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Tiësto (IPA: /tiɛsto/; born Tijs Verwest (IPA: /tɛɪs vɛɹʋɛst/) on January 17, 1969 in Breda, North Brabant, Netherlands) is one of the world’s most famous trance DJs and producers in the electronic dance music scene. 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 he is now known simply as “Tiësto”, an alias which is an Italian twist on his childhood nickname.

His accomplishments include being voted “World’s No.1 DJ ” 3 consecutive times by DJ Magazine from 2002 through 2004, 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.

Tiësto’s motto is: “I feel the energy from the crowd and I try to give it back, to create a unity.

History

Early years (1985–2000)

Tijs Verwest had an interest for music since the age of twelve. When he was twenty he decided to dedicate more time to it and 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. During these years, he produced hardcore/gabber tracks under aliases such as Da Joker and DJ Limited. 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. In the beginning of his carrier as DJ he mostly played new beat and acid house, and many Madonna songs because her music shows that she likes to dance. Before the release of her album there where already dancemixes like Vogue which was one of the songs of Spock. 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.

In the mid-1990s, he started to produce trance, which led to his breakthough in 1995 when he started building mixed compilations, something nobody else did at that time. Tiësto describes his Magik (series) as part of his breakthrough, but since the labels only want their own songs in the deejay mixes, in 1997 he and Arny Bink co-founded Black Hole Recordings to support his work releasing a series of singles under various aliases. 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. 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. Since November 1999 he monthly performed as a resident in Gatecrasher at Leeds, one of the most popular clubs of England.  In 1999 he also played in a 12-hour set, being his longest lasting concert in Amsterdam.

Rise to fame (2000–2004)

dj+tiesto+club+life 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. 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. 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. 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.

Tiësto’s fame started to rise in the early 2000s after his set at the first ID&T Innercity party (Live at Innercity: Amsterdam RAI), and the release of In My Memory, his first solo album released in 2001 which contained 10 singles. On February 2, 2002, Tiësto played nine consecutive hours during the second edition of the Dutch Dimension festival. On February 27 he was awarded a Zilveren (‘Silver’) Harp music award. The same year he also received a Lucky Strike Dance Award in the category Best DJ Trance/Progressive. In August he became part of Moby’s Area2 Tour. For eighteen days he traveled through the United States with artists such as Moby himself, but also David Bowie and Busta Rhymes.  After Junkie XL’s chart topping success with the Elvis Presley remix A Little Less Conversation, Tiësto releases a remix of the Elvis track Burning Love, he is then nominated for a Dance Award by the UK’s Muzik Magazine in the category Best Radio 1 Essential Mix. In January 2003 Tiësto received the annual Dutch Popprijs (‘Pop Award’) during the Noorderslag festival. After touring with Moby, Tiësto remixed two songs from him, We Are All Made of Stars and Extreme Ways in the same year, having “We Are All Made of Stars” reach #13 in the Hot Dance Club Play.

His fame 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, having the other DVD titled “Tiësto In Concert 2”. The DVD’s show the journey from the first idea to the main event, it features live performances by Andain, Dinand Woesthoff, and Jan Johnston. The event includes live music and dancers performing at different times throughout the set. The theme of the event is a mystical, musical journey around the world based on the theme of Magik.  It consists of 200+ minutes of performances with a second disc with special features, It includes a behind-the-scenes looking at The Making Of the event, the music video for his song “Traffic” and TV Commercials for the event. The second DVD has performance from Matt Hales from Aqualung and violin player DJ Mason, Micha Klein and the Bulgarian Children of Orpheus choir. During this period he was crowned as “No. 1. DJ in the World” by DJ Magazine (UK) in 2002, 2003, and 2004. 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. Tiësto and Kirsty Hawkshaw’s production and single “Just Be” appeared in the Nip / Tuck: Original TV Soundtrack, and “Love Comes Again” was used in a Coca-Cola commercial in Holland. Tiësto’s remix of the Kane song “Rain Down on Me” is featured in the game FIFA Football 2004. In support to his Just Be album, he played at Breda, Eindhoven, Utrecht, and Amsterdam, this stops were later named Tiësto – Just Be: Train Tour, this tour was not planned for people to know about it. On May 20, Ascension Day, when he got on the train in his hometown of The Hague to go to Breda, he was honored by the mayor and the citizens, he was then named an officer in the name of the royal family Oranje-Nassau.

