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1. Armin van Buuren - Finally five years after entering the TOP10 of Dj Mag TOP 100 Djs poll, Armin van Buuren has been crowned the world’s number 1 Dj.
2. Tiësto - After winning three years in a row before losing his crown to Paul van Dyk last year, Tiësto once again came close to lifting the number 1 title.
3. John Digweed - He is well accustomed to long journeys. That’s largely a function of his globetrotting lifestyle of course, something he’s more than happy to talk about when Dj Mag tracks him down at Dallas airport.
4. Paul van Dyk - From the intense production involved in the album "In Between", the artist album he’s been perfecting for the last three years, to the high-energy live sets at the world’s biggest dance festivals, it’s been an exceedingly busy year for Paul van Dyk.
5. Sasha - It’s been a period of change for him. One of the world’s most widely traveled Djs, he cut back on his club activities during the first half of the year to spend more time in his studio in New York.
6. Above & Beyond - Their vault from innovative trance trio to globe-trotting Dj superstars is now complete.
7. Carl Cox - "Over the years, people have got used to labeling me a techno Dj," reckons Carl Cox. "But I’ve been a drum & bass Dj, a house Dj, a hardcore Dj, a soul Dj, some called me a trance Dj in my F.A.C.T. days. I just try not to be pigeon-holed."
8. Ferry Corsten - Architect, pioneer, instigator, refer to him anyway you want. Ferry was unquestionably the man behind 1999’s great Dutch Trance breakout, splitting the door wide open with "Out of the blue, Carte Blanche" and "Gouryella".
9. Infected Mushroom - Just two years after breaking into the Top 100 as one of the highest new entries in history, the boundary busting psy-trance overlords have finally smashed their way into the elusive number. Infected Mushroom, Amit ‘Duvdev’ Duvdevani and Erez Eizen, are Top 10 gunners at last.
10. David Guetta - Despite spinning from the age of 17 in various Parisian venues and now onto his third artist album, this was nevertheless the year that David Guetta really became a household name in house music.
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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
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