Armin van Buuren

Armin van Buuren OON (/væn ˈbjʊərən/;[8] Dutch: [ˈɑrmɪn vɑn ˈbyːrə(n)]; born 25
Armin van Buuren
December 1976)[1] is a Dutch DJ, record producer and remixer from South Holland.
OON
Since 2001, he has hosted A State of Trance, a radio show, which is broadcast to
more than 37 million weekly listeners in 84 countries on over 100 FM radio
stations.[9] According to Djs And Festivals, "the radio show propelled him to
[10]
stardom and helped cultivate an interest in trance music around the world."

Van Buuren has won a number of accolades. He has been ranked the number one DJ
by DJ Mag a record of five times, four years in a row.[11] He was ranked fourth on
the DJ Mag Top 100 DJs list in 2015 and 2016, and third in 2017.[12] 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,[13] which makes him the fourth
trance artist ever to receive a Grammy Award nomination.[14] In the United States,
he holds the record for most entries, twenty-one, on the Billboard Dance/Electronic
Albums chart.[15]

Contents Armin van Buuren performing at the

Armin Only Embrace show in Kiev,
Personal life 2017
Career
Background information
1996–1999: Early career and success
2000–2004: 76 and A State of Trance series Birth name Armin Jozef
2005–2006: Shivers Jacobus Daniël
2007–2009: Imagine van Buuren
2010–2012: Mirage and appointment to the Order of Orange-
Nassau Also known as Rising Star
2013–2014: Intense Born 25 December
2015–present: Embrace 1976
Discography Leiden,
Honors Netherlands[1]
Awards and nominations Origin Koudekerk aan
References den Rijn,
External links Netherlands
Genres Uplifting trance ·
progressive
Personal life trance · house[2] ·
progressive
Armin van Buuren was born in Leiden, on 25 December 1976,[1] but grew up in
house[3][4] ·
Koudekerk aan den Rijn. Van Buuren started making music when he was 14.[16] He
electro house[5][6]
was inspired by French electronic music composer Jean-Michel Jarre.[16][17] Van
· psytrance[7]
Buuren graduated from the Stedelijk Gymnasium Leidenin 1995, and studied law at
Leiden University.[18] He began working as a DJ in Club Nexus, playing multiple Occupation(s) DJ · record
sets a week, most of which lasted six or more hours.[19] In 1999, he met Dave Lewis producer ·
remixer
who introduced him as a DJ in England and the United States.[20] As his musical Instruments Synthesizer ·
career began to take off he put his law degree on hold, although he returned to drum machine
graduate from law school in 2003.[21] Years active 1996–present

On 18 September 2009, Van Buuren married Erika van Thiel, with whom he had Labels Armada · A State
been together for eight years.[22] Their daughter Fenna was born in July 2011.[23] of Trance ·
Van Buuren announced just hours before he was due to headline the main stage at Armind · Kontor ·
.[24]
Tomorrowland (27 July 2013) that his wife had given birth to a son, Remy Universal Music
Associated acts Gaia · Rising Star
On 16 February 2018, Van Buuren explored his family history in an episode of the
· Perpetuous
TV series Verborgen verleden, the Dutch version of the UK series Who Do You
Dreamer · Alibi
Think You Are?.[25]
Website arminvanbuuren
.com
Career Signature

1996–1999: Early career and success

In 1996, Van Buuren released EP and Push on Timeless Records. Van Buuren had
his first success with a track called "Blue Fear", which was released under the Cyber
Records label in 1997. Another successful track, "Communication", was released
under the same label and became popular in Ibiza, Spain in the summer of 1999.[26] After being signed to AM PM Records,[20] this
track entered the UK Singles Chart at No. 18 in 2000.[27]

