The 20 Greatest EDM DJs: 20-11

16. Sandra Collins
With respect to Irene, Collette, and Heather, Collins is perhaps the biggest female American to emerge from the EDM explosion of the 1990s. We have witnessed her mesmerizing, long-winded beat matching and icy cold progressive beats whip massive festival crowds into a frenzy, and her precise-yet-groovy performances have been aired on BBC Radio One. If women are mounting an assault on the top-DJs circuit, Collins is the general. -Dennis Romero

15. Kaskade
Last year Kaskade tipped off his Twitter followers that he'd be playing at the EDC film premiere in Hollywood, and more than 250,000 people a huge crowd showed up. (See below.) Aside from his crowd-wrangling abilities, the Evanston, Illinois-bred DJ who specializes in progressive house has played an integral role in the rise of electronic dance music in the U.S.; he was the first DJ to headline the Staples Center, and has worked with female vocalists including Haley Gibby, Joslyn Petty, and Sunsun Tamra. A devote Mormon and the father of three, he's never had a drink or done drugs in his life. How about that. -Nicole Pajer

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14. Donald Glaude
Glaude, a Southern Californian originally from Seattle, is one of America's original EDM showmen. Before there were guys like Steve Aoki jumping up and down on-stage, Glaude was showcasing razzle-dazzle hip-hop skills on the mixer and getting on the mic, instructing folks to put their hands up. He plays the kind of funky house and techno that has become a staple of the West Coast EDM sound. -Dennis Romero

13. Skrillex
Skrillex has become an EDM lightning rod, almost single-handedly bringing dubstep to American mass culture, for better or worse. But in addition to three Grammys and increasingly-massive celebrity, the 24-year old Highland Park native also been a force for good in EDM, seeking out and releasing music from top rising stars like Dillon Francis, Kill The Noise, Zedd, and Porter Robinson. And, ok, many of his songs are ridiculously catchy and he posts funny things on Twitter, so there's that. -Nicole Pajer

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