Last night, the 2012 DJ Awards took place in none other than the mecca of dance music, also famously known as Ibiza. The DJ Awards has been an annual event since its creation in 1998 where the winners are voted on by the public (so if you're unhappy that your favorite artist didn't win, look out for social media campaigns during next summer for the 2013 awards). As to be expected, the "award" that winners take home is not your conventional mini gold statue. Rather, it is a piece of green kryptonite, and according to djawards.com, "The word kryptonite embodies Crypto (the code and mystery of life) and Nite (the nightlife and its culture). This draws together the sense of adventure and surprise that lies ahead as the sun begins to set and the children of the night spring to life". Below we have listed the winners from each sub-genre of electronic music in bold, with the nominees following. We couldn't help but chuckle when we saw Tietso listed under the "electro house" category. Old Tiesto > New Tiesto
Techno
Carl Cox
Adam Beyer
Carl Craig
Ricardo Villalobos
Richie Hawtin
Sven Vath
Umek
Downtempo
Nightmares on Wax
Chris Coco
Gilles Peterson
Heritage Project
Jon Sa Trinxa
Mr. Scruff
Rob da Bank
Dubstep/Bass
Chase & Status
DJ Fresh
DJ Skream
Nero
Pendulum
Skrillex
Sub Focus
Trance
Armin Van Buuren
Above and Beyond
Ferry Corsten
Gareth Emery
Judge Jules
Markus Schulz
Paul Oakenfold
Paul Van Dyk
Deep House
Maceo Plex
Dizon
Dyed Soundorom
Jamie Jones
Kerri Chandler
Matthias Tanzmann
Maya Jane Coles
Solomun
Newcomer
Arty
Eats Everything
Hardwell
Miguel Campbell
R3hab
Soulclap
Subb-an
Tale Of Us
Tech House
Seth Troxler
Audiofly
Dubfire
James Zabiela
Joris Voorn
Loco Dice
Lucian
Marco Carola
Nick Curly
Pete Tong
Electro House
Tiesto
Afrojack
Avicii
Axwell
Calvin Harris
Chuckie
David Guetta
Deadmau5
Sebastian Ingrosso
Steve Angello
International
Armin Van Buuren
Avicii
Carl Cox
David Guetta
Deadmau5
Luciano
SHM
Skrillex
Sven Vath
Tiesto
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