You know these sort of line up with RYM yearly lists
For comparisons sake
2016:
1. Solange - Cranes in the Sky
2. Grimes - Kill V. Maim
3. PJ Harvey - The Wheel
4. Carly Rae Jepsen - Boy Problems
5. Mitski - Your Best American Girl
2015:
1. Grimes - REALiTi
2. Carly Rae Jepsen - Run Away With Me
3. Björk - Stonemilker
4. Susanne Sundfør - Accelerate
5. Grimes - Flesh Without Blood
2014:
1. Susanne Sundfør - Fade Away
2. iamamiwhoami - Fountain
3. iamamiwhoami - Hunting for Pearls
4. St. Vincent - Prince Johnny
5. Lana Del Rey - West Coast
2013:
1. Nina Simone - Sinnerman
2. Sky Ferreira - Everything Is Embarrassing
3. Courtney Barnett - Avant Gardener
4. Tammi Terrell / Brenda Holloway - All I Do Is Think About You
5. Sky Ferreira - You're Not the One
2012:
1. Grimes - Oblivion
2. Grimes - Genesis
3. Fiona Apple - Every Single Night
4. iamamiwhoami - sever
5. iamamiwhoami - goods
2011:
1. PJ Harvey - The Glorious Land / The Nightingale
2. PJ Harvey - The Words That Maketh Murder / The Guns Called Me Back Again
3. PJ Harvey - Let England Shake / Written on the Forehead
4. St. Vincent - Cruel
5. Azealia Banks - 212
2010:
1. Janelle Monáe - Tightrope
2. Warpaint - Undertow
3. Janelle Monáe - Cold War
4. Nico - Frozen Warnings / No One Is There
5. Robyn - Dancing on My Own
2009:
1. Bat for Lashes - Daniel
2. St. Vincent - Marrow
3. Bat for Lashes - Sleep Alone / Moon and Moon
4. Lily Allen - The Fear
5. Fever Ray - When I Grow Up
2008:
1. M.I.A. - Paper Planes (Homeland Security Remixes)
2. Fever Ray -If I Had a Heart
3. Nancy Sinatra - Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down)
4. PJ Harvey - The Devil
5. Laura Marling - Night Terror
2007:
1. Amy Winehouse - Back to Black
2. Amy Winehouse - You Know I'm No Good
3. Bat for Lashes - What's a Girl to Do?
4. Regina Spektor - Samson
5. M.I.A. - Jimmy
2006:
1. Regina Spektor - Us / Scarecrow and Fungus
2. Neko Case - Hold On, Hold On
3. Bat for Lashes - Trophy
4. Lily Allen - LDN / Knock 'Em Out
5. Nelly Furtado - Say It Right
Note: I didn't include bands that had a female leader singer or whatever, otherwise Chvrches, The Knife, Blonde Redhead, Portishead, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Goldfrapp, Belle and Sebastian etc. would be here otherwise most of the list would've just been The Knife. Even if I included bands Not in Love wouldn't have been included anyway since it's Rob Smiths version that's on the RYM yearly list
2010
01. Robyn - Dancing on My Own
2011
01. Lana Del Rey - Video Games
2012
01. Grimes - Oblivion
2013
01. Lorde - Royals
2014
1. FKA Twigs - Two Weeks
2015
03. Grimes - REALITi
02. Grimes - Flesh Without Blood
10. Rihanna - SOS
17. Rihanna - Don't Stop the Music
02. Rihanna feat. Jay-Z - Umbrella
20. Rihanna - Disturbia
12. Rihanna - Rude Boy
16. Rihanna feat. Drake - -What's My Name?
10. Rihanna - Only Girl (In the World)
03. Rihanna feat Calvin Harris - We Found Love
18. Rihanna, Kanye West, Paul McCartney - FourFiveSeconds
09. Rihanna - Bitch Better Have My Money
16. Rihanna - Kiss It Better
12. Rihanna - Needed Me
05. Rihanna feat. Drake - Work
Legend. Not everyone can manage to be acclaimed and have smash songs at the same time