Olympics Opening Ceremony

Olympic_flame_at_opening_ceremony 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.

Tiësto flew to Athens in January 2004 to have a meeting with the ATHOC. The reason why they asked him to perform was because of his Tiësto in Concert DVD which caught their attention, he was asked to write more tracks based on his opening tune Adagio for Strings which could fit in with the Olympic spirit and combine the classical with the modern age; They also request him to play his own produced music. The first rehearsal was on Saturday 7, August for an empty stadium, the second rehearsal was on Sunday 8 with 35,000 volunteers, alot of the people recognized some tracks like Traffic and Adagio for Strings. The last rehearsal included almost 60,000 people in the stadium which was on Tuesday 10, there were some technical problems, the mixer broke down, the monitors dropped out a couple of times and the music in the stadium was not continuously on the right volume.

“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.

During the parade on Friday 13, all participating nations introduced their athletes which were over 10,500 in total and 80,000 in the public, only 75,000 knew about dance music. 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. In the liner notes, he noted the IOC requested to him that the music not contain any lyrics as they could be inadvertently misinterpreted.

Concerts and side work (2005-2006)

tiesto In January 6 Tiësto performed in an outdoor fundraiser in De Dam, Amsterdam, the event was free and many famous Dutch artists like Dinand Woesthoff, Bløf, Acda & De Munnik, Di-rect, Berget Lewis, Xander de Buisonjé and Trijntje Oosterhuiswere 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. 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. 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. A sculpture of Tiësto was placed behind a turntable where Madame Tussauds visitors can mix Tiësto’s music together with the man himself and he also won and Edison music award in the category Best Dance. 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. The tune “Match of the day” 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.

During 2005 he also made a small cameo appearance in the award-winning film It’s All Gone Pete Tong as himself.He also contributed the song Goldrush to the PlayStation Portable futuristic racing game Wipeout Pure. BPM (magazine) has an annual poll in the United States which is unveiled in the WMC, in 2005 Tiësto took the No. 1 spot. 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. On June 10, 2006 Tiësto gave a free open concert of the Volvo Ocean Race in Rotterdam which lasted 75 minutes.

Walt Disney Pictures released Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest and the soundtrack included the song He’s a Pirate which Tiësto was asked to remix and produced a trance anthem as well as an orchestral remix with the original orchestral break. The Pirates Remixed contains the Tiësto remix, a Tiësto radio edit. The film opened in theatres nationwide on July 7, and the remix was released on July 4.  The song later became the first single in Tiësto album Elements of Life which was included as a bonus track, the song charted #7 in the Hot Dance Club Play chart of Billboard and #5 in the Netherlands Dutch Top 40.

In September Tiësto is diagnosed with pericardium, subsequently he had to cancel shows.

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 with safe sex in exchange of entertainment to the young crowd.The song charted #1 twice in the Bulgarian Singles Chart and #3 in the Dutch Top 40.

Elements of Life era (2007–present)

tiesto_elements_of_life2 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.

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. In support of the album, he embarked on his Elements of Life World Tour. In December 2007 it was announced that the album was nominated for a Grammy Award, in the category “Best Electronic/Dance Album.”  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. Tiësto’s performance at Parken Stadium in Copenhagen, Denmark on November 10, 2007 was also sold out. 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. Until early 2006 Verwest had a relationship with the beauty contest winner Monique Spronk. 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.

With the successful release of Elements of Life Tiësto and fashion designer Giorgio Armani collaborated together on a limited edition Tiësto 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. The charity raised over $300,000. 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. It was later renamed “The Mansion”.

