# 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 |
| 1985 | Whitney Houston | |
| 1986 – 88 | — | — |
| 1989 |
| 1989 | Vanessa Williams | |

### 1990s

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

### 2000s

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

### 2010s

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

### 2020s

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