After a three-year hiatus, on the other end of a pandemic, the nominations for DJ Mag’s Best of North America Awards have been announced. Across 16 categories, DJ Mag’s Best of North America awards seek to celebrate the wide spectrum of sounds being created by artists from the United States and Canada.
Leading North American artists — including Green Velvet, Jayda G, Avalon Emerson, Lane 8, John Summit, ZHU and Flying Lotus — are included in the artist awards.
Albums and tracks from Eris Drew, AceMoMA, DJ Manny, REZZ and LSDXOXO are picks from the music awards which, as a point of note, cover the period from 1st January 2021 -— 22nd May 2022.)
Following in the footsteps of DJ Mag’s annual Best of British awards, a new award has been added this year. The award for Underground Hero aims to celebrate the champions of grassroots music communities.
Voters have always been able to register their votes through a social sign in, using either a Google or Facebook account. But, new for 2022, DJ Mag has introduced the ability to register with an Apple ID. This addition gives users additional privacy controls while also opening the process up to more than 99% of smartphone users in North America, making it our most accessible poll to date.
Voting is open now until 1st June 2022. You can vote at vote.djmag.com
You can see the full list of categories and nominees below:
Best DJ
- Eris Drew
- Green Velvet
- Jayda G
- RL Grime
- RP Boo
Breakthrough DJ
- Ariel Zetina
- John Summit
- Kush Jones
- Layla Benitez
- UNIIQU3
Best Live Act
- E-Dancer
- Jessy Lanza
- Minimal Violence
- Porter Robinson
- ZHU
Best Producer
- Avalon Emerson
- DJ SWISHA
- Flying Lotus
- Lane 8
- WondaGurl
Breakthrough Producer
- Bored Lord
- LP Giobbi
- Moore Kismet
- Nikki Nair
- TYGAPAW
Best Label
- Backwoodz Studioz
- Brainfeeder
- Incienso
- Monstercat Silk
- Nervous Records
Breakthrough Label
- EAT DIS
- Kindergarten Records
- Odyzey Music
- Rules Don’t Apply
- Worst Behavior Recs
Best Album
- AceMoMA ‘A Future’ [HAUS of ALTR]
- DJ Manny ‘Signals In My Head’ [Planet Mu]
- Eris Drew ‘Quivering In Time’ [T4T LUV NRG]
- Moor Mother ‘Black Encyclopedia of the Air’ [ANTI-]
- Vindata ‘With Opened Eyes’ [Monstercat]
Best Compilation
- Defected presents ‘House Masters: Todd Edwards’ [Defected]
- DJ Holographic ‘Detroit Love Vol. 5’ [Planet E Communications]
- V/A ‘CRITICAL MASS VOL. 1’ [Space Yacht]
- V/A ‘Deep Cutz’ [Dirtybird]
- V/A ‘Juke Bounce Werk presents: JBDUBZ vol. 9’ [Juke Bounce Werk]
Best Track
- Louie Vega ‘All My Love feat. Robyn’ [Nervous Records]
- LSDXOXO ‘Sick Bitch’ [XL]
- ODESZA ‘The Last Goodbye feat. Bettye LaVette’ [Foreign Family Collective]
- REZZ & Deathpact ‘Chemical Bond’ [Rezz Music, Inc.]
- UNIIQU3 ‘Microdosing’ [Local Action]
Best Remix/Edit
- Bonobo & Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs ‘Heartbreak (Kerri Chandler Remix)’ [OUTLIER]
- Kavinsky & Cautious Clay ‘Renegade (Oliver Remix) [Record Makers]
- Midnight Magic ‘Beam Me Up (Each Other Remix)’ [Razor-N-Tape]
- Ouri ‘High & Choking (Jacques Greene Remix)’ [Born Twice / Lighter Than Air]
- ZHU & partywithray ‘Zhudio54 (J. Worra Remix)’ [Astralwerks]
Best Large Club
- Avant Gardner & The Brooklyn Mirage, Brooklyn
- Club Space, Miami
- Echostage, Washington DC
- Exchange LA, Los Angeles
- The Concourse Project, Austin
Best Small Club
- CODA, Toronto
- Good Room, Brooklyn
- Kremwerk, Seattle
- Spot Lite, Detroit
- Stereo, Montreal
Best Club Event / Event Series
- A Club Called Rhonda
- Interdimensional Transmissions
- Mister Sunday
- RE/FORM
- STEAM
Underground Hero
Recognizing the champions of grassroots music communities
- DJ Bone
- DJ Deeon
- DJ Minx
- Lauren Flax
- Tim Sweeney
