27TH ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL DANCE MUSIC AWARDS NOMINEES
- Best Underground Dance Track
Battle For Middle You - Julio Bashmore - PMR
Bear Hug - The Two Bears - Southern Fried Records
Big Bad Wolf - Duck Sauce - Big Beat Records
Can’t You Leave - Maceo Plex - Crosstown Rebels
Doin’ Your Thang - Oliver $ - Play It down
Entrance Song - Eats Everything - Pets Recordings
Starblazer - Deetron - Rejected
- Best Alternative/Rock Dance Track
Called Out In The Dark - Snow Patrol - Island Records
Eyes Be Closed - Washed Out - Sub Pop
Hurting (Benoit & Sergio Remix) - Friendly Fires - XL Recordings
Midnight City - M83 - Mute
Paradise (Fedde Le Grand Remix) - Coldplay - Capitol/EMI/Toolroom
Polish Girl - Neon Indian - Mom + Pop Music
Pumped Up Kicks - Foster The People - Columbia
- Best Indie Dance Track
Black Water - Apparat - Mute
Hungry For The Power (Jamie Jones Remix) - Azari & III - Turbo Recordings
Need Your Love - Tensnake - Permanent Vacation
Ragysh - Todd Terje - Running Back
Trouble - Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs - Nice Age
Wait & See - Holy Ghost! - DFA
Walk And Talk - Benoit & Sergio - K7/Visionquest
- Best Latin/Reggaeton Track
Frio - Ricky Martin Feat. Wisin y Yandel - Sony Music Latin
Loca People - Sak Noel - Ultra Records
Me Gusto Tanto - Paulina Rubio - Universal
On The Floor - Jennifer Lopez Feat. Pitbull - Island Records
Rabiosa - Shakira Feat. Pitbull - Sony Music Latin/Epic
Rain On Me - Pitbull Feat. Mark Anthony - Mr.305/Polo Grounds Music/J Records
Tu Olor - Wisin y Yandel - Machete Music
- Best Commercial/Pop Dance Track
Give Me Everything - Pitbull Feat. Ne-Yo, Afrojack & Nayer - Mr.305/Polo Grounds Music/J Records
Born This Way - Lady Gaga - Streamline/Kon Live/Interscope
Moves Like Jagger - Maroon 5 Feat Christina Aguilera - A&M/Octone Records
On The Floor - Jennifer Lopez Feat. Pitbull - Island Records
Party Rock Anthem - LMFAO - Will I Am/Interscope/Party Rock/Cherrytree
We Found Love - Rihanna Feat. Calvin Harris - Island Def Jam Music Group
Without You - David Guetta Feat. Usher - Astralwerks/Capitol
- Best House/Garage/Deep House Track
Amame - Intruder, Murk - Defected
Around (Solomun Remix) - Noir & Haze - Noir Music
Doin’ Your Thang - Oliver $ - Play It Down
Envision (Ame Remix) - Osunlade - Innervisions
La Musica (The Trumpeter) - Ray Foxx Feat. Lovelle - Defected
Stay High - Maceo Plex - Ellum Audio
What They Say - Maya Jane Coles - Real Tone Records
- Best R & B/Urban Dance Track
Beautiful People - Chris Brown Feat. Benny Benassi - Jive
Coming Home - Diddy-Dirty Money - Bad Boy/Interscope
Good Feeling - Flo Rida - Poe Boy/Atlantic
Run The World (Girls) - Beyonce - Parkwood Entertainment/Columbia
Super Bass - Nicki Minaj - YMCM/Universal Republic
We Found Love - Rihanna Feat. Calvin Harris - Island Def Jam Music Group
Without You - David Guetta Feat. Usher - Astralwerks/Capitol
- Best Electro/Tech House Track
Cinema - Benny Benassi Feat. Gary Go - Ultra Records
Happy Violence - Dada Life - So Much Dada
Levels - Avicii - Interscope
No Beef - Afrojack & Steve Aoki Feat. Miss Palmer - Ultra Records
Save The World - Swedish House Mafia - Astralwerks
