Posted 3 minutes agoSubscribe to Taylor Swift NewsletterCaret DownHere's Who Has Won Best New Artist At The VMAs For The Last 40 YearsWhile Nirvana and Billie Eilish won Best New Artist at the VMAs, Rihanna and Taylor Swift actually lost the award.by Nora DominickBuzzFeed StaffFacebookPinterestLinkHot Topic🔥 Full coverage and conversation on Taylor Swift Since the first MTV Video Music Awards in 1984, an award for Best New Artist has been given out to artists who have burst onto the scene and changed music in that given year.