The following table displays the nominees and the winners in bold print with a yellow background.
| Year | Artist | Video |
|---|
2002
(1st) | Mr. Children | "Kimi Ga Suki" (君が好き) |
| Aerosmith | "Jaded" |
| Ayumi Hamasaki | "Dearest" |
| Janet Jackson | "All For You" |
| Hikaru Utada | "Traveling" |
|
2003
(2nd) | Rip Slyme | "Rakuen Baby" (楽園ベイベー) |
| Eminem | "Without Me" |
| Avril Lavigne | "Complicated" |
| Mr. Children | "Hero" |
| Hikaru Utada | "Sakura Drops" (Sakuraドロップス) |
|
2004
(3rd) | Missy Elliott | "Pass That Dutch" |
| Mr. Children | "Kurumi" (くるみ) |
| Mika Nakashima | "Seppun" (接吻, Kiss) |
| Outkast | "Hey Ya!" |
| Radiohead | "There There" |
|
2005
(4th) | Orange Range | "Hana" (花) |
| Namie Amuro | "Girl Talk" |
| Destiny's Child | "Lose My Breath" |
| Eminem | "Just Lose It" |
| Usher featuring Lil' Jon and Ludacris | "Yeah!" |
|
2006
(5th) | Kumi Koda | "Butterfly" |
| Gorillaz | "Feel Good Inc." |
| Ketsumeishi | "Sakura" (さくら) |
| Madonna | "Hung Up" |
| Oasis | "Lyla" |
|
2007
(6th) | Kumi Koda | "Yume No Uta" (夢のうた) |
| Fergie | "London Bridge" |
| Mr. Children | "Shirushi" (しるし) |
| Red Hot Chili Peppers | "Dani California" |
| Shōnan no Kaze | "Junrenka" (純恋歌) |
|
2008
(7th) | Exile | "I Believe"
directed by Takahide "Taka" Ishii |
| Mr. Children | "Irodori" (彩り)
directed by Chie Morimoto |
| Rihanna featuring Jay-Z | "Umbrella"
directed by Chris Applebaum |
| Tokyo Incidents | "O.S.C.A."
directed by Yuichi Kodama |
| Kanye West | "Stronger"
directed by Hype Williams |
|
2009
(8th) | Exile | "Ti Amo (Chapter2)"
directed by Inoue Tetsuo |
| Namie Amuro | "New Look"
directed by Shuichi Sato and Yuichi Kodama |
| Coldplay | "Viva la Vida"
directed by Hype Williams |
| Southern All Stars | "I Am Your Singer"
directed by Masuyama Quasi 哉 |
| Britney Spears | "Womanizer"
directed by Joseph Kahn |
| Year | Artist | Video |
|---|
2010
(9th) | Exile | "Futatsu no Kuchibiru" (ふたつの唇)
directed by Shigeaki Kubo |
| Namie Amuro | "Fast Car"
directed by Shigeaki Kubo |
| Ayaka | "Minna Sora no Shita" (みんな空の下)
directed by Tange Kouki |
| Alicia Keys | "Doesn't Mean Anything"
directed by P. R. Brown |
| Lady Gaga | "Poker Face"
directed by Ray Kay |
|
2011
(10th) | Lady Gaga | "Born This Way"
directed by Nick Knight |
| Namie Amuro | "Break It"
directed by Shigeaki Kubo |
| Katy Perry featuring Snoop Dogg | "California Gurls"
directed by Mathew Cullen |
| Girls Generation | "Tell Me Your Wish (Genie)"
directed by Jae-Hyeok Jang |
| Hikaru Utada | "Goodbye Happiness"
directed by Hikaru Utada |
|
2012
(11th) | Exile | "Rising Sun"
directed by Shigeaki Kubo |
| Lady Gaga | "You and I"
directed by Laurieann Gibson |
| Red Hot Chili Peppers | "The Adventures of Rain Dance Maggie"
directed by Marc Klasfeld |
| Girls' Generation | "Mr. Taxi"
directed by Hideaki Sunaga |
| Tokyo Jihen | "Konya wa Karasawagi" (今夜はから騒ぎ)
directed by Yuichi Kodama |
|
2013
(12th) | Exile Tribe | "24karats Tribe of Gold"
directed by Shigeaki Kubo |
| Namie Amuro | "In The Spotlight (Tokyo)"
directed by Shigeaki Kubo |
| Bruno Mars | "Locked Out of Heaven"
directed by Cameron Duddy |
| Mr. Children | "Marshmallow Day"
directed by Shinji Kawamura, Kazuaki Seki and Kei Takahashi |
| Muse | "Follow Me"
directed by Tekken |
2014
(13th) | Exile | "Exile Pride ~Konnasekaiwoaisurutame~" |
| Katy Perry | "Roar" |
| Namie Amuro | "Ballerina" |
| Lady Gaga | "Applause" |
| Mr. Children | "REM" |
2015
(14th) | Sandaime J Soul Brothers | "Eeny, meeny, miny, moe!" |
| Gen Hoshino | "SUN" |
| Anna Tsuchiya | "Birthday" |
| Doberman Infinity | "INFINITY" |
| Pharrell Williams | "Freedom" |
| Ariana Grande | "Problem featuring Iggy Azalea" |
| OK Go | "I Won't Let You Down" |
| Years & Years | "King" |
| Momoiro Clover Z vs Kiss | "Yume no Ukiyo ni Saite Mina" |
2016
(15th) | Hikaru Utada | "Manatsu no Tōriame" |