RIDDIM Readers Poll 2025 – Reggae Pon Top

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In the last read­ers’ poll of the now ceased Ger­man print edi­tion of RIDDIM, we were sur­prised by a record-break­ing turnout of no less than 7,842 votes count­ed. What’s par­tic­u­lar­ly strik­ing about the results is the con­sis­tent­ly clear lead of reg­gae over dance­hall. The num­ber of votes cast in each cat­e­go­ry, on which the per­cent­ages are based, is indi­cat­ed in paren­the­ses..

Pho­to: William Richards

Best international artist (5.195)

  1. Chronixx 14,8%
  2. Pro­to­je 11,2%
  3. Masic­ka 9,3%
  4. Shenseea 7,1%
  5. Lila Iké 6,3%

Best German artist (4.243)

  1. Gen­tle­man 18,5%
  2. Tóke 12,3%
  3. Patrice 12,1%
  4. Peter Fox 9,9%
  5. Inti 5,8%

Best German newcomer (2.117)

  1. Inti 7,8%
  2. Tree­sha 5,7%
  3. Dubarise 3,6%
  4. Omar Jat­ta 3.1%
  5. Gen­er­al Schoppe 2,3%

Best international newcomer (3.932)

  1. Mor­timer 9,8%
  2. Jah Lil 9,1%
  3. Eesah 7,6%
  4. Kez­nam­di 6,8%
  5. Rik Jam 3,3%

Best band (2.139)

  1. Mor­gan Her­itage 10,7%
  2. House of Rid­dim 10,1%
  3. Groun­da­tion 8,4%
  4. Marley’s Ghost 5,1%
  5. Dubarise 2,9%

Best riddim (2.620)

  1. Sto­ry­book (Head Concussion)11,9%
  2. WYFL (DJ Mac Music) 8,6%
  3. Feel It (In.Digg.Nation) 5,9%
  4. Pon Di Island (Beb­ble Rock Music) 4,1%
  5. Str8 Vybz 2,2%

Best international album (4.121)

  1. Chronixx – Exile 28,1
  2. Kez­nam­di – Blxxd & Fyah 14,3%
  3. Lika Iké – Trea­sure Self love 11,7%
  4. Roy­al Blu – Spain Root 7,4%
  5. Alborosie – Nine Mile 5,8%

Best German album (1573)

  1. Marley’s Ghost – Jam­min 5,4%
  2. Dub­mones 4,1%
  3. Jon Moon – A Dub Vaca­tion 2,9%
  4. Mr. Jaw­bone ‑Lighter & Torch 2,1%
  5. Gen­er­al Schoppe – Galaxy 1,9%

Best international song (2.123)

  1. Pro­to­je – Big 45 12,2%
  2. Chronixx – Hur­ri­cane 10,5%
  3. Masic­ka – Whites 5,7%
  4. Lila Iké feat. Pro­to­je – All Over the World 5,7%
  5. Moliy & Silent Addy, Shenseea, Skil­libeng – Shake it to the max (Fly) (Remix) 4,1%

Best German song (1.543)

  1. Jug­glerz, Sum­mer Cem, Blaiz Fayah, Bee­nie Man, Jhor­rmoun­tain – Madd Ting 6,9%
  2. Tree­sha – Run It 3,7%
  3. Del­lé x Jug­glerz – Armaged­don 3,4%
  4. Inti – Put My Trust in Jah 2,1%
  5. Dub­mones feat. Susan Cado­gan – Rock­steady High School (Alter­nate Ver­sion) 1,9%

Best festival (6.606)

  1. Reg­gae Jam 26,3%
  2. Sum­mer­jam 22,5%
  3. Sun­rise 7,1%
  4. Roto­tom 4,8%
  5. Lake of Rid­dims 4,1%

Best club (2.945)

  1. U‑Club, Wup­per­tal 17,1%
  2. Junk­yard, Dort­mund 8,6%
  3. Yaam, Berlin 4,1%
  4. Sub­way, Köln 2,7%
  5. Kingston Dub Club 1,1%

Best party (3.155)

  1. Jamaican Rum Night, Wup­per­tal 14,2%
  2. One, Köln 3,6%
  3. Vinyl Thurs­days, Berlin 2,3%
  4. Same Flame, Son­thofen 2,1%
  5. Not­ting Hill Car­ni­val, Lon­don 1,4%

Best producer (2.118)

  1. Jug­glerz 11.2%
  2. Zion I Kings 8,4%
  3. Sil­ly Walks Dis­cotheque 4,7%
  4. DJ Densen 2,6%
  5. Rvss­ian 2,3%

Best sound system (3.542)

  1. War­rior Sound 12,2%
  2. Jug­glerz 9,1%
  3. Fen­shi Sound 6,2%
  4. Sun­gun Sound 3,5%
  5. Pow Pow Move­ment 3,1%

Best book (977)

  1. Hel­mut Philipps: Dub – The Sound of Sur­prise 13.7%
  2. Wal­shy Fire: Art of Dance­hall – Fly­er and Poster Designs of Jamaican Dance­hall Cul­ture 6,8%
  3. Da Sand­wich­mak­er: Moa Fire 4,7%
  4. RIDDIM 3,9%
  5. Dipo Faloyin: Afri­ka ist kein Land 1,4%

Best online presence (2.134)

  1. Reg­gaeville 16,8%
  2. Der Dance­hall-Pod­cast 7,2%
  3. RIDDIM auf Insta­gram 3,7%
  4. Da Sand­wich­mak­er auf Insta­gram 3,7%
  5. irieites.de 2,9%

Best RIDDIM issue-(4.400)

  1. Rid­dim 03/25 (Lila Iké) 39,3%
  2. Rid­dim 01/25 (Peter Tosh) 33,5%
  3. Rid­dim 02/25 (Vybz Kar­tel) 16,5%
  4. Rid­dim 04/25 (Runkus/Royal Blu) 10,8%

Great people

Andrew Mur­phy, Bec­ca Dud­ley, Bernd ”Sher­iff” Lage­mann, Bernie Sanders, Chief Richard Cur­rie, Gan­ja­man, Hei­di Reichinek, Hille, Jan Böh­mer­mann, Kid Gringo, Luisa Neubauer, Nay Hon­ey, Maja Göpel, Max­i­m­il­ian Pol­lux, meine Tochter/Frau/Mutter/Oma, Michael Knodt, Noga Erez, Pio­near, Robert Habeck, Sand­wich­mak­er

Highlight of the year

Bob Mar­ley’s 80.birthday in Kingston, legal­iza­tion of Cannabis in Ger­many, come­back of the Left par­ty, Chronixx come­back, Dub Camp at Reg­gae Jam, first Rid­dim Ses­sion at Veedel Club in Cologne with Jah Lil, birth of my daughter/son/twins/grandchild, Havana Stage at Sum­mer­jam, vaca­tion, Wal­ter Lübke Memo­r­i­al

Flop of the years

Bur­na Boy at Sum­mer­jam, Club­ster­ben, FIFA-Frieden­spreis, ”Friedens­ge­spräche” mit Rus­s­land, Tech­nik beim Reg­gae Jam, Melis­sa, Merz, Trump, Schwarz-Rot, U‑Club schließt, Vybz Kar­tel beim Sum­mer­jam, Welt­poli­tik

Message to the editors

Big up, Danke, poll is too long, great work, you are great, keep it up, love you, keep on, more dancehall/reggae/German artists/ska/dub/sound systems/soca/afrobeats, mer­ci, one love, host your playlists on Apple Music, thank you, be more polit­i­cal

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