ARIA Award for Best Pop Release
The ARIA Music Award for Best Pop Release, is an award presented at the annual ARIA Music Awards, which recognises "the many achievements of Aussie artists across all music genres", since 1987. It is handed out by the Australian Recording Industry Association, an organisation whose aim is "to advance the interests of the Australian record industry." To be eligible, "the recording must be directed at contemporary hit radio or Top 40 formats." The accolade is voted for by a judging academy, which comprises 1000 members from different areas of the music industry, and is given to an artist who is either from Australia or an Australian resident.
The award for Best Pop Release was first presented to Peter Andre in 1994, for his album of the same name. Kylie Minogue has received four wins from ten nominations, more than any other artist, for "Where the Wild Roses Grow" in 1996, "Spinning Around" in 2000, Light Years in 2001 and Fever in 2002.
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.| Year | Winner | Album/single title |
| 1994 | - | - |
| 1994 | Peter Andre | Peter Andre |
| 1994 | Bellydance | One Blood |
| 1994 | Girlfriend | It's Up to You |
| 1994 | Sound Unlimited | "One More From the City" |
| 1994 | Toni Pearen | "I Want You" |
| 1995 | - | - |
| 1995 | Tina Arena | "Chains" |
| 1995 | Kulcha | Kulcha |
| 1995 | Mental As Anything | "Mr Natural" |
| 1995 | Merril Bainbridge | "Mouth" |
| 1995 | Tlot Tlot | "The Girlfriend Song" |
| 1996 | - | - |
| 1996 | Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds and Kylie Minogue | "Where the Wild Roses Grow" |
| 1996 | Christine Anu | "Come On" |
| 1996 | Hoodoo Gurus | Blue Cave |
| 1996 | Swoop | The Woxo Principle |
| 1996 | Tina Arena | "Wasn't It Good" |
| 1997 | - | - |
| 1997 | Savage Garden | "To the Moon and Back" |
| 1997 | Deni Hines | "I'm Not in Love" |
| 1997 | Human Nature | Telling Everybody |
| 1997 | Rani | Always On My Mind |
| 1997 | Snout | The New Pop Dialogue |
| 1998 | - | - |
| 1998 | Natalie Imbruglia | Left of the Middle |
| 1998 | Kylie Minogue | Impossible Princess |
| 1998 | The Mavis's | Pink Pills |
| 1998 | Snout | Circle High and Wide |
| 1998 | The Whitlams | Eternal Nightcap |
| 1999 | - | - |
| 1999 | Savage Garden | "The Animal Song" |
| 1999 | Bachelor Girl | Waiting for the Day |
| 1999 | Deadstar | "Run Baby Run" |
| 1999 | Human Nature | Counting Down |
| 1999 | Taxiride | "Get Set" |
| 2000 | - | - |
| 2000 | Kylie Minogue | "Spinning Around" |
| 2000 | Frenzal Rhomb | "Never Had So Much Fun" |
| 2000 | Savage Garden | Affirmation |
| 2000 | Spiderbait | "Glokenpop" |
| 2000 | Vanessa Amorosi | Absolutely Everybody |
| 2001 | - | - |
| 2001 | Kylie Minogue | Light Years |
| 2001 | Christine Anu | Come My Way |
| 2001 | Invertigo | "Chances Are" |
| 2001 | Madison Avenue | The Polyester Embassy |
| 2001 | Vanessa Amorosi | The Power |
| 2002 | - | - |
| 2002 | Kylie Minogue | Fever |
| 2002 | Disco Montego | "Beautiful" |
| 2002 | George | Polyserena |
| 2002 | Holly Valance | "Kiss Kiss" |
| 2002 | The Whitlams | Torch the Moon |
| 2003 | - | - |
| 2003 | Delta Goodrem | Innocent Eyes |
| 2003 | Amiel | Audio Out |
| 2003 | The Androids | "Do It with Madonna" |
| 2003 | Dannii Minogue | Neon Nights |
| 2003 | Kylie Minogue | "Come Into My World" |
| 2004 | - | - |
| 2004 | Missy Higgins | "Scar" |
| 2004 | Delta Goodrem | "Not Me, Not I" |
| 2004 | Kylie Minogue | Body Language |