In the beginning of 1999, Van Buuren started his label Armind together with United Recordings. The first release, Gig – "One", was
well received. The second release, "Touch Me" under the name Rising Star, was signed to Ministry of Sound in the UK, before the
record was released. By the time of his third release, Gimmick – "Free" was signed to R&S Records. During this year, he remixed the
first two singles of Gouryella (Gouryella and Walhalla) and, under the guise of Rising Star, produced a remix of L'Esperanza, a song
by Airscape.[28][29]

2000–2004: 76 and A State of Trance series

In 2000, Van Buuren started his own Armin van Buuren compilation series, a mix of progressive house and vocal trance styles of
music. His first compilation album,A State of Trance (not to be confused with his weeklyA State of Trance radio shows), sold 10,000
copies[30] and contains Van Buuren's remix of Moogwai, "Viola". Teaming up with Tiësto, two new projects were born: Major
League – "Wonder Where You Are?" was released on Black Hole Recordings and Alibi – "Eternity" was released on Armind.
"Eternity" received club and chart success and was signed to Paul van Dyk's imprint Vandit Records. Another major collaboration
followed this. Together with Ferry Corsten, Van Buuren recorded a riff titled "Exhale[31] " for the System F album, Out of the Blue.
Released as a single, this track reached Gold status.[32] Under the pseudonym Gaia he released "4 Elements" on Captivating Sounds,
a sub-label of Warner Brothers.[33]

His second album, Basic Instinct featured a new track: "Perpetuous Dreamer" – "The Sound of Goodbye". This track entered the
Dutch charts in June 2001 at number 26. Later in the year, the track hit No. 1 on the Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart.[34] The third
album, In Motion was released 6 August 2001. A fourth album, Transparence, followed in 2002. In 2003, he worked with such artists
such as DJ Seth Alan Fannin throughout a global tour on Dance Revolution in Europe, selling out to crowds of 20,000 people in the
Netherlands.[35]

In March 2001, Van Buuren started his own radio show on ID&T Radio[36] (traditionally broadcast in Dutch and later English since
ASOT 183). In this weekly two-hour show, entitled A State of Trance, he plays the latest popular trance music tracks, and publishes
the artists and track titles on his website. When ID&T Radio changed genres in 2004, Van Buuren moved A State of Trance to Fresh
FM and later SLAM!FM, two Dutch radio stations. It is now a weekly feature on Radio 538, the Dutch radio station,[37] DI.FM, an
online radio station,[38] and on XM Satellite Radio, channel 52 in the United States and Canada.[39] A complete list of stations that
[40]
broadcast A State of Trance can be found at the ASOT section of Armin's website.

In 2002, he had a residency at Glow in Washington D.C.,[41] and played across North America. He regularly appeared at Amnesia on
the island of Ibiza, Balearic Islands, Spain. In October that year,Van Buuren was voted number 5 in theDJ Mag.

In June 2003, Van Buuren celebrated the 100th episode of A State of Trance at Bloomingdale, Bloemendaal aan Zee, Netherlands and
released his debut studio album,76, a 76-minute album divided into 13 tracks.[42] In the same year he was voted No. 3 in theDJ Mag
and held third place for the next two years (2004, 2005). Also in 2004, an
V Buuren remixed the24 theme song into a trance hit.

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

2007–2009: Imagine
Van Buuren was elected best DJ in the world in the 2007 DJ Mag edition. On 12
January 2008, Van Buuren was given the "Buma Cultuur Pop Award," the most
Armin van Buuren at Sensation White
prestigious Dutch music award.[43] On 17 April 2008, Van Buuren released his 2005
third studio album, Imagine. It features collaboration with singers such as
Jacqueline Govaert of Krezip. The album debuted at number one on the Dutch
Albums 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 over 190 million times on YouTube.[44] Since the release of Imagine,
Van Buuren has been working with Benno de Goeij of Rank 1 on solo productions and remixes. On 1 May 2008, he celebrated with
various artists the 350th episode ofA State of Trance at Noxx, Antwerp, Belgium. He was voted No. 1 in the 2008DJ Mag again.

