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Armin van Buuren is a famous Dutch disc jockey, composer, musician, as well as a record producer. Van Buuren received a lot of public exposure in 1999, when he teamed up with DJ Tiesto, in order to create music together. As a result, Tiesto and van Buuren released Alibi “Eternity” on van Buuren’s record label called “Armind”, while the second project entitled Major League “Wonder Where You Are?” came out on Tiesto’s “Black Hole Recordings”. Soon afterwards, in 2000, van Buuren released his first compilation entitled “A State of Trance”, which combined vocal trance with progressive house to create a unique music genre. The album managed to sell approximately 10,000 copies, and spawned a popular single called “Viola”, which was originally performed by Moogwai. In 2001, Armin van Buuren released his second studio album entitled “Basic Instinct”, which included “The Sound of Goodbye”, van Buuren’s first #1 charting hit single.

Armin van Buuren $50 Million

That same year, Armin van Buuren presented his weekly radio show “A State of Trance”, which is currently broadcast in 26 countries, including the United States, Spain, the United Kingdom, Italy and France among others. According to statistical data, “A State of Trance” has an audience of 20 million listeners per week. Over the years, Armin van Buuren has become one of the best and most popular DJs in the world. Van Buuren listed at #1 on “Top 100 DJs”, and additionally received a Grammy Award nomination for Best Dance Recording.

A well-known disc jockey, how rich is Armin van Buuren? The sources state that van Buuren’s net worth is estimated to be $50 million, most of this wealth coming from his involvement in the music industry.

Armin van Buuren was born in 1976, in Netherlands, where he spent most of his childhood. Even though van Buuren had always desired to pursue a career in music, he enrolled at Leiden University with aspirations to study law. Van Buuren eventually graduated with his degree from the law school in 2003, since he had briefly stopped his studies due to his music career. Van Buuren released his first track in 1995 under the name of “Blue Fear”, which made it to the UK music charts and brought him a moderate amount of success. Several years later, van Buuren came out with “Communications”, a single that earned him a record deal with “AM PM Records”. Around the same time, van Buuren started performing in various clubs, which eventually brought him a lot more public exposure. In 1999, Armin van Buuren established his own record label called “Armind”, which currently serves as an umbrella company under the “Armada Music” label.

As his fame began to grow, van Buuren was invited to perform during various events in Los Angeles, Chicago, the island of Ibiza, New York City and Toronto among many other cities. More recently, in 2013 van Buuren released his fifth studio album entitled “Intense”, which spawned five singles and brought him a Gold certification in Poland.

A well-known DJ, Armin van Buuren has an estimated net worth of $50 million.