In a year of which has seen much of the dance music industry looking towards all things minimal and German, the DJ Mag Top 100 Poll 2005 Results has seen another big victory for the German nation.

In a year of which has seen much of the dance music industry looking towards all things minimal and German, the DJ Mag Top 100 Poll 2005 Results has seen another big victory for the German nation. This year's poll saw a record 123, 955 votes cast their votes from 147 countries around the world with 20 new entries and 5 re-entries and RA can now announce the results.

Predictably, Trance DJs continued to dominate the Top 10. However the big news is that there has been a change of guard with Paul van Dyk wrestling the crown from Tiesto to take the No.1 position after the Dutch superstar's three years at the top spot. It's the first time the German trance DJ has been voted No.1 in his career and comes on top of his release earlier this year of Politics of Dancing 2.

With Paul van Dyk at No.1 and Tiesto slipping back to No.2, Armin van Buuren, Sasha and Ferry Corsten have all remained firm at No.3, 4 and 5 respectively as in the 2004 Poll. Re-entries and entries into the top 10 include Carl Cox sneaking in at No.10 and ATB new in at No.9.

A better year for the prog jocks with both John Digweed and Deep Dish jumping two places to No.6 and No.8 respectively, Resident Advisor's Hernan Cattaneo at No.7, DJ Vibe rocketing up 40 places and Desyn Masiello and Luke Fair all making it into the Top 100 for the first time.

The minimal representatives were dealt some good cards with Richie Hawtin jumping a massive 32 places to No.12, Magda breaking into the poll at No.100 and Villalobos at No.47.

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(source: residentadvisor)