EDM Awards 2026 Reveal Nominees and New Miami Beach Home Ahead of Miami Music Week

The global dance music scene is gearing up as the 2026 Electronic Dance Music Awards (EDMAs) officially reveal this year’s nominees. Founded by Sean “Hollywood” Hamilton, the fan-voted awards have become a cornerstone event of Miami Music Week, taking place just before the iconic Ultra Music Festival weekend.

New Home at the Clevelander South Beach

For 2026, the EDMAs will relocate to the legendary Clevelander South Beach, marking a new chapter for the event. The venue will host a more immersive and energetic experience, bringing together top artists, industry leaders, and fans in the heart of Miami Beach.

Fan-Voted Awards Celebrating Dance Music’s Biggest Moments

The EDMAs honor the DJs, producers, and vocalists behind the year’s most impactful tracks—from festival anthems to underground hits. As the only major electronic music awards decided entirely by fans, the show continues to reflect the true voice of the global dance community.

More Party Than Ceremony

Known for its spontaneous format, the EDMAs blend award presentations with surprise performances, guest appearances, and viral moments—creating an atmosphere closer to a live party than a traditional awards show.

Expanded Experience with SHIFT Miami

This year’s partnership with SHIFT Miami will expand the celebration with industry panels, poolside events, artist activations, and exclusive networking, further cementing the EDMAs as a key hub during Miami Music Week.

Dance Music’s Biggest Fan-Driven Celebration Returns

With a new venue, expanded programming, and global attention, the 2026 EDMAs are set to deliver their most ambitious edition yet—once again placing Miami at the center of the electronic music world.

 

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2026 EDMA Nominations

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Dance Song of the Year

• Tiësto – I Follow Rivers (feat. Oaks)
• Chris Lake, Skrillex, ANITA B QUEEN – LA NOCHE
• CID, Taylr Renee – Fancy $hit
• Gryffin, Kaskade – In My Head (feat. Nu-La)
• AFROJACK, Martin Garrix, David Guetta, Amél – Our Time
• Martin Garrix, Alesso, Shaun Farrugia – Inside Our Hearts

Dance Radio Song of the Year

• Tiësto, Odd Mob, Goodboys – Won’t Be Possible
• Mau P – The Less I Know The Better
• Tiësto – I Follow Rivers (feat. Oaks)
• BLOND:ISH & Stevie Appleton – Never Walk Alone
• James Hype – Don’t Wake Me Up
• Disco Lines, Tinashe – No Broke Boys
• Marshmello, Ellie Goulding, AVAION – Save My Love
• Swedish House Mafia – Wait So Long
• Armin van Buuren, Louis III – Part of Me

Male Artist of the Year

• Dom Dolla
• John Summit
• Cloonee
• Disco Lines
• Diplo
• Anyma
• Subtronics
• David Guetta
• Sub Focus

Female Artist of the Year

• Alison Wonderland
• Anabel Englund
• LP Giobbi
• Nora En Pure
• HALIENE
• Miss Monique
• HAYLA
• Daya
• REZZ
• CloZee
• Amelie Lens
• Kaleena Zanders

Vocalist of the Year

• HAYLA
• Zara Larsson
• Aluna
• Aloe Blacc
• Becky Hill
• Daya
• Abi Flynn
• Clementine Douglas
• Kah-lo
• Hayley May
• Oaks
• Linney

Breakout Artist of the Year (Presented by EDM.com)

• SIDEPIECE
• Disco Lines
• Odd Mob
• ALLEYCVT
• Crankdat
• CYRIL
• LEVEL UP
• Zara Larsson
• CID
• Jazzy
• Layton Giordani
• KETTAMA

Club DJ of the Year

• Steve Aoki
• James Hype
• Disco Lines
• AFROJACK
• Diplo
• Cloonee
• Max Styler
• BLOND:ISH
• Black Coffee
• Gordo
• Austin Millz
• Laidback Luke

Dance Radio Artist of the Year

• Mau P
• Tiësto
• Anabel Englund
• Dom Dolla
• Kaskade
• HUGEL
• Calvin Harris
• Martin Garrix
• Will Sass
• D.O.D
• David Guetta
• HAYLA

