2011 EDM Awards & Tracks

Five years from now, music fans all around the world will look back to 2011 and recognize it was the year Electronic Dance Music took over the United States. Similar to the ‘British Invasion’ of Rock – N – Roll from 1964-1966, 2011 marks a new musical movement of historic proportion. Whether it is the mega nightclubs in our largest cities, the bars in American college towns or weekly radio countdowns,EDM has been heard and enjoyed by millions across the United States.  From topping Billboard charts to selling out Madison Square Garden in ten minutes, EDM and it’s myriad of talented artists were a huge part of 2011 in America; and 2012 will be even bigger… and louder.

The following lists/awards are subjective and solely represent the opinion/experience of the writer regarding Electronic Dance Music 2011:

Festival of the Year – EDC Las Vegas (2012 Website)

Event Production Company – Insomniac Events

BBC Radio 1 Essential Mix of the Year - Michael Woods (Download)

• Honorable Mention: Above & Beyond, Luciano, Max Vangeli & An21

Russian Artist of the Year – Arty

• Top Track: Kate (Original Mix) [Anjunabeats]

English Artist of the Year – Calvin Harris

• Feel So Close (Original Mix) [Ultra]

Italian Artist of the Year – EDX

• Falling Out of Love ft. Sarah McLeod [Pinkstar]

Swedish Artist of the Year – Avicii

• Levels (Original Mix) [LE7ELS]

Dutch Artist of the Year – Tiesto

• Zero 76 – Tiesto w/ Hardwell [Musical Freedom]

German Artist of the Year – Thomas Gold

• Alive ft. Kate Elsworth – Thomas Gold w/ Dirty South [Phazing]

French Artist of the Year – Martin Solveig

• Big in Japan (Club Edit) – w/ Dragonette, Idoling!!! [Mixture]

Australian Artist of the Year – Dirty South

• Invisible (Dirty South remix) – Skylar Grey  Purchase on iTunes

American Artist of the Year – Kaskade

• Turn it Down ft. Rebecca & Fiona [Ultra]

Next Big Artist – Madeon

• Raise Your Weapon (Madeon Remix) – Deadmau5 [Ultra]

Duo of the Year – Max Vangeli & An21(Essential Mix)

• Honorable Mention: Dada Life, Bingo Players, Sunnery James & Ryan Marciano

Breakthrough Artist – Skrillex

• Scary Monsters & Nice Sprites (Original Mix) [Mau5trap]

Label of the Year

• Toolroom Records (Website)

Radio Show of the Year

• A State of Trace by Armin Van Buuren (Website)

Radio Channel of the Year

• BPM on Sirius/XM (Ch. 51)

Blogs of the Year: 

1. Dancing Astronaut (Site)
2. Beat My Day (Site)
3. ChubbyBeavers (Site)

Video of the Year

• Kick Out The Epic Motherf**ker – Dada Life [So Much Dada] YouTube

Remixes of the Year:

1. Pressure (Alesso Remix) – Nadia Ali, Alex Kenji, Starkillers [Spinnin]
2. Invisible (Dirty South Remix) – Skylar Grey  Purchase on iTunes
3. Paradise (Fedde Le Grand Remix) – Coldplay [Toolroom]
4. Raise Your Weapon (Madeon Remix) – Deadmau5 [Ultra]
5. Drowning (Avicii Remix) – Armin Van Buuren ft. Laura V [Armada]

Remixer of the Year - Tommy Trash

1. Sending My Love ft. Max’C (Tommy Trash Remix) – R3hab/Swanky Tunes [Wall]
2. After (Tommy Trash Remix) – Moby [Mute]
3. Jona Vark (Tommy Trash Remix) – Gypsy & The Cat [Free Download]

Bootlegs of the Year:

1. Someone Like You (Thomas Gold Bootleg) – Adele [Download]
2. Fix You (r) Pressure (East and Young m/u) – Coldplay vs Nadia Ali  [Download]
3. Kids Are True in Technicolor  (Carl Louis & Martin Danielle Bootleg) –Coldplay vs MGMT vs Salem Al Fakir [Download]

Most Valuable Player(s) – Swedish House Mafia

Honorable Mention: Tiesto, Kaskade, Avicii, Armin Van Buuren

MOST ESSENTIAL TRACKS OF THE YEAR: 

• Morgan Page/ BT/ Sultan & Shepard/ Angela McCluskey – In The Air (Hardwell Remix) [Armada]
• David Guetta & Usher – Without You (R3Hab’s XS Remix) [F*** Me, I’m Famous]
• NERVO ft. Afrojack & Steve Aoki – We’re All No One [Astralwerks]
• Jefr Tale – Start Again (Original Mix) [Hatrax]
• Kaskade ft. Mandy Hledhill – Eyes (Original Mix)  [Ultra]
• Dirty South & Those Usual Suspects ft. Erik Hecht – Walking Alone [Phazing]
• Fatboy Slim – Ya Mama (Push the Tempo): Moguai Remix [Skint]
• Benny Benassi ft. Gary Go – Cinema (Skrillex Remix) [Ultra]
• Deadmau5 – Where My Keys (Original Mix) [Mau5trap]
• Martin Solveig w/ Dragonette & Idoling!!! – Big In Japan (Les Bros Remix) [Mixture]
• Digitalism – Circles (Eric Prydyz Remix) [Pryda Friends]
• Afrojack – Bangduck (Original Mix) [Wall]
• Deniz Koyu – Tung! (Original Mix) [Netswork]
• Sander Van Doorn – Koko (Original Mix) [Netswork/Spinnin]
• Eric Prdyz – 2night (Original Mix) [Pryda Records]
• Fedde Le Grand – So Much Love (Original Club Edit) [Toolroom]
• Tiesto & Marcel Woods – Don’t Ditch (Original Mix) [High Contrast]
• Dada Life – Kick Out The Epic Motherf**ker [So Much Dada]
• Bingro Players – Cry (Just A Little) [Big Beat]
• Gareth Emery – Tokyo [Garuda]
• Alesso – Raise Your Head [Refune]
• Michael Woods – Bullet [Diffused]
• Arty – Kate (Original Mix)  [Anjunabeats]
• Swedish House Mafia – Save the World [Virgin/EMI]
• Skrillex – Scary Monsters & Nice Sprites [Big Beat/Mau5trap]
• Quintino & Sandro Silva – Epic (Original Mix) [Musical Freedom]
• Skylar Grey – Invisible (Dirty South Remix) Buy on iTunes
• Sunnery James & Ryan Marciano – Lethal Industry [Spinnin]
• Nadia Ali, Alex Kenji, Starkillers - Pressure (Alesso Remix) [Spinnin]
• Michael Calfan – Resurrection (Axwell’s Recut Club Version) [Axtone]
• Avicii – Levels (Original Mix) [Le7els/Universal]
• Sebastian Ingrosso & Alesso – Calling (Instrumental Mix) [Refune]

Tags: Annual Awards

Category: Electronic, Progressive House