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

Also in 2009, Foreign Media Games announced the production ofArmin van Buuren: In the Mix, a music video game being produced
in collaboration with Cloud 9 Music and Van Buuren's Armada Music label. The title was released on 12 November 2010 exclusively
for the Wii console.[45] He was voted number one DJ in the 2009DJ Mag for the third consecutive year.

2010–2012: Mirage and appointment to the Order of Orange-Nassau

On 3 March 2010, Van Buuren was awarded with the Golden Harp for his musical work and contribution to Dutch music, by
Buma/Stemra at the 2010 Buma Harpen Gala in Hilversum, Netherlands.[46][47] To celebrate the 450th episode of A State of Trance,
he performed with various artists at five shows across two continents. The locations were: The Guvernment, Toronto, Canada on 1
April 2010, Roseland Ballroom, New York City on 2 April and on 3 April again, Expo Arena, Bratislava, Slovakia on 9 April and
Centennial Hall, Wroclaw, Poland on 24 April.
On 23 June 2010, it was announced that Van Buuren's fourth studio album,
Mirage was due to be released on 10 September.[48] The first single "Full
Focus", was released through iTunes Store on 24 June.[49] The song peaked at
number 60 in the Netherlands. One of the confirmed tracks from the album is a
collaboration with English singer Sophie Ellis-Bextor called "Not Giving Up on
Love", which was released as a single from Bextor's fourth studio album,Make a
Scene.[50][51] Armin also wrote a song for English singer Seal, but due to the
release of his greatest hits album,Hits, the collaboration never came together.[52]
On 12 September 2010, Van Buuren launched "A State of Sundays", a new Armin van Buuren performing in
weekly 24-hour radio show aired on Sirius XM Radio.[53] On 20 October 2010, Shanghai in 2009
Van Buuren won the award for Most Popular International DJ presented by The
Golden Gnomes.[54] A week later he was announced, for the fourth year
running, as the number one DJ inDJ Mag.[55]

The 2010 edition of Armin Only: Mirage kicked off in November 2010, in Utrecht, Netherlands, and was followed by shows in Saint
Petersburg, Kiev, Buenos Aires, Melbourne, Beirut, Poznań, Moscow and Bratislava.[56]

In March and April, 2011, celebrating the 500th episode of his radio show, Van
Buuren performed five live shows along with various artists; the first was in
Johannesburg, South Africa at MTN Expo Centre, and the second in Miami's
Ultra Music Festival. He then performed inArgentina at GEBA in Buenos Aires,
followed by a large event at Brabanthallen in Den Bosch, Netherlands which
included more than 30 DJs from countries all over the world and was attended
by over 30,000 people. The final show was held in Sydney on 16 April at Acer
Arena. In 2011, Van Buuren was appointed Officer of the Order of Oranje-
Nassau for services to Dutch dance and music economy.[57] That year he also Van Buuren broadcasting the milestone
received the Key to (Freedom) of Leiden from the City Mayor, as well as being 500th episode of his A State of Trance
voted No. 2 in the 2011 DJ Mag. show at the official pre-party, live from
Club Trinity in Cape Town on 17 March
To celebrate the 550th episode of A State of Trance, he performed with various 2011.
artists on two different continents during fourth weeks. The show was called A
State of Trance 550: Invasion. The first event was celebrated at Ministry of
Sound in London on 1 March 2012. On 7 March, Moscow held the second event at Expocentre. Kiev's show was performed at
International Exhibition Centre on 10 March. On 17 March, as part of the Beyond Wonderland festival in Los Angeles and on 25
March at the Ultra Music Festival in Miami. On 31 March, the biggest and final edition of ASOT 550 took place in the Brabanthallen
of Den Bosch, Netherlands. On 19 October 2012, Van Buuren was announced for a fifth non-consecutive year as the world's number
one DJ according to DJ Mag.[58]

