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", 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." 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.
The award for Best Dance Release was first presented to Itch-E and Scratch-E in 1995 for their single, "Sweetness and Light". 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. In the following year Future Sound of Melbourne won the award for their album Chapter One.
Dom Dolla has won the award the most times, with four wins. Rüfüs Du Sol has the most nominations with nine, while Fisher has the most nominations without a win with five.ARIA Award previous winners. Four artists have won in consecutive years; Infusion in 2004 and 2005, the Presets in 2008 and 2009, Pnau in 2017 and 2018 and Dolla from 2023 to 2025, becoming the first artist to win in three consecutive years. Swedish singer Elliphant became the first non-Australian nominee as a featured artist on "Stranger" by Peking Duk in 2017, followed by Irish singer Jazzy and English DJ D.O.D. as co-lead artists on "Somedays" with Sonny Fodera in 2025.
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.
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 Du Sol Atlas 2014(28th) Peking Duk featuring Nicole Millar "High" Flume and Chet Faker "Drop the Game" Nicky Night Time Everybody Together Rüfüs Du Sol "Sundream" The Presets "No Fun" 2015(29th) Rüfüs Du Sol "You Were Right" Alison Wonderland Run Flight Facilities Down to Earth Hayden James "Something About You" Peking Duk featuring Safia "Take Me Over" 2016 Flume Skin Hayden James "Just a Lover" L D R U featuring Paige IV "Keeping Score" Rüfüs Du Sol Bloom The Avalanches Wildflower 2017 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 Pnau "Go Bang" Alison Wonderland Awake Fisher "Losing It" Peking Duk "Fire" Rüfüs Du Sol "No Place" 2019 Rüfüs Du Sol Solace Dom Dolla "Take It" Fisher "You Little Beauty" Peking Duk and Jack River "Sugar" Pnau "Solid Gold" 2020 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 Rüfüs Du Sol "Alive" Cosmo's Midnight Yesteryear Dom Dolla "Pump the Brakes" Jolyon Petch "Dreams" KLP & Stace Cadet "People Happy" 2022 Luude "Down Under" (featuring Colin Hay) Confidence Man Tilt Flume Palaces Harvey Sutherland Boy Rüfüs Du Sol Surrender 2023 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" 2024 Dom Dolla "Saving Up" Confidence Man "I Can't Lose You" Cyril "Stumblin' In" Fisher featuring Kita Alexander "Atmosphere" Rüfüs Du Sol "Music is Better" 2025 Dom Dolla "Dreamin'" Confidence Man 3AM (La La La) Fisher "Stay" Ninajirachi I Love My Computer Sonny Fodera, Jazzy & D.O.D. "Somedays"
Artists with multiple wins 4 wins Dom Dolla
3 wins Pnau Rüfüs Du Sol
2 wins Flume Ivan Gough Infusion Paul Mac The Presets
Artists with multiple nominations 9 nominations Rüfüs Du Sol
7 nominations Dom Dolla Pnau
6 nominations Paul Mac
5 nominations Fisher Flume Peking Duk The Presets
4 nominations Infusion Sneaky Sound System
3 nominations
2 nominations
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References
External links The ARIA Awards Official website