ARIA Award for Best Dance Release
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, an organisation whose aim is "to advance the interests of the Australian record industry."
To be eligible, the recording 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". In the following year Future Sound of Melbourne won the award for their album Chapter One. Pnau has won the award the most times, with three wins.
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 | Album/single title |
| 1995 | - | - |
| 1995 | Itch-E and Scratch-E | "Sweetness and Light" |
| 1995 | Boxcar | "What Are You So Happy About" |
| 1995 | Quench | "Dreams" |
| 1995 | Renegade Funktrain | "I Wonder" |
| 1995 | The Rockmelons | "Stronger Together" |
| 1995 | Single Gun Theory | Flow, River Of My Soul |
| 1996 | - | - |
| 1996 | Future Sound of Melbourne | Chapter One |
| 1996 | DJ Darren Briais vs DJ Pee Wee Ferris | "I Feel It" |
| 1996 | Infusion | Smoke Screen |
| 1996 | Itch-E and Scratch-E | "Howling Dog" |
| 1996 | Renegade Funktrain | Renegade Funktrain |
| 1997 | - | - |
| 1997 | Pendulum | "Coma" |
| 1997 | Boo Boo and Mace! | "Flowers in the Sky" |
| 1997 | The Lord's Garden | Journey |
| 1997 | Our House | Floorspace |
| 1997 | Wicked Beat Sound System | Music from the Core |
| 1998 | - | - |
| 1998 | Sgt Slick | "White Treble, Black Bass" |
| 1998 | Endorphin | Embrace |
| 1998 | Friendly | Hello Bellybutton |
| 1998 | Frontside | "Dammerung" / "Mind Distortion" |
| 1998 | Peewee Ferris | Social Narcotic |
| 1999 | - | - |
| 1999 | Josh G Abrahams | Sweet Distorted Holiday |
| 1999 | Btek | "Bedrock" |
| 1999 | Fatt Dex | Jus' Funkin |
| 1999 | Honeysmack | Walk on Acid |
| 1999 | Sonic Animation | "Love Lies Bleeding" |
| 2000 | - | - |
| 2000 | Pnau | Sambanova |
| 2000 | Chili Hi Fly | Is it Love |
| 2000 | Madison Avenue | "Don't Call Me Baby" |
| 2000 | Sonic Animation | Orchid for the Underworld |
| 2000 | Wicked Beat Sound System | Inna Styles |
| 2001 | - | - |
| 2001 | The Avalanches | Since I Left You |
| 2001 | Infusion | Phrases and Numbers |
| 2001 | Love Tattoo | Bass Has Got Me Movin |
| 2001 | Paul Mac | "Just the Thing" |
| 2001 | Sgt Slick | "Let It Ride" |
| 2002 | - | - |
| 2002 | Paul Mac | 3000 Feet High |
| 2002 | 1200 Techniques | "Karma " |
| 2002 | Gerling | "Dust Me Selecta" |
| 2002 | Katalyst | Manipulating Agent |
| 2002 | Love Tattoo | Love Tattoo |
| 2003 | - | - |
| 2003 | Rogue Traders | "One of My Kind" |
| 2003 | 1200 Techniques | "Eye of the Storm" |
| 2003 | Disco Montego | Disco Montego |
| 2003 | Gerling | "Who's Ya Daddy?" |
| 2003 | Wicked Beat Sound System | New Soul Breaks |
| 2004 | - | - |
| 2004 | Infusion | "Girls Can Be Cruel" |
| 2004 | Cam Farrar | Wasted |
| 2004 | NuBreed | The Original |
| 2004 | Cut Copy | "Future" |
| 2004 | Mr Timothy | "I Am Tha 1" |
| 2005 | - | - |
| 2005 | Infusion | Six Feet Above Yesterday |
| 2005 | Bodyrockers | "I Like the Way " |
| 2005 | Deepface | "Been Good" |
| 2005 | Dirty South | "Sleazy" |
| 2005 | Rogue Traders | "Voodoo Child" |
