Armin van Buuren

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Armin van Buuren OON ( Dutch: Ãƒ, ['? rm? nv? n 'by: r? (n)] ; born December 25, 1976) is a Dutch DJ, record producer and remixer from South Holland. Since 2001, he has hosted the A State of Trance radio show, broadcast to over 37 million weekly listeners in 84 countries on more than 100 FM radio stations. According to Djs and Festivals , "radio shows encouraged him to become a star and helped foster interest in trance music around the world."

Van Buuren has won numerous awards. She has been ranked number one DJ by DJ Mag a record five times, four years in a row. He is ranked fourth on the DJ Top 100 DJ list in 2015 and 2016, and third in 2017. In 2014, he was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Dance Recording for his single "This Is What It Feels Like" featuring Trevor Guthrie, who made him the fourth trans artist to ever receive a Grammy Award nomination. In the United States, it holds the record for most entries, twenty one, on the Billboard Dance/Electronic Albums chart.

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Personal life

Armin van Buuren was born in Leiden, on 25 December 1976, but grew up in Koudekerk aan den Rijn. Van Buuren started making music when he was 14 years old. He was inspired by French electronic music composer Jean-Michel Jarre. Van Buuren graduated from Stedelijk Gymnasium Leiden in 1995, and studied law at Leiden University. He started working as a DJ at the Nexus Club, playing a few sets of a week, most of which lasted six hours or more. In 1999, he met Dave Lewis who introduced him as a DJ in England and the United States. When his musical career began to take off he postponed his law degree, although he returned from law school in 2003.

On September 18, 2009, Van Buuren married Erika van Thiel, who had been with her for eight years. Their daughter Fenna was born in July 2011. Van Buuren announces just hours before she becomes head of Tomorrowland (July 27, 2013) that his wife gave birth to a son, Remy.

On February 16, 2018, Van Buuren explored the history of her family in an episode of the Verborgen verleden TV series, the Dutch version of the Who Do You Think You Are series? .

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Careers

1996-1999: Early career and success

In 1996, Van Buuren released EP and Push on Eternal Records. Van Buuren earned his first success with a song titled "Blue Fear", which was released under the Cyber â€‹â€‹label Records in 1997. Another successful song, "Communication", was released under the same label and became popular in Ibiza, Spain in the summer. 1999. After being signed into AM PM Records, the song enters the UK Singles Chart in No. 18 year 2000.

In early 1999, Van Buuren started his label Armind along with United Recordings. The first release, Gig - "One", was well received. The second release, "Touch Me" under the name Rising Star, was signed by the Ministry of Sound in England, before the recording was released. At the time of its third release, Gimmick - "Free" was signed for R & S Records. During the year, he re-mixed the first two singles of Gouryella ( Gouryella and Walhalla ) and, under the guise of the Rising Star, produced a remix of L'Esperanza , a song by Airscape.

2000-2004: Trance Condition and 76

In 2000, Van Buuren started his own Armin van Buuren compilation series, a fusion of progressive musical styles and trans vocal music styles. His first compilation album, A State of Trance (not to be confused with his weekly A Radio of Trance radio show), sold 10,000 copies and contained Moogwai remixes from Van Buuren, "Violin". In collaboration with TiÃƒÆ' Ã‚ Â«sto, two new projects are born: Major League -" Wonder Where You Are? "Released on Black Hole Recordings and Alibi -" Eternity "released in Armind. "Eternity" received club and graph success and signed for Paul van Dyk's trail, Vandit Records. The other great collaborations follow this. Together with Ferry Corsten, Van Buuren recorded a riff titled "Exhale" for System F album, Out of the Blue . Released as a single, the song reaches Gold status. Under Gaia's pseudonym he released "4 Elements" in Captivating Sounds, a sub-label of Warner Brothers.

Her second album, Basic Instinct featured a new song: "Eternal Dreamer" - "The Sound of Goodbye". The song entered the Dutch charts in June 2001 at number 26. Later that year, the song reached No. 1. 1 on the Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart. The third album, In Motion was released August 6, 2001. The fourth album, Transparence , followed in 2002. In 2003, he worked with artists such as DJ Seth Alan Fannin throughout the global tour about the Dance Revolution in Europe, sold out to a crowd of 20,000 people in the Netherlands.

In March 2001, Van Buuren started his own radio show on ID & amp; T Radio (traditionally broadcast in Dutch and then English since ASOT 183). In this weekly two-hour show, titled A State of Trance , he plays the latest popular trance music tracks, and publishes artists and tracks titles on his website. When ID & amp; T Radio changed the genre in 2004, Van Buuren moved A State of Trance to Fresh FM and then SLAM! FM, two Dutch radio stations. Now features weekly on Radio 538, Dutch radio stations, DI.FM, online radio stations, and on XM Satellite Radio, channel 52 in the United States and Canada. A full list of stations broadcasting A State of Trance can be found in the ASOT section of the Armin website.

