Clubbing TV has successfully produced and broadcasted more than 1500 hours of live streamings from all around the globe over the last 10 years, including one World Guinness Record for the longest DJ live stream.
Knowing all the pros & cons of the live streaming experience, the technical headaches, the platforms challenges, the endless Content ID claims, the electronic music TV channel Clubbing TV decided during lockdown to take some time and establish the criteria of what makes a good live streaming and give you a Top 40 of…. the best DJ streamers !
Carl Cox
The number one of this Top 40 Live Streaming DJs.
Intimist, the Cabin Fever of Carl Cox is a magnificent lesson of deejaying. Between techno, house and even trance classics, Carl Cox revisits his enormous vinyl collection and even talks about his records for our pure pleasure.
Top 40 Live Streaming DJs
Artists & DJs Ranking 2-10
Marc Rebillet
Musician, actor, composer, humorist and philosopher, Marc Rebillet combines all his amazing skills into his live-streamings.
No one can make you laugh and dance like Marc Rebillet.
David Guetta
On top of New York, David Guetta raised $500,000 & $720,000 during his two United At Home live-streams. A big production was behind him (Hello Robert Buisman!) and people from all over the globe were participating online.
ETCKID
Interactive, collaborative & charitable, the live-streams of Etc Kid are giving a voice to its viewers. Etc Kid will improvise songs live on Twitch and YOU can choose the sounds, speed, key and more to give a unique touch to the tracks!
KINK
At home with his synths, KINK seemed to be the happiest artist during the lockdown. If you haven’t seen his Pyjama Live on Instagram, go watch it and feel his contagious rhythm trough your body!
Bob Sinclar
With 55 dj sets, Bob Sinclar was the most eclectic and nostalgic streamer during the lockdown. Live from his studio in Paris, Bob Sinclar brought back what he used to play in the 90s and 00s mixed with some gold new records.
SOFI TUKKER
Sofi Tukker started to stream during the lockdown and do not seem to ever want to stop, for our delight! The duo is giving a one hour live performance per day, mixing dj set with singing and instruments. Their creativity is boosted and no live stream has end up the same as any other.
PAUL VAN DYK
Sundays are not the same with Paul Van Dyk pure trance sessions. Spinning vinyls from the old days and the new ones, talking like a real radio DJ, PVD Sunday Sessions have been a treat to all of us!
LITTLE LOUIE VEGA
Little Louie Vega Lockdown Sessions are still going on and are making us travel back to his all times favorite electronic music classics! Disco, boogie & house, those will make you dance!
MEZERG
One-man Band, Mezerg is streaming live with his PianoBoomBoom and Theremin. If those words don’t mean anything to you, it’s time to check his live stream sessions. Hint : it’s a trip between electronic and acoustic, jazz and techno, it’s good and it’s different!
Top 40 Live Streaming DJs
Artists & DJ’s Ranking 11-40
Special Categories Winners
Along with the TOP40 Live Streaming DJs, a series of 8 special categories have been made to reward:
“the coolest DJ live stream”, “the most original format”, “the longest DJ live stream”, “the best fundraiser”, “the best global initiative”, “the biggest line up”, “the out of comfort zone”, and since almost every DJ on planet earth has made some sort of live stream during the lockdown, the very special category of “the most notable absentees” !
- The best fundraiser : David Guetta
- The most original format : Marc Rebillet
- The best global initiative : United We Stream
- The longest : Mark Ursa (Guinness world record)
- The coolest : Paul Kalkbrenner
- The biggest line up : Beatport ReConnect
- The out of comfort zone : DJ Padre Guilherme
- The most notable absentees : DJ Snake, Eric Prydz & Sven Väth
The first edition’s of the Top 40 Live Streaming DJs has been made by the vote of 12 independent professionals of the music industry which were asked to give notes on criteria such as regularity, quality, scenery & fund raising, on an extensive list of DJs doing live streaming.
A new criteria, “the vote of the public” will be added to the 2021 edition asking the fans to vote for their favorite live streaming DJs but the poll will never be fully based on the public’s votes in order to keep the possibility for newcomers to stand out and enter the charts even if their fan base is still confidential.