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{{Short description|British monthly magazine dedicated to electronic dance music and DJs}}
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{{Infobox magazine
| title = DJ Magazine
| logo = DJ Mag Logo 2024.svg
| image_file = DJ Mag May 2018 cover.webp
| image_size = 
| image_caption = Cover of the May 2018 issue, featuring [[Alan Walker]]
| category = Music, technology, [[nightlife]], [[Fashion|style]]
| based = London
| language = English
| frequency = Quarterly
| editor_title = Managing Director
| editor = Heath Holmes, 2023–present
| editor2 = Carl Loben, 2011–present
| company = Thrust Publishing Ltd
| country = UK
| founded = 1991
| firstdate = {{start date and age|df=yes|1991|5}}<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://djmag.com/news/dj-mag-celebrates-25-years-0|title=Dj Mag Celebrates 25 Years|date=27 April 2016}}</ref>
| website = {{URL|https://djmag.com/}}
| issn = 0951-5143
}}

'''''DJ Magazine''''' (also known as '''''DJ Mag''''') is a British monthly magazine dedicated to [[electronic dance music]] and DJs.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://djmag.com/about|title=About DJ Mag (History)|date=9 October 2012|publisher=DJ Magazine|access-date=5 July 2014}}</ref> Founded in 1991, the magazine is adapted for distribution in the United Kingdom, the United States, Spain, France, Italy, Latin America, China, South Korea, Brunei, Indonesia, India, Sri Lanka, Oman, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Germany, Canada, Russia, Belarus, and the Netherlands.

==History==
An earlier version of the magazine appeared towards the end of the 1980s when it was then known as ''Disc Jockey Magazine.'' The name was then changed to ''Jocks Magazine'',<ref name="DJ Mag 20 Years Retrospective">{{cite journal|title=20 Years of DJ Mag – A Retrospective|journal=DJ Mag|date=9 October 2012|url=https://djmag.com/content/20-years-dj-mag-retrospective|access-date=25 September 2017|language=en}}</ref> but the publication underwent re-branding shortly afterwards. After this process the first issue of ''DJ Magazine'' was launched in the middle of 1991;<ref name="DJ Mag 20 Years Retrospective"/> it was initially produced as weekly publication with Chris Mellor as its first editor.<ref name="DJ Mag 20 Years Retrospective"/> The magazine at this point was already the UK's top-selling disc jockey magazine and was widely regarded as one of the magazines of choice in the burgeoning house and rave music scenes.

The first edition featured artists such as [[Frankie Knuckles]] and the [[Ragga Twins]].<ref name="DJ Mag 20 Years Retrospective"/> In 1992, the magazine decided to switch to bi-weekly publishing due to increasing workload which would remain in place till 2008.<ref name="DJ Mag 20 Years Retrospective"/> During its first two years the editorial staff of the magazine voted for their DJ of the Year:<ref name="DJ Mag 20 Years Retrospective"/> initially this was a short list, however this was later expanded to become a Top 100 list that first appeared in the magazine's 100th edition on 21 October 1993.<ref name="DJ Mag 20 Years Retrospective"/>

In 1994, the band [[Underworld (band)|Underworld]] featured on the cover due in part to [[Dubnobasswithmyheadman|their breakthrough album]]. Other artists featured that year included established names such as [[Armand van Helden]], [[Erick Morillo]], but also breakthrough DJs such as [[DJ Rap]].<ref name="DJ Mag 20 Years Retrospective"/> By the summer of 1995, the magazine began to regularly feature [[Ibiza]] due its increasing popularity as a clubbing destination; the magazine also set-up stall at the [[Winter Music Conference]] held in Miami, United States.<ref name="DJ Mag 20 Years Retrospective"/> In 1997, the magazine featured new British house duo [[Basement Jaxx]] on its front page. Artists appearing on the cover of the magazine towards the end of the 1990s included [[Jeff Mills]], [[Deep Dish (band)|Deep Dish]], [[Orbital (band)|Orbital]], [[Laurent Garnier]], and [[Danny Tenaglia]].<ref name="DJ Mag 20 Years Retrospective"/>

In 1999, the magazine would feature DJs on its front page exploring the rise of [[Trance Music]]. The publication wrote extensively about the use of drugs and their prevalence within the dance music scene.<ref name="DJ Mag 20 Years Retrospective"/>

Beginning in late 2000, the magazine launched its first pilot website.<ref name="DJ Mag 20 Years Retrospective"/> By November 2000, Highbury House Communications had bought Nexus, the magazine's publisher, and the magazine moved its editorial offices to [[Kentish Town]], [[North London]]. In 2001 [[dance music]] journalist Lesley Wright, who was then editor of Scottish dance publication [[M8 magazine]] was hired to replace Chris Mellor as editor-in-chief after 10 years running the editorial staff.<ref name="DJ Mag 20 Years Retrospective"/>

In 2002, [[Fatboy Slim]] was featured in the July issue after his free event held in [[Brighton]], England attracted approximately 250,000 clubbers.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Chambers|first1=Suzanna|title=Chaos as 250,000 swamp Fatboy Slim beach party|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1401411/Chaos-as-250000-swamp-Fatboy-Slim-beach-party.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220112/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1401411/Chaos-as-250000-swamp-Fatboy-Slim-beach-party.html |archive-date=12 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|access-date=9 October 2017|date=14 July 2002}}{{cbignore}}</ref> In 2003 the parent company of the publication merged with the magazine publisher WVIP.<ref name="DJ Mag 20 Years Retrospective"/> From 2005 the magazine started to expand its publication overseas to include places like Central and South America, Germany, France and Spain.<ref name="DJ Mag 20 Years Retrospective"/> In 2006 the magazine was sold to [[Future plc]], one of the largest UK media companies.<ref name="completemusicupdate1">{{cite web|last1=Malt|first1=Andy|title=CMU: TGE 2017: New music media business models – DJ Mag {{!}} Complete Music Update|url=http://www.completemusicupdate.com/article/cmutge-2017-new-music-media-business-models-dj-mag/|website=completemusicupdate.com|publisher=Complete Music, 23 May 2017|access-date=25 September 2017|archive-date=2 January 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230102143918/https://completemusicupdate.com/article/cmutge-2017-new-music-media-business-models-dj-mag/|url-status=dead}}</ref> Since 2008 the title has been owned and operated by independent publishing company Thrust Publishing Ltd.{{Citation needed|date=June 2024}}

In 2011, the magazine was launched in the USA. After 10 years at the helm of the magazine, editor Lesley Wright left and was replaced by Carl Loben. In 2012 the publication switched production to a monthly format. Currently the owners of the publication are looking to expand into new markets through licensing deals in the Middle East, Australia, India, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam, Japan and China.<ref name="completemusicupdate1"/>

The current format for the magazine includes sections on dance music industry news, regular features, reviews covering clubs, EDM/dance music, technical equipment; it also includes current Top 100 lists as well as coverage of up and coming EDM events. DJ Mag runs a number of awards including its [[#Top 100 DJs|Top 100 DJ Poll]], [[#Top 100 Clubs|Top 100 Club Poll]], [[#Top 100 Festivals|Top 100 Festivals Poll]], [[#Best of British Awards|Best of British Awards]] and its Tech Awards.<ref name="completemusicupdate1"/>

==Current components==
DJ Magazine currently includes:<ref>{{cite web|title=DJ Mag: Overview|url=https://djmag.com/about|website=DJMag.com|publisher=Thrust Publishing Ltd, 2017|access-date=25 September 2017|language=en|date=9 October 2012}}</ref>
* DJ Mag – a quarterly print magazine featuring three cover stars per quarter, originally launched in 1991. It is currently published under licence by Thrust Publishing Ltd.
* djmag.com – the publications website launched in 2000.
* DJ Mag Ibiza – specialist printed magazine published in Ibiza Spain which has printed over 100,000 copies.
* Top 100 DJs Poll – the world's leading DJ poll, attracting a large number of voters per year and an estimated 10&nbsp;million people viewing the result of the poll when published.
* Top 100 Clubs Poll – a poll to determine the best clubs in the world. The poll was originally only open only for DJs to vote on it, but it became free for the public to vote on in 2010.
* Best of British Awards – an annual poll recognising the magazine and its readers' favourite British artists, venues and platforms each year.

