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20:00:00

Greek Belgian brothers Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike have sealed their position as the kings of club land being crowned the new World No.1 DJ in the DJ Mag Top 100 DJs Poll and made history as the first duo to ever win the much coveted award. Voted for by millions of fans from more than 170 countries around the world, this historic occasion sees the Smash The House label bosses topple two-time winner Hardwell to secure their position in the history books of the world renowned Top 100 DJs Poll.

Receiving the awards for ‘No.1 DJ’ and ‘highest duo’ in the poll in front of a sold-out crowd at the famed Amsterdam Arena venue for the official DJ Mag Top 100 DJs Poll Awards party, the brothers delivered one of their electrifying live performances and further solidified once again the notoriety that follows each of their shows. Commenting on the award, Dimitri and Mike said: “Thank you so much! Since day one we’ve put every bit of energy and time we can into our music and our shows in order to give the fans the greatest experience any DJ could offer. So it’s such an incredible honor to receive this award knowing it’s from the guys that matter most to us. We love you guys.”



In what has been undoubtedly their biggest 12 months to date the anointed ‘Kings of Tomorrowland’ have become leading lights in the new wave of international dance music currently taking the planet by storm. A statement that has been backed up again and again since the pair jumped from #6 to claim the #2 spot in the 2014 DJ Mag Top 100 DJs Poll. During the past year their dominance in the festival scene has been unrivalled, as the brothers have set about scorching every major arena from EDC Las Vegas to Miami’s Ultra Music Festival and Creamfields to Mysteryland. Whilst their presence across the arena circuit is something to behold and testament to this is the ferocious demand for their next run of ‘Bringing The Madness 3.0’ shows. All 40,000 tickets for the launch show at Belgium's most legendary venue - Sportpaleis Antwerpen - sold out in under 40 minutes; a feat previously only managed by legendary names such as U2, Madonna, Beyoncé, and Michael Jackson, leading the pair to add another date due to phenomenal demand from their legions of fanatic fans. Previously their rounds of ‘Bringing The World The Madness’ shows have entranced fans from Mexico City to their home city of Antwerp - the latter proving a sell-out extravaganza that has amassed over 21 million video views on YouTube and counting.

Yet of all the events Dimitri and Mike take their act to it is with the critically acclaimed Tomorrowland that they are most closely affiliated. It is on native soil that the pair are more than just headline stars, local heroes, there at Tomorrowland, Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike are truly the Kings of the dancefloor. Year-on-Year their show is the go-to set of the entire festival. Fans from all around the world travel to Tomorrowland to catch the brothers deliver the biggest, most spine-tingling, jaw dropping mainstage set any DJ has ever given in front of 40,000 people in the iconic Tomorrowland valley.

This fan-fuelled passion recently spilled over into their surprise appearance at the recent Belgium v Israel Euro 2016 qualifier, where the home team secured their progress into the knockout stages of next year’s competition. The celebrations at the team’s triumph were led by Dimitri and Mike who performed a surprise DJ set in the middle of the field, joined by the national team, to 50,000 fans at the King Baudouin Stadium in Brussels.

And whilst their DJ sets continue to reverberate around the world, it’s their music that has poignantly left its mark with dance music fans worldwide. Their single ‘The Hum’, currently ranking in at 18 million YouTube views, The Hum’ became one of the standout hits of the summer, and delivered arguably one of dance music’s biggest short films, as Dimitri, Mike and fellow collaborator Ummet Ozcan were join by Hollywood’s famed party figure Charlie Sheen and martial arts master Jean-Claude Van Damme, to tear a mansion-sized hole through the city of Los Angeles.



Though their most recent single with Grammy award winner Ne-Yo has been the single that has truly upped the ante on their crossover status. Having spent 8 weeks at the #1 spot on the Belgian Charts, amassed views in excess of 7 million and received support across every major radio station in the world, the single has also picked up a trend as one of the most Shazamed tracks at numerous festivals that include Tomorrowland, TomorrowWorld Ultra Music Festival and Creamfields.

With their debut artist album in the making, numerous new projects and releases coming up from their hugely popular Smash The House record label, a score of upcoming tour dates to be announced that will see them roam far and wide and a new ‘Bringing The World The Madness’ world tour, the next chapter of World No.1 DJs Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike’s incredible journey is one that continues to soar with spellbinding momentum and surely leaves everyone asking, ‘What on earth is next for dance music’s newly crowned kings?’


