| Far East Movement | ||
| Jessie J | ||
| Wiz Khalifa ‡ | ||
| LMFAO | ||
| 2012 | ||
| One Direction † | [19] | |
| Carly Rae Jepsen ‡ | ||
| Fun | ||
| Lana Del Rey | ||
| Rita Ora | ||
| 2013 | ||
| Macklemore & Ryan Lewis | [20] | |
| Bastille | ||
| Icona Pop | ||
| Imagine Dragons | ||
| Rudimental | ||
| 2014 | ||
| 5 Seconds of Summer | [21] | |
| Charli XCX ‡ | ||
| Ariana Grande | ||
| Kiesza | ||
| Sam Smith ‡ | ||
| 2015 | ||
| Shawn Mendes | [22] | |
| Tori Kelly | ||
| Jess Glynne | ||
| James Bay ‡ | ||
| Echosmith | ||
| 2016 | ||
| Zara Larsson ‡ | [23] | |
| Bebe Rexha | ||
| DNCE † | ||
| Lukas Graham ‡ | ||
| The Chainsmokers | ||
| 2017 | ||
| Dua Lipa | [24] | |
| Julia Michaels ‡ | ||
| Khalid † | ||
| Kyle ‡ | ||
| Rag'n'Bone Man | ||
| 2018 | ||
| Cardi B † | [25] | |
| Bazzi ‡ | ||
| Anne-Marie | ||
| Hayley Kiyoko ‡ | ||
| Jessie Reyez | ||
| 2019 | ||
| Billie Eilish † | [26] | |
| Ava Max ‡ | ||
| Lewis Capaldi | ||
| Lil Nas X ‡ | ||
| Lizzo ‡ | ||
| Mabel |
2020s[]
| Year | Artist | Ref |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | ||
| Doja Cat † | [27] | |
| Benee ‡ | ||
| DaBaby | ||
| Jack Harlow ‡ | ||
| Roddy Ricch ‡ | ||
| Yungblud ‡ | ||
| 2021 | ||
| Saweetie | [28] | |
| Giveon | ||
| Griff | ||
| Olivia Rodrigo | ||
| Rauw Alejandro | ||
| the Kid Laroi |
See also[]
References[]
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- ^ "Camila Cabello, Ariana Grande, Post Malone Lead 2018 MTV EMA Nominees". Billboard. October 4, 2018.
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