Beatport is finally unveiling the results of its first ever Beatport Awards installment. Spanning multiple categories, this year’s awards saw nominees such as Spinnin’ Records and Dim Mak for the Best Label award and the likes of Daft Punk’s Random Access Memories and Disclosure’s Settle for Best Album. Now the winners aren’t selected solely based on popular opinion, according to the Beatport this is how they picked the winners:
“Winners are chosen in each category based on a host of criteria including total unit sales on Beatport, dance music community fan favorites, as well as selected by a trusted panel of dance industry experts within Beatport.”
So without further ado, here is the continuously updated list of winners:
Chosen by the community:
Album of the Year: Armin Van Buuren’s Intense: Extended Edition
Label of the Year: Spinnin’ Records
Track of the Year:Dimitri Vegas, Like Mike & Moguai With Mammoth.
Artist of the Year: Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike
Chosen by Beatport staff experts:
Collaboration of the Year: Juan Atkins and Moritz Von Oswald with Borderland
Lifetime Achievement Award: Cajmere aka Green Velvet
DJ of the Year: Nina Kraviz
Track of the Year: Breach with Jack
Best New Artist: Flume
Chosen based on sales:
Best Selling Compilation of the Year: Mark Knight and Toolroom Records’ ToolroomTen
Best Selling Original Track of the Year: Martin Garrix’s Animals (no surprise there)
Best Selling Remix of the Year: Bontan & Pleasurekraft for their remix of Josh Butler’s “Got a feeling”
DJ Choice Award (the track appearing on the most DJ charts): Martin Garrix with Animals
Best Selling Album of the Year: Daft Punk With Random Access Memories
