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. In 2006 the category was called Future Sounds and the winner was chosen by their peers, in 2007 competed in the category 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 EMA. In 2008 returned a Best New Act called.
1990s
| Year | Winner | Nominees |
|---|---|---|
| 1994 | Crash Test Dummies [a] | |
| 1995 | Dog Eat Dog [a] | |
| 1996 | Garbage [a] | |
| 1997 | Hanson [a] | |
| 1998 | All Saints [a] | |
| 1999 | Britney Spears [a] |
2000s
| Year | Winner | Nominees | Pre-nomination |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | Blink 182 | ||
| 2001 | Dido | ||
| 2002 | The Calling | ||
| 2003 | Sean Paul | ||
| 2004 | Maroon 5 | ||
| 2005 | James Blunt | ||
| 2006 | Gnarls Barkley [b] | ||
| 2007 | Bedwetters [c] |
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| 2008 | Katy Perry | ||
| 2009 | Lady Gaga |
2010s
| Year | Winner | Nominees |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Kesha | |
| 2011 | Bruno Mars | |
| 2012 | One Direction | |
| 2013 | Macklemore & Ryan Lewis | |
| 2014 | 5 Seconds of Summer | |
| 2015 | Shawn Mendes |