| 2004 | Pete Murray | "So Beautiful" |
| 2004 | The Dissociatives | The Dissociatives |
| 2005 | - | - |
| 2005 | Missy Higgins | The Sound of White |
| 2005 | Ben Lee | Awake Is the New Sleep |
| 2005 | Kylie Minogue | "I Believe in You" |
| 2005 | Sarah Blasko | The Overture & the Underscore |
| 2005 | Thirsty Merc | "Someday, Someday" |
| 2006 | - | - |
| 2006 | The Veronicas | The Secret Life of... |
| 2006 | Ben Lee | "Into the Dark" |
| 2006 | Josh Pyke | Feeding the Wolves |
| 2006 | Rogue Traders | Here Come the Drums |
| 2006 | Shannon Noll | Lift |
| 2007 | - | - |
| 2007 | Sarah Blasko | What the Sea Wants, the Sea Will Have |
| 2007 | Evermore | "Light Surrounding You" |
| 2007 | Kate Miller-Heidke | Little Eve |
| 2007 | Missy Higgins | On a Clear Night |
| 2007 | Operator Please | "Just a Song About Ping Pong" |
| 2008 | - | - |
| 2008 | Gabriella Cilmi | Lessons to Be Learned |
| 2008 | Kylie Minogue | X |
| 2008 | Operator Please | Yes Yes Vindictive |
| 2008 | Sam Sparro | "Black and Gold" |
| 2008 | The Veronicas | Hook Me Up |
| 2009 | - | - |
| 2009 | Empire of the Sun | Walking on a Dream |
| 2009 | Jessica Mauboy | Been Waiting |
| 2009 | Kate Miller-Heidke | Curiouser |
| 2009 | Ladyhawke | Ladyhawke |
| 2009 | Sarah Blasko | As Day Follows Night |
| 2010 | - | - |
| 2010 | Sia | We Are Born |
| 2010 | Bluejuice | Head of the Hawk |
| 2010 | Empire of the Sun | "Half Mast " |
| 2010 | Guy Sebastian | Like It Like That |
| 2010 | Kylie Minogue | Aphrodite |
| 2011 | - | - |
| 2011 | Gotye featuring Kimbra | "Somebody That I Used to Know" |
| 2011 | Architecture in Helsinki | Moment Bends |
| 2011 | Guy Sebastian featuring Eve | "Who's That Girl" |
| 2011 | Gypsy & the Cat | Gilgamesh |
| 2011 | Washington | "Holy Moses" |
| 2012 | - | - |
| 2012 | Gotye | Making Mirrors |
| 2012 | Guy Sebastian featuring Lupe Fiasco | "Battle Scars" |
| 2012 | Jessica Mauboy | "Gotcha" |
| 2012 | Kimbra | Vows |
| 2012 | San Cisco | Awkward |
| 2013 | - | - |
| 2013 | Guy Sebastian | Armageddon |
| 2013 | Empire of the Sun | Ice on the Dune |
| 2013 | San Cisco | San Cisco |
| 2013 | The Preatures | Is This How You Feel? |
| 2013 | Vance Joy | God Loves You When You're Dancing |
| 2014 | - | - |
| 2014 | Sia | 1000 Forms of Fear |
| 2014 | 5 Seconds of Summer | 5 Seconds of Summer |
| 2014 | Andy Bull | Sea of Approval |
| 2014 | Justice Crew | "Que Sera" |
| 2014 | Sheppard | Bombs Away |
| 2015 | - | - |
| 2015 | Jarryd James | "Do You Remember" |
| 2015 | Conrad Sewell | "Start Again" |
| 2015 | Sia | "Elastic Heart" |
| 2015 | Tame Impala | "Let It Happen" |
| 2015 | Vance Joy | Dream Your Life Away |
| 2016 | - | - |
| 2016 | Flume | "Never Be Like You" |
| 2016 | Illy | "Papercuts" |
| 2016 | Sia | This Is Acting |
| 2016 | The Veronicas | "In My Blood" |
| 2016 | Troye Sivan | Blue Neighbourhood |
| 2017 | - | - |
| 2017 | Amy Shark | Night Thinker |
| 2017 | Dean Lewis | "Waves" |
| 2017 | Jessica Mauboy | "Fallin’" |
| 2017 | Sia | "The Greatest" |
| 2017 | Vera Blue | Perennial |
| 2018 | - | - |
| 2018 | Amy Shark | Love Monster |
| 2018 | 5 Seconds of Summer | Youngblood |
| 2018 | Dean Lewis | "Be Alright" |
| 2018 | Jack River | Sugar Mountain |
| 2018 | Troye Sivan | Bloom |
| 2019 | - | - |
| 2019 | Tones and I | "Dance Monkey" |
| 2019 | Amy Shark | "Mess Her Up" |
| 2019 | Dean Lewis | A Place We Knew |
| 2019 | Guy Sebastian | "Choir" |
| 2019 | Thelma Plum | Better in Blak |