DJ Awards 2016 Categories & Nominees

The DJ Awards 2016 categories and nominees have been announced.

The DJ Awards 2016 line up is the biggest they have ever had complete with twelve categories and a massive one hundred and thirteen nominees for the public to vote for.

Our very own Black Coffee has been nominated in the Deep house category and considering his massive popularity in Ibiza, he must have a really good chance.

This will cap off a pretty good 6 months after his scoop of 4 SAMA22 awards this year.

The DJ Awards 2016 will be the nineteenth year that the awards show takes place. On the 3^rd of October they will be back in Pacha Ibiza to hand out the much talked about prizes. What started out as a DJ poll back in 1998, has grown into a benchmark of success for all those shaping out a production and DJ career within the global electronic dance music scene.

Over the last few months the categories for the DJ Awards 2016 were compiled by a panel of ‘electronic dance music experts’. The job is said to have been a complicated one with everyone having different views on the relevance of proposed categories.

They settled on the following:

There are nine music genre categories, which cover a broad spectrum of electronic music, including;

DJ Awards Categories & Nominees 2016

Music Categories

BASS

Chase and Status

Amine Edge & Dance
Andy C
Chase & Status
Dj Ez
Example
Friction
Hannah Wants
Pendulum
Shadow Child
Sigma
Sub Focus

BIG ROOM HOUSE

Afrojack
Avicii
Axwell Λ Ingrosso
David Guetta
Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike
Hardwell
Kygo
Martin Garrix
Nervo
Nicky Romero
Oliver Heldens
Tiësto

DEEP HOUSE

&Me
Adam Port
Andhim
Black Coffee
Blond:Ish
Catz ‘N Dogz
Dixon
Duke Dumont
Mk
Sonny Fodera

ELECTRONIC LIVE PERFORMER

Bob Moses
Faithless
Gorgon City
Henrik Schwarz
Kink
Lcd Soundsystem
Matador
Pantha Du Prince
Rudimental

ELECTRONICA

Bonobo
Caribou
David August
Floating Points
Four Tet
Jamie Xx
John Talabot

HOUSE

Detroit Swindle

Butch
Claptone
Detroit Swindle
Doorly
Jackmaster
Kenny Dope
Louie Vega
Purple Disco Machine
Riva Starr
Sidney Charles
Todd Terry

TECH HOUSE

Apollonia
Darius syrossian
Hot since 82
Jamie jones
Luciano
Maceo plex
Mano le tough
Nic fanciulli
Sasha
Solomun
The martinez brothers

TECHNO

Adam Beyer
Carl Cox
Carl Craig
Dubfire
Joseph Capriati
Nicole Moudaber
Nina Kraviz
Pan Pot
Ricardo Villalobos
Richie Hawtin
Sven Väth
Tale Of Us

TRANCE

Armin Van Buuren

Above & Beyond
Aly & Fila
Armin van Buuren
Bryan Kearney
Cosmic Gate
Dash Berlin
Gareth Emery
John O’Callaghan
Paul van Dyk

There also three non music categories Breakthrough, International DJ and Newcomer. You can start getting your votes in now.

NON MUSIC CATEGORIES

BREAKTHROUGH

Anna
Camelphat
Hito
Hunee
Jasper James
Job Jobse
Ryan Elliott
The Avener
The Black Madonna
Tom Trago

INTERNATIONAL DJ

Richie Hawtin

Armin Van Buuren
Avicii
Axwell Λ Ingrosso
Calvin Harris
Carl Cox
David Guetta
Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike
Hardwell
Kygo
Richie Hawtin
Solomun
Sven Vath

NEWCOMER

2vilas
Archie Hamilton
Bedouin
Detlef
Julian Pérez
Joe
Monki
Mihalis Safras
Nastia
Will Clarke

There will also be ten Special Industry Awards that are chosen by a panel of electronic music professionals. These special awards will be handed out to individuals who help make the scene what it is.

SPECIAL AWARDS

Cutting Edge
Dance Nation
Electronic Music Pioneer
Ibiza Dj
Ibiza Music Event
Ibiza Night
International Festival
Producer
Record Label Of The Year
Track Of The Season

Previous winners have included Armin Van Buuren, Black Coffee, Carl Cox, David Guetta, DJ Harvey, Frankie Knuckles, Lenny Kravitz, Luciano, Richie Hawtin, Skrillex, Solomun and Sven Väth. Also BPM, Crosstown Rebels, IMS, rekordbox and Soundcloud have also received Special Awards.

Some of the nominees includes Andy C, Armin Van Buuren, Black Coffee, Carl Cox, Kygo, Louie Vega, Maceo Plex, Nina Kraviz, Richie Hawtin, Rudimental, Tale Of Us And The Black Madonna.

Voting for the DJ Awards 2016 closes at the end of July.

DJ Awards 2016 Categories & Nominees