Premios 40 Principales for Best International New Artist

The Premios 40 Principales for Best International New Artist is an honor presented annually at Los Premios 40 Principales, a ceremony that recognizes excellence in music organised by Spain's top music radio Los 40 Principales. The award was first presented in the inaugural award show in 2006, but would not be seen again until the 2012 edition.

Year	Winner	Other nominees
2006	Lucie Silvas	James Blunt Kelly Clarkson Pussycat Dolls Corinne Bailey Rae
Category inactive from 2007 to 2011
2012	One Direction	Carly Rae Jepsen Fun Gotye Nicki Minaj
2013	Macklemore & Ryan Lewis	John Newman James Arthur Passenger The Lumineers
2014	Birdy	Milky Chance The Vamps Ariana Grande Lorde
2015	Meghan Trainor	Sam Smith Hozier Robin Schulz Måns Zelmerlöw
2016	Kungs	The Chainsmokers Drake Twenty One Pilots Lukas Graham
2017	Rag'n'Bone Man	Kaleo Julia Michaels Harry Styles Bebe Rexha
2018	Tom Walker	Liam Payne Post Malone Marshmello Anne-Marie
2019[1]	Mabel	Ava Max Panic! at the Disco Lil Nas X Billie Eilish
2020[2]	Aya Nakamura	Lewis Capaldi Tones and I Nea Doja Cat

2014 winner Birdy.