Tejano Music Award for Best New Artist

The Tejano Music Award for Best New Artist is an honor presented annually at the Tejano Music Awards, a ceremony that recognizes emerging vocalists and groups in the Tejano music industry. The award is given out in three subcategories: Male, Female, and Group.

Tejano Music Award for Best New Artist
Awarded for	Emerging vocalists and groups in Tejano music
Country	United States
Presented by	Texas Talent Musician Association
First award	2009
Currently held by	Emanuel J (Male 2021) Liz Garcia (Female 2021) South Texas Homies (Group 2021)
Website	Tejanomusicawards.com

Tristan Ramos, who won Best New Male Artist in 2019 at the age of 13, became one of the youngest recipients of a Tejano Music Award since its inception in 1981.^[1] Mia, who won Best New Female Artist in 2018 at the age of 11, is the youngest recipient of any Tejano Music Award. Mia had broken the record for the youngest winner one year after Isabel Marie Sanchez held the title in 2017.^[2]

Recipients

Best New Artist — Male

Year	Winner	Nominees
2009[3]	Eddie Guerrero	Juaquin Cura (of Los Curita's)[4]
2010[5]	AJ Castillo	Benny Rodriguez (of Grupo XS)[6]
2011[7]	Javier Hinojosa (of Texas Legend)	Lonnie Gonzalez (of Los Badd Boyzz del Valle)[8] Carlos Gonzalez (of Los Badd Boyzz del Valle)[8]
2012[3]	Ricky Valenz	Smiley Cuellar[9]
2013[3]	Gabriel Zavala
2014[10]	Lucky Joe
2015[11][12]	Juan Jose Rodriguez (of Bajo Zero)	Mario Barajas (of Baraje de Oro) Roel Nava Severo Martinez (of Severo y Grupo Fuego) Teddy Martinez (of Teddy Martinez y Grupo Oro)
2016[13]	Rigo Navaira (of Remedio)	J.R. Reyna (of J.R. Reyna y Grupo Eligido) Navor "Fonzie" Romo (of Grupo Romo) Roy Garcia Sergio "Chex" Lozano (of Revo Live Band)
2017[14][15]	Ben Ozuna	Kid Zapper Jess Lopez Mario Macias Ricky Lopez (of Dezigual) Ruben Garza (of La Nueva Era)
2018[16][2]	Stevie D. (of Stevie D & The All-Star Cast)	Oscar Nino (of Vizion) Rick Fuentes Ruben Vela Jr. Tony "Tigre" Saenz
2019[17]	Tristan Ramos	Daniel Lopez (of Daniel Lopez y Grupo Aventura) Isamel Gutierrez (of Ismael Gutierrez y Su Pasion del Norte) Ray Ray (of Ray Ray de Los Agues) Ricky Guzman III (of Ricky Guzman and the All Stars)
2020[18]	J.R. Gomez	David Lee Rodriguez Ismael Gutierrez Javi Guerra Vidal Gomez
2021[19][20]	Emanuel J	Juan Carlos Pena Marcus Daniels Ray Ray Rene Rodriguez

Best New Artist — Female

Year	Winner	Nominees
2009[3]	Monica Castro
2010[3]	Veronica Sustaita (of Veronica Sustaita y Avance)
2011[3]	Betty Barajas (of Baraja de Oro)
2012[3]	Jessica Sanchez
2013[3]	Cacy Zavala
2014[3]	Crystal Torres
2015[12]	Yvone Ramos (of Yvone Ramos y Grupo Fuego)	Angelique (of Angelique & the Sweet City Band) Di Marie Elena Betancourt (of Elena 7 Los Tejano Ryderz) Silvia Navarro (of Grupo Imagen)
2016[13]	Destiny Navaira (of Remedio)	Erika Santana La Peligrosa Megan Chapa Tanya Griego
2017[15]	Isabel Marie Sanchez	Bree Jimenez Cindy Ramos Madalyn Hernandez Veronique Medrano
2018[2]	Mia	Annie Lomeli Devin Banda Di Marie Sarah Monique
2019[17]	Angelique (of Angelique & the Sweet City Band)	Aisha Liz Garcia Sarah Monique Veronique Medrano
2020[18]	Monica Saldivar	Brenda Martinez Cindy Ramos Magali Delarosa
2021[20]	Liz Garcia	Shevie Love

Best New Artist — Group

Year	Winner	Nominees
2009[3]	Grupo Sueno
2010[3]	Veronica Sustaita y Avance
2011[3]	Badd Boyz del Valle
2012[3]	Tejano Highway 281
2013[3]	La Calma
2014[3]	Dwayne & The Tex Mexplosion
2015[12]	Grupo Imagen	Bajo Zero Evolucion Vision Yvonne y Grupo Fuego
2016[13]	Remedio	J.R. Reyna y Grupo Elegido Los R.V. Boys Revo Live Band Sabor Latino Legacy
2017[15]	Dezigual	Magnifico 7 Ruben Garza Y La Nueva Era Veronique Medrand & The Puro Party Band Xplosion
2018[2]	Rick Fuentes and the Brown Express	Devin Banda & The Band La Soledad Stevie D & The All-Star Cast The Monterrey Project
2019[17]	Angelique & the Sweet City Band	Daniel Lopez Y Grupo Aventura Ricky Guzman and The Allstars Tristan Ramos and The Band Veronique and The Puro Party Band
2020[18]	J.R. Gomez y Los Conjunto Bandits	Ismael Gutierrez Y Su Pasion Del Norte Kompleto Monica Saldivar and The Band
2021[20]	South Texas Homies	El Dorado Band La 45 Los D Boyz Marcus Daniels Y Algo Suave

See also

• Texas portal
• Music portal
• Latin music portal

• Music of Texas