ARIA Award for Best Dance Release

ARIA Award for Best Dance Release
Country	Australia
Presented by	Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA)
First awarded	1995
Currently held by	MK and Dom Dolla, "Rhyme Dust" (2023)
Website	ariaawards.com.au

The ARIA Music Award for Best Dance Release, is an award presented at the annual ARIA Music Awards, which recognises "the many achievements of Aussie artists across all music genres",^[1] since 1987. It is handed out by the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA), an organisation whose aim is "to advance the interests of the Australian record industry."^[2] To be eligible, the recording (an album or single) must have been commercially released. The award is presented to an artist within the dance genre. The accolade is voted for by a judging school, which comprises between 40 and 100 members of representatives experienced in this genre, and is given to a solo artist, group, production team or various artist compilation, who is either from Australia or an Australian resident.^[3]

The award for Best Dance Release was first presented to Itch-E and Scratch-E in 1995 for their single, "Sweetness and Light".^[4]^[5]^[6] In the following year Future Sound of Melbourne won the award for their album Chapter One.^[7] Pnau has won the award the most times, with three wins. They are also tied with Rüfüs Du Sol for most nominations, with six nominations each.^[7]

Winners and nominees

In the following table, the winner is highlighted in a separate colour, and in boldface; the nominees are those that are not highlighted or in boldface.

