After wrapping up another phenomenal year as the world’s largest DJ download store, Beatport is looking back and taking stock of the company’s extraordinary achievements over the previous 16 years. In addition to this. Beatport is also revisiting the best-selling releases of 2019, shedding light on the top-selling tracks, compilations, and DJ charts from last year.

Since launching on January 7th 2004, Beatport has paid $300m to independent dance music labels — with over 259 million track downloads on the site. Beatport’s success is intertwined with the success of independent labels, and Beatport is proud to say that these payouts have consistently risen for the last three years. In 2019, Beatport also sold music for 74,000 independent labels — a far cry from the 74 imprints Beatport launched with 16 years ago. But that number is growing exponentially, and last year alone, 8,028 labels joined Beatport, while 589 artists reached number one.

Electronic music innovator deadmau5 is no stranger to the number one spot. The Canadian producer remains the all-time top selling artist on Beatport, followed by Mark Knight, David Guetta, Tiesto, and Slovenia’s techno legend UMEK.

Among the music labels that have made the most significant impact on Beatport over the past 16 years, Mark Knight’s Toolroom Records takes home the gold as the site’s most successful imprint. SPINNIN’ Records takes the number two spot, followed by Defected, Ultra, and Drumcode.