Leading dance music tracklists portal, 1001Tracklists just revealed the annual Top 101 Producers. This year, in 2021, the number one spot has been taken by Vintage Culture, followed by David Guetta and Kryder. What about Swedish House Mafia tho?
What’s the 1001Tracklists’ Top 101 Producers?
The 1001Tracklists Top 101 Producers is an annual ranking brought to you by the world’s leading tracklist portal. Thanks to its extensive data collected over the year, 1001Tracklists is able to know what records and by which artists have been played the most. Unlike the DJ Mag Top 100 DJs, which is based on a poll where anyone can express their personal preference, the 1001Tracklists Top 101 Producers is based on actual data: if an artist’s track got played by a DJ during a set or a podcast/radio show, it got a point. The points are the unique DJ support. You may argue that having a track played on the closing at Ultra Miami or Tomorrowland is not the same as having the same track played by an upcoming DJ’s podcast; yes, but every system has its problems. Maybe, in the near future, 1001Tracklists will introduce a weight to rank the various supports but, that’s another topic.
2021 Top 101 Producers; the ranking.
For the very first time since its launch, the ranking sees at the top Vintage Culture with a total of 1585 unique DJ support. He has had an impressive year, climbing over 32 positions. In 2021 Vintage Culture’s most supported track has been his remix of Shouse’s Love Tonight with over 2020 unique DJ support closely followed by his single on Defected Is It What It Is (12 M Spotify streams).
On the second spot of the podium, there’s David Guetta, who’s gained 3 positions since last year. His single Impossible with Morten received 164 supports (almost 16 M Spotify stream). On the third position, with an impressive +42 position climbing, Kryder, the groove king, with 1361 unique DJ supports. An impressive year for John Summit too, who is a new addition at the 5th spot of the ranking.
Some big names are not on this year’s ranking, nor Swedish House Mafia or any of its members are in it, and also Martin Garrix miss from the list. You can check the full list below or via the 1001tracklist website.
