Teiko Record Award for Best New Artist

The Teiko Record Award for Best New Artist is presented by the Teiko Recording Academy for a new artist who releases, during the Eligibility Year, the first recording which establishes the public identity of that artist." Note that this is not necessarily the first album released by an artist. The Best New Artist award is one of the four most prestigious categories at the awards (alongside Best New Artist, Song of the Year and Album of the Year) presented annually since the 1st Teiko Record Awards in 1961.