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Best Tchami Songs of All Time – Top 5 Tracks

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Martin Joseph Léonard Bresso, better known by his stage name Tchami, is a French record producer and DJ from Paris. A founding member of the Pardon My French collective, he is best known for his solo work and regarded as a pioneer of the future house genre alongside Dutch DJs Oliver Heldens and Don Diablo.

Tchami often performs with the persona of a priest and a church theme. He wears a clerical collar and includes visuals such as an altar and stained glass windows. In an interview he explained that “it is [his] message, being spiritual. I think my music is about that too.”

Tchami most commonly produces future house music, and came into widespread recognition after releasing a remix of “Go Deep” by Janet Jackson. Tchami has done several supporting tours with successful electronic music artists such as Skrillex, Diplo, and DJ Snake. He is currently part of the Pardon My French team, a collective of four French DJs composed of DJ Snake, Mercer, Malaa and himself. Throughout the year 2016 and early 2017, DJ Snake did a world tour with Pardon My French Tour with Tchami and Mercer.

Tchami has played at Ultra Music Festival, Coachella, and Electric Daisy Carnival.

See a full list of upcoming Tchami shows here.

Without further ado, Tchami’s top 5 tracks of all time:

5. Tchami – Shot Caller

4. Tchami – “Adieu” 

3. AlunaGeorge – You Know You Like It (Tchami Remix)

2. Tchami – Promesses feat. Kaleem Taylor

1. Tchami – After Life (Feat. Stacy Barthe)

BONUS: Tchami – Shades (feat. Donnie Sloan & Ricky Ducati)

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Best Don Diablo Songs of All Time – Top 5 Tracks

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Don Pepijn Schipper born February 27 1980, better known by his stage name Don Diablo, is a Dutch DJ, record producer, musician and songwriter of electronic dance music from Coevorden. He is known for his electronic style of production and vocalizing in most of his songs. He is one of the pioneers of the future house genre and was ranked sixth in the Top 100 DJs – 2019 list by DJ Mag. He was also ranked number one Producer of the Year by 1001Tracklists. In 2016, he was ranked the number one Future House Artist of the Year on Beatport.

His song “Starlight (Could You Be Mine)”, made with UK DJ/producer Matt Nash, was debuted during the last Swedish House Mafia concert, after Axwell signed it to his label. The song became a Beatport Top 5 hit, and later several of his other releases reaching the Beatport Top 10. The music video, directed by Kyle Padilla, was published on 7 February 2014, around seven months after the song’s release.

Diablo has played in Canada, the UK, the US, Australia, Japan, Brazil, and Israel. He has played at clubs and festivals including “Passion” club in London as resident DJ in 2002, Ministry of Sound, Gatecrasher, Dancevalley, Godskitchen, Impulz, Mysteryland, Creamfields, Haoman 17, Turnmills, Chasing Summer, Innercity, Northern Lights, Extrema Outdoorn, ElectroNation and Razzmatazz, Ultra Music Festival, Tomorrowland, and Electric Daisy Carnival and Space in Ibiza. He has produced for a diverse range of artists including Kelis, Alex Clare, Diplo, Example, Dragonette, Noisia, Rox, Sidney Samson, Ou Est Le Swimming Pool and remixed for Bastille, Birdy, Tinie Tempah, Mika, The Chemical Brothers, Cassius, Gorillaz, Public Enemy, Iggy Pop, Plump DJs.

See a full list of upcoming Don Diablo shows here.

Without further ado, Don Diablo’s top 5 tracks of all time:

5. Don Diablo – On My Mind

4. Don Diablo & Matt Nash – Starlight

3. Don Diablo – Back In Time

2. Don Diablo – AnyTime

1. Don Diablo – Cutting Shapes

BONUS: Don Diablo – Momentum

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Best Jauz Songs of All Time – Top 5 Tracks

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Sam Vogel, better known by his stage name Jauz, is an American DJ and electronic dance music producer based in San Francisco, United States. He founded his own label, Bite This, in 2017.

