The 28th Annual International Dance Music Awards were presented on Thursday, March 21st 2013 at the Colony Theatre. A highlight of the Winter Music Conference, the IDMA’s celebrates the best dance records, cds, DJs, website, producers, promoters and more.
Winners are bolded within each category.
Lifetime Achievement Nile Rodgers
1. Best Underground Dance Track
“Au Seve” – Julio Bashmore
“Benediction” – Hot Natured & Ali Love
“Don’t Go (Dusky Remix)” – Justin Martin
“Just Let Me Dance (Maxxi Sound System Remix)” – Scandal
“Not Listening” – Maya Jane Coles
“Party Non Stop” – Pirupa
“They Frontin'” – Catz ‘N Dogz?ft Monty Luke
“Your Love” – Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs
2. Best Alternative/Indie Rock Dance Track
“Blue Jean” – Lana Del Rey
“Flutes (Sasha Remix)” – Hot Chip
“Lessons In Love” – Kaskade ft Neon Trees
“Madness” – Muse
“Some Nights” – fun.
“Somebody That I Used To Know” – Gotye ft Kimbra
“Take A Walk” – Passion Pit
3. Best Indie Dance Track
“Howling (?me Remix)” – Frank Wiedemann & Ry Cumming
“Inspector Norse” – Todd Terje
“Just Let Me Dance (Maxxi Sound System Remix)” – Scandal
“Morgana” – Life And Death
“Point Of View” – HNQO
“You & I” – Fur Coat ft Cari Golden
“Your Love” – Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs
4. Best Latin Dance Track
“Addicted To You” – Shakira
“Ai Se Eu Te Pego” – Michel Tel? ft Pitbull
“Dance Again” – Jenifer Lopez ft Pitbull
“Dutty Love” – Don Omar ft Natti Natasha
“Hotel Nacional” – Gloria Estefan
“International Love” – Pitbull ft Chris Brown
5. Best Commercial/Pop Dance Track
“Call Me Maybe” – Carly Rae Jepsen
“Gangnam Style” – PSY
“Girl Gone Wild” – Madonna
“Timebomb” – Kylie Minogue
“Scream & Shout” – Will.i.am & Britney Spears
“Sweet Nothing” – Calvin Harris ft Florence Welch
“Titanium” – David Guetta ft Sia
“Wide Awake” – Katy Perry
6. Best House/Garage/Deep House Track
“Beg (Hot Since 82 Remix)” – Yousef
“Benediction” – Hot Natured & Ali Love
“Do You Want Me Baby (Dusky Remix)” – Cloud 9
“Infinity” – Infinity Ink
“Love Somebody Else” – Maceo Plex & Jon Dasilva?ft Joi Cardwell
“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
“Hangover” – Taio Cruz
“Girl On Fire” – Alicia Keys
“Let Me Love You (Until You Learn To Love Yourself)” – Ne-Yo
“Make Me Proud” – Drake ft Nicki Minaj
“Next To Me” – Emeli Sand?
“Pound The Alarm” – Nicki Minaj
“Scream” – Usher
“Where Have You Been” – Rihanna
8. Best Electro/Tech House Track
“Alright” – Mark Knight
“Don’t You Worry Child” – Swedish House Mafia ft John Martin
“Feed The Dada” – Dada Life
“Hell Yeah” – Ti?sto & Showtek
“Rattle” – Bingo Players
“Spaceman” – Hardwell
“Spectrum” – Zedd
“Toulouse” – Nicky Romero
9. Best Rap/Hip Hop Dance Track
“212” – Azealia Banks ft Lazy Jay
“Mercy” – Kanye West
“Starships” – Nicki Minaj
“The Motto” – Drake ft Lil Wayne
“Whistle” – Flo Rida
“Wild Ones” – Flo Rida ft Sia
“Work Hard, Play Hard” – Wiz Khalifa
10. Best Trance Track
“Concrete Angel? – Gareth Emery ft Christina Novelli
“Flying Blind” – Cosmic Gate & JES
“J’ai Envie De Toi” – Armin van Buuren presents Gaia
“Must Be The Love” – Arty, Nadia Ali & BT
“Nothing Without Me” – Marcus Schulz ft Ana Diaz
“Suddenly Summer” – Armin van Buuren ft Ana Criado
“The Ocean” – Paul van Dyk ft Arty
“When You Were Around” – Dash Berlin ft Kate Walsh
11. Best Progressive Track
“Every Day “- Eric Prydz
“Flutes (Sasha Remix)” – Hot Chip
“Nothing Matters” – Mark Knight ft Skin
“Silhouettes” – Avicii
“Sweet Nothing” – Calvin Harris ft Florence Welch