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. 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, Forza Motorsport 2 which includes Tom Clouds’ track Told You So and Hoopworld.

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. Previously Tiësto & Reebok had released “Run the DJ Tiësto”, which consisted of another shoe release with Tiësto as one of the designers. He now owns a 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. 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.

“It’s the place to be when it comes to the most crazy and energetic parties” – said Tiësto.

Tiësto anounced he will be the resident at Priviledge, Ibiza every Monday, starting on the 7th of July until the 22nd of September. The gigs consist of four hour sets in the style of his In Search of Sunrise (series). In 2007 he had released In Search of Sunrise 6: Ibiza which was inspired by the island. The residencies will also feature the performance of guest deejays, all selected by Tiësto, such as Chris Lake, Andy Duguid, Mat-Zo, Cosmic Gate, Alex Kunnari and Sander van Doorn. There will be exclusive appearances by Fonzerelli, and Airbase. In the backroom of Privilege, Riley & Durant will present Electric Playground, supported by Galaxy FM.

In April 28, Tiësto released 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. The song is a remake of the song ‘Heroes’ in his previous album Parade of the Athletes.

In 2008, Tiësto announced his In Search of Sunrise: North American Summer Tour 2008, the tour will be presented by Armani Exchange on May 23rd and ending on July 4 at the Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival on Friday 13, June and ETD Pop Festival in San Fransisco. This tour is in support of his upcoming In Search of Sunrise (series) compilation, which is part of a sponsorship partnership, with exclusive apparel and a limited edition 3 CD set. An exclusive best of CD from the DJ’s own imprint Black Hole Recordings, called “10 Years of Black Hole Recordings” will be released later in the year. Armani will also sell an exclusive Tiësto branded tour T-shirt, and the artist will perform at three A|X in-stores during the tour. The tour is based on his previoulsy released In Search of Sunrise 6: Ibiza and his upcoming In Search of Sunrise 7: Asia compilation.

DISCOGRAPHY

Albums

During Tiësto’s career, he has released three well known albums, after spending years searching for his personal style and working with deejays like Armin van Buuren (as Alibi) and Ferry Corsten (as Gouryella) he decided it was time to focus on his solo work. In 1997 with the help of Arny Bink, co-founder of Black Hole Recordings, Tiësto was able to compile various styles of electronic music like trance, techno and house.  Tiësto decided to create a sub-label, known as Magik Muzik; The label exclusively began releasing his personal work, later on he included the work of other acclaimed artists like Jes Brieden and Phynn. Magik Muzik considers the 2001 anthem “Flight 643”, his artist album In My Memory, and tracks from Umek, Mark Norman and Mojado to be the best releases the label has had.

“Everything on Magik Muzik is what you’ll find in my sets, which makes it more of my own little project.” – says Tiësto.

In My Memory produced five major hits in Tiësto’s career, the album was released from 2001 to 2003. The singles which launched his career were Dallas 4PM, Flight 643, Obsession, Lethal Industry and Suburban Train. A remix album was released later on and it charted #12 in the US Hot Dance Club Play  After becoming the “No. 1 DJ in the world” according to DJMag for three consecutive years, he released in 2004 his second studio album, entitled Just Be. The album contained a number one hit: its single “Traffic” . “Traffic” was the first instrumental track to reach the top spot in his homeland of Holland in 23 years. The album also brought a new trance anthem known as Adagio for Strings, it is a remake of Samuel Barbers classical song Adagio for Strings which was adapted from its original format. By early 2004 Tiësto reached the peak in his career in Europe and had begun releasing his music in the United States and other countries from The Americas. In addition to this, a huge event made the release of the album Parade of the Athletes possible, as it was released worldwide in October 2004, it contains the music from Tiësto’s set at the 2004 Summer Olympics Opening Ceremony, and new tracks. Simultaneously, the title song of his Just Be artist album started to climb the lists was heard on the dancefloors everywhere. By the end of the year, he released an unmixed version of Parade of the Athletes, it featured the same tracks in its complete 12″ versions.