==''Top 100 DJs''==

[[File:Top-100-DJs-2014-results-Hardwell-1.png|thumb|[[Hardwell]] holding his plaque after being crowned number one DJ in 2014.]]
[[File:David Guetta DJ Mag number 1 2020.jpg|thumb|[[David Guetta]] being crowned number 1 DJ for the second time in 2020]]

The magazine's biggest property is a public poll of the world's 100 most popular DJs. The poll attracted over one million votes in 2015, making it the world's biggest music poll.<ref name=":0">{{cite web|url=http://www.djmag.com/news/top-100-djs-analysis|title=TOP 100 DJS 2015: POLL ANALYSIS|website=DJMag|date=20 October 2015|access-date=14 March 2016}}</ref> [[Danny Rampling]] was the first to be named as the number one DJ in the world by the magazine's journalists in 1991.<ref name="Jazzybee Verlag">{{cite book|last1=Beck|first1=Jürgen|title=Living Legends – Die Enzyklopädie der besten DJs der Welt|date=2017|publisher=Jazzybee Verlag|isbn=9783849679743|page=153|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9j92DgAAQBAJ&q=Danny+Rampling+DJ+Magazine+No1+DJ&pg=PA153|language=de}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last1=Mannix|first1=Mike|title=Danny Rampling – Exclusive – Interview|url=http://iconicunderground.com/danny-rampling-exclusive-interview/|website=iconicunderground.com|publisher=Iconic Underground Magazine, 3 June 2017|access-date=24 September 2017|archive-date=24 September 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170924230339/http://iconicunderground.com/danny-rampling-exclusive-interview/|url-status=usurped}}</ref> In 1992 [[Smokin Jo]] was named the number one DJ by the magazine editors and is the only female DJ to have ever earned the top ranking.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Richards|first1=Grant|title=Smokin Jo – It is still hard for women to get in the so called big leagues, hard to say if now another female could achieve (DJ Mag Top 100) it as the top is all the EDM guys – Decoded Magazine|url=http://www.decodedmagazine.com/we-catch-up-with-smokin-jo-ahead-of-her-glitterbox-show/|website=Decoded Magazine|publisher=Decoded Magazine, London, 16 July 2015|access-date=25 September 2017|date=16 July 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last1=Harrison|first1=Angus|title=Calm Down: Paris Hilton Isn't the World's Biggest Female DJ|url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/calm-down-paris-hilton-isnt-the-worlds-biggest-female-dj/|website=Thump|date=18 March 2015 |publisher=Thump Magazine, 18 March 2015|access-date=25 September 2017|language=en-uk}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=8 November 2020|title=Charlotte de Witte wins DJ Mag Alternative Top 100 DJs 2020, Powered by Beatport|url=https://djmag.com/news/charlotte-de-witte-wins-alternative-top-100-djs-2020-powered-beatport|access-date=2 July 2021|website=DJMag.com}}</ref> In 1993 to celebrate the 100th edition of DJ Magazine,<ref name="20-years-dj-mag-retrospective">{{cite web|title=20-years-dj-mag-retrospective|url=https://djmag.com/content/20-years-dj-mag-retrospective|website=djmag.com|date=9 October 2012|publisher=DJ Magazine|access-date=27 October 2016}}</ref> the magazine introduced a Top 100 list that was still compiled by its staff until 1996. For the previous five years, the system for nominee selection and voting to determine the winners was similar to that of current [[Grammy Award]]s<ref>{{cite news|last1=McDonald|first1=Heather|title=Do You Know How Grammy Winners Are Picked?|url=https://www.thebalance.com/who-votes-for-the-grammy-awards-2460684|website=The Balance|publisher=The Balance Magazine, 14 October 2016|access-date=27 September 2017}}</ref> and the Brit Awards<ref>{{cite web|title=Voting Academy refreshed for 2017|url=http://www.brits.co.uk/news/voting-academy-refreshed-for-2017|website=BRIT Awards|publisher=The Brit Awards, 2017|access-date=27 September 2017|language=en}}</ref> in that dance music industry specialists (in this case music journalists) decided on who was nominated and who won the award. However, in 1997 the decision was taken by the publication to let the readers of the magazine decide who they thought was the world's top DJ, and in 1997 British DJ [[Carl Cox]] was the first winner of the Top 100 DJs Award by public vote. As of 2017, [[Fergie (DJ)|Fergie]] holds the record for the highest new entry in the poll's history, achieved when he placed 8th in 2000.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://fergiedj.com/#about|title=Fergie DJ – Nutter|website=fergiedj.com|language=en-US|access-date=15 June 2018}}</ref> Dutch DJs [[Armin van Buuren]] & [[Martin Garrix]] currently tie the record of most overall wins with five each.

The awards party for the poll was traditionally 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.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.trackitdown.net/news/show/105286.html|title=DJ Mag Top 100 DJs Poll 2012 Receives Record Number Of Votes|work=Trackitdown.net|access-date=20 June 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141217103314/http://www.trackitdown.net/news/show/105286.html|archive-date=17 December 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.amsterdam-dance-event.nl/program/2012/dj-mag-top-100-awards-show |title=DJ Mag Top 100 Awards Show – Friday 19 October – Program – Amsterdam Dance Event 2012 |publisher=Amsterdam-dance-event.nl |date=21 October 2018 |access-date=5 November 2018 }}{{Dead link|date=January 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> Up until 2002, the top three had consisted of at least one British DJ, since the next year (2003) at least two [[Dutch people|Dutch]] DJ's have featured in the top three. In 2015 the Top 100 DJs Awards Party took place as the headline moment of the [[Amsterdam Dance Event|Amsterdam Music Festival.]] Over 40,000 guests witnessed the crowning of 2015's winners [[Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike]].<ref name=":0" /> Following the Amsterdam event, the winning DJs were flown to London, where they performed to a sold out [[Brixton Academy]] for the Top 100 DJs London show.

Top 100 DJs is considered to be hugely important to DJs as an influencer of booking fees and their current level of popularity. DJs regularly campaign for votes, a process which is allowed by the magazine.<ref name=":1">{{cite web|url=http://www.djmag.com/content/10-things-you-should-know-about-top100djs|title=10 THINGS YOU SHOULD KNOW ABOUT #TOP100DJS|website=DJMag|date=23 October 2013|access-date=14 March 2016}}</ref> Dutch DJ [[Hardwell]] once did a skydive as part of his campaign video;<ref name="Hardwell">{{Citation|last=Hardwell|title=Hardwell Skydiving – The DJ MAG Bet|date=12 July 2014|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sXbWXMonA8M| archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211118/sXbWXMonA8M| archive-date=2021-11-18 | url-status=live|access-date=15 March 2016}}{{cbignore}}</ref> [[David Guetta]] regularly creates animated videos as part of his voting campaign; [[Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike]] released an exclusive mix to their fans as part of their 2015 campaign.<ref>{{Citation|last=Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike|title=Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike – DJMAG TOP 100 DJs Exclusive Mix – Smash The House Radio #16|date=15 July 2013|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g2Cmbzc-5mk| archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211118/g2Cmbzc-5mk| archive-date=2021-11-18 | url-status=live|access-date=15 March 2016}}{{cbignore}}</ref>

===Criticisms===
Top 100 DJs has been criticised as being heavily influenced by the marketing power of DJs, rather than their skill or ability. An article that appeared on the US section of the ''[[Huffington Post]]'' in July 2013, entitled "DJMag Top 100 (Marketable) DJs", explores this claim.<ref name = "djmag huff" /> Its author, Kevin Yu, stated 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". Yu asked, "Has the DJMag list transformed into a popularity contest or is it still a resemblance of the DJs talent?".<ref name = "djmag huff">{{cite web|last1=Yu|first1=Kevin|title=DJ Mag Top 100 (Marketable) DJs|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/kevin-yu/djmag-top-100-marketable-_b_3660428.html|date=26 July 2013|work=HuffPost|access-date=8 March 2015}}</ref>

The list has also been criticised for not including a more balanced reflection of artists from other [[electronic dance music]] styles and showing rankings based on less commercial mainstream DJs. A feature in ''[[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, noting that: <blockquote>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 and bass|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 on the floor (music)|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.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Child|first1=Ben|title=What does DJ Mag's top 100 poll tell us about UK dance music? Not much|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/musicblog/2010/oct/29/dj-mag-top-100-buuren|date=29 October 2010|work=The Guardian|access-date=8 March 2015}}</ref></blockquote>

In 2021, fans expressed their displeasure with the ranking by promoting a fake DJ in the DJ Mag Top 100 list.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://edm.com/news/redditors-rally-behind-fake-dj-to-disrupt-dj-mag-top-100-list | title="Thicc Booty McSpin Daddy": Redditors Rally Behind Fake Artist to Disrupt DJ Mag's Top 100 List | date=16 September 2021 }}</ref> The ranking perceived biases have also left fans in other cities asking why their clubs were no longer amongst the top ranked clubs.

