| Év | Győztes | További jelöltek |
| 1984 | Eurythmics — Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This) | - Cyndi Lauper — Girls Just Want to Have Fun
- Cyndi Lauper — Time After Time
- Madonna — Borderline
- Wang Chung — Dance Hall Days
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| 1985 | 'Til Tuesday — Voices Carry | - Frankie Goes to Hollywood — Two Tribes
- Julian Lennon — Too Late for Goodbyes
- Sade — Smooth Operator
- Sheila E. — The Glamorous Life
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| 1986 | a-ha — Take on Me | - The Hooters — And We Danced
- Whitney Houston — How Will I Know
- Pet Shop Boys — West End Girls
- Simply Red — Holding Back the Years
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| 1987 | Crowded House — Don't Dream It's Over | - Robert Cray — Smoking Gun
- The Georgia Satellites — Keep Your Hands to Yourself
- Bruce Hornsby and the Range — The Way It Is
- Timbuk3 — The Future's So Bright, I Gotta Wear Shades
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| 1988 | Guns N’ Roses — Welcome to the Jungle | - The Godfathers — Birth, School, Work, Death
- Buster Poindexter — Hot, Hot, Hot
- Swing Out Sister — Breakout
- Jody Watley — Some Kind of Lover
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| 1989 | Living Colour — Cult of Personality | - Paula Abdul — Straight Up
- Edie Brickell & New Bohemians — What I Am
- Neneh Cherry — Buffalo Stance
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| 1990 | Michael Penn — No Myth | - Bell Biv DeVoe — Poison
- The Black Crowes — Jealous Again
- Jane Child — Don't Wanna Fall in Love
- Lenny Kravitz — Let Love Rule
- Alannah Myles — Black Velvet
- Lisa Stansfield — All Around the World
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| 1991 | Jesus Jones — Right Here, Right Now | |
| 1992 | Nirvana — Smells Like Teen Spirit | - Tori Amos — Silent All These Years
- Arrested Development — Tennessee
- Cracker — Teen Angst (What The World Needs Now)
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| 1993 | Stone Temple Pilots — Plush | - Tasmin Archer — Sleeping Satellite
- Belly — Feed the Tree
- Porno for Pyros — Pets
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| 1994 | Counting Crows — Mr. Jones | - Beck — Loser
- Björk — Human Behaviour
- Green Day — Longview
- Lisa Loeb and Nine Stories — Stay (I Missed You)
- Me'Shell NdegéOcello — If That's Your Boyfriend (He Wasn't Last Night)
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| 1995 | Hootie & the Blowfish — Hold My Hand | - Jeff Buckley — Last Goodbye
- Des'ree — You Gotta Be
- Filter — 'Hey Man, Nice Shot
- Portishead — Sour Times (Nobody Loves Me)
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| 1996 | Alanis Morissette — Ironic | - Tracy Bonham — Mother Mother
- Garbage — Stupid Girl
- Jewel — Who Will Save Your Soul
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| 1997 | Fiona Apple — Sleep to Dream | - Meredith Brooks — Bitch
- Hanson — MMMBop
- Jamiroquai — Virtual Insanity
- The Wallflowers — One Headlight
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| 1998 | Natalie Imbruglia — Torn | - Cherry Poppin' Daddies — Zoot Suit Riot
- Chumbawamba — Tubthumping
- Fastball — The Way
- Mase — Feel So Good
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| 1999 | Eminem — My Name Is | |
| 2000 | Macy Gray — I Try | |
| 2001 | Alicia Keys — Fallin’ | - Coldplay — Yellow
- Nikka Costa — Like a Feather
- David Gray — Babylon
- Sum 41 — Fat Lip
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| 2002 | Avril Lavigne — Complicated | - Ashanti — Foolish
- B2K — Uh Huh
- John Mayer — No Such Thing
- Puddle of Mudd — Blurry
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| 2003 | 50 Cent — In da Club | |
| 2004 | Maroon 5 — This Love | - The Darkness — I Believe in a Thing Called Love
- Jet — Are You Gonna Be My Girl
- JoJo — Leave (Get Out)
- Kanye West (közreműködik Syleena Johnson) — All Falls Down
- Yellowcard — Ocean Avenue
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| 2005 | The Killers — Mr. Brightside | - Ciara (közreműködik Missy Elliott) — 1,2 Step
- The Game — Dreams
- John Legend — Ordinary People
- My Chemical Romance — Helena
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| 2006 | Avenged Sevenfold — Bat Country | |
| 2007 | Gym Class Heroes | |
| 2008 | Tokio Hotel — Ready, Set, Go! | |
| 2009 | Lady Gaga — Poker Face | - 3OH!3 — Don't Trust Me
- Drake — Best I Ever Had
- Kid Cudi — Day 'n' Nite
- Asher Roth — I Love College
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| 2010 | Justin Bieber (közreműködik Ludacris) — Baby | |
| 2011 | Tyler, the Creator — Yonkers | - Big Sean (közreműködik Chris Brown) — My Last
- Foster the People — Pumped Up Kicks
- Kreayshawn — Gucci Gucci
- Wiz Khalifa — Black and Yellow
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| 2012 | One Direction — What Makes You Beautiful | |
| 2013 | Austine Mahone — What About Love | |
| 2014 | Fifth Harmony — Miss Movin' On | |
| 2015 | Fetty Wap — Trap Queen | - James Bay - Holding Back to River
- George Ezra — Budapest
- FKA Twigs — Pendulum
- Vance Joy — Riptide
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| 2016 | DNCE | - Desiigner
- Zara Larsson
- Lukas Graham
- Bryson Tiller (második helyezett)
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| 2017 | Khalid | - Noah Cyrus
- Kodak Black
- Julia Michaels (második helyezett)
- SZA
- Young M.A
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| 2018 | Cardi B | |
| 2019 | Billie Eilish | |
