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Afrojack
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producteur et DJ néerlandais de musique électronique de danse
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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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- 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
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Article · Français
Afrojack (/æfɹəˈdʒæk/), de son vrai nom Nick Leonardus van de Wall, né le 9 septembre 1987 à Spijkenisse (Hollande-du-Sud), est un disc jockey et producteur de musique electro house néerlandais. Son single Take Over Control, paru en 2010 en collaboration avec la chanteuse néerlandaise Eva Simons, se classe dans les charts de nombreux pays. La même année, Afrojack gagne en renommée internationale en jouant dans l'émission Essential Mix pour BBC Radio 1. Le 22 décembre 2010, il fait paraître son premier album studio intitulé Lost and Found. En 2011, Afrojack remixe le titre Last Night du DJ américain Ian Carey avec le rappeur américain Snoop Dogg ; la même année, il collabore sur la chanson de Pitbull, Give Me Everything, avec Ne-Yo et Nayer. Il offre en outre sa participation sur le titre de Beyoncé, Run the World (Girls). Afrojack dirige son propre label discographique, Wall Recordings, représenté par des disc jockeys tels que R3hab et Sidney Samson. Après une 19e place en 2010 et une 7e place en 2011, il est classé 9e au classement des meilleurs platinistes mondiaux du DJ Magazine en 2012 et 2013 ; il recule de trois places en 2014. Il est classé 8e en 2015.
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