===Results===
''DJ Magazine's Top 100 DJs'' is an annual poll run by DJ Magazine to decide the worlds number one DJ. The poll started in 1991 and for first two years the magazine's journalists selected their top 100 DJs of the year.<ref>{{cite web|title=DJ Mag Top 100 Poll Turns 20, Voting for 2017 Begins {{!}} The Nocturnal Times|url=http://www.thenocturnaltimes.com/dj-mag-top-100-poll-turns-20-voting-2017-begins/|website=thenocturnaltimes.com|date=5 July 2017|publisher=Nocturnal Times Magazine, 5 July 2017|access-date=25 September 2017}}</ref> 1993 saw the poll expand to a top 100 poll where the journalists would decide their top 100 DJs in the world.<ref name="20-years-dj-mag-retrospective"/> In 1997, the magazine opened the top 100 list to a public vote which has remained the used format to this day.{{Citation needed|date=June 2024}}

====1991–1996====
{| class="wikitable" style="margin-left:1em;"
|-
| colspan="6" style="background:#ddd; padding-left:5px;" |'''Top 3 DJs – Voted by DJ Magazine'''
|-
! style="width:45px;" |Year
! style="width:200px;" |1st
! style="width:200px;" |2nd
! style="width:200px;" |3rd
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
| style="text-align:center;" |1991
| style="padding-left:4px;" | [[Danny Rampling]]
| style="padding-left:4px;" | [[Graeme Park (DJ)|Graeme Park]] 
| style="padding-left:5px;" | [[Mike Pickering]]
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
| style="text-align:center;" |1992
| style="padding-left:4px;" | [[Smokin Jo]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Artist:Smokin Jo Biography|url=http://www.djguide.nl/djinfo.p?djid=790|year=2013|work=DJ Guide on-line Magazine|access-date=28 October 2013}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-02-26 |title=Clubs: Jo's Back on Track" - Birmingham Evening Mail (England), October 15, 2004 {{!}} Online Research Library: Questia Reader |url=https://www.questia.com/read/1G1-123252511/clubs-jo-s-back-on-track |access-date=2024-02-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190226111247/https://www.questia.com/read/1G1-123252511/clubs-jo-s-back-on-track |archive-date=26 February 2019 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Smokin Jo Talks|url=http://www.theransomnote.co.uk/music/interviews/smokin-jo-talks/|website=2014|publisher=The Ransome Note Music Magazine|access-date=27 February 2015|archive-date=15 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160315120607/http://www.theransomnote.co.uk/music/interviews/smokin-jo-talks/|url-status=dead}}</ref>
| style="padding-left:4px;" {{n/a|unknown}}
| style="padding-left:5px;" {{n/a|unknown}}
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
| style="text-align:center;" |1993
| style="padding-left:4px;" | [[Aba Shanti-I]]<ref>{{cite web|last1=Cunningham|first1=Katie|title=You won't believe who's on the 1993 DJ Mag Top 100|url=http://inthemix.junkee.com/you-wont-believe-whos-on-the-1993-dj-mag-top-100/21510|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151116014753/http://inthemix.junkee.com/you-wont-believe-whos-on-the-1993-dj-mag-top-100/21510|url-status=dead|archive-date=16 November 2015|website=inthemix.junkee.com|publisher=In the Mix Junkie Webzine, 31 October 2013|access-date=27 October 2016}}</ref><ref name="auto">{{Cite web|title=DJ Mag Top 100 DJs 1993 – EDM-News|url=http://edm-news.com/2013/11/dj-mag-top-100-djs-1993.html|access-date=13 October 2020|language=en-US}}</ref>
| style="padding-left:4px;" | [[Alfredo Fiorito|Alfredo]]<ref name="auto"/>
| style="padding-left:5px;" | [[Stu Allan]]<ref name="auto"/>
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
| style="text-align:center;" |1994 
| style="padding-left:5px;" {{n/a|unknown}}
| style="padding-left:4px;" {{n/a|unknown}}
| style="padding-left:5px;" {{n/a|unknown}}
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
| style="text-align:center;" |1995
| style="padding-left:4px;" | [[Judge Jules]]<ref>{{cite book|last1=Gregory|first1=Andy|title=The International Who's Who in Popular Music 2002|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gZIjT8PgJMEC&q=dj+magazine+top+club+1995&pg=PA267|year=2002|publisher=Psychology Press|edition=4th|page=267|isbn=9781857431612|access-date=7 March 2015}}</ref>
| style="padding-left:4px;" {{n/a|unknown}}
| style="padding-left:5px;" {{n/a|unknown}}
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
| style="text-align:center;" |1996
| style="padding-left:4px;" | [[Carl Cox]]<ref>{{cite web |last1=Williams |first1=Melysa |title=DJ Mag Top 100 flashback: Carl Cox goes back to back |url=http://djmag.ca/blog/2014/07/08/dj-mag-top-100-flashback-carl-cox/ |date=June 2014 |publisher=DJ Mag |access-date=25 March 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140727165820/http://www.djmag.ca/blog/2014/07/08/dj-mag-top-100-flashback-carl-cox/ |archive-date=27 July 2014}}</ref>
| style="padding-left:4px;" {{n/a|unknown}}
| style="padding-left:5px;" {{n/a|unknown}}
|}