Tiësto’s latest work is his Just Be: Remixed album, which features many great remix hits from the Just Be album. In 2007 it was announced that Tiësto would release a new album, Elements of Life, the album was a great success and has currently released five singles, the album moved 72,000 units in its April release, according to Nielsen SoundScan . The acclaimed Elements of Life World Tour took place after the release of the album and was later on released as a DVD, titled Elements of Life World Tour DVD. His work with Elements of Life is not over yet, Tiësto has compiled a remix from every song of the album, originally dated to be released on January 29, 2008. It was first delayed to March 11, 2008,and later April 28, 2008. A Bonus Disc was only available only through the new digital download site of Black Hole Recordings on April 17.

The following list contains studio albums, remix albums and compilation albums produced by Tiësto:

  • In My Memory (2001)
  • In My Memory – Remixes (2002)
  • Just Be (2004)
  • Parade of the Athletes (2004)
  • Parade of the Athletes: Unmixed (2004)
  • Just Be: Remixed (2006)
  • Elements of Life (2007)
  • Elements of Life: Remixed (2008)

Compilations

Tiësto is best known for his Magik (series) and his In Search of Sunrise (series), his latest releases are In Search of Sunrise 6: Ibiza and In Search of Sunrise 5: Los Angeles, ISOS6 reached #46 in the Austria Albums Top 75 and ISOS5 reached #59. In 1995 Tiësto released Forbidden Paradise 3: The Quest for Atlantis, there is little known about if there where two other volumes of the Forbidden Paradise (series) but four other volumes were released since the first one. Tiësto has also worked on three “Lost Treasures” compilations, and two “Space Age” DJ mixes.

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. He began releasing his magik series on 1997 and ended in 2001. His last three full-length releases broke the 70,000-unit mark, and 2003 2xCD compilation “Nyana” recently hit 87,000, according to Nielsen SoundScan.

In Search of Sunrise 7: Asia is Tiësto’s upcoming compilation mix, It it set to be released on June 10, 2008, and to be followed by a North American Tour during all of June. In 2008, Tiësto announced his In Search of Sunrise: North American Summer Tour 2008, the tour will be presented by Armani Exchange on May 23rd and ending on July 4 at the Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival on Friday 13, June. This tour is in support of his upcoming In Search of Sunrise (series) compilation, which is part of a sponsorship partnership, with exclusive apparel and a limited edition 3 CD set. An exclusive best of CD from the DJ’s own imprint Black Hole Recordings, called “10 Years of Black Hole Recordings” will be released later in the year. Armani will also sell an exclusive Tiësto branded tour T-shirt, and the artist will perform at three A|X in-stores during the tour.

This list contains compilation albums and DJ mixes produced by Tiësto. See also: Magik (series) and In Search of Sunrise (series)

From 1990s

  • Forbidden Paradise 3: The Quest for Atlantis (1995)
  • Forbidden Paradise 4: High as a Kite (1995)
  • Forbidden Paradise 5: Arctic Expedition (1996)
  • Lost Treasures: Isle of Ra (1996)
  • Lost Treasures: Concerto for Sonic Circles (1996)
  • Forbidden Paradise 6: Valley of Fire (1996)
  • Magik One: First Flight (1997)
  • Lost Treasures: Creatures of the Deep (1997)
  • Forbidden Paradise 7: Deep Forest (1998)
  • Space Age 1.0 (1998)
  • Magik Two: Story of the Fall (1998)
  • Magik Three: Far from Earth (1998)
  • Global Clubbing: The Netherlands (1998)
  • Space Age 2.0 (1999)
  • Live at Innercity: Amsterdam RAI (1999)
  • Magik Four: A New Adventure (1999)
  • DJ’s For Warchild (1999)
  • In Search of Sunrise (1999)

