Electronic Dance Music Awards

Electronic Dance Music Awards
Awarded for	Performance in music platforms & radio airplay, recognizing artists and listeners
Country	United States

The Electronic Dance Music Awards (also known as the EDMAwards). It is an annual music award event focusing across most all electronic dance music genres. Every March the event is held at the Eden Roc Miami Beach Hotel in Miami during the Ultra Music Festival / Miami Music Week. The awards are given out across a variety of categories including Song of the Year in Dance, Tech, House and Bass genres, Best Male and Female Artist, Best Collaboration, Remix of the Year, Best New Artist, Club DJ Of the Year, and Vocalist of the Year, among many others.^[1] The EDMAs are known as a star-studded affair, featuring a slew of leading DJs, music producers, international press and others comprising the industry's corps d'elite. The show is hosted by iHeart Radio personality, Radio Hall of Fame inductee, founder and executive producer Sean "Hollywood" Hamilton.

The EDMAwards first began as a niche remix award show called the Radio Remix Awards supported by iHeart Radio, which were held annually for five years beginning in 2016.^[2] The first two ceremonies took place at the W Hotel in Miami, Florida during Ultra Music Festival and Miami Music Week on March 23–24, 2016^[3] and 2017.^[4] Winners were originally determined based on two factors: North American radio airplay and best sound production judged by resident DJ's nationwide.

Following a two-year break due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the awards were officially expanded to cover more EDM genres and re-launched as a completely fan-voted award show beginning with a soft rollout in 2022. Voting for the first EDMAwards began in May and ended on June 17, 2022.^[5] Winners were announced online and included Pasquale Rotella, Stmpd Rcrds, Alesso, Alison Wonderland, Tomorrowland Festival, Diplo, Illenium, James Hype, Kx5, Madeon, Purple Disco Machine, John Summit, Steve Aoki, Tate McRae, Tiesto, and Vintage Culture.^[6] The 2023 EDMAwards took place in Miami at an exclusive, industry invite-only pool party from the legendary Fontainebleau Miami Beach on March 24, coinciding with the first day of Ultra Music Festival the awards will be presented Hotel.^[7] Nominations were announced on February 27, 2023.^[8]

Winners included Armin Van Buuren, Bebe Rexha, Britney Spears, Da Hool, David Guetta, DMX, Dom Dolla, Elton John, Emily Warren, Haliene, ILLENIUM, Joel Corry, Lil Wayne, Loud Luxury, Maia Wright, Martin Garrix, Nicky Romero, Nile Rodgers, Oliver Heldens, Purple Disco Machine, Sam Smith, Steve Aoki, Subtronics, Zara Larsson, and Zedd.^[9]