The results for 2019’s Top 100 DJs Poll are in and the winners have been announced. In a shakeup at the top, Belgian brothers and Tomorrowland residents, Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike have been voted the World’s No.1 DJ for the second time, after previously winning the award back in 2015 and becoming the first duo to take the top spot.
DJ Mag’s Top 100 DJs poll provides a global perspective of the electronic music scene’s biggest names. During a three-year period of dominance by Dutch DJ/producer Martin Garrix, brothers Dimitri & Mike maintained constant pressure by holding down the #2 position before reclaiming their title as the World’s No.1 DJs in this year’s edition of the poll.
Year-on-year the global reach of the poll continues to grow. The voting tally for the 2019 campaign attracted more than 1.3 million votes from 179 countries, ensuring the Top 100 DJs poll continues to be the largest publicly voted music poll on the planet.
Receiving the award during Amsterdam Dance Event (ADE). Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike took to the stage at the DJ Mag Top 100 DJs Awards ceremony in association with the Amsterdam Music Festival (AMF), an initiative of ALDA Events and ID&T, in front of 40,000 fans at the Johan Cruijff Arena.
Familiar with large-scale stadium shows and having traced these hallowed steps before, Dimitri & Mike marked this win as one of the sweetest victories in their esteemed careers: “Winning this award back in 2015 was incredible, truly mesmerizing, but this time around it means so much more because as artists, as a family, as a scene, we’ve grown so much and the journey since the last time we were here has taken us on to bigger and bolder projects. Having the fans with us every step of the way is amazing, so to once again be voted by them as their World No.1 DJs means everything to us!”
Over the last few years the award-winning brothers have left an historical mark on the electronic music scene at large. From their position as ambassadors of Tomorrowland, playing a part in the incredible rise of the Belgian event that saw 400,000 revellers celebrate Tomorrowland’s 15 anniversary, to their omnipresent position in music charts and streaming platforms. With an all-star line-up on one of the biggest songs of the summer, the platinum award-winning ‘Instagram’, with David Guetta and Afro Bros, saw the brothers work with two of the biggest reggaeton names in the world, Daddy Yankee and Natti Natasha and crushing charts worldwide. While previously working with artists like Wiz Khalifa, Gucci Mane, Diplo, Snoop Dogg, Martin Garrix and even Hans Zimmer – the brothers collected 4 Billboard Dance #1s amongst countless gold and platinum awards.
Throw in setting up their own eSports organisation, doing the soundtrack and getting an own playable character in the latest instalment of the Mortal Kombat game franchise, a mammoth season at Ushuaïa Ibiza with their Garden of Madness night, as well as their run of end of year homecoming arena shows with ‘Garden of Madness’ in Belgium (that sees 80,000 people join every year), New York and the UK, plus one-off shows at the Italian Formula 1, UEFA Champions League Final and a gargantuan run of continent hopping tour dates, it’s not hard to see what may have encouraged their worldwide army of fans to back their favourite DJs this year.
