Dance Music Awards Nominees
The nominees for the 2026 International Dance Music Awards were released — winners will be announced during Miami Music Week, setting a fresh calendar moment for DJs and electronic labels eyeing festival-season momentum Billboard.
The Artist of the Year field is led by Chris Lake, Fred again.., John Summit, Mau P and Sara Landry, while Breakthrough Artist nominees include Chloé Caillet, Jackie Hollander, Josh Baker, Kettama and Ki/Ki, billboard.com. Billboard Dance appears on the Best Music Media Resource ballot alongside 1001Tracklists, Beatportal, DJ Mag, Mixmag and Resident Advisor, billboard.com. Nominees were curated through a research-and-evaluation process that analyzed chart and streaming data, major festival lineups, touring activity and editorial input, with the newly formed IDMA Advisory Board invited to submit write-in nominations, edmtunes.com. Winners are slated to be revealed at a Bridges For Music x IDMA reception during Winter Music Conference on March 26 — a reception open to Winter Music Conference badge holders — and the 2026 ceremony is the first IDMA edition since 2019, edmtunes.com.
