Oliver Heldens tops 1001Tracklists’ ‘Top 101 Producers 2020’ list

Top Ten artists include Oliver Heldens, MEDUZA, Armin van Buuren, Tiësto, and David Guetta. UK House dominates the Top 40 this year. 45 artists enter the Top 101 list for the first time.

1001Tracklists has revealed its winning bill for their annual Top 101 Producers list, after announcing the awards just last month. Crowning the 2020 list of top contenders for the first time is Heldeep Records label head Oliver Heldens. The Dutch producer’s diligent work in the studio over the past year has commended him the reward of No. 1 — up from the 24th spot in 2019 — thanks to a massive run of diverse releases across both his own name and his HI-LO alias.

Twenty-one countries are represented in this year’s rankings, including Australia, Brazil, Canada, Colombia, Croatia, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Israel, Italy, Netherlands, Russia, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom, Ukraine, and USA. 

Following Heldens, Grammy-nominated trio MEDUZA takes both the No. 2 spot and the highest new entry for this year. This year’s Top 5 is rounded off with acclaimed dance music titans Armin van Buuren, Tiësto, and last year’s winner David Guetta, whose roles as long-standing mavens of the industry are once again upheld through 1001Tracklists’ performance metrics. 

Continually rising acts like RetroVision climbed their way up from the previous year’s ranking, coming in at No. 6. The French Future House producer launched his own label imprint, Time Machine, under Hexagon in 2020, and garnered success with a number of chart-topping originals like “Feel Your Touch,” “All Night Long,” and “Switch That.”

Next up are list regulars Diplo at No. 7, then Don Diablo at No. 8 who took the title of No. 1 in 2018. Leandro Da Silva, who is also slated to performance on the Minecraft virtual lineup, comes in at No. 9 this year. 

To close out the winning installment, we welcome another new artist onto the bill — studio savant Martin Ikin. Ikin is well known in the industry for his work under a multitude of former aliases but is now making strides with a breakthrough in the Top 101 rankings with his current UK House self-named project. UK House comes in very strong in the Top 40 this year, with artists like Martin Ikin, CamelPhat, Eli Brown, Solardo, Low Steppa, Wh0, BISCITS, and Sonny Fodera in the rankings. 

Together with MEDUZA, Ikin joins 45 other first time entrants entering the Top 101 list for the first time, leading an era of newcomers and fresh talents rising to the top. A sign of the shift away from mainstream and commercialization, this year’s list also welcomed over 30 artists representing the sounds of House, Tech House, and Progressive House.

1001Tracklists celebrated the Top 101 Producers 2020 rankings with a virtual Minecraft live-stream featuring ARTY, BROHUG, David Guetta, DubVision, EDX, MOTi, Nicky Romero, Nitti Gritti, Noizu, Nora En Pure, Oliver Heldens, Yotto, and more.

TOP 101 PRODUCERS LIST

1	Oliver Heldens
2	MEDUZA
3	Armin van Buuren
4	Tiësto
5	David Guetta
6	RetroVision
7	Diplo
8	Don Diablo
9	Leandro Da Silva
10	Martin Ikin
11	Nicky Romero
12	Chris Lake
13	Jack Wins
14	Nitti Gritti
15	Giuseppe Ottaviani
16	BYOR
17	CamelPhat
18	Eli Brown
19	Raven & Kreyn
20	Curbi
21	BROHUG
22	Steff Da Campo
23	SWACQ
24	Party Favor
25	Matroda
26	Mr. Sid
27	Marc Benjamin
28	ARTBAT
29	Solardo
30	Low Steppa
31	Milk Bar
32	Keanu Silva
33	Vintage Culture
34	DubVision
35	Chris Lorenzo
36	ARTY
37	Wh0
38	Biscits
39	Malaa
40	Sonny Fodera
41	David Penn
42	Allen Watts
43	Purple Disco Machine
44	Tom Staar
45	Kryder
46	Mo Falk
47	FISHER
48	Steve Dekay
49	MOTi
50	Tinlicker
51	Ilan Bluestone
52	MorganJ
53	MORTEN
54	Maor Levi
55	ALOK
56	Mark Knight
57	Gorgon City
58	EDX
59	SIKS
60	David Puentez
61	Grum
62	Chocolate Puma
63	Yotto
64	CID
65	Calvin Harris
66	Magnificence
67	HUGEL
68	ReOrder
69	Illyus & Barrientos
70	MK
71	Skrillex
72	Joel Corry
73	Genix
74	Roman Messer
75	JOYRYDE
76	Matt Fax
77	KC Lights
78	Eximinds
79	Noizu
80	Dom Dolla
81	Above & Beyond
82	Fatum
83	Tchami
84	Armand van Helden
85	Ship Wrek
86	Firebeatz
87	Tony Romera
88	Marten Hørger
89	OFFAIAH
90	Wax Motif
91	Boys Noize
92	James Hype
93	Dannic
94	Cheyenne Giles
95	Beatsole
96	Metta & Glyde
97	Teamworx
98	AVIRA
99	Pickle
100	StadiumX
101	Habstrakt