A DJ or

disc jockey A disc jockey, more commonly abbreviated as DJ, is a person who plays recorded music for an audience. Types of DJs include radio DJs (who host programs on music radio stations), club DJs (who work at a nightclub or music festival), mobile ...

is a person who plays recorded music for an audience. DJ may also refer to:

Businesses

Dow Jones Industrial Average The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA), Dow Jones, or simply the Dow (), is a stock market index of 30 prominent companies listed on stock exchanges in the United States. The DJIA is one of the oldest and most commonly followed equity inde ...

, a stock market index * Dansk Jernbane, a Danish freight company *

David Jones Limited David Jones Pty Limited, trading as David Jones (colloquially DJs), is an Australian High-End department store, owned since 2014 by South African retail group Woolworths Holdings Limited. David Jones was founded in 1838 by David Jones, a Welsh ...

, an Australian retailer * Virgin Blue (IATA code DJ), Australia-based airline prior to rebranding as

Virgin Australia Virgin Australia, the trading name of Virgin Australia Airlines Pty Ltd, is an Australian-based airline. It is the largest airline by fleet size to use the Virgin brand. It commenced services on 31 August 2000 as ''Virgin Blue'', with two ...

Disney Junior Disney Junior is an American pay television network owned by the Walt Disney Television (part of Disney General Entertainment Content) unit of The Walt Disney Company through Disney Branded Television. Aimed mainly at children two to seven y ...

In arts and entertainment

Fictional characters

* DJ (comics), a Marvel character * DJ Conner, a ''Roseanne'' character * D.J. Tanner, a ''Full House'' character *

Dee Jay is a fictional character in the ''Street Fighter'' series. He made his first appearance in the 1993's '' Super Street Fighter II'' as one of the four new characters introduced in the game. In the series, he is a Jamaican kickboxer and karateka ...

, a ''Street Fighter'' character * D.J., on the TV series ''The O.C.'' * DJ, a ''

Rang De Basanti ''Rang De Basanti'' () is a 2006 Indian drama film written, produced and directed by Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra, and co-written by Rensil D'Silva. The film features an ensemble cast consisting of Aamir Khan, Siddharth, R. Madhavan, Atul Kulkar ...

'' character *

DJ (Transformers) is a 1998 Japanese ''Transformers'' anime series, spawning a movie and a toyline. It was broadcast on TV Tokyo from April 1998 to January 1999, and was the first ''Transformers'' anime to be produced by Nihon Ad Systems and animated by the st ...

, one of the Jointron Brothers * Dee-Jay (G.I. Joe), a Battleforce 2000 character in the G.I. Joe universe * DJ (''Star Wars''), character from the 2017 Star Wars film ''The Last Jedi'', played by actor Benicio Del Toro * DJ, a character in the ''

Total Drama ''Total Drama'' (often shortened as ''TD'') is a Canadian animated television series created by Jennifer Pertsch and Tom McGillis that premiered on Teletoon in Canada on July 8, 2007, and on Cartoon Network in the U.S. on June 5, 2008. The se ...

'' series * DJay, the protagonist in the film ''

Hustle & Flow ''Hustle & Flow'' is a 2005 American drama film written and directed by Craig Brewer and produced by John Singleton and Stephanie Allain. It stars Terrence Howard as a Memphis hustler and pimp who faces his aspiration to become a rapper. It als ...

Music

* "DJ" (Alphabeat song), 2009 * "DJ" (David Bowie song), 1979 * "DJ" (H & Claire song), 2002 * "DJ" (Jamelia song), 2004 * "DJ" (Marianta Pieridi song), 2006 *

D'Jais D'Jais Bar & Grill is a popular dance club and restaurant in Belmar, New Jersey. It has been called a landmark, "infamous", and one of the most famous bars along the Jersey Shore. Location and Name D'Jais Bar & Grill is located at 1801-1805 Ocea ...