====1997–present====

{| class="wikitable" style="margin-left:1em;"
|-
| colspan="7" style="background:#ddd; padding-left:5px;" |'''Top 5 DJs – Voted publicly through magazine'''
|-
! style="width:45px;" |Year
! style="width:200px;" |1st
! style="width:200px;" |2nd
! style="width:200px;" |3rd
! style="width:200px;" |4th
! style="width:200px;" |5th
! {{abbr|Ref.|Reference}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;" |1997
| style="padding-left:4px;" |  [[Carl Cox]]<ref>{{cite web|last1=Whitehurst|first1=Andrew|title=HALL OF FAME: CARL COX|url=https://djmag.com/content/hall-fame-carl-cox|website=DJMag.com|publisher=DJ Magazine, 21 November 2013|access-date=26 September 2017|language=en|date=21 November 2013}}</ref>
| style="padding-left:4px;" | [[Paul Oakenfold]]
| style="padding-left:5px;" | [[Sasha (DJ)|Sasha]]
| style="padding-left:6px;" | [[Judge Jules]]
| style="padding-left:7px;" | [[Tony De Vit]]
|<ref>{{Cite web |date=2006-10-20 |title=DJmag.com: DJ Magazine's Top 100 DJs 1997 Results |url=http://www.djmag.com/top_100_results10.php |access-date=2024-09-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061020171724/http://www.djmag.com/top_100_results10.php |archive-date=20 October 2006 }}</ref>
|-
| style="text-align:center;" |1998
| style="padding-left:4px;" | [[Paul Oakenfold]]
| style="padding-left:4px;" | [[Carl Cox]]
| style="padding-left:5px;" | [[Judge Jules]]
| style="padding-left:6px;" | [[Pete Tong]]
| style="padding-left:7px;" | [[Sasha (DJ)|Sasha]]
|<ref>{{Cite web |date=1999-10-12 |title=Top 100 DJs 1998 |url=http://djmag.com/features/1998_top100DJs.htm |access-date=2024-09-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19991012050325/http://djmag.com/features/1998_top100DJs.htm |archive-date=12 October 1999 }}</ref>
|-
| style="text-align:center;" |1999
| style="padding-left:4px;" | [[Paul Oakenfold]]
| style="padding-left:4px;" | [[Carl Cox]]
| style="padding-left:5px;" | [[Sasha (DJ)|Sasha]]
| style="padding-left:6px;" | [[Judge Jules]]
| style="padding-left:7px;" | [[Paul van Dyk]]
|<ref>{{Cite web |date=2000-10-03 |title=Top 100 DJs 1999 |url=http://www.djmag.com/pages/top_100.cgi |access-date=2024-09-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20001003113840/http://www.djmag.com/pages/top_100.cgi |archive-date=3 October 2000 }}</ref>
|-
| style="text-align:center;" |2000
| style="padding-left:4px;" | [[Sasha (DJ)|Sasha]]
| style="padding-left:4px;" | [[Paul Oakenfold]]
| style="padding-left:5px;" | [[John Digweed]]
| style="padding-left:6px;" | [[Paul van Dyk]]
| style="padding-left:7px;" | [[Carl Cox]]
|<ref>{{Cite web |date=2001-08-07 |title=Top 100 DJs 2000 |url=http://www.djmag.com/pages/top_100.cgi |access-date=2024-09-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010807064658/http://www.djmag.com/pages/top_100.cgi |archive-date=7 August 2001 }}</ref>
|-
| style="text-align:center;" |2001
| style="padding-left:4px;" | [[John Digweed]]
| style="padding-left:4px;" | [[Sasha (DJ)|Sasha]]
| style="padding-left:5px;" | [[Danny Tenaglia]]
| style="padding-left:6px;" | [[Paul van Dyk]]
| style="padding-left:7px;" | [[Paul Oakenfold]]
|<ref>{{Cite web |date=2002-06-01 |title=Top 100 DJs 2001 |url=http://www.djmag.com/pages/top_100.cgi |access-date=2024-09-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020601115741/http://www.djmag.com/pages/top_100.cgi |archive-date=1 June 2002 }}</ref>
|-
| colspan="8" style="background:#ddd; padding-left:5px;" |'''Top 5 DJs – Online Voting'''<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5hZlHpebCok&t=613s|title=Top 100 DJs: The World's Biggest Music Poll &#124; A DJ Mag Original Documentary|date=31 January 2024|via=YouTube}}</ref>
|-
| style="text-align:center;" |2002
| style="padding-left:4px;" | [[Tiësto]]
| style="padding-left:4px;" | [[Sasha (DJ)|Sasha]]
| style="padding-left:5px;" | [[John Digweed]]
| style="padding-left:6px;" | [[Paul van Dyk]]
| style="padding-left:7px;" | [[Armin van Buuren]]
|<ref>{{Cite web |date=2006-10-20 |title=DJmag.com: DJ Magazine's Top 100 DJs 2002 Results |url=http://www.djmag.com/top_100_results5.php |access-date=2024-09-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061020171705/http://www.djmag.com/top_100_results5.php |archive-date=20 October 2006 }}</ref>
|-
| style="text-align:center;" |2003
| style="padding-left:4px;" | [[Tiësto]]
| style="padding-left:4px;" | [[Paul van Dyk]]
| style="padding-left:5px;" | [[Armin van Buuren]]
| style="padding-left:6px;" | [[Sasha (DJ)|Sasha]]
| style="padding-left:7px;" | [[John Digweed]]
|<ref>{{Cite web |date=2004-06-12 |title= DJ Mag Top 100 2003 |url=https://djmag.com/top100chart.asp |access-date=2024-09-11 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20040612004717/https://djmag.com/top100chart.asp |archive-date= 12 June 2004 }}</ref>
|-
| style="text-align:center;" |2004
| style="padding-left:4px;" | [[Tiësto]]
| style="padding-left:4px;" | [[Paul van Dyk]]
| style="padding-left:5px;" | [[Armin van Buuren]]
| style="padding-left:6px;" | [[Sasha (DJ)|Sasha]]
| style="padding-left:7px;" | [[Ferry Corsten]]
|<ref>{{Cite web |title=DJMag.com {{!}} Top 100 DJs - 2004 - Position 1: Tiësto |url=https://djmag.com/top100djs/2004 |access-date=2024-09-11 |website=DJ Mag |language=en}}</ref>
|-
| style="text-align:center;" |2005
| style="padding-left:4px;" | [[Paul van Dyk]]
| style="padding-left:4px;" | [[Tiësto]]
| style="padding-left:5px;" | [[Armin van Buuren]]
| style="padding-left:6px;" | [[Sasha (DJ)|Sasha]]
| style="padding-left:7px;" | [[Ferry Corsten]]
|<ref>{{Cite web |title=DJMag.com {{!}} Top 100 DJs - 2005 - Position 1: Paul van Dyk |url=https://djmag.com/top100djs/2005 |access-date=2024-09-11 |website=DJ Mag |language=en}}</ref>
|-
| style="text-align:center;" |2006
| style="padding-left:4px;" | [[Paul van Dyk]]
| style="padding-left:4px;" | [[Armin van Buuren]]
| style="padding-left:5px;" | [[Tiësto]]
| style="padding-left:6px;" | [[Christopher Lawrence (DJ)|Christopher Lawrence]]
| style="padding-left:7px;" | [[DJ Dan]]
|<ref>{{Cite web |title=DJMag.com {{!}} Top 100 DJs - 2006 - Position 1: Paul van Dyk |url=https://djmag.com/top100djs/2006 |access-date=2024-09-11 |website=DJ Mag |language=en}}</ref>
|-
| style="text-align:center;" |2007
| style="padding-left:4px;" | [[Armin van Buuren]]
| style="padding-left:4px;" | [[Tiësto]]
| style="padding-left:5px;" | [[John Digweed]]
| style="padding-left:6px;" | [[Paul van Dyk]]
| style="padding-left:7px;" | [[Sasha (DJ)|Sasha]]
|<ref>{{Cite web |title=DJMag.com {{!}} Top 100 DJs - 2007 - Position 1: Armin Van Buuren |url=https://djmag.com/top100djs/2007 |access-date=2024-09-11 |website=DJ Mag |language=en}}</ref>
|-
| style="text-align:center;" |2008
| style="padding-left:4px;" | [[Armin van Buuren]]
| style="padding-left:4px;" | [[Tiësto]]
| style="padding-left:5px;" | [[Paul van Dyk]]
| style="padding-left:6px;" | [[Above & Beyond (group)|Above & Beyond]]
| style="padding-left:7px;" | [[David Guetta]]
|<ref>{{Cite web |title=DJMag.com {{!}} Top 100 DJs - 2008 - Position 1: Armin Van Buuren |url=https://djmag.com/top100djs/2008 |access-date=2024-09-11 |website=DJ Mag |language=en}}</ref>
|-
| style="text-align:center;" |2009
| style="padding-left:4px;" | [[Armin van Buuren]]
| style="padding-left:4px;" | [[Tiësto]]
| style="padding-left:5px;" | [[David Guetta]]
| style="padding-left:6px;" | [[Above & Beyond (group)|Above & Beyond]]
| style="padding-left:7px;" | [[Paul van Dyk]]
|<ref>{{Cite web |title=DJMag.com {{!}} Top 100 DJs - 2009 - Position 1: Armin Van Buuren |url=https://djmag.com/top100djs/2009 |access-date=2024-09-11 |website=DJ Mag |language=en}}</ref>
|-
| style="text-align:center;" |2010
| style="padding-left:4px;" | [[Armin van Buuren]]
| style="padding-left:4px;" | [[David Guetta]]
| style="padding-left:5px;" | [[Tiësto]]
| style="padding-left:6px;" | [[deadmau5]]
| style="padding-left:7px;" | [[Above & Beyond (group)|Above & Beyond]]
|<ref>{{Cite web |title=DJMag.com {{!}} Top 100 DJs - 2010 - Position 1: Armin Van Buuren |url=https://djmag.com/top100djs/2010 |access-date=2024-09-11 |website=DJ Mag |language=en}}</ref>
|-
| style="text-align:center;" |2011
| style="padding-left:4px;" | [[David Guetta]]
| style="padding-left:4px;" | [[Armin van Buuren]]
| style="padding-left:5px;" | [[Tiësto]]
| style="padding-left:6px;" | [[deadmau5]]
| style="padding-left:7px;" | [[Above & Beyond (group)|Above & Beyond]]
|<ref>{{Cite web |title=DJMag.com {{!}} Top 100 DJs - 2011 - Position 1: David Guetta |url=https://djmag.com/top100djs/2011 |access-date=2024-09-11 |website=DJ Mag |language=en}}</ref>
|-
| style="text-align:center;" |2012
| style="padding-left:4px;" | [[Armin van Buuren]]
| style="padding-left:4px;" | [[Tiësto]]
| style="padding-left:5px;" | [[Avicii]]
| style="padding-left:6px;" | [[David Guetta]]
| style="padding-left:7px;" | [[deadmau5]]
|<ref>{{Cite web |title=DJMag.com {{!}} Top 100 DJs - 2012 - Position 1: Armin Van Buuren |url=https://djmag.com/top100djs/2012 |access-date=2024-09-11 |website=DJ Mag |language=en}}</ref>
|-
| style="text-align:center;" |2013
| style="padding-left:4px;" | [[Hardwell]]
| style="padding-left:4px;" | [[Armin van Buuren]]
| style="padding-left:5px;" | [[Avicii]]
| style="padding-left:6px;" | [[Tiësto]]
| style="padding-left:7px;" | [[David Guetta]]
|<ref>{{Cite web |title=DJMag.com {{!}} Top 100 DJs - 2013 - Position 1: Hardwell |url=https://djmag.com/top100djs/2013 |access-date=2024-09-11 |website=DJ Mag |language=en}}</ref>
|-
| style="text-align:center;" |2014
| style="padding-left:4px;" | [[Hardwell]]
| style="padding-left:4px;" | [[Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike]]
| style="padding-left:4px;" | [[Armin van Buuren]]
| style="padding-left:6px;" | [[Martin Garrix]]
| style="padding-left:7px;" | [[Tiësto]]
|<ref>{{Cite web |title=DJMag.com {{!}} Top 100 DJs - 2014 - Position 1: Hardwell |url=https://djmag.com/top100djs/2014 |access-date=2024-09-11 |website=DJ Mag |language=en}}</ref>
|-
| style="text-align:center;" |2015
| style="padding-left:4px;" | [[Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike]]
| style="padding-left:4px;" | [[Hardwell]]
| style="padding-left:4px;" | [[Martin Garrix]]
| style="padding-left:6px;" | [[Armin van Buuren]]
| style="padding-left:7px;" | [[Tiësto]]
|<ref>{{Cite web |title=DJMag.com {{!}} Top 100 DJs - 2015 - Position 1: Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike |url=https://djmag.com/top100djs/2015 |access-date=2024-09-11 |website=DJ Mag |language=en}}</ref>
|-
| style="text-align:center;" |2016
| style="padding-left:4px;" | [[Martin Garrix]]
| style="padding-left:4px;" | [[Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike]]
| style="padding-left:4px;" | [[Hardwell]]
| style="padding-left:6px;" | [[Armin van Buuren]]
| style="padding-left:7px;" | [[Tiësto]]
|<ref>{{Cite web |title=DJMag.com {{!}} Top 100 DJs - 2016 - Position 1: Martin Garrix |url=https://djmag.com/top100djs/2016 |access-date=2024-09-11 |website=DJ Mag |language=en}}</ref>
|-
| style="text-align:center;" |2017
| style="padding-left:4px;" | [[Martin Garrix]]
| style="padding-left:4px;" | [[Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike]]
| style="padding-left:4px;" | [[Armin van Buuren]]
| style="padding-left:6px;" | [[Hardwell]]
| style="padding-left:7px;" | [[Tiësto]]
|<ref>{{Cite web |title=DJMag.com {{!}} Top 100 DJs - 2017 - Position 1: Martin Garrix |url=https://djmag.com/top100djs/2017 |access-date=2024-09-11 |website=DJ Mag |language=en}}</ref>
|-
| style="text-align:center;" |2018
| style="padding-left:4px;" | [[Martin Garrix]]
| style="padding-left:4px;" | [[Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike]]
| style="padding-left:4px;" | [[Hardwell]]
| style="padding-left:6px;" | [[Armin van Buuren]]
| style="padding-left:7px;" | [[David Guetta]]
|<ref>{{Cite web |title=DJMag.com {{!}} Top 100 DJs - 2018 - Position 1: Martin Garrix |url=https://djmag.com/top100djs/2018 |access-date=2024-09-11 |website=DJ Mag |language=en}}</ref>
|-
| style="text-align:center;" |2019
| style="padding-left:4px;" | [[Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike]]
| style="padding-left:4px;" | [[Martin Garrix]]
| style="padding-left:4px;" | [[David Guetta]]
| style="padding-left:6px;" | [[Armin van Buuren]]
| style="padding-left:7px;" | [[Marshmello]]
|<ref>{{Cite web |title=DJMag.com {{!}} Top 100 DJs - 2019 - Position 1: Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike |url=https://djmag.com/top100djs/2019 |access-date=2024-09-11 |website=DJ Mag |language=en}}</ref>
|-
| style="text-align:center;" |2020
| style="padding-left:4px;" | [[David Guetta]]
| style="padding-left:4px;" | [[Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike]]
| style="padding-left:4px;" | [[Martin Garrix]]
| style="padding-left:6px;" | [[Armin van Buuren]]
| style="padding-left:7px;" | [[Alok (DJ)|Alok]]
|<ref>{{Cite web |title=DJMag.com {{!}} Top 100 DJs - 2020 - Position 1: David Guetta |url=https://djmag.com/top100djs/2020 |access-date=2024-09-11 |website=DJ Mag |language=en}}</ref>
|-
| style="text-align:center;" |2021
| style="padding-left:4px;" | [[David Guetta]]
| style="padding-left:4px;" | [[Martin Garrix]]
| style="padding-left:6px;" | [[Armin van Buuren]]
| style="padding-left:7px;" | [[Alok (DJ)|Alok]]
| style="padding-left:4px;" | [[Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike]]
|<ref>{{Cite web |title=DJMag.com {{!}} Top 100 DJs - 2021 - Position 1: David Guetta |url=https://djmag.com/top100djs/2021 |access-date=2024-09-11 |website=DJ Mag |language=en}}</ref>
|-
| style="text-align:center;" |2022
| style="padding-left:4px;" | [[Martin Garrix]]
| style="padding-left:4px;" | [[David Guetta]]
| style="padding-left:4px;" | [[Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike]]
| style="padding-left:7px;" | [[Alok (DJ)|Alok]]
| style="padding-left:6px;" | [[Armin van Buuren]]
|<ref>{{Cite web |title=DJMag.com {{!}} Top 100 DJs - 2022 - Position 1: Martin Garrix |url=https://djmag.com/top100djs/2022 |access-date=2024-09-11 |website=DJ Mag |language=en}}</ref>
|-
| style="text-align:center;" |2023
| style="padding-left:4px;" | [[David Guetta]]
| style="padding-left:4px;" | [[Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike]]
| style="padding-left:4px;" | [[Martin Garrix]]
| style="padding-left:7px;" | [[Alok (DJ)|Alok]]
| style="padding-left:6px;" | [[Armin van Buuren]]
|<ref>{{Cite web |title=DJMag.com {{!}} Top 100 DJs - 2023 - Position 1: David Guetta |url=https://djmag.com/top100djs/2023 |access-date=2024-09-11 |website=DJ Mag |language=en}}</ref>
|-
| style="text-align:center;" |2024
| style="padding-left:4px;" | [[Martin Garrix]]
| style="padding-left:4px;" | [[David Guetta]]
| style="padding-left:4px;" | [[Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike]]
| style="padding-left:7px;" | [[Alok (DJ)|Alok]]
| style="padding-left:6px;" | [[Timmy Trumpet]]
|<ref>{{Cite web |title=DJMag.com {{!}} Top 100 DJs - 2024 - Position 1: Martin Garrix |url=https://djmag.com/top100djs/2024 |access-date=2024-10-20 |website=DJ Mag |language=en}}</ref>
|}