The Tide (Jooris Vorn Edit) - Mark Fanciulli - Rejected
Turbulence - Laidback Luke & Steve Aoki Feat. Lil Jon - Ultra Records
- Best Rap/Hip Hop Dance Track
All The Lights - Kayne West - Roc-A-Fella
Coming Home - Diddy-Dirty Money - Bad Boy/Interscope
Good Feeling - Flo Rida - Poe Boy/Atlantic
I Need A Doctor - Dr. Dre Feat. Eminem & Skylar Grey - Aftermath
Look At Me Now - Chris Brown Feat. Lil Wayne & Busta Rhymes - Jive
Super Bass - Nicki Minaj - YMCM/Universal Republic
Where Them Girls At - David Guetta Feat.Nicki Minaj & Flo Rida - Astralwerks/Capitol
- Best Trance Track
Be Your Sound - Cosmic Gate & Emma Hewitt - Black Hole Recordings
Better Half Of Me - Dash Berlin Feat. Jonathan Mendelsohn - Armada Music
Feels So Good - Armin van Buuren Feat. Nadia Ali - Ultra Records/Armada Music
Maximal Crazy - Tiësto - Musical Freedom
Promises - Andain - Black Hole Recordings
Skyfire - Shogun - Armada Music
Sun & Moon - Above & Beyond - Ultra Records/Anjuna Beats
- Best Progressive Track
Calling - Sebastian Ingrosso & Alesso - Refune Records
In the Air - Morgan Page, Sultan + Ned Shephard & BT Feat. Angela McCluskey - Nettwerk
Paradise (Fedde Le Grand Remix) - Coldplay - Capitol/EMI/Toolroom
Pressure (Alesso Remix) - Nadia Ali, Starkillers & Alex Kenji - Simply Delicious Music
Save The World - Swedish House Mafia - Astralwerks
Sun Down - Chris Lake - Ultra Records
You’ve Got the Love (Mark Knight Remix) - Florence + The Machine - Universal Republic/Toolroom
- Best Dubstep/DnB/Jungle Track
Bass Cannon - Flux Pavillion - Circus
Cinema - Benny Bennassi (Skrillex Remix) - Ultra Records
Crush On You - Nero - Interscope
First Of The Year - Skrillex - Big Beat/Atlantic
Lights (Bassnectar Remix) - Ellie Goulding - Interscope/Cherrytree
Louder - DJ Fresh - Ministry Of Sound
Promises (Skrillex & Nero Remix) - Nero - Interscope
- Best Minimal/Techno Track
6 Degrees - Audiofly - Get Physical
Arabian Horse - Gusgus - Kompakt
Carny - Pleasurekraft - Great Stuff Recordings
Chemistry (Nicole Moudaber Remix) - Carl Cox - Intec
Cicadas - Tom Middleton - Lo:Rise
Love Song - Pig & Dan - Yoshitoshi/Paraquet Recordings
The Tide (Joris Voorn Edit) - Mark Fanciulli - Rejected
- Best Chillout/Lounge Track
Hayling (Max Cooper Remix) - FC Kahuna - Skint
Heart Of Wax - Vanessa Daou - KID Recordings
How Long (Kaskade’s Ice Mix) - Kaskade & Inpetto with Late Night Alumni - Ultra Records
Paradise Circus - Burial VS Massive Attack - Inhale Gold
Promises - Andain - Black Hole Recordings
Shake It Out (Weekend Remix) - Florence + The Machine - Universal
Shores Of Eden (Chillout Mix) - Tenishia - Armada Music
- Best Break-Through DJ
Alesso
Dada Life
Flux Pavilion
Hardwell
Maya Jane Coles
Orjan Nilsen
Porter Robinson
R3hab
- Best European DJ
Above & Beyond
Afrojack
Armin van Buuren
Avicii
David Guetta
Laidback Luke
Paul van Dyk
Tiësto
- Best American DJ (North America)
Bassnectar
Deadmau5
Erick Morillo
Kaskade
Markus Schulz
Morgan Page
Skrillex
Steve Aoki
- Best Global DJ
Armin van Buuren
Avicii
David Guetta
Deadmau5
Markus Schulz
Skrillex
Swedish House Mafia
Tiësto
- Best Radio Station (Global)
BBC Radio 1
BPM (Sirius XM)
Digitally Imported
