American Music Award for New Artist of the Year

American Music Awards for New Artist of the Year
Gracie Abrams is the most recent recipient
Country	United States
Presented by	American Music Awards
First award	2004
Currently held by	Gracie Abrams
Website	theamas.com

The American Music Award for New Artist of the Year has been awarded since 2004. Years reflect the year during which the awards were presented, for works released in the previous year (until 2003 onward, when awards were handed out on November of the same year). Previous names of the award include Favorite Breakthrough Artist (2004) and Breakthrough Artist (2005–2010). ^{[1] [2] [3] [4]}

Winners and nominees

2000s

Year	Artist	Ref
2004 (32nd)
	Gretchen Wilson	[5]
	Maroon 5
	Kanye West
2005 (33rd)
	Sugarland	[6]
	The Killers
	Jesse McCartney
2006 (34th)
	Carrie Underwood	[7]
	Chamillionaire
	The Pussycat Dolls
2007 (35th)
	Daughtry	[8]
	Plain White T's
	Robin Thicke
2008 (36th)
	Jonas Brothers	[9]
	Colbie Caillat
	Flo Rida
	Paramore
	The-Dream
2009 (37th)
	Gloriana	[10]
	Keri Hilson
	Kid Cudi
	Lady Gaga

2010s

Year	Artist	Ref
2010 (38th)
	Justin Bieber	[11]
	B.o.B
	Taio Cruz
	Jason Derulo
	Kesha
	Lady Antebellum
	Travie McCoy
	Mike Posner
2011 (39th)
	Hot Chelle Rae	[12]
	Marsha Ambrosius
	The Band Perry
	Foster the People
	LMFAO
	Miguel
	Thompson Square
	Wiz Khalifa
2012 (40th)
	Carly Rae Jepsen	[13]
	fun.
	Gotye
	J. Cole
	The Wanted
2013 (41st)
	Ariana Grande	[14]
	Florida Georgia Line
	Imagine Dragons
	Macklemore & Ryan Lewis
	Phillip Phillips
2014 (42nd)
	5 Seconds of Summer	[15]
	Iggy Azalea
	Bastille
	Sam Smith
	Meghan Trainor
2015 (43rd)
	Sam Hunt	[16]
	Fetty Wap
	Tove Lo
	Walk the Moon
	The Weeknd
2016 (44th)
	Zayn	[17]
	Alessia Cara
	The Chainsmokers
	DNCE
	Shawn Mendes
2017 (45th)
	Niall Horan	[18]
	James Arthur
	Julia Michaels
	Post Malone
	Rae Sremmurd
2018 (46th)
	Camila Cabello	[19]
	Cardi B
	Dua Lipa
	Khalid
	XXXTentacion
2019 (47th)
	Billie Eilish	[20]
	Luke Combs
	Lil Nas X
	Lizzo
	Ella Mai

2020s

Year	Artist	Ref
2020 (48th)
	Doja Cat	[21]
	DaBaby
	Lil Baby
	Lewis Capaldi
	Roddy Ricch
	Megan Thee Stallion
2021 (49th)
	Olivia Rodrigo	[22]
	24kGoldn
	Giveon
	Masked Wolf
	The Kid Laroi
2022 (50th)
	Dove Cameron	[23]
	Gayle
	Steve Lacy
	Latto
	Måneskin
2025 (51st)
	Gracie Abrams	[24]
	Benson Boone
	Chappell Roan
	Shaboozey
	Teddy Swims
	Tommy Richman

See also

• American Music Award for Favorite Pop/Rock New Artist (1989-2003 (January))
• American Music Award for Favorite Soul/R&B New Artist (1989-2003 (January))
• American Music Award for Favorite Country New Artist (1989-2003 (January))
• American Music Award for Favorite Dance New Artist (1990-1992)
• American Music Award for Favorite Heavy Metal/Hard Rock New Artist (1990-1993)
• American Music Award for Favorite Rap/Hip-Hop New Artist (1990-1994)
• American Music Award for Favorite Adult Contemporary New Artist (1992-1994)

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