DJ Magazine

*DJ Magazine*
February 2012 cover
Editor	Magazine: Ben Murphy DJMagTV: David Eserin
Categories	Music, technology, nightlife, style
Frequency	Monthly
First issue	1991
Company	Thrust Publishing
Country	UK
Language	English
Website	djmag.com
ISSN	0951-5143

DJ Magazine (also known as DJ Mag) is a British monthly magazine dedicated to electronic dance music and DJs.^[1] Founded 31 January 1991, the magazine is translated monthly to Portuguese, Polish (since June 2010),^[2] Ukrainian, Lithuanian, Chinese, Bulgarian, Spanish, French, German, Italian and Dutch.^[3]

DJ Mag Canada, launched in partnership with IHM Media Group in January 2012 and publishes exclusive Canadian content. IHM Media Group also publishes DJ Mag Caribe and DJ Mag Australia.

DJ Blackbook

In January 2008, the magazine created the DJ Blackbook which is a database of DJs, producers and promoters. It was released online and in a printed version with over 10000 contacts.ыв фвФЫВ фВ ф ВФАафВа

DJ Mag Top 100 Polls

The magazine publishes two annual "Top 100" lists, one for DJs since 1991 and one for nightclubs.English DJ Danny Rampling was the first winner of this award,^[4] Smokin Jo is the only female DJ to win this award (voted by the magazine) ^[5]^[6]^[7] and Armin van Buuren currently holds the record of most overall wins with five and a record four consecutively. As of 2010 both polls are based on a public vote. Trackitdown.net formed a collaboration with the 2008 DJ poll, saying "By offering each voter a free track to download from our catalogue of 350,000 titles from over 10,000 labels, we can demonstrate how easy it is to find your favourite electronic music legally."^[8] The awards party for the poll has traditionally been hosted at the Ministry of Sound nightclub in London. For the 2011 poll, the event was hosted outside of the UK for the first time in its history, being staged at the 2011's edition of the Amsterdam dance event. The 2012 and 2013 award shows were both held on 19 October at the same event.^[9]^[10] Until 2002, the top three had consisted of at least one British DJ, since the same year at least one Dutch DJ has featured in the top three.

Notes's 1: The Magazine's editorial staff and journalists ranked the worlds top 100 DJ's between 1991 and 1996 this format was changed so that the awards have been since based on the Magazine's annual readership Poll.

Top 100 list's controversies and criticism

It has been suggested that some DJ's pay for their place on this list, a recent article that appeared in the US edition of the Huffington Post explores this claim its journalist Kevin Yu featured an article in July 2013 entitled DJMag Top 100 (Marketable) DJs in it he states that "Over the past few years, DJ Mag has been criticized that the list is not a true representation of their skills, but instead the amount of money they can put towards "marketing." the article goes further "EDM is growing in popularity, this only means that more businesses are monetizing from this growth. There's been an increase in new mega clubs across the country including Hakkasan in Vegas and Create Nightclub in Los Angeles. Electronic Music Festivals are getting bigger and better every single year. How does $35 million dollars in production cost sound? That's the amount that one of the largest music festivals (Electric Daisy Carnival) put towards their production costs. And sadly enough, there are agencies that "help" DJs get a higher ranking on the DJ Mag Top 100 list." supporting this claim English DJ Gareth Emery speaking in the same article stated that he "Just took a bizarre unsolicited phone call from a publicity company who help DJs promote themselves for the Top 100 poll, who told me I should be aware one of my 'competitors' (as she put it) was spending $15,000 on Twitter advertising alone, and unless I got on that sort of level, I would find it 'hard to compete'. Obviously not going to say who the DJ was, but I was nearly sick in my mouth" Yu asks "Has the DJMag list transformed into a popularity contest or is it still a resemblance of the DJs talent?".^[11] Controversial DJ Deadmau5 known for voicing opinions has suggested that it's not about mixing talent anymore in a feature that appeared in NME in 2012 he accused the DJ David Guetta of "Just turning up and pressing play" and that Guetta's live shows are "lacking skill and rely on pre-programmed music".^[12] The list has also been criticized for not including a more balanced reflection of artists from other Electronic dance music styles and showing ranking's based on less commercial mainstream DJ's. A feature in the The Guardian in 2010 by the journalist Ben Child entitled "What does DJ Mag's top 100 poll tell us about UK dance music? Not much" explores this further in it Child's reflects on the poll conducted that year "What's surprising, at least to those of us who don't enjoy the more mainstream genres, is the paucity of artists from outside the house and trance scenes in the top 100. This has pretty much always been the case, with the odd Drum 'N' Bass or Breakbeat acts occasionally making it into the lower reaches in years gone by, but this year's situation is particularly extreme. There is just one artist Andy C whose music is not based on the standard four-to-the-floor beat pattern adopted by mainstream dance music in the top 100 - and he has been around for more than a decade and a half.^[13]"

DJ Magazine Top Lists

Year	1st	2nd	3rd
DJ Mag top DJs voted by the Magazine
1991	Danny Rampling	unspecified	unspecified
1992	Smokin Jo	unspecified	unspecified
1993	Aba Shanti-I ^[14]	Alfredo	Stu Allan
1995	Judge Jules ^[15]	unspecified	unspecified
1996	Carl Cox^[16]	unspecified	unspecified