Winner marked in a separate colour

Year	Winner(s)	Album/single title
1995 (9th)
	Itch-E and Scratch-E	"Sweetness and Light"
	Boxcar	"What Are You So Happy About"
	Quench	"Dreams"
	Renegade Funktrain	"I Wonder"
	The Rockmelons	"Stronger Together"
	Single Gun Theory	Flow, River Of My Soul
1996 (10th)
	Future Sound of Melbourne	Chapter One
	DJ Darren Briais vs DJ Pee Wee Ferris	"I Feel It"
	Infusion	Smoke Screen
	Itch-E and Scratch-E	"Howling Dog"
	Renegade Funktrain	Renegade Funktrain
1997 (11th)
	Pendulum	"Coma"
	Boo Boo and Mace!	"Flowers in the Sky"
	The Lord's Garden	Journey
	Our House	Floorspace
	Wicked Beat Sound System	Music from the Core
1998 (12th)
	Sgt Slick	"White Treble, Black Bass"
	Endorphin	Embrace
	Friendly	Hello Bellybutton
	Frontside	"Dammerung" / "Mind Distortion"
	Peewee Ferris	Social Narcotic
1999 (13th)
	Josh G Abrahams	Sweet Distorted Holiday
	B(if)tek	"Bedrock"
	Fatt Dex	"Jus' Funkin'"
	Honeysmack	Walk on Acid
	Sonic Animation	"Love Lies Bleeding"
2000 (14th)
	Pnau	Sambanova
	Chili Hi Fly	Is it Love?
	Madison Avenue	"Don't Call Me Baby"
	Sonic Animation	Orchid for the Underworld
	Wicked Beat Sound System	Inna Styles
2001 (15th)
	The Avalanches	Since I Left You
	Infusion	Phrases and Numbers
	Love Tattoo	Bass Has Got Me Movin'
	Paul Mac	"Just the Thing"
	Sgt Slick	"Let It Ride"
2002 (16th)
	Paul Mac	3000 Feet High
	1200 Techniques	"Karma (What Goes Around)"
	Gerling	"Dust Me Selecta"
	Katalyst	Manipulating Agent
	Love Tattoo	Love Tattoo
2003 (17th)
	Rogue Traders	"One of My Kind"
	1200 Techniques	"Eye of the Storm"
	Disco Montego	Disco Montego
	Gerling	"Who's Ya Daddy?"
	Wicked Beat Sound System	New Soul Breaks
2004 (18th)
	Infusion	"Girls Can Be Cruel"
	Cam Farrar	"Wasted"
	NuBreed	The Original
	Cut Copy	"Future"
	Mr Timothy	"I Am Tha 1"
2005 (19th)
	Infusion	Six Feet Above Yesterday
	Bodyrockers	"I Like the Way (You Move)"
	Deepface	"Been Good"
	Dirty South	"Sleazy"
	Rogue Traders	"Voodoo Child"
2006 (20th)
	TV Rock featuring Seany B	"Flaunt It"
	Dirty South	Dirty South
	Paul Mac	Panic Room
	Sneaky Sound System	"I Love It"
	The Presets	Beams
2007 (21st)
	Sneaky Sound System	Sneaky Sound System
	Gotye	Mixed Blood
	Hook N Sling and Kid Kenobi	"The Bump"
	poxyMusic	"She Bites"
	TV Rock versus Dukes of Windsor	"The Others"
2008 (22nd)
	The Presets	Apocalypso
	Cut Copy	In Ghost Colours
	Mobin Master	"Show Me Love"
	Pnau	Pnau
	The Potbelleez	"Don't Hold Back"
2009 (23rd)
	The Presets	"Talk Like That"
	Hook N Sling	"The Best Thing"
	Sneaky Sound System	2
	Tommy Trash	"Need Me to Stay"
	Zoë Badwi	"Release Me"
2010 (24th)
	Yolanda Be Cool and DCUP	"We No Speak Americano"
	Art vs. Science	"Magic Fountain"
	Miami Horror	"Sometimes"
	Midnight Juggernauts	The Crystal Axis
	Pendulum	Immersion
2011 (25th)
	Cut Copy	Zonoscope
	Bag Raiders	Bag Raiders
	Miami Horror	Illumination
	Pnau	Soft Universe
	The Potbelleez	From the Music
2012 (26th)
	Ivan Gough and Feenixpawl featuring Georgi Kay	"In My Mind"
	Havana Brown	When the Lights Go Out
	Hermitude	HyperParadise
	Knife Party	"Rage Valley"
	Sneaky Sound System	From Here to Anywhere
2013 (27th)
	Flume	Flume
	Jagwar Ma	Howlin'
	The Potbelleez	"Saved in a Bottle"
	The Presets	Pacifica
	RÜFÜS	Atlas
2014 (28th)
	Peking Duk featuring Nicole Millar	"High"
	Flume and Chet Faker	"Drop The Game"
	Nicky Night Time	Everybody Together
	RÜFÜS	"Sundream"
	The Presets	"No Fun"
2015 (29th)
	RÜFÜS	"You Were Right"
	Alison Wonderland	Run
	Flight Facilities	Down to Earth
	Hayden James	"Something About You"
	Peking Duk featuring Safia	"Take Me Over"
2016 (30th)
	Flume	Skin
	Hayden James	"Just a Lover"
	L D R U featuring Paige IV	"Keeping Score"
	Rüfüs	Bloom
	The Avalanches	Wildflower
2017 (31st)
	Pnau	"Chameleon"
	Dom Dolla & Torren Foot	"Be Randy"
	Jagwar Ma	Every Now & Then
	Peking Duk featuring Elliphant	"Stranger"
	The Kite String Tangle	The Kite String Tangle
2018 (32nd)
	Pnau	"Go Bang"
	Alison Wonderland	Awake
	Fisher	"Losing It"
	Peking Duk	"Fire"
	Rüfüs Du Sol	"No Place"
2019 (33rd)
	Rüfüs Du Sol	Solace
	Dom Dolla	"Take It"
	Fisher	"You Little Beauty"
	Peking Duk and Jack River	"Sugar"
	Pnau	"Solid Gold"
2020 (34th)
	Dom Dolla	"San Frandisco"
	Alice Ivy	Don't Sleep
	Flume featuring Vera Blue	"Rushing Back"
	Northeast Party House	"Shelf Life"
	Stace Cadet & KLP	"Energy"
2021 (35th)
	Rüfüs Du Sol	"Alive"
	Cosmo's Midnight	Yesteryear
	Dom Dolla	"Pump the Brakes"
	Jolyon Petch	"Dreams"
	KLP & Stace Cadet	"People Happy"
2022 (36th)
	Luude	"Down Under" (featuring Colin Hay)
	Confidence Man	Tilt
	Flume	Palaces
	Harvey Sutherland	Boy
	Rüfüs Du Sol	Surrender
2023 (37th)
	MK and Dom Dolla	"Rhyme Dust"
	Fisher & Aatig	"Take It Off"
	Golden Features	Sisyphus
	Lastlings	Perfect World
	PNAU and Troye Sivan	"You Know What I Need"

References

^ "ARIA Awards 2011 overview". Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA). Retrieved 15 April 2012.
^ "What We Do". Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA). Archived from the original on 29 January 2012. Retrieved 15 April 2012.
^ "ARIA 2011 - Eligibility Criteria and Category Definitions" (PDF). Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA). Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 October 2014. Retrieved 15 April 2012.
^ "Winners by Year 1995". Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA). Archived from the original on 26 September 2007. Retrieved 4 December 2013. Note: ARIA introduces the 1995 Awards page with a summary section that includes "The Best Pop/Dance Release was this year split into two categories, won by Tina Arena and Itch-e & Scratch-e respectively". The main listing of the awards does not show any information on 'The Best Dance Release' category. However, the winners and nominees were published in ARIA's 1996 Yearbook.
^ McFarlane, 'Itch-E & Scratch-E' entry. Archived from the original on 30 September 2004. Retrieved 14 September 2012.
^ Jenkins, Jeff; Meldrum, Ian (2007). Molly Meldrum Presents 50 Years of Rock in Australia. Melbourne, Vic: Wilkinson Publishing. p. 230. ISBN 978-1-921332-11-1.
^ ^a ^b ARIA Award previous winners. "Winners By Award - 27th ARIA Awards 2013". Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA). Retrieved 1 March 2014.