“The Veldt” – Deadmau5 ft Chris James
“Torquoise (Guy J Remix)” – Circulation
“Years” – Alesso ft Matthew Koma
12. Best Dubstep/DnB/Jungle Track
“Bangarang” – Skrillex ft Sirah
“Centipede” – Knife Party
“Decisions” – Borgore ft 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
“Goes On” – Umek & Stefano Noferini
“Goodbye Fly” – Joris Voorn
“Lazer Beams” – Green Velvet & Harvard Bass
“Mooshi” – Pig & Dan
“Skeleton Key” – Pleasurekraft ft Green Velvet
“Tammo Chanter (2012 Treatment)” – Gary Beck
“We Are Phuture” – Pierre, Cox, Ward & Phuture
14. Best Chillout/Lounge Track
“I Don’t Want This Groove To Ever End” – LTJ Xperience
“Lick It (Kaskade’s Ice Mix)” – Kaskade & Skrillex
“Much Too Much (Zetandel Chill Mix)” – Andain
“Need To Feel Loved” – Unclubbed ft Zoe Durrant
“November Morning (Brandenburgisches Staatsorchestra Version)” – Stimming
“The Veldt (Freeform Five Mix)” – Deadmau5 ft Chris James
“We Must Go On” – Pretty Lights
15. Best Break-Through DJ
Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike
Eats Everything
Jamie Jones
Maceo Plex
Seth Troxler
Shogun
Tale Of Us
Tommy Trash
16. Best European DJ
Above & Beyond
Afrojack
Armin van Buuren
Avicii
David Guetta
Hardwell
Swedish House Mafia
Ti?sto
17. Smirnoff’s Best North American DJ
A-Trak
Danny Tenaglia
Deadmau5
Diplo
Kaskade
Porter Robinson
Skrillex
Steve Aoki
18. Best Global DJ
Afrojack
Armin van Buuren
David Guetta
Deadmau5
Kaskade
Markus Schulz
Swedish House Mafia
Ti?sto
19. Best Radio Station (Global)
Addictedtoradio.com
BBC Radio 1
BPM (Sirius XM)
Digitally Imported
Electric Area (Sirius XM)
538
Sunshine Live
20. Best Terrestrial Radio Station (US)
Jelli 96.7 – Las Vegas, NV
KNHC 89.5 – Seattle, WA
WBZC 88.9 – Pemberton, NJ
WKTU 103.5 – New York, NY
WPTY Party 105.3 – Nassau-Suffolk, NY
WXRK 92.3 NOW – New York, NY
21. Best Radio Mix Show DJ (Global)
Armin van Buuren
Hardwell
Pete Tong
Ti?sto
Markus Schulz
Paul van Dyk
22. Best Compilation
Annual 2012 – Ministry Of Sound
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
Ultra 2012 – Ultra Records
23. Best Full Length DJ Mix
Armin van Buuren – A State of Trance 2012
John Digweed – Live In London
Markus Schulz – Los Angeles
Maya Jane Coles – DJ Kicks
Photek – DJ Kicks
R3hab – Electric Daisy Carnival V.3
Ti?sto – Club Life V.2
24. Best Producer
Afrojack
Armin van Buuren
David Guetta
Diplo
Kaskade
Skrillex
Swedish House Mafia
Zedd
25. Best Remixer
Afrojack
Avicii
Bimbo Jones
Calvin Harris
Hardwell
Kaskade
R3hab
Tommy Trash
26. Best Music Video
“Bangarang” – Skrillex – (Dir: Tony T. Datis)
“Don’t You Worry Child” – Swedish House Mafia Feat. John Martin – (Dir: Christian Larson)
“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 ft Florence Welch – (Dir: Vincent Haycock)
“Toulouse” – Nicky Romero – (Dir:Timo Pierre Rositzki)
27. Best Podcast
A State Of Trance – Armin van Buuren
Club Life – Ti?sto
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)
Alex Clare
Gotye
Hot Since 82
Lana Del Rey
Maceo Plex
Pirupa
Tommy Trash
Zedd
29. Best Break-Through Artist (Group)
Bingo Players
Cazzette
Disclosure
Krewella
NERVO
One Direction
The Wanted
Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs
30. Best Artist (Solo)
Afrojack
Armin van Buuren
Avicii
Calvin Harris
Deadmau5
Madonna
Rihanna
Skrillex
31. Best Artist (Group)
Above and Beyond
Dada Life
Florence + The Machine
Knife Party
M83
Nero
Swedish House Mafia
32. Best Music Media Resource (Online or Print)
Beatport News
DJ Mag
DJ Times
elektro
MixMag
NME
Residentadvisor.net
33. Best Music App
