Beatport awarded at IDMAs

Beatport awarded at IDMAs

20 February, 2007 | 3.48PM

• Written by: shawn
• Filed under: Music News: best dance music retailer, best dance music specialty retailer, idmas, international dance music awards

Beatport Named “Best Dance Music Retailer” and “Best Dance Music Specialty Retailer”
Digital Download Store Awarded Top Honors at the 2007 Winter Music Conference’s International Dance Music Awards

Denver, CO (February 20, 2007) - Beatport, the leading premium electronic music download store, was chosen as the “Best Dance Music Retailer” and “Best Dance Music Specialty Retailer”, at the 2007 Winter Music Conference’s International Dance Music Awards. Beatport beat out iTunes, DJDownload.com, Perfect Beat, Virgin, and Vonyc.com, Trax, respectively in those categories. The WMC, now in its 22nd year, is regarded as the singular networking event in the dance music industry, attracting professionals from over 60 different countries. The International Dance Music Awards is the premier awards show for the dance music industry. Over 10,000 ballots are cast to vote for the most innovative and elite artists, producers, promoters, remixers, and record labels in the industry.

“It is an incredible honor to be voted “Best Dance Music Retailer” and “Best Dance Music Specialty Retailer” at the prestigious Winter Music Conference’s IDMA ceremony, said Beatport CEO Jonas Tempel. “As a competitor amongst some of the industry’s top players, it legitimizes Beatport’s success in these fields. Since our launch in 2004, Beatport has worked hard to become one of the top online electronic music retailers and now, thanks to this great honor, we’re being recognized in the community as well.”

ABOUT BEATPORT:
Beatport is the online leader for electronic music downloads providing music to DJs and fans for personal use as well as playback on the world’s leading sound systems. Launched in 2004, Beatport now gives customers legal and secure access to a library of 155,000 tracks from over 4,200 of the world’s leading independent labels, and is growing by as many as 100 new labels a month. Beatport is privately held and headquartered in Denver, Colorado, USA. www.beatport.com

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