We're excited to announce the finalists for the About.com Readers' Choice Awards in the Dance Music / Electronica site. We were flooded with nominees so it took a bit of time to tabulate the finalists.
Here are the finalists for each of the Dance Music / Electronica categories. As hard as we tried to narrow each category to 5, there were so many nominations and the totals were so close, that we felt it was necessary to expand the total to really show the diversity of the genre. Voting is now open and will close on March 21, 2012. You can vote once in each category every day. Place your votes, get your friends to vote, and don't forget to come back and do it all again!
If you're one of the finalists - congratulations! Please feel free to hit me up for graphics, links, or information if you need it in order to drum up support from your fans. Now, here are the finalists along with links to vote in each category:
1. Best Dance / Electronica Song
Readers Choice 2012 Awards
Afrojack ft Eva Simons - "Take Over Control"
Alexandra Stan - "Mr Saxobeat"
Armin van Buuren vs Sophie Ellis Bextor - "Not Giving Up On Love"
Avicii - "Levels"
LMFAO ft Lauren Bennett and Goonrock - "Party Rock Anthem"
Luciana - "I'm Still Hot"
Martin Solveig ft Dragonette - "Hello"
Robyn - "Call Your Girlfriend"
Skrillex - "Scary Monsters and Nice Sprites"
Swedish House Mafia - "Save the World"
2. Best Remixed Song
Readers Choice 2012 Awards
Adele - "Set Fire to the Rain (Thomas Gold Mix)"
Benny Benassi - "Cinema (Skrillex Mix)"
Foo Fighters - "Rope (deadmau5 Mix)"
Katy Perry - "Firework (Wideboys Mix)"
Lady Gaga - "Judas (R3hab Remix)"
Leona Lewis - "Collide (Cahill Mix)"
Robyn - "Call Your Girlfriend (Kaskade Mix)"
3. Best Dance / Electronica Artist Album
Readers Choice 2012 Awards
Above and Beyond - Group Therapy
David Guetta - Nothing But the Beat
Kaskade - Fire and Ice
Nero - Welcome Reality
Robyn - Body Talk
Wolfgang Gartner - Welcome to America
4. Best Dance Music / Electronica Video
Readers Choice 2012 Awards
Kerli - "Army of Love"
Lady Gaga - "Born This Way"
Skrillex - "First of the Year (Equinox)"
Sneaky Sound System - "We Love"
Swedish House Mafia - "Save the World"
Wynter Gordon - "Til Death"
5. Best Dance Music / Electronica Artist
Readers Choice 2012 Awards
Avicii
Calvin Harris
Chris Willis
David Guetta
deadmau5
Lady Gaga
Nadia Ali
Rihanna
Robyn
Swedish House Mafia
6. Best New Dance Music / Electronica Artist
Readers Choice 2012 Awards
Alexandra Stan
Avicii
Dev
Edward Maya
Far East Movement
Neon Hitch
R3hab
7. Best Remixer
Readers Choice 2012 Awards
Afrojack
Avicii
Benny Benassi
Bimbo Jones
Cahill
Chuckie
Dave Aude
Kaskade
R3hab
8. Best International DJ
Readers Choice 2012 Awards
Above and Beyond
Armin van Buuren
Avicii
David Guetta
deadmau5
Fedde le Grand
Markus Schulz
Tiesto
Skrillex
9. Best American DJ
Readers Choice 2012 Awards
Bassnectar
Kaskade
Markus Schulz
Morgan Page
Roger Sanchez
Skrillex
Steve Aoki
Wolfgang Gartner