===Statistics===
{{Bar chart
| title       = Most years voted as number one DJ
| label_type  = DJ
| data_type   = Years
| bar_width   = 10
| width_units = em
| data_max    = 5
| label1   =  [[Martin Garrix]]
| data1    = 5
| label2   =  [[Armin van Buuren]] 
| data2    = 5
| label3   =  [[David Guetta]]
| data3    = 4
| label4   =  [[Tiësto]]
| data4    = 3
| label5   =  [[Paul van Dyk]]
| data5    = 2
| label6   =  [[Paul Oakenfold]]
| data6    = 2
| label7   = [[Carl Cox]]
| data7    = 2
| label8   =  [[Hardwell]]
| data8    = 2
| label9   =  [[Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike]]
| data9    = 2
| label10   =  [[Sasha (DJ)|Sasha]]
| data10    = 1
| label11   =  [[John Digweed]]
| data11    = 1
| label12   =  [[Judge Jules]]
| data12    = 1
| label13   =  [[Danny Rampling]]
| data13    = 1
| label14   =  [[Smokin Jo]]
| data14    = 1
| label15   =  [[Aba Shanti-I]]
| data15    = 1
}}

==''Top 100 Clubs''==

[[File:Dj Mag Top 100 Clubs tour at Space Sharm.jpg|thumb|DJ Mag on their 2013 ''Top 100 Clubs'' tour at [[Space Sharm]], [[Sharm El Sheikh]], Egypt.]]

