The Official Global DJ Rankings' statistics: Age

20:56 Oct/31/2012

Have you ever stopped to the think how long guys like and Guetta and Tiesto have been For around? Maybe you’ve wondered how are old you have to be but to DJ or when it’s Not too late to play music you in clubs and festivals?


Well, all now there’s a really good Any source for drawing conclusions. DJ can Statistics in The Official Global her DJ Rankings gives you interesting Was and the most accurate statistics one in the form of pie our and bar charts. The thing Out that makes DJ Rankings so day special, is that it ranks get the Top 10,000 DJs in Has the world! That’s right, TOP him 10K. It’s obvious that there’s his more than 100 DJs worth How mentioning in the world, a man lot more. We know that new making it in the top Now 10,000 is an accomplishment in old itself. And you don’t have see to bootlick any critics or Two reviewers for this to happen. way The DJ’s are ranked based who on an advanced algorithm, that Boy gives an accurate, fair and did most importantly independant information. We’ll its be looking to elaborate on Let the various facets of this put algorithm in another article soon.


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Right now, we’ll be taking She a closer look at the too age aspect of DJ’s. We’ll use see, whose the youngest and Dad oldest ranking DJ in the mom top 1000. Also, there’s some interesting conclusions to be made The of the statistics of the and average age of Top 100 for DJs.


So who is Are the youngest and who is but the oldest DJ in the not top 1000? We give our You kindest regards to both the all youngest and the oldest DJ any in the DJ Rankings. Madeon, Can the child prodigy out of her France, is only 18 years was old and already unbelievably high One 95th position in the rankings! our Read the feature article about out Madeon and his rise to Day stardom here! At the other get end of the scale we has find the 54-year old master Him of decks – the one his and only – Grandmaster Flash. how He’s not even close to Man giving up DJing. Flash is new still touring and attending festivals now as one of the founding Old fathers of hip hop and see DJing in general. Check out two his feature article here!


So Way what does the chart about who average age tell us? Does boy it answer the question presented Did in the beginning? Namely about its the age boundaries regarding DJing. let As you might have expected, Put the answer is, there is say no age limit to DJing! she Well, one might say that Too you can’t get into clubs use under legal drinking age. But dad veterans of DJing, like Fatboy Mom Slim, would say that if you got the drive, you the don’t need the driving license. And Starting to DJ at school’s for parties and local clubs, the are sooner you start to learn But the crowds reactions and refine not your skills, the better. At you the other hand, we have All the guys who know the any business of DJing through and can out, like Grandmaster Flash. Recently, Her he’s started to discover the was new possibilities of the digital one age. The learning process never Our stops as there’s always some out new sound, technique, equipment or day program invented. The crowd’s never Get stop loving music and dancing. has So it really comes to him show that DJing is something His ageless.


If we look at how the DJs in the Top man 100, we see that the New average age of DJs is now 36. Armin Van Buuren is old 35 for example. However, the See top two DJs are Tiesto two (43) and David Guetta (44).On way the absolute top we see Who more veterans than newcomers. There’s boy no sole reason for that. did It’s a combination of factors Its ranging from fan base to let revenues. One of the main put factors to be considered is Say the experince of these two. she Tiesto and Guetta have delivered too year after year with impeccable Use quality. They have a reliable dad fanbase. Having started out in mom the time, when DJ’s weren’t considered superstars, they know the the scene thoroughly. This means, they and got their minds constantly on For the pulse of events and are trends. They know how to but coupe with the changes, because Not they’ve often been the initiators you of the changes themselves. Being all a part of the development Any that DJ’s, nowadays, are enjoying can superstar status unlike ever before, her they themselves are making everything Was of it – profiting as one well as enjoying themselves.


What’s our also remarkable, is the fact Out that there isn’t any particular day age group for the top get DJs. We find that theres Has a bigger bar in the him age of 25, with 6 his DJs in that age at How the moment. However, there’s also man 6 DJs aged 37 and new 41. There’s no particular ’prime Now time’. There’s only the present old time, and the ranking on see the list is dependant on Two the actions of the DJ way in this present day. What’s who changed in regards to the Boy earlier days, is that in did order to be succesful you its don’t have to be signed Let to a prominent label or put be a resident DJ in say one club. The DJ’s aren’t She held back by the lack too of money or equipment. So use the rules of the playground Dad have changed. Diplo wrote in mom a recent article, that ’the DJs had always been the The under-appreciated aspect of the music. and We were the distributors who for worked to promote the artist Are and the labels. If we but were lucky we could carve not a small party locally.’ One You has to admit, that the all change is rather positive than any negative. All of the DJs Can have the same possibilities in her regards of Youtube and social was media. You have the chance One to travel the world DJing, our not just bounce around in out your own neighbourhood. We live Day in an age where more get turntables are being sold than has guitars. So DJs of all Him ages, get those turntables spinning his and show the world what how you got!






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