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.