The votes are in and Beatport has announced the winners of the 2014 awards. The winners were decided by a panel of Beatport staff writers and dance music veterans, as well as community voting, and have been announced over the course of today via Beatport’s Twitter and Instagram pages.
Daft Punk once again claims the top prize of best-selling album of the year for RAM, while Martin Garrix won best-selling track for ‘Animals’. DJ Cajmere was honored with a lifetime achievement award for all that he has done for electronic music and specifically house music over the past 20 years. Spinnin’ Records also brought home the hardware for best label, mostly due to the explosion of big room sound. Some of the other stand out artists include Flume for best new artist, Martin Garrix for DJ Choice Award, Armin Van Buuren for community choice album of the year and Nina Kraviz for DJ of the year. Check out the list below and let us know who you think came away with the upset victory.
Best-selling Album of the Year: Random Access Memories – Daft Punk
Lifetime Achievement Award: Cajmere
Best Selling Track: Animals – Martin Garrix
DJ Choice Award: Martin Garrix
Community Choice: Label of the Year: Spinnin’ Records
Best New Artist: Flume
Community Choice: Artist of the Year: Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike
Community Choice: Track of the Year: Mammoth feat. Moguai – Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike
Best Selling Compilation of the Year: Toolroom Ten
Community Choice: Album of the Year: Armin Van Buuren – Intense: Extended Edition
Collaboration of the Year: Borderland – Juan Atkins and Moritz Von Oswald
Best Selling Remix of the Year: Got A Feeling – Bontan Remix/Pleasurekraft Edit
DJ of the Year: Nina Kraviz
Track of the Year: Jack – Breach
