Best Group is an
Aotearoa Music Award that honours New Zealand groups that have released an outstanding album in the previous year. For the purposes of the award, a group consists of two or more people.[1] The award winner is determined by the Voting Academy, along with a 30% sales performance weighting.[2]
The award was first presented annually since 1970 as the Group Award as part of the
Loxene Golden Disc awards, then as Recording Artist/Group of the Year as part of the
Recording Arts Talent Awards. From 1978, the award has been presented as part of the New Zealand Music Awards, first named Top Group, then Best Group.
Shihad has won the award twice and been nominated eight other times,
The Chills have also won twice and been nominated one other time, while
DD Smash and
The Naked and Famous have each won twice.
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^"1984 Winners". NZ Music Awards. Recorded Music NZ. Archived from
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^"1985 Winners". NZ Music Awards. Recorded Music NZ. Archived from
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^"1986 Winners". NZ Music Awards. Recorded Music NZ. Archived from
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^"1987 Winners". NZ Music Awards. Recorded Music NZ. Archived from
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^"1988 Winners". NZ Music Awards. Recorded Music NZ. Archived from
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^"1989 Winners". NZ Music Awards. Recorded Music NZ. Archived from
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^"1990 Winners". NZ Music Awards. Recorded Music NZ. Archived from
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^"1992 Winners". NZ Music Awards. Recorded Music NZ. Archived from
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^"1993 Winners". NZ Music Awards. Recorded Music NZ. Archived from
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^"1994 Winners". NZ Music Awards. Recorded Music NZ. Archived from
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^"1995 Winners". NZ Music Awards. Recorded Music NZ. Archived from
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^"1996 Winners". NZ Music Awards. Recorded Music NZ. Archived from
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^"1997 Winners". NZ Music Awards. Recorded Music NZ. Archived from
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^"1998 Winners". NZ Music Awards. Recorded Music NZ. Archived from
the original on 9 February 2013. Retrieved 21 October 2016.
^"1999 Winners". NZ Music Awards. Recorded Music NZ. Archived from
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^"2000 Winners". NZ Music Awards. Recorded Music NZ. Archived from
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^"2001 Winners". NZ Music Awards. Recorded Music NZ. Archived from
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^"2002 Winners". NZ Music Awards. Recorded Music NZ. Archived from
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^"2003 Winners". NZ Music Awards. Recorded Music NZ. Archived from
the original on 9 February 2013. Retrieved 21 October 2016.
^"2004 Winners". NZ Music Awards. Recorded Music NZ. Archived from
the original on 9 February 2013. Retrieved 21 October 2016.
^"2005 Winners". NZ Music Awards. Recorded Music NZ. Archived from
the original on 9 February 2013. Retrieved 21 October 2016.
^"2006 Winners". NZ Music Awards. Recorded Music NZ. Archived from
the original on 9 February 2013. Retrieved 21 October 2016.
^"2007 Winners". NZ Music Awards. Recorded Music NZ. Archived from
the original on 9 February 2013. Retrieved 21 October 2016.
^"2008 Winners". NZ Music Awards. Recorded Music NZ. Archived from
the original on 9 February 2013. Retrieved 21 October 2016.