NAACP Image Award for Outstanding New Artist

This article lists the winners and nominees for the NAACP Image Award for Outstanding New Artist.

Winners and nominees

Winners are listed first and highlighted in bold.

1980s

Year	Artist	Ref
1985
	Whitney Houston	[ citation needed ]
1986 – 88	—
1989
	Vanessa Williams	[ citation needed ]

1990s

Year	Artist	Ref
1990
	After 7	[1]
1991	—
1992
	Boyz II Men	[2]
	C+C Music Factory
	Lalah Hathaway
	Lisa Fischer
	Keith Washington
1993
	Arrested Development	[ citation needed ]
	Jodeci
	TLC
	Mary J. Blige
	Kris Kross
1994
	Shai	[3]
	Digable Planets
	Silk
	SWV
	Tag Team
1995	—
1996
	Brandy	[4]
	D'Angelo
	Kirk Franklin and the Family
	Hootie & the Blowfish
	Monica
1997
	Kenny Lattimore	[ citation needed ]
	Eric Benét
	Maxwell
	Monifah
	Az Yet
1998
	Erykah Badu	[5]
	God's Property
	Missy Elliott
	Puff Daddy
	Wyclef Jean
1999
	Lauryn Hill	[ citation needed ]
	Tatyana Ali
	Big Pun
	Mýa
	Trin-i-tee 5:7

2000s

Year	Artist	Ref
2000
	Eve	[ citation needed ]
	Kevon Edmonds
	Les Nubians
	Angie Stone
	Iyanla Vanzant
2001
	Carl Thomas	[ citation needed ]
	Audra McDonald
	Lucy Pearl
	Jill Scott
	Musiq Soulchild
2002
	Alicia Keys	[ citation needed ]
	Bilal
	City High
	Nelly Furtado
	India.Arie
2003
	Ashanti	[ citation needed ]
	Amerie
	Floetry
	Kelly Rowland
	Tweet
2004
	Ruben Studdard	[ citation needed ]
	Beyoncé
	Byron Cage
	Anthony Hamilton
	Heather Headley
2005
	Kanye West	[ citation needed ]
	Fantasia
	Van Hunt
	John Legend
	Mario Winans
2006
	Chris Brown	[ citation needed ]
	Bobby V
	Keyshia Cole
	Leela James
	Omarion
2007
	Corinne Bailey Rae	[ citation needed ]
	Cherish
	Lupe Fiasco
	LeToya
	Mario Vazquez
2008
	Jordin Sparks	[ citation needed ]
	Corbin Bleu
	J. Holiday
	Sean Kingston
	Chrisette Michele
2009
	Jennifer Hudson	[ citation needed ]
	Anthony David
	Estelle
	Leona Lewis
	Jazmine Sullivan

2010s

Year	Artist	Ref
2010
	Keri Hilson	[ citation needed ]
	Kristinia DeBarge
	Melanie Fiona
	Jeremih
	K'Jon
2011
	Willow Smith	[ citation needed ]
	B.o.B
	Jason Derulo
	Bruno Mars
	Nicki Minaj
2012
	Diggy Simmons	[ citation needed ]
	Committed
	Mindless Behavior
	Landau Eugene Murphy, Jr.
	Wynter Gordon
2013
	Elle Varner	[ citation needed ]
	Melanie Amaro
	Gary Clark, Jr.
	Lianne La Havas
	The OMG Girlz
2014
	K. Michelle	[ citation needed ]
	RaVaughn Brown
	Candice Glover
	Ariana Grande
	Zendaya
2015
	3 Winans Brothers	[6]
	Jhené Aiko
	Aloe Blacc
	Erica Campbell
	Liv Warfield
2016
	Jussie Smollett	[7]
	Andra Day
	Judith Hill
	The Weeknd
	Yazz
2017
	Chance the Rapper	[8]
	Chloe x Halle
	Ro James
	MAJOR
	Serayah
2018
	SZA
	Demetria McKinney
	Khalid
	Kevin Ross
	Vic Mensa
2019
	Ella Mai
	Jade Novah
	Koryn Hawthorne
	Omar Wilson
	Tory Lanez

2020s

Year	Artist	Ref
2020
	Lil Nas X
	Ari Lennox
	Lucky Daye
	Mahalia
	Mykal Kilgore
2021
	Doja Cat	[9]
	Chika
	D Smoke
	Giveon
	Skip Marley
2022
	Saweetie
	Cynthia Erivo
	Jimmie Allen
	Tems
	Zoe Wees
2023
	Coco Jones
	Adam Blackstone
	Armani White
	Fivio Foreign
	Steve Lacy
2024
	Victoria Monét
	FLO
	Jordan Ward
	Leon Thomas
	October London
2025
	Doechii
	Myles Smith
	Samoht
	Shaboozey
	Tyla

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