| Year | Song | Artist | |
|---|
| 2009 | Miss Independent | M.S. Eriksen, T.E. Hermansen and Ne-Yo | |
| 2008 | No One | Dirty Harry, Kerry Brothers, Jr. and Alicia Keys | |
| 2007 | Be Without You | Johnta Austin, Mary J. Blige, Bryan-Michael Cox and Jason Perry | |
| 2006 | We Belong Together | Mariah Carey, Jermaine Dupri, Manuel Seal and Johnta Austin | |
| 2005 | You Don't Know My Name | Alicia Keys, Harold Lilly and Kanye West | |
| 2004 | Crazy in Love | Beyonce Knowles, Rich Harrison and Jay-Z | |
| 2003 | Love of My Life (An Ode to Hip-Hop) | Erykah Badu, Madukwu Chinwah, Common, Robert Ozuna, James Poyser, Raphael Saadiq and Glen Standridge | |
| 2002 | Fallin | Alicia Keys | |
| 2001 | Say My Name | La Shawn Daniels, Fred Jerkins III, Rodney Jerkins, Beyonce Knowles, LeToya Luckett, LaTavia Roberson and Kelly Rowland | |
| 2000 | No Scrubs | Kevin She'kspere Briggs, Kandi Burruss, and Tameka Cottle | |
| 1999 | Doo Wop | Lauryn Hill | |
| 1998 | I Believe I Can Fly | R. Kelly | |
| 1997 | Exhale (Shoop Shoop) | Babyface | |
| 1996 | For Your Love | Stevie Wonder | |
| 1995 | I'll Make Love to You | Babyface | |
| 1994 | That's the Way Love Goes | Janet Jackson, Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis | |
| 1993 | End of the Road | Babyface, L.A. Reid and Daryl Simmons | |
| 1992 | Power of Love/Love Power | Marcus Miller, Luther Vandross and Teddy Vann | |
| 1991 | U Can't Touch This | MC Hammer, Rick James and Alonzo Miller | |
| 1990 | If You Don't Know Me By Now | Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff | |
| 1989 | Giving You the Best That I Got | Anita Baker, Randu Holland and Skip Scarborough | |
| 1988 | Lean on Me | Bill Withers | |
| 1987 | Sweet Love | Anita Baker, Louis A. Johnson and Gary Bias | |
| 1986 | Freeway of Love | Jeffrey Cohen and Narada Michael Walden | |
| 1985 | I Feel For You | Prince | |
| 1984 | Billie Jean | Michael Jackson | |
| 1983 | Turn Your Love Around | Jay Graydon, Steve Lukather and Bill Champlin | |
| 1982 | Just the Two of Us | Bill Withers, William Salter and Ralph MacDonald | |
| 1981 | Never Knew Love Like This Before | Reggie Lucas and James Mtume | |
| 1980 | After the Love Has Gone | David Foster, Jay Graydon and Bill Champlin | |
| 1979 | Last Dance | Paul Jabara | |
| 1978 | You Make Me Feel Like Dancing | Leo Sayer and Vini Poncia | |
| 1977 | Lowdown | Boz Scaggs and David Paich | |
| 1976 | Where Is the Love | Harry Wayne Casey, Willie Clarke, Richard Finch and Betty Wright | |
| 1975 | Living for the City | Stevie Wonder | |
| 1974 | Superstition | Stevie Wonder | |
| 1973 | Papa Was a Rollin' Stone | Barrett Strong and Norman Whitfield | |
| 1972 | Ain't No Sunshine | Bill Withers | |
| 1971 | Patches | Ronald Dunbar and General Johnson | |
| 1970 | Color Him Father | Richard Lewis Spencer | |
| 1969 | (Sittin' on) the Dock of the Bay | Otis Redding and Steve Cropper | |