Sharon Van Etten - "The End of the World"

Vulfpeck - "Animal Spirits"

Julia Michaels - "Issues"

The Weeknd feat. Daft Punk - "I Feel It Coming"

2000: Yo La Tengo - "And Then Nothing Turned Itself Inside Out"

2001: The Strokes - "Is This It"

Honorable Mention: The Avalanches – “Since I Left You”

2002: Wilco – “Yankee Hotel Foxtrot”

2003: Fountains of Wayne – “Welcome Interstate Managers”

Honorable Mention: The Postal Service – “Give Up”

2004: Loretta Lynn – “Van Lear Rose”

2005: Marah – “If You Didn’t Laugh, You’d Cry”

Honorable Mention: Sufjan Stevens – “Illinois”

2006: The Hold Steady – “Boys and Girls in America”

Honorable Mention: Josh Rouse – “Nashville”, Neko Case – “Fox Confessor Brings the Flood”, Ne-Yo – “In My Own Words”

2007: Mavis Staples – “We’ll Never Turn Back”

Honorable Mention: Radiohead – “In Rainbows”, Kanye West – “Graduation”

2008: Girl Talk – “Feed The Animals”

2009: K’Naan – “Troubadour”

Honorable Mention: Passion Pit – “Manners”

2010: Kanye West - "My Beautiful, Dark, Twisted Fantasy"

2011: Tune-Yards - "WHOKILL"

2012: Taylor Swift - "Red"

Honorable Mention: Japandroids - "Celebration Rock"

2013: Kanye West - "Yeezus"

Honorable Mention: CHVRCHES - "The Bones of What You Believe"

2014: D'Angelo & The Vanguard - "Black Messiah"

2015: Kendrick Lamar - "To Pimp a Butterfly"

2016: Beyonce - "Lemonade"