#3

Style:
“Trance/progressive.”
Best known for:
“A State Of Trance."
Tune of the year:
“Franky Wah feat. AETHO ‘Should Have Seen It Coming’.”
From: Leiden, The Netherlands

Rising star DJ/producer of 2021: “AVIRA.”

#2

Style:
“Electronic/pop.”
Best known for:
“Hits such as ‘Animals’, ‘In The Name Of Love’ and ‘Scared To Be Lonely’. Released the official UEFA EURO 2020 Soundtrack, ‘We Are The People’, with Bono and The Edge.”
Tune of the year:
“Fred again.. ‘We Lost Dancing’.”
From: The Netherlands

Rising star DJ/producer of 2021: “GetGet.”

#10

Style:
EDM
Best known for:
“‘Music Means Love Forever’.”
Tune of the year:
“‘Pepas’."
From: California, USA

Rising star DJ/producer of 2021: “Ninja Attack.”

#8

Style:
“Mixing future house and dance with tech/deep/bass house, techno, electro, progressive, disco and more. Bridging the mainstream and underground.”
Best known for:
“Pioneering the future house genre since 2014, my weekly Heldeep radio show, running Heldeep Records, my darker alias HI-LO, and my eclectic/versatile sets.”
Tune of the year:
“This mash-up I made for my sets of Christian Smith – ‘Stratosphere (Ronnie Spiteri Remix)’ vs Shouse ‘Love Tonight’ – has been crushing it for me.”

#9

Style:
“Lunatic.”
Best known for:
“Playing trumpet live during my DJ sets.”
Tune of the year:
“David Guetta, Morten, John Martin ‘Impossible’.”
From: Sydney, Australia

Rising star DJ/producer of 2021: “Shouse."

#4

Style:
“Brazilian bass, dance pop.”
Best known for:
“Bringing Brazilian bass music to a global level.”
Tune of the year:
“Shouse ‘Love Tonight’.”
From: Brazil

Rising star DJ/producer of 2021: “John Summit.”

#5

Style:
“It still and always will be about the crowd.”
Best known for:
“Smashin’ the house!”
Tune of the year:
“Suark 'Take It Slow’."
From: Belgium

Rising star DJ/producer of 2021: “Azteck."

# 1

Style:
“Future rave.”
Best known for:
“‘Titanium’ with Sia!"
Tune of the year:
Fave tune of 2021: “‘Love Tonight’.”
From: Paris, France

Rising star DJ/producer of 2021: “My friend MORTEN and Joel Corry.”

#6

Style:
“Whatever I feel like.”
Best known for:
“Afrojack music.”
Tune of the year:
“Probably ID ‘ID’, due to Covid not a lot got released.”
From: The Netherlands

Rising star DJ/producer of 2021: “Black V Neck.”

#7

Style:
“Future (house).”
Best known for:
“Building a HEXAGON-shaped universe.”
Tune of the year:
“Fred again.. & The Blessed Madonna ‘Marea (We've Lost Dancing)’.”
From: Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Rising star DJ/producer of 2021: “Imanbek.”