Name

Tiesto

Country

Breda, North Brabant, Netherlands

Age

42

Music Genre

Electronic-dance, trance,
progressive trance,
electro-house,
house

His real name is Tijs Michiel Verwest, but he is well known as Tiesto. He is Dutch musician, DJ and record  of electronic dance music. Although he has used many aliases in the past, he is best known for his work as DJ Tiësto. However, on his latest productions, he has dropped the “DJ” label and is now known simply as “Tiesto”, and alias which is a twist of his childhood nickname.

He founded, in 1997, the label Black Hole Recordings with Amy Blick, where he released the Magik and In Search of Sunrise CD series. Tiesto has worked with Dennis Waakop Reijers since they met eachother in 1998. He collaborated with Ferry Corsten to create Gouryella in 1999 and 2000.

His remix of Delerium's "Silence" (2000) (featuring Sarah McLachlan) exposed him to more mainstream audiences. He released his first solo album In My Memory (2001) which gave him several major hits that launched his career. DJ Magazine named him "World’s No.1 DJ" three consecutive times from 2002 through 2004.

Just after releasing his second studio album Just Be (2004) at the Summer Olympics, he performed live at the opening ceremony in Athens,Greece, becoming the first DJ to play live on stage at an Olympics. The tracks that he made especially for the Olympics were mixed  and released as the mix compilation Parade of the Athletes later that year. In April 2007, Tiësto launched both his radio show Tiësto's Club Lifeon Radio 538 in the Netherlands and released his third studio album titled Elements of Life. The album reached number one on the Dutch album chart as well on "Billboard Top Electronic Albums" in the U.S. and received a nomination for a Grammy Award in 2008. Tiësto released his fourth studio album called Kaleidoscope in October 2009.