ARIA Award for Best Dance Release

{{Infobox award

| name = ARIA Award for Best Dance Release

| awarded_for =

| presenter = Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA)

| country = Australia

| year = 1995

| holder = Dom Dolla, "Saving Up" (2024)

| website = {{URL|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",{{cite web|url=http://www.aria.com.au/pages/aria-awards.htm|title=ARIA Awards 2011 overview|publisher=Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA)|access-date=15 April 2012}} 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."{{cite web|url=http://www.aria.com.au/pages/what-we-do.htm |title=What We Do |publisher=Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) |access-date=15 April 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120129113827/http://www.aria.com.au/pages/what-we-do.htm |archive-date=29 January 2012 }}

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.{{cite web|url=http://cp.lacdn.net/ariaawards/uploads/ARIA-2011-Eligibility%20Criteria-and-Category-Definitions.pdf |title=ARIA 2011 - Eligibility Criteria and Category Definitions |publisher=Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) |access-date=15 April 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141009010016/http://cp.lacdn.net/ariaawards/uploads/ARIA-2011-Eligibility%20Criteria-and-Category-Definitions.pdf |archive-date=9 October 2014 }}

The award for Best Dance Release was first presented to Itch-E and Scratch-E in 1995 for their single, "Sweetness and Light".{{cite web | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070926235646/http://www.ariaawards.com.au/history-by-year.php?year=1995 | url = http://www.ariaawards.com.au/history/year/1995 | title = Winners by Year 1995 | publisher = Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) | archive-date = 26 September 2007 | access-date = 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, [https://web.archive.org/web/20040930212348/http://www.whammo.com.au/encyclopedia.asp?articleid=951 'Itch-E & Scratch-E'] entry. Archived from [http://www.whammo.com.au/encyclopedia.asp?articleid=951 the original] on 30 September 2004. Retrieved 14 September 2012.{{cite book | title = Molly Meldrum Presents 50 Years of Rock in Australia | last1 = Jenkins | first1 = Jeff | last2 = Meldrum | first2 = Ian | author-link2 = Molly Meldrum | page = 230 | year = 2007 | publisher = Wilkinson Publishing | location = Melbourne, Vic | isbn = 978-1-921332-11-1 }} 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. They are also tied with Rüfüs Du Sol for most nominations, with six nominations each.ARIA Award previous winners. {{cite web|url=http://ariaawards.com.au/history/award/best-dance-release|title=Winners By Award - 27th ARIA Awards 2013|publisher=Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA)|access-date=1 March 2014}}