| ARIA Award for Best Dance Release | |
|---|---|
 2025 winner Dom Dolla | |
| Country | Australia |
| Presented by | Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) |
| First award | 1995 |
| Currently held by | Dom Dolla, "Dreamin'" (2025) |
| Most wins | Dom Dolla (4) |
| Most nominations | Rüfüs Du Sol (9) |
| Website | ariaawards |
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]
Contents
- Winners and nominees
- Artists with multiple wins
- Artists with multiple nominations
- Notes
- References
- External links
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]
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. [7] 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.