THE AWARDS

Shortlists have been decided for this year's Awards, and entries have now closed for the two People's Choice categories. Vote now for your favourites in the Public voted categories. Voting ends Friday 23rd September.

People's Choice

Best Official Site for an Artist

If you think your band or artist website has what it takes to pull in the votes and win awards, this is your chance to get all your hard work recognised in the 2011 BT DMAs.

Entries closed.

Best Fansite for an Artist

If you think your own fan site is award winning, make sure you register for this award. The webmasters with the most votes will get to brush shoulders with music legends at the BT DMAs.

Entries closed.

Judge's Choice

The winners of these categories are selected by the BT Digital Music Awards judges and announced on the Awards night. Take a look at the shortlist for each category below and see who's in the running for an award.

ARTIST OF THE YEAR

Open to any UK-based company that has run a digital marketing campaign for an artist or band over the past year.

See Nominations

BREAKTHROUGH ARTIST OF THE YEAR

Open to any UK-based company that has run a digital marketing campaign for the first release (album or single) for an artist or band over the past year.

See Nominations

BEST INNOVATION OR GADGET

Open to any company with a UK presence that has delivered a genuinely innovative digital music product, service or piece of hardware over the past year.

See Nominations

BEST MUSIC APP

Open to any company with a UK presence that has delivered a genuinely innovative and engaging music application over the past year.

See Nominations

BEST EVENT

Open to any company with a UK presence that has used digital technology to enhance and extend a music event experience over the past year.

See Nominations

BEST ARTIST PROMOTION

Open to any UK-based company that has run a digital promotion for an artist or band over the past year.

See Nominations

BEST RADIO SHOW OR PODCAST

Open to any music-related podcasts or radio shows created by a company with a UK presence and available via digital platforms to listeners in the UK in the past year.

See Nominations

Public Voted

BEST PLACE TO DISCOVER MUSIC

The DMA judges have selected and are asking music fans to vote for their favourite place to discover music.

See Nominations

BEST PLACE TO HEAR MUSIC

The DMA judges have selected and are asking music fans to vote for their favourite place to hear music.

See Nominations

BEST PLACE TO BUY MUSIC

The DMA judges have selected and are asking music fans to vote for their favourite place to buy music.

See Nominations

THE FOLLOWING NOMINATIONS ARE BASED ON INDUSTRY SALES DATA

We've used official industry sales data to create shortlists in these categories and ask you to tell us who you think deserves the award. Vote for your favourites now.

BEST MALE ARTIST

Tell us who you think deserves the award for the Best Male Artist of the past year.

See Nominations

BEST FEMALE ARTIST

Tell us who you think deserves the award for the Best Female Artist of the past year.

See Nominations

BEST GROUP

Tell us who you think deserves the award for the Best Group of the past year.

See Nominations

BEST INTERNATIONAL ARTIST OR GROUP

Tell us who you think deserves the award for the Best International Artist or Group of the past year.

See Nominations

BEST INDEPENDENT ARTIST OR GROUP

Tell us who you think deserves the award for the Best Independent Artist or Group of the past year.

See Nominations

BEST NEWCOMER

Tell us who you think deserves the award for the Best Newcomer of the past year.

See Nominations

BEST SONG

Tell us who you think deserves the award for the Best Song of the past year.

See Nominations

BEST VIDEO

Tell us who you think deserves the award for the Best Video of the past year.

See Nominations

VOTING CLOSED