MTV Video Music Award for Best New Artist in a Video

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MTV Video Music Award category music award

The MTV Video Music Award for Best New Artist in a Video is a VMA category that honors breakthrough performers for their debut or early standout music videos.

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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
MTV Video Music Award for Best New Artist in a Video canonical	4
Best New Artist in a Video	2
Best New Artist Video	1
MTV Video Music Award for Best New Artist (fan-voted category)	1
VMA – Best New Artist in a Video	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10007143 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: MTV Video Music Award for Best New Artist in a Video
Context triple: [Criminal, nominatedFor, MTV Video Music Award for Best New Artist in a Video]

A. MTV Video Music Award for Video of the Year
The MTV Video Music Award for Video of the Year is the top honor at MTV's annual Video Music Awards, recognizing the most outstanding and influential music video released that year.
B. MTV Video Music Award for Best Male Video
The MTV Video Music Award for Best Male Video is a category at the MTV VMAs that honors outstanding music videos by male solo artists.
C. MTV Video Music Award for Best Female Video
The MTV Video Music Award for Best Female Video was a category at the MTV VMAs that honored outstanding music videos performed by female artists.
D. MTV Video Music Award for Breakthrough Video
The MTV Video Music Award for Breakthrough Video is a category at the MTV VMAs that honors music videos noted for their innovative, experimental, or boundary-pushing creative vision.
E. MTV Video Music Award for Best Pop Video
The MTV Video Music Award for Best Pop Video is a category at the MTV VMAs that honors outstanding pop music videos released within the eligibility year.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: MTV Video Music Award for Best New Artist in a Video
Target entity description: The MTV Video Music Award for Best New Artist in a Video is a VMA category that honors breakthrough performers for their debut or early standout music videos.

A. MTV Video Music Award for Video of the Year
The MTV Video Music Award for Video of the Year is the top honor at MTV's annual Video Music Awards, recognizing the most outstanding and influential music video released that year.
B. MTV Video Music Award for Best Male Video
The MTV Video Music Award for Best Male Video is a category at the MTV VMAs that honors outstanding music videos by male solo artists.
C. MTV Video Music Award for Best Female Video
The MTV Video Music Award for Best Female Video was a category at the MTV VMAs that honored outstanding music videos performed by female artists.
D. MTV Video Music Award for Breakthrough Video
The MTV Video Music Award for Breakthrough Video is a category at the MTV VMAs that honors music videos noted for their innovative, experimental, or boundary-pushing creative vision.
E. MTV Video Music Award for Best Pop Video
The MTV Video Music Award for Best Pop Video is a category at the MTV VMAs that honors outstanding pop music videos released within the eligibility year.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (45)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	MTV Video Music Award category ⓘ music award ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Best New Artist ⓘ Best New Artist in a Video ⓘ linked to: MTV Video Music Award for Best New Artist in a Video Best New Artist in a Video (1984–2006) ⓘ
awardFor	best new artist in a music video ⓘ breakthrough performer in a music video ⓘ
awardLevel	international recognition ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
field	music industry ⓘ
frequency	annual ⓘ
genre	popular music ⓘ
hasAbbreviation	VMA – Best New Artist in a Video ⓘ linked to: MTV Video Music Award for Best New Artist in a Video
hasAudience	television viewers ⓘ
hasBroadcastPlatform	MTV cable channel ⓘ online streaming platforms ⓘ
hasCategoryType	artist-based award ⓘ breakthrough artist award ⓘ
hasCulturalContext	American popular culture ⓘ
hasEligibilityRegion	primarily United States market but open to international artists ⓘ
hasLanguage	English ⓘ
hasMedium	music video ⓘ
hasNotableImpact	boosts commercial visibility of winners and nominees ⓘ
hasOfficialWebsite	https://www.mtv.com/vma ⓘ
hasOriginalNetwork	MTV (US) ⓘ linked to: MTV
hasParentOrganization	Paramount Global ⓘ
hasTimePeriodCovered	music videos released in the eligibility year ⓘ
hasTrophy	MTV Moonman statuette ⓘ linked to: MTV Moonman
inception	1984 ⓘ
isAwardedFor	early career breakthrough in music video format ⓘ outstanding debut music video performance ⓘ
isSubsetOf	artist awards at MTV Video Music Awards ⓘ
location	various cities in the United States ⓘ
organizer	MTV Networks ⓘ
partOf	MTV Video Music Awards ⓘ linked to: MTV Video Music Award
presentedAtEvent	annual MTV Video Music Awards ceremony ⓘ
presentedBy	MTV ⓘ
relatedTo	MTV Video Music Award for Best Female Video ⓘ MTV Video Music Award for Best Group Video ⓘ MTV Video Music Award for Best Male Video ⓘ MTV Video Music Award for Video of the Year ⓘ
selectionProcess	voting by MTV viewers in some years ⓘ voting by industry professionals in some years ⓘ
significance	high-profile exposure for emerging artists ⓘ
typicalEligibility	artists releasing debut or early standout music videos ⓘ

How these facts were elicited