| Top 100 of 2005 | 95 |
| Ours | 94 |
| Lovedrug | 79 |
| Coldplay | 70 |
| Chris Brown | 70 |
| Minus the Bear | 69 |
| Led Zeppelin | 62 |
| Angela McCluskey | 55 |
| Elliott | 54 |
| Imogen Heap | 49 |
| Monarch | 48 |
| Björk | 43 |
| The Beatles | 43 |
| The Black Angels | 37 |
| Blink 182 | 37 |
| Brand New | 36 |
| Sia | 34 |
| Mala Rodríguez | 33 |
| Cat Power | 33 |
| Citizen Cope | 33 |
| Disappointed by Candy | 33 |
| Morrissey | 31 |
| Justin Nozuka | 30 |
| The Cure | 30 |
| Regina Spektor | 29 |
| Backstreet Boys | 28 |
| Gorillaz | 28 |
| Simon & Garfunkel | 28 |
| Robert Plant & Alison Krauss | 27 |
| Scratch Track | 25 |
| Lenny Kravitz | 24 |
| Cursive | 24 |
| Kanye West | 24 |
| Ryan Adams & The Cardinals | 24 |
| Avril Lavigne | 24 |
| Billboard Top 100 of 1990 | 23 |
| Radiohead | 23 |
| Ryan Adams | 23 |
| Sufjan Stevens | 23 |
| Levi Smith | 22 |
| Lauryn Hill | 22 |
| Justin Timberlake | 22 |
| Thom Yorke | 21 |
| Richard Swift | 20 |
| Death Cab For Cutie | 20 |
| Michael Jackson | 19 |
| Beyonce | 19 |
| Snoop Dogg | 18 |
| Milosh | 18 |
| Gondwana | 18 |