DJ Magazine also runs an annual poll called ''Top 100 Clubs'' used to decide the worlds number one club, which began in 2006.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://djmag.com/top100clubs|title=Top 100 Clubs {{!}} DJMag|website=djmag.com|access-date=14 March 2016}}</ref> The 2021 poll was postponed from its usual dates in March to August due to the [[COVID-19 pandemic]].<ref>{{Cite web|url = https://djmag.com/features/top-100-clubs-important-information-participating-venues|title = Top 100 Clubs: Important information for participating venues|date = 7 November 2000|access-date = 8 April 2021|archive-date = 14 April 2021|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20210414172345/https://djmag.com/features/top-100-clubs-important-information-participating-venues|url-status = dead}}</ref> The 2022 vote was also delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, however only to May in this instance. DJ Mag announced that the poll would return to normal rules as in 2021 club scenes outside of the previous 12 months could be considered aimed many closures due to the pandemic.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://djmag.com/news/dj-mag-top-100-clubs-2022-voting-now-open | title=DJ Mag Top 100 Clubs 2022 voting now open | date=9 March 2022 }}</ref>

===Results===

{| class="wikitable" style="margin-left:1em;"
|-
| colspan="6" style="background:#ddd; padding-left:5px;" |'''DJ Mag top Clubs – Voted publicly'''
|-
! style="width:45px;" |Year
! style="width:150px;" |1st
! style="width:150px;" |2nd
! style="width:150px;" |3rd
! {{abbr|Ref.|Reference}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;" |2006
| style="padding-left:4px;" | [[Fabric (club)|Fabric]]
| style="padding-left:4px;" | [[The End (club)|The End]]
| style="padding-left:4px;" | [[Turnmills]]
|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://djmag.com/top100clubs?field_year_value=2006 |title=Top 100 Clubs 2017 |publisher=DJMag.com! |access-date=5 November 2018}}</ref>
|-
| style="text-align:center;" |2007
| style="padding-left:4px;" |[[Space (Ibiza nightclub)|Space]]
| style="padding-left:4px;" | [[Fabric (club)|Fabric]]
| style="padding-left:5px;" | [[Pacha Group|Pacha]]
|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://djmag.com/top100clubs?field_year_value=2007 |title=Top 100 Clubs 2017 |publisher=DJMag.com! |access-date=5 November 2018}}</ref>
|-
| style="text-align:center;" |2008
| style="padding-left:4px;" | [[Fabric (club)|Fabric]]
| style="padding-left:4px;" | [[Space (Ibiza nightclub)|Space]]
| style="padding-left:5px;" | [[Amnesia (nightclub)|Amnesia]]
|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://djmag.com/top100clubs?field_year_value=2008 |title=Top 100 Clubs 2017 |publisher=DJMag.com! |access-date=5 November 2018}}</ref>
|-
| style="text-align:center;" |2009
| style="padding-left:4px;" | [[Berghain]]
| style="padding-left:4px;" | [[Fabric (club)|Fabric]]
| style="padding-left:5px;" | [[Space (Ibiza nightclub)|Space]]
|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://djmag.com/top100clubs?field_year_value=2009 |title=Top 100 Clubs 2017 |publisher=DJMag.com! |access-date=5 November 2018}}</ref>
|-
| style="text-align:center;" |2010
| style="padding-left:4px;" | [[Sankeys (nightclub)|Sankeys MCR]]
| style="padding-left:4px;" | [[Fabric (club)|Fabric]]
| style="padding-left:5px;" | [[Amnesia (nightclub)|Amnesia]]
|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://djmag.com/top100clubs?field_year_value=2010 |title=Top 100 Clubs 2017 |publisher=DJMag.com! |access-date=5 November 2018}}</ref>
|-
| style="text-align:center;" |2011
| style="padding-left:4px;" | [[Space (Ibiza nightclub)|Space]]
| style="padding-left:4px;" | [[Fabrik (club)|Fabrik]]
| style="padding-left:5px;" | [[Green Valley (club)|Green Valley]]
|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://djmag.com/top100clubs/2011 |title=Top 100 Clubs 2011 |publisher=DJMag.com! |access-date=13 May 2024}}</ref>
|-
| style="text-align:center;" |2012
| style="padding-left:4px;" | [[Space (Ibiza nightclub)|Space]]
| style="padding-left:4px;" | [[Green Valley (club)|Green Valley]]
| style="padding-left:5px;" | [[Pacha Group|Pacha]]
|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://djmag.com/top100clubs?field_year_value=2012 |title=Top 100 Clubs 2017 |publisher=DJMag.com! |access-date=5 November 2018}}</ref>
|-
| style="text-align:center;" |2013
| style="padding-left:4px;" | [[Green Valley (club)|Green Valley]]
| style="padding-left:4px;" | [[Space (Ibiza nightclub)|Space]]
| style="padding-left:5px;" | [[Pacha Group|Pacha]]
|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://djmag.com/top100clubs?field_year_value=2013 |title=Top 100 Clubs 2017 |publisher=DJMag.com! |access-date=5 November 2018}}</ref>
|-
| style="text-align:center;" |2014
| style="padding-left:4px;" | [[Space (Ibiza nightclub)|Space]]
| style="padding-left:4px;" | [[Green Valley (club)|Green Valley]]
| style="padding-left:5px;" | [[Pacha Group|Pacha]]
|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://djmag.com/top100clubs?field_year_value=2014 |title=Top 100 Clubs 2017 |publisher=DJMag.com! |date=14 May 2017 |access-date=5 November 2018}}</ref>
|-
| style="text-align:center;" |2015
| style="padding-left:4px;" | [[Green Valley (club)|Green Valley]]
| style="padding-left:4px;" | [[Space (Ibiza nightclub)|Space]]
| style="padding-left:5px;" | [[Hakkasan]]
|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://djmag.com/top100clubs?field_year_value=2015 |title=Top 100 Clubs 2017 |publisher=DJMag.com! |date=4 July 2011 |access-date=5 November 2018}}</ref>
|-
| style="text-align:center;" |2016
| style="padding-left:4px;" | [[Space (Ibiza nightclub)|Space]]
| style="padding-left:4px;" | [[Green Valley (club)|Green Valley]]
| style="padding-left:5px;" | [[Amnesia (nightclub)|Amnesia]]
|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://djmag.com/top100clubs?field_year_value=2016 |title=Top 100 Clubs 2017 |publisher=DJMag.com! |access-date=5 November 2018}}</ref>
|-
| style="text-align:center;" |2017
| style="padding-left:4px;" | [[Space (Ibiza nightclub)|Space]]
| style="padding-left:4px;" | [[Fabric (club)|Fabric]]
| style="padding-left:5px;" | [[Green Valley (club)|Green Valley]]
|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://djmag.com/top100clubs?field_year_value=2017 |title=Top 100 Clubs 2017 |publisher=DJMag.com! |date=16 January 2010 |access-date=5 November 2018}}</ref>
|-
| style="text-align:center;" |2018
| style="padding-left:4px;" | [[Green Valley (club)|Green Valley]]
| style="padding-left:4px;" | [[Ushuaïa Ibiza Beach Hotel|Ushuaïa]]
| style="padding-left:5px;" | [[Zouk (club)|Zouk]]
|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://djmag.com/top100clubs?field_year_value=2018 |title=Top 100 Clubs 2017 |publisher=DJMag.com! |access-date=5 November 2018}}</ref>
|-
| style="text-align:center;" |2019
| style="padding-left:4px;" | [[Green Valley (club)|Green Valley]]
| style="padding-left:4px;" | [[Echostage]]
| style="padding-left:5px;" | [[Ushuaïa Ibiza Beach Hotel|Ushuaïa]]
|<ref name="auto1">{{Cite web|url=https://djmag.com/top100clubs|title=DJMag.com Top 100 Clubs - 2023 - Position 1: Hï Ibiza|website=DJMag.com}}</ref> 
|-
| style="text-align:center;" |2020
| style="padding-left:4px;" | [[Green Valley (club)|Green Valley]]
| style="padding-left:5px;" | [[Ushuaïa Ibiza Beach Hotel#Hï Ibiza|Hï Ibiza]]
| style="padding-left:4px;" | [[Echostage]] 
|<ref name="auto1"/> 
|-
| style="text-align:center;" |2021
| style="padding-left:5px;" | [[Echostage]] 
| style="padding-left:4px;" | [[Green Valley (club)|Green Valley]]
| style="padding-left:4px;" | [[Ushuaïa Ibiza Beach Hotel#Hï Ibiza|Hï Ibiza]]
|<ref name="auto1"/>
|- 
| style="text-align:center;" |2022
| style="padding-left:5px;" | [[Ushuaïa Ibiza Beach Hotel#Hï Ibiza|Hï Ibiza]]
| style="padding-left:4px;" | [[Echostage]]
| style="padding-left:4px;" | [[Green Valley (club)|Green Valley]]
|<ref>{{Cite web |title=DJMag.com Top 100 Clubs - 2022|url=https://djmag.com/top100clubs/2022 |access-date=2022-10-05 |website=DJMag.com |language=en}}</ref>
|- 
| style="text-align:center;" |2023
| style="padding-left:5px;" | [[Ushuaïa Ibiza Beach Hotel#Hï Ibiza|Hï Ibiza]]
| style="padding-left:4px;" | [[Printworks (London)|Printworks]]
| style="padding-left:4px;" | [[Green Valley (club)|Green Valley]]
|<ref name="auto1"/>
|
|- 
| style="text-align:center;" |2024
| style="padding-left:5px;" | [[Ushuaïa Ibiza Beach Hotel#Hï Ibiza|Hï Ibiza]]
| style="padding-left:4px;" | [[Green Valley (club)|Green Valley]]
| style="padding-left:4px;" | [[Echostage]]
|<ref>{{Cite web |title=DJMag.com Top 100 Clubs - 2022 |url=https://djmag.com/top100clubs/2025 |website=DJ Mag}}</ref>
|
|-
| style="text-align: center;" |2025
|[[Ushuaïa Ibiza Beach Hotel#Hï Ibiza|Hï Ibiza]]
|[[Green Valley (club)|Green Valley]]
|[[Ushuaïa Ibiza Beach Hotel|Ushuaïa]]
|<ref>{{Cite web |title=DJMag.com Top 100 Clubs - 2025 |url=https://djmag.com/top100clubs |access-date=2025-05-15 |website=DJ Mag |language=en}}</ref>
|
|}