Vogel grew up in Northern California. He began playing guitar and producing electronic music on his computer at the age of 15. He went to Icon Collective music production school. He previously went to a film school in Loyola Marymount University before deciding to pursue a musical career, prompting him to enroll in Icon Collective. He began releasing future house tracks before adopting the stage name Jauz. His career kickstarted when fellow musician Kennedy Jones had played one of his remixes. Jones also had introduced him to his manager, Moe Shalizi which helped Vogel to release music on Borgore’s record label, Buygore.

Before starting his professional career, he used “Escape Dubstep” as a stage name. He later used ‘Jauz’ because he thought it was short, simple and catchy despite hating the word. The name was also described by Vogel as a slang word for ‘bullshit’ and a liar. He started his career by uploading remixes. His songs caught the attention of well-known DJs such as Diplo, Skrillex and Borgore.

Jauz has played at Ultra Music Festival, Coachella, and Electric Daisy Carnival.

See a full list of upcoming Jauz shows here.

Without further ado, Jauz’s top 5 tracks of all time:

5. Skrillex & JAUZ – SQUAD OUT! feat. Fatman Scoop

4. Jauz & Marshmello – Magic

3. Jauz & Pegboard Nerds – Get On Up 

2. Jauz and Ephwurd – Rock The Party

1. Jauz – Feel The Volume

BONUS: Jauz & DJ Snake – Gassed Up

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Best Marshmello Songs of All Time – Top 5 Tracks

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Christopher Comstock born May 19, 1992, known professionally as Marshmello, is an American electronic music producer and DJ. He first gained international recognition by releasing remixes of songs by American DJ duo Jack Ü and Russian-German DJ Zedd.

Marshmello performed at Electric Daisy Carnival 2016 in Las Vegas on June 19. In a gimmick attempted by Marshmello and Dutch DJ Tiësto, the latter who wore the same clothes as the former on stage, took off his helmet presenting himself as Marshmello.

His debut studio album, Joytime, was released in January 2016, which included the lead single and Marshmello’s debut single “Keep It Mello”. Marshmello’s second song in 2016, a platinum-certified single titled “Alone”, was released in May via the Canadian record label Monstercat. Having peaked on the US Billboard Hot 100 at number 60, it became his first single to be certified platinum in the US and Canada with over a million copies of certified units. That year, he released three subsequent singles. In 2017, after releasing singles such as “Chasing Colors”, “Twinbow” and “Moving On”, Marshmello collaborated with American R&B singer Khalid to release “Silence” as a single, which was certified platinum and multi-platinum in eight countries. Succeeding another single, one of his best-selling singles, a collaboration with American singer Selena Gomez, titled “Wolves” was released. He was named by Forbes in eighth place on their annual ranking of the world’s highest-paid DJs in 2017 as he earned $21 million in the twelve months prior June 2017.

See a full list of upcoming Marshmello shows here.

Without further ado, Marshmello’s top 5 tracks of all time:

5. Selena Gomez, Marshmello – Wolves

4. Marshmello – Summer (Official Music Video) with Lele Pons

3. Marshmello ft. Khalid – Silence

2. Marshmello – Ritual (feat. Wrabel)

1. Marshmello – Alone

BONUS: Marshmello & Anne-Marie – FRIENDS (Lyric Video)

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Best Skrillex Songs of All Time – Top 5 Tracks

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Sonny John Moore born January 15, 1988, known professionally as Skrillex, is an American record producer, DJ, musician, singer and songwriter. Growing up in Northeast Los Angeles and in Northern California, he joined the American post-hardcore band From First to Last as the lead singer in 2004, and recorded two studio albums with the band (Dear Diary, My Teen Angst Has a Body Count, 2004, and Heroine, 2006) before leaving to pursue a solo career in 2007. He began his first tour as a solo artist in late 2007. After recruiting a new band lineup, Moore joined the Alternative Press Tour to support bands such as All Time Low and The Rocket Summer, and appeared on the cover of Alternative Press’ annual “100 Bands You Need to Know” issue.

