Darude
Sign in to saveToni-Ville Henrik Virtanen (; born 17 July 1975), better known by his stage name Darude (), is a Finnish DJ and record producer from Eura, Satakunta. His music is characterised by its progressive/uplifting style. He started making music in 1995 and released the platinum-selling hit single "Sandstorm" in late 1999. His debut studio album, Before the Storm, was released on 18 September 2000, and sold 800,000 copies worldwide, earning Darude three Finnish Grammy Awards. It peaked at number one on Finland's Official List and number 6 on the Billboard Dance/Electronic Albums chart in the United Sta
Person
- Born
- 1975-07-17
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Film & TV
Acting · Eura, Finland
Known for
- Eurovision Diaries — Self2020
- Nurses — Darude2014
- Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu — Self - Eurovision Entry2012
- Eurovision Song Contest — Self - Contestant1956
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 1,243,115
- Total plays
- 10,220,850
Tags
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Toni-Ville Henrik Virtanen (born July 17, 1975), better known by his stage nameDarude (/dəˈruːd/), is a Finnish DJ and record producer from Eura, Satakunta. Darude is known worldwide for his anthemic trance style. He is an electronic dance music producer, DJ and lives in Turku, Finland. He debuted in 1999 with the smash single Sandstorm (#1 hit in numerous charts around the world) and subsequent album Before the Storm. Virtanen started his career as an amateur musician while in high school, m
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Key facts
- Musical artist.name
- Darude
- Musical artist.image
- File:Darude photo in 2015.jpg
- Musical artist.caption
- Darude in 2014
- Musical artist.birth_name
- Toni-Ville Henrik Virtanen
- Musical artist.birth_place
- Eura, Satakunta, Finland
- Musical artist.origin
- Turku, Finland
- Musical artist.years_active
- 1997–present
- Musical artist.associated_acts
- JS16
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Key dates
- Born
- 17 July 1975
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- musical group
- Given name
- Henrik
- Family name
- Virtanen
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Finland
- Place of birth
- Eura
- Occupation
- composer
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Participant in
- Eurovision Song Contest 2019
- Genre
- hard trance
Article
13 sectionsContents
- Career
- 1990s: Early years and "Sandstorm"
- 2000–06: ''Before the Storm'' and ''Rush''
- 2007–12: ''Label This!'' and EnMass Music
- 2013–15: Touring and ''Moments''
- 2019: Eurovision Song Contest
- Awards and nominations
- Discography
- Personal life
- See also
- References
- Further reading
- External links
Toni-Ville Henrik Virtanen (; born 17 July 1975), better known by his stage name Darude (), is a Finnish DJ and record producer from Eura, Satakunta. His music is characterised by its progressive/uplifting style. He started making music in 1995 and released the platinum-selling hit single "Sandstorm" in late 1999. His debut studio album, Before the Storm, was released on 18 September 2000, and sold 800,000 copies worldwide, earning Darude three Finnish Grammy Awards. It peaked at number one on Finland's Official List and number 6 on the Billboard Dance/Electronic Albums chart in the United States. Darude's second studio album, Rush, reached number 11 on the Billboard dance chart in 2003 and number 4 on weekly album chart in Finland.
His third studio album, Label This! was released in 2007. Though it did not chart as high as his previous albums, Gawker praised the album's single "In the Darkness" as "a floating, gossamer piece of trance music... it's tightly composed, easy to dance to, and has a soaring, undeniable hook." In 2011, he co-founded the record label EnMass Music, through which he has released a number of mix compilations related to his radio show Salmiakki Sessions. After performing at festivals such as the tenth anniversary of Tomorrowland in 2014 and Future Music Festival in 2015, he released his most recent studio album, Moments, on August 14, 2015, followed by a tour of the United States and Canada in September 2015. He represented Finland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2019, alongside singer Sebastian Rejman, with the song "Look Away".