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Afrojack
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Nick Leonardus van de Wall (; born 9 September 1987), known professionally as Afrojack (stylized in all caps), is a Dutch DJ, record producer and remixer. In 2007, he founded the record label Wall Recordings; his debut album Forget the World was released in 2014. Afrojack regularly features as one of the ten best artists in the Top 100 DJs published by DJ Mag. He is also the CEO of LDH Europe.
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Afrojack, born Nick Leonardus van de Wall on September 9, 1987, in Spijkenisse, is a Dutch record producer, disc jockey, songwriter, and composer. He holds citizenship in the Kingdom of the Netherlands and has ancestral roots in Suriname. His musical career began in 2007, and he performs under the stylized name AFROJACK, as well as the pseudonyms NLW and Kapuchon. He speaks both Dutch and English.
His work spans the genres of electronic dance music, electro house, and moombahton. Afrojack is affiliated with several record labels, including Spinnin' Records, Armada, Island Records, and Def Jam Recordings. He has received the Silver Harp award. His personal life includes a marriage to Elettra Lamborghini.
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Country
- Netherlands
- Active from
- 1987
Discography
- In Your Face2006
- Prutataaa (Krafty Kuts Vocal Edit Re-Rub)2006
- Fruity EP2007
- Claudia EP2008
- Colour EP2008
- Dinges EP2008
- Drop Down (Do My Dance)2008
- Esther EP2008
- Space2008
- Thief2008
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 966,364
- Total plays
- 10,896,910
Tags
Afrojack, aka Nick van de Wall is a Grammy Award-winning DJ from Spijkenisse, The Netherlands. He has gone from strength to strength since starting his own label Wall Recordings back in 2007 which soon accelerated a collection of quality releases from Don't Be to Proper Introduction and Thief. In his field, Afrojack soon became considered as a genius producer and embarked on a series of collaborations with international artists such as David Guetta, Diplo, Kid Cudi, Laidback Luke and Steve Angel
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Official website
Afrojack | The official Afrojack website. Get Jacked!
From humble dj beginnings in his native country of the Netherlands, Afrojack has grown to become a multi-award winning, platinum-record selling producer and one of electronic dance music’s icons.
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Encyclopedic overview
12 sectionsContents
- Early life
- Musical career
- Wall Recordings
- Personal life
- Discography
- Awards and nominations
- [[Grammy Award]]s
- [[MTV Europe Music Awards]]
- [[DJ Mag|''DJ Magazine'']] top 100 DJs
- Notes
- References
- External links
Nick Leonardus van de Wall (; born 9 September 1987), known professionally as Afrojack (stylized in all caps), is a Dutch DJ, record producer and remixer. In 2007, he founded the record label Wall Recordings; his debut album Forget the World was released in 2014. Afrojack regularly features as one of the ten best artists in the Top 100 DJs published by DJ Mag. He is also the CEO of LDH Europe.
== Early life ==
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