DMC World DJ Championships
DMC World DJ Championships is an annual DJ competition hosted by Disco Mix Club (DMC) which began in 1986. The most recent instance of this competition will take place in New Orleans and in Denver TBA.
DJ Champions
World DJ Champions
- 1985 - Roger Johnson (UK)
- 1986 - DJ Cheese (USA) - Brought scratching into the battle
- 1987 - Chad Jackson (UK)
- 1988 - DJ Cash Money (USA) - Helped invent the transformer scratch
- 1989 - Cutmaster Swift (UK)
- 1990 - DJ David (Germany)
- 1991 - DJ David (Germany)
- 1992 - Rocksteady DJs (Mix Master Mike, DJ Q-Bert, and DJ Apollo) (USA)
- 1993 - Dreamteam (Mix Master Mike and DJ Q-Bert) (USA)
- 1994 - Dmc events in 1994 are vague
- 1995 - Roc Raida (USA) - X-Ecutioners
- 1996 - DJ Noize (Denmark)
- 1997 - DJ A-Trak (Canada) - youngest ever world champion aged 15, Kanye West's tour DJ
- 1998 - DJ Craze (USA)
- 1999 - DJ Craze (USA)
- 2000 - DJ Craze (USA)
- 2001 - Plus One (UK) - Scratch Perverts
- 2002 - DJ Kentaro (Japan) - The first Asian winner, obtained the best score ever to the DMC World DJ Championships.
- 2003 - Dopey (Canada)
- 2004 - ie.Merg (USA)
- 2005 - ie.Merg (USA)
- 2006 - Netik (France)
- 2007 - Rafik (Germany) - Holds record number of 6 world DJ titles
- 2008 - DJ Fly (France)
- 2009 - DJ Shiftee (USA)
- 2010 - Ligone (France)
- 2011 - DJ Vajra (USA)
UK DJ Champions
(and world rankings)
- 1985 - Roger Johnson (1st)
- 1986 - Chad Jackson (2nd)
- 1987 - Chad Jackson (1st)
- 1988 - Cutmaster Swift - En4cers
- 1989 - Cutmaster Swift (1st)
- 1990 - Reckless (3rd)
- 1991 - Reckless
- 1992 - Dj sparra
- 1993 - Dj sparra
- 1994 - Dmc events in 1994 are vague
- 1995 - Dj Kofi
- 1996 - Cutmaster Swift
- 1997 - DJ Pogo (3rd) - En4cers
- 1998 - Prime Cuts - Scratch Perverts
- 1999 - Tony Vegas (2nd) - Scratch Perverts
- 2000 - Mr Thing (3rd) - Former Scratch Pervert
- 2001 - Plus One (1st) - Scratch Pervert
- 2002 - Skully (2nd) - Former DJ to Klashnekoff
- 2003 - Quest (3rd)
- 2004 - DJ Blakey - Worked on the video game, DJ Hero
- 2005 - Muzzell - Releases "Donkey Work" battle breaks (www.myspace.com/muzzell)
- 2006 - Asian Hawk - Disablists
- 2007 - JFB - DJ's with Beardyman, co-runs freestyle jam night "Battlejam"
- 2008 - Skully
- 2009 - Jeppa
- 2010 - Jeppa
- 2011 - JFB
US DJ Champions
(and world rankings)
- 1986 - DJ Cheese (1st)
- 1987 - Joe Rodriguez (3rd)
- 1988 - DJ Cash Money (1st)
- 1989 - DJ Alladin (2nd)
- 1990 - Baby G
- 1991 - DJ QBert (2nd)
- 1992 - Rocksteady DJs (Mix Master Mike, DJ QBert, and DJ Apollo)(1st)
- 1993 - DJ Rectangle (3rd)
- 1994 - ?
- 1995 - Grandmaster Roc Raida (1st) - X-Ecutioners
- 1996 - DJ Swamp
- 1997 - DJ Slyce
- 1998 - DJ Craze (1st) - Allies Crew
- 1999 - DJ P-Trix (3rd)
- 2000 - DJ Klever - Allies Crew
- 2001 - DJ Klever (2nd)
- 2002 - DJ Perseus
- 2003 - DJ Enferno (2nd)
- 2004 - ie.Merg (1st)
- 2005 - DJ Kico (3rd)
- 2006 - Fred Funk
- 2007 - DJ Precision
- 2008 - DJ Slyce (2nd) - Returns to DMC 9 years later.