Producer of the Year

• Tiësto
• Max Styler
• ARTBAT
• Skrillex
• Anyma
• REZZ
• Charlotte de Witte
• Knock2
• Cassian
• Diplo
• Martin Garrix
• HUGEL

Favorite Group

• MEDUZA
• BONNIE X CLYDE
• Loud Luxury
• Two Friends
• Louis The Child
• TWINSICK
• Levity
• Łaszewo
• Cheat Codes
• SOFI TUKKER
• Major Lazer
• The Chainsmokers

Favorite Album

• Chris Lake – Chemistry
• NGHTMRE – MINDFULL
• Audien – First Love
• Subtronics – Fibonacci
• Sub Focus – Contact
• Alan Walker – Quantum Beats
• Alison Wonderland – GHOST WORLD
• Cheat Codes – Future Renaissance
• Seven Lions – Asleep in the Garden of Infernal Stars
• Said the Sky – Closer to the Sun
• DJ Snake – Nomad
• REZZ – As the Pendulum Swings

House Song of the Year

• Jonas Blue, Malive – Edge Of Desire
• Chris Lake, Skrillex, ANITA B QUEEN – LA NOCHE
• Chris Lorenzo – Appetite
• Layton Giordani – Act of God (feat. Linney, Sarah de Warren)
• oskar med k – Make Me Feel
• MK, Chrystal – Dior
• Sonny Fodera, Jazzy – All This Time
• James Hype – Waterfalls (feat. Sam Harper, Bobby Harvey)
• jigitz – tell you straight

Music Video of the Year

• Martin Garrix, Lauv – MAD
• Frank Walker, Josh Ross, Norma Jean Martine – Lay It On Me
• The BreakBomb Project – Too Late (feat. Ryan Violet)
• Dom Dolla – Dreamin (feat. Daya)
• PinkPantheress – Tonight
• Zara Larsson – Midnight Sun
• Madeon – Hi!
• Alison Wonderland, Erick the Architect, QUIX, MEMBA – PSYCHO
• Ninajirachi – F*ck My Computer

Best New Artist

• OKAYVAL
• Maesic
• SUNGYOO
• Drove
• Ely Oaks
• Franc Fala
• Arodes
• Luke Alexander
• LYNY
• Know Good
• AVELLO
• Ninajirachi

Afro House Song of the Year

• Shimza, AR/CO, Kasango – Fire Fire
• HUGEL, David Guetta, Kehlani, Daecolm – Think Of Me
• Maesic, Marshall Jefferson – Life is Simple (Move Your Body) [feat. Salomé Das]
• Major League Djz – Come With Me (feat. Jorja Smith)
• HUGEL, SOLTO – Jamaican (BAM BAM)
• Vanco, AYA – Ma Tnsani (Yalla Habibi)
• A Gira – unfazed
• Stryv, Malachiii, Adam Port – Positions
• Sparrow & Barbossa – You Go (feat. Sebastian Rivero)

Favorite Club Track

• Proppa, Rich DietZ, Smith & Sorren – WORK
• Anyma, Adam Sellouk – Girls MIA (feat. Carly Gibert)
• SIDEPIECE, Bobby Shmurda – Cash Out
• R3HAB – Ten Out Of Ten (feat. ROU)
• Gordo – Globo (feat. Blessd & Kofia)
• MEDUZA – No Sleep
• DJ Snake, Dillon Francis, TRXGGX – Bring The House Down
• Miss Monique, GENESI, Carl Bee – Nomacita
• Fallon – Coke Diet

Best Collaboration

• HAYLA, Nelly Furtado – FADED
• ILLENIUM, Tom Grennan, Alna – Forever
• Gryffin, Kaskade, Nu-La – In My Head
• Marshmello, Ellie Goulding, AVAION – Save My Love
• AFROJACK, Martin Garrix, David Guetta, Amél – Our Time
• Alesso, Becky Hill – Surrender
• HUGEL, David Guetta, Kehlani, Daecolm – Think Of Me
• Alan Walker, Steve Aoki, Lonely Club – Welcome to Lonely Club
• Anyma – Hypnotized (feat. Ellie Goulding)
• Armin van Buuren, Martin Garrix, Libby Whitehouse – Sleepless Nights
• DJ Snake, Dillon Francis, TRXGGX – Bring The House Down
• Crankdat, NGHTMRE – TYPE SH*T (feat. Duke Deuce)

Tech House Song of the Year

• Cloonee – How Deep Are Your Dreams?
• Dom Dolla – Dreamin (feat. Daya)
• Odd Mob, OMNOM, HYPERBEAM – System
• Max Styler – I Know You Want To
• Matroda, KLP – Bullshit
• Walker & Royce, Kyle Watson – Double Dutch (Hollywood pick)
• Chris Lake, Ragie Ban – Toxic
• Discip – Mind Games
• ACRAZE, Westend – Apple Cider

Tech House Artist of the Year

• Mau P
• Dom Dolla
• Chris Lake
• SIDEPIECE
• FISHER
• J. Worra
• Cloonee
• Max Styler
• Beltran
• Biscits
• Tita Lau
• NIIKO X SWAE

Favorite B2B

• ILLENIUM B2B Seven Lions | Ember Shores 2025 | Cancun, MX
• Leveltronics | EDC Orlando 2025 | Tinker Field, Orlando, FL
• Levity B2B Crankdat B2B Tape B | Electric Forest 2025 | Rothbury, MI
• John Summit B2B Dom Dolla | Ultra Music Festival 2025 | Miami, FL
• Fisher B2B Chris Lake | Omnia Las Vegas 2025 | Las Vegas, NV
• Kaskade B2B Cassian | Experts Only Festival 2025 | New York, NY
• Skrillex B2B ISOxo | Niteharts | San Diego, CA
• Martin Garrix B2B Alesso | Red Rocks | Morrison, CO
• Deadmau5 B2B Pendulum | Ultra Music Festival 2025 | Miami, FL

Dance / Electro Pop Song of the Year

• Anyma – Hypnotized (feat. Ellie Goulding)
• Martin Garrix, Lauv – MAD
• DVBBS, Abi Flynn – Move A Little Closer
• Alesso, Becky Hill – Surrender
• Rudimental, Khalid – All I Know
• Calvin Harris, Clementine Douglas – Blessings
• Ian Asher, Phantogram – Black Out Days
• TELYKAST – Super Powers (with Oaks)
• Loud Luxury – UH OH!
• The Chainsmokers – Smooth
• John Summit – crystallized (feat. Inéz)
• Martin Garrix, Alesso, Shaun Farrugia – Inside Our Hearts

Best Fan Army

• ILLENIUM – [Illenials]
• deadmau5 – [The Horde]
• Martin Garrix – [Garrixers]
• Excision – [Headbangers]
• Marshmello – [Mellogang]
• Subtronics – [CYCLOPS ARMY]
• Alan Walker – [Walkers]
• Hardwell – [Hardwellers]
• Seven Lions – [CODEX LEONIS]

Dubstep Artist of the Year

• Excision
• NGHTMRE
• Crankdat
• LEVEL UP
• DJ Diesel
• Mersiv
• Zeds Dead
• GRiZ
• Jessica Audiffred
• Virtual Riot
• Levity
• SLANDER

Dubstep / Bass-Heavy Song of the Year

• Zeds Dead – One Of These Mornings
• Skrillex – VOLTAGE
• Eptic & LYNY – Light Up
• Subtronics – Friends (feat. Linney)
• NGHTMRE, Blanke – Mind Full
• Kai Wachi, LEVEL UP – OUT OF MY MIND
• LYNY – Section
• Crankdat, NGHTMRE – Type Shit
• GRiZ, Wooli – Chaos Theory

Best Radio Show

• Joel Corry – Desire Radio
• Don Diablo – HEXAGON Radio
• Martin Garrix – The Martin Garrix Show
• AFROJACK – JACKED Radio
• Nora En Pure – Purified Radio
• Nicole Moudaber – In The MOOD
• Frank Walker – Golden Era Radio
• Hardwell – Hardwell On Air
• Crystal Waters – I Am House Radio

