28th ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL DANCE MUSIC AWARDS WINNERS
In addition to all the hardcore partying taking place during Miami Music Week, there is an actual conference taking place, which in case you didn’t know, also includes an awards extraveganza known as the International Dance Music Awards.
Now in it’s 28th year, the IDMA’s are kind of a big deal. The awards range from the expected Best DJ category as well as Best Breakthrough DJ, Best European DJ, even the Smirnoff’s Best North American DJ. Other categories include, Best Compilation, Remixer, Producer, Promo Subscription Service/Music Pool, Best Music App, Global Music Event, and one we’ve been vying for Best Music Media Resource – Online or Print. This is just the tip of the iceberg, there are a lot more. No, really, a whole lot more. Too much to list off, so instead, here’s the list of this years winners!
Note to IDMA Gods. Keep your eyes on us. We’re aiming for you!
Lifetime Achievement
1. Best Underground Dance Track
Benediction – Hot Natured & Ali Love
Don’t Go (Dusky Remix) – Justin Martin
Just Let Me Dance (Maxxi Sound System Remix) – Scandal
Party Non Stop – Pirupa
They Frontin’ Feat. Monty Luke – Catz ‘N Dogz
Your Love – Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs
2. Best Alternative/Indie Rock Dance Track
Flutes (Sasha Remix) -Hot Chip
Lessons In Love – Kaskade Feat. Neon Trees
Madness – Muse
Some Nights – fun.
Take A Walk – Passion Pit
3. Best Indie Dance Track
Inspector Norse – Todd Terje
Morgana – Life And Death
Point Of View – HNQO
You & I – Fur Coat Feat. Cari Golden
Your Love – Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs
4. Best Latin Dance Track
Ai Se Eu Te Pego – Michel Teló Feat. Pitbull
Dance Again – Jenifer Lopez Feat. Pitbull
Dutty Love – Don Omar Feat. Natti Natasha
Hotel Nacional – Gloria Estefan
5. Best Commercial/Pop Dance Track
Gangnam Style – PSY
Girl Gone Wild – Madonna
Timebomb – Kylie Minogue
Scream & Shout – Will.i.am & Britney Spears
Titanium – David Guetta Feat. Sia
Wide Awake – Katy Perry
6. Best House/Garage/Deep House Track
Benediction – Hot Natured & Ali Love
Do You Want Me Baby (Dusky Remix) – Cloud 9
Infinity – Infinity Ink
Not Listening – Maya Jane Coles
Thinking About Your Body (Louie Vega Remix) – Josh Milan
Underground (Dennis Ferrer Remix) – Nick Curly
7. Best R & B/Urban Dance Track
Girl On Fire – Alicia Keys
Let Me Love You (Until You Learn To Love Yourself) – Ne-Yo
Make Me Proud – Drake Feat. Nicki Minaj
Next To Me – Emeli Sandé
Pound The Alarm – Nicki Minaj
Scream – Usher
8. Best Electro/Tech House Track
Feed The Dada – Dada Life
Hell Yeah – Tiësto & Showtek
Rattle – Bingo Players
Spaceman – Hardwell
Spectrum – Zedd
Toulouse – Nicky Romero
9. Best Rap/Hip Hop Dance Track
Mercy – Kanye West
Starships – Nicki Minaj
The Motto – Drake Feat. Lil Wayne
Whistle – Flo Rida
Work Hard, Play Hard – Wiz Khalifa
10. Best Trance Track
Flying Blind – Cosmic Gate & JES
Must Be The Love – Arty, Nadia Ali & BT
Nothing Without Me – Marcus Schulz Feat. Ana Diaz
Suddenly Summer – Armin van Buuren Feat. Ana Criado
