In 99 Eminem beat Jlo
2000 - Macy Gray (who?) beat Xtina, Papa Roach, and P!nk
2002 - Avil Lavigne beat Ashanti, B2K, and John Mayer
2003 - 50 Cent beat Kelly Clarkson (big deal because @ the time cuz was so e-popular from idol)
2004 - Maroon 5 beat Kanye West, Yellowcard AND Jojo
2005 - The Killers (who?) beat Ciara, The Game, John Legend, and My Chemical Romance smh
2006 - smh @ this year - Avenged Sevenfold beat Rihanna AND Chris Brown
2007 - Gym Class Heroes beat Carrie Underwood and Amy Winehouse
2008 - lol @ all the losers being WAY more famous - Tokio Hotel beat Miley Cyrus, Jordin Sparks, Katy Perry, AND Taylor Swift #tragedy
Ever since then the right winner won cuz the other nominees sucked except Iggy is more famous than Austin Mahone even though he has more twitter followers.
avril lavigne is WAY more successful than Ashanti/B2K/John Mayer. Ashanti was popular for like a year, B2K had legit two hits, and John Mayer is kind of close to her.