Diplo & Calvin Harris Top Nominees List For Electronic Music Awards

LOS ANGELES (CelebrityAccess) — DJs Diplo and Calvin Harris lead the list of nominees with two nods each for the inaugural edition of the Electronic Music Awards.

Carl Cox, Diplo, and Skrillex were among the artists who earend nods for DJ of the Year, wile Calvin Harris, Major Lazer & DJ Snake and The Chainsmokers made the shortlist for Single of the Year.

Festival of the Year nominations went to Creamfields, Electric Daisy, Ultra Music, Sonar and The BPM Festival.

Set to take place on April 14 at the SLS Hotel in Los Angeles and air Saturday, April 23, on Fox, the awards show will feature red carpet coverage, awards presentations, interviews and live performances.

Co-founded by DJ & producer Paul Oakenfold, the awards show will be exeuctive produced by TV4's Paul Duddridge.

The full list of nominees

Single of the Year
Calvin Harris & Disciples – How Deep is Your Love
The Chainsmokers – Roses (feat. ROZES)
Galantis – Runaway (U & I)
Kygo – Stole the Show (feat. Parson James)
Major Lazer & DJ Snake – Lean On (feat. MØ)

Album of the Year
AlinaBaraz & Galimatias – Urban Flora
Calvin Harris – Motion
Disclosure – Caracal
Galantis – Pharmacy
Jamie xx – In Colour

Radio Show of the Year
BBC Radio 1 Essential Mix
BPM with Geronimo – Sirius XM
Danny Howard – BBC Radio 1’s Dance Anthems
Diplo and Friends – BBC Radio 1Xtra
Jason Bentley – Morning Becomes Eclectic – KCRW

Festival of the Year
Creamfields – Daresbury, England
Electric Daisy Carnival – Las Vegas, USA
Sonar – Barcelona, Spain
The BPM Festival – Playa del Carmen, Mexico
Ultra Music Festival – Miami, USA

DJ of the Year
Carl Cox
Diplo
Dixon
DJ Harvey
Skrillex

Best New Artist
Bob Moses
DJ Snake
Jauz
KSHMR
Kygo

Best Club of the Year
Amnesia
Fabric
Omnia
Sound LA

Zouk
-Staff Writers