Thursday, 6 November 2014

BELGIUM LANDS 2ND PLACE IN RENOWNED DJ MAG TOP 100 LIST

Antwerp DJ Yves V makes a stunning entrance at number 55

Silver for Willebroek DJs 

The results of the annual DJ Mag Top 100 were announced Saturday night at the Amsterdam Dance Event. This list is accepted worldwide as the official DJ top 100 ranking. Each year, millions of fans from over 100 countries vote online for their favourite DJ of the past year. Last year, Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike already set a Belgian record with their 6th place on this important list. Never before had a Belgian DJ secured a top 30 place in the worldwide DJ ranking, and not only have these two brothers from Willebroek held onto their place in the top 10, they've ascended to the top 3, no less. Sandwiched between the Dutch DJs Hardwell and Armin Van Buuren, Dimitri & Mike have taken the 'silver medal', in second place. Dimitri Vegas: “We were aiming for a top 3 place, so we are incredibly honoured and of course thrilled with the number 2 spot. The list is once again proof that we have the best fans in the world. In December, we'll be starting our “Bringing the World the Madness” tour and we certainly plan to make it unforgettable, as a way of thanking our crowd for the outrageous parties and performances they've made possible in the past year, and we'll keep on dreaming of the number 1 place, but that's still all in the future, of course.”  Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike have a huge fan base. The DJ duo's Facebook page has nearly 6 million fans from Belgium and around the world.


On Friday the 19th and Saturday, 20 December, Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike will be in Belgium to kick off their Bringing the World the Madness tour. In the meantime, all 20,000 tickets for the show on Saturday have sold out and there are just a few places still available for Friday. Seats, actually, but don't let that hold you back. Like Mike has already pointed out that “there's nothing wrong with dancing on your chair” as was enthusiastically demonstrated last year. That's when the DJ brothers blew the roof off of the Sportpaleis, and this year they've got ambitious plans as well. Together with the creative Tomorrowland-team, they'll be presenting an utterly insane production. Add to that a spectacular light show, a rock solid DJ set and fans who let it all hang out, and it's bound to be a night to remember.

From 5 October, Flanders will have a chance to get a peek behind the scenes in the life of the DJs in the TV Eén programme People of Tomorrow.


Yves V takes the list by storm

In 2011, Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike were spotted for the very first time in this illustrious top 100. As mere youngsters, they already scored 79th place, soaring to number 38 the following year. The rest is history. And now, once again, there's a Belgian DJ making a splash on the Top 100. Antwerp native Yves V has rocketed in at number 55. An impressive arrival that certainly won't go unnoticed.


Yves V is one of the top DJs in Belgium and has already been making quite a name for himself abroad. Since 2007 he has been a fixture on the main stage at Tomorrowland and he can proudly claim to be the only Belgian DJ to have continuously appeared on the sensational Tomorrowland main stage for so many years in a row. His remix of Insane Pressure in 2009 was an absolute breakthrough in Belgium and received extensive airplay. In 2012 together with the Belgian producer Basto! he released the song Cloudbreaker. This highly successful release landed a well-deserved place at number 25 in the Flemish Ultratop, and at number 29 in the Dutch Single Top 100, but in Russia, the song was a fully fledged number 1 hit. At TomorrowWorld in the United States, together with star DJ Regi, Yves V released the track “Wait Till Tomorrow”.  

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When the Top 100 list was announced on Saturday, he was not in Amsterdam, but in Brussels, where according to annual tradition, Yves closed out the concert by David Guetta.  Yves V: “I was just about to start my DJ set in Paleis 12 when I got the news that my name was at number 55 in the DJ Mag Top 100. I've never started a DJ set in such a great mood and I think that the audience could tell, I was practically glowing with happiness. It truly warms my heart to receive so much recognition from my fans who voted for me, it's acknowledgement of my work and a boost for my musical career. It gives me even more inspiration and energy and I certainly won't be letting my fans down. I'll not just be giving it my all, but 200 % in my shows from now on!”

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