Year | Performing artist | Work | Nominees | Ref. |
1999 | Barenaked Ladies | Stunt |
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2000 | Chantal Kreviazuk | Colour Moving and Still | Bryan Adams - On a Day Like Today Alanis Morissette - Supposed Former Infatuation Junkie Tal Bachman - Tal Bachman Joni Mitchell - Taming the Tiger | |
2001 | Barenaked Ladies | Maroon | Snow - Mind on the Moon The Moffatts - Submodalities Nelly Furtado - Whoa, Nelly! Sarah Harmer - You Were Here | |
2002 | David Usher | Morning Orbit | Emm Gryner - Girl Versions Cowboy Junkies - Open Prozzäk - Saturday People Leonard Cohen - Ten New Songs | |
2003 | Avril Lavigne | Let Go | Jarvis Church - Shake It Off Emm Gryner - Asianblue Amanda Marshall - Everybody's Got a Story Alanis Morissette - Under Rug Swept | |
2004 | Sarah McLachlan | Afterglow | Barenaked Ladies - Everything to Everyone Barlow - Barlow Nelly Furtado - Folklore Lillix - Falling Uphill | |
2005 | Avril Lavigne | Under My Skin | Fefe Dobson - Fefe Dobson Ryan Malcolm - Home Celine Dion - Miracle Simple Plan - Still Not Getting Any... | |
2006 | Michael Bublé | It's Time | Boom Desjardins - Boom Desjardins Jann Arden - Jann Arden Theresa Sokyrka - These Old Charms Kalan Porter - 219 Days | |
2007 | Nelly Furtado | Loose | k-os - ' Chantal Kreviazuk - Ghost Stories Tomi Swick - Stalled Out in the Doorway Sarah McLachlan - Wintersong | |
2008 | Feist | The Reminder | Michael Bublé - Call Me Irresponsible Anne Murray - Bedouin Soundclash - Street Gospels Celine Dion - Taking Chances | |
2009 | Alanis Morissette | Flavors of Entanglement | The Midway State - Holes Creature - No Sleep At All Kreesha Turner - Passion David Usher - Wake Up and Say Goodbye | |
2010 | Michael Bublé | Crazy Love | Lights - The Listening Justin Bieber - My World Hedley - The Show Must Go Stereos - Stereos | |
2011 | Justin Bieber | My World 2.0 | Bobby Bazini - Better In Time Faber Drive - Can't Keep a Secret Sarah McLachlan - Laws of Illusion Down with Webster - Time to Win, Vol. 1 | |
2012 | Hedley | Storms | Down with Webster, Time to Win, Vol. 2Avril Lavigne, Goodbye LullabyLights, SiberiaMarianas Trench, Ever After | |
2013 | Carly Rae Jepsen | Kiss | Justin Bieber - Believe Victoria Duffield - Shut Up and Dance Nelly Furtado - The Spirit Indestructible Kristina Maria - Tell the World | |
2014 | Tegan and Sara | Heartthrob | Hedley - Wild Life Michael Bublé - To Be Loved Robin Thicke - Blurred Lines Walk off the Earth - R.E.V.O. | |
2015 | Lights | Little Machines | Avril Lavigne - Avril Lavigne Down with Webster - Party for Your Life Magic! - Don't Kill the Magic Nikki Yanofsky - Little Secret | |
2016 | Justin Bieber | Purpose | Hedley - Hello Scott Helman - Augusta Shawn Mendes - Handwritten Walk off the Earth - Sing It All Away | |
2017 | Alessia Cara | Know-It-All | Coleman Hell - Summerland Marianas Trench - Astoria Shawn Mendes - Illuminate Tegan and Sara - Love You to Death | |
2018 | Lights | Skin & Earth | Ria Mae - My LoveRuth B - Save HavenScott Helman - Hôtel de VilleHedley - Cageless - nomination withdrawn | |
2019 | Shawn Mendes | Shawn Mendes | bülow - DamagedChromeo - Head Over HeelsHubert Lenoir - DarlèneTyler Shaw - Intuition | |
2020 | Alessia Cara | The Pains of Growing | Bülow - CrystallineElijah Woods x Jamie Fine - 8:47Avril Lavigne - Head Above WaterWalk Off the Earth - Here We Go! | |