Billboard Music Award for Top New Artist

This page lists the winners and nominees for the Billboard Music Award for Top New Artist.

Winners and nominees

Winners are listed first and highlighted in bold.

1990s

Year	Artist	Ref
1994
	Ace of Base	[1]
1995
	Real McCoy	[2]
1996	N/A
1997
	Spice Girls	[3]
	Dru Hill
	Hanson
	Puff Daddy
1998
	Next	[4]
	Marcy Playground
	'N Sync
	Jennifer Paige
1999
	Britney Spears	[5]
	Christina Aguilera
	Lou Bega
	Jennifer Lopez

2000s

Year	Artist	Ref
2000
	Sisqó	[6]
2001
	Lifehouse	[7]
	Ashlee Simpson
2002 – 03	N/A
2004
	Kanye West	[8]
	Alicia Keys
2005
	Gwen Stefani	[9]
	Fantasia
	The Game
	Rob Thomas
2006
	Chris Brown	[10]
	James Blunt
	The Fray
	Ne-Yo
2007 – 09	N/A

2010s

Year	Artist	Ref
2010	N/A
2011
	Justin Bieber	[11]
	Taio Cruz
	Kesha
	Bruno Mars
	Nicki Minaj
2012
	Wiz Khalifa	[12]
	Big Sean
	Bad Meets Evil
	Foster the People
	Scotty McCreery
2013
	One Direction	[13]
	Gotye
	Carly Rae Jepsen
	The Lumineers
	PSY
2014
	Lorde	[14]
	Bastille
	Capital Cities
	Ariana Grande
	Passenger
2015
	Sam Smith	[15]
	5 Seconds of Summer
	Iggy Azalea
	Hozier
	Meghan Trainor
2016
	Fetty Wap	[16]
	Omi
	Charlie Puth
	Silentó
	Bryson Tiller
2017
	Zayn	[17]
	Alessia Cara
	Desiigner
	Lukas Graham
	Lil Uzi Vert
2018
	Khalid	[18]
	21 Savage
	Camila Cabello
	Cardi B
	Kodak Black
2019
	Juice WRLD	[19]
	Bazzi
	Dua Lipa
	Ella Mai
	Lil Baby

2020s

Year	Artist	Ref
2020
	Billie Eilish
	Ava Max
	Lil Nas X
	Lizzo
	Roddy Ricch

References

1. "1994 Billboard Music Awards". Awards and Winners. Retrieved October 1, 2016.
2. "1995 Billboard Music Awards". Awards and Winners. Retrieved October 1, 2016.
3. "1997 Billboard Music Awards". Awards and Winners. Retrieved October 1, 2016.
4. "1998 Billboard Music Awards". Awards and Winners. Retrieved October 1, 2016.
5. "1999 Billboard Music Awards". Awards and Winners. Retrieved October 1, 2016.
6. "2000 Billboard Music Awards". Awards and Winners. Retrieved October 1, 2016.
7. "2001 Billboard Music Awards". Awards and Winners. Retrieved October 1, 2016.
8. "2004 Billboard Music Awards". Awards and Winners. Retrieved October 1, 2016.
9. "2005 Billboard Music Awards". Awards and Winners. Retrieved October 1, 2016.
10. "2006 Billboard Music Awards". Awards and Winners. Retrieved October 1, 2016.
11. "2011 Billboard Music Awards". Awards and Winners. Retrieved October 1, 2016.
12. "Adele Wins 12 Gongs at Billboard Music Awards 2012". MTV. 21 May 2012. Retrieved 22 May 2012.
13. "Billboard Music Awards 2013: The Complete Winners List". MTV. May 19, 2013.
14. "Billboard Music Awards: Full Winners List". The Hollywood Reporter. May 18, 2014. Retrieved May 19, 2014.
15. "2015 Billboard Music Awards". Variety. May 17, 2015. Retrieved October 1, 2016.
16. "2016 Billboard Music Awards". Billboard.com. May 22, 2016. Retrieved October 1, 2016.
17. "Here is the Complete List of Winners from the 2017 Billboard Music Awards".
18. https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/bbma/8456842/billboard-music-awards-2018-winners-list-bbmas
19. https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/awards/8509655/billboard-music-awards-2019-winners-list