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Reported by Jack Bridges TID on February 25, 2010

The results are in and the the shortlists announced – who will win on the night!?

Phew! The hard working team at Trackitdown.net have spent most of the week counting and recounting over 10,000 votes cast in 14 categories to ensure that only the best are repesented on stage at the Hard Dance Awards ceremony on Saturday 6th March.

Votes have come from all over the world from fans eager to have their say in this 7th year of the global celebration of all things hard. Now all roads lead to the Atomik Weekender 3 that kicks off 72hours of mayhem on Friday 5th March. The  winners will be announced in front of thousands in the main arena on Saturday 6th March where host Ed Real will be joined by BBC Radio One’s Kutski, Tidy Boys, Alex Kidd and Amber D on presentation duties.

Each category now has three closely fought finalists and we hope to see you at the front when the winners are announced. For last minute tickets head straight to www.atomikweekender.com now!

Best track Shortlist;
Noisecontrollers ‘Attack Again’ / Showtek ‘World Is Mine’ / Technikal featuring Andy Whitby ‘Hard House Slut’

Best Label Shortlist;
Scantraxx / Tidy / Fusion Records

Best Resident Shortlist;
Jimmy Dean & Daley / Argy / Brian M & McBunn

Best New Face Shortlist;
Swankie & Kashi / The Pitcher / Shock:force

Best one-off event Shortlist;
Global Gathering / Qlimax / Def Qon One

Best artist album Shortlist;
Brennan Heart ‘Musical Impressions’ / D-Block & S-te-fan ‘Music Made Addictz’ / Showtek ‘Analogue Players in a Digital World’

Regional hero Shortlist;
DJ Tone / Nick The Kid / The Yofridiz

Outstanding contribution Shortlist;
BK / Lisa Lashes / Kutski

Best UK hard DJ Shortlist;
Andy Whitby / Lisa Lashes / Kutski

Best European hard DJ Shortlist;
Headhunterz / DJ Zany / Showtek

Best UK hard producer Shortlist;
Klubfiller / Technikal / BK

Best European hard producer Shortlist;
Showtek / Kidd Kaos / Headhunterz

Best compilation album Shortlist;
Def Qon One / Hard Dance Awards Euphoria / Goodgreef Xtra Hard

Best club Shortlist;
Storm / Bionic / Goodgreef

Once again, the Hard Dance Awards team have been working hard with our partners at the legendary Ministry of Sound record company to create a triple CD album that showcases the biggest and best tracks of the last year and the future. Released on Monday 8th March the Hard Dance Awards Euphoria album will be released in all good record stores and download sites like www.trackitdown.net - turn it up and support the scene we all love!

Atomik Weekender 3 tickets here www.atomikweekender.com