Top 100 DJ's 2006
As some of you may be aware, Paul Van Dyk was recognized by Berlin authorities last week when he was awarded a medal of honor for his service to the state during a prestigious ceremony in his home town. In receiving this award Paul Van Dyk becomes one of only 400 Germans to achieve this special recognition. The award was presented to Paul by the mayor of Berlin, Klaus Wowereit. Upon receiving the medal Paul commented: “This award is considerably more prestigious than the other prizes and awards I have won to date.”This truly is an amazing achievement for Paul Van Dyk, who is currently ranked by most polls as the number one DJ in the world. Later tonight DJ Mag will announce the results of its 2006 top 100 DJ’s. It is speculated by many that Paul will take the crown again this year, which would be an amazing follow-up to the Berlin Service to the State medal he received last week, and conclude a massive year of accolades. Others believe, however, that the top spot will go to Dutch superstar Armin Van Buuren this year.
Here is our take on the top 100: We feel that Armin is definitely due for the number one spot. The combination of his radio show, his productions, and his worldwide tours should warrant him enough votes to take the spot this year. But is this alone enough to take the votes away from loyal PVD fans? Probably not. PVD is coming off of a whirlwind tour, is dominating the trance scene right now and has already proven the top jock in several other polls. Why is PVD taking all the votes? Paul Van Dyk has, this year, added an unprecedented amount of dates to his world tour. This coupled with a Grammy nomination, multiple Dancestar Awards and four International Dance Music Awards (IDMAs) at the Winter Music Conference in Miami and it is pretty clear that Van Dyk is going to take the number one spot again this year. Although Armin has a solid following for his ASOT radio broadcasts, PVD will most likely take the title due to the large support of his fans gained in his colossal tour schedule. Either way, it’s going to be very close this year! There is even some talk that Tiesto, with his mainstream work on the Pirates of the Caribbean movie, may regain the number one position. So this year will be a very tight race! We will post up the new top 10 DJ’s for 2006 in this blog as soon as they are announced tonight.
Cheers!
Elucidate
posted by Elucidate @ 3:28 PM
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