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56-631: ALDA produces international in- and outdoor events such as festivals, stadium shows and world tours. ALDA-produced events include Armin Only (Imagine, Mirage and Intense), I AM Hardwell , A State Of Trance , Electronic Family , A Day at the Park and AMF (Amsterdam Music Festival) (with ID&T , two days in 2015 during the AMF, five days the following year). These events accommodate over 100,000 fans worldwide every year. Allan Hardenberg and David Lewis have been active in

112-718: A Grammy Award nomination. In the United States, he holds the record for most entries, twenty-one, on the Billboard Dance/Electronic Albums chart. Armin Jozef Jacobus Daniël van Buuren was born in Leiden , on 25 December 1976, and grew up in Koudekerk aan den Rijn . He was inspired by French electronic music composer Jean-Michel Jarre and Dutch DJ and Remixer Ben Liebrand . Van Buuren graduated from

168-415: A Scene . 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. On 12 September 2010, Van Buuren launched "A State of Sundays", a new weekly 24-hour radio show aired on Sirius XM Radio. On 20 October 2010, Van Buuren won the award for Most Popular International DJ presented by The Golden Gnomes. A week later he

224-715: A global tour on Dance Revolution in Europe, selling out to crowds of 20,000 people in the Netherlands. In March 2001, Van Buuren started his own radio show on ID&T Radio (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

280-657: A music video that has been viewed over 304 million times on YouTube. 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 of A State of Trance at Noxx, Antwerp , Belgium. He was voted No. 1 in the 2008 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

336-452: A song by Airscape . 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 weekly A State of Trance radio shows), sold 10,000 copies and contains Van Buuren's remix of Moogwai , "Viola". Teaming up with Tiësto , two new projects were born: Major League – "Wonder Where You Are?"

392-447: A tattooist of very high reputation). The Officer grade is the first of what are referred to as the 'special decorations'. The grade of Commander is very sparingly awarded, and the two highest grades are awarded only very rarely indeed (for example to those with a record of distinguished service in public life who have occupied many high positions over a good number of years). The Order of Orange-Nassau has two divisions, civil and military,

448-624: 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. After being signed to AM PM Records , this track entered the UK Singles Chart at No. 18 in 2000. In the beginning of 1999, van Buuren started his label Armind together with United Recordings. The first release, Gig – "One",

504-433: 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. 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". Van Buuren has won a number of accolades. He has been ranked

560-523: Is now a weekly feature on Radio 538 , the Dutch radio station, DI.FM , an online radio station, and on XM Satellite Radio , channel 52 in the United States and Canada. A complete list of stations that 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., and played across North America. He regularly appeared at Amnesia on

616-508: Is originally made by composer Ramin Djawadi . 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

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672-469: Is typically awarded each year on the Monarch's official birthday (currently April 27) with around 3500 appointments to the order made public. The order is also used to honour foreign princes, ministers, dignitaries and diplomats. In 1994, the Dutch honours system was extensively revised after almost thirty years of discussion. This revision by law intended to create a more democratic honours system, disconnecting

728-500: Is working on (in alphabetical order) are: Events during Amsterdam Dance Event (in alphabetical order): Events ALDA organized in the past (in alphabetical order) are: Armin Only This is an accepted version of this page Armin Jozef Jacobus Daniël van Buuren OON ( / v æ n ˈ b j ʊər ə n / van BURE -ən , Dutch: [ˈɑrmɪ ˈɲoːzəf jaːˈkoːbʏz ˈdaːnijɛl vɑm ˈbyːrə(n)] ; born 25 December 1976)

784-509: 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 . On 8 May 2015, Armin van Buuren released the first single from his sixth studio album, Embrace , which was released on 29 October 2015. 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

840-672: The Stedelijk Gymnasium Leiden in 1995, and studied law at Leiden University . He began working as a DJ in Club Nexus in 1996, playing multiple sets a week, most of which lasted six or more hours. In 1999, he met Dave Lewis who introduced him as a DJ in England and the United States. 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. On 18 September 2009, van Buuren married Erika van Thiel. Their daughter Fenna

896-481: The World Congress on Information Technology (WCIT). On 25 October 2019, Armin released his seventh studio album, Balance . 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

952-420: 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. 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,"

1008-673: The Armada headquarters. 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. In 2017, Armin van Buuren announced he will be releasing an online MasterClass sharing his expertise in electronic music production. On 13 April 2017, Armin van Buuren performed at

1064-642: The Dutch dance scene since its very beginning. In 1997, the two entrepreneurs organized events such as Armin Only , Tiësto Solo and "Three DJs in a Boat". Seven years after they started their collaboration, Armin van Buuren , Maykel Piron and David Lewis founded Armada . With this company, Armin Only became more successful and new concepts as Armada Night, A State of Trance and Famous were developed. Hardenberg and Lewis decided to start their own independent event agency and founded ALDA. It originated in 2007 and has since then been operating from Amsterdam. Early years were Armin Only , Best Of Both Worlds and A Day at

