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On [[March 19]] [[2006]], the [[Formula 1]] circus took place in [[Kuala Lumpur]], [[Malaysia]]. During the international grand prix Tiësto played with the official [[Renault F1]] team pit party. Tiësto prepared a 5 hour set the Saturday night before the beginning of the race on Sunday. <ref>{{citeweb|title=Tiësto performs at official Renault Formula 1 pit party!|url=http://www.tiesto.com/content/tpl_news.asp?nid=254&step=8&pid=NaN|publisher=tiesto.com|accessdate=2008-04-17}}</ref> On [[June 10]], [[2006]] Tiësto gave a free open concert of the [[Volvo Ocean Race]] in [[Rotterdam]] which lasted 75 minutes.<ref>{{citeweb|title=Tiësto at open air concert “Nature Challenge” Rotterdam|url=http://www.tiesto.com/content/tpl_news.asp?nid=326&pid=NaN|publisher=tiesto.com|accessdate=2008-04-17}}</ref> In April 2006 Tiësto was named the official worldwide ambassador for the [[Dance4Life]] foundation promoting awareness of [[HIV/AIDS]]. DJ Tiësto, as the foundation's ambassador has helped the organization with fundraising along with recording the track "[[Dance4life (song)|Dance4life]]", which marks the beginning of "[[Elements of Life]]", his future album at this time. The foundation consists on a better way of living in exchange of entertainment to the young crowd.<ref>{{citeweb|title=Tiësto new ambassador of Dance4Life|url=http://www.dance4life.com/en_4life_news_article/2160|publisher=dance4life.com|accessdate=2008-02-10}}</ref>


On [[April 6]] [[2007]] Tiësto began presenting a new weekly two-hour radio show called "[[Tiësto's Club Life]]" on Dutch radio station [[Radio 538]]. [[XM Satellite Radio]] in the United States later started broadcasting the show on Channel 81 [[BPM (XM)|BPM]] as part of their "Global Domination" lineup on Saturday nights. The show is broadcast on Radio 538 on Friday nights between 22:00 [[Central European Time|CET]] and midnight and on BPM on Saturday nights between 8:00 PM [[Eastern Standard Time|EST]] and 10:00 PM EST. The first hour is also available as a podcast on the Radio 538 website and on iTunes audio podcasts.
On [[April 6]] [[2007]] Tiësto began presenting a new weekly two-hour radio show called "[[Tiësto's Club Life]]" on Dutch radio station [[Radio 538]]. [[XM Satellite Radio]] in the United States later started broadcasting the show on Channel 81 [[BPM (XM)|BPM]] as part of their "Global Domination" lineup on Saturday nights. The show is broadcast on Radio 538 on Friday nights between 22:00 [[Central European Time|CET]] and midnight and on BPM on Saturday nights between 8:00 PM [[Eastern Standard Time|EST]] and 10:00 PM EST. The first hour is also available as a podcast on the Radio 538 website and on iTunes audio podcasts.

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Tiësto

Tiësto (/tiɛsto/; born Tijs Verwest (/tɛɪs vɛɹʋɛst/) on January 17, 1969 in Breda, North Brabant, Netherlands)[1] is one of the world's most famous trance DJs in the electronic dance music scene.[2] Although he has used many aliases in the past, he is best known for his work as DJ Tiësto.[3] On his latest productions, however, he has dropped the "DJ" label and he is now known simply as "Tiësto", an alias which is an Italian twist on his childhood nickname.[4]

His accomplishments include being voted "World’s No.1 DJ " 3 consecutive times by DJ Magazine from 2002 through 2004,[5] the first DJ to play live on stage in front of a public audience at an Olympic Games at the 2004 Summer Olympics Opening Ceremony in Athens, and a nomination for a Grammy Award in 2008, for his album Elements of Life.[6]

Tiësto's motto is: "I feel the energy from the crowd and I try to give it back, to create a unity." [7]

Career

Early years (1985–1999)