| 2006 | - | - |
| 2006 | TV Rock featuring Seany B | "Flaunt It" |
| 2006 | Dirty South | Dirty South EP |
| 2006 | Paul Mac | Panic Room |
| 2006 | Sneaky Sound System | "I Love It" |
| 2006 | The Presets | Beams |
| 2007 | - | - |
| 2007 | Sneaky Sound System | Sneaky Sound System |
| 2007 | Gotye | Mixed Blood |
| 2007 | Hook N Sling and Kid Kenobi | "The Bump" |
| 2007 | poxyMusic | "She Bites" |
| 2007 | TV Rock versus Dukes of Windsor | "The Others" |
| 2008 | - | - |
| 2008 | The Presets | Apocalypso |
| 2008 | Cut Copy | In Ghost Colours |
| 2008 | Mobin Master | "Show Me Love" |
| 2008 | Pnau | Pnau |
| 2008 | The Potbelleez | "Don't Hold Back" |
| 2009 | - | - |
| 2009 | The Presets | "Talk Like That" |
| 2009 | Hook N Sling | "The Best Thing" |
| 2009 | Sneaky Sound System | 2 |
| 2009 | Tommy Trash | "Need Me to Stay" |
| 2009 | Zoë Badwi | "Release Me" |
| 2010 | - | - |
| 2010 | Yolanda Be Cool and DCUP | "We No Speak Americano" |
| 2010 | Art vs. Science | "Magic Fountain" |
| 2010 | Miami Horror | "Sometimes" |
| 2010 | Midnight Juggernauts | The Crystal Axis |
| 2010 | Pendulum | Immersion |
| 2011 | - | - |
| 2011 | Cut Copy | Zonoscope |
| 2011 | Bag Raiders | Bag Raiders |
| 2011 | Miami Horror | Illumination |
| 2011 | Pnau | Soft Universe |
| 2011 | The Potbelleez | From the Music |
| 2012 | - | - |
| 2012 | Ivan Gough and Feenixpawl featuring Georgi Kay | "In My Mind" |
| 2012 | Havana Brown | When the Lights Go Out |
| 2012 | Hermitude | HyperParadise |
| 2012 | Knife Party | Rage Valley |
| 2012 | Sneaky Sound System | From Here to Anywhere |
| 2013 | - | - |
| 2013 | Flume | Flume |
| 2013 | Jagwar Ma | Howlin |
| 2013 | The Potbelleez | "Saved in a Bottle" |
| 2013 | The Presets | Pacifica |
| 2013 | RÜFÜS | Atlas |
| 2014 | - | - |
| 2014 | Peking Duk featuring Nicole Millar | "High" |
| 2014 | Flume and Chet Faker | "Drop The Game" |
| 2014 | Nicky Night Time | Everybody Together |
| 2014 | RÜFÜS | "Sundream" |
| 2014 | The Presets | "No Fun" |
| 2015 | - | - |
| 2015 | RÜFÜS | "You Were Right" |
| 2015 | Alison Wonderland | Run |
| 2015 | Flight Facilities | Down to Earth |
| 2015 | Hayden James | "Something About You" |
| 2015 | Peking Duk featuring SAFIA | "Take Me Over" |
| 2016 | - | - |
| 2016 | Flume | Skin |
| 2016 | Hayden James | "Just a Lover" |
| 2016 | L D R U | "Keeping Score" " |
| 2016 | RÜFÜS | Bloom |
| 2016 | The Avalanches | Wildflower |
| 2017 | - | - |
| 2017 | Pnau | "Chameleon" |
| 2017 | Dom Dolla & Torren Foot | "Be Randy" |
| 2017 | Jagwar Ma | Every Now & Then |
| 2017 | Peking Duk | "Stranger" |
| 2017 | The Kite String Tangle | The Kite String Tangle |
| 2018 | - | - |
| 2018 | Pnau | "Go Bang" |
| 2018 | Alison Wonderland | Awake |
| 2018 | Fisher | "Losing It" |
| 2018 | Peking Duk | "Fire" |
| 2018 | Rüfüs Du Sol | "No Place" |
| 2019 | - | - |
| 2019 | Rüfüs Du Sol | Solace |
| 2019 | Dom Dolla | "Take It" |
| 2019 | Fisher | "You Little Beauty" |
| 2019 | Peking Duk and Jack River | "Sugar" |
| 2019 | Pnau | "Solid Gold" |