1120-584: The Heineken stage in Shanghai , in the first Formula 1 Festival along with Angela Zhang . 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. This outlasted his previous 2017 ASOT performance, which had gone on for five hours. On 6 October 2019, he performed at Republic Square, Yerevan , Armenia as an opening act for

1176-506: The Park. Eventually, the event portfolio would extend with events like Electronic Family, Citymoves, various Armada concepts and other event nights during Amsterdam Dance Event (ADE). In 2011 and 2013 ALDA was nominated for the International Dance Music Awards (IDMA) in the category Best Event Promoter Worldwide. Besides that, the A State of Trance concept has won various awards throughout the years. On November 25, 2014 it

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1232-481: The United States. Through this collaboration, worldwide coverage is created for ALDA and Insomniac, with support from the partners and local promoters. Both parties see the advantages of the collaboration, which has made it possible for them to extend their reach worldwide and follow their growth ambitions. In the February 2016 A State of Trance event, due to poor safety measures, Paul van Dyk fell through an opening on

1288-483: The company engaged in a collaboration with CTS Eventim , with plans to take the electronic dance music scene in Germany to the next level. In 2017, this collaboration resulted in a brand new event called New Horizons. Right after this successful partnership, a new collaboration began at the end of 2018 with Insomniac (promoter) (part of Live Nation Entertainment ). Pasqualle Rotella (CEO) operates as event organizer within

1344-704: The death of William III , Luxembourg, according to the Nassau Family Pact , became the domain of the other branch of the House of Nassau. In the Netherlands the need for a third order, beside the Military William Order and Order of the Netherlands Lion was felt, so that royal honours could be conferred upon foreign diplomats and people from lower ranks and classes. During World War II , the Order of Orange-Nassau

1400-438: The fall had resulted in him suffering from life long consequences and he is still not well. He also stated that even despite the courts recognizing the fault of ALDA, he still had not been compensated and neither had he received an apology from ALDA. In responses, ALDA stated that the matter was in the hands of their attorneys and insurance companies ALDA organizes over 130 shows in more than 33 countries. Current concepts ALDA

1456-744: The first was in Johannesburg , South Africa at MTN Expo Centre, and the second in Miami 's Ultra Music Festival . He then performed in Argentina 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

1512-459: The former denoted by a wreath of laurel on the badges, and the latter by crossed swords on both the badges and the stars. The king or queen regnant of the Netherlands is the Grand Master of the Order of Orange-Nassau. In addition to the two divisions, since 1996 the Order of Orange-Nassau has been issued in six classes: For the grades of Knight and Member, the badges are made of silver. For

1568-463: The island of Ibiza , Balearic Islands, Spain. In October that year, Van Buuren was voted number 5 in the DJ 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. In the same year he was voted No. 3 in the DJ Mag and held third place for

1624-414: The level of the honours from rank and social status. In principle, since then everyone in Dutch society can be honoured. An honour is only awarded on the basis of special, personal merits for society. Before this revision the order consisted of five grades with additional honorary medals (gold, silver and bronze). The honorary medals were only affiliated with the order and bearers were not formally included in

1680-512: The most prestigious Dutch music award. On 17 April 2008, Van Buuren released his 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

1736-495: The motto God Zij Met Ons (God be with us). The badge hangs from a royal crown. The civil division has a wreath of laurel between the arms of the cross; the military division has crossed swords instead. The badge is attached to a ribbon which is orange with white and blue border stripes. The way the badge and ribbon should be worn differs between men and women. The star of the order is a silver star with straight rays, in 8 points for Grand Cross and in 4 points for Grand Officer;

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1792-570: The next two years (2004, 2005). Also in 2004, Van Buuren remixed the 24 theme song into a trance hit. 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

1848-465: The number one DJ by DJ Mag a record of five times, four years in a row. He was ranked fifth on the DJ Mag Top 100 DJs list in 2022, as well as fourth in 2015, 2016, 2019 and 2020, 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 , which makes him the fourth trance artist ever to receive

1904-464: The order is a blue-enamelled, white enamel-bordered Maltese Cross , in gilt for the officers and above, in silver for knights and members. The obverse central disc displays the King's coat of arms in gold and blue enamel, surrounded by a white enamel ring bearing the national motto Je Maintiendrai (I shall maintain). The reverse central disc has the crowned monogram "W" (for Queen Wilhelmina) surrounded by

1960-548: The order. In 1996, the honorary medals were abolished and replaced by the Member Class of the Order of Orange-Nassau, which is reserved only for Dutch citizens. The vast majority of awards are at the level of Member and are for voluntary service; the grade of Knight is awarded for outstanding personal achievement, the grade of Officer for contributions of national or international significance (e.g. distinguished professors; former ministers, but also very well-known disc jockeys or even

