In 1993, who won the MTV Best New Artist Award for "Plush"?

Stone Temple Pilots won the 1993 MTV Best New Artist award for “Plush.” The band’s breakthrough song appeared on Core, its 1992 debut album, and became one of the defining alternative-rock tracks of the early 1990s.

At the 1993 MTV Video Music Awards, the official category was titled Best New Artist in a Video. Stone Temple Pilots won for the “Plush” video, which received heavy MTV rotation. The band competed during a period when grunge and alternative rock were moving rapidly from college-radio scenes into the mainstream.

“Plush” was written by vocalist Scott Weiland, guitarist Dean DeLeo, bassist Robert DeLeo, and drummer Eric Kretz, with Robert DeLeo composing the central music. The single became a major radio success and later earned the group a 1994 Grammy for Best Hard Rock Performance. That Grammy win is sometimes confused with the earlier MTV award, but they were separate honors presented in different years.