Main articles: Black Hole Recordings and Gouryella

Tijs Verwest began DJing professionally at school parties and then moved on to become a resident DJ between 1985 and 1994 at several clubs in the Netherlands after his manager and friend Wilfred encouraged him.[8][9] During these years, he produced hardcore/gabber tracks under aliases such as Da Joker and DJ Limited.[10] However, it was at The Spock, a small club in Breda, where he was able to fine-tune his own style by playing in a separate room from 10 pm until 4 am on weekends.[11] He was discovered by the GM of Rotterdam-based Basic Beat Recordings, Tiësto released his first of five mix CDs as a part of the label's Forbidden Paradise series. [12]In the mid-1990s, he started to produce trance,[10] and in 1997 he and Arny Bink co-founded Black Hole Recordings to support his work releasing a series of singles under various aliases.[13] Black Hole Recordings and its sub-label Magik Muzik continue to sign Tiësto's vision of trance – producing musicians and DJs such as Cor Fijneman, Ton TB, and Mark Norman and also Joe Cheang.[14] During this period, DJ Tiësto had been releasing the Magik series, which has had seven installments starting in 1997 and ending in 2001, after this Tiësto began releasing the In Search of Sunrise series, that is a compilation of Tiësto's mixes with tracks from other DJ's. In 1999, Tiësto joined forces with fellow Dutch deejay Ferry Corsten to create the trance based duo of Gouryella. To highlight the importance in the expansion of the trance environment at the time, there were 20 different CD releases of the 4 Gouryella tracks from 9 different labels.

Rise to fame (2000–2005)

Late in 2000, Tiësto decided to concentrate on his personal work and left Corsten by himself to write and produce Gouryella's next single with John Ewbank, the record company was demanding more tracks and neither Tiësto or Ferry could work together at the time. [15][16] Tiësto introduced Armin van Buuren, Johan Gielen and Ferry Corsten to the mainstream with his first compilations and the In Trance We Trust (series). Summerbreeze became Tiësto's debute dj mix album in the United States with the help of a contract signed to Nettwerk.[12] Summerbreeze featured his remix of Delerium's Silence, it spent four weeks in the United Kingdom's Top Ten chart, it reached number three in the Billboard dance chart and is still an epic track.[12] In early 2001, Tiësto broke a world record by drinking "31 cans of Red Bull in 24 hours", he admitted he would never try and break it again. [17]

The Olympic Flame at the 2004 Summer Olympics Opening Ceremony

Tiësto's fame started to rise in the late 1990s after his set at the first ID&T Innercity party (Live at Innercity: Amsterdam RAI), and it continued to skyrocket in the early 2000s following his six-hour "Tiësto Solo" sets which he performed without other DJs or opening acts. This idea, of one DJ playing alone to a large crowd, was brought to its pinnacle when Tiësto was the first DJ to hold a solo concert in a stadium; on May 10 2003, he performed for over 25,000 people in Arnhem's Gelredome. This concert was later called "Tiësto in Concert", the event was an enormous success. He repeated the same type of concert the following year during two consecutive nights in late October. In addition to holding these two concerts for 35,000 of his fans, he held another concert for a crowd of 20,000 in Hasselt, Belgium the following week. DVDs of both his May 10 2003 and October 30 2004 concerts have been released. Due to this concerts and the release of In My Memory, his first solo album released in 2001 which contained 10 singles he was crowned as "No. 1. DJ in the World" by DJ Magazine (UK) in 2002, 2003, and 2004. [18] In 2004 he released his second artist album Just Be, which featured his first single Traffic which is the first non-vocal track to reach number one spot in the Dutch national charts for 23 years.[13] Tiësto and Kirsty Hawkshaw's production and single "Just Be" appeared in the Nip / Tuck: Original TV Soundtrack.[19] Tiësto's remix of the Kane song "Rain Down on Me" is featured in the game FIFA Football 2004.[20] The Athens Organizing Committee for the Olympic Games (ATHOC) asked Tiësto to perform at the Olympic Games, making him the first DJ to play live on stage at an Olympic Games at the 2004 Summer Olympics Opening Ceremony in Athens for 90 minutes.[21]

"Our Ceremonies will include unique Greek artistic elements along with modern and international perspectives. While it is path-breaking, it is also natural, that a modern artist like Tiësto will contribute to the celebration we’re planning on our opening night. We welcome him to Athens."

