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2026 International Dance Music Awards Nominees: List

March 13, 2026 1 views
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2026 International Dance Music Awards Nominees: List
Getty Images Trending on Billboard The nominees for the 2026 International Dance Music Awards have been announced. Categories encompass artists, genres, events and media, with many of the world’s biggest DJs and the year’s biggest songs represented in the nominee fields. Explore John Summit See latest videos, charts and news Leading the nominees in the artist of the year category are Chris Lake, Fred again.., John Summit, Mau P and Sara Landry, with breakthrough artist of the year nominations going to Chloé Caillet, Jackie Hollander, Josh Baker, Kettama and Ki/Ki. Related Bunnie Xo Reveals Who She Wants to Play Her In The 'Stripped Down' Film All Hail Harry Styles: 'Kiss All The Time. Disco, Occasionally' Debuts at No. 1 in Australia Friday Music Guide: New Music From Kacey Musgraves, Noah Kahan, The Pussycat Dolls & More The nominations include a nod to Billboard Dance in the best music media resource category, where the other nominees include 1001Tracklists, Beatportal, DJ Lovers Club, DJ Mag, Mixmag and Resident Advisor. Voting for the IDMAs was conducted by the newly formed IDMA Advisory Board, with winners to be announced on March 26 during a reception by IDMA and youth music education focused nonprofit Bridges For Music happening at Winter Music Conference. This reception will be open to all Winter Music Conference badge holders. IDMA nominees were selected through research and evaluation process conducted by the IDMA team in collaboration with members of the IDMA Advisory Board. The IDMAs were originally launched in 1985 during the first years of WMC and were one of the first awards dedicated solely to dance and electronic music, and the artists labels, clubs, festivals and media platforms that exist within it. See the complete nominee list below. Artist of the Year  Chris Lake Fred again.. John Summit Mau P Sara Landry Breakthrough Artist of the Year  Chloé Caillet Jackie Hollander  Josh Baker Kettama Ki/Ki Best Album  Charlotte de Witte – Charlotte de Witte Chris Lake – Chemistry Ninajirachi – I Love My Computer Sammy Virji – Same Day Cleaning Skrillex – FCK U SKRILLEX YOU THINK UR ANDY WARHOL BUT UR NOT!!