On DJ CHARTS pages you can play and download music of top DJs for free. The tracks are selected according to the information from the leading world deep house music charts.
Unique charts of Beatport are very authoritative. This first-rate online-store of music, created by DJs, offers its customers the rating for each genre. At the end of the year they award Beatport Musik Awards.
Billboard
One of the most prestigious techno music charts that estimates the popularity of DJs is American Billboard. The magazine has been giving the rating to musical artists since 1957. The main selection criteria are airtime at the radio stations, sales, including paid downloads in the internet, DJs’ playlists and number of YouTube views. There are tops of single songs as well as albums. Following the results of the sales the annual Bllboard Music Awards is given, which is as prestigious as a Grammy Award. Single songs as well as albums are rated.
DJMag
British Magazine about club music and DJs. It was established by the representatives of trance music Paul Van Dyk, Armin Van Buuren and Tiesto, however it gives its rating to all genres of club music. It has been published since 1991. Each year it issues the list of the Top-100 DJs. This rating is considered to be the most authoritative and it influences the development of club music in the world. It is published in English, German, Italian, French, Spanish, Bulgarian, Portuguese, Polish, Chinese and many other languages.
Resident Advisor
In the distant 2006 this Australian portal that posts daily updates on events in the world of dance music, offered its first rating, which included only 10 DJs. Today this rating is Top-100 of the best DJs in the world, who are rated not for their popularity but for their works and contribution to the development of club music. Producers as well as music lovers consider the opinion of Resident Advisor.
Chart of DJs, published by Forbes, is also interesting for many people, though, except the music, the estimation criterion is also the amount of money the DJ earned for the year.