Latest Release
- 18 OCT 2024
- 1 Song
- The London Sessions · 2020
- The Motto - Single · 2021
- DRIVE · 2022
- A Town Called Paradise · 2013
- Thank You (Not So Bad) - Single · 2023
- Mwaki (Franky Wah Remix) - EP · 2023
- Ritual - Single · 2019
- Drifting - Single · 2023
- Lay Low - Single · 2023
- Tantalizing - Single · 2024
Essential Albums
- Released in 2004, Tiësto's second album came right as the wave of superstar DJs began to crest. He was awarded a Dutch royal order, toured Europe’s finest clubs in a decadent sweep chronicled on film, and became the first DJ to perform at the Olympic Games (“Adagio for Strings”, a trance reimagining of the Samuel Barber classic written for the opening ceremonies, blended classical with the ultramodern and was a hit worldwide). For the first time in a quarter-century, an instrumental (the high-octane “Traffic”) dominated Top 40 radio in his home country. As a whole, the album captured the velocity of that era’s burgeoning club culture while foreshadowing dance music’s imminent takeover.
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Artist Playlists
- The DJ icon mixes swirling trance builds and insistent kicks in these must-hear cuts.
Live Albums
Appears On
More To Hear
- The collaborators on "Hot In It" and Jeff Mills joins live.
- The Dutch DJ talks about his music career and selects music.
- Fortnite hero Ninja goes through his album, track-by-track.
- Tiesto guests, plus this week's most streamed songs.
- The house don chats and goes B2B on a mix with the UK DJ.
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About Tiësto
Born Tijs Michiel Verwest in the small Dutch city of Breda in 1969, Tiësto went on to become more than just a world-famous electronic musician—he largely created the model for a powerhouse DJ in the 21st century. He got his start in the mid-’80s, when the skeletal sounds of Belgian new beat ruled Holland’s clubs, but it was trance—sleeker and more emotive—that moved him. His first proper DJ mix , 1997’s Magik One (First Flight), showcases his signature style in dreamy synth melodies drawn out above tough but streamlined drum grooves. As trance’s foremost ambassador, he pioneered stadium raving with solo DJ concerts in sports arenas; in 2004, he played for millions at the Summer Olympics opening ceremony in Athens. And his Club Life weekly radio show and mix series, one of trance’s premier global platforms, became synonymous with the genre itself. But you don’t become the world’s No. 1 DJ by sitting still. By 2011’s Club Life: Volume One Las Vegas, Tiësto was following through on a shift that had begun with his 2009 album, Kaleidoscope, a blend of high-energy trance and airy pop melodies that heralded the next big rave revolution: EDM. With 2014’s A Town Called Paradise, he made good on EDM’s anything-goes promise with a collection encompassing soaring toplines, massive drops, and other big-room thrills without turning his back on the aching melodies that made his name. As the decade drew to a close, playful collabs with a new generation of producers who had come up in his wake—The Chainsmokers, Oliver Heldens, DJ Snake, Hardwell—only served to confirm his versatility and cement his legacy.
- HOMETOWN
- Breda, The Netherlands
- BORN
- 17 January 1969
- GENRE
- Dance