After releasing the Gypsyhook EP in 2009, Moore was scheduled to record his debut studio album, Bells, with producer Noah Shain. He ceased production of the album, however, and began performing under the name Skrillex, distributing the My Name Is Skrillex EP for free download on his official MySpace page. Subsequently, he released the Scary Monsters and Nice Sprites EP in late–2010 and More Monsters and Sprites EP in mid–2011, both of which have since become moderate commercial successes. On November 30, 2011, he received five Grammy Award nominations at the 54th Grammy Awards, including Best New Artist and won three: “Best Dance/Electronica Album”, “Best Dance Recording”, and “Best Remixed Recording, Non-Classical”. On December 5, 2011, the BBC announced that he had been nominated for their Sound of 2012 poll. On December 12, 2011, he was also named MTV’s Electronic Dance Music Artist of the Year. Skrillex has won eight Grammy Awards and holds the world record for most Grammys won by an electronic dance music artist. Skrillex has collaborated with Diplo and Boys Noize to form the groups of Jack Ãœ and Dog Blood respectively.

See a full list of upcoming Skrillex shows here.

Without further ado, Skrillex’s top 5 tracks of all time:

5. SKRILLEX – Bangarang feat. Sirah

4. SKRILLEX – WITH YOU, FRIENDS (LONG DRIVE)

3. Benny Benassi ft. Gary Go – Cinema (Skrillex Remix)

2. Skrillex and Diplo – “Where Are Ãœ Now” with Justin Bieber

1. Skrillex – Scary Monsters And Nice Sprites

BONUS: Jack Ãœ – Take Ãœ There feat. Kiesza

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Best Deadmau5 Songs of All Time – Top 5 Tracks

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Joel Thomas Zimmerman born January 5, 1981, known professionally as Deadmau5 (stylized as deadmau5; pronounced “dead mouse”), is a Canadian electronic music producer, DJ, and musician. Zimmerman mainly produces progressive house music and sometimes other forms of electronic music. His works have been included in compilation albums such as Tiësto‘s In Search of Sunrise 6: Ibiza and presented on Armin van Buuren‘s A State of Trance radio show.

Zimmerman has received six Grammy Award nominations for his work. He has worked with other DJs and producers, such as Kaskade, MC Flipside, Rob Swire and Wolfgang Gartner. He has also collaborated with Steve Duda under the group name BSOD (Better Sounding On Drugs), and was part of the group named WTF? with Duda, Tommy Lee, and DJ Aero. In 2007, he founded his own record label, Mau5trap. Deadmau5 is currently one of the highest paid electronic music producers in the world, and is a masked music artist similar to Marshmello and Daft Punk.

See a full list of upcoming Deadmau5 shows here.

Without further ado, Deadmau5’s top 5 tracks of all time:

5. deadmau5 – Some Chords

4. deadmau5 – Raise Your Weapon

3. deadmau5 & Kaskade – I Remember

2. deadmau5 feat. Rob Swire – Ghosts N Stuff

1. deadmau5 – Strobe

BONUS: deadmau5 – Not Exactly

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Best DJ Snake Songs of All Time – Top 5 Tracks

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William Sami Étienne Grigahcine born June 13 1986, known professionally as DJ Snake, is a French DJ and record producer from Paris.

DJ Snake debuted into the international scene with singles “Bird Machine” and “Turn Down for What” in 2013. “Bird Machine” is a collaboration with fellow French musician Alesia. The single was picked up by Mad Decent, a Los Angeles-based record label run by Diplo, and released in February 2013. In June 2013, DJ Snake was invited by Diplo to do a live mix on his radio show, “Diplo & Friends”, which airs on BBC Radio 1.