, D'Jais Bar & Grill, a popular dance club and restaurant in Belmar, New Jersey, USA *

Deejay (Jamaican) Toasting (rap in other parts of the Anglo Caribbean), or deejaying is the act of talking or chanting, usually in a monotone melody, over a rhythm or beat by a reggae deejay. It can either be improvised or pre-written. Toasting developed in ...

, a type of reggae or dancehall rapper *

Dell Digital Jukebox The Dell Digital Jukebox or just Dell DJ is a brand name for a series of digital audio players sold by the Dell corporation. Production The Dell DJs were engineered by Creative Technology and based on the same hardware and software platform as ...

, a digital audio player * "DJ", a song by Amanda Blank on the album '' I Love You'' * "DJ Song", a song by Miss Kittin & The Hacker from '' First Album'' * "DJ"; a song by Sunidhi Chauhan ft. Ali Zafar, for the 2015 film ''

Hey Bro ''Hey Bro'' is a 2015 Hindi action comedy film directed by Ajay Chandhok, produced by Vidhi Acharya and Music by Nitz 'N' Sony ( Nitin Arora & Sony Chandy) Lyrics by Pranav Vatsa. The film stars Ganesh Acharya, Maninder Singh, Nupur Sharma a ...

In other media

* ''

DJ Magazine ''DJ Magazine'' (also known as ''DJ Mag'') is a British monthly magazine dedicated to electronic dance music and DJs. Founded in 1991, the magazine is adapted for distribution in the United Kingdom, the United States, Spain, France, Italy, Lat ...

'', a British monthly magazine * ''Disc Jockey'', a 1951 film starring

Ginny Simms Virginia Ellen SimmsSleeve notes from ''Ginny Simms – I'd Like To Set You To Music'', Jasmine JASCD 118, 2001. (May 25, 1913 – April 4, 1994) was an American popular singer and film actress. Simms sang with big bands and with Dinah Shore, ...

, Tom Drake, George Shearing and Sarah Vaughan * '' DJ: Duvvada Jagannadham'', a 2017 Indian Telugu-language film

In language

* Đ (D with stroke), a letter in several alphabets * đ, a representation of the digraph ⟨dj⟩ in some versions of

Gaj's Latin alphabet Gaj's Latin alphabet ( sh-Latn-Cyrl, Gajeva latinica, separator=" / ", Гајева латиница}, ), also known as ( sh-Cyrl, абецеда, ) or ( sh-Cyrl, гајица, link=no, ), is the form of the Latin script used for writing Serb ...

People

DJ Ashba Daren Jay Ashba (born November 10, 1972) is an American musician, guitarist, songwriter, record producer, and graphic designer. He is currently the lead guitarist in Sixx:A.M. He is also known for his work with hard rock bands BulletBoys, Beautif ...

(born 1972), American musician, producer, and songwriter * D. J. Augustin (born 1987), American basketball player * D. J. Carey (born 1970), Irish hurler * D. J. Cooper (born 1990), American basketball player in the Israeli Basketball Premier League * DJ Dale (born 2000), American football player *

DJ Delorie A disc jockey, more commonly abbreviated as DJ, is a person who plays recorded music for an audience. Types of DJs include radio DJs (who host programs on music radio stations), club DJs (who work at a nightclub or music festival), mobile ...

, software developer *

DJ LeMahieu David John LeMahieu (; born July 13, 1988) is an American professional baseball infielder for the New York Yankees of Major League Baseball (MLB). He previously played for the Chicago Cubs and Colorado Rockies. The Cubs selected LeMahieu in the ...

(born 1988), American baseball player * D.J. Peterson (1959–1993), former American professional wrestler * D. J. Peterson (baseball) (born 1991), American baseball player *

DJ Pryor Deztin J. Pryor, known professionally as D.J. Pryor, is an American actor and stand-up comedian and actor. In January 2019, Pryor participated in the CBS Diversity Sketch Comedy Showcase. He has acted in short films. Early life Deztin Pryor is ...

, American stand-up comedian and actor *

DJ Qualls Donald Joseph Qualls (born June 10, 1978) is an American actor. He is best known for his work in films including ''Road Trip'' (2000), ''The New Guy'' (2002) and '' The Core'' (2003), and for several appearances on television series such as ''B ...