===Statistics===
{{Bar chart
| title       = Most years voted as number one club
| label_type  = Club
| data_type   = Years
| bar_width   = 10
| width_units = em
| data_max    = 6
| label1   = [[Space (Ibiza nightclub)|Space]]
| data1    = 6
| label2   =  [[Green Valley (club)|Green Valley]]
| data2    = 5
| label3   =  [[Hï Ibiza|Hï Ibiza]]
| data3    = 4
| label4   =  [[Fabric (club)|Fabric]]
| data4    = 2
| label5   =  [[Berghain]]
| data5    = 1
| label6   =  [[Echostage]]
| data6    = 1
| label7   =  [[Sankeys#Sankeys Manchester|Sankeys MCR]]
| data7    = 1
}}

{{Bar chart
| title       = ...by city
| label_type  = Club
| data_type   = Years
| bar_width   = 10
| width_units = em
| data_max    = 9
| label1   =  [[Ibiza (town)|Ibiza]]
| data1    = 10
| label2   =  [[Balneário Camboriú|Camboriú]]
| data2    = 5
| label3   =  [[London]]
| data3    = 2
| label4   =  [[Berlin]]
| data4    = 1
| label5   =  [[Manchester]]
| data5    = 1
| label6   =  [[Washington D.C.]]
| data6    = 1
}}

==''Top 100 Festivals''==
Since 2015,{{Citation needed|date=September 2018}} the voters of the DJ Magazine's top 100 clubs have also voted on the world's number one festival. No poll was held in 2018. In 2019, the DJs themselves voted on their favourite festival in a top 50 format similar to the DJ and club poll run by the magazine.<ref name="djmag.com">{{Cite web|url=https://djmag.com/longreads/dj-mags-top-50-festivals-2019|title=DJ Mag's Top 50 festivals 2019|date=16 May 2019}}</ref> In 2020, the format was changed to a 20% DJ vote and 80% public vote, and was increased to a top 100 format,<ref>{{Cite web|url = https://djmag.com/news/top-100-festivals-voting-now-open|title = Top 100 Festivals - Voting is now open!|date = 26 February 2020|access-date = 21 April 2020|archive-date = 28 September 2020|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200928033903/https://djmag.com/news/top-100-festivals-voting-now-open|url-status = dead}}</ref> however results were never published. 2021 had no poll with the poll returning in 2022 but in October as opposed to February which it had been in previous years. The 2022 results were chosen entirely by DJ Mag readers. It was also confirmed ahead of the 2022 poll that 2020 and 2021 did not occur due to the [[COVID-19 pandemic]],<ref>{{cite web | url=https://djmag.com/news/dj-mags-top-100-festivals-returns-2022 | title=DJ Mag's Top 100 Festivals returns for 2022 | date=5 October 2022 }}</ref> despite the 2020 results being collected before the pandemic started.

===Results===
====2015–2017====
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Year
! Winner
! {{abbr|Ref.|Reference}}
|-
| 2015
|  [[Tomorrowland (festival)|Tomorrowland]]
|<ref>https://djmag.com/content/tomorrowland-voted-world's-no1-festival {{Dead link|date=February 2022}}</ref>
|-
| 2016
| [[Ultra Music Festival]]
|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://djmag.com/news/ultra-miami-voted-as-worlds-number-one-festival-2016-top-100-clubs |title=ULTRA MIAMI VOTED AS THE WORLD'S NO.1 FESTIVAL |publisher=DJMag.com! |date=28 April 2016 |access-date=5 November 2018}}</ref>
|-
| 2017
| [[Ultra Music Festival]]
|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://djmag.com/news/ultra-miami-voted-worlds-no1-festival-second-successive-year |title=ULTRA MUSIC FESTIVAL VOTED AS WORLD'S NO.1 FESTIVAL FOR SECOND SUCCESSIVE YEAR |publisher=DJMag.com! |date=26 April 2017 |access-date=5 November 2018}}</ref> 
|-
|}

====2019–Present====
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Year
! 1st
! 2nd
! 3rd
! 4th
! 5th
! {{abbr|Ref.|Reference}} 
|-
| 2019
|  [[Tomorrowland (festival)|Tomorrowland]]
|  [[Glastonbury Festival|Glastonbury]]
|  [[Ultra Music Festival]]
|  [[Awakenings (festival)|Awakenings]]
|  [[Sónar]]
|<ref name="djmag.com"/> 
|-
| 2020
| colspan=6 {{N/A|Voting opened; results never published}}
|-
| 2021
| colspan=6 {{N/A|No poll; cancelled due to the [[COVID-19 pandemic]]}}
|-
| 2022
|  [[Tomorrowland (festival)|Tomorrowland]]
| [[Ultra Music Festival]]
| [[Electric Daisy Carnival]]
|  [[Creamfields]]
| [[Exit (festival)|Exit]]
|<ref>{{cite web | url=https://djmag.com/news/tomorrowland-voted-worlds-no-1-festival | title=Tomorrowland voted World's No. 1 Festival | date=26 January 2023 }}</ref>
|-
| 2023
|  [[Tomorrowland (festival)|Tomorrowland]]
| [[Ultra Music Festival]]
|  [[Glastonbury Festival|Glastonbury]]
| [[Electric Daisy Carnival]]
| [[Coachella (festival)|Coachella]]
|<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.instagram.com/p/CwSqjiJMQPs/?img_index=9 | title=Instagram }}</ref>
|-
|2024
|[[Tomorrowland (festival)|Tomorrowland]] 
|[[Electric Daisy Carnival]]
|[[Untold Festival]]
|[[Ultra Music Festival]]
|[[Creamfields]]
|
|}

===Statistics===
{{Bar chart
| title       = Most years voted as number one festival
| label_type  = Festival
| data_type   = Years
| bar_width   = 10
| width_units = em
| data_max    = 5
| label1   =  [[Tomorrowland (festival)|Tomorrowland]]
| data1    = 5
| label2   =  [[Ultra Music Festival]]
| data2    = 2
}}

== ''Best of British'' Awards ==

The Best of British Awards was launched by DJ Mag in 2007 to celebrate dance music talent and platforms within Great Britain.