- Gianna Angelopoulos-Daskalaki,
president of the ATHOC. [22]

During the parade, all participating nations introduced their athletes which were over 10,500 in total. [23]During the course of his performance the Dutch athletes started dancing in front of the DJ booth and had to be moved on by officials. The performance included new tracks produced especially for the Opening Ceremony and songs that were created to compliment the spirit and theme of the Ceremony. A condensed studio-recorded album of the songs played on the Olympic set was later released, including new songs especially composed for the occasion, entitled Parade of the Athletes in October 2004.[24] In the liner notes, he noted the IOC requested to him that the music not contain any lyrics as they could be inadvertently misinterpreted. In January 6 Tiësto performed in an outdoor fundraiser in De Dam, Amsterdam, the event was free and many famous Dutch artists were involved in it to provide financial aid to the people who suffered from the tsunami in Asia. All profits made of all TV commercials and live broadcast were given to the organisations collecting the relief funds. [25] On April 16 2005, Disneyland Resort Paris who had recently ignaurated the Space Mountain: Mission 2, had invited Tiësto to celebrate the launch of the ride by offering a live concert in Disneyland Park.

"The opportunity to perform my music for billions of people around the globe will be the greatest highlight of my life, I am honoured to be part of the biggest sports event in the world."

- said Tiësto about the ATHOC. [26]

Tiësto performed a special remix of the Space Mountain: Mission 2 soundtrack, as well as many of his own tracks. Tiësto's Space Mountain: Mission 2 Concert also featured French deejay Bob Sinclar, the park would re-open for Tiësto's fans so they could stay for the 3 hour concert. [27] A sculpture of Tiësto was placed behind a turntable where Madame Tussauds visitors can mix Tiësto's music together with the man himself. [28] The Dutch national soccer competition is the most viewed program on Dutch television, Tiësto is the first potential artist to become an inspiration to the programs directors which created a tune based on his performance in the Olympic Games. [29] The tune was played in all soccer stadiums before each match when the teams entered the field.

On August 20 2005 Verwest took "Tiësto in Concert" to the United States when he played to thousands of fans in Los Angeles, California in the Los Angeles Sports Arena. For the second year in a row he performed live at a New Year's Eve/New Year's concert in Las Vegas, Nevada at the Orleans Arena to a sell-out crowd. Despite his four-city American tour being postponed due to the hurricane damage in New Orleans and Miami, playing such cities in the United States further expanded and cemented his popularity among more mainstream audiences. In the fall of 2005 he went on a very successful tour across Central and Eastern Europe where he played once in each country to crowds of 10,000 to 15,000 fans. Stops were made in Ukraine, Slovakia, Serbia, Macedonia, Romania, Hungary, the Czech Republic, Turkey, Croatia, and Poland. Tiësto also performed at the UNITY festival in South Africa where he played a show at the Gallagher Estate Arena in Midrand, a suburb of Johannesburg, to over 18,000 fans. However, the United States tour that was part of "Tiësto in Concert" was dwarfed by his appearance at Sensation White in 2006 where he performed to over 45,000 people in the world's biggest dance event in Amsterdam, Holland. Even this was surpassed later in the same summer where some 250,000 people danced on Ipanema Beach, Brazil, the second largest concert in the history of mankind.[30]

During 2005 he also made a small cameo appearance in the award-winning film It's All Gone Pete Tong as himself.[31] He also contributed the song Goldrush to the PlayStation Portable futuristic racing game Wipeout Pure.[32] BPM (magazine) has an annual poll in the United States which is unveiled in the WMC, in 2005 Tiësto took the No. 1 spot.[33]

Elements of Life era (2006–present)

Main articles: Elements of Life World Tour and Tiësto's Club Life
Tiësto in March, 2006

On March 19 2006, the Formula 1 circus took place in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. During the international grand prix Tiësto played with the official Renault F1 team pit party. Tiësto prepared a 5 hour set the Saturday night before the beginning of the race on Sunday. [34] On June 10, 2006 Tiësto gave a free open concert of the Volvo Ocean Race in Rotterdam which lasted 75 minutes.[35] In April 2006 Tiësto was named the official worldwide ambassador for the Dance4Life foundation promoting awareness of HIV/AIDS. DJ Tiësto, as the foundation's ambassador has helped the organization with fundraising along with recording the track "Dance4life", which marks the beginning of "Elements of Life", his future album at this time. The foundation consists on a better way of living in exchange of entertainment to the young crowd.[36]

On April 6 2007 Tiësto began presenting a new weekly two-hour radio show called "Tiësto's Club Life" on Dutch radio station Radio 538. XM Satellite Radio in the United States later started broadcasting the show on Channel 81 BPM as part of their "Global Domination" lineup on Saturday nights. The show is broadcast on Radio 538 on Friday nights between 22:00 CET and midnight and on BPM on Saturday nights between 8:00 PM EST and 10:00 PM EST. The first hour is also available as a podcast on the Radio 538 website and on iTunes audio podcasts.

