Methodology
The IDMA Advisory Board
Electronic music now has its very own advisory board that helps to define what the IDMA’s become and brings a new credibility to the awards like never before. The IDMA Advisory Board is composed of major players within the electronic music community, including notable artists, managers, agents, publicists, and promoters, among others.
Viberate
Viberate is the world’s biggest crowdsourced platform for listing and mapping the live music industry. Using their metrics-based platform, the Viberate team helps to populate the IDMA Artist Categories and present a set of nominees based on true artist popularity and free from industry favoritism and politics.
2020 Industry Categories
Nominations Powered by The IDMA Advisory Board
BEST ALBUM
- Avicii “TIM”
- Flume “Hi This is Flume”
- Gryffin “Gravity”
- Illenium “ASCEND”
- The Chemical Brothers “No Geography”
BEST SONG (DANCE)
- MEDUZA “Piece of Your Heart”
- Sam Feldt feat. RANI “Post Malone”
- Yves V feat. Afrojack & Icona Pop “We Got That Cool”
- Oliver Heldens, Lenno “This Groove”
- LUM!X, Gabry Ponte “Monster”
BEST SONG (ELECTRONIC)
- Bonobo “Linked”
- Camelphat ft. Jem Cooke “Rabbit Hole”
- Elderbrook & Rudimental “Something About You”
- Fisher “You Little Beauty”
- Peggy Gou “Starry Night”
BEST REMIX
- Monolink – Return To Oz (ARTBAT Remix)
- Meduza, Goodboys – Piece of Your Heart (Alok Remix)
- LUM!X, Gabry Ponte – Monster (Robin Schulz Remix)
- UK Apache & SHY FX – Original Nuttah 25 feat. IRAH (Chase & Status Remix)
- Madonna – I Rise (Tracy Young Remix)
BEST LABEL
- Armada Music
- Anjunabeats
- Astralwerks
- Spinnin’ Records
- Ultra Records
BREAKTHROUGH ARTIST
- ARTBAT
- Dom Dolla
- Meduza
- Solardo
- WHIPPED CREAM
BEST FESTIVAL/EVENT
- Coachella
- Electric Daisy Carnival
- Electric Zoo
- Tomorrowland
- Ultra Music Festival
BEST CLUB
- Avant Gardner/Brooklyn Mirage (New York)
- Berghain (Berlin)
- Fabric Nightclub (London)
- Space (Miami)
- Ushuaïa (Ibiza)
BEST RADIO SHOW / PODCAST
- “A State of Trance” by Armin van Buuren
- “Club Life” by Tiësto
- “Group Therapy” by Above & Beyond
- “Heldeep Radio” by Oliver Heldens
- Spinnin’ Sessions
BEST RADIO STATION
- BBC Radio 1
- BPM (SiriusXM)
- Diplo’s Revolution (SiriusXM)
- Evolution (iHeartRadio)
- KCRW (LA)
BEST STREAMING SERVICE
- Amazon Music
- Apple Music
- Deezer
- Pandora
- Spotify
BEST YOUTUBE CHANNEL
- MrSuicideSheep
- Proximity
- Spinnin’ TV
- Trap Nation
- Ultra Music
BEST DJ EQUIPMENT MANUFACTURER
- Allen & Heath
- Denon DJ
- Native Instruments
- Pioneer DJ
- Technics
BEST DAW
- Ableton Live 10
- Avid Pro Tools
- FL Studio
- Logic Pro X
- Steinberg Cubase
2020 Artist Categories
Nominations Powered by Viberate
DANCE/ELECTRONIC (Male)
- Calvin Harris
- Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike
- Marshmello
- Martin Garrix
- The Chainsmokers
DANCE/ELECTRONIC (Female)
- Juicy M
- Krewella
- Mariana BO
- MATTN
- NERVO
TECHNO (Male)
- Adam Beyer
- Boris Brejcha
- Carl Cox
- Enrico Sangiuliano
- Richie Hawtin
TECHNO (Female)
- Amelie Lens
- ANNA
- Charlotte de Witte
- Deborah De Luca
- Nina Kraviz
TRANCE (Male)
- Above & Beyond
- Aly & Fila
- Armin Van Buuren
- Giuseppe Ottaviani
- Cosmic Gate
TRANCE (Female)
- Alessandra Roncone
- Christina Novelli
- Clara Yates
- Maria Healy
- Nifra
HOUSE (Male)
- ARTBAT
- Black Coffee
- Claptone
- FISHER
- Meduza
HOUSE (Female)
- Hannah Wants
- Honey Dijon
- Maya Jane Coles
- Nora En Pure
- Peggy Gou
BASS (Male)
- Illenium
- NGHTMRE
- RL Grime
- Skrillex
- Yellow Claw
BASS (Female)
- Alison Wonderland
- CloZee
- Lucii
- REZZ
- WHIPPED CREAM
DRUM & BASS (Male)
- Andy C
- Bou
- Chase & Status
- Enei
- Sub Focus
DRUM & BASS (Female)
- Changing Faces
- DJ Rap
- DJ Storm
- Kyrist
- Mollie Collins
HARDSTYLE (Male)
- Angerfist
- D-Block & S-TE-FAN
- Da Tweekaz
- Headhunterz
- Warface
HARDSTYLE (Female)
- AniMe
- Korsakoff
- Lady Dammage
- MANDY
- Miss K8
DOWNTEMPO (Male)
- Bonobo
- Four Tet
- Petit Biscuit
- Thievery Corporation
- Tycho
DOWNTEMPO (Female)
- Huxley Anne
- D. Tiffany
- Roza Terenzi
- TOKiMONSTA
- Yu Su