Electric Area (Sirius XM)
Radio 538
Sunshine Live
- Best Terrestrial Radio Station (US)
KNHC 89.5 Seattle, WA
WBZC 88.9 Pemberton, NJ
WCPQ 92.7 Chicago, IL
WKTU 103.5 New York, NY
WPTY Party 105.3 Nassau-Suffolk, NY
WXRK 92.3 NOW New York, NY
- Best Radio Mix Show DJ
Above & Beyond
Armin van Buuren
Markus Schulz
Paul van Dyk
Pete Tong
The Riddler
Tiësto
- Best Compilation
Annual 2011 - Ministry Of Sound
Hed Kandi: Destination Ibiza 2011 - Hed Kandi Records
Most Rated Miami 2011 - Defected
Sound Of Dubstep 2011 - Ministry Of Sound
Strictly 4 DJ’s V.3 - Strictly Rhythm
Ultra 2011 - Ultra Records
Ultra Dance 12 - Ultra Records
- Best Full Length DJ Mix
A State Of Trance 2011 - Armin van Buuren - Armada Music
Club Life: Vol.1 Las Vegas - Tiësto - Music Freedom
DJ Kicks - Scuba - K7 Records
Electric Daisy Carnival V.2 - Wolfgang Gartner - Ultra Records
FabricLive 59 - Four Tet - Fabric
In Search Of Sunrise 9 India - Richard Durand - Black Hole Recordings
Universal Religion: Chapter 5 - Armin van Buuren - Armada Music
- Best Producer
Afrojack
Armin van Buuren
Avicii
David Guetta
Kaskade
RedOne
Skrillex
Swedish House Mafia
- Best Remixer
Afrojack
Avicii
Benny Benassi
Bimbo Jones
Kaskade
Michael Woods
R3hab
Skrillex
- Best Music Video
Big Bad Wolf - Duck Sauce - (Dir. Keith Schofield)
Crush On You - Nero - (Dir. So Me)
E.T. - Katy Perry feat. Kanye West - (Dir. Floria Sigismondi)
First Of The Year - Skrillex - (Dir. Tony Truand)
Judas - Lady Gaga - (Dir. Lady Gaga & Laurieann Gibson)
Party Rock Anthem - LMFAO - (Dir. Mickey Finnegan)
Save The World - Swedish House Mafia - (Dir. Jon Watts)
We Found Love - Rihanna Feat. Calvin Harris - (Dir. Melina Matsoukas)
- Best Podcast
A State Of Trance - Armin van Buuren
Club Life - Tiësto
Levels Podcast - Avicii
Radio 538 Dance Department - Dennis Ruyer
Riddler’s Revolution - The Riddler
VONYC Sessions - Paul van Dyk
- Best Break-Through Artist (Solo)
Alexandra Stan
Ellie Goulding
Flux Pavilion
Jessie J
Maya Jane Coles
Nicki Minaj
Porter Robinson
R3hab
- Best Break-Through Artist (Group)
Azari & III
Dada Life
Foster The People
Knife Party
Little Dragon
M83
Nero
- Best Artist (Solo)
Avicii
David Guetta
Kaskade
Katy Perry
Lady Gaga
Pitbull
Rihanna
Skrillex
- Best Artist (Group)
Above & Beyond
Daft Punk
Duck Sauce
LMFAO
Nero
Swedish House Mafia
- Best Music Media Resource (Online or Print)
Dance.about.com
DJ Mag
DJ Times
MixMag
NME
Residentadvisor.com
Soundcloud.com
- Best Music App
Digitally Imported
iHeartRadio
Pandora
Shazam
Slacker
Spotify
- Best Record Label Promoter or Exec In-House
Andrew Salsano - Nervous Records
Arny Bink - Black Hole Recordings
Elena Lanza - Capitol/EMI
Gina Tucci - Big Beat/Atlantic
Mark Fotiadis - Mute
Maykel Piron - Armada Music
Phil Nieves - Ultra Records
Simon Dunmore - Defected Records
- Best Independent Record Promotion/Marketing
Bobby Shaw - Bobby Shaw Promotions
Brad LeBeau - Pro-Motion
Carmen Cacciatore - Fly Life
Cary Vance - Promo Only Promotions
Claudia Cuseta - Maxi Promotion
Debra Eriksen - Oracle Entertainment
John Suraci - Promo Only Promotions
Loren Chaidez - Loren Chaidez Promotion
- Best Music Retailer
Ameoba Records
Best Buy
f.y.e.