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19:47:00

The DJ Mag Top 100 DJs Poll powered by 7UP has a new winner(s). Greek Belgian brothers, Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike, the first duo to win the annual Poll, were announced at the Amsterdam Music Festival (AMF), before performing in front of tens of thousands of dance music fans.

Commenting on the award, Dimitri and Mike said: “Thank you so much! Since day one we’ve put every bit of energy and time we can into our music and our shows in order to give the fans the greatest experience any DJ could offer. So it’s such an incredible honor to receive this award knowing it’s from the guys that matter most to us.”
 


The pair moved from No.6 to No.2 in the 2014 DJ Mag Top 100 DJs Poll. During the past year their dominance in the festival scene has been unrivalled, playing Tomorrowland, EDC Las Vegas, Miami’s Ultra Music Festival, Creamfields, and Mysteryland. All 40,000 tickets for the launch of their ‘Bringing The Madness 3.0’ shows at Belgium's Sportpaleis Antwerpen sold out in under 40 minutes; a feat previously only managed by U2, Madonna, Beyoncé, and Michael Jackson. The pair has also sold out 3 forthcoming UK shows, including London’s O2 Brixton Academy.

With their debut artist album in the making, the pair’s recent hit with Ummet Ozcan, ‘The Hum’, is joined by current single, ‘Higher Place’, featuring Grammy award winner Ne-Yo, the track that’s further shown their crossover status. It spent 6 weeks at the No.1 spot in the Belgian Charts, amassed views in excess of 7 million, and was one of the most worldwide Shazamed tracks at this year’s festivals.

For the third consecutive year, the Top 100 DJs Poll Awards powered by 7UP was held at the two-day Amsterdam Music Festival (AMF); returning for the second time to Amsterdam ArenA, the stadium for Ajax football club.

The Poll’s headline sponsor for 2015 is 7UP, who presented the Next UP Award powered by 7UP, awarded to this year’s highest new entry - at No.23 - KSHMR (pronounced 'Kashmir'), the Californian producer previously part of hip-hop act the Cataracs. This year’s Poll welcomes 21 new entries, 3 re-entries, and 7 non-movers. Oliver Heldens is the Highest House DJ, up 22 places. Diplo moves into the Top 20, and also places for his Jack U project (with Skrillex).

KSHMR is named in partial homage to his Indian heritage, but somebody who is really opening up the Asian sub-continent is DJ Chetas from Mumbai, India. Mixing up Bollywood sounds with EDM, with nearly a million Facebook likes, he’s helping to open up this new market to the global dance scene.

Nearly 30% of the DJs in the Top 100 DJs Poll – 29, to be exact – are from Holland. The US isn't too far behind, with a smattering also from Germany, Belgium, Sweden, France, Italy, and the UK. In addition, there are DJs from Russia, Australia, Switzerland, Ukraine, Central America, Malta, Slovenia, Israel, Portugal, Spain, India, Poland, Brazil, Egypt, Moldova and Canada.

Despite having no entrants in the Top 100 DJs Poll last year, drum & bass now has two — Andy C and Netsky. In fact, non-EDM DJs are having something of a revival in the Poll, perhaps reflecting that dance music fans from other styles are re-engaging with the Top 100. Disclosure is one of the highest new entries, while techno maestro Richie Hawtin is up 39 places to No.51.  Carl Cox holds steady, Umek is up 5 and Flux Pavilion — who produced a humorous campaigning video this year — is a new entry at No.86.

The list of names outside the Top 100, makes for interesting reading too. Jamie Jones, Maceo Plex, Marco Carola, Sasha, Paul Kalkbrenner, Loco Dice, Flosstradamus and Fatboy Slim are all in the next 50 – despite not campaigning for votes whatsoever.
 

