Editing Essential Mix (section)

==Essential Mix of the Year==
At the end of each year, a shortlist of the most popular Essential Mixes from that year is drawn up by the [[BBC]]. Listeners were previously invited to vote for their favourite shortlisted mix in a poll on the Essential Mix website around two weeks before the final show of the year; and now, the mix of the year is selected by the show's team.{{Citation needed|date=November 2024}} The mix with the majority of the votes is given the title of ''Essential Mix of the Year'' and is replayed in the final show of the year.

The exception for the proper [[nomination]] of the ''Essential Mix of the Year'' award was in 2007, when [[voting]] and competitions were suspended on [[BBC Radio 1]] until further notice, due to failures in various [[BBC]] competition voting systems. In 2007, the title ([[High Contrast]]) was chosen by [[Pete Tong]] and the [[BBC Radio 1]] ''Essential Mix'' team.<ref>{{cite web |title=Best Essential Mix of 2007 |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/essentialmix/emix2007.shtml |website=[[BBC]] |access-date=9 February 2023 |date=2007 |archive-date=9 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230209220753/https://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/essentialmix/emix2007.shtml |url-status=live }}</ref>

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*1995: [[Tony de Vit]] (1995-01-08)
*1997: [[David Holmes (musician)|David Holmes]] (1997-06-15)
*1999: [[Basement Jaxx]] (1999-05-02)
*2000: [[Dave Clarke (techno DJ)|Dave Clarke]] (2000-01-16)
*2001: [[Sander Kleinenberg]] (2001-06-10)
*2002: [[Sasha & John Digweed]] (2002-04-07)
*2004: [[Above & Beyond (band)|Above and Beyond]] (2004-06-06)
*2005: [[Sasha (DJ)|Sasha]] (2005-05-22)
*2006: [[Trentemøller]] (2006-10-15)
*2007: [[High Contrast]] (2007-10-07)
*2008: [[Flying Lotus]] (2008-11-29)
*2009: [[Sharam]] (2009-08-29)
*2010: [[Swedish House Mafia]] (2010-09-04)
*2011: [[Above & Beyond (band)|Above and Beyond]] (2011-07-02)
*2012: [[Nicolas Jaar]] (2012-05-19)
*2013: [[Eric Prydz]] (2013-02-02)
*2014: [[Dan Snaith|Caribou]] (2014-10-18)
*2015: [[Ben Klock]] (2015-10-10)
*2016: [[Midland (DJ)|Midland]] (2016-02-20)<ref>{{cite web |last1=McCallum |first1=Rob |title=Midland Wins BBC Radio 1's Essential Mix of the Year |url=https://djmag.com/news/midland-wins-bbc-radio-1-essential-mix-year |website=[[DJ Mag]] |date=28 December 2016 |access-date=9 February 2023 |archive-date=9 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230209192143/https://djmag.com/news/midland-wins-bbc-radio-1-essential-mix-year |url-status=live }}</ref>
*2017: [[Helena Hauff]] (2017-02-25)
*2018: [[HAAi]] (2018-09-29)
*2019: [[Josey Rebelle]] (2019-02-09)
*2020: [[Sherelle]] (2020-11-14)
*2021: [[Elkka]] (2021-11-13)
*2022: [[Four Tet|KH]] (2022-07-09)<ref>{{cite web |title=Chase & Status, Fred Again... and Nia Archives score big at Dance Awards 2022 |url=https://www.bbc.com/mediacentre/2022/radio-1-dance-awards |website=[[BBC]] |access-date=9 February 2023 |date=9 December 2022 |archive-date=9 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230209215758/https://www.bbc.com/mediacentre/2022/radio-1-dance-awards |url-status=live }}</ref>
*2023: None Chosen
*2024: [[Sammy_Virji]] (2024-08-31)<ref>{{cite web |title=BBC Radio 1 - Radio 1's Essential Mix, Essential Mix of the Year 2024 - Sammy Virji |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00284vs |website=[[BBC]] |access-date=29 March 2025 |date=22 February 2025}}</ref>
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To mark the 500th DJ/artist to appear in the series, in April 2010, [[BBC Radio 1]] selected ten classic ''Essential Mixes'' to reflect the show's history:<ref>{{cite web |title=THE ESSENTIAL MIX 500: INTERACTIVE TIMELINE |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/essentialmix/essentialmix500/ |website=[[BBC]] |access-date=9 February 2023 |archive-date=9 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230209220525/https://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/essentialmix/essentialmix500/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

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*1993-10-30: First show, [[Pete Tong]] studio session.
*1994-12-18: [[Paul Oakenfold]]'s ''[[Goa Mix]]''.
*1996-07-28: First live [[Ibiza]] show – [[Danny Rampling]], [[Sasha (DJ)|Sasha]], [[Pete Tong]].
*1997-03-02: [[Daft Punk]] studio session.
*1997-06-15: [[David Holmes (musician)|David Holmes]] Funk & Soul mix.
*1998-05-02: [[Pete Tong]], [[Sasha (DJ)|Sasha]] and [[Paul Oakenfold]] at first [[Creamfields]].
*1999-12-31: [[Carl Cox]] Millennium Eve.
*2005-05-22: [[Sasha (DJ)|Sasha]] at Maida Vale.
*2008-11-29: [[Flying Lotus]]
*2009-01-17: [[Greg Wilson (DJ)|Greg Wilson]]
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