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Tiësto
Sign in to saveAlso known as Tijs Michiel Verwest, Tijs Verwest, DJ Tiësto, VER:WEST, TST, Stray Dog
Tijs Michiel Verwest (; born 17 January 1969), known professionally as Tiësto ( , ), is a Dutch DJ and record producer. He was voted "The Greatest DJ of All Time" by Mix magazine in a 2010/2011 poll amongst fans. In 2013, he was voted by DJ Mag readers as the "best DJ of the last 20 years". He is also regarded as the "Godfather of EDM" by many sources.
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Tiësto, born Tijs Michiel Verwest in 1969 in Breda, is a Dutch disc jockey, record producer, songwriter, and music executive. He began his work period in 1994 and is associated with genres including trance, electronic dance music, electro house, and progressive house. His pseudonyms include DJ Tiësto, Allure, TST, and Da Joker. He is a member of the group Gouryella and has released music through labels such as Black Hole Recordings, Universal Records, Play It Again Sam, and Spinnin' Records.
Verwest has received the Silver Harp and Grammy Awards. He plays the digital audio workstation, keyboard instrument, and synthesizer, and speaks Dutch. He has two children. His discography is cataloged under his various aliases, and his work is tagged with descriptors such as dance, techno, and electronica.
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Breda, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands
Tijs Michiel Verwest, OON ( born 17 January 1969), known as Tiësto (Dutch pronunciation: [cɛsto]), is a Dutch musician, DJ and record producer of electronic dance music. Although he has used many aliases in the past, he is best known for his work as DJ Tiësto. On his latest productions, however, he has dropped the "DJ" label and is now known simply as "Tiësto", an alias which is a twist of his…
Known for
- F1 — Tiësto2025
- Waiting For The Drop: Rise of the Superstar DJs — Self2024
- Ultra Music Festival — Tiesto2024
- Ultra Miami's 25th Anniversary — Tiësto2024
- Coachella: 20 Years in the Desert — Self2020
- Our Story - 15 years of Tomorrowland — Self2019
- What We Started — Self2018
- 20 YEARS OF ULTRA — Dj2018
- Avicii: True Stories — Self2017
- I'll Sleep When I'm Dead — Self2016
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- Netherlands
- Active from
- 1969
Discography
Member of
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 2,775,556
- Total plays
- 69,989,642
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Tijs Michiel Verwest, known professionally as Tiësto, is a Dutch DJ and music producer from Breda. He was voted "the Greatest DJ of All Time" by Mix magazine in a 2010/2011 poll amongst fans. In 2013, he was voted by DJ Mag readers as the "best DJ of the last 20 years". He is also regarded as the "Godfather of EDM" by many sources. In 1997, he founded the label Black Hole Recordings with Arny Bink, where he released the Magik and In Search of Sunrise CD series. <a href="https://www.last.fm/musi
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Key facts
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- Tiësto
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- Tiesto LIV Las Vegas.png
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- Tiësto at LIV Las Vegas in 2026
- Musical artist.birth_name
- Tijs Michiel Verwest
- Musical artist.birth_place
- Breda, North Brabant, Netherlands
- Musical artist.years_active
- 1994–present
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- Gouryella
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Wikidata facts
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- human
- Given name
- Michiel
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Kingdom of the Netherlands
- Place of birth
- Breda
- Occupation
- music executive
- Languages spoken
- Dutch
- Genre
- hardcore
- Instrument
- synthesizer
- Record label
- Bonzai Records
- Discography
- Tiësto discography
- Official website
- www.tiesto.com
- Image
- Tiësto @ Airbeat One 2017.jpg
- Number of children
- 2
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- Commons category
- Tiësto
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- date of birth
- 1969-01-17
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- Tiësto
- start of work period
- 1994-00-00
- birth name
- Tijs Michiel Verwest
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- Template:Tiësto
- pseudonym
- Glycerine
- social media followers
- 4730202
- member of
- Gouryella
- shortened URL formatter
- tsto.co/$1
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Encyclopedic overview
18 sectionsContents
- Early life
- Career
- 1994–2000: Early projects and success
- 2001–2003: ''In My Memory''
- 2004–2006: ''Just Be'' and appointment to the Order of Orange-Nassau
- 2007–2008: ''Elements of Life''
- 2009–2012: ''Kaleidoscope'' and ''Kiss from the Past''
- 2013–2018: ''Club Life'' and ''A Town Called Paradise''
- 2018–2020: ''The London Sessions''
- 2020–present: ''Drive'' and ''Prismatic''
- Income
- Philanthropy
- Personal life
- Discography
- Filmography
- Awards and nominations
- References
- External links
Tijs Michiel Verwest (; born 17 January 1969), known professionally as Tiësto ( , ), is a Dutch DJ and record producer. He was voted "The Greatest DJ of All Time" by Mix magazine in a 2010/2011 poll amongst fans. In 2013, he was voted by DJ Mag readers as the "best DJ of the last 20 years". He is also regarded as the "Godfather of EDM" by many sources.
In 1997, he founded the label Black Hole Recordings with Arny Bink, where he released the Magik and In Search of Sunrise CD series. Tiësto met producer Dennis Waakop Reijers in 1998; the two have worked together extensively since then.
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