MTV Video Music Award for Best New Artist
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The following is a list of the MTV Video Music Awards winners for Best New Artist. This award is often poked fun at as the "Death Award", as it represented the peak of some winners' careers. Four artists who won the award (Eurythmics, Nirvana, 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, 2001 and 2004 respectively).
| Year | Artist | Video |
|---|---|---|
| 1984 | Eurythmics | "Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)" |
| 1985 | 'Til Tuesday | "Voices Carry" |
| 1986 | a-ha | "Take on Me" |
| 1987 | Crowded House | "Don't Dream It's Over" |
| 1988 | Guns N' Roses | "Welcome to the Jungle" |
| 1989 | Living Colour | "Cult of Personality" |
| 1990 | Michael Penn | "No Myth" |
| 1991 | Jesus Jones | "Right Here, Right Now" |
| 1992 | Nirvana | "Smells Like Teen Spirit" |
| 1993 | Stone Temple Pilots | "Plush" |
| 1994 | Counting Crows | "Mr. Jones" |
| 1995 | Hootie & the Blowfish | "Hold My Hand" |
| 1996 | Alanis Morissette | "Ironic" |
| 1997 | Fiona Apple | "Sleep to Dream" |
| 1998 | Natalie Imbruglia | "Torn" |
| 1999 | Eminem | "My Name Is" |
| 2000 | Macy Gray | "I Try" |
| 2001 | Alicia Keys | "Fallin'" |
| 2002 | Avril Lavigne | "Complicated" |
| 2003 | 50 Cent | "In da Club" |
| 2004 | Maroon 5 | "This Love" |
| 2005 | The Killers | "Mr. Brightside" |
| 2006 | Avenged Sevenfold | "Bat Country" |
| 2007 | Gym Class Heroes | "Cupid's Chokehold" |
