After Four Year Hiatus, the DJ Awards Return With Nominees in House, Trance & More

4 September, 2024

After a four year hiatus, the DJ Awards are back.

A collection of DJs both famous and rising were recently announced as nominees in the awards’ nine music categories: house, Afro, techno, tech house, drum & bass, organic house, progressive house, breakthrough artist, live act and international DJ. Nominated artists include Peggy Gou, Martin Garrix, Blond:ish, Michael Bibi, Mochakk, Barry Can’t Swim, Francis Mercier, Rüfüs du Sol, Black Coffee and more.

See the complete list of genre nominees below. Voting for the awards is open to the public via the DJ Awards website.

Beyond the genre awards, categories include a group of industry-focused awards, with the Ibiza Icon award being given as, the awards state, “a tribute to the legendary figures who have shaped Ibiza’s music scene, leaving an indelible mark on the island’s rich club culture and in our hearts.” The Ibiza Track of The Summer award will go to the song that most powerfully soundtracked the summer of 2024 on the island, and a number of awards will acknowledge achievements in the industry and live music space outside of Europe. These awards will be be voted for by dance industry execs from the Association For Electronic Music (AFEM).

The ceremony is set for Oct. 2 at the island’s Club Chinois. Tickets for the event go on sale Sept. 13, the same day that public voting closes. 2024 marks the 23rd year for the DJ Awards, with the ceremony founded in 1998 by Ibiza residents José Pascual and Lenny Krarup.

The Awards are now under new ownership after being taken over earlier this year by Andy Grant, who recently told Mixmag that in 2024 “the most important outcome being to gain the respect of the global dance community as the new trusted guardians of this responsibility. Beyond that everything is on the table, and my vision is nothing short of positioning the DJ Awards alongside the Oscars and the Brit Awards in terms of scale, reach and recognition.”

2024 DJ Awards Music Categories & Nominees:

House

  • Gorgon City
  • Honey Dijon
  • Kerri Chandler
  • Sam Divine
  • Seth Troxler
  • Syreeta
  • TSHA

Trance

  • Armin van Buuren
  • Astrix
  • Dash Berlin
  • Infected Mushroom
  • Paul Van Dyk
  • Tiësto
  • Vini Vici

Techno

  • Amelie Lens
  • Charlotte de Witte
  • Indira Paganotto
  • Paco Osuna
  • Nico Moreno
  • Sara Landry
  • Sven Väth

Progressive House

  • ARTBAT
  • CamelPhat
  • Cristoph        
  • Eli & Fur
  • Eric Prydz
  • Franky Wah
  • Hernán Cattáneo
  • Tale of Us

Organic House

  • Bedouin
  • BLOND:ISH
  • Jan Blomqvist
  • Monolink
  • Patrice Bäumel
  • Robag Wruhme
  • WhoMadeWho

Tech House

  • Jamie Jones
  • Joseph Capriati
  • Marco Carola
  • The Martinez Brothers
  • Michael Bibi
  • Mochakk
  • PAWSA
  • Solomun
  • Vintage Culture

Afro

  • Black Coffee
  • Francis Mercier
  • Kelvin Momo
  • KILIMANJARO
  • Kitty Amor
  • Major League DJz
  • Pablo Fierro
  • Themba

Live Act

  • Barry Can’t Swim
  • Ben Böhmer
  • Bicep
  • Fred Again..
  • Mathew Jonson
  • Róisín Murphy
  • Rüfüs du Sol

Drum & Bass

  • Bou
  • Chase & Status
  • Hedex
  • Nia Archives
  • Sub Focus
  • Wilkinson

The Riot Noise Breakthrough Artist

  • Archie Hamilton
  • Ben Sterling
  • Desiree
  • Fleur Shore
  • James Hype
  • Miss Monique
  • Sammy Virji
  • Wade

International DJ

  • Calvin Harris
  • David Guetta
  • Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike
  • Fisher
  • Martin Garrix
  • Peggy Gou
  • Swedish House Mafia

Katie Bain

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