Aotearoa Music Award for Best Electronic Artist
Annual New Zealand music award
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Best Electronic Artist (Māori: Te Manu Taki Tāhiko o te Tau) 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.
Recipients
Best Electronica Album (2002)
| Year | Artist | Album | Other nominees | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | Sola Rosa | Solarized |
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Best Dance Album (2003)
| Year | Artist | Album | Other nominees | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | Salmonella Dub | Outside the Dubplates |
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Best Dance/Electronica Album (2004 to 2009)
| Year | Artist | Album | Other nominees | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | Salmonella Dub | One Drop East | [5] | |
| 2005 | Del Rey System | Del Rey System |
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| 2006 | Concord Dawn | Chaos by Design |
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| 2007 | Shapeshifter | Soulstice |
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| 2008 | Recloose | Perfect Timing |
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| 2009 | Ladyhawke | Ladyhawke |
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Best Electronica Album (2010 to 2015)
| Year | Artist | Album | Other nominees | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Bulletproof | Soundtrack to Forever | [13][14] | |
| 2011 | Tiki Taane | In the World of Light |
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| 2012 | Concord Dawn | Air Chrysalis | [16][17] | |
| 2013 | Shapeshifter | Delta |
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| 2014 | Opiuo | Meraki |
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| 2015 | Electric Wire Hustle | Love Can Prevail |
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[21] |
Best Electronic Album (2016)
Best Electronic Artist / Te Kaipuoro Tāhiko Toa (2017 to current)
| Year | Artist | Other nominees | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Truth |
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| 2018 | Chores |
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| Tali |
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| 2020 | Lee Mvtthews |
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| 2021 | Paige Julia |
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| 2022 | LEAPING TIGER |
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| 2023 | No awards held | ||
| 2024 | Amamelia |
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| 2025 | Mokotron | ||