# BET Award for Best New Artist

The BET Award for Best New Artist is given to an artist who made their debut the previous or same year of the awards ceremony. A former group member can be nominated for the award if they have made their solo debut. Controversy arose when Jennifer Hudson won the award in 2007 even though her only solo release at the time was a single of "And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going"; her first album was scheduled for release in October 2007. Sam Smith is so far the only Caucasian artist to have won the award, winning it in 2015.

## Winners and nominees

Winners are listed first and highlighted in bold.
* Grammy Award for Best New Artist winning artist – †
* Grammy Award for Best New Artist nominated artist – ‡

### 2000s

| Year | Artist |
| 2001 |
| 2001 | Nelly |
| 2001 | India Arie ‡ |
| 2001 | Lil' Bow Wow |
| 2001 | Musiq |
| 2001 | Jill Scott ‡ |
| 2002 | |
| 2002 | Alicia Keys † |
| 2002 | Ashanti ‡ |
| 2002 | B2K |
| 2002 | Craig David |
| 2002 | Tweet |
| 2003 | |
| 2003 | 50 Cent ‡ |
| 2003 | Floetry |
| 2003 | Heather Headley ‡ |
| 2003 | Sean Paul ‡ |
| 2003 | Justin Timberlake |
| 2004 | |
| 2004 | Kanye West ‡ |
| 2004 | Chingy |
| 2004 | Anthony Hamilton |
| 2004 | Ruben Studdard |
| 2004 | Pharrell Williams |
| 2005 | |
| 2005 | John Legend † |
| 2005 | Ciara ‡ |
| 2005 | Fantasia |
| 2005 | The Game |
| 2005 | Omarion |
| 2006 | |
| 2006 | Chris Brown ‡ |
| 2006 | Chamillionaire |
| 2006 | Ne-Yo |
| 2006 | Rihanna |
| 2006 | Paul Wall |
| 2007 | |
| 2007 | Jennifer Hudson |
| 2007 | Corinne Bailey Rae ‡ |
| 2007 | Gnarls Barkley |
| 2007 | Lupe Fiasco |
| 2007 | Mims |
| 2008 | |
| 2008 | The-Dream |
| 2008 | Estelle |
| 2008 | Flo Rida |
| 2008 | Chrisette Michele |
| 2008 | Soulja Boy |
| 2009 | |
| 2009 | Keri Hilson ‡ |
| 2009 | Kid Cudi |
| 2009 | Ryan Leslie |
| 2009 | M.I.A. |
| 2009 | Jazmine Sullivan ‡ |

### 2010s

| Year | Artist |
| 2010 |
| 2010 | Nicki Minaj ‡ |
| 2010 | Justin Bieber ‡ |
| 2010 | Melanie Fiona |
| 2010 | Wale |
| 2010 | Young Money |
| 2011 | |
| 2011 | Wiz Khalifa |
| 2011 | J. Cole ‡ |
| 2011 | Bruno Mars |
| 2011 | Miguel |
| 2011 | Willow Smith |
| 2012 | |
| 2012 | Big Sean |
| 2012 | ASAP Rocky |
| 2012 | Diggy |
| 2012 | Future |
| 2012 | Meek Mill |
| 2013 | |
| 2013 | Kendrick Lamar ‡ |
| 2013 | Joey Badass |
| 2013 | Azealia Banks |
| 2013 | Trinidad James |
| 2013 | The Weeknd |
| 2014 | |
| 2014 | August Alsina |
| 2014 | Ariana Grande |
| 2014 | Rich Homie Quan |
| 2014 | ScHoolboy Q |
| 2014 | Mack Wilds |
| 2015 | |
| 2015 | Sam Smith † |
| 2015 | Dej Loaf |
| 2015 | Fetty Wap |
| 2015 | Bobby Shmurda |
| 2015 | Rae Sremmurd |
| 2015 | Tinashe |
| 2016 | |
| 2016 | Bryson Tiller |
| 2016 | Alessia Cara † |
| 2016 | Andra Day |
| 2016 | Kehlani |
| 2016 | Tory Lanez |
| 2017 | |
| 2017 | Chance the Rapper † |
| 2017 | 21 Savage |
| 2017 | Cardi B |
| 2017 | Khalid ‡ |
| 2017 | Young M.A |
| 2018 | |
| 2018 | SZA ‡ |
| 2018 | GoldLink |
| 2018 | A Boogie wit da Hoodie |
| 2018 | H.E.R. ‡ |
| 2018 | Daniel Caesar |
| 2019 | |
| 2019 | Lil Baby |
| 2019 | Blueface |
| 2019 | City Girls |
| 2019 | Juice Wrld |
| 2019 | Queen Naija |

### 2020s

| Year | Artist |
| 2020 |
| 2020 | Roddy Ricch |
| 2020 | DaniLeigh |
| 2020 | Lil Nas X ‡ |
| 2020 | Pop Smoke |
| 2020 | Summer Walker |
| 2020 | YBN Cordae |
| 2021 |
| 2021 | Giveon |
| 2021 | Coi Leray |
| 2021 | Flo Milli |
| 2021 | Jack Harlow |
| 2021 | Latto ‡ |
| 2021 | Pooh Shiesty |
| 2022 |
| 2022 | Latto ‡ |
| 2022 | Baby Keem ‡ |
| 2022 | Benny the Butcher |
| 2022 | Bleu |
| 2022 | Muni Long ‡ |
| 2022 | Tems |
| 2023 |
| 2023 | Coco Jones ‡ |
| 2023 | Ambré |
| 2023 | Doechii |
| 2023 | FLO |
| 2023 | GloRilla |
| 2023 | Ice Spice ‡ |
| 2023 | Lola Brooke |
| 2024 |
| 2024 | Tyla |
| 2024 | 41 |
| 2024 | 4Batz |
| 2024 | Ayra Starr |
| 2024 | BossMan Dlow |
| 2024 | Fridayy |
| 2024 | October London |
| 2024 | Sexyy Red |