(born 1978), American actor *

D. J. Seeley Dennis Jerome Seeley (born November 28, 1989) is an American professional basketball player for Bayern Munich of the German Basketball Bundesliga and the EuroLeague. He played college basketball for California and Cal State Fullerton. Profession ...

(born 1989), American basketball player * D. J. Turner (born 1997), American football player *

DJ Uiagalelei David John "DJ" Uiagalelei ( ; born April 17, 2001) is an American football quarterback for the Oregon State Beavers. He previously played for the Clemson Tigers before entering the transfer portal in 2022. Early life and high school career Uiag ...

(born 2001), American football player * D. J. Woods (born 1989), American football player *

Daniel Padilla Daniel John Elago Ford (born April 26, 1995), better known by his screen name Daniel Padilla (), is a Filipino actor and recording artist. Padilla made his television debut with a supporting role in the soap opera ''Gimik 2010'' (2010), befor ...

(born 1995), Filipino actor and singer *

Demetrious Johnson (fighter) Demetrious Johnson (born August 13, 1986) is an American mixed martial artist. He currently competes in ONE Championship, where he is the current ONE Flyweight Champion (135 lb). He is the inaugural and former UFC Flyweight Champion. Known fo ...

(born 1986), American MMA fighter * Dennis Johnson (1954–2007), American basketball player *

Dustin Johnson Dustin Hunter Johnson (born June 22, 1984) is an American professional golfer. He has won two major championships, the 2016 U.S. Open at Oakmont Country Club with a 4-under-par score of 276 and the 2020 Masters Tournament with a record scor ...

(born 1984), American golfer

Places

Djibouti Djibouti, ar, جيبوتي ', french: link=no, Djibouti, so, Jabuuti officially the Republic of Djibouti, is a country in the Horn of Africa, bordered by Somalia to the south, Ethiopia to the southwest, Eritrea in the north, and the Red ...

, ISO 3166-1 country code **

.dj .dj is the country code top-level domain (ccTLD) for Djibouti. The domain has also been marketed as a domain hack for music-related sites due to the common use of "DJ" to mean disc jockey, and a project is under development to encourage use for ...

, a top-level domain for Djibouti *

Dolj County Dolj County (; originally meant ''Dol(no)- Jiu'', "lower Jiu", as opposed to '' Gorj'' (''upper Jiu'')) is a county ( județ) of Romania on the border with Bulgaria, in Oltenia, with the capital city at Craiova. Demographics In 2011, the c ...

, Romania, abbreviated DJ on car number plates

In science and technology

* Decijoule, a measurement of energy * Deterministic jitter, a telecommunications term *

Jeep DJ The Jeep DJ (also known as the Dispatcher) is a two-wheel drive variant of the four-wheel drive CJ series. Production started in 1955 by Willys, which was renamed Kaiser Jeep in 1963. In 1970, American Motors Corporation (AMC) purchased Kaiser ...

, a two-wheel-drive variant of the CJ series

Other uses

* ''

Deutsches Jungvolk The ''Deutsches Jungvolk in der Hitlerjugend'' (; DJ, also DJV; German for "German Youngsters in the Hitler Youth") was the separate section for boys aged 10 to 13 of the Hitler Youth organisation in Nazi Germany. Through a programme of outdoor a ...

'', the junior section of the Hitler Youth for boys from 10 to 14 years old *

Dinner jacket Black tie is a semi-formal Western dress code for evening events, originating in British and American conventions for attire in the 19th century. In British English, the dress code is often referred to synecdochically by its principal element ...

, a suit also known as a tuxedo * DJ Mag 100, an annual ranking poll for DJs by DJ Magazine *

Dust jacket The dust jacket (sometimes book jacket, dust wrapper or dust cover) of a book is the detachable outer cover, usually made of paper and printed with text and illustrations. This outer cover has folded flaps that hold it to the front and back boo ...

, the detachable outer cover of a book, with folded flaps