Ladyhawke won the award in 2009 with her self-titled album . The New Zealand Music Award for Best Electronic Artist is an Aotearoa Music Award that honours New Zealand artists for outstanding dance-pop and electronica recordings.
The inaugural award was presented as Best Electronica Album in 2002 to Sola Rosa for their album Solarized . The following year the award was renamed Best Dance Album , then in 2004 the award was again renamed, this time to Best Dance/Electronica Album . In 2010 the award reverted to Best Electronica Album , and from 2016 it became Best Electronic Album . In 2017 the award was changed to Best Electronic Artist with the entry criteria changed to require either an album or a minimum of five single releases in the eligibility period.[ 1]
Salmonella Dub and Concord Dawn have each won the award twice, while Shapeshifter has been nominated six times but won only once.
Best Electronica Album (2002)[ edit ] Year Artist Album Other nominees Ref. 2002 Sola Rosa Solarized [ 2]
Best Dance Album (2003)[ edit ] Best Dance/Electronica Album (2004 to 2009)[ edit ] Best Electronica Album (2010 to 2015)[ edit ] Best Electronic Album (2016)[ edit ] Year Artist Album Other nominees Ref. 2016 Pacific Heights The Stillness Electric Wire Hustle – Aeons Opiuo – Omniversal [ 22]
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