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Top 100 History
The first
Top 100 DJs
Poll open to public voting was held in
1997.
Before
this , DJ mag's
Poll
was intermittent ,
and only people
in the
dance music
industry
contributed towards
a
candidate shortlist.
Back in
1997, DJ mag
.com didn't
exist,so all
votes
came in the post.
Altogether,about
700
people
voted inTop 100
DJs
poll in 1997.
In
1998 they started
accepting
votes by
email ,
opening up the
Poll
to many more
international
oters.
The
amount of votes
received
more than
trebbled , but Carl
Cox
was
still crowned
people's
champion for
the
second time in a
row.
In 1999 ,
there were
31 new entries
. Only
four
women made it
into
the whole Poll. The
2000
Poll was the first
time
that Dutch
superstar
DJ Tiësto
featured (at
number24)
In 2001 , votes came
in from
50 countries.
Over
500 DJ `s were
nominated , and the top
25
garnered almost
60% of
the vote.
In 2002, the vote was
up by 20%
on 2001,
with
38,481 dance
music fans taking
part
around
the world.
Votes
came in from
65
countries.
In 2003 , there were
61,529 votes
, up 50%
on 2002's total .
Votes
were
received from
120
countries around
the
world.
Source: djmag.com
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