In 2002, he had a residency at Glow in Washington D.C., and played in North America. He regularly appears in Amnesia on the island of Ibiza, Balearic Islands, Spain. In October of that year, Van Buuren was chosen as number 5 at DJ Mag .

In June 2003, Van Buuren celebrated the 100th anniversary of A State of Trance in Bloomingdale, Bloemendaal aan Zee, The Netherlands and released her debut studio album 76 minutes. album is divided into 13 songs. In the same year he was voted No. 3 on DJ Mag and occupied third place for the next two years (2004, 2005). Also in 2004, Van Buuren rebranded the theme song 24 into a trance hit.

2005-2009: Shivers and Imagine

On June 2, 2005, he celebrated the 200th episode of A State of Trance at the Museumplein of Amsterdam. On August 8, 2005, Van Buuren released her second studio album, Shivers . On Van Buuren's album works with artists such as Pakistani-American singer Nadia Ali, British singer Justine Suissa and American trance duo Gabriel & amp; Dresden. On May 25, 2006, he celebrated with various artists of the 250th episode of A State of Trance in Asta, The Hague, The Netherlands. She was voted number two in 2006 DJ Mag . On May 17, 2007, he celebrated with various artists of the 300th episode of A State of Trance at Pettelaarse Schans, 's-Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands.

Van Buuren was voted the best DJ in the world in the 2007 edition of DJ Mag. On January 12, 2008, Van Buuren was given the "Buma Cultuur Pop Award," the most prestigious music award in the Netherlands. On April 17, 2008, Van Buuren released her third studio album, Imagine . It features collaborations with singers like Jacqueline Govaert from Krezip. The album debuted at number one on the Dutch album Album Chart. The second single released from the album, "In and Out of Love", featuring Sharon den Adel from the band Within Temptation, has spawned a music video that has been viewed more than 190 million times on YouTube. Since the release of Imagine , Van Buuren has worked with Benno de Goeij of Rank 1 on production and solo remixes. On May 1, 2008, he celebrated with various artist episodes 350 of A State of Trance in Noxx, Antwerp, Belgium. She was voted No. 1 in 2008 DJ Mag again.

He collaborated with his brother, guitarist Eller van Buuren, at Together As One in Los Angeles, USA, on New Year's Eve 2009, as well as on Armin's 2008 studio album Imagine . Her appearance with her brother at Together As One was also the last tour of the world of Armin Only: Imagine . To celebrate the 400th episode of A State of Trance , he performed in three shows with various artists in April 2009 at Club Butan, Wuppertal, Germany, AIR, Birmingham, England and Maassilo, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.

Also in 2009, Foreign Media Games announced the production of Armin van Buuren: In the Mix, a music video game produced in collaboration with Cloud 9 Music and Fleur Van Buuren Music label. The title was released on November 12, 2010 specifically for the Wii console. She was voted the number one DJ in 2009 DJ Mag for the third year in a row.

2010-2014: Mirage and Intens

On March 3, 2010, Van Buuren was awarded Golden Harp for his musical work and contribution to Dutch music, by Buma/Stemra at the 2010 Buma Harpen Gala in Hilversum, The Netherlands. To celebrate the 450th episode of A State of Trance , he performed with various artists in five shows on two continents. The location is: The Guvernment, Toronto, Canada on April 1, 2010, Roseland Ballroom, New York City on April 2 and April 3 again, Expo Arena, Bratislava, Slovakia on April 9 and Centennial Hall, Wroclaw, Poland on April 24.

On June 23, 2010, it was announced that Van Buuren's fourth studio album, Mirage will be released on September 10th. The first single "Full Focus", released via iTunes Store on June 24th. The song peaked at number 60 in the Netherlands. One of the confirmed songs from the album is a collaboration with British singer Sophie Ellis-Bextor entitled "Not Giving Up on Love", which was released as a single from the fourth Bextor studio album, Make a Scene . Armin also wrote songs for the British singer Seal, but due to the release of her biggest hits album, Hits , the collaboration never came together. On September 12, 2010, Van Buuren launched "A State of Sundays", a new weekly 24-hour radio show aired on Sirius XM Radio. On October 20, 2010, Van Buuren won the award for the Most Popular International DJ presented by The Golden Gnomes. A week later he was announced, for the fourth year running, as the number one DJ at DJ Mag .

The 2010 edition Armin Only: Mirage started in November 2010, in Utrecht, The Netherlands, and was followed by performances in Saint Petersburg, Kiev, Buenos Aires, Melbourne, Beirut, Pozna ?, Moscow and Bratislava.

