Winners & Nominees Bryson Tiller, Bryson Tiller, Winner, Andra Day, Andra Day, Nominee, Alessia Cara, Alessia Cara, Nominee, Kehlani, Kehlani, Nominee, Tory Lanez, Tory Lanez, Nominee, Sam Smith, Sam Smith, Winner, Rae Sremmurd, Rae Sremmurd, Nominee, DeJ Loaf, DeJ Loaf, Nominee, Bobby Shmurda, Bobby Shmurda, Nominee, Tinashe, Tinashe, Nominee, Fetty Wap, Fetty Wap, Nominee, August Alsina, August Alsina, Winner, ScHoolboy Q, ScHoolboy Q, Nominee, Ariana Grande, Ariana Grande, Nominee, Tristan Wilds, Tristan Wilds, Nominee, Rich Homie Quan, Rich Homie Quan, Nominee, Kendrick Lamar, Kendrick Lamar, Winner, Joey Badass, Joey Badass, Nominee, Trinidad James, Trinidad James, Nominee, The Weeknd, The Weeknd, Nominee, Azealia Banks, Azealia Banks, Nominee, Big Sean, Big Sean, Winner, Meek Mill, Meek Mill, Nominee, Future, Future, Nominee, Diggy Simmons, Diggy Simmons, Nominee, A$AP Rocky, A$AP Rocky, Nominee | ||
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. For example, Omarion was a member of the hip hop quartet B2K from 2001 until 2004 and B2K had already been nominated for a BET Award for Best New Artist in 2002. Despite this, Omarion was nominated for the category in 2005 because he made his solo debut in the same year. 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. Willow Smith is the youngest person to be nominated for this award. Sam Smith is so far the only Caucasian artist to have won the award, winning it in 2015.
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BET Best New Artist Nominees/Winners who won or earned nominations for the Best New Artist Grammy Award: