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Afrojack
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niederländischer DJ und Musikproduzent
OverviewAI-generated
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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- Afrojack in 2015
- Person.birth_name
- Nick Leonardus van de Wall
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- Spijkenisse, South Holland, Netherlands
- Person.years_active
- 2007–present
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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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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Kingdom of the Netherlands
- Place of birth
- Spijkenisse
- Spouse
- Elettra Lamborghini
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Genre
- moombahton
- Record label
- LDH
- Discography
- Afrojack discography
- Official website
- afrojack.com
- Image
- Afrojack crop.jpg
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- Commons category
- Afrojack
- date of birth
- 1987-09-09
- birth name
- Nick Leonardus van de Wall
- start of work period
- 2007-00-00
- social media followers
- 2518522
- pseudonym
- Kapuchon
- stylized name
- AFROJACK
- ancestral home
- Suriname
Sources (13)
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Article · Deutsch
Afrojack (* 9. September 1987 in Spijkenisse; eigentlich Nick van de Wall) ist ein niederländischer DJ und Produzent, der insbesondere durch seine Single Take Over Control Bekanntheit erlangte. 2011 erreichte er mit dem Song Give Me Everything zusammen mit Pitbull, Ne-Yo und Nayer in zahlreichen Ländern Spitzenpositionen. Seit 2011 erreichte er zudem sechsmal eine Top-10-Platzierung in den DJ-Mag-Top-100. Bis 2015 deckte er nahezu ausnahmslos die Bereiche des Electro-House ab, bis er seine Musik von diesem Zeitpunkt an kommerzieller gestaltete. Für weitere elektronische Musik rief er die Pseudonyme NLW und DJ Afrojack ins Leben. Gemeinsam mit dem deutschen DJ-Duo Jewelz & Sparks bildet er gelegentlich das Projekt AJXJS.
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