Two decades after Confessions on a Dance Floor, Warner’s Madonna returned to the club, and she brought company. From rising stars like Columbia’s Slayyyter, Experts Only/Darkroom’s John Summit and Astralwerks’ Sammy Virji to scene veterans such as Atlantic’s Fred again.. and Columbia’s Tame Impala, the Dance/Electronic field enjoyed one of its most star-studded years yet. Let’s take a look at some likely frontrunners in the key categories.

Best New Artist

Leading the pack here is Slayyyter. WOR$T GIRL IN AMERICA is the St. Louis electro-pop agitator’s sharpest and most fully realized work yet. Throw in a Coachella debut and a mostly sold-out world tour, and the internet’s favorite cult heroine has officially gone major. Voters who slept on her the first time have no excuse now.

John Summit, one of the genre’s biggest draws, has somehow never been Grammy-nominated. Sophomore LP CTRL ESCAPE and his biggest arena run to date should fix that. Virji, meanwhile, went from cult club favorite to headlining London’s Finsbury Park behind U.K. garage gem Same Day Cleaning (Astralwerks/Capitol).

Best Dance/Electronic Recording

Madonna is back where she belongs. “I Feel So Free” is her first radio chart-topper in 18 years. Defending champ Tame Impala, who took this trophy in February for “End of Summer,” returns with “My Old Ways,” and betting against a repeat feels unwise.

Fred again.. finally makes it official with longtime collaborators PARISI on “This Is Real (Disappear)” w/Eyelar, while Anyma pairs his melodic techno with Joji’s signature heartache on “Beautiful” (Interscope). Skrillex is everywhere, reuniting with PEEKABOO and Flowdan and adding Fireboy DML for “6 Million” (Major Recordings/Warner) and teaming with Solomun on the long-teased “Rumpta” (Diynamic/Atlantic), while Dom Dolla links with Tiga for “Don’t Worry Baby” (Columbia).

Nine Inch Nails’ “Closer – Nine Inch Noize Version” (Interscope) was born on the band’s Peel It Back tour with Boys Noize and became one of the most talked-about Coachella sets in recent memory. TOMORA, the unlikely union of The Chemical Brothers’ Tom Rowlands and AURORA, makes a striking debut with “SOMEWHERE ELSE” (Capitol), and Sam Gellaitry brings his kaleidoscopic touch to “NERVOUS” (Parlophone). Prospa & Cloonee lock in on the club-ready “Free Your Mind” (CircoLoco), and Slayyyter shows up twice with “CRANK” and Madeon’s “Fire Away” (Mom+Pop). Summit’s “Lights Go Out” and Virji’s “925” w/Chris Lake & RoRo (Astralwerks) round out a crowded field.

Other notable contenders include ILLENIUM’s “Don’t Want Your Love” f/Ellie Goulding (Republic), Nia Archives’ “Get Me Down” f/Jorja Smith (Island), Marlon Hoffstadt’s “Breathe” (Capitol), Rochelle Jordan’s “Ladida” (EMPIRE), Sub Focus’ “Elevate” (Casablanca), jigitz & Charlotte Plank’s “car crash” (R&R/Virgin Music Group) and Fred again.. & LATIN MAFIA’s “Te Estoy Correteando” (Atlantic).

Best Dance Pop Recording

Slayyyter could make it a hat trick with “DANCE…,” a title that doubles as an instruction. Anyma crosses over again with “Bad Angel” w/LISA (Interscope) and Summit swings for the pop lane with “Don’t Believe It.” Bebe Rexha’s Faithless team-up “New Religion” (EMPIRE) went #1 at U.S. Dance radio, and La Roux, who won Dance/Electronic Album back in 2011, returns with “Babyline” (Casablanca).

Meanwhile, Madonna’s “Danceteria” nods to the downtown NYC club where she got her start, and Jennifer Lopez and David Guetta’s collab, “Save Me Tonight” (What a Producer/Warner), gave J.Lo her first dance radio #1 since “On the Floor.”

Also worth watching are KATSEYE’s “PINKY UP” (HYBE/Geffen), Martin Garrix & Ed Sheeran’s “Repeat It” (Interscope), Demi Lovato’s “Kiss” (Island) and SOFI TUKKER & J Balvin’s “COOK” (Republic).

Best Dance/Electronic Album

Confessions on a Dance Floor won this very category in 2007, and Madonna has reunited with Stuart Price for the sequel, CONFESSIONS II, a continuous mix that debuted at #1—her 10th chart-topper and first since 2019. It’s the one to beat. Tame Impala’s Deadbeat brings serious commercial muscle too, and the critics’ darling is Slayyyter’s WOR$T GIRL IN AMERICA, one of the best-reviewed albums in the field.

Robyn is back with Sexistential (Konichiwa/Young), her first album since 2018’s Honey and a glittering reminder of why she remains pop’s reigning queen of crying on the dance floor. Skrillex, a three-time winner here, surprise-dropped SOMA (OWSLA/Atlantic) in June, while underscores’ U (Mom+Pop) is a hyperpop-meets-EDM wild card. Trent Reznor and Boys Noize’s one-off Nine Inch Noize (Interscope) brings serious Grammy pedigree.

ILLENIUM’s ODYSSEY (Republic) topped the dance albums chart and spawned a 11-show Sphere residency, while TOMORA’s COME CLOSER (Capitol) topped the U.K. dance albums chart. Fred again.. and LATIN MAFIA’s 9 Months & 50 Hours was cut on a nonstop livestream from Mexico City, and Prospa’s debut Free Your Mind (CircoLoco) builds on its chart-topping title track. Summit’s CTRL ESCAPE, Virji’s Same Day Cleaning, DJ Snake’s Nomad (Interscope), jigitz’s 50 ballerinas and Nia Archives’ Emotional Junglist (Island) round out a stacked top tier.

Other notable albums include Kaskade’s undux (Arkade/Monstercat), his first in a decade, Channel Tres’ Enigma POV (Alta Music Group), Madeon’s Victory (Mom+Pop), SG Lewis’ Anemoia (Astralwerks), Hoffstadt’s Das Ist Daddy (Capitol) and Rexha’s Dirty Blonde (EMPIRE).

Best Remixed Recording, Non-Classical

Madonna & Kylie Minogue’s “Love Sensation (Afterhours Mix)” (Warner), the first song the two pop stars have ever recorded together, is the obvious headline. Four Tet flips Virji’s “925” inside out, and FISHER takes a crack at Hoffstadt’s “Daddy’s in the Club” (Capitol).

The pop-star flips are just as stacked. Taylor Swift tapped Chris Lake for an “Opalite” remix (Republic) after Travis Kelce slid into the producer’s DMs, Boys Noize gives Tame Impala & JENNIE’s “Dracula” a “Disko Version” (Columbia), Austin Millz reworks Bruno Mars’ chart-topping “I Just Might” (Atlantic) and Zara Larsson recruits PinkPantheress for the Girls Trip take on “Midnight Sun” (Sommer House/Epic).

Also worth a spin: The Rolling Stones’ “In the Stars – Cirkut & Andrew Watt Remix” (Capitol) and Tove Lo’s “I’m your girl right? – Fcukers Remix” (Pretty Swede/Virgin Music Group).

Note to voters: First-round ballots close Oct. 22. Hydrate accordingly.