Year	1st	2nd	3rd
DJ Mag top DJs voted by the Magazines Readers
1997	Carl Cox	Paul Oakenfold	Sasha
1998	Paul Oakenfold	Carl Cox	Judge Jules
1999	Paul Oakenfold	Carl Cox	Sasha
2000	Sasha	Paul Oakenfold	John Digweed
2001	John Digweed	Sasha	Danny Tenaglia
2002	Tiësto	Sasha	John Digweed
2003	Tiësto	Paul Van Dyk	Armin Van Buuren
2004	Tiësto	Paul Van Dyk	Armin Van Buuren
2005	Paul Van Dyk	Tiësto	Armin Van Buuren
2006	Paul Van Dyk	Armin Van Buuren	Tiësto
2007	Armin Van Buuren	Tiësto	John Digweed
2008	Armin Van Buuren	Tiësto	Paul Van Dyk
2009	Armin Van Buuren	Tiësto	David Guetta
2010	Armin Van Buuren	David Guetta	Tiësto
2011	David Guetta	Armin Van Buuren	Tiësto
2012	Armin Van Buuren	Tiësto	Avicii
2013	Hardwell	Armin Van Buuren	Avicii
2014	Hardwell	Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike	Armin Van Buuren

World's Best Nightclubs

Year	1st	2nd	3rd
DJ Mag top Clubs
2008	Fabric	Space	Amnesia
2009	Berghain	Fabric	Space
2010	Sankeys	Fabric	Amnesia
2011	Space	Fabric	Green Valley
2012	Space	Green Valley	Pacha
2013	Green Valley	Space	Pacha
2014	Space	Green Valley	Pacha

Top 100 DJs 2014

Awards as given by DJ Mag

Place	Name	Nationality
1	Hardwell
2	Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike
3	Armin Van Buuren *Highest Trance DJ
4	Martin Garrix
5	Tiësto
6	Avicii
7	David Guetta
8	Nicky Romero
9	Skrillex
10	Steve Aoki
11	Calvin Harris
12	Afrojack
13	Blasterjaxx
14	Dash Berlin
15	Alesso
16	deadmau5
17	Showtek
18	W&W
19	Deorro *Highest New Entry
20	DVBBS
21	Nervo
22	Zedd
23	R3hab
24	Andrew Rayel
25	Above & Beyond
26	Steve Angello *Highest House DJ
27	Dyro
28	Aly & Fila
29	Axwell
30	Dannic
31	Ummet Ozcan *Highest Climber
32	Diplo
33	Krewella
34	Oliver Heldens
35	Fedde Le Grand
36	Vicetone
37	Angerfist *Highest Hardstyle DJ^[17]
38	Paul van Dyk
39	Sebastian Ingrosso
40	Headhunterz
41	Borgore
42	Kura
43	Daft Punk
44	Markus Schulz
45	Frontliner
46	Kaskade
47	Brennan Heart
48	Coone
49	Infected Mushroom
50	Laidback Luke
51	Sander van Doorn
52	Dada Life
53	Knife Party
54	Dillon Francis
55	Yves V
56	Firebeatz
57	Porter Robinson
58	ATB
59	Carl Cox *Highest Techno DJ
60	Eric Prydz
61	Gabry Ponte
62	VINAI
63	MAKJ
64	Radical Redemption
65	DJ Snake
66	Da Tweekaz
67	Noisecontrollers
68	Carnage
69	Cosmic Gate
70	Diego Miranda
71	Zatox
72	Quentin Mosimann
73	Tenishia
74	Gareth Emery
75	Umek
76	Tiddey
77	Zomboy
78	DJ Bl3nd
79	Orjan Nilsen
80	TJR
81	3LAU
82	Don Diablo
83	Madeon
84	Wolfpack
85	Mike Candys
86	Quintino
87	Borgeous
88	Audien
89	Boy George
90	Richie Hawtin
91	Ferry Corsten
92	Code Black
93	Heatbeat
94	Merk & Kremont
95	Wildstylez
96	Bingo Players
97	The Chainsmokers
98	John O' Callaghan
99	Arty
100	Felguk

Top 150 DJs 2014 (#101-150)

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Place	Name	Nationality
101	Gunz For Hire
102	FTampa
103	Swedish House Mafia
104	Psyko Punkz
105	Ran-D
106	DJs from Mars
107	Frequencerz
108	Omnia
109	Danny Ávila
110	D-Block & S-te-Fan
111	Adaro
112	E Force
113	Wasted Penguinz
114	Disclosure
115	Tritonal
116	Atmozfears
117	Yellow Claw
118	Tchami
119	Chuckie
120	Bassjackers
121	Hazem Beltagui
122	Twoloud
123	Bobina
124	DJ Antoine
125	Skazi
126	Will Sparks
127	Simon Patterson
128	Alok
129	Miss K8
130	Tom Swoon
131	Mastiksoul
132	Adventure Club
133	Pegboard Nerds
134	Paul Oakenfold
135	Marlo
136	Juicy M
137	Angger Dimas
138	Mat Zo
139	Flume
140	Digital Punk
141	Carl Nunes
142	Deep Voices
143	Crypsis
144	Seven Lions
145	Tommy Trash
146	Minus Militia
147	Mark with a K
148	Benny Benassi
149	Jamie Jones
150	Bassnectar