In March and April 2011, to celebrate the 500th episode of his radio show, Van Buuren performed five live performances along with various artists; the first one in Johannesburg, South Africa at the MTN Expo Center, and the second at the Ultra Miami Music Festival. He then performed in Argentina at GEBA in Buenos Aires, followed by a major event at Brabanthallen in Den Bosch, The Netherlands which includes more than 30 DJs from various countries around the world and was attended by over 30,000 people. The last show was held in Sydney on April 16 at the Acer Arena. In 2011, Van Buuren was appointed as an Oranje-Nassau Officer for services for the Dutch dance and music economy. That year he also received Leiden's Key (Freedom) from the Mayor of the City, and was voted No. 2 in 2011 DJ Mag .

To celebrate the 550th episode of A State of Trance , he performed with various artists on two different continents during the fourth week. The event is called A State of Trance 550: Invasion . The first event was celebrated at the Ministry of Sound in London on March 1, 2012. On March 7, Moscow held a second event at Expocentre. The Kiev show was held at the International Exhibition Center on March 10th. On March 17th, as part of the Beyond Wonderland festival in Los Angeles and on March 25th at the Ultra Music Festival in Miami. On March 31, the biggest and last edition of ASOT 550 took place in Brabanthallen Den Bosch, The Netherlands. On October 19, 2012, Van Buuren was announced for the fifth year in a row as the number one DJ in the world according to DJ Mag.

To celebrate the 600th anniversary of A State of Trance, Van Buuren announced that he would perform with various artists around the world in early 2014. The event is called A State of Trance 600: The Expedition . It was announced that the event will travel around the world, including stops in Madrid, Mexico City, SÃƒÆ'Ã‚ Â£ o Paulo, Minsk, Sofia, Beirut, Kuala Lumpur, Mumbai, Miami, Guatemala City, New York City and Den Bosch.

The first single from Van Buuren's fifth studio album, Intense, titled "This Is What It Feels Like", featured Canadian singer and songwriter Trevor Guthrie, and was released on April 5, 2013. Single nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Dance Recording. The tour for the album, Armin Only: Intense , was announced on October 17, 2013.

30 April 2013 sees Queen Beatrix's resignation from the Netherlands in support of his son, King Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands, who was crowned that day. Van Buuren was the main acting in the show for a live audience celebrating the coronation of the King in Amsterdam. As he performed live together with the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, King Willem-Alexander, Queen MÃƒÆ'Ã‚Â¡xima and their three daughters made unplanned visits on stage.

On October 19, 2013, Armin van Buuren was ranked 2nd DJ in the world by DJ Mag . On January 26, 2014, Armin van Buuren attended the 56th Grammy Awards, in conjunction with his Grammy Award nomination for the single featuring Trevor Guthrie, "This Is What It Feels Like" in the Best Dance Recording category.

2015-present: Embrace

On May 8, 2015, Armin van Buuren released the first single from her sixth studio album Embrace released on October 29, 2015. The single is titled "Another You" featuring Mr Probz. Three weeks after releasing "Another You", Van Buuren also made another remixed debut from the official Game of Thrones theme originally created by composer Ramin Djawadi.

On October 16, 2015 Armin van Buuren released the next single from Embrace , titled "Strong Ones" featuring Cimo FrÃƒÆ'Ã‚Â¤nkel. This was followed by the release of his collaboration with Cosmic Gate "Embargo" on October 22, 2015. To accompany the release of the album, Van Buuren announced the return of the Armin Only series.

This tour edition will be titled Armin Only: Embrace and will be held throughout 2015 and 2016. As indicated by the tour title, it will be based on the music collection he owns. exhibited on his new album.

On 2 February 2017 Armin van Buuren officially opened the new A State of Trance radio show studio in Amsterdam as part of a celebration for the 800th episode of the radio show. This studio is located at Armada headquarters and since its inception all episodes of A State of Trance were streamed as a video on Facebook page and YouTube Armin van Buuren. With the new accommodation made possible by the new studio, it introduces a new segment of the radio show called "Service for Dreamers" where it invites fans to post their favorite trance tracks that have a special meaning to them and each week a song gets selected to be shown live on shows and introduced by fans of live radio shows in the air, either with walk-in, phone calls, Skype or other contact methods.

In 2017, Armin van Buuren announces that it will release MasterClass online who shares his expertise in electronic music production.

On April 13, 2017, Armin van Buuren appeared on the Heineken stage in Shanghai, at the first Formula One Festival with Angela Chang.

During the Miami 2018 Ultra set, Armin debuted "" I Do not Wanna Go ", a new collaboration with Alan Walker.