The day before Ultra Music Festival, the Annual Dance Music Awards took place. This is considered the highlight of the Winter Music Conference. There are over 57 categories of awards which is for everything from the best in the world to up-and-coming. The awards are for everything in the EDM world from artists and tracks to labels and media to clubs and promoters and more. Below are the winners of all the categories especially Armin Van Buuren and Armada Music.
Best Underground Dance Track – Bigger Than Prince – Green Velvet
Best Alternative / Indie Rock Dance Track – Radioactive – Imagine Dragons
Best Indie Dance Track – Feeling for You – Sugar Hill
Best Latin Dance Track – Feel This Moment – Pitbull Feat. Christina Aguilera
Best House/Garage/Deep House Track – Latch – Disclosure
Best R&B / Urban Dance Track – Blurred Lines – Robin Thicke Feat. T.I. & Pharrell
Best Electro / Progressive House Track – Animals – Martin Garrix
Best Rap/Hip-Hop/TRAP Dance Track – Can’t Hold Us – Macklemore & Ryan Lewis Feat. Ray Dalton
Best Trance Track – This Is What It Feels Like – Armin van Buuren Feat. Trevor Guthrie
Best Dubstep/Drum & Bass Track – Holdin’ On (Skrillex & Nero Mix) – Monsta
Best Tech House / Techno Track – Let’s Go Dancing – Tiga VS Audion
Best Chillout / Lounge Track – Floating – Kaskade Feat. Haley
Best Commercial / Pop Dance Track – Get Lucky – Daft Punk Feat. Pharrell
Best Compilation or Full Length DJ Mix – A State of Trance – Armin van Buuren
Best Global DJ – Hardwell
Best North American DJ – Steve Aoki
Best European DJ – Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike
Best Break-Through DJ – Martin Garrix
Best EDM / Pop DJ – Avicii
Best Trance DJ – Armin van Buuren
Best House / Garage / Deep House DJ – Dennis Ferrer
Best Indie Dance/Underground DJ – The M Machine
Best Progressive House/Electro DJ – Hardwell
Best Techno/Tech House DJ – UMEK
Best Dubstep/Drum & Bass DJ – Skrillex
Best Hardstyle DJ – Headhunterz
Best Podcast or Radio Mixshow DJ – A State of Trance – Armin van Buuren
Best Artist (Solo) – Armin van Buuren
Best Artist (Group) – Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike
Best Break-Through Artist (Solo) – Martin Garrix
Best Break-Through Artist (Group) – Cash Cash
Best Full Length Studio Recording – True – Avicii
Best Featured Vocalist Performance – This is What It Feels Like – Armin van Buuren Feat. Trevor Guthrie
Best Music Video – This is What It Feels Like – Armin van Buuren Feat. Trevor Guthrie
Best Producer – Armin van Buuren
Best Remixer – R3hab
Best US Club – Space – Miami
Best Global Club – Space – Ibiza
Best Music Event – Tomorrowland – Boom, Belgium
Best Radio Station – BBC Radio 1
Best Music Media Resource – DJ Mag
Best Music App – SoundCloud
Best EDM/Dance Music Retailer – Beatport
Best Global Music Label – Spinnin’ Records
Best American Music Label – Ultra Music
Best Indie/Underground Music Label – Dirtybird
Best Music Label Promoter or Exec In-House – Eelko van Kooten – Spinnin’ Records
Best Independent Music Promotion/Marketing – Promo Only Promotions – Cary Vance / John Suraci / John Parker
Best Promo Subscription Service/Music Pool – Promo Only
Best New Product of the Year – Pioneer DDJ – SX
Best Manufacturer of the Year – Pioneer
Best Studio Product – Pioneer RMX1000
Best DJ Software – Virtual DJ
Best Controller – Pioneer DDJ-SX
Best Mixer – Pioneer DJM-900nexus
Best Media Player – Pioneer CDJ-2000nexus
Best Headphones – Pioneer HDJ-2000