Tiësto and Reebok introduced the new 'Tiësto shoe' in November 2007. The shoebox comes with a special limited-edition Tiësto & Reebok CD, containing the Elements of Life album and the bonus disc. Only 1000 pair units were available for sale in Netherlands.

"I think my music is accessible to all kinds of music lovers, it's easy to blend into all kinds of events, and I flirt with different styles, such as rock and classical."

- said Tiësto to Kerri Mason of Billboard. [33]

Previously Tiësto & Reebok had released "Run the DJ Tiësto", which consisted of another shoe release with Tiësto as one of the designers.[37] On April 16th, 2007, Tiësto released his fourth studio album Elements of Life, the album moved 72,000 units in its April release, according to Nielsen SoundScan.[33] In support of the album, he embarked on his Elements of Life World Tour. Tiësto opened a new club-restaurant acquisition with Chinese cuisine, dance music and live entertainment on June 7, 2007 called Cineac. Tiësto inaugurated with his new Cineac Anthem called "Happy People". Guests are welcome to see various modern styles of music mixed by some known top DJs.[38]

In December 2007 it was announced that the album was nominated for a Grammy Award, in the category "Best Electronic/Dance Album." [39] In 2007, on his Elements of Life World Tour, which has shows across the world, South and Latin America brought some of the biggest crowds on his January and February South American leg of the tour. On January 7th, he played to an amazing 200,000 people in the streets of Ipanema Beach in Rio de Janeiro.On February 16 2007 he played in India at the Gachibowli Stadium, Hyderabad. Though this show had a low turn out of only 5000, it was his first show in Asia.[40] Tiësto's performance at Parken Stadium in Copenhagen, Denmark on November 10, 2007 was also sold out.[41] On Valentine's day 2008, he performed in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. On January 10th 2008, Dutch newspaper De Telegraaf announced that Tiësto and his 19-year-old girlfriend Stacey Blokzijl are going to get married on October 10 2008. He proposed to her in December 2007 while they were visiting Mauritius.[42] Until early 2006 Verwest had a relationship with the beauty contest winner Monique Spronk.

Tiësto in 2007

The Elements of Life World Tour DVD was released in a party which was held on February 29th 2008 from 8PM - 3AM in London at the IndigO2 club.[43] With the successful release of Elements of Life Tiësto and fashion designer Giorgio Armani collaborated together on a limited edition Tiesto T-shirt available at Armani Exchange stores. His single "Sweet Things" comes with the shirt including an exclusive "A|X Remix" by Tom Cloud which shows the great influence Tiësto has in fashion culture.[44]

Streamline Studios, an independent game developer and digital content provider for AAA videogames and Black Hole Recordings have formed Streamline Sound, a joint venture which will provide sound solutions for digital entertainment including the entire catalog of Black Hole's artists. [45] The first work that Streamline Sound has contributed is on the massively multiplayer online role-playing PC game Sword of the New World: Granado Espada with 17 12" tracks,[46] Forza Motorsport 2 which includes Tom Clouds' track Told You So and Hoopworld. [47]

"Since music is an important feature of Vista, Microsoft was looking for a Dutch artist with international status to launch it in the Netherlands, they approached us."

- says Maurice Verschueren of Prime Time Management, who represents Tiësto globally to Billboard. [33]

The trance DJ has his own line of Reebok RBK shoes and was recently tapped by Microsoft to launch its new Vista operating system for the Dutch market, placing him on par with Robbie Williams, who performed a similar duty in the United Kingdom. The partnership includes a Vista application built especially for Tiësto, which had more than a thousand downloads from his website a day during its first week of availability. It has a Tiësto toolbar for sorting, a plug-in application which allows fans to be informed with the DJ in real-time and get live alerts on gigs, appearances and new music. Tiësto introduced the application at the Jan. 29 Vista launch event in Amsterdam.[33]

His last three full-length releases broke the 70,000-unit mark, and 2003 2CD compilation "Nyana" recently hit 87,000, according to Nielsen SoundScan. In Spring 2008, Tiësto plans to release Elements of Life: Remixed, a recompilation of the Elements of Life album with all songs except "He's A Pirate" being replaced by remixed versions, and "He's A Pirate being replaced by "No More Heroes", a joint production with mute performer trio Blue Man Group.

Discography

Main article: Tiësto discography

Studio albums

Awards and nominations

Main article: List of Tiësto awards

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