Armin van Buuren OON | |
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![]() Van Buuren performing at the Armin Only Embrace show in Kyiv, 2017 | |
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Birth name | Armin Jozef Jacobus Daniël van Buuren |
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Born | Leiden, South Holland, Netherlands[1] | 25 December 1976
Origin | Koudekerk aan den Rijn, Netherlands |
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Years active | 1996–present |
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Erika van Thiel (m. 2009) |
Website | arminvanbuuren |
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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 DJ Mag a record of five times, four years in a row.[4] He was ranked fifth on the DJ Mag Top 100 DJs list in 2022,[5] as well as fourth in 2015, 2016, 2019 and 2020,[6] and third in 2017.[7] 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,[8] which makes him the fourth trance artist ever to receive a 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]