Английская Википедия:Aotearoa Music Awards for Best Hip Hop Artist and Best Soul/RnB Artist

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Ladi6 has won the award twice, for her albums Time Is Not Much and The Liberation Of....

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Scribe (centre) has won the award twice and P-Money (right) has won once.

Best Hip Hop Artist and Best Soul/RnB Artist are two Aotearoa Music Awards that honour New Zealand music artists for outstanding recordings of the genres of hip hop, and soul or R&B. The award was first awarded in 2002 as Best R&B/Hip Hop Album, and in 2003 it was called Best Urban Album. In 2004 it moved to Best Urban/Hip Hop Album. In 2017 the award was split into two separate awards: Best Hip Hop Artist and Best Soul/RnB Artist. The entry criteria were also changed to require either an album or a minimum of five single releases in the eligibility period.

Controversy

In 2016, the award was presented to Aaradhna her album Brown Girl. She refused to accept the award, saying she felt the inclusion of both R&B music and hip hop in the same "urban" category was due to racial stereotyping and that she felt as a pop/R&B artist, she shouldn't be in the same category as hip hop acts. Aaradhna informally awarded the Tui to fellow nominee SWIDT for their album SmokeyGotBeatz Presents SWIDT vs EVERYBODY. Recorded Music NZ still lists Aaradhna as the winner of the category.

Recorded Music NZ CEO Damian Vaughan responded to the incident, saying that "urban" was an industry term used by New Zealand radio, but that the Urban/Hip Hop category would be reevaluated before the 2017 awards. As a result, the Best Urban/Hip Hop Album category was reevaluated ahead of the 2017 New Zealand Music Awards. The award was split into two genre categories: Best Hip Hop Artist and Best Soul/RnB Artist.

Recipients

Best R&B/Hip Hop Album (2002)

Year	Winner	Album	Other finalists	Ref.
2002	Шаблон:Sortname	Navigator	Dark Tower – Canterbury Drafts

Best Urban Album (2003)

Year	Winner	Album	Other finalists	Ref.
2003	Nesian Mystik	Polysaturated	Deceptikonz – Elimination P-Money – Big Things

Best Urban/Hip Hop Album (2004 to 2016)

Year	Winner	Album	Other finalists	Ref.
2004	Scribe	Шаблон:Sortname	King Kapisi – 2nd Round Testament Mareko – White Sunday
2005	P-Money	Magic City	Tha Feelstyle – Break It To Pieces Savage – Moonshine
2006	Frontline	Borrowed Time	Nesian Mystik – Freshmen Opensouls – Kaleidoscope
2007	PNC	Rookie Card	4 Corners – The Foundations Deceptikonz – Heavy Rotation
2008	Scribe	Rhyme Book	Mareko – White Sunday 2: The Book Of Mark Young Sid – The Truth
2009	Ladi6	Time Is Not Much	Savage – Savage Island Smashproof – The Weekend
2010	Шаблон:Sortname	Something Awesome	J. Williams – Young Love Young Sid – What Doesn't Kill Me...
2011	Ladi6	Шаблон:Sortname	David Dallas – The Rose Tint PNC – Man on Wire
2012	Home Brew	Home Brew	Adeaze – Rise & Shine Savage – Mayhem & Miracles
2013	Aaradhna	Treble & Reverb	At Peace – Girl Songs P-Money – Gratitude
2014	David Dallas	Falling Into Place	Ladi6 - Automatic PNC - The Codes
2015	Janine and the Mixtape	XX	Diaz Grimm – Osiris The Doqument– Black Canvas – Wall & Piece
2016	Aaradhna	Brown Girl	SWIDT – SmokeyGotBeatz Presents SWIDT vs EVERYBODY PNC – The Luke Vailima EP

Best Hip Hop Artist (2017 to current)

Year	Winner	Other finalists	Ref.
2017	SWIDT	David Dallas Kings SWIDT

Best Soul/RnB Artist (2017 to current)

Year	Winner	Other finalists	Ref.
2017	Шаблон:Tba	Ladi6 Teeks Tommy Nee