The International Dance Music Awards, officially part of the Miami Winter Music Conference, is regarded as the leading award show in the international dance music industry. Awards were presented for 55 categories. More than 2 million votes from over 180 different countries came in this year. With more than 60.000 visitors from 70 different countries, the Winter Music Conference is the highlight to many DJ’s, artists, promoters and clubbers.
27th ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL DANCE MUSIC AWARDS WINNERS
1. Best Underground Dance Track
Big Bad Wolf - Duck Sauce - Big Beat Records
2. Best Alternative/Rock Dance Track
Paradise (Fedde Le Grand Remix) - Coldplay - Capitol/EMI/Toolroom
3. Best Indie Dance Track
Ragysh - Todd Terje - Running Back
4. Best Latin/Reggaeton Track
Loca People - Sak Noel - Ultra Records
5. Best Commercial/Pop Dance Track
We Found Love - Rihanna Feat. Calvin Harris - Island Def Jam Music Group
6. Best House/Garage/Deep House Track
What They Say - Maya Jane Coles - Real Tone Records
7. Best R & B/Urban Dance Track
We Found Love - Rihanna Feat. Calvin Harris - Island Def Jam Music Group
8. Best Electro/Tech House Track
Levels - Avicii - Interscope
Super Bass - Nicki Minaj - YMCM/Universal Republic
10. Best Trance Track
Feels So Good - Armin van Buuren Feat. Nadia Ali - Ultra Records/Armada Music
11. Best Progressive Track
Pressure (Alesso Remix) - Nadia Ali, Starkillers & Alex Kenji - Simply Delicious Music
12. Best Dubstep/DnB/Jungle Track
First Of The Year - Skrillex - Big Beat/Atlantic
13. Best Minimal/Techno Track
Chemistry (Nicole Moudaber Remix) - Carl Cox - Intec
14. Best Chillout/Lounge Track
How Long (Kaskade's Ice Mix) - Kaskade & Inpetto with Late Night Alumni - Ultra Records
15. Best Break-Through DJ
Hardwell
16. Best European DJ
Avicii
17. Best American DJ (North America)
Deadmau5
18. Best Global DJ
Armin van Buuren
19. Best Radio Station (Global)
BBC Radio 1
20. Best Terrestrial Radio Station (US)
WKTU 103.5 New York, NY
21. Best Radio Mix Show DJ
Armin van Buuren
22. Best Compilation
Ultra 2011 - Ultra Records
23. Best Full Length DJ Mix
Club Life: Vol.1 Las Vegas - Tiësto - Music Freedom
24. Best Producer
David Guetta
Kaskade2
6. Best Music Video
Save The World - Swedish House Mafia - (Dir. Jon Watts)
27. Best Podcast
A State Of Trance - Armin van Buuren
28. Best Break-Through Artist (Solo)
R3hab
29. Best Break-Through Artist (Group)
Dada Life
30. Best Artist (Solo)
Skrillex
31. Best Artist (Group)
Swedish House Mafia
32. Best Music Media Resource (Online or Print)
DJ Mag
33. Best Music App
Digitally Imported
34. Best Record Label Promoter or Exec In-House
Maykel Piron - Armada Music
35. Best Independent Record Promotion/Marketing
Carmen Cacciatore - Fly Life
36. Best Music Retailer
iTunes
37. Best Dance Music Specialty Retailer
Beatport.com
38. Best Record Pool/Promo Subscription Service
Promo Only
39. Best American Record Label
Ultra Records
40. Best Global Record Label
Armada Music
41. Best Music Event
TomorrowLand - Boom, Belgium
42. Best Event Promoter
Insomniac Events
43. Best US Club
Pacha - New York, NY
44. Best Global Club
Space - Ibiza
45. Best Headphones
Pioneer - HDJ-2000
46. Best Mixer
Pioneer - DJM900Nexus
47. Best CD Player
Pioneer CDJ-2000
48. Best Club Sound System (Manufacturer)
JBL Audio
49. Best Club Sound System (Design)
Ministry Of Sound, London - Martin Audio
50. Best Pro Studio Product of the Year
Abelton - Live 8
51. Best Keyboard or Sampler
Akai - MPK49
52. Best Manufacturer of the Year
Pioneer
53. Best Studio Software
Apple - Logic Pro 9
54. Best DJ Software
Traktor - Pro 2
55. Best New Product of the Year
Pioneer - DDJ-T1
Please check the full tracklist of the nominations and winners on the official WMC web site. Click here