The ARIA Music Award for Best Urban Album, was an award presented at the annual ARIA Music Awards, which recognises "the many achievements of

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artists across all music genres", since 1987. It was handed out by the

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(ARIA), an organisation whose aim is "to advance the interests of the Australian record industry." Best Urban Album was first presented as Best Urban Release in

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, for an album or single released by a solo artist or group until 2010, where it changed to Best Urban Album. To be eligible, the work must have been within the RnB, hip-hop,

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, funk,

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and

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genres. In the case of a remixed or re-worked album, it was eligible provided that: it was not a final five nominee in any other category; contain 50% new lyrical and musical content; the artist(s) and production team meet the artist eligibility criteria; and the ARIA member entering the album must choose the artist or production team as the recipient of the award. The nominated album must qualify for inclusion in the ARIA Album Chart, and cannot be entered in any other genre categories. The accolade was voted for by a judging school, which comprises between 40 and 100 members of representatives experienced in this genre, and is given to an artist who is either from Australia or an Australian resident. The award for Best Urban Album was first presented as Best Urban Release to Koolism in 2004, for his album '' Part 3 - Random Thoughts''.

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have received six wins from six nominations, more than any other artist, for '' The Hard Road'' in 2006, '' The Hard Road: Restrung'' in 2007, '' State of the Art'' in 2009, '' Drinking from the Sun'' in 2012 and ''

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'' in 2014.ARIA Award previous winners. It was last presented in 2018, as Best Urban Release, to Hilltop Hoods featuring Adrian Eagle for "Clark Griswold". It was replaced by two categories, Best Hip Hop Release and Best Soul/R&B Release in

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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.

Winners and nominees

Best Urban Release (2004–2009)

Best Urban Album (2010–2017)

Best Urban Release (2018)

References

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