Digitally Imported
iHeartRadio
Mixcloud
Pandora
Shazam
SoundCloud
Spotify
34. Best Music Label Promoter or Exec In-House
Andrew Salsano – Nervous Records
Arny Bink – Black Hole Recordings
George Hess – Strictly Rhythm
Gina Tucci – Big Beat/Atlantic
Maykel Piron – Armada Music
Eelko van Kooten – Spinnin’ Records
Phil Nieves – Ultra Music
Simon Dunmore – Defected Records
35. Best Independent Music Promotion/Marketing
Bobby Shaw – Bobby Shaw Promotions
Brad LeBeau – PRO MOTION
Carmen Cacciatore – Fly Life
Cary Vance – Promo Only Promotions
Debra Eriksen – Oracle Entertainment
Joe Berinato – Pitch Control Marketing
John Suraci – Promo Only Promotions
Loren Chaidez – Loren Chaidez Promotion
36. Best Music Retailer
Amazon.com
Amoeba Records
Best Buy
fye
iTunes
37. Best Dance Music Specialty Retailer
Audiojelly.com
Beatport.com
Juno.co.uk
Stompy.com
Trackitdown.net
Traxsource.com
38. Best Promo Subscription Service/Music Pool
Dixie Dance Kings
Masspool
Next Music Group
Promo Only
X-Mix
ZipDJ.com
39. Best American Music Label
Astralwerks
Big Beat
Dim Mak
Interscope
Mad Decent
Nervous Records
Strictly Rhythm
Ultra Music
40. Best Global Music Label
Armada Music
Coldharbour Recordings
Defected Records
Hot Creations
Ministry Of Sound
Spinnin’ Records
Toolroom Records
Ultra Music
41. Best Music Event
Coachella – Indio, CA
Electric Daisy Carnival – Las Vegas
Electric Zoo – New York, NY
Elements Music Festival – Edmonton, Canada
Sensation White – Amsterdam
Shambhala Music Festival – Salmo, BC
Tomorrowland – Boom, Belgium
Ultra Music Festival – Miami
42. Best Event Promoter
Alda Events
ID&T
Insomniac Events
Made Event
Massive Events (New York)
Rob Promotions
Verboten
43. Best US Club
Avalon – Hollywood, CA
Beta – Denver, CO
Cielo – New York, NY
LIV – Miami Beach, FL
Pacha – New York, NY
Ruby Skye – San Francisco, CA
Space – Miami, FL
XS Nightclub – Las Vegas, NV
44. Best Global Club
Amnesia – Ibiza
Berghain – Berlin
Guvernment – Toronto
Ministry Of Sound – London
Pacha – Ibiza
Privilege – Ibiza
Space – Ibiza
Zouk – Singapore
45. Best Headphones
Beats By Dr. Dre – Studio from Monster
Pioneer – HDJ-2000
Sennheiser – HD 25
Technics RP-DH1200
V-Moda – Crossfade LP
46. Best Mixer/Controller
Allen & Heath – Xone 92
Native Instruments – Traktor Kontrol S4
Pioneer – DJM-2000 Nexus
Rane – Sixty-Eight
Stanton – DJC.4
47. Best CD Player
Denon – SC3900
Numark Mixdeck Quad
Pioneer – CDJ-2000
Stanton CPM.800
48. Best Club Sound System (Manufacturer)
Funktion-One
Gary Stewart Audio
JBL Audio
Martin Audio
PK Sound
49. Best Club Sound System (Design)
Beta – Denver, CO – Funktion-One
Cielo – New York, NY – Funktion-One
LIV – Miami Beach, FL – Infinite Audio Systems
Ministry Of Sound – London – Martin Audio
Playhouse Nightclub – Hollywood, CA – Sound Investements
50. Best Pro Studio Product of the Year
Ableton – Live 8
Apple – Logic Pro 9
Fruity Loops – FL Studio 10
Native Instruments – Maschine
51. Best Keyboard or Sampler
Akai – MPK49
M-Audio – Axiom 61
Native Instruments – Maschine
Korg – Kronos
52. Best Manufacturer of the Year
Ableton
Apple
Denon
Native Instruments
Numark
Pioneer
PK Sound
53. Best Studio Software
Ableton – Live 9
Apple – Logic Pro 9
Avid – Pro Tools – 10
Fruity Loops – FL Studio 10
54. Best DJ Software
Ableton – Live 9
Native Instruments – Traktor Pro 2
Serato – Scratch Live
Virtual DJ
55. Best New Product of the Year
Apple – iPad 3
Native Instruments – Kontrol F1
Native Instruments – Maschine MK2
Numark – iDJ Pro
Pioneer – DDJ-SX
Pioneer – RMX-1000
Rane – Sixty Eight