Best Performance

• AFROJACK, David Guetta & Sia | Ultra Music Festival | Miami | 2025
• Alan Walker | Tomorrowland | Belgium | 2025
• deadmau5 | Red Rocks Amphitheater | Colorado | 2025
• Anyma | Sphere | Las Vegas | 2025
• John Summit | Experts Only Festival | New York | 2025
• Don Diablo | UNTOLD Festival | Romania | 2025
• Nicky Romero | Tomorrowland | Belgium | 2025
• Zedd, LA Philharmonic Orchestra | Coachella | California | 2025
• Madeon | Countdown NYE 2025 | Los Angeles | 2025

Pop-Dance Anthem of the Year

• Martin Garrix, Lauv – MAD
• Swedish House Mafia – Wait So Long
• PinkPantheress – Illegal
• Sam Feldt, MC4D, VIZE, Aloe Blacc – Hey Son
• XANDRA – Superstar (feat. Bryce Vine)
• Alesso, Sacha – Destiny
• DVBBS, Abi Flynn – Move a Little Closer
• ILLENIUM, Tom Grennan, Alna – Forever
• Zara Larsson – Crush

Techno Song of the Year

• Charlotte de Witte, Amelie Lens – One Mind
• Sara Landry – GIRLBOSS
• Adam Beyer, Chris Avantgarde – Desolate Lands
• Nicole Moudaber, Space 92 – Eyes On Me
• ARTBAT, Benny Benassi – Love is Gonna Save Us
• Indira Paganotto – Crush
• Lilly Palmer, Maddix – Late At Night
• Boris Brejcha, Poppy Baskcomb – Red In The Desert
• Maddix, Reinier Zonneveld, Sarah de Warren – Girls Go Freak

DnB (Drum and Bass) Song of the Year

• Sub Focus, bbyclose – On & On
• Rudimental, Khalid – All I Know
• Netsky – Light That Leads Me (with Bebe Rexha)
• Anabel Englund & Mary Droppinz – Born To Fly
• Dimitri Vegas, David Guetta, Loreen – Pum Pum
• Hedex, Eksman – Rowdy (BLAOW!)
• Don Diablo presents: Control Alt Delete – Maniac
• Modestep – Give Up the Ghost
• Pendulum – Archangel

Main Stage / Festival Song of the Year

• Tiësto, Odd Mob & Goodboys – Won’t Be Possible
• SIDEPIECE, Bobby Shmurda – Cash Out
• Hardwell, Sub Zero Project – Brace For Impact (feat. Lil Jon)
• Armin van Buuren – Euphoria (with Alok)
• John Summit – light years (feat. Inéz)
• Alison Wonderland, Erick the Architect, QUIX, MEMBA – PSYCHO
• Lilly Palmer, Maddix – Late At Night
• KSHMR, Sam Feldt – Pretender
• Dillon Francis, Marten Hørger – B2U

Trance Song of the Year

• Armin van Buuren, SACHA – Set Me Free
• KSHMR, nilsix, Ryos – Radiate (feat. Hayley May)
• KI/KI – What’s a Girl to Do in ’25
• Ben Hemsley – Angel
• Cosmic Gate – Never Erase You
• Above & Beyond – Start A Fire (feat. Richard Bedford)

Mashup Artist of the Year (Presented by Digital Music Pool)

• Dave Summer
• DJs From Mars
• Sickick
• Switch Disco
• Rudeejays & Da Broz
• WeDamnz

Remix of the Year (Presented by Digital Music Pool)

• Cloonee, Young M.A, InntRaw – Stephanie (HNTR Remix)
• Chrystal – The Days (NOTION Remix)
• Dom Dolla feat. Daya – Dreamin (Anyma Remix)
• Calvin Harris feat. Florence Welch – Sweet Nothing (D.O.D 2025 Remix)
• Disco Lines, Tinashe – No Broke Boys (AVELLO Remix)
• RÜFÜS DU SOL – In the Moment (Adriatique Remix)

Remixer of the Year (Presented by Digital Music Pool)

