Beginning March 18th, Beatport.com users will have the opportunity to vote for the best electronic music artists of 2007 in the first ever Beatport Music Awards.
Broken down into 19 categories, including Best Artist categories from each genre and the multi-genre Best Remix and Best Single, the nominees for the BMAs are based solely on unit sales at Beatport.com.

Voting will open on March 18th 2008.

The Beatport Music Awards 2008 Nominees

Best Breakbeat Artist

30Hz
Agent K
DJ Icey
Far Too Loud
Freestylers
General MIDI
Plump DJs
Soul Of Man
The Funk Lab
The Rogue Element

Best Chillout Artist

Bitter:Sweet
Burial
Chymera
Eelke Kleijn
Kevin Yost
Living Room
Pako & Frederik
Spooky
The Last Atlant
Trentemoller

Best Deep House Artist

Akabu
Anil Chawla
Dale Anderson
Francois Dubois
Jay Shepheard
Joeski
Miguel Migs
Nikola Gala
Phonique
The Timewriter

Best Drum & Bass Artist

Calyx
Commix
Futurebound
High Contrast
Lomax
Matrix
Mindscape
Noisia
TC
TeeBee

Best Dubstep & Grime Artist

Alert
Bassnectar
Boxcutter
Burial
Deadbeat
DJ Pinch
Ed Solo & Skool of Thought
Modeselektor
Shackleton
Vibesquad

Best Electro House Artist

Chris Lake
Dave Spoon
Deadmau5
Dirty South
Klaas
Olivier Giacomotto
Pryda
Robbie Rivera
Sebastien Leger
Vandalism

Best Electronica Artist

Apparat
Boys Noize
Chromeo
Gui Boratto
Hot Chip
Matthew Dear
Modeselektor
Nathan Fake
Robyn
Trentemoller

Best Hard Dance Artist

BK
Dark By Design
DJ Trajic
DJ Zany
Donkey Rollers
Lisa Lashes
Nick Sentience
Technikal
The Red Hed
Vinylgroover

Best Hardcore Artist

Art Of Fighters
Brennan Heart
DJ Isaac
DJ Zany
Gammer
Robert Natus
Sy
The Beholder
Tommyknocker
Unknown

Best House Artist

Axwell
Chris Montana
Dennis Ferrer
Dirty South
DJ Disciple
Ian Oliver
Jerry Ropero
Jesse Garcia
Robbie Rivera
Thomas Gold

Best Minimal Artist

Ambivalent
Barem
Dubfire
Gaiser
Luca Bacchetti
Minilogue
Pan-Pot
Shlomi Aber
Shonky
Trentemoller

Best Progressive House Artist

Adam K
Austin Leeds
Beckers
Deadmau5
Dousk
Glenn Morrison
Jerome Isma-Ae
Soha
Thomas Gold
Yvan & Dan Daniel

Best Psy Trance Artist

Ace Ventura
Antix
Atmos
Behind Blue Eyes
Freq
Gaudium
Perfect Stranger
Planet B.E.N.
Shadow FX
Tristan

Best Tech House Artist

Audiofly X
Booka Shade
Claude VonStroke
D.Ramirez
James Talk
Mark Knight
Martin Buttrich
Samim
The Timewriter
Trentemoller

Best Techno Artist

Butch
Dubfire
Dusty Kid
Gregor Tresher
Gui Boratto
Guy Gerber
Len Faki
Oxia
Pig & Dan
Stephan Bodzin

Best Trance Artist

Above & Beyond
Armin Van Buuren
Cosmic Gate
DJ Tiësto
John O’Callaghan
Markus Schulz
Rank 1
Sean Tyas
Stoneface & Terminal
Super8

Best Remix of 2007

BREAKS: Dave Spoon ‘Bad Girl (At Night)’ (Beat Vandals Remix)
CHILL OUT: Booka Shade ‘Night Falls’ (Larry Gold’s Night Falls Over Philly String Version)
DEEP HOUSE: Akabu ‘I’m Not Afraid of The Future’ (Jimpster Remix)
DRUM & BASS: Absolute Zero, Subphonics ‘The Code’ (SKC Remix)
DUBSTEP & GRIME: Martin Buttrich ‘Well Done’ (Headhunter Remix)
ELECTRO HOUSE: Burufunk, Carbon Community ‘Community Funk’ (Deadmau5 Remix)
ELECTRONICA: Nathan Fake ‘You Are Here’ (Four Tet Remix)
HARD DANCE: JX ‘Restless’ (Technikal Remix)
HARDCORE: Brennan Heart ‘Get Wasted’ (Blademasterz Remix)
HOUSE: Dirty South ‘Let It Go’ (Axwell Remix)
MINIMAL: Luka & Lazo ‘Dust No.4’ (Barem Remix)
PROGRESSIVE HOUSE: Diaz, Gold, Young Rebels ‘Don’t You Want Me’ (Thomas Gold & FD’s Club Mix)
PSY TRANCE: Antix ‘Free As We Are’ (Perfect Stranger Re-Edit)
TECH HOUSE: Nick Muir ‘G Platz’ (Pig & Dan Remix)
TECHNO: Butch ‘On The Line’ (Oxia Remix)
TRANCE: Bedrock ‘Heaven Scent’ (Greg Downey Remix)

Best Single of 2007

BREAKS: Far Too Loud ‘Play It Loud’
CHILL OUT: Chymera ‘Umbrella’ (Beatless Mix)
DEEP HOUSE: Anil Chawla, Dale Anderson ‘Leftorium’
DRUM & BASS: Commix ‘Be True’
DUBSTEP & GRIME: Burial ‘Archangel’
ELECTRO HOUSE: Deadmau5 ‘Not Exactly’
ELECTRONICA: Peter Bjorn & John ‘Young Folks’
HARD DANCE: BK, Judge Jules ‘Sickness’
HARDCORE: Tube-Tech ‘Paint It Black’
HOUSE: Brazen ‘Toto’
MINIMAL: Dubfire ‘Emissions’
PROGRESSIVE HOUSE: Adam K, Soha ‘Twilight’
PSY-TRANCE: Ace Ventura ‘Sao Paulo’
TECH HOUSE: Samim ‘Heater’
TECHNO: Gregor Tresher ‘A Thousand Nights’
TRANCE: DJ Remy, Roland Klinkenberg ‘Mexico Can Wait 

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