HMV.com
iTunes
- Best Dance Music Specialty Retailer
- Best Record Pool/Promo Subscription Service
ERG
Fat Drop
Masspool
Promo Only
X-Mix
ZipDJ
- Best American Record Label
Astralwerks
Big Beat Records
Cherrytree
Dim Mak
Interscope
Nervous Records
OM Records
Strictly Rhythm
Ultra Records
- Best Global Record Label
Anjunabeats
Armada Music
Black Hole Recordings
Defected
Mau5trap
Ministry Of Sound
Toolroom Records
Ultra Records
- Best Music Event
Coachella - Indio, CA
Electric Daisy Carnival - Las Vegas, NV
Electric Zoo - New York City
Sensation White - Amsterdam
Shambhala Music Festival - Salmo B.C.
TomorrowLand - Boom, Belgium
Ultra Music Festival - Miami, Florida
- Best Event Promoter
ALDA Events
ID&T
Insomniac Events
Made Event
Massive Events (New York)
Rob Fernandez
- Best US Club
Avalon - Los Angeles
Beta - Denver, CO
Glow - Washington DC
LIV - Miami Beach, FL
Pacha - New York, NY
Playhouse - Hollywood, CA
Ruby Skye - San Francisco
Space - Miami, FL
- Best Global Club
Amnesia - Ibiza
Fabric - London
Guvernment - Toronto
Ministry of Sound - London
Pacha - Ibiza
Privilege - Ibiza
Space - Ibiza
Zouk - Singapore
- Best Headphones
Allen & Heath - Xone XD-53
Beats Studio - By Dr. Dre
Pioneer - HDJ-2000
Sennheiser - HD 25
Technics RP-DH1200
- Best Mixer
Allen & Heath Xone 92
Denon DN X-1700
Pioneer DJM900Nexus
Rane TTM57SL
Stanton - M.203
- Best CD Player
Pioneer CDJ-2000
Denon DN-S3700
Gemini CDJ-700
Stanton CPM.800
Vestax CDX-05 MBK
- Best Club Sound System (Manufacturer)
EAW
Funktion-One
JBL Audio
Martin Audio
PK Sound
- Best Club Sound System (Design)
Beta, Denver - Funktion-One
Cielo, NY - Funktion-One
Ministry Of Sound, London - Martin Audio
Playhouse Nightclub, Hollywood - Sound Investments
Space, Ibiza - Blue Box Ibiza
- Best Pro Studio Product of the Year
Abelton Live 8
Apple - Logic Pro 9
Fruity Loops - FL Studio 10
Funktion-One - F101
Native Instruments - Maschine
- Best Keyboard or Sampler
Access - Virus TI2
Akai - MPK49
Korg - M50
M-Audio Axiom Pro 49
- Best Manufacturer of the Year
Apple
Denon
Native Intruments
M-Audio
Pioneer
PK Sounds
- Best Studio Software
Ableton Live 8
Apple - Logic Pro 9
Avid - Pro Tools 10
Fruity Loops - FL Studio 10
Propellerhead - Reason 6
- Best DJ Software
Ableton Live 8
Serato - Scratch Live
Traktor - Pro 2
Traktor - Scratch Pro 2
VirtualDJ Pro
- Best New Product of the Year
Apple - iPad 2
Denon - DN-MC6000
Native Instruments - Traktor Kontrol S4
Numark - N56
Pioneer - DDJ-T1