We’re very, very proud to announce that we’ve received no less than 17 nominations for this year’s International Dance Music Awards! We’ve been holding the ‘Best Global Record Label’ title for three years already, and are now in the running of getting it for the fourth year in a row! Maykel Piron, our Managing Director, could very well be doing a hat-trick on winning the ‘Best Record Label Executive’, after receiving the award in 2010 and 2011.

Armin van Buuren, who received 6 awards last year, is now in the running for 7 of the prestigious awards. The Dutch DJ is nominated for ‘Best Global DJ’, ‘Best Producer’, ‘Best Radio Mix Show DJ’ and more. Dash Berlin, Shogun and Armin are all nominated for ‘Best Trance Track’ and Tenishia for ‘Best Chillout/Lounge Track’. American DJ/ producer Markus Schulz is in the running for ‘Best American DJ’, ‘Best Global DJ’ and ‘Best Radio Mix Show DJ’. Ørjan Nilsen, who released his debut album last year, now enjoys his nomination for ‘Best Break-Through DJ’.

If you love what you’ve heard and want to support your favourite, head off to http://wintermusicconference.com/idmaballot/finalballot and cast your vote! Voting closes March 1st 2012. The International Dance Music Awards show will take place on March 22nd 2012 in Miami, USA.

The total list of nominations for Armada Music is as following:

Best Global Record Label – Armada Music

Best Trance Track
Dash Berlin ft. Jonathan Mendelsohn – Better Half Of Me
Shogun – Skyfire
Armin van Buuren ft. Nadia Ali – Feels So Good

Best Chillout/Lounge Track
Tenishia – Shores of Eden

Best European DJ
Armin van Buuren

Best American DJ
Markus Schulz

Best Global DJ
Armin van Buuren
Markus Schulz

Best Radio Mix Show DJ
Armin van Buuren – A State of Trance
Markus Schulz – Global DJ Broadcast

Best Full Lenght DJ Mix
Armin van Buuren – A State of Trance 2011
Armin van Buuren – Universal Religion Chapter 5

Best Producer
Armin van Buuren

Best Podcast
Armin van Buuren – A State of Trance Podcast

Best Break-Through DJ
Ørjan Nilsen

Best Record Label Promoter or Exec In-House
Maykel Piron