The Ocean – Paul van Dyk Feat. Arty
When You Were Around – Dash Berlin Feat. Kate Walsh
11. Best Progressive Track
Flutes (Sasha Remix) – Hot Chip
Nothing Matters – Mark Knight Feat. Skin
Silhouettes – Avicii
Sweet Nothing – Calvin Harris Feat. Florence Welch
Torquoise (Guy J Remix) – Circulation
Years – Alesso Feat. Matthew Koma
12. Best Dubstep/DnB/Jungle Track
Centipede – Knife Party
Decisions – Borgore Feat. Miley Cyrus
Diplodocus (Kill The Noise Remix) – Noisia
Elevate This Sound – Calyx & Teebee
Killin’ It – Krewella
Make It Bun Dem – Skrillex & Damian ‘Jr. Gong’ Marley
13. Best Minimal/Techno Track
Goodbye Fly – Joris Voorn
Lazer Beams – Green Velvet & Harvard Bass
Mooshi – Pig & Dan
Skeleton Key – Pleasurekraft Feat. Green Velvet
Tammo Chanter (2012 Treatment) – Gary Beck
We Are Phuture – Pierre, Cox, Ward & Phuture
14. Best Chillout/Lounge Track
Much Too Much (Zetandel Chill Mix) – Andain
Need To Feel Loved – Unclubbed Feat. Zoe Durrant
November Morning (Brandenburgisches Staatsorchestra Version) – Stimming
The Veldt (Freeform Five Mix) – Deadmau5 Feat. Chris James
We Must Go On – Pretty Lights
15. Best Break-Through DJ
Eats Everything
Jamie Jones
Maceo Plex
Seth Troxler
Shogun
Tale Of Us
Tommy Trash
16. Best European DJ
Afrojack
Armin van Buuren
Avicii
David Guetta
Swedish House Mafia
Tiësto
17. Smirnoff’s Best North American DJ
Danny Tenaglia
Deadmau5
Diplo
Porter Robinson
Skrillex
Steve Aoki
18. Best Global DJ
David Guetta
Deadmau5
Kaskade
Markus Schulz
Swedish House Mafia
Tiësto
19. Best Radio Station (Global)
BPM (Sirius XM)
Digitally Imported
Electric Area (Sirius XM)
538
Sunshine Live
20. Best Terrestrial Radio Station (US)
KNHC 89.5 – Seattle, WA
WBZC 88.9 – Pemberton, NJ
WPTY Party 105.3 – Nassau-Suffolk, NY
WXRK 92.3 NOW – New York, NY
21. Best Radio Mix Show DJ (Global)
Hardwell
Pete Tong
Tiësto
Markus Schulz
Paul van Dyk
22. Best Compilation
Bedrock V.14 – Bedrock Records
Defected Most Rated 2012 – Defected Records
Defected Most Rated Miami 2012 – Defected Records
Strictly 4 DJs V.5 – Strictly Rhythm
Toolroom Presents Miami 2012 – Toolroom Records
23. Best Full Length DJ Mix
John Digweed – Live In London
Markus Schulz – Los Angeles
Maya Jane Coles – DJ Kicks
Photek – DJ Kicks
Tiësto – Club Life V.2
24. Best Producer
David Guetta
Diplo
Kaskade
Skrillex
Swedish House Mafia
Zedd
25. Best Remixer
Avicii
Bimbo Jones
Calvin Harris
Kaskade
R3hab
Tommy Trash
26. Best Music Video
Gangnam Style – PSY – (Dir: Lee Bo Young)
Girl Gone Wild – Madonna – (Dir: Mert & Marcus)
Language – Porter Robinson – (Dir: Jonathan Desbiens)
Silhouettes – Avicii – (Dir: Niklas Johansson)
Sweet Nothing – Calvin Harris Feat. Florence Welch – (Dir: Vincent Haycock)
Toulouse – Nicky Romero – (Dir:Timo Pierre Rositzki)
27. Best Podcast
Club Life – Tiësto
Deeper Shades Of House – Lars Behrenroth
Epic Radio – Eric Prydz
Levels Podcast – Avicii
On Air – Hardwell
Riddler’s Revolution – The Riddler
Vonyc Sessions – Paul van Dyk
28. Best Break-Through Artist (Solo)
Gotye
Hot Since 82
Lana Del Rey
Maceo Plex
Pirupa
Tommy Trash
29. Best Break-Through Artist (Group)
