David Guetta crowned The World’s No. 1 DJ in DJ Mag’s Top 100 DJs 2026

The announcement comes 15 years after Guetta first claimed the title in 2011. The French DJ also topped the poll in 2020, 2021, 2023 and 2025. This historic win makes him the first artist to claim the Top 100 DJs title six times, moving ahead of Dutch heavyweights Martin Garrix and Armin van Buuren, who have each won five times.

Now more than four decades into his career, Guetta remains as prolific as ever. In 2026, he has continued to keep one foot in the mainstream and another in the club, reuniting with Afrojack and Sia on ‘Awake Tonight’, launching the Men Machine project with Marten Hørger, and continuing to expand his Future Rave concept with MORTEN.

Ele também se juntou à ARTBAT para um remix de 'Somebody That I Used To Know', de Gotye e Kimbra, e se uniu a Andrea Bocelli, Megan Thee Stallion e EJAE na música oficial da Copa do Mundo da FIFA 2026, 'DNA (More Than A Game).

Collaboration remains a cornerstone of his career, partly because of what it teaches him. “The worst thing that can happen to a producer is to think you know it all,” he says, adding that working across different styles and taking inspiration from sessions with younger artists helps keep him motivated.

Guetta’s Galactic Circus residency also entered its second year at [UNVRS] Ibiza, where he has continued to explore a more club-focused side of his sound. This year’s run has included his first-ever B2B set with Carl Cox, as well as the debut of ‘Caught Up’, a forthcoming collaboration with Marlon Hoffstadt.

The Frenchman has also continued to push his live show to new levels. Playing three sold-out Stade de France shows in 2026, featuring guest appearances from Armin van Buuren, Afrojack, Black Coffee, Jennifer Lopez, Akon, Bebe Rexha and Black Eyed Peas, saw him shift more than 240,000 tickets across three performances in Paris.

He has since taken his Monolith show to Red Rocks, Coachella and arenas and stadiums across Europe, while continuing to hold down his two Ibiza residencies. In summer 2027, he’ll bring the live spectacle to London’s O2 as the venue celebrates its 20th anniversary.

Esse tipo de experiência épica ao vivo é algo que ele planeja intensificar, impulsionado pela crença de que a conexão humana está se tornando mais valiosa à medida que a IA e as redes sociais moldam cada vez mais a vida das pessoas.

For the second consecutive year, the World’s No. 1 DJ was revealed live in Ibiza at [UNVRS]. The evening featured DJ sets from Lost Frequencies, Charlotte de Witte, GORDO b2b Vintage Culture, ANASTAZJA and Korolova, plus a two-hour headline set from Guetta, who was crowned No.

In 2026, DJ Mag has again teamed up with Bridges for Music to host a fundraising campaign around the Top 100 DJs poll results. Every artist in the poll is being invited to celebrate their inclusion in Top 100 DJs 2026 by sponsoring the education of at least one young person from an under-served community at the Bridges for Music Academy in Langa, South Africa.

The initiative follows last year’s fundraiser, which saw 42 artists from the Top 100 DJs donate a combined £170,832, making it the largest single fundraising campaign in Bridges for Music’s history.