Just to make you happy, U2 have already won this award three times. They won it in '88 for JT, in '92 for AB and '00 for ATYCLB. U2 were so popular, that they almost won it again in '89 and '90 (for the JT/R&H era).
They won the Artist of the Year for 2000? For ATYCLB? The album came out at the end of the year....Is this true? Artist of the year generally goes on the cover of the year end issue, correct?