Cazzette
Disclosure
NERVO
One Direction
The Wanted
Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs
30. Best Artist (Solo)
Armin van Buuren
Calvin Harris
Deadmau5
Madonna
Rihanna
Skrillex
31. Best Artist (Group)
Dada Life
Florence + The Machine
Knife Party
M83
Nero
32. Best Music Media Resource (Online or Print)
DJ Times
elektro
MixMag
NME
Residentadvisor.net
33. Best Music App
iHeartRadio
Mixcloud
Pandora
Shazam
Spotify
34. Best Music Label Promoter or Exec In-House
Arny Bink – Black Hole Recordings
George Hess – Strictly Rhythm
Gina Tucci – Big Beat/Atlantic
Maykel Piron – Armada Music
Phil Nieves – Ultra Music
Simon Dunmore – Defected Records
35. Best Independent Music Promotion/Marketing
Brad LeBeau – PRO MOTION
Carmen Cacciatore – Fly Life
Debra Eriksen – Oracle Entertainment
Joe Berinato – Pitch Control Marketing
John Suraci – Promo Only Promotions
Loren Chaidez – Loren Chaidez Promotion
36. Best Music Retailer
Amoeba Records
Best Buy
fye
37. Best Dance Music Specialty Retailer
Juno.co.uk
Stompy.com
Trackitdown.net
Traxsource.com
38. Best Promo Subscription Service/Music Pool
Masspool
Next Music Group
X-Mix
ZipDJ.com
39. Best American Music Label
Big Beat
Dim Mak
Interscope
Mad Decent
Nervous Records
Strictly Rhythm
40. Best Global Music Label
Coldharbour Recordings
Defected Records
Hot Creations
Ministry Of Sound
Spinnin’ Records
Toolroom Records
Ultra Music
41. Best Music Event
Electric Daisy Carnival – Las Vegas
Electric Zoo – New York, NY
Elements Music Festival – Edmonton, Canada
Sensation White – Amsterdam
Shambhala Music Festival – Salmo, BC
Ultra Music Festival – Miami
42. Best Event Promoter
ID&T
Made Event
Massive Events (New York)
Rob Promotions
Verboten
43. Best US Club
Beta – Denver, CO
Cielo – New York, NY
LIV – Miami Beach, FL
Pacha – New York, NY
Ruby Skye – San Francisco, CA
XS Nightclub – Las Vegas, NV
44. Best Global Club
Berghain – Berlin
Guvernment – Toronto
Ministry Of Sound – London
Pacha – Ibiza
Privilege – Ibiza
Zouk – Singapore
45. Best Headphones
Pioneer – HDJ-2000
Sennheiser – HD 25
Technics RP-DH1200
V-Moda – Crossfade LP
46. Best Mixer/Controller
Native Instruments – Traktor Kontrol S4
Rane – Sixty-Eight
Stanton – DJC.4
47. Best CD Player
Numark Mixdeck Quad
Stanton CPM.800
48. Best Club Sound System (Manufacturer)
Gary Stewart Audio
Martin Audio
PK Sound
49. Best Club Sound System (Design)
Cielo – New York, NY – Funktion-One
LIV – Miami Beach, FL – Infinite Audio Systems
Playhouse Nightclub – Hollywood, CA – Sound Investements
50. Best Pro Studio Product of the Year
Fruity Loops – FL Studio 10
Native Instruments – Maschine
51. Best Keyboard or Sampler
M-Audio – Axiom 61
Korg – Kronos
52. Best Manufacturer of the Year
Apple
Denon
Native Instruments
Numark
PK Sound
53. Best Studio Software
Avid – Pro Tools – 10
Fruity Loops – FL Studio 10
54. Best DJ Software
Native Instruments – Traktor Pro 2
Serato – Scratch Live
55. Best New Product of the Year
Apple – iPad 3
Native Instruments – Kontrol F1
Native Instruments – Maschine MK2
Numark – iDJ Pro
Pioneer – DDJ-SX
Rane – Sixty Eight