“It’s a fascinating poll this year, with a new No.1, lots of movement in the top ten, and more house and techno DJs in the Top 100 than for many years. The poll itself demonstrates that the global scene is still in rude health, and the international feel of it is stronger than ever.” – Martin Carvell, Managing Director, DJ Magazine
2019 DJ Mag Top 100 DJs
| 1 | Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike | The World’s No.1 DJs | Up 1 |
| 2 | Martin Garrix | Down 1 | |
| 3 | David Guetta | Up 2 | |
| 4 | Armin van Buuren | Highest Trance | Non-mover |
| 5 | Marshmello | Up 5 | |
| 6 | Don Diablo | Highest Future House | Up 1 |
| 7 | Oliver Heldens | Up 2 | |
| 8 | Tiësto | Down 2 | |
| 9 | Afrojack | Down 1 | |
| 10 | Steve Aoki | Up 1 | |
| 11 | Alok | Up 2 | |
| 12 | Hardwell | Down 9 | |
| 13 | Timmy Trumpet | Up 20 | |
| 14 | R3HAB | Down 2 | |
| 15 | KSHMR | Up 3 | |
| 16 | DJ Snake | Up 8 | |
| 17 | Eric Prydz | Up 3 | |
| 18 | W&W | Down 4 | |
| 19 | Calvin Harris | Up 21 | |
| 20 | Lost Frequencies | Down 3 | |
| 21 | Skrillex | Highest Bass | Non-mover |
| 22 | Above & Beyond | Up 29 | |
| 23 | DVBBS | Down 7 | |
| 24 | Nervo | Up 3 | |
| 25 | Quintino | Non-mover | |
| 26 | The Chainsmokers | Up 5 | |
| 27 | Alan Walker | Up 9 | |
| 28 | Vinai | Down 2 | |
| 29 | Headhunterz | Highest Hard | Down 1 |
| 30 | Fedde Le Grand | Down 8 | |
| 31 | Vini Vici | Up 3 | |
| 32 | Ummet Ozcan | Down 9 | |
| 33 | Angerfist | Down 4 | |
| 34 | Bassjackers | Down 4 | |
| 35 | Carl Cox | Highest Techno | Up 18 |
| 36 | Blasterjaxx | Up 1 | |
| 37 | Nicky Romero | Up 6 | |
| 38 | Wolfpack | Down 3 | |
| 39 | ATB | Up 10 | |
| 40 | KURA | Down 1 | |
| 41 | Danny Avila | Down 3 | |
| 42 | Swedish House Mafia | Up 21 | |
| 43 | Tujamo | Up 3 | |
| 44 | Alison Wonderland | Highest Climber | Up 52 |
| 45 | Martin Jensen | Up 9 | |
| 46 | Cat Dealers | Up 2 | |
| 47 | Vintage Culture | Down 28 | |
| 48 | Adam Beyer | Up 31 | |
| 49 | Mariana BO | Up 19 | |
| 50 | Zedd | Down 6 | |
| 51 | MATTN | Up 21 | |
| 52 | Kygo | Down 20 | |
| 53 | Claptone | Highest House | Up 4 |
| 54 | Mike Williams | Up 12 | |
| 55 | Diego Miranda | Down 5 | |
| 56 | Yves V | Re-entry | |
| 57 | Will Sparks | Down 1 | |
| 58 | Steve Angello | Non-mover | |
| 59 | Ferry Corsten | Up 16 | |
| 60 | Nina Kraviz | Up 37 | |
| 61 | Alesso | Down 16 | |
| 62 | Breathe Carolina | Up 15 | |
| 63 | FISHER | Highest New Entry | New Entry |
| 64 | Illenium | New Entry | |
| 65 | Deorro | Up 24 | |
| 66 | Richie Hawtin | Down 5 | |
| 67 | Diplo | Down 25 | |
| 68 | Da Tweekaz | Up 8 | |
| 69 | Miss K8 | Down 4 | |
| 70 | 3 Are Legend | New Entry | |
| 71 | deadmau5 | Down 12 | |
| 72 | Carta | Up 1 | |
| 73 | Carl Nunes | Up 26 | |
| 74 | Charlotte de Witte | New Entry | |
| 75 | Warface | Re-entry | |
| 76 | Cedric Gervais | Up 11 | |
| 77 | Yellow Claw | Down 30 | |
| 78 | Lucas & Steve | Up 14 | |
| 79 | Andy C | Highest Drum & Bass | Up 11 |
| 80 | Peggy Gou | New Entry | |
| 81 | Deniz Koyu | Down 3 | |
| 82 | Robin Schulz | Down 22 | |
| 83 | Vicetone | Re-entry | |
| 84 | Tom & Collins | New Entry | |
| 85 | Boris Brejcha | New Entry | |
| 86 | Marco Carola | Non-mover | |
| 87 | Paul van Dyk | Down 32 | |
| 88 | Solardo | New Entry | |
| 89 | Thomas Gold | Re-entry | |
| 90 | Black Coffee | Re-entry | |
| 91 | Paul Kalkbrenner | Up 4 | |
| 92 | Daddy’s Groove | Down 12 | |
| 93 | Julian Jordan | Re-entry | |
| 94 | Rave Republic | Up 4 | |
| 95 | Sub Zero Project | New Entry | |
| 96 | D.O.D | New Entry | |
| 97 | Henri PFR | New Entry | |
| 98 | Florian Picasso | Down 36 | |
| 99 | Swanky Tunes | Down 28 | |
| 100 | Solomun | Down 9 |
