| 1995 | 1993 | Vs. | Pearl Jam | Album | 4.4 | 23 |
| 1995 | 1994 | Superunknown | Soundgarden | Album | 4.05 | 33 |
| 1995 | 1994 | Sleeps With Angels | Neil Young and Crazy Horse | Album | 4.4 | 6 |
| 1995 | 1994 | Monster | R.E.M. | Album | 3.95 | 27 |
| 1995 winner | 1994 | Voodoo Lounge | The Rolling Stones | Album | 3.55 | 19 |
| 1996 | 1994 | Wildflowers | Tom Petty | Album | 4 | 19 |
| 1996 | 1994 | Vitalogy | Pearl Jam | Album | 4.05 | 11 |
| 1996 | 1995 | Forever Blue | Chris Isaak | Album | | 11 |
| 1996 | 1995 | Mirror Ball | Neil Young | Album | 4 | 10 |
| 1996 winner | 1995 | Jagged Little Pill | Alanis Morissette | Album | 4.1 | 40 |
| 1997 | 1995 | Tragic Kingdom | No Doubt | Album | 4.2 | 22 |
| 1997 | 1995 | Road Tested | Bonnie Raitt | Album + Live | 4 | 9 |
| 1997 | 1996 | Crash | Dave Matthews Band | Album | 4.4 | 11 |
| 1997 | 1996 | Broken Arrow | Neil Young with Crazy Horse | Album | 3.75 | 8 |
| 1997 winner | 1996 | Sheryl Crow | Sheryl Crow | Album | 4.2 | 21 |
| 1998 | 1997 | Pop | U2 | Album | 4.3 | 15 |
| 1998 | 1997 | Nine Lives | Aerosmith | Album | 3.55 | 19 |
| 1998 | 1997 | The Colour and the Shape | Foo Fighters | Album | 4.1 | 20 |
| 1998 | 1997 | Bridges to Babylon | The Rolling Stones | Album | 4.35 | 24 |
| 1998 winner | 1997 | Blue Moon Swamp | John Fogerty | Album | 4 | 10 |
| 1999 | 1998 | Before These Crowded Streets | Dave Matthews Band | Album | 4.45 | 8 |
| 1999 | 1998 | Version 2.0 | Garbage | Album | 4.2 | 28 |
| 1999 | 1998 | Premonition | John Fogerty | Album + Live | 2 | 6 |
| 1999 | 1998 | Celebrity Skin | Hole | Album | 3.65 | 12 |
| 1999 winner | 1998 | The Globe Sessions | Sheryl Crow | Album | 4.25 | 25 |
| 2000 | 1999 | Echo | Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers | Album | 3.5 | 9 |
| 2000 | 1999 | Californication | Red Hot Chili Peppers | Album | 4.15 | 32 |
| 2000 | 1999 | Significant Other | Limp Bizkit | Album | 3.85 | 18 |
| 2000 | 1999 | Breakdown | Melissa Etheridge | Album | 4 | 6 |
| 2000 winner | 1999 | Supernatural | Santana | Album | 3.7 | 17 |
| 2001 | 1999 | The Battle of Los Angeles | Rage Against the Machine | Album | 4.1 | 14 |
| 2001 | 2000 | Return of Saturn | No Doubt | Album | 4 | 15 |
| 2001 | 2000 | Crush | Bon Jovi | Album | 3.5 | 21 |
| 2001 | 2000 | Mad Season | Matchbox Twenty | Album | 3.65 | 15 |
| 2001 winner | 1999 | There Is Nothing Left to Lose | Foo Fighters | Album | 4.35 | 15 |
| 2002 | 2000 | Hybrid Theory | Linkin Park | Album | 4.25 | 35 |
| 2002 | 2000 | Stories From the City, Stories From the Sea | PJ Harvey | Album | 4.15 | 12 |
| 2002 | 2001 | Gold | Ryan Adams | Album | 3.5 | 15 |
| 2002 | 2001 | Just Push Play | Aerosmith | Album | 3.8 | 16 |
| 2002 winner | 2000 | All That You Can’t Leave Behind | U2 | Album | 3.7 | 35 |
| 2003 | 2002 | C’mon, C’mon | Sheryl Crow | Album | 3.8 | 11 |
| 2003 | 2002 | When I Was Cruel | Elvis Costello | Album | 4 | 7 |
| 2003 | 2002 | Dreamland | Robert Plant | Album | 4.35 | 5 |
| 2003 | 2002 | Head on Straight | Tonic | Album | 4 | 1 |
| 2003 winner | 2002 | The Rising | Bruce Springsteen | Album | 3.9 | 75 |
| 2004 | 2002 | More Than You Think You Are | Matchbox Twenty | Album | 3.5 | 14 |
| 2004 | 2002 | Audioslave | Audioslave | Album | 3.9 | 15 |
| 2004 | 2003 | Fallen | Evanescence | Album | 4 | 37 |
| 2004 | 2003 | The Long Road | Nickelback | Album | 3 | 21 |
| 2004 winner | 2002 | One by One | Foo Fighters | Album | 4.2 | 23 |
| 2005 | 2003 | The Reason | Hoobastank | Album | 4 | 10 |
