Tenaglia into the DJ Mag Hall Of Fame. The film detailed highlights of Danny’s 30-year career and was notable for the number of exclusive photos from the DJs’ DJ’s long- and short-term past. Tenaglia then stepped up for a short speech, and then the following day he played a special party at the Panama Club in Amsterdam to celebrate.
Idris and Dennis then introduced an epic, high-end digital production film that teased the crowd about who was to be the No.1. As the faces of first Deadmau5 (No.5), and then David Guetta (No.4) and Avicii (No.3) flashed up — including live footage of each artist in action to one of their most well-known tracks — the crowd went wild before the intercutting of Tiesto and Armin built up into the film’s crescendo. When Armin was revealed as having regained his crown, his home crowd went crazy. His acceptance speech, arms-out poses and
subsequent set sent them more so. Armin then jumped in a plane and arrived at Ministry in London — where the countdown and awards were also being screened — around 4am. There, he again got on the mic to thank everybody for voting for him before kicking off with an epic breakdown that allowed him to soak up the admiration — again.
With Hardwell, Arty and R3hab also spinning at the Amsterdam event and Markus Schulz, Sean Tyas and Orjan Nilsen rocking the Ministry, these were two mega nights in the dance music calendar. The Top 100 DJs poll has again thrown up many talking points — love it or hate it, its global significance and reach cannot be denied.