Armin van Buuren Musical artist

Armin van Buuren (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈɑrmɪn vɑn ˈbyːrə(n)]; born 25 December 1976) is a Dutch trance music producer and DJ. He is known for mostly playing progressive trance and uplifting trance.Van Buuren has won a number of accolades, including the No. 1 spot on DJ Magazine's Top 100 DJs fan poll a record of five times, including an unprecedented four consecutive years 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 and again in 2012. He is currently the No. 3 DJ on DJ Magazine's Top 100 DJs poll for 2014. In 2014, he was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Dance Recording for his single "This Is What It Feels Like", which makes him the fourth trance artist ever to receive a Grammy nomination alongside Tiesto, Paul van Dyk, and BT. In the United States, he holds the record for most entries (21) on the Billboard Dance/Electronic Albums chart. Since 2001, Van Buuren has hosted a weekly radio show called A State of Trance, which has 20 million weekly listeners in 26 countries (excluding online listeners). This radio show propelled him to superstardom and garnered an intense following of trance fans around the world. His 2008 studio album, Imagine, entered the Dutch album chart at No. 1, a first for a dance music artist in Dutch music history.

Personal facts

Alias (AKA)	Al mine van buren Gaia (more)
Birth date	December 25, 1976
Birth place	Netherlands , Leiden
Hometown	Netherlands Koudekerk aan den Rijn

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Musical artist

Career started	1995
associated musical artist	Tiësto
Background	Non performing personnel
genre	Trance music Uplifting trance Progressive house
instrument	Pro Tools Drum machine Logic Pro Synthesizer Ableton
record label	Vandit Armada Music Ministry of Sound Australia