Billboard Reveal Their “Top 30 EDM Power Players”

Every year, some of the top music publications around the world take out their various lists: Best Albums, Top earning artists, artists to look forward to etc. With the emergence of electronic music as a major front runner in the world of music, be it live music or sales, Billboard hasn’t stayed behind with the trends, launching its Billboard Dance section, which caters categorically to dance music.

And to solidify their position as one of the front runners in music overall, Billboard have recently revealed their list of “Top 30 EDM Power Players“, listing some of the most influential names in the world of dance music, with the likes of Steve Angello, Diplo, Martin Garrix and many others finding their name on the list.

With the likes of entrepreneurs such as James Barton, Pasquale Rotella, Patrick Moxey, Gary Richards among others are natural selections on the list, DJs and producers aren’t far behind, with the likes of Skrillex, Diplo, David Guetta, Calvin Harris, Tiesto, Steve Angello, Martin Garrix among others making the cut.

While the names on the list are without a doubt warranted for, one can’t help but wonder the ranking of the names on the list. Agreed, Diplo is unarguably one of the finest producer of our generations, and is influential, but his name above the likes of Pete Tong and Annie Mac definitely raises some eyebrows.

Check out the complete list here below:

1. James Barton, President of electronic music, Live Nation
2. Diplo, DJ-producer; founder, Mad Decent
3. Pasquale Rotella, Founder, Insomniac Events
4. Skrillex, DJ-producer; co-founder, OWSLA
5. Paul Morris, Founder/president, AM Only
6. Calvin Harris // Mark Gillespie // Dean Wilson
Harris: DJ-producer; Gillespie/Wilson: Co-founders, Three Six Zero Group
7. Ritty Van Straalen, CEO, SFX Live
8. Joel Zimmerman, Partner/head of electronic music, William Morris Endeavor
9. Gary Richards, Founder/CEO, HARD Events
10. Patrick Moxey, Founder/president, Ultra Records; president of electronic music, Sony Music
11. Scooter Braun, Founder/owner, SB Projects
12. Kaskade, DJ-producer
13. David Guetta, DJ-producer
14. Ash Pournouri, Founder, At Night Management
15. Kathryn Frazier, Owner, Biz3 Publicity; co-owner, OWSLA
16. Deadmau5, Producer; founder, Mau5trap
17. Neil Moffitt, CEO, Hakkasan Group
18. Pete Tong & Annie Mac, DJ/hosts
19. Tiesto, DJ-producer
20. Martin Garrix, DJ-producer
21. Geronimo, Director of music programming for electronic and dance formats; host, BPM/SiriusXM
22. Tim Smith, Founder, Blood Company
23. Neil Jacobson, Senior vp A&R, Interscope Geffen A&M
24. Steve Aoki, DJ-producer; CEO/owner, Dim Mak Records
25. Disclosure, DJ-producers
26. Amy Thomson, Founder/CEO, ATM Artists
27. DJ Snake, DJ-producer
28. Zedd, DJ-producer
29. Steve Angello, DJ-producer; founder, Size Records
30. A-Trak, DJ-producer; co-founder, Fool’s Gold Records