===Best DJ===
===Best Breakthrough DJ===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Year
! Winner
! Nominated
|-
|2007
|Deepgroove
|Demi, [[Jamie Jones (DJ)|Jamie Jones]] Serge Santiago, [[The Count & Sinden|Sinden]], Streetlife DJs
|-
|2008
|[[Rusko (musician)|Rusko]]
|[[Alex Metric]], Anil Chawla, Dan Beaumont, [[Gorgon City|Foamo]]
|-
|2009
|Funkagenda
|Hannah Holland, [[Ikonika]], Mark Henning, [[Toddla T]]
|-
|2010
|[[Jackmaster]]
|Burns, Burnski, Doc Daneeka, Ramadanman
|-
|2011
|Subb-an
|[[Jamie xx]], Jordan Peak [[Julio Bashmore]], T.Williams
|-
|2012
|[[Bicep (duo)|Bicep]]
|Adam Shelton, Alexis Raphael, [[Dusky]], [[Richy Ahmed]]
|-
|2013
|Citizenn
|[[Daniel Avery (musician)|Daniel Avery]], Leftwing & Kody, [[Lil Silva]], No Artificial Colours
|-
|2014
|[[Hannah Wants]]
|[[Flava D]], Krankbrother, Mak & Pasteman, Pedestrian
|-
|2015
|Jasper James
|[[Eli & Fur]], Sam Divine, [[Tough Love (duo)|Tough Love]], Weiss
|-
|2016
|Solardo
|Dax J, [[Barely Legal (DJ)|DJ Barely Legal]], Felix Dickinson, [[Shanti Celeste]]
|-
|2017
|Or:la
|Archie Hamilton, Jay Clarke, Mollie Collins, Saoirse
|-
|2018
|Willow
|Debonair, Donna Leake, Jamz Supernova, Mason Maynard
|-
|2019
|SHERELLE
|Afrodeutsche, re:ni, Sally C, [[Tiffany Calver]]
|-
|2020
|Anz
|Cromby, Danielle, [[Ewan McVicar]], Tash LC
|}

== Awards for ''DJ Mag'' ==

===DJ Awards===
The '''[[DJ Awards]]''' organises the annual [[electronic music]] DJ awards event. It is the only international ceremony for DJs and also the oldest, held once a year at [[Pacha Group|Pacha]] club in [[Ibiza]], Spain. It is one of the most important accolades.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Matthews Paul|first1=James|title=The Annual DJ Awards To Kick Off at Pacha Ibiza This Monday|url=http://www.hitthefloor.com/music/electronic/annual-dj-awards-kick-pacha-ibiza-monday/|website=Hit The Floor|date=21 September 2014|publisher=Hit the Floor On-Line Magazine|access-date=25 September 2017}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Year
! Category
! Work
! Result
! {{abbr|Ref.|Reference}}
|-
| 2005
| Outstanding Dedication Award
| DJ Magazine
| {{won}}
|<ref>{{cite web|title=2005 – DJ Awards|url=https://djawards.com/past-editions/dj-awards-2005/|website=DJ Awards|publisher=DJ Awards, 2005|access-date=25 September 2017}}</ref>
|}

===International Dance Music Awards===
The '''[[International Dance Music Awards|IDMAs]]''' is a major event which is part of the [[Winter Music Conference]], a weeklong electronic music conference, held every March since 1985 in [[Miami Beach]], Florida, United States. DJ Magazine has won the award for Best Music Publication 14 times, winning every year this category has been awarded.

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Year
! Category
! Work
! Result
! {{abbr|Ref.|Reference}}
|-
| 2003
| rowspan="4"| Best Dance Music Publication
| rowspan="14"| DJ Magazine
| {{win}}
|<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wintermusicconference.com/events/idmas/idmawinners2003.htm|title=Nominees / Winners for Year the 2002|publisher=WinterMusicConference.com|access-date=9 September 2008 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080421061035/http://www.wintermusicconference.com/events/idmas/idmawinners2003.htm |archive-date = 21 April 2008}}</ref>
|-
| 2004
| {{win}}
|<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wintermusicconference.com/events/idmas/idmawinners2004.htm|title=Nominees & Winners for the Year 2003|publisher=WinterMusicConference.com|access-date=9 September 2008 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080501090748/http://www.wintermusicconference.com/events/idmas/idmawinners2004.htm |archive-date = 1 May 2008}}</ref>
|-
| 2005
| {{win}}
|<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wintermusicconference.com/events/idmas/idmawinners2005.htm|title=Winners for the 20th Annual International Dance Music Awards|publisher=WinterMusicConference.com|access-date=9 September 2008 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080421061041/http://www.wintermusicconference.com/events/idmas/idmawinners2005.htm |archive-date = 21 April 2008}}</ref>
|-
| 2006
| {{win}}
|<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wintermusicconference.com/events/idmas/idmawinners2006.htm|title=21st Annual International Dance Music Awards Nominees & Winners|publisher=WinterMusicConference.com|access-date=9 September 2008 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080420122049/http://www.wintermusicconference.com/events/idmas/idmawinners2006.htm |archive-date = 20 April 2008}}</ref>
|-
| 2007
| rowspan="5"| Best Music Publication
| {{win}}
|<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wintermusicconference.com/events/idmas/idmawinners2007.htm|title=22nd Annual IDMA Nominees & Winners|publisher=WinterMusicConference.com|access-date=9 September 2008 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080501050329/http://www.wintermusicconference.com/events/idmas/idmawinners2007.htm |archive-date = 1 May 2008}}</ref>
|-
| 2008
| {{win}}
|<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wintermusicconference.com/events/idmas/winners2008.php|title=23rd Annual International Dance Music Awards Nominees & Winners |publisher=WinterMusicConference.com|access-date=9 September 2008 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080501041708/http://www.wintermusicconference.com/events/idmas/winners2008.php |archive-date = 1 May 2008}}</ref>
|-
| 2009
| {{win}}
|<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wintermusicconference.com/idmaballot/nominees/2009.php|title=24th Annual International Dance Music Awards Nominees & Winners|publisher=WinterMusicConference.com|access-date=16 August 2010|archive-date=20 August 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150820124538/http://www.wintermusicconference.com/idmaballot/nominees/2009.php|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|-
| 2010
| {{win}}
|<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wintermusicconference.com/idmaballot/nominees/2010.php|title=25th Annual International Dance Music Awards Nominees & Winners|publisher=WinterMusicConference.com|access-date=16 August 2010|archive-date=18 March 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100318035945/http://www.wintermusicconference.com/idmaballot/nominees/2010.php|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|-
| 2011
| {{win}}
|<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wintermusicconference.com/idmaballot/nominees/2011.php|title=26th Annual International Dance Music Awards Nominees & Winners|publisher=WinterMusicConference.com|access-date=20 August 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130421033143/http://www.wintermusicconference.com/idmaballot/nominees/2011.php|archive-date=21 April 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|-
| 2012
| rowspan="5"| Best Music Media Resource
| {{win}}
|<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wintermusicconference.com/idmaballot/nominees/2012.php|title=27th Annual International Dance Music Awards Nominees & Winners|publisher=WinterMusicConference.com|access-date=20 August 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130421033129/http://www.wintermusicconference.com/idmaballot/nominees/2012.php|archive-date=21 April 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|-
| 2013
| {{win}}
|<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wintermusicconference.com/idmaballot/nominees/2013.php|title=28th Annual International Dance Music Awards Nominees & Winners|publisher=WinterMusicConference.com|access-date=20 August 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150109232506/http://www.wintermusicconference.com/idmaballot/nominees/2013.php|archive-date=9 January 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|-
| 2014
| {{win}}
|<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wintermusicconference.com/idmaballot/nominees/2014.php|title=29th Annual International Dance Music Awards Nominees & Winners|publisher=WinterMusicConference.com|access-date=20 August 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150418110331/http://wintermusicconference.com/idmaballot/nominees/2014.php|archive-date=18 April 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|-
| 2015
| {{win}}
|<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wintermusicconference.com/events/idmas/index.php?wmcyear=2015|title=30th Annual International Dance Music Awards Nominees & Winners|publisher=WinterMusicConference.com|access-date=24 November 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170406132231/http://wintermusicconference.com/events/idmas/index.php?wmcyear=2015#idmanominees|archive-date=6 April 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|-
| 2016
| {{win}}
|<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://wintermusicconference.com/events/idmas/index.php?wmcyear=2016 |title=31st Annual International Dance Music Awards - Winter Music Conference 2018 - WMC 2018  |access-date=16 September 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180915192421/https://wintermusicconference.com/events/idmas/index.php?wmcyear=2016#idmanominees |archive-date=15 September 2018 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
|}

==See also==
* [[DJ Awards]]
* [[International Dance Music Awards|IDMAs]]
* [[Mixmag]]

== References ==
{{reflist|30em}}

== External links ==
* [https://djmag.com/ DJ Mag Website]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20101103062623/http://olddjmag.com/index.php?op=top_100&story=home DJ Mag Website] Old web site with Top-100 rankings from 1999 to 2008.
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20100815023128/http://djblackbook.com/ DJ Blackbook]
* [http://vk.com/topic-4286148_28357370 Votes and standings from 1997 to 2013]
* [http://www.edmsauce.com/2014/12/09/resident-advisor-creates-top-100-underground-djs-list/ EDM Source and Resident Advisor Webzine's Alternative Top 100 DJs list 2014 ]

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