Brit Award for British Breakthrough Artist

The award was first presented in 1977 as two awards: British Male Newcomer and British Female Newcomer which were won by Graham Parker and Julie Covington. When the Brit Awards was held for the second time in 1982, these categories were combined and rules were changed so that groups were also eligible. The inaugural recipients of the new British Newcomer award were The Human League. From 2003 to 2019, the award was presented as British Breakthrough Act. The award received its current name Best New Artist starting in 2020, bringing it in line with similar international awards such as the Grammy Award for Best New Artist. Mabel and Dave are the only artists who have been nominated for this award more than once. Dave was nominated 2018 and 2020 and Mabel was nominated in both 2019 and 2020. ==Winners and nominees==

British Male/Female Newcomer (1977) British Newcomer (1982–2002) were the first winners of the combined award won the award in 1995 received the award in 1998 British Breakthrough Act (2003–2019) won the award in 2006 received the award in 2011 won the award in 2018 Best New Artist (2020–2025) British Breakthrough Artist (2026–present) ==Notes==