Most Popular Nordic DJ
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Most Popular Nordic DJ is a voting process developed and run by Megamind, a website focusing on Nordic clubbing and DJ culture in the following countries of Sweden
Sweden
Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....

, Norway
Norway
Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...

, Denmark
Denmark
Denmark is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe. The countries of Denmark and Greenland, as well as the Faroe Islands, constitute the Kingdom of Denmark . It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries, southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and bordered to the south by Germany. Denmark...

 and Finland
Finland
Finland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside...

. The voting process is a way to determine who is the most popular Nordic DJ. Eligible recipients are Swedish, Danish, Norwegian or Finnish DJs, producers or artists who use DJing as a way of performance. Live acts are also counted if they include at least one person who DJs.

The vote started in 2003 and is still today the only true vote for whom is the most popular DJ in the region. The voting takes place between September 1 of each year until January 31 of the following year, making it the longest running vote in the world of its kind.

Results

Winners of the title "Most Popular Nordic DJ" in past years are:
  • 2003 - DJ Orkidea (Finland)
  • 2004 - Airbase
    Jezper Söderlund
    Jezper Söderlund is a Swedish record producer and electronic music artist who records mainly under the name of Airbase. His experimentation with electronic music began in 1994 after he was introduced to a digital sequencer application called Scream Tracker...

     (Sweden) (Voting halted after server crash in December 2004 and therefore is incomplete)
  • 2005 - DJ Orkidea (Finland)
  • 2006 - Tim Andresen (Denmark)
  • 2007 - DJ Orkidea (Finland)
  • 2008 - Marcus Schossow
    Marcus Schössow
    Marcus Schössow born 1985 is a Swedish DJ and electronic music producer living in Helsingborg, Sweden.- History :A DJ and Producer, Marcus Schössow rose to fame after the release of the Tiesto mix compilation In Search of Sunrise 6, in which his track "Chase My Rabbit" was featured. He also...

     (Sweden)
  • 2009 - Marcus Schossow
    Marcus Schössow
    Marcus Schössow born 1985 is a Swedish DJ and electronic music producer living in Helsingborg, Sweden.- History :A DJ and Producer, Marcus Schössow rose to fame after the release of the Tiesto mix compilation In Search of Sunrise 6, in which his track "Chase My Rabbit" was featured. He also...

     (Sweden)

Top 5 winners 2003:
  1. DJ Orkidea (Finland)
  2. Miss Jarea (Norway)
  3. Sebastian Voght (Sweden)
  4. Adam Beyer
    Adam Beyer
    Adam Beyer is a Swedish techno producer and DJ. He is the founder of Drumcode Records, Truesoul Records, Code Red and Mad Eye Recordings...

     (Sweden)
  5. Sekas (Sweden)


Top 5 winners 2004:
  1. Airbase
    Jezper Söderlund
    Jezper Söderlund is a Swedish record producer and electronic music artist who records mainly under the name of Airbase. His experimentation with electronic music began in 1994 after he was introduced to a digital sequencer application called Scream Tracker...

     (Sweden)
  2. Miss Jarea (Norway)
  3. DJ Irish (Sweden)
  4. Tim Andresen (Denmark)
  5. zanta (Finland)


Top 5 winners 2005:
  1. DJ Orkidea (Finland)
  2. Darude
    Darude
    Ville Virtanen , better known by his stage name Darude is a trance producer and DJ from Eura, Hinnerjoki, Finland. Debuting in 1995, he released the hit single "Sandstorm" in late 1999 and subsequent album Before the Storm...

     (Finland)
  3. Proteus
    Proteus
    In Greek mythology, Proteus is an early sea-god, one of several deities whom Homer calls the "Old Man of the Sea", whose name suggests the "first" , as protogonos is the "primordial" or the "firstborn". He became the son of Poseidon in the Olympian theogony In Greek mythology, Proteus (Πρωτεύς)...

     (Finland)
  4. DJ Anneli (Sweden)
  5. Miika Kuisma (Finland)


Top 5 winners 2006:
  1. Tim Andresen (Denmark)
  2. DJ Orkidea (Finland)
  3. Darude
    Darude
    Ville Virtanen , better known by his stage name Darude is a trance producer and DJ from Eura, Hinnerjoki, Finland. Debuting in 1995, he released the hit single "Sandstorm" in late 1999 and subsequent album Before the Storm...

     (Finland)
  4. Proteus
    Proteus
    In Greek mythology, Proteus is an early sea-god, one of several deities whom Homer calls the "Old Man of the Sea", whose name suggests the "first" , as protogonos is the "primordial" or the "firstborn". He became the son of Poseidon in the Olympian theogony In Greek mythology, Proteus (Πρωτεύς)...

     (Finland)
  5. Özgur Can (Sweden)


Top 5 winners 2007:
  1. DJ Orkidea (Finland)
  2. Sasha F (Finland)
  3. Proteus
    Proteus
    In Greek mythology, Proteus is an early sea-god, one of several deities whom Homer calls the "Old Man of the Sea", whose name suggests the "first" , as protogonos is the "primordial" or the "firstborn". He became the son of Poseidon in the Olympian theogony In Greek mythology, Proteus (Πρωτεύς)...

     (Finland)
  4. Darude
    Darude
    Ville Virtanen , better known by his stage name Darude is a trance producer and DJ from Eura, Hinnerjoki, Finland. Debuting in 1995, he released the hit single "Sandstorm" in late 1999 and subsequent album Before the Storm...

     (Finland)
  5. Tim Andresen (Denmark)


Top 5 winners 2008:
  1. Marcus Schossow
    Marcus Schössow
    Marcus Schössow born 1985 is a Swedish DJ and electronic music producer living in Helsingborg, Sweden.- History :A DJ and Producer, Marcus Schössow rose to fame after the release of the Tiesto mix compilation In Search of Sunrise 6, in which his track "Chase My Rabbit" was featured. He also...

     (Sweden)
  2. Maku L (Finland)
  3. Sasha F (Finland)
  4. DJ Orkidea (Finland)
  5. CiD Inc. (Denmark)


Top 5 winners 2009:
  1. Marcus Schossow
    Marcus Schössow
    Marcus Schössow born 1985 is a Swedish DJ and electronic music producer living in Helsingborg, Sweden.- History :A DJ and Producer, Marcus Schössow rose to fame after the release of the Tiesto mix compilation In Search of Sunrise 6, in which his track "Chase My Rabbit" was featured. He also...

     (Sweden)
  2. Sasha F (Finland)
  3. Maku L (Finland)
  4. DJ Orkidea (Finland)
  5. Proteus
    Proteus
    In Greek mythology, Proteus is an early sea-god, one of several deities whom Homer calls the "Old Man of the Sea", whose name suggests the "first" , as protogonos is the "primordial" or the "firstborn". He became the son of Poseidon in the Olympian theogony In Greek mythology, Proteus (Πρωτεύς)...

    (Finland)
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