- 2009 - DJ Shiftee (1st)
- 2010 - E-Tronik
- 2011 - DJ Vajra (1st)
Battle for World Supremacy Champions
- 2000 - Kodh (France)
- 2001 - Netik (France)
- 2002 - Netik (France)
- 2003 - Tigerstyle (UK) - Also won Allies Beatdown and ITF Advancement titles in the same year
- 2004 - Akakabe (Japan)
- 2005 - Pro Zeiko (Germany) - Won 2 ITF titles later in the year
- 2006 - Coma (Japan)
- 2007 - DJ Shiftee (USA)
- 2008 - DJ Switch (UK)
- 2009 - DJ Switch (UK)
- 2010 - DJ Switch (UK)
- 2011 - DJ Nelson (France)
Battle For Supremacy (UK) Champions
(and world rankings)
- 2000 - Skully (2nd)
- 2001 - Madcut
- 2002 - Richie Ruftone
- 2003 - Tigerstyle (1st)
- 2004 - Silk Kuts (2nd)
- 2005 - Matman
- 2006 - DJ Switch - youngest UK champion of any category aged 17
- 2007 - DJ Switch
- 2008 - DJ Switch (1st)
- 2009 - DJ Rasp - Also won UK I.D.A. title later that year
- 2010 - Deceptakut
- 2011 - DJ Rasp
Battle For Supremacy (US) Champions
- 2000 - Supa Dave
- 2001 - Klever
- 2002 - Kico
- 2003 - ie.Merg
- 2004 - ie.Merg
- 2005 - I-Dee
- 2006 - Etronik
- 2007 - DJ Shiftee
- 2008 - SPS
- 2009 - Supreme
- 2010 - Solo
- 2011 - Fascinate
World Team Champions
- 1999 - Scratch Perverts (UK) - Prime Cuts, Tony Vegas, Mr Thing, First Rate
- 2000 - The Allies (USA/Canada) - Craze, A Trak
- 2001 - Perverted Allies (USA/Canada/UK) - Prime Cuts, Tony Vegas, Craze, Infamous
- 2002 - Birdy Nam Nam (France) - Crazy B, Need, Lil Mike, Pone - Now releasing album material past their self-titled debut
- 2003 - C2C (France) - Pfel, Atom, Greem, 20Syl
- 2004 - C2C (France)
- 2005 - C2C (France)
- 2006 - C2C (France)
- 2007 - Kireek (Japan) - Hi-C, Yasa
- 2008 - Kireek (Japan)
- 2009 - Kireek (Japan)
- 2010 - Kireek (Japan)
- 2011 - Kireek (Japan) - The first team of wins 5 world championships in a row.
UK Team Champions
(and world rankings)
- 1999 - The En4cers/Scratch Perverts (1st)
- 2000 - The Mixologists (3rd)
- 2001 - The Mixologists (2nd)
- 2002 - Flaredycats
- 2003 - Truesicians
- 2004 - The Disablists
- 2005 - The Disablists (3rd)
- 2006 - The Disablists (2nd)
- 2007 - The Disablists
- 2008 - Bionic Stylus
- 2009 - Bionic Stylus (3rd)
- 2010 - Bionic Stylus (3rd)
- 2011 - Bionic Stylus (3rd)
US Team Champions
- 1999 - The Allies
- 2000 - The Allies
- 2001 - Superfriends
- 2002 - Evolution DJs
- 2003 - Evolution DJs
- 2004 - Evolution DJs
- 2005 - Battle-Star
- 2006 - Animal Crackers
- 2007 - ?
- 2008 - Angry EXs
- 2009 - Battle-Star
- 2010 - Battle-Star
- 2011 - Battle-Star
DMC Hall of Fame inductees
- 1996 - DJ Cheese
- 1997 - Cash Money
- 1998 - DJ Qbert & Mix Master Mike
- 1999 - Roc Raida
- 2000 - Chad Jackson
- 2001 - Cutmaster Swift
- 2002 - DJ David
- 2003 - DJ Craze
- 2004 - Roger Johnson
- 2005 - Tony Prince
- 2006 - DJ Kentaro
- 2007 - Scratch Perverts
- 2008 - DJ Noize
- 2009 - A-Trak
- 2010 - C2C
- 2011 - Plus One
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