To celebrate the 600th episode of A State of Trance, Van Buuren announced that he would perform with various artists all around the
world in early 2014. The show was called A State of Trance 600: The Expedition. It was announced that the show would tour the
world, including stops in Madrid, Mexico City, São Paulo, Minsk, Sofia, Beirut, Kuala Lumpur, Mumbai, Miami, Guatemala City,
New York City, and Den Bosch.[59][60]

2013–2014: Intense
The first single of 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 5 April 2013. The single nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Dance
Recording.[61] The tour for the album,Armin Only: Intense, was announced on 17 October 2013.[62]
30 April 2013 saw the abdication of Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands in favor of her son, King Willem-Alexander of the
Netherlands, who was crowned that day. Van Buuren was the headline act in a performance to a live audience celebrating the King's
crowning in Amsterdam. While he was performing live together with the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, King Willem-Alexander,
[63][64]
Queen Máxima and their three daughters made an unplanned visit on stage.

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

2015–present: Embrace Armin van Buuren performing atUltra

Miami 2014
On 8 May 2015, Armin van Buuren released the first single from his sixth studio
album, Embrace which was released on October 29, 2015.[65] The single is titled
"Another You" featuring Mr Probz. Three weeks after releasing "Another You",
Van Buuren also debuted another remix from Game of Thrones official theme
which is originally made by composerRamin Djawadi.[66]

On 16 October 2015 Armin van Buuren released the next single from Embrace
called "Strong Ones" featuring Cimo Fränkel. This was followed by the release
Van Buuren's DJ logo, used in shows as
of his collaboration with Cosmic Gate "Embargo" on 22 October 2015. To
of 2015
accompany the album's release, Van Buuren announced the return of the Armin
Only series of parties.

This edition of the tour will be titled Armin Only: Embrace and is set to take place throughout both 2015 and 2016. As the title of the
[67]
tour suggests, it will be based around the collection of music that he's showcased 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 the celebrations for the 800th
episode of the radio show. The studio is located in the Armada headquarters and
since its opening all of the A State of Trance episodes are streamed as video on
Armin van Buuren's Facebook and YouTube pages.[68] With the new
accommodations made possible by the new studio, he introduced a new segment
of the radio show called "Service for Dreamers" where he invites fans to send in
their favorite trance tracks that have a special meaning to them and every week
one track gets chosen to be featured live on the show and introduced by the fans Armin van Buuren performing in 2017
of the radio show live on the air, either by a walk-in, phone call, Skype or other
means of contact.[69]

In 2017, Armin van Buuren announced he will be releasing an online MasterClass sharing his expertise in electronic music
production.[70]

On the 13 April 2017, Armin van Buuren performed at the Heineken stage in Shanghai, in the first Formula 1 Festival along with
Angela Chang.[71]

anna Go", a new collaboration withAlan Walker.[72]

During his Ultra Miami 2018 set, Armin debuted '"I Don't W

Armin performed a seven-hour-long set at the Romania Untold Festival on 6 August 2018, clocking from 2:00 a.m. to after
9:00 a.m.[73] This outlasted his previous 2017 ASOT performance, which had went on for five hours.
[74]

Discography
Studio albums

76 (2003)
Shivers (2005)
Imagine (2008)
Mirage (2010)
Intense (2013)
Embrace (2015)

Honors
In 2011, Van Buuren was appointed Officer of the Order of Orange Nassaufor his services to music.[57]

Awards and nominations

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External links
 Official website
Artist Page on ArmadaMusic.com
Armin van Buuren at AllMusic
Armin van Buuren discography at Discogs
Armin van Buuren discography at MusicBrainz
Armin van Buuren on IMDb

Awards and achievements

Preceded by Mixmag Number 1 DJ Succeeded by
Erol Alkan 2007 Tiësto
Preceded by Succeeded by
Paul van Dyk DJ Mag Number 1 DJ David Guetta
2007–2010
Preceded by 2012 Succeeded by
David Guetta Hardwell

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