In 2006 Hilltop Hoods were nominated for five ARIA Awards – the first ever for an Australian hip hop group – winning in two categories: 'Best Urban Release' and 'Best Independent Release'. The following year they won 'Best Urban Release' at the ARIA Awards for "The Hard Road: Restrung". The album was also nominated for 'Best Independent Release' and 'Best Cover Art' by John Engelhardt. The DVD "City of Light" was nominated as 'Best Music DVD' at the 2008 ARIA awards. At the 2009 ARIA Awards they won 'Best Urban Album' for a third time – for "State of the Art" and DJ Debris won an award for 'Engineer of the Year' for his work on that album. At the ARIA Music Awards of 2012, Hilltop Hoods won its fourth award in the 'Best Urban Album' category for "Drinking from the Sun"; as of November 2012, the group has won six awards from twenty nominations.