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2001:
Albums of the Year
White Stripes
- White Blood Cells
Low
- Things We Lost in the Fire
Sigur Ros
- Agaetis Bryjun
Le Tigre
- Feminist Sweepstakes
Jay Farrar
- Sebastapol
The Coup
- Party Music
Tortoise
- Standards
The Avalanches
- Since I Left You
Mogwai
- Rock Action
Maxwell
- Now
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club
- B.R.M.C.
Sparklehorse
- It's a Wonderful Life
The Moldy Peaches
- The Moldy Peaches
Fugazi
- The Argument
Macy Gray
- The Id
Travis
- The Invisible Band
Radiohead
- Amnesiac
Rufus Wainwright
- Poses
Basement Jaxx
- Rooty
Alejandro Escovedo
- A Man Under the Influence
Ryan Adams
- Gold
The Pernice Brothers
- The World Won't End
The Fantomas
- Director's Cut
Idlewild
- 100 Broken Windows
Eliza Carthy
- Angels and Cigarettes
2001:
Singles of the Year
"Fill Me In" - Craig David
"Invalid Litter Dept." - At the Drive-In
"Get Ur Freak On" - Missy Elliott
"A Long Walk" - Jill Scott
"Side" - Travis
"Clint Eastwood" - Gorillaz
"Hotel Yorba" - White Stripes
"Family Affair" - Mary J. Blige
"Pyramid Song" - Radiohead
"Let Me Blow Yer Mind"- Eve featuring Gwen Stefani
2000:
Albums of the Year
Outkast
- Stankonia
Modest Mouse
- Moon Over Antarctica
Badly Drawn Boy
- Hour of Bewilderbeast
Le Tigre
- Le Tigre
PJ Harvey
- Stories from the City, Stories from the Sea
Mouse on Mars
- nuin niggung
Shelby Lynne
- I am Shelby Lynne
Talib Kweli and Hi-Tek
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Grandaddy
- The Sophtware Slump
David Holmes
- Bow Down to the Exit Sign
Coldplay
- Parachutes
The Sea and Cake
- Oui
Ghostface Killah
- Supreme Clientele
Anti-Pop Consortium
- Tragic Epilogue
Yo La Tengo
- And Then Nothing Turned Itself Inside Out
Supergrass
- Supergrass
Radiohead
- Kid A
The Eels
- Daisies of the Galaxie
D'Angelo
- Voodoo Lounge
The 6ths
- Hyacinths and Thistles
Steve Earle
- Transcendental Blues
Belle and Sebastian
- Fold Your Hands Child, You Walk Like a Peasant
At the Drive-In
- Relationship of Command
Robbie Williams
- Singing When You're Winning
Joseph Arthur
- Come to Where I'm From
2000:
Singles of the Year
"Stan" - Eminem
"B.O.B." - Outkast
"Sour Girl" - Stone Temple Pilots
"The Light" - Common
"Yellow" - Coldplay
"South Side" - Moby
"Forgot About Dre" - Dr. Dre featuring Eminem
"Music" - Madonna
"Never Gonna Come Back Down" - BT
"Bathwater" - No Doubt
1999:
Albums of the Year
Flaming Lips
- The Soft Bulletin
Magnetic Fields
- 69 Love Songs
Blur
- 13
Moby
- Play
Beck
- Midnite Vultures
The Roots
- Things Fall Apart
Cibo Matto
- Stereotype A
Tom Waits
- Mule Variations
Trans Am
- Futureworld
Basement Jaxx
- Remedy
Beth Orton
- Central Reservation
Fiona Apple
- Tidal
Macy Gray
- On How Life Is
Matthew Sweet
- In Reverse
Mary J. Blige
- Mary
Godspeed You Black Emperor
- Slow Riot for New Zero Kanada
Mos Def
- Black on Both Sides
Mogwai
- Come on Die Young
Prince Paul
- Presents Prince Among Thieves
Fountains of Wayne
- Utopia Parkway
MeShell Ndegeocello
- Bitter
Gomez
- Liquid Skin
Chemical Brothers
- Surrender
Add N to X
- Avant Hard
Wilco
- Summerteeth
1999:
Singles of the Year
"Tender" - Blur
"Steal My Sunshine" - Len
"No Scrubs" - TLC
"Everything is Everything" - Lauryn Hill
"Honey" - Moby
"Let Forever Be" - Chemical Brothers
"I Try" - Macy Gray
"Millenium" - Robbie Williams
"Sexx Laws" - Beck
"What You Want" - Ruff Ryders featuring Eve and Nokio
1998:
Albums of the Year
Lauryn Hill
- The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill
Air
- Moon Safari
Pulp
