Armin van Buuren

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Not to be confused with Armand van Helden.

In this Dutch name, the surname is Van Buuren.

Occupation(s)
  • DJ
  • record producer
  • remixer
Instrument(s)
Years active1996–present
Labels
Websitearminvanbuuren.com
Signature

Armin Jozef Jacobus Daniël van Buuren OON (/væn ˈbjʊərən/ van BURE-ən, Dutch: [ˈɑrmɪ ˈɲoːzəf jaːˈkoːbʏz ˈdaːnijɛl vɑm ˈbyːrə(n)]; born 25 December 1976)[1] is a Dutch DJ and record producer. Since 2001, he has hosted A State of Trance (ASOT), a weekly radio show, which is broadcast to nearly 40 million listeners in 84 countries on over 100 FM radio stations.[2] According to the website DJs and Festivals, "the radio show propelled him to stardom and helped cultivate an interest in trance music around the world".[3]

Van Buuren has won a number of accolades. He has been ranked the number one DJ by

Grammy Award nomination.[9] In the United States, he holds the record for most entries, twenty-one, on the Billboard Dance/Electronic Albums chart.[10]

Personal life

Armin van Buuren was born in

Remixer Ben Liebrand.[14] Van Buuren graduated from the Stedelijk Gymnasium Leiden in 1995, and studied law at Leiden University.[15] He began working as a DJ in Club Nexus in 1996,[16] playing multiple sets a week, most of which lasted six or more hours.[17] In 1999, he met Dave Lewis who introduced him as a DJ in England and the United States.[18] As his musical career began to take off, he put his law degree on hold, but he did return to graduate from law school in 2003.[19]

On 18 September 2009, van Buuren married Erika van Thiel.[20] Their daughter Fenna was born in July 2011.[21] van Buuren announced just hours before he was due to headline the main stage at Tomorrowland (27 July 2013) that his wife had given birth to a son, Remy.[22]

On 16 February 2018, van Buuren explored his family history in an episode of the TV series Verborgen verleden, the Dutch version of the UK series

Who Do You Think You Are?.[23]

Music career

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 "

UK Singles Chart at No. 18 in 2000.[25]

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.[26][27]

2000–2004: 76 and A State of Trance series

In 2000, Van Buuren started his own Armin van Buuren compilation series, a mix of

Warner Brothers.[31]

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.[32] 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.[33]

In March 2001, Van Buuren started his own radio show on

channel 52 in the United States and Canada.[37] A complete list of stations that broadcast A State of Trance can be found at the ASOT section of Armin's website.[38]

In 2002, he had a residency at Glow in Washington D.C.,

DJ Mag
.

In June 2003, Van Buuren celebrated the 100th episode of A State of Trance at Bloomingdale,

DJ Mag and held third place for the next two years (2004, 2005). Also in 2004, Van Buuren remixed the 24
theme song into a trance hit.

2005–2006: Shivers

Armin van Buuren at Sensation White 2005

On 2 June 2005, he celebrated the 200th episode of

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
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 of A 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 of Armin 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.[43] He was voted number one DJ in the 2009 DJ 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

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.[46] The first single "Full Focus", was released through iTunes Store on 24 June.[47] 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.[48][49] 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.[50] On 12 September 2010, Van Buuren launched "A State of Sundays", a new weekly 24-hour radio show aired on Sirius XM Radio.[51] On 20 October 2010, Van Buuren won the award for Most Popular International DJ presented by The Golden Gnomes.[52] A week later he was announced, for the fourth year running, as the number one DJ in DJ Mag.[53]

The 2010 edition of

Utrecht, Netherlands, and was followed by shows in Saint Petersburg, Kyiv, Buenos Aires, Melbourne, Beirut, Poznań, Moscow and Bratislava.[54]

Van Buuren broadcasting the milestone 500th episode of his A State of Trance show at the official pre-party, live from Club Trinity in Cape Town on 17 March 2011

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

DJ Mag
.

To celebrate the 550th episode of A State of Trance, he performed with various artists on two different continents during fourth weeks. The show was called A State of Trance 550: Invasion. The first event was celebrated at

DJ Mag.[56]

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 2013. The show was called A State of Trance 600: The Expedition. It was announced that the show would tour the world, including stops in

Den Bosch.[57][58]

2013–2014: Intense

The first single of Van Buuren's fifth studio album,

Grammy Award for Best Dance Recording.[59] The tour for the album, Armin Only: Intense, was announced on 17 October 2013.[60]

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 sworn in and inaugurated that day, which was Queen's Day as well. 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 in the Amsterdam Harbor on Java-eiland, King Willem-Alexander, Queen Máxima and their three daughters made an unplanned visit on stage.[61][62]

On 19 October 2013, Armin van Buuren was ranked number two DJ in the world by

Best Dance Recording
.

2015–2018: Embrace

Van Buuren's DJ logo, used in shows as of 2015

On 8 May 2015, Armin van Buuren released the first single from his sixth studio album,

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 composer Ramin Djawadi.[64]

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 of his collaboration with Cosmic Gate "Embargo" on 22 October 2015. To accompany the album's release, Van Buuren announced the return of the Armin Only series of parties.

This edition of the tour was titled Armin Only: Embrace and took place throughout both 2015 and 2016. As the title of the tour suggests, it was based around the collection of music that he showcased on his new album.[65]

On 2 February 2017, Armin van Buuren officially opened a new A State of Trance radio show studio in Amsterdam as part of his celebrations for the 800th episode of the radio show. The studio is located in the Armada headquarters.[66] With the new accommodations made possible by the 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. Every week one track gets chosen to be featured live on the show and introduced by the fans of the radio show live, either by a walk-in, phone call, Skype or other means of contact.[67]

In 2017, Armin van Buuren announced he will be releasing an online MasterClass sharing his expertise in electronic music production.[68] On 13 April 2017, Armin van Buuren performed at the Heineken stage in Shanghai, in the first Formula 1 Festival along with Angela Zhang.[69]

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.[70] This outlasted his previous 2017 ASOT performance, which had gone on for five hours.[71]

2019–2023: Balance

On 6 October 2019, he performed at

World Congress on Information Technology (WCIT).[72]

On 25 October 2019, Armin released his seventh studio album, Balance.[73]

In January 2021, Armin celebrated the 1000th episode of A State of Trance with a 7-day long livestream, where he, co-host Ruben de Ronde and monthly show resident Ferry Corsten presented a list of the top 1000 songs played during A State of Trance radio shows, as voted on by listeners of the show.[74] The livestream ran from January 14 to January 21, and the top song was Shivers, from Armin's 2005 album. As has been done for previous radio show milestones, a major ASOT1000 festival was planned in Utrecht, but due to the COVID-19 pandemic, it has since been repeatedly delayed. The festival was held on March 4-5, 2023, by which point the weekly radio show have already surpassed 1100 episodes.[75]

2023–2024: Breathe In

On 12 January 2024, Armin released his eighth studio album, Breathe In.[76]

Discography

Main article: Armin van Buuren discography

Filmography

Documentary and concert films

  • This Is Me (2022) - Co-directed by Sander Reneman, Nicolas Caeyers, and James Barnes, 'This Is Me' is an "exploration of the creative process" behind the concert, as well surveying "Armin’s journey of self-discovery to connect with himself and others again".

Orders

In 2011, van Buuren was appointed Officer of the

Order of Orange Nassau for his services to music.[55]

Awards and nominations

Main article: List of awards and nominations received by Armin van Buuren

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