DJ Snake was announced to be working on a collaboration with Diplo, originally slated to debut in 2014; it eventually released in 2015 as the single “Lean On” in collaboration with MØ and Diplo’s Major Lazer. On 30 April 2014, DJ Snake was labeled as an “Artist to Watch” by FoxWeekly. He and Dillon Francis were announced as alternating supporting artists for the summer Mothership Tour 2014 with Skrillex. In March 2018, Billboard named DJ Snake as number nine on their 2018 ranking of dance musicians titled Billboard Dance 100.

He performed at the 2015 Coachella Music Festival with guest appearances by AlunaGeorge and MØ, who did vocals on “Lean On” with Major Lazer. “Lean On” and DJ Snake’s remix of AlunaGeorge’s “You Know You Like It” were both top 10 Shazamed songs from Coachella 2015. DJ Snake is currently part of the Pardon My French team, a collective of four French DJs composed of Tchami, Mercer, Malaa and himself.

See a full list of upcoming DJ Snake shows here.

Without further ado, DJ Snake’s top 5 tracks of all time:

5. Dillon Francis, DJ Snake – Get Low

4. DJ Snake, Lil Jon – Turn Down for What

3. DJ Snake – Let Me Love You ft. Justin Bieber

2. DJ Snake – Taki Taki ft. Selena Gomez, Ozuna, Cardi B 

1. Major Lazer & DJ Snake – Lean On (feat. MØ)

BONUS: DJ Snake ft. Bipolar Sunshine – Middle

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Best Armin Van Buuren Songs of All Time – Top 5 Tracks

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Armin Jozef Jacobus Daniël van Buuren OON born 25 December 1976 is a Dutch DJ, record producer and remixer from Leiden. Since 2001, he has hosted A State of Trance (ASOT), a weekly radio show, which is broadcast to nearly 40 million listeners in 84 countries on over 100 FM radio stations. According to DJs And Festivals, “the radio show propelled him to stardom and helped cultivate an interest in trance music around the world.”

To celebrate the 550th episode of A State of Trance, he performed with various artists on two different continents during fourth weeks. The show was called A State of Trance 550: Invasion. The first event was celebrated at Ministry of Sound in London on 1 March 2012. On 7 March, Moscow held the second event at Expocentre. Kiev’s show was performed at International Exhibition Centre on 10 March. On 17 March, as part of the Beyond Wonderland festival in Los Angeles and on 25 March at the Ultra Music Festival in Miami. On 31 March, the biggest and final edition of ASOT 550 took place in the Brabanthallen of Den Bosch, Netherlands. On 19 October 2012, Van Buuren was announced for a fifth non-consecutive year as the world’s number one DJ according to DJ Mag.

Van Buuren has won a number of accolades. He has been ranked the number one DJ by DJ Mag a record of five times, four years in a row. He was ranked fourth on the DJ Mag Top 100 DJs list in 2015, 2016, and 2019, and third in 2017. In 2014, he was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Dance Recording for his single “This Is What It Feels Like” featuring Trevor Guthrie, which makes him the fourth trance artist ever to receive a Grammy Award nomination. In the United States, he holds the record for most entries, twenty-one, on the Billboard Dance/Electronic Albums chart.

See a full list of upcoming Armin Van Buuren shows here.

Without further ado, Armin van Buuren’s top 5 tracks of all time:

5. Armin van Buuren feat. Fiora – Waiting For The Night 

4. Armin van Buuren feat. Trevor Guthrie – This Is What It Feels Like

3. Armin van Buuren vs Vini Vici feat. Hilight Tribe – Great Spirit (Extended Mix)

2. Armin van Buuren feat. Sharon den Adel – In And Out Of Love

1. Armin van Buuren – Blah Blah Blah 

BONUS: Armin van Buuren vs Shapov – Our Origin (Extended Mix)

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Best Porter Robinson Songs of All Time – Top 5 Tracks

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Porter Weston Robinson born July 15, 1992 is an American DJ, record producer, musician, and singer from Chapel Hill, North Carolina. His debut full-length studio album, Worlds, was released in 2014 and peaked at #1 on Billboard’s Top Dance/Electronic Albums. Robinson began releasing music under the alias Virtual Self in 2017, with his self-titled EP Virtual Self debuting the same year. Robinson was nominated for the 2019 Grammy Award for Best Dance Recording for his single “Ghost Voices”. At the inaugural Electronic Music Awards in 2017, he was nominated for Single of the Year and Live Act of the Year, both with Madeon, for the single “Shelter” and the Shelter Live Tour, respectively.