- This is Hardcore
Hole
- Celebrity Skin
Billy Bragg and Wilco
- Mermaid Avenue
Elliott Smith
- XO
Tortoise
- TNT
Belle and Sebastian
- The Boy with the Arab Strap
Tricky
- Angels with Dirty Faces
Gomez
- Bring It On
Boards of Canada
- Music Has the Right to Children
Lucinda Williams
- Car Wheels on a Gravel Road
Buffalo Daughter
- New Rock
Tori Amos
- From the Choirgirl Hotel
Massive Attack
- Mezzanine
Beastie Boys
- Hello Nasty
Morcheeba
- Big Calm
Rufus Wainwright
- Rufus Wainwright
Beck
- Mutations
Outkast
- Aquemini
Quasi
- Featuring "Birds"
Liz Phair
- Whitechocolatespaceegg
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- Psyence Fiction
Madonna
- Ray of Light
Mos Def and Talib Kweli
- Mos Def and Talib Kweli are Black Star
1998:
Singles of the Year
"Sexy Boy" - Air
"Are You That Somebody" - Aaliyah
"Intergalactic" - Beastie Boys
"Doo Wop (That Thing)" - Lauryn Hill
"Ghetto Superstar" - Pras featuring Old Dirty Bastard and introducing Mya
"Like a Friend" - Pulp
"Rosa Parks" - Outkast
"Can I Get a..." - Jay-Z
"The Dope Show" - Marilyn Manson
"Still Not a Player" - Ol' Dirty Bastard featuring Joe
1997:
Albums of the Year
Bjork
- Homogenic
Wyclef Jean and the Refugee All-Stars
- The Carnival
Radiohead
- OK Computer
Aphex Twin
- Richard D. James Album
Cornershop
- When I Was Born for the 7th Time
Bentley Rhythm Ace
- Bentley Rhythm Ace
Belle and Sebastian
- If You're Feeling Sinister
Ben Folds Five
- Whatever and Ever Amen
Primal Scream
- Vanishing Point
Roni Size/Reprazent
- New Forms
Portishead
- Portishead
The Verve
- Urban Hymns
Missy "Misdemeanor" Elliott
- Supa Dupa Fly
Fatboy Slim
- Better Working Through Chemistry
Ween
- The Mollusk
Howie B.
- Turn the Dark Off
(mu)-ziq
- Lunatic Harness
Janet Jackson
- The Velvet Rope
Erykah Badu
- Baduizm
David Bowie
- Earthling
1997:
Singles of the Year
"Karma Police" - Radiohead
"Around the World" - Daft Punk
"Brick" - Ben Folds Five
"Mo Money Mo Problems" - Notorious B.I.G., Puff Daddy and Mase
"Bittersweet Symphony" - The Verve
"Deadweight" - Beck
"Got 'Til It's Gone" - Janet Jackson
"Cold Rock a Party (Bad Boy Remix)" - MC Lyte
"Sleep to Dream" - Fiona Apple
"Your Woman" - White Town
1996:
Albums of the Year
Beck
- Odelay
Everything But The Girl
- Walking Wounded
Fugees
- The Score
Tricky
- Pre-Millenium Tension
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
- Murder Ballads
R.E.M.
- New Adventures in Hi-Fi
Underworld
- Second Toughest of the Infants
Tony Rich Project
- Nobody Knows
Soul Coughing
- Irresistable Bliss
Meat Beat Manifesto
- Subliminal Sandwich
1996:
Singles of the Year
"Where the Wild Roses Grow" - Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
"Where It's At" - Beck
"Wrong" - Everything But the Girl
"Naked Eye" - Luscious Jackson
"Ready or Not" - The Fugees
"Undeground" - Ben Folds Five
"Ascension (Don't Ever Wonder)" - Maxwell
"Setting Sun" - Chemical Brothers
"A Common Disaster" - Cowboy Junkies
"Tiny Meat" - Ruby
1995:
Albums of the Year
Oasis
- (What's The Story) Morning Glory
Moby
- Everything Is Wrong
Matthew Sweet
- 100% Fun
Bjork
- Post
Tricky
- Maxinquaye
Radiohead
- The Bends
Blur
- The Great Escape
TLC
- CrazySexyCool
Elastica
- Elastica
D'Angelo
- Brown Sugar
1995:
Singles of the Year
"Bad Reputation" - Freedy Johnston
"Waterfalls" - TLC
"Human Nature" - Madonna
"I Know" - Dionne Farris
"Wonderful" - Adam Ant
"Gangsta's Paradise" - Coolio
"A Girl Like You" - Edwyn Collins
"Live Forever" - Oasis
"Universal Heart-Beat" - Juliana Hatfield
"Sick of Myself" - Matthew Sweet