After a three-year hiatus, DJ Mag Best of North America Awards is back and voting is open now. The awards are spread across 16 categories to showcase the best talent in the United States and Canada. This year, DJ Mag introduced a new category, Underground Hero, which aims “to celebrate the champions of grassroots music communities.”
Head on over to the voting page to show love to your favorite DJs, producers, labels, clubs, songs and albums from this past year. Voting is open now until June 1st. You will need to sign in to make an account, but this year users have the option to register with an Apple ID. This gives users heightened privacy controls and gives DJ Mag the opportunity to reach 99% of smartphone users.
You can see the complete list of categories and nominations below.
Best DJ
- Eris Drew
- Green Velvet
- Jayda G
- RL Grime
- RP Boo
Breakthrough DJ
- Ariel Zetina
- John Summit
- Kush Jones
- Layla Benitez
- UNIIQU3
Best Live Act
- E-Dancer
- Jessy Lanza
- Minimal Violence
- Porter Robinson
- ZHU
Best Producer
- Avalon Emerson
- DJ SWISHA
- Flying Lotus
- Lane 8
- WondaGurl
Breakthrough Producer
- Bored Lord
- LP Giobbi
- Moore Kismet
- Nikki Nair
- TYGAPAW
Best Label
- Backwoodz Studioz
- Brainfeeder
- Incienso
- Monstercat Silk
- Nervous Records
Breakthrough Label
- EAT DIS
- Kindergarten Records
- Odyzey Music
- Rules Don’t Apply
- Worst Behavior Recs
Best Album
- AceMoMA ‘A Future’ [HAUS of ALTR]
- DJ Manny ‘Signals In My Head’ [Planet Mu]
- Eris Drew ‘Quivering In Time’ [T4T LUV NRG]
- Moor Mother ‘Black Encyclopedia of the Air’ [ANTI-]
- Vindata ‘With Opened Eyes’ [Monstercat]
Best Compilation
- Defected presents ‘House Masters: Todd Edwards’ [Defected]
- DJ Holographic ‘Detroit Love Vol. 5’ [Planet E Communications]
- V/A ‘CRITICAL MASS VOL. 1’ [Space Yacht]
- V/A ‘Deep Cutz’ [Dirtybird]
- V/A ‘Juke Bounce Werk presents: JBDUBZ vol. 9’ [Juke Bounce Werk]
Best Track
- Louie Vega ‘All My Love feat. Robyn’ [Nervous Records]
- LSDXOXO ‘Sick Bitch’ [XL]
- ODESZA ‘The Last Goodbye feat. Bettye LaVette’ [Foreign Family Collective]
- REZZ & Deathpact ‘Chemical Bond’ [Rezz Music, Inc.]
- UNIIQU3 ‘Microdosing’ [Local Action]
Best Remix/Edit
- Bonobo & Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs ‘Heartbreak (Kerri Chandler Remix)’ [OUTLIER]
- Kavinsky & Cautious Clay ‘Renegade (Oliver Remix) [Record Makers]
- Midnight Magic ‘Beam Me Up (Each Other Remix)’ [Razor-N-Tape]
- Ouri ‘High & Choking (Jacques Greene Remix)’ [Born Twice / Lighter Than Air]
- ZHU & partywithray ‘Zhudio54 (J. Worra Remix)’ [Astralwerks]
Best Large Club
- Avant Gardner & The Brooklyn Mirage, Brooklyn
- Club Space, Miami
- Echostage, Washington DC
- Exchange LA, Los Angeles
- The Concourse Project, Austin
Best Small Club
- CODA, Toronto
- Good Room, Brooklyn
- Kremwerk, Seattle
- Spot Lite, Detroit
- Stereo, Montreal
Best Club Event / Event Series
- A Club Called Rhonda
- Interdimensional Transmissions
- Mister Sunday
- RE/FORM
- STEAM
Underground Hero
- DJ Bone
- DJ Deeon
- DJ Minx
- Lauren Flax
- Tim Sweeney
