Armin van Buuren is a famous Dutch disc jockey, composer, musician, as well as a record producer. Van Buuren received a lot of public exposure in 1999, when he teamed up with DJ Tiesto, in order to create music together. As a result, Tiesto and van Buuren released Alibi “Eternity” on van Buuren’s record label called “Armind”, while the second project entitled Major League “Wonder Where You Are?” came out on Tiesto’s “Black Hole Recordings”. Soon afterwards, in 2000, van Buuren released his first compilation entitled “A State of Trance”, which combined vocal trance with progressive house to create a unique music genre. The album managed to sell approximately 10,000 copies, and spawned a popular single called “Viola”, which was originally performed by Moogwai. In 2001, Armin van Buuren released his second studio album entitled “Basic Instinct”, which included “The Sound of Goodbye”, van Buuren’s first #1 charting hit single.
Armin van Buuren $50 Million
That same year, Armin van Buuren presented his weekly radio show “A State of Trance”, which is currently broadcast in 26 countries, including the United States, Spain, the United Kingdom, Italy and France among others. According to statistical data, “A State of Trance” has an audience of 20 million listeners per week. Over the years, Armin van Buuren has become one of the best and most popular DJs in the world. Van Buuren listed at #1 on “Top 100 DJs”, and additionally received a Grammy Award nomination for Best Dance Recording.
A well-known disc jockey, how rich is Armin van Buuren? The sources state that van Buuren’s net worth is estimated to be $50 million, most of this wealth coming from his involvement in the music industry.
Armin van Buuren was born in 1976, in Netherlands, where he spent most of his childhood. Even though van Buuren had always desired to pursue a career in music, he enrolled at Leiden University with aspirations to study law. Van Buuren eventually graduated with his degree from the law school in 2003, since he had briefly stopped his studies due to his music career. Van Buuren released his first track in 1995 under the name of “Blue Fear”, which made it to the UK music charts and brought him a moderate amount of success. Several years later, van Buuren came out with “Communications”, a single that earned him a record deal with “AM PM Records”. Around the same time, van Buuren started performing in various clubs, which eventually brought him a lot more public exposure. In 1999, Armin van Buuren established his own record label called “Armind”, which currently serves as an umbrella company under the “Armada Music” label.
As his fame began to grow, van Buuren was invited to perform during various events in Los Angeles, Chicago, the island of Ibiza, New York City and Toronto among many other cities. More recently, in 2013 van Buuren released his fifth studio album entitled “Intense”, which spawned five singles and brought him a Gold certification in Poland.
A well-known DJ, Armin van Buuren has an estimated net worth of $50 million.
Record producer, Remixer, Lawyer, Composer, Disc jockey, Songwriter, Radio personality, Pianist, In & Out Of Love, This Is What It Feels Like, I Need You, Cebu City, Cebu, Philippines, Cologne, Germany, RW.10, Pademangan Timur, Kota Jakarta Pusat, DKI Jakarta, Indonesia, Disc jockey, Lawyer, Record producer, Composer, Pianist, Songwriter, Radio personality, Remixer, In & Out Of Love, Not Giving Up on Love, Another You, BANGKOK Thailand, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Education
Leiden University, Stedelijk Gymnasium Leiden, In & Out Of Love, This Is What It Feels Like, I Need You, Cebu City, Cebu, Philippines, Cologne, Germany, RW.10, Pademangan Timur, Kota Jakarta Pusat, DKI Jakarta, Indonesia, Leiden University, Stedelijk Gymnasium Leiden, In & Out Of Love, Not Giving Up on Love, Another You, BANGKOK Thailand, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Nationality
Dutch, Dutch
Spouse
Erika van Thiel, Erika van Thiel
Children
Fenna van Buuren, Remy van Buuren, In & Out Of Love, This Is What It Feels Like, I Need You, Cebu City, Cebu, Philippines, Cologne, Germany, RW.10, Pademangan Timur, Kota Jakarta Pusat, DKI Jakarta, Indonesia, Fenna van Buuren, Remy van Buuren, In & Out Of Love, Not Giving Up on Love, Another You, BANGKOK Thailand, Amsterdam, Netherlands
DJ Award for Best Trance, DJ Award for Best International DJ, Juno Award for Dance Recording of the Year, In & Out Of Love, This Is What It Feels Like, I Need You, Cebu City, Cebu, Philippines, Cologne, Germany, RW.10, Pademangan Timur, Kota Jakarta Pusat, DKI Jakarta, Indonesia, DJ Award for Best T...
Music Groups
Triple A, Triple A
Nominations
World Music Award for World’s Best DJ, Grammy Award for Best Dance Recording, World Music Award for World’s Best Live Act, MTV Europe Music Award for Best Dutch Act, World Music Award for World’s Best Video, World Music Award for World’s Best Song, World Music Award for World's Best Electron...
Movies
Armin Van Buuren: Armin Only: The Next Level, In love with Ibiza, Armin Van Buuren: Armin Only: Ahoy' 2007, Sprookjesboom de Film, Cebu City, Cebu, Philippines, Cologne, Germany, RW.10, Pademangan Timur, Kota Jakarta Pusat, DKI Jakarta, Indonesia, Armin Van Buuren: Armin Only: The Next Level, In lov...
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[on the future of EDM (electronic dance music)] I don't know. Everything is going so fast now. There are so many new talents on the horizon. What is happening right now is a thing I like to call 'diversification' because you have all these little islands within dance music. It's not just one sound anymore.
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I don't understand why people are so negative. If you don't like certain music, just don't play it, don't listen to it. What is happening right now is something that you cannot do anything about. It's just the natural course of things. Music is always evolving: listen to the first [The Beatles] album, and then listen to the last Beatles album.