2016-471: The other grades, the silver is gilded. Until 1996, the Order of Orange-Nassau consisted of five grades. In addition, honorary medals were issued in Gold, Silver and Bronze, but these were only affiliated with the order; the bearers of the medal were not members of the order. Now no longer issued, these were replaced by the sixth grade: "Member". Recipients wore the medal on a ribbon on the left chest. The badge of

2072-658: The pseudonym Gaia he released "4 Elements" on Captivating Sounds, a sub-label of Warner Brothers . 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. 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

2128-691: The show. 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. On 12 January 2024, Armin released his eighth studio album, Breathe In . Documentary and concert films In 2011, van Buuren

2184-636: The special way in which they have carried out their activities. Titles, prefixes, or post-nominals are not used in the Netherlands ;– the only exception being the Military William Order . In 1841 William II of the Netherlands , as Grand Duke of Luxembourg , created the Order of the Oak Crown . Although this was officially not a Dutch order, honours were regularly conferred on Dutch people . After

2240-471: The stage and suffered severe injuries, including injuries to his spine and brain, which resulted in a long recovery and in him missing performances for many months. In January 2019, van Dyk was awarded $ 12 million in damages against ALDA. The high court of the Netherlands deemed that ALDA had not designed the stage to be safe to stand on, nor had they warned van Dyk that part of the stage was unstable. On February 29, 2024, van Dyk disclosed on social media that

2296-663: 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

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2352-763: Was announced for a fifth non-consecutive year as the world's number one DJ according to DJ Mag . 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 Madrid , Mexico City , São Paulo , Minsk , Sofia , Beirut , Kuala Lumpur , Mumbai , Miami , Guatemala City , New York City , and Den Bosch . 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

2408-513: Was announced that SFX Entertainment has acquired 50% of ALDA Holding BV. ALDA will keep operating as an independent company and will continue to develop internationally. Since 2015 ALDA has continued its expansion across several countries. At the end of 2015 ALDA announced that it had opened a second location in Hong Kong. One year later, ALDA Germany opened the doors of its new office in Hamburg. Here,

2464-446: Was announced that Van Buuren's fourth studio album, Mirage was due to be released on 10 September. The first single " Full Focus ", was released through iTunes Store on 24 June. 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

2520-562: Was announced, for the fourth year running, as the number one DJ in DJ Mag . The 2010 edition of Armin Only : Mirage kicked off in November 2010, in Utrecht, Netherlands , and was followed by shows in Saint Petersburg , Kyiv , Buenos Aires, Melbourne , Beirut , Poznań , Moscow and Bratislava . In March and April, 2011, celebrating the 500th episode of his radio show, Van Buuren performed five live shows along with various artists;

2576-486: Was appointed Officer of the Order of Orange Nassau for his services to music. Order of Orange-Nassau The Order of Orange-Nassau (Dutch: Orde van Oranje-Nassau ) is a civil and military Dutch order of chivalry founded on 4 April 1892 by the queen regent, Emma of the Netherlands . The order is a chivalric order open to "everyone who has performed acts of special merits for society.” These are people who deserve appreciation and recognition from society for

2632-548: Was appointed Officer of the Order of Oranje-Nassau for services to Dutch dance and music economy. That year he also received the Key to ( Freedom ) of Leiden from the City Mayor, as well as being voted No. 2 in the 2011 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

2688-514: Was bestowed upon both members of the Netherlands military and members of foreign services who had helped liberate the Netherlands from Nazi German occupation, and those who helped liberate the former Dutch colonies in the Pacific. In the modern age, the Orange-Nassau is still the most active civil and military decoration of the Netherlands, and ranks after the Order of the Netherlands Lion . The order

2744-607: Was born in July 2011. On 27 July 2013, van Buuren announced just hours before he was due to headline the main stage at Tomorrowland that his wife had given birth to a son, Remy. 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? . In 1996, van Buuren released EP and Push on Timeless Records. van Buuren had his first success with

2800-747: Was celebrated at Ministry of Sound in London on 1 March 2012. On 7 March, Moscow held the second event at Expocentre . Kyiv '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

2856-516: 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 " for the System F album, Out of the Blue . Released as a single, this track reached Gold status. Under

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2912-882: Was released on 12 November 2010 exclusively for the Wii console . He was voted number one DJ in the 2009 DJ Mag for the third consecutive year. 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. 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

2968-461: Was released on 5 April 2013. The single nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Dance Recording. The tour for the album, Armin Only: Intense , was announced on 17 October 2013. 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

3024-646: 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. 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

3080-456: 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. 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

3136-407: 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 ,

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