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DJ Mag Announces Their Top 100 DJs Of 2015

At long last, DJ Mag has unveiled their top 100 DJs list of 2015. Or at least, they've begun to. The announcement is currently underway at the Amsterdam Dance Event, and we'll continue to keep this post updated as more and more DJs are announced, right up until the outlet crowns the #1 DJ in the world. Many are expecting it to be Martin Garrix, and we'd probably have to agree. But, stay tuned over the next hour or so as the list is slowly rolled out.

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At long last, DJ Mag has unveiled their top 100 DJs list of 2015. While this year’s results made for a predictable, cross section of the mainstream EDM talent pool’s most accomplished echelon, perhaps nothing spoke to the state of the scene as much as the #1 entry.

Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike secured the #1 spot for the first time in their career, all but proving that contemporary dance music is more manufactured than it’s ever been at any point throughout its history. The two artists are famous for enlisting the services of ghostwriters like Maarten Vorwerk to assist in their productions, and engaged in notoriously aggressive marketing campaigns to drum up votes.

More than ever, the results simply prove that the rankings are more for which artists have the biggest marketing budgets than anything else.

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But I digress. The list itself played out mostly as expected, with a few notable mentions. For one, Don Diablo made the highest jump of any artist who charted, climbing from #82 to #30 between this year and last, while Oliver Heldens was the highest charting house DJ at #12 and Richie Hawtin was the highest techno DJ at #51.

Perhaps some of the more outspoken commentary on the results came from Morgan Page, who’s given us a piece of his mind about ghost producers in the past. The progressive house DJ/producer tweeted the following:


Check out the full DJ Mag Top 100 DJs results below, and as always, sound off in the comments section with your thoughts.

100. Knife Party

99. Cosmic Gate

98. Galantis

97. Swanky Tunes

96. Mike Candys

95. Tujamo

94. Miss K8

93. Quentin Mosimann

92. Andy C

91. MaRlo

90. Sander Van Doorn

89. Robin Shulz

88. Carnage

87. Zatox

86. Flux Pavilion

85. Ferry Corsten

84. Kaskade

83. MAKJ

82. ATB

81. Krewella

80. Quintino

79. Da Tweekaz

78. Will Sparks

77. Chuckie

76. Yellow Claw

75. Netsky

74. Borgeous

73. Frontliner

72. Radical Redemption

71. Tenishia

70. Umek

69. Daft Punk

68. Borgore

67. Dillon Francis

66. Firebeatz

65. Disclosure

64. Laidback Luke

63. Carl Cox

62. Tchami

61. Kura

60. Danny Avila

59. DJ Chetas

58. Diego Miranda

57. Eric Prydz

56. Markus Schulz

55. Porter Robinson

54. Major Lazer

53. Brennan Heart

52. WolfPack

51. Richie Hawtin

50. Vicetone

49. Coone

48. Headhunterz

47. DJ Shogun

46. Tom Swoon

45. Jack Ü

44. Alok

43. Vinai

42. Aly And Fila

41. Paul Van Dyk

40. Andrew Rayel

39. Bassjackers

38. Angerfist

37. Showtek

36. Ummet Ozcan

35. Fedde Le Grand

34. Yves V

33. Kygo

32. DJ Snake

31. Steve Angello

30. Don Diablo

29. Above And Beyond

28. Deorro

27. Dyro

26. Dannic

25. deadmau5

24. Nervo

23. KSHMR

22. Zedd

21. R3hab

20. Diplo

19. Blasterjaxx

18. Nicky Romero

17. Axwell /\ Ingrosso

16. DVBBS

15. Dash Berlin

14. W&W

13. Alesso

12. Oliver Heldens

11. Calvin Harris

10. Steve Aoki

9. Skrillex

8. Afrojack

7. Avicii

6. David Guetta

5. Tiësto

4. Armin Van Buuren

3. Martin Garrix

2. Hardwell

1. Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike