While many websites compiled the top musicians of 2017 by a vote, 1001Tracklists has decided to calculate the Top 101 producers of 2017 based upon how many DJs decided to include their songs in their DJ sets.
Even though Skrillex did not get behind the decks much this past year, 1001Tracklists list Skrillex as the #1 producer of 2017 with a total of 1,463 unique DJ plays by fellow artists. Don Diablo, Axwell, Diplo, Hardwell, and BROHUG followed behind Skrillex. Check out the top list below.
1001Tracklists Top 25 Producers of 2017
1. Skrillex, United States – Total Unique DJ Support: 1,463
2. Don Diablo, Netherlands – Total Unique DJ Support: 1,198
3. Axwell, Sweden – Total Unique DJ Support: 1,007
4. Diplo, United States – Total Unique DJ Support: 1,002
5. Hardwell, Netherlands – Total Unique DJ Support: 997
6. BROHUG, Sweden – Total Unique DJ Support: 948
7. Tiësto, Netherlands – Total Unique DJ Support: 919
8. EDX, Switzerland – Total Unique DJ Support: 916
9. Sebastian Ingrosso, Sweden – Total Unique DJ Support: 828
10. Kryder, United Kingdom – Total Unique DJ Support: 825
11. Leandro Da Silva, Italy – Total Unique DJ Support: 817
12. Tom Staar, United Kingdom – Total Unique DJ Support: 788
13. Oliver Heldens, Netherlands – Total Unique DJ Support: 778
14. Armin van Buuren, Netherlands – Total Unique DJ Support: 772
15. Eric Prydz, Sweden – Total Unique DJ Support: 766
16. CamelPhat, United Kingdom – Total Unique DJ Support: 752
17. D.O.D., United Kingdom – Total Unique DJ Support: 744
18. Martin Garrix, Netherlands – Total Unique DJ Support: 706
19. W&W, Netherlands – Total Unique DJ Support: 677
20. Chocolate Puma, Netherlands – Total Unique DJ Support: 661
21. Lucas & Steve, Netherlands – Total Unique DJ Support: 657
22. Sander van Doorn, Netherlands – Total Unique DJ Support: 649
23. Afrojack, Netherlands – Total Unique DJ Support: 629
24. GTA, United States – Total Unique DJ Support: 608
25. CID, United States – Total Unique DJ Support: 599
View the full list here.