Last night, Wednesday October 19, DJ Mag hosted the opening party for Amsterdam Music Festival and revealed this year’s Top 100 DJs results. Over 1 million votes were pledged this year but only one DJ can claim the top spot: Martin Garrix.
20-year old Garrix is the youngest DJ to ever win the poll. He first appeared in the poll in 2013 at 40, rising to number four in 2014, three last year and then top spot last night, knocking Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike off the position they held last year.
Top voting countries were US, India, Brazil, Mexico, Belgium, Netherlands, UK, Germany, Spain, Italy, France, Russia, China, Japan. And the main genres represented in the poll are EDM and trance with a reasonable presence of house and techno.
While bass-related music has enjoyed a really exciting year creatively, its underground nature hasn’t encouraged voters. Skrillex is still repping the low end in the top 10 (and can also be found at 40 as Jack U) but beyond him there are only a few interesting positions: Marshmello was the highest new entry at 28, Jauz and Flume both made Top 100 debuts at 83 and 94 respectively and Netsky is the only drum & bass artist on the list at 85.
Read on to find out who else is in the poll. As always, there’s a whole host of names you might not recognise. As always Angerfist is a brilliant name for a DJ. As always, keep your Twitter feed on red alert for moaning, whinging and various accusations.
If you feel aggrieved at the lack of drum & bass in this poll yourself then you might want to consider voting the Drum&BassArena Awards 2016. Just saying.
DJ Mag Top 100 Poll 2016
- MARTIN GARRIX – UP 2
- DIMITRI VEGAS & LIKE MIKE – DOWN 1
- HARDWELL – DOWN 1
- ARMIN VAN BUUREN – NON-MOVER
- TIESTO – NON-MOVER
- DAVID GUETTA – NON-MOVER
- STEVE AOKI – UP 3
- OLIVER HELDENS – UP 4
- SKRILLEX – NON-MOVER
- AFROJACK – DOWN 2
- AVICII – DOWN 4
- KSHMR – UP 11
- W&W – UP 1
- CALVIN HARRIS – DOWN 3
- DON DIABLO – UP 15
- AXWELL INGROSSO – UP 1
- DASH BERLIN – DOWN 2
- THE CHAINSMOKERS – RE-ENTRY
- UMMET OZEAN – UP 17
- ALESSO – DOWN 7
- R3HAB – NON-MOVER
- DJ SNAKE – UP 10
- DIPLO – DOWN 3
- DVBBS – DOWN 8
- ALOK – UP 19
- KYGO – UP 7
- SWANKY TUNES – UP 70 – HIGHEST CLIMBER
- MARSHMELLO – HIGHEST NEW ENTRY
- NICKY ROMERO – DOWN 11
- STEVE ANGELLO – UP 1
- DEADMAU5 – DOWN 6
- QUINTINO – UP 48
- DJ CHETAS – UP 26
- BASSJACKERS – UP 5
- ZEDD – DOWN 13
- HEADHUNTERZ – UP 12
- VINAI – UP 6
- FLORIAN PICASSO – NEW ENTRY
- GALANTIS – UP 59
- JACK U – UP 5
- ALY & FILA – UP 1
- SHOGUN – UP 5
- BLASTERJAXX – DOWN 27
- MAJOR LAZER – UP 10
- NERVO – DOWN 21
- ANGERFIST – DOWN 8
- ABOVE & BEYOND – DOWN 18
- YELLOW CLAW – UP 26
- MARLO – UP 42
- FEDDE LE GRAND – DOWN 15
- DJ KURA – UP 10
- LOST STORIES – NEW ENTRY
- DEORRO – DOWN 25
- VINTAGE CULTURE – NEW ENTRY
- ALAN WALKER – NEW ENTRY
- TOM SWOON – DOWN 10
- COONE – DOWN 8
- DIEGO MIRANDA – NON-MOVER
- BRENNAN HEART – DOWN 6
- PAUL VAN DYK – DOWN 19
- ATB – UP 21
- YVES V – DOWN 28
- WOLFPACK – DOWN 11
- DILLON FRANCIS – UP 3
- ANDREW RAYEL – DOWN 25
- ERIC PRYDZ – DOWN 9
- FELGUK – RE-ENTRY
- RADICAL REDEMPTION – UP 4
- ROBIN SCHULZ – UP 30
- DANNIC – DOWN 44
- DA TWEEKAZ – UP 8
- DAFT PUNK – DOWN 3
- WILL SPARKS – UP 5
- CARL COX – DOWN 11
- TIMMY TRUMPET – NEW ENTRY
- BORGORE – DOWN 8
- FIREBEATZ – DOWN 11
- TUJAMO – UP 17
- LAIDBACK LUKE – DOWN 15
- MARKUS SCHULZ – DOWN 24
- VICETONE – DOWN 31
- MARTIN JENSEN – NEW ENTRY
- JAUZ – NEW ENTRY
- CARNAGE – UP 4
- NETSKY – DOWN 10
- CARL NUNES – NEW ENTRY
- SAM FELDT – NEW ENTRY
- MISS K8 – UP 6
- JAY HARDWAY – NEW ENTRY
- PORTER ROBINSON – DOWN 35
- BOBINA – RE-ENTRY
- ZATOX – DOWN 5
- DYRO – DOWN 66
- FLUME – NEW ENTRY
- INFECTED MUSHROOM – RE-ENTRY
- SHOWTEK – DOWN 59
- DADDY’S GROOVE – NEW ENTRY
- MARTIN SOLVEIG – RE-ENTRY
- FERRY CORSTEN – DOWN 14
- DJ FEEL – RE-ENTRY
