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Danh sách cụ thể

| Năm | Nghệ sĩ | Album đoạt giải | Đề cử | Ghi chú |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1991 | Sinéad O'Connor | I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got |  Laurie Anderson – Strange Angels  Kate Bush – The Sensual World  The Replacements – All Shook Down  World Party – Goodbye Jumbo |  |
| 1992 | R.E.M. | Out of Time |  Elvis Costello – Mighty Like a Rose  Jesus Jones – Doubt  Nirvana – Nevermind  Richard Thompson – Rumor and Sigh |  |
| 1993 | Tom Waits | Bone Machine |  The B-52s – Good Stuff  The Cure – Wish  Morrissey – Your Arsenal  XTC – Nonsuch |  |
| 1994 | U2 | Zooropa |  Belly – Star  Nirvana – In Utero  R.E.M. – Automatic for the People  The Smashing Pumpkins – Siamese Dream |  |
| 1995 | Green Day | Dookie |  Tori Amos – Under the Pink  Crash Test Dummies – God Shuffled His Feet  Sarah McLachlan – Fumbling Towards Ecstasy  Nine Inch Nails – The Downward Spiral |  |
| 1996 | Nirvana | MTV Unplugged in New York |  Björk – Post  Foo Fighters – Foo Fighters  PJ Harvey – To Bring You My Love  The Presidents of the United States of America – The Presidents of the United States of America |  |
| 1997 | Beck | Odelay |  Tori Amos – Boys for Pele  Tracy Bonham – The Burdens of Being Upright  R.E.M. – New Adventures in Hi-Fi  The Smashing Pumpkins – Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness |  |
| 1998 | Radiohead | OK Computer |  Björk – Homogenic  David Bowie – Earthling  The Chemical Brothers – Dig Your Own Hole  The Prodigy – The Fat of the Land |  |
| 1999 | Beastie Boys | Hello Nasty |  Tori Amos – From the Choirgirl Hotel  PJ Harvey – Is This Desire?  Radiohead – Airbag / How Am I Driving?  The Smashing Pumpkins – Adore |  |
| 2000 | Beck | Mutations |  Tori Amos – To Venus and Back  Fatboy Slim – You've Come a Long Way, Baby  Moby – Play  Nine Inch Nails – The Fragile |  |
| 2001 | Radiohead | Kid A |  Fiona Apple – When the Pawn…  Beck – Midnite Vultures  The Cure – Bloodflowers  Paul McCartney – Liverpool Sound Collage |  |
| 2002 | Coldplay | Parachutes |  Tori Amos – Strange Little Girls  Björk – Vespertine  Fatboy Slim – Halfway Between the Gutter and the Stars  Radiohead – Amnesiac |  |
| 2003 | Coldplay | A Rush of Blood to the Head |  Beck – Sea Change  Clinic – Walking with Thee  Elvis Costello and the Imposters – Cruel Smile  The Soundtrack of Our Lives – Behind the Music |  |
| 2004 | The White Stripes | Elephant |  The Flaming Lips – Fight Test  Radiohead – Hail to the Thief  Sigur Rós – ()  Yeah Yeah Yeahs – Fever to Tell |  |
| 2005 | Wilco | A Ghost Is Born |  Björk – Medúlla  Franz Ferdinand – Franz Ferdinand  PJ Harvey – Uh Huh Her  Modest Mouse – Good News for People Who Love Bad News |  |
| 2006 | The White Stripes | Get Behind Me Satan |  Arcade Fire – Funeral  Beck – Guero  Death Cab for Cutie – Plans  Franz Ferdinand – You Could Have It So Much Better |  |
| 2007 | Gnarls Barkley | St. Elsewhere |  Arctic Monkeys – Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not  The Flaming Lips – At War with the Mystics  Yeah Yeah Yeahs – Show Your Bones  Thom Yorke – The Eraser |  |
| 2008 | The White Stripes | Icky Thump |  Lily Allen – Alright, Still  Arcade Fire – Neon Bible  Björk – Volta  The Shins – Wincing the Night Away |  |
| 2009 | Radiohead | In Rainbows |  Beck – Modern Guilt  Death Cab for Cutie – Narrow Stairs  Gnarls Barkley – The Odd Couple  My Morning Jacket – Evil Urges |  |
| 2010 | Phoenix | Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix |  David Byrne và Brian Eno – Everything That Happens Will Happen Today  Death Cab for Cutie – The Open Door EP  Depeche Mode – Sounds of the Universe  Yeah Yeah Yeahs – It's Blitz! |  |
| 2011 | The Black Keys | Brothers |  Arcade Fire – The Suburbs  Band of Horses – Infinite Arms  Broken Bells – Broken Bells  Vampire Weekend – Contra |  |
| 2012 | Bon Iver | Bon Iver, Bon Iver |  Death Cab for Cutie – Codes and Keys  Foster the People – Torches  My Morning Jacket – Circuital  Radiohead – The King of Limbs |  |
| 2013 | Gotye | Making Mirrors |  Fiona Apple – The Idler Wheel...  Björk – Biophilia  M83 – Hurry Up, We're Dreaming Tom Waits – Bad as Me |  |
| 2014 | Vampire Weekend | Modern Vampires of the City |  Neko Case – The Worse Things Get, the Harder I Fight, the Harder I Fight, the More I Love You  The National – Trouble Will Find Me  Nine Inch Nails – Hesitation Marks  Tame Impala – Lonerism  |  |
| 2015 | St. Vincent | St. Vincent |  Alt-J – This Is All Yours  Arcade Fire – Reflektor  Cage the Elephant – Melophobia Jack White – Lazaretto |   |
| 2016 | Alabama Shakes | Sound & Color |  Björk – Vulnicura  My Morning Jacket – The Waterfall  Tame Impala – Currents Wilco – Star Wars |   |
| 2017 | David Bowie | Blackstar |  Bon Iver – 22, A Million  PJ Harvey – The Hope Six Demolition Project  Iggy Pop – Post Pop Depression Radiohead – A Moon Shaped Pool |   |
| 2018 | The National | Sleep Well Beast |  Arcade Fire – Everything Now  Gorillaz – Humanz  LCD Soundsystem – American Dream  Father John Misty – Pure Comedy |  |
| 2019 | Beck | Colors |  Arctic Monkeys – Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino  Björk – Utopia  David Byrne – American Utopia  St. Vincent – Masseduction |  |
| 2020 | Vampire Weekend | Father of the Bride |  Big Thief – U.F.O.F.  James Blake – Assume Form  Bon Iver – I, I  Thom Yorke – Anima |  |
| 2021 | Fiona Apple | Fetch the Bolt Cutters |  Beck – Hyperspace  Phoebe Bridgers – Punisher  Brittany Howard – Jaime  Tame Impala – The Slow Rush |  |
| 2022 | St. Vincent | Daddy's Home |  Fleet Foxes – Shore  Halsey – If I Can't Have Love, I Want Power  Japanese Breakfast – Jubilee  Arlo Parks – Collapsed in Sunbeams |  |
| 2023 | Wet Leg | Wet Leg |  Arcade Fire – We  Big Thief – Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe in You  Björk – Fossora  Yeah Yeah Yeahs – Cool It Down |  |
| 2024 | Boygenius | The Record |  Arctic Monkeys – The Car  Lana Del Rey – Did You Know That There's a Tunnel Under Ocean Blvd  Gorillaz – Cracker Island  PJ Harvey – I Inside the Old Year Dying |  |
| 2025 | St. Vincent | All Born Screaming |  Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds – Wild God  Clairo  – Charm  Kim Gordon  – The Collective  Brittany Howard  –  What Now |  |

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