His other accolades include 5th place in DJ Times’ 2013 ranking for America’s Best DJ, 7th in the Billboard 21 under 21 list, topping InTheMix’s 25 under 25 list, and winning the 2015 MTVU Artist of the Year. Robinson also made DJ Mag’s Top 100 DJs list for seven consecutive years.

Robinson released a single, “Language”, on April 10, 2012 through Big Beat Records in North America, and Ministry of Sound everywhere else. The song was relatively different in its production than the “complextro” sound that Robinson had become known for, favoring a more melodic sound and a dream-like piano lead. The song rose to the number one overall chart position on Beatport as well as the iTunes Dance chart. The single was premiered initially via a live BBC Radio 1 Essential Mix on January 27. The music video, directed by Jodeb, was released via Ministry of Sound’s YouTube channel on August 1, 2012. The song was also included as the menu music for the 2012 video game Forza Horizon. Throughout the rest of 2012, Robinson embarked on his “Language Tour”, supported by artists Mat Zo and The M Machine.

In January 2019, it was announced that Ghost Voices was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Dance Recording, marking Robinson’s first nomination. Robinson celebrated the accomplishment by playing three Virtual Self sets in Los Angeles before the awards ceremony. In a statement to Billboard Dance, Robinson says he discovered the nomination through Twitter of all places. At the time, he hadn’t even realized “Ghost Voices” was submitted for consideration. “I was ecstatic, to be honest…I basically found out from Twitter…I just never once considered it as a real possibility at all…something about how vastly it exceeded my expectations,” he said. And he added “It was really gratifying.”

See a full list of upcoming Porter Robinson shows here.

Without further ado, Porter Robinson’s top 5 tracks of all time:

5. Virtual Self – Ghost Voices

4. Mat Zo & Porter Robinson – Easy

3. Porter Robinson – Sad Machine

2. Porter Robinson – Language

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1. Porter Robinson & Madeon – Shelter

BONUS: Porter Robinson ft. Amy Millan – Divinity

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Best Madeon Songs of All Time – Top 5 Tracks

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Hugo Pierre Leclercq – better known by his stage name Madeon, is a French DJ, record producer, singer, songwriter and musician from Nantes, France, currently based in Los Angeles. He initially came to widespread public attention through a YouTube video, “Pop Culture”, where he performed a mash-up of 39 different popular songs in real-time using a Novation Launchpad. It received millions of hits in its first few days of release.

Leclercq started composing music at the age of 11, producing hands-up under the name of “Deamon” and Wayne Mont until 2010 when he began producing house music under his current name, Madeon, which is an anagram of his previous nickname. He won a remix competition for “The Island” by Pendulum the same year.

His first EP, The City, was released in 2012. His debut studio album, Adventure, was released on 27 March 2015, supported by a 22-stop North American tour. He was ranked at number 105 on DJ Mag’s top DJs for 2017. In 2017, he was nominated for two Electronic Music Awards with Porter Robinson for Single of the Year and Live Act of the Year.

Madeon has a DJ residency in Las Vegas at Hakkasan, Omnia LV, and Wet Republic.

See a full list of upcoming Madeon shows here.

Without further ado, Madeon’s top 5 tracks of all time:

5. Madeon – You’re On ft. Kyan

4. Madeon – Pay No Mind (ft. Passion Pit)

3. Madeon – All My Friends

2. Madeon – Finale

1. Porter Robinson & Madeon – Shelter

BONUS: Madeon – Pop Culture (live mashup)