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Hardwell tops DJ Poll for second year

By | Published on Monday 20 October 2014

Hardwell

It was a busy week for music business conferences last week, which also meant it was a busy week for music industry awards too. And although the first one, DJ Mag’s annual DJ Poll, isn’t officially part of the Amsterdam Dance Event, the results of the big yearly clubber survey are now timed to coincide with Europe’s biggest gathering of EDM peddlers.

But who is the most important DJ in the big fat club of the world in this the year of our Lord two thousand and fourteen? Which of the mighty disk-spinners / knob-twiddlers / play-button-pressers (take your pick) has finally shown that whippersnapper Hardwell – who somehow snuck into pole position in 2013 – what it really means to be the king of not only the Eeeee, or the Deeee, but also the Em?

Well, none of them. Not Dimitri Vegas, not Armin Van Buuren, not even the granddaddy of trance Tiësto could knock that Hardwell boy of the top of the ultimate DJ list. Though before Hardwell – the youngest ever poll topper last year – gets too complacent about kicking it to the old boys, the 26 year old should take a look at who shot up to position four in the poll this year, fellow Netherlander Martin Garrix, whose about eight. Well, eighteen. But still, Hardwell may only have his ‘youngest ever Poll topper’ crown for another year.

Still, he remained upbeat this weekend, or at least seemed pretty upbeat in this quote shared by Digital Spy, in which he says: “Wow – this is a dream that just keeps going! I’m extremely proud to find myself holding on to the title of number one DJ in the world for another year. Last year was a moment in my career I had spent ten years dreaming of but to be back on stage again, picking up the award for a second time in a row, is beyond my wildest dreams”. I think Hardwell should probably try having wilder dreams.

Anyway, here is the top ten of the 2014 DJ Poll, which was actually leaked by a Russian EDM site last week, but let’s pretend that never happened and get all excited a new. And look, people still like Skrillex. Who knew?

http://www.inthemix.com.au/news/59204/Did_a_Russian_website_just_hack_the_DJ_Mag_Top_100_results

1. Hardwell
2. Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike
3. Armin Van Buuren
4. Martin Garrix
5. Tiësto
6. Avicii
7. David Guetta
8. Nicky Romero
9. Skrillex
10. Steve Aoki



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