| 2005 | 2004 | Contraband | Velvet Revolver | Album | 3.2 | 16 |
| 2005 | 2004 | Hot Fuss | The Killers | Album | 3.85 | 27 |
| 2005 | 2004 | The Delivery Man | Elvis Costello & The Imposters | Album | 4.35 | 6 |
| 2005 winner | 2004 | American Idiot | Green Day | Album | 3.9 | 31 |
| 2006 | 2005 | X&Y | Coldplay | Album | 4.15 | 31 |
| 2006 | 2005 | A Bigger Bang | The Rolling Stones | Album | 3.6 | 19 |
| 2006 | 2005 | In Your Honor | Foo Fighters | Album | 4 | 19 |
| 2006 | 2005 | Prairie Wind | Neil Young | Album | 4 | 7 |
| 2006 winner | 2004 | How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb | U2 | Album | 3.95 | 33 |
| 2007 | 2005 | Try! | John Mayer Trio | Album + Live | 3 | 4 |
| 2007 | 2006 | Living With War | Neil Young | Album | 3.75 | 6 |
| 2007 | 2006 | Broken Boy Soldiers | The Raconteurs | Album | 3.7 | 10 |
| 2007 | 2006 | Highway Companion | Tom Petty | Album | 3.75 | 10 |
| 2007 winner | 2006 | Stadium Arcadium | Red Hot Chili Peppers | Album | 3.85 | 16 |
| 2008 | 2006 | Daughtry | Daughtry | Album | 3.75 | 9 |
| 2008 | 2007 | Sky Blue Sky | Wilco | Album | 4 | 14 |
| 2008 | 2007 | Magic | Bruce Springsteen | Album | 3.8 | 46 |
| 2008 | 2007 | Revival | John Fogerty | Album | 3 | 4 |
| 2008 winner | 2007 | Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace | Foo Fighters | Album | 3.5 | 13 |
| 2009 | 2007 | Rock n Roll Jesus | Kid Rock | Album | 4.5 | 8 |
| 2009 | 2008 | Consolers of the Lonely | The Raconteurs | Album | 4.1 | 6 |
| 2009 | 2008 | Death Magnetic | Metallica | Album | 3.75 | 36 |
| 2009 | 2008 | Only by the Night | Kings of Leon | Album | 3.8 | 20 |
| 2009 winner | 2008 | Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends | Coldplay | Album | 4.3 | 50 |
| 2010 | 2008 | Black Ice | AC/DC | Album | 3.8 | 19 |
| 2010 | 2009 | No Line on the Horizon | U2 | Album | 3.9 | 28 |
| 2010 | 2009 | Live From Madison Square Garden | Eric Clapton & Steve Winwood | Album + Live | 3 | 4 |
| 2010 | 2009 | Big Whiskey and the GrooGrux King | Dave Matthews Band | Album | 4.25 | 10 |
| 2010 winner | 2009 | 21st Century Breakdown | Green Day | Album | 3.55 | 15 |
| 2011 | 2009 | Backspacer | Pearl Jam | Album | 3.35 | 15 |
| 2011 | 2010 | Emotion & Commotion | Jeff Beck | Album | | 7 |
| 2011 | 2010 | Mojo | Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers | Album | 2.5 | 12 |
| 2011 | 2010 | Le Noise | Neil Young | Album | 4.35 | 8 |
| 2011 winner | 2009 | The Resistance | Muse | Album | 3.9 | 24 |
| 2012 | 2010 | Come Around Sundown | Kings of Leon | Album | 3.75 | 13 |
| 2012 | 2011 | Rock ’n’ Roll Party: Honoring Les Paul | Jeff Beck | Album + Live | 2 | 6 |
| 2012 | 2011 | I’m With You | Red Hot Chili Peppers | Album | 3.65 | 11 |
| 2012 | 2011 | The Whole Love Expanded | Wilco | Album | 3.5 | 15 |
| 2012 winner | 2011 | Wasting Light | Foo Fighters | Album | 4 | 18 |
| 2013 | 2011 | Mylo Xyloto | Coldplay | Album | 3.7 | 18 |
| 2013 | 2012 | Wrecking Ball | Bruce Springsteen | Album | 4 | 42 |
| 2013 | 2012 | Blunderbuss | Jack White | Album | 3.85 | 13 |
| 2013 | 2012 | The 2nd Law | Muse | Album | 3.25 | 18 |
| 2013 winner | 2011 | El Camino | The Black Keys | Album | 4.45 | 16 |
| 2014 | 2012 | Psychedelic Pill | Neil Young with Crazy Horse | Album | 3.5 | 7 |
| 2014 | 2013 | The Next Day | David Bowie | Album | 3.7 | 21 |
| 2014 | 2013 | …Like Clockwork | Queens of the Stone Age | Album | 4.4 | 9 |
| 2014 | 2013 | 13 | Black Sabbath | Album | 3.7 | 21 |
| 2014 | 2013 | Mechanical Bull | Kings of Leon | Album | 4.5 | 12 |
