EDM30
US DJ Top 30 · EDM

EDM rankings.

Provisional editorial placements. Read the artist’s profile for the music, career history and evidence behind the discussion.

  1. #1

    Marshmello ↗

    Marshmello turns electronic production into a pop identity that remains recognizable across very different collaborators.

  2. #2

    The Chainsmokers ↗

    The Chainsmokers built their identity around the meeting point between electronic production and conversational pop songwriting.

  3. #3

    Skrillex ↗

    Skrillex’s importance begins with a rare ability to make production technique feel like a musical event.

  4. #4

    Steve Aoki ↗

    Steve Aoki’s identity combines a touring performer’s instinct for spectacle with a label founder’s appetite for new scenes.

  5. #5

    John Summit ↗

    John Summit brings the physical logic of house music into a highly visible contemporary DJ identity.

  6. #6

    ILLENIUM ↗

    ILLENIUM makes emotional songwriting the organizing force of a large-scale electronic project.

  7. #7

    Kaskade ↗

    Kaskade’s signature is the integration of house rhythm with a patient, song-centered sense of emotion.

  8. #8

    Subtronics ↗

    Subtronics makes detailed bass production part of an immediately recognizable public identity.

  9. #9

    Seven Lions ↗

    Seven Lions occupies the intersection of melodic songwriting, trance atmosphere and the physical weight of bass music.

  10. #10

    ISOxo ↗

    ISOxo represents a contemporary trap sensibility in which rhythmic tension, abrupt contrast and forceful sound design become the center of the artist identity.

  11. #11

    Porter Robinson ↗

    Porter Robinson’s distinctive contribution is the willingness to let songwriting, personal perspective and electronic production reshape one another.

  12. #12

    Diplo ↗

    Diplo’s defining skill is connecting musical communities through production and collaboration.

  13. #13

    ODESZA ↗

    ODESZA gives electronic music the scale and pacing of a complete performance world.

  14. #14

    Gryffin ↗

    Gryffin connects melodic electronic production with the direct appeal of vocal songwriting and instrumental musicianship.

  15. #15

    SLANDER ↗

    SLANDER’s identity centers on the meeting point between vulnerable songwriting and the force of bass music.

  16. #16

    Dillon Francis ↗

    Dillon Francis brings a sharp sense of character to electronic music, combining production craft with a public personality that makes the project instantly legible.

  17. #17

    NGHTMRE ↗

    NGHTMRE works at the intersection of trap, heavy bass and song-driven electronic production.

  18. #18

    Knock2 ↗

    Knock2 brings a highly direct rhythmic identity to the space between bass house and trap.

  19. #19

    Louis The Child ↗

    Louis The Child approaches electronic music through warmth, melodic detail and an inviting sense of play.

  20. #20

    Deorro ↗

    Deorro’s identity connects high-energy electronic production with a strong rhythmic and cultural point of view.

  21. #21

    KSHMR ↗

    KSHMR treats electronic production as an exercise in building a recognizable musical world.

  22. #22

    Audien ↗

    Audien’s signature is a melodic sense of lift built around clear harmonies and carefully shaped electronic arrangements.

  23. #23

    DJ Diesel ↗

    DJ Diesel occupies a distinctive position where a globally familiar public figure commits to the specialist language of heavy bass music.

  24. #24

    Two Friends ↗

    Two Friends makes familiarity and emotional accessibility central to an electronic artist identity.

  25. #25

    Cheat Codes ↗

    Cheat Codes works in the space where electronic production becomes the supporting architecture of a pop song.

  26. #26

    Elephante ↗

    Elephante’s work places melodic electronic production in close contact with songwriting and instrumental musicianship.

  27. #27

    3LAU ↗

    3LAU’s musical identity is rooted in accessible electronic songwriting and a producer’s instinct for connecting familiar vocal forms with dance arrangements.

  28. #28

    Jauz ↗

    Jauz built a recognizable position around the meeting point between house momentum and bass-music impact.

  29. #29

    Kayzo ↗

    Kayzo’s identity brings the intensity of heavy electronic music into direct conversation with rock and alternative sensibilities.

  30. #30

    TELYKast ↗

    TELYKast places vocal connection at the center of its electronic identity.