Tiësto’s sweep at the IDMA Awards and headling Ultra Music Festival

“It’s Tiësto Time” was the headline of NBC Miami’s coverage at the start of this week, which covered the arrival of the international dance community to Miami for the 24th Winter Music Conference festivities.

The 24th annual International Dance Music Awards winners have been announced last night and Tiësto won an unprecedented amount of 4 awards in the following categories:

Best Artist (Solo) – Tiësto

Best Global DJ – Tiësto

Best Podcast -“Tiësto’s Club Life”

Best Full Length DJ Mix – “In Search Of Sunrise 7: Asia”

“I’m very excited to have won this many awards tonight! The IDMAs are very important to me since the fans are the ones who vote. Thank you so much for your support!”

24TH ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL DANCE MUSIC AWARDS NOMINEES & WINNERS

1. Best Underground Dance Track
Break You – Ralph Falcon – Nervous Records
Pjanoo – Eric Prydz – Pryda/Ultra Records
Man With The Red Face – Mark Knight feat. Funkagenda – Toolroom Records
Grindhouse – Radio Slave feat. Danton Eeprom – Rekids
Open Your Heart – Dirty South & Axwell feat. Rudy – Axtone Records

2. Best Alternative/Rock Dance Track
Human – The Killers – Island Records
Shut Up & Let Me Go – The Ting Tings – Columbia
Propane Nightmares – Pendulum – Warner Bros
Viva La Vida – Coldplay – Capitol
I Kissed a Girl – Katy Perry – Capitol

3. Best Latin/Reggaeton Track
Pose – Daddy Yankee – Los Cangri, Inc.
Tijuana Sound Machine- Nortec Collective – Nacional Records
Me Enamora – Juanes – Universal
Te Quiero – Flex – EMI Latin
Calabria 2008 – Enur – Ultra Records
España Cañi – Charo – Universal Wave

4. Best HiNRG/Euro Track
Medicine – Kim Leoni – Robbins Entertainment
Lover On The Line – N-Euro – Eaa/Ram music
You Never Said – Cerf, Mitiska & Jaren – Armada
Hide & Seek – Kyau & Albert – Euphonic
Every Word – Ercola feat. Daniella – Nervous Records

5. Best House/Garage Track
People Make the World Go Round – Joi Cardwell – Nervous Records
Pjanoo – Eric Prydz – Pryda/Ultra Records
Can’t Stop – Quentin Harris feat. Jason Walker – Strictly Rhythm
Feedback – Janet Jackson – Island Def Jam
Infinity 2008 – Guru Josh Project – Big City Beats
Delirious – David Guetta feat. Tara McDonald – Ultra Records

6. Best R & B/Urban Dance Track
Forever – Chris Brown – Zomba Recording
Closer – Ne-Yo – Def Jam
Love Lockdown – Kanye West- Roc-A-Fella Records
Feedback – Janet Jackson – Island Def Jam
Disturbia – Rihanna – Def Jam
Single Ladies – Beyonce – Columbia
American Boy – Estelle feat. Kanye West – Homeschool/Atlantic

7. Best Rap/Hip Hop Dance Track
Love Lockdown – Kanye West – Roc-A-Fella Records
Lollipop – Lil Wayne – Cash Money
Low – Flo Rida – Zomba Recordings
Paper Planes – M.I.A – XL Interscope
Whatever You Like – T.I. – Grand Hustle/Atlantic

8. Best Progressive House/Trance Track
I Remember – Deadmau5 & Kaskade – Ultra Records
Open Your Heart – Dirty South & Axwell feat. Rudy – Axtone Records
The Longest Road – Morgan Page feat. Lissie – Nettwerk Records
Imagination (Tiësto Remix) – Jes – Magik Muzik/Ultra Records
Deep At Night – Ercola feat. Heikki L – Nervous Records
In And Out Of Love – Armin van Buuren feat. Sharon den Adel – Armada/Ultra Records

9. Best Jungle/DnB Track
Red Sky – John B feat. Shaz Sparks – Beta Recordings
Crazy World – J Magic & Wickaman – Breakbeat Kaos
Take Me Away – Chase & Status – RAM
The Other Side – Pendulum – Warner Bros

10. Best Pop Dance Track
Womanizer – Britney Spears – Jive
Disturbia – Rihanna – Def Jam
4 Minutes – Madonna feat. Justin Timberlake and Timbaland – Warner Bros
Feedback – Janet Jackson – Island Def Jam
Just Dance – Lady Gaga – Interscope
So What – Pink – LaFace Records
I Kissed a Girl – Katy Perry – Capitol

To see the full list of winners go to http://www.wintermusicconference.com/idmaballot/nominees/2009.php

The superstar DJ/producer headlined the world’s leading two-day electronic music experience, Ultra Music Festival on Friday. Other acts on the bill are Black Eyed Peas, The Prodigy, Bloc Party, Santigold, The Ting Tings, David Guetta and many more.