 
THE DJ MAG TOP 100 DJS POLL 2015 POWERED BY 7UP – THE FULL LIST

1.     DIMITRI VEGAS & LIKE MIKE -  NO.1 + HIGHEST DUO – UP 1
2.     HARDWELL – DOWN 1
3.     MARTIN GARRIX – UP 1
4.     ARMIN VAN BUUREN – HIGHEST TRANCE – DOWN 1
5.     TIESTO – NON- MOVER
6.     DAVID GUETTA – UP 1
7.     AVICII – DOWN 1
8.     AFROJACK – UP 4
9.     SKRILLEX – HIGHEST DUBSTEP – NON-MOVER
10.   STEVE AOKI – NON-MOVER
11.   CALVIN HARRIS – NON-MOVER
12.   OLIVER HELDENS – HIGHEST HOUSE – UP 22
13.  ALESSO – UP 2
14.  W&W – UP 4
15.  DASH BERLIN – DOWN 1
16.  DVBBS – UP 4
17.  AXWELL /\ INGROSSO – HIGHEST COLLABORATION  - N/A
18.  NICKY ROMERO – DOWN 10
19.  BLASTERJAZZ – DOWN 6
20.  DIPLO – UP 12
21.  R3HAB – UP 2
22.  ZEDD  - NON-MOVER
23.  KSHMR – HIGHEST NEW ENTRY – NEW ENTRY
24.  NERVO – DOWN 3
25.  DEADMAU5 – DOWN 9
26.  DANNIC – UP 4
27.  DYRO – NON MOVER
28.  DEORRO – DOWN 9
29.  ABOVE & BEYOND – DOWN 4
30.  DON DIABLO – HIGHEST CLIMBER – UP 52
31.  STEVE ANGELLO – DOWN 5
32.  DJ SNAKE – HIGHEST TRAP – UP 33
33.  KYGO – NEW ENTRY
34.  YVES V –UP 21
35.  FEDDE LE GRAND – NON MOVER
36.  UMMET OZCAN – DOWN 5
37.  SHOWTEK – DOWN 20
38.  ANGERFIST – HIGHEST HARD – DOWN 1
39.  BASSJACKERS – NEW ENTRY
40.  ANDREW RAYEL – DOWN 16
41.  PAUL VAN DYK – DOWN 3
42.  ALY & FILA – DOWN 14
43.  VINAI – UP 19
44.  ALOK – NEW ENTRY
45.  JACK U – NEW ENTRY
46.  TOM SWOON – NEW ENTRY
47.  SHOGUN – NEW ENTRY
48.  HEADHUNTERZ – DOWN 8
49.  COONE – DOWN 1
50.  VICETONE – DOWN 14
51.  RICHIE HAWTIN – HIGHEST TECHNO – UP 39
52.  WOLFPACK – UP 32
53.  BRENNAN HEART – DOWN 6
54.  MAJOR LAZER - NEW ENTRY
55.  PORTER ROBINSON – UP 2
56.  MARKUS SCHULZ – DOWN 12
57.  ERIC PRYDZ – UP 3
58.  DIEGO MIRANDA – UP 12
59.  DJ CHETAS – NEW ENTRY
60.  DANNY AVILA – NEW ENTRY
61.  KURA – DOWN 19
62.  TCHAMI – NEW ENTRY
63.  CARL COX – DOWN 4
64.  LAIDBACK LUKE – DOWN 14
65.  DISCLOSURE – NEW ENTRY
66.  FIREBEATZ – DOWN 10
67.  DILLON FRANCIS – DOWN 13
68.  BORGORE – DOWN 27
69.  DAFT PUNK – DOWN 26
70.  UMEK – UP 5
71.  TENISHIA – UP 2
72.  RADICAL REDEMPTION – DOWN 8
73.  FRONTLINER – DOWN 28
74.  BORGEOUS – UP 13
75.  NETSKY – HIGHEST DRUM & BASS – RE-ENTRY
76.  YELLOW CLAW – NEW ENTRY
77.  CHUCKIE – RE-ENTRY
78.  WILL SPARKS – NEW ENTRY
79.  DA TWEEKAZ – DOWN 13
80.  QUINTINO – UP 6
81.  KREWELLA – DOWN 48
82.  ATB – DOWN 24
83.  MAKJ – DOWN 20
84.  KASKADE – DOWN 38
85.  FERRY CORSTEN – UP 6
86.  FLUX PAVILION – NEW ENTRY
87.  ZATOX – DOWN 16
88.  CARNAGE – DOWN 20
89.  ROBIN SCHULZ – NEW ENTRY
90.  SANDER VAN DOORN – DOWN 39
91.  MARLO – NEW ENTRY
92.  ANDY C – RE-ENTRY
93.  QUENTIN MOSIMANN – DOWN 21
94.  MISS K8 – NEW ENTRY
95.  TUJAMO – NEW ENTRY
96.  MIKE CANDYS – DOWN 11
97.  SWANKY TUNES – NEW ENTRY
98.  GALANTIS – NEW ENTRY
99.  COSMIC GATE – DOWN 30
100. KNIFE PARTY – DOWN 47

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