- 1998: bottle up and explode! — elliott smith
- 1999: on the bound — fiona apple
- 2000: high speed — coldplay
- 2001: it's not up to you — björk
- 2002: sk8er boi — avril lavigne
- 2003: imaginary — evanescence
- 2004: extraordinary girl — green day
- 2005: camisado — panic! at the disco
- 2006: put your records on — corinne bailey rae
- 2007: jigsaw falling into place — radiohead
- 2008: headfirst slide into cooperstown on a bad bet — fall out boy
- 2009: my boy builds coffins — florence + the machine
- 2010: silver soul — beach house
- 2011: lorelai — fleet foxes
- 2012: flowers in your hair — the lumineers
- 2013: let's be still — the head and the heart
- 2014: lights out — angel olsen
- 2015: hunger — of monsters and men
- 2016: thursday girl — mitski
- 2017: soft sounds from another planet — japanese breakfast
- 2018: show you a body — haley heynderickx
- 2019: wild time — weyes blood
- 2020: moon song — phoebe bridgers
- 2021: serenade of song — men i trust
- 2022: ptolemaea — ethel cain
- 2023: true blue — boygenius
- 2024: sadness as a gift — adrianne lenker
- 2025: sylvia — julien baker, torres
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