Armin van Buuren Voted World’s Number 1 DJ

Last night in London, Armin van Buuren from the Netherlands received the yearly award for most popular global DJ in 2007 from the well known British magazine DJ MAG. In the influential yearly top 100, a record-breaking 345.000 votes were cast by dance music fans from more than 220 countries.

Armin has been listed in the DJ Mag Top 100 since 2001 (nr. 27). In 2002 he entered the top at the 5th position, after which he climbed even further to the 3rd place. After holding this position for 3 years in a row he climbed up to the 2nd place last year.

It has been a busy year for Van Buuren (30). He hosts a weekly radio show “A state of Trance“ which is now broadcasted across 40 FM stations around the world. For the third time, the show received an award for Best Global Dance Radio Show during Winter Music Conference in Miami. Apart from touring the globe and performing in many clubs and on many festivals, he released 2 compilations, A state of Trance 2007 and Universal Religion part 3.

Armin has been working in the studio for his upcoming artist album which is scheduled for release in early 2008. To support this new album, Armin will tour the globe with a new show around the “Armin Only” concept, in which he plays long sets, supported by several live acts and performances. The success of the two previous editions in the Netherlands, laid the foundation for a worldwide tour in 2008. The kick-off is planned on the 19th of April, 2008 in “De Jaarbeurs” in Utrecht, the Netherlands, which marks the start of the global tour.

Discography

Compilations

• 1999 "Boundaries of Imagination"
• 2000 "001 A State of Trance"
• 2001 "002 Basic Instinct"
• 2001 "003 In Motion"
• 2002 "004 Transparance"
• 2003 "Universal Religion Chapter One"
• 2004 "A State of Trance 2004"
• 2004 "Big Room Trance"
• 2004 "Universal Religion 2004, Live From Armada At Ibiza"
• 2005 "A State of Trance 2005"
• 2005 "A State of Trance 2005 Year Mix"
• 2006 "A State of Trance 2006"
• 2006 "A State of Trance 2006 Year Mix"
• 2007 "A State of Trance 2007"
• 2007 "Universal Religion Chapter 3, Live From Armada At Ibiza"

Singles

• 1997 Blue Fear
• 1999 Communication
• 1999 Future Fun-land (As Perpetuous Dreamer)
• 2000 Touch Me (As Rising Star)
• 2000 Eternity (With Tiësto as Alibi)
• 2000 Wonder Where you are (With Tiësto as Major League)
• 2001 4 Elements (As Gaia)
• 2001 The Sound of Goodbye (As Perpetuous Dreamer)
• 2001 Exhale (With Ferry Corsten as System F)
• 2002 Clear Blue Moon/Star Theme (As Rising Star)
• 2002 Sunspot (As Rising Star vs. Airwave)
• 2002 Dust.wav (As Perpetuous Dreamer)
• 2003 Sunburn
• 2003 Yet Another Day (With Ray Wilson)
• 2004 Burned With Desire (With Justine Suissa)
• 2004 Blue Fear 2004
• 2004 Communication Part 3
• 2004 Intruder (with M.I.K.E.)
• 2004 Pound (with M.I.K.E.)
• 2005 Shivers (With Susana)
• 2005 Serenity (With Jan Vayne)
• 2005 Zocalo (With Gabriel & Dresden)
• 2006 Who Is Watching (With Nadia Ali)
• 2006 Sail
• 2006 Control Freak
• 2006 Love You More (With Racoon)
• 2006 Saturday Night (Trance remake of the 1978 Herman Brood classic)
• 2007 This World is Watching Me (vs Rank 1 feat. Kush)
• 2007 Miserere
• 2007 Rush Hour

Armin van Buuren chose to pursue his career as a professional musician despite the promise of a legal career in his native country of the Netherlands, where his legal studies were completed in 2004.^{[citation needed]} Van Buuren started working as a DJ in a local night club called Nexus, finished high school in 1995 and went on to university to study law.^[2] Meanwhile, he moved his studio equipment from his bedroom to a 'real' studio.^[2] The first tracks he produced in his new studio were, among others, tracks like "Touch Me" and "Communication".^[2] Van Buuren has been quoted as saying, "Don't be a prisoner of your own style."^[2] He has described his musical style as "liberating, euphoric, uplifting, melodic and energetic."

He hosts the trance show A State of Trance. The show has completed its 300th episode in May 2007, running for over 6 years.

In October 2002, Van Buuren was voted Number 5 in the DJ Magazine 100 top DJs. The following year, he jumped up to the #3 spot, and held it strong for 3 years straight. His work left him on the #2 spot, just below Paul van Dyk in the 2006 polls..