“My guess is that if the DJ Mag top 100 Poll is of utmost importance to you ,then I am also assuming your choice of top DJ’s was pretty accurate.”

So the famous or infamous DJ Mag Top 100 Poll results were announced last week. With Many satisfied, many unconcerned and many in shock as David Guetta walked away with the tag of No 1 DJ in the World.1 place up from last year and Armin Van Buuren drops to 2nd. Their positioning in the top 100 rankings other than competitive popularity, merely decides your booking fee price.

NOTE, it is not called “The Best 100 DJ Poll” Top 100 is based purely on popularity through worldwide votes by anyone , Not on technical ability,Not on most innovative and Not on downloads or sales. DJ Mag Top 100 is more aimed at the mainstream followers. I personally and I speak for the Tech house, Minimal & Techno lovers swear by the Resident Advisor Poll as a more accurate or genuine Top 100,but tech house and the techno movement has gathered steam in the past years and it is still a popularity contest. I said it.

DJ’s like Ricardo Villalobos and Richie Hawtin who are ranked No1 and No 2 in the Resident Advisor top 100 poll, would not stand a chance against the likes of Tiesto and Armin Van Buuren who get more votes themselves than the whole of Resident advisors to 100. None of the DJ Mag’s top 45 feature in the Resident Advisor Top 100.

A thumbs up must go to S.A though as we have definitely been put on the map with 6 of the current Top 10 having been to SA in the past year, without mentioning the “lack of a better name” Deadmau5 who took 4th place. What we can take from the results is with David Guetta taking the top spot shows that house is slowly gaining more popularity than trance.

My guess is that if the DJ Mag top 100 Poll is of utmost importance to you ,then I am also assuming your choice of top DJ’s was pretty accurate.

A lot of cries for why are none of the best “underground” DJ’s in top 100.To be honest if I saw some of my favourite Producers in the top 20 it would break my heart.which is why if you have a big love or understanding of the underground music scene,then not seeing your favourites on the DJ Mag Poll is the beauty of the exclusive underground Artist’s When these popular big names are filling arena’s of 20 000 people there are probably 3 or 4 or 5 or 6 unknown DJ’s playing to a maximum of 100 people just around the corner and they are probably delivering music that will blow your mind ,or change your mind or quite possibly your life.Yep.

So congratulations to David Guetta No 1 voted DJ in the world (Applause), who has sold millions of albums and has about 20 or 30 thousand worldwide fans. Can’t fault him as he is living his dream and picking up some of the most prestigious accolades on the way.

I now look forward to the Resident Advisor Top 100 results to be announced, and I bet there won’t be too many unhappy music lovers.

WORDS: Dev Weitz