The event attracts a broad selection of international industry professionals and the awards reflect the wide range of creative talent of the DJs.

Past winners have included Armin van Buuren, Carl Cox, Richie Hawtin, Roger Sanchez, Danny Tenaglia, Black Coffee, Solomun, Jamie Jones, Hernan Cattaneo, DjkMrpink, Stephan Bodzin, DJ Koze, Frankie Knuckles, Tiësto, Sasha, Tony De Vit, Deadmau5, and many more.

In the inaugural edition in 1998, the chosen theme was “Alien Arrival”, due to the nature of the prize (a piece of kryptonite) and its extraterrestrial mascot "Snuffy".

It emphasised the expansion of categories such as "Ambient /Experimental" or "International DJ" and winners such as Pete Tong, Roger Sanchez, Basement Jaxx all picked up awards.

[1] For the fourth ceremony in 2001 technological advances happening in the industry did not go unnoticed in the direction of the awards, establishing the theme "Man and Machine" as a starting point.

Amongst winners that year were prominent names such as Pete Tong for "Outstanding Contribution", Mambo Cafe for "Best Ibiza Bar", "It Just Won't Do" by Tim Deluxe for "Track of the Season" or Wally Lopez as "Best Newcomer".

[1] The ceremony of 2005 (eighth edition) celebrated the centenary of the "Vacuum Tube" creation, one of the first aspects of primary electronics circuits.

Ferry Corsten for "Trance", Steve Angello as "Best Newcomer" and Cut Killer for "Hip Hop" were some of the winners featured, with a new Honorary Award being presented to Argentine DJ Alfredo Fiorito for his historic career in the industry, one of the most special moments of that year.

In 2006 for the ninth edition ¨Nature¨ broke through as the theme and served as an excuse to reward twice over Bob Sinclar as Best House DJ and Best Song of the Year for "World Hold On" together with his vocalist Steve Edwards.

Other special moments of that year would be, after three attempts, the "Best Ibiza Resident" to the Australian Sarah Main with the highest votes in history for this category, and also the "Outstanding Contribution" given to Brasilio de Oliveira creator, among other things, of the party "La Troya".

Winners included Armin Van Buuren (Trance & International), Chase & Status (Dubstep/Bass), Maceo Plex (Deep House), Arty (Newcomer), plus in the Special awards collecting for (Ibiza DJ) Andy Baxter, Tomorrowland won (International Festival) and for Live Performance a new category Lenny Kravitz for his performance at the 2012 Ibiza 123 Festival.

Armin Van Buuren who again won two awards scooping Trance and International DJ and Electro House went to Hardwell.

DJ Awards release every year online (via www.djawards.com) a list of categories and nominees which reflect the current electronic music industry.

We liked the idea that it would be of natural crystal and after a survey of people around us, we chose this for its energetic component, for transparency, for ease of transport ... Somebody thought it was like Superman’s kryptonite, the alien element that removed his power to give it to the DJ.

Furthermore, the etymology of the word tells us that 'Kryptos' comes from hidden message and "Nite" from night, a message closely related to DJ, so organically everything came together"[citation needed] The DJ Awards had a mascot named Snuffy, which is a cross between the famous symbol associated with acid house (the "bloodied" smiley) and an alien ("little green man").