1980
1. Rickie Lee Jones - "Chuck E.'s in Love"
2. Dionne Warwick - "I'll Never Love This Way Again" (Grammy winner)
3. Gloria Gaynor - "I Will Survive"
4. Melissa Manchester - "Don't Cry Out Loud"
5. Donna Summer - "Bad Girls"

1981
1. Barbra Streisand - "Woman in Love"
2. Bette Midler - "The Rose" (Grammy winner)
3. Donna Summer - "On the Radio"
4. Olivia Newton-John - "Magic"
5. Irene Cara - "Fame"

1982
1. Juice Newton - "Angel of the Morning"
2. Kim Carnes - "Bette Davis Eyes"
3. Sheena Easton - "For Your Eyes Only"
4. Olivia Newton-John - "Physical"
Lena Horne - Lena Horne: The Lady and Her Music (Grammy winner) 未听

1983
1. Laura Branigan - "Gloria"
2. Linda Ronstadt - "Get Closer"
3. Melissa Manchester - "You Should Hear How She Talks About You" (Grammy winner)
4. Juice Newton - "Love's Been A Little Bit Hard On Me"
5. Olivia Newton-John - "Heart Attack"

1984
1. Linda Ronstadt - "What's New"
2. Donna Summer - "She Works Hard for the Money"
3. Irene Cara - "Flashdance... What a Feeling" (Grammy winner)
4. Bonnie Tyler - "Total Eclipse of the Heart"
5. Sheena Easton - "Telefone (Long Distance Love Affair)"

1985
1. Tina Turner - "What's Love Got to Do with It" (Grammy winner)
2. Cyndi Lauper - "Girls Just Want to Have Fun"
3. Sheila E. - "The Glamorous Life"
4. Sheena Easton - "Strut"
5. Deniece Willia***et's Hear It for the Boy"

1986
1. Whitney Houston - "Saving All My Love for You" (Grammy winner)
2. Linda Ronstadt - "Lush Life"
3. Tina Turner - "We Don't Need Another Hero"
4. Pat Benatar - "We Belong"
5. Madonna - "Crazy for You"

1987
1. Barbra Streisand - The Broadway Album (Grammy winner)
2. Cyndi Lauper - "True Colors"
3. Dionne Warwick - Friends
4. Tina Turner - "Typical Male"
5. Madonna - "Papa Don't Preach"

1988
1. Whitney Houston - "I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me)" (Grammy winner)
2. Suzanne Vega - "Luka"
3. Carly Simon - Coming Around Again
4. Belinda Carlisle - "Heaven Is a Place on Earth"
5. Barbra Streisand - One Voice

1989
1. Tracy Chapman - "Fast Car" (Grammy winner)
2. Joni Mitchell - Chalk Mark in a Rainstorm
3. Brenda Russell - "Get Here"
4. Whitney Houston - "One Moment in Time"
5. Taylor Dayne - "Tell It to My Heart"

1990
1. Bonnie Raitt - "Nick of Time" (Grammy winner)
2. Linda Ronstadt - Cry Like a Rainstorm, Howl Like the Wind
3. Bette Midler - "Wind Beneath My Wings"
4. Gloria Estefan - "Don't Wanna Lose You"
5. Paula Abdul - "Straight Up"

1991
1. Sinéad O'Connor - "Nothing Compares 2 U"
2. Lisa Stansfield - "All Around the World"
3. Mariah Carey - "Vision of Love" (Grammy winner)
4. Bette Midler - "From a Distance"
5. Whitney Houston - "I'm Your Baby Tonight"

1992
1. Mariah Carey - "Emotions"
2. Bonnie Raitt - "Something to Talk About" (Grammy Winner)
3. Oleta Adams - "Get Here"
4. Whitney Houston - "All the Man That I Need"
5. Amy Grant - "Baby Baby"

1993
1. Mariah Carey — MTV Unplugged
2. Vanessa L. Williams — "Save the Best for Last"
3. K.D. Lang - "Constant Craving" (Grammy Winner)
4. Annie Lennox — Diva
5. Celine Dion — Celine Dion