Armin van Buuren crowned top of DJ Mag Top 100 DJs Poll

Armin van Buuren has been crowned the world’s No.1 DJ in the DJ Mag Top 100 DJs Poll Awards 2012.

Van Buuren was given the prestigious award at the Dutch edition of the Top 100 DJs Poll Awards event at Amsterdam’s Convention Factory, held for the second time during the Amsterdam Dance Event.

This is the fifth win for the Dutch DJ, who tipped last year’s winner David Guetta from the topspot.

Van Buuren said of his win: “2012 opened new doors. David being No.1 last year, the popularity of Avicii, Swedish House Mafia and Afrojack, for dance music, it’s amazing. It was great that David got it last year, to show dance music is evolving and it’s still exciting.

“Being No.1 again feels fantastic - there’s so much love out there. I’m so thankful for it.”

It was noted that there’s only one drum & bass DJ in the chart this year, Hospital's Netsky - “the Belgian Bieber of bass” and only female entry, although there are actually two Nervo twins, Miriam and Olivia, who have come in at No.46.

Other awards were given out for the highest placed DJ in each genre, the highest climber - Porter Robinson, and the highest new entry - Nicky Romero. Danny Tenaglia was entered into the inaugural Hall Of Fame. Last year’s highest new entry, and this year’s highest placed dubstep DJ, Skrillex, placed at No.10.

The Top 100 DJs Poll sees vote pooled from over 170 countries. Most votes for this year’s poll came from the United States – about one-fifth, nearly three times as many as the country with the second most votes, the UK. The next countries in terms of votes were Mexico, the Netherlands, Russia, Germany, Italy, Brazil, Canada, France, Portugal, Australia and Spain. Votes also came in from Equatorian Guinea, Malawi, Bhutan, Gambia and Chad

This year the Poll closed on August 30, and an extra day was added due to the weight of last minute votes that crashed the Facebook app. Over 50,000 people downloaded the free Top 100 DJs album from Trackitdown, which featured tracks and remixes from UMEK, Sander Van Doorn, Roger Sanchez, Alex M.O.R.P.H. presents Indigo, Chuckie, Ferry Corsten and many more.

On October 22, Ministry of Sound will release the official DJ Mag Top 100 DJs 2CD album.CD1 will feature the current leading names in the electronic dance music scene. CD2 will cover legendary DJ’s that have established their reputation in dance music, including acts who have pioneered trance and progressive house, genres of dance music that have dominated the Top 100 DJs poll in recent years.

The full list is below:

TOP 100 DJS 1-100

1. ARMIN VAN BUUREN  
2. TIESTO  
3. AVICII  
4. DAVID GUETTA  
5. DEADMAU5  
6. HARDWELL  
7. DASH BERLIN  
8. ABOVE & BEYOND  
9. AFROJACK  
10. SKRILLEX
11. HEADHUNTERZ 
12. SWEDISH HOUSE MAFIA  
13. MARKUS SCHULZ  
14. GARETH EMERY  
15. STEVE AOKI   
16. PAUL VAN DYK
17. NICKY ROMERO
18. SANDER VAN DOORN  
19. ALY & FILA  
20. ALESSO 
21. ATB 
22. FERRY CORSTEN  
23. AXWELL  
24. DADA LIFE  
25. W & W
26. FEDDE LE GRAND 
27. NOISECONTROLLERS   
28. ARTY   
29. LAIDBACK LUKE   
30. KASKADE 
31. CALVIN HARRIS  
32. ORJAN NILSEN 
33. KNIFE PARTY  
34. SEBASTIAN INGROSSO 
35. CHUCKIE 
36. ZATOX  
37. COONE 
38. DIMITRI VEGAS & LIKE MIKE
39. COSMIC GATE   
40. PORTER ROBINSON  
41. WILDSTYLEZ  
42. ANGERFIST  
43. INFECTED MUSHROOM  
44. DAFT PUNK  
45. CARL COX  
46. NERVO  
47. PETE THA ZOUK  
48. MARTIN SOLVEIG  
49. BRENNAN HEART   
50. TENISHIA  
51. ZEDD  
52. ERIC PRYDZ  
53. BOBINA  
54. MADEON  
55. JOHN OCALLAGHAN  
56. DJ FEEL  
57. STEVE ANGELLO  
58. OMNIA  
59. UMEK  
60. WOLFGANG GARTNER  
61. AN21  
62. TOMMY TRASH  
63. FRANCIS DAVILA  
64. D BLOCK AND S TE FAN  
65. TRITONAL  
66. BINGO PLAYERS  
67. PSYKO PUNKZ  
68. SHOGUN  
69. PAUL OAKENFOLD  
70. BENNY BENASSI  
71. TYDI  
72. MAT ZO  
73. R3HAB  
74. QUENTIN MOSIMANN  
75. WASTED PENGUINZ  
76. DIRTY SOUTH  
77. ANDREW RAYEL  
78. RICHIE HAWTIN  
79. FRONTLINER  
80. MYON AND SHANE 54  
81. HEATBEAT  
82. THOMAS GOLD  
83. NERO  
84. ROGER SHAH  
85. FEED ME  
86. MIKE CANDYS  
87. ANDY MOOR  
88. RAN D  
89. RICHARD DURAND  
90. FELGUK  
91. PAUL KALKBRENNER  
92. MOONBEAM  
93. SEAN TYAS  
94. BOB SINCLAR  
95. NETSKY  
96. NEELIX  
97. MARK KNIGHT  
98. JOHN DIGWEED  
99. DA TWEEKAZ 
100. PROJECT 46