MTV Video Music Award for Push Best New Artist
The MTV Video Music Award for Push Best New Artist has been given out since the first annual MTV Video Music Awards in 1984. From then to 2006, the award was named Best New Artist in a Video. In 2007 its name was changed to Best New Artist, as the category underwent a format change to award the artist's body of work for the full year rather than a specific video. For the 2008 ceremony, though, while the award retained its 2007 name, it returned to the format of awarding a specific video rather than the artist's full body of work. The category was later renamed Artist to Watch through 2013 to 2015 while still keeping the format of an award going to a certain video. In 2020, the Best New Artist award merged with the Push Artist of the Year award (2018-2019) to create the Push Best New Artist award.[1][2]
MTV Video Music Award for Push Best New Artist | |
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Country | United States |
Presented by | MTV |
First awarded | 1984 |
Last awarded | 2019 |
Currently held by | Billie Eilish (2019) |
Website | VMA website |
Five artists who won the award, Eurythmics, Nirvana, Eminem, Avenged Sevenfold and Gym Class Heroes, were technically ineligible since the winning song did not come off of their respective debut records, which were released in 1981, 1989, 1996, 2001 and 2004, respectively. Additionally Lady Gaga was also technically ineligible since her debut album and winning single were initially released the year prior to her win in 2009. Justin Bieber is the youngest artist to win this award or any Video Music Award at the age of 16.
Winners and nominees
1980s
Year | Winner(s) | Nominees | Ref. |
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1984 | Eurythmics – "Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)" |
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1985 | 'Til Tuesday – "Voices Carry" |
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1986 | A-ha – "Take On Me" | [5] | |
1987 | Crowded House – "Don't Dream It's Over" |
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1988 | Guns N' Roses – "Welcome to the Jungle" |
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1989 | Living Colour – "Cult of Personality" | [8] |
1990s
2000s
2010s
2020s
Year | Winner(s) | Nominees | PUSH Longlist[upper-alpha 1] | Ref. |
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2020 | TBA | [38][39] |
Notes
- Artists that were selected candidates for the award but did not make the final nominations.
See also
References
- "7 Things to Know About the 2020 MTV Video Music Awards Nominations". Billboard. July 30, 2020. Retrieved July 31, 2020.
The Push best new artist category -- an apparent merging of MTV's best new artist and Push artist of the year awards
- Langford, Jackson (July 31, 2020). "Ariana Grande, Lady Gaga, Megan Thee Stallion lead nominations for 2020 MTV VMA's". NME. Retrieved August 3, 2020.
MTV have combined ‘Best New Artist’ and ‘Push Artist Of The Year’ into one category – ‘Push Best New Artist’.
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