New Zealand Music Award for Best Dance/Electronica Album

The New Zealand Music Award for Best Dance/Electronica Album is a New Zealand Music Award that was awarded awarded from 2003 to 2009 to local artists for outstanding dance-pop and electronica albums. In 2003, the award was called Best Dance Album, and was awarded to Salmonella Dub for Outside the Dubplates. Salmonella Dub also won the following year, with One Drop East, while Del Rey System's self-titled album was awarded the title in 2005. Concord Dawn's Uprising was unsuccessfully nominated in 2004, however they won the award in 2006 with Chaos by Design. Likewise, Riddim Wise LP by Shapeshifter was a nominee in 2004, and the band's next album Soulstice won in 2007. Shapeshifter were also nominated in 2008 for their self-titled live album. Recloose's Hiatus on the Horizon was unfruitful in its 2006 nominate, although his 2008 follow-up Perfect Timing took the title that year. In 2009, Ladyhawke's self-titled debut album claimed the award. Sola Rosa is the only artist to have been nominated for the honour more than once without a win. In 2010 the award was renamed to Best Electronica Album, and was won by Jay Bulletproof's Soundtrack To Forever.

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