• Wuki
• James Hype
• BLOND:ISH
• HNTR
• Hypaton
• Anyma

Breakout Remixer of the Year (Presented by Digital Music Pool)

• Hills
• LES BISOUS
• BARTS
• Luke Alexander
• CHALANT
• AVELLO

Afro House Remix (Presented by Digital Music Pool)

• Jeremih – Birthday Sex (Levi Remix)
• Teddy Swims – Bad Dreams (HUGEL Remix)
• Kate Linn, Fantomel – Dame Un Grrr (Provi Remix)
• Axwell feat. Steve Edwards – Watch The Sunrise (TEDDY-O Remix)
• Jaden Bojsen, David Guetta feat. Tom Enzy, Juany Bravo & Sami Brielle – Let’s Go (HUGEL Remix)
• Stardust – Music Sounds Better With You (Heliograph & CVLAM Remix)

Remix Rewind (Presented by Digital Music Pool)

• Delerium feat. Sarah McLachlan – Silence (John Summit Remix)
• Neil Diamond – Sweet Caroline (Two Friends Remix)
• Empire Of The Sun – Alive (Alok Remix)
• Shakedown – At Night (Anyma & Layton Giordani Remix)
• Fountains Of Wayne – Stacy’s Mom (BVRNOUT & Deerock Remix)
• Mike Posner – I Took A Pill In Ibiza (BONNIE X CLYDE Remix)

YEEDM Remix of the Year (Presented by Digital Music Pool)

• Russell Dickerson – Happen To Me (Steve Aoki Remix)
• Morgan Wallen – What I Want (Disco Fries Remix)
• Dustin Lynch – Easy To Love (Moonlight Remix)
• Sam Hunt – House Party (BVRNOUT Remix)
• Dustin Lynch feat. MacKenzie Porter – Thinking ‘Bout You (MC4D Remix)
• Dasha – Not At This Party (David Guetta Remix)

Best Use of Sample (Presented by Digital Music Pool)

• Mau P – The Less I Know The Better
• David Guetta, Hypaton & Europe – The Final Countdown 2025
• PAWSA, The Adventures of Stevie V – Dirty Cash (Money Talks)
• Sebastian Ingrosso feat. Céline Dion – A New Day
• Chris Lake, Ragie Ban – Toxic
• Fallon – Diet Coke

Best Reimagined Song of the Year (Presented by Digital Music Pool)

• Cassian – Love Parade
• SIDEPIECE – Cry For You
• Joel Corry, Jennifer Lopez – Get Right
• Maestic & Marshall Jefferson – Life Is Simple (Move Your Body)
• Steve Aoki, Cascada – Everytime We Touch
• Faul & Wad, Nico & Vinz, ALTEGO – How I Feel (Am I Wrong)

Mixshow DJ of the Year (Top 40 / Dance) (Presented by Total Smash)

• Bodega Brad | 103.5 KTU | New York
• DJ Nurotic | 103.5 Kiss FM | Chicago
• DJ Ghost | Q102 | Philadelphia
• DJ INZO | 106.1 KISS FM | Dallas
• DJ GQ | Y100 | Miami
• DJ Prostyle | 103.5 KTU | New York
• DJ Oreo | 106.9 KHits | Tulsa
• DJ Marc Thrasher | Channel 933 | San Diego
• DJ Triple XL | 102.7 KIIS-FM | Los Angeles
• DJ Skillz | KC101 | New Haven
• DJ Ecto-1 | Insomniac Radio | GHR
• Vinny Vibe | Pitbull’s Globalization | SXM

Radio Remixer of the Year (Presented by Digital Music Pool)

• Dj Dark
• BVRNOUT
• J Bruus
• Kue
• Martial Simon
• 5 Hours

Favorite Night Club (USA)

• E11EVEN | Miami
• Space | Miami
• OMNIA | Las Vegas
• Hakkasan | Las Vegas
• HQ2 | Atlantic City
• Level 8 | Los Angeles
• Marquee | New York
• The Summer Club | New York
• Temple | Denver
• SILO | Dallas

Male Icon 

Female Icon

Legend

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