From 2000s

  • Magik Five: Heaven Beyond (2000)
  • Magik Six: Live in Amsterdam (2000)
  • Summerbreeze (2000)
  • In Search of Sunrise 2 (2000)
  • Revolution (2001)
  • Puschkin Presents DJ Tiësto – Exclusive Black Hole Mix 2001 (2001)
  • Magik Seven: Live in Los Angeles (2001)
  • In Search of Sunrise 3: Panama (2002)
  • Nyana (2003)
  • World Leader (2003)
  • Tiësto presents Magik Muzik (2004)
  • Perfect Remixes Vol. 3 (2005)
  • In Search of Sunrise 4: Latin America (2005)
  • In Search of Sunrise 5: Los Angeles (2006)
  • In Search of Sunrise 6: Ibiza (2007)
  • In Search of Sunrise 7: Asia (2008)

Singles

This list contains singles by Tiësto, his aliases and co-productions, it does not contain singles which were remixed; For remixed singles look at Remixes section.

From 1990s

  • 1994 “Extacy”
  • 1994 “Spiritual Wipe Out” (as Da Joker)
  • 1994 “Arabsession” (as DJ Limited)
  • 1994 “In the Ghetto” (as Da Joker)
  • 1994 “Trip To Heaven” (as T-Scanner)
  • 1995 “The Kiss” (as DJ Yves & DJ Maikel)
  • 1995 “666” (as Glycerine)
  • 1995 “Porpoise” (as West & Storm)
  • 1995 “In My Heart” (as Paradise In Dubs)
  • 1995 “Knights of Hardcore” (as Hard Target)
  • 1996 “Combat EP” (as DJ Yves & DJ Maikel)
  • 1996 “Second Game” (as Tom Ace)
  • 1996 “The Tube”
  • 1996 “Blackspin” (as Passenger)
  • 1996 “Mothaf**ka” (as Two Deejays)
  • 1996 “Dans La Boîte” (as West & Storm)
  • 1996 “When I Was A Sperm” (as TB X-press)
  • 1997 “Blaze of Night” (as Hammock Brothers)
  • 1997 “Gimme Some Sugar / Bleckentrommel” (as Tiësto, Montana & Storm)
  • 1997 “Final Majority” (as Main Men)
  • 1998 “Our Love” (as Roze)
  • 1998 “Small Town Boy / Above The Clouds” (as Andante)
  • 1998 “Never Enough” (as Clear View)
  • 1998 “Subspace Interference” (as Control Freaks)
  • 1998 “When She Left” (as Allure)
  • 1998 “Flying Squirrel Problem” (as Drumfire)
  • 1998 “E-Mocean” (as DJ Misja)
  • 1998 “Endless Wave” (as Kamaya Painters)
  • 1998 “Gouryella” (as Gouryella)
  • 1999 “Rejected” (as Allure)
  • 1999 “Sparkles”
  • 1999 “Far From Over” (as Kamaya Painters)
  • 1999 “Mirror” (as Stray Dog)
  • 1999 “Walhalla” (as Gouryella)
  • 1999 “Theme from Norefjell”
  • 1999 “We Came” (as Vimana)
  • 1999 “Lethal Industry”

From 2000s

  • 2000 “Dreamtime” (as Vimana)
  • 2000 “Tenshi” (as Gouryella)
  • 2000 “Eternity” (as “Alibi”)
  • 2000 “Wonder? / Wonder Where You Are?” (as Major League)
  • 2000 “No More Tears” (as Allure)
  • 2000 “Wasteland” (as Kamaya Painters)
  • 2000 “We Ran at Dawn” (as Allure)
  • 2001 “Summerbreeze” (as Kamaya Painters)
  • 2001 “Battleship Grey” (Feat. Kirsty Hawkshaw)
  • 2001 “Groovy Traxxx Number Two” (as Main Men)
  • 2001 “Suburban Train”
  • 2001 “Urban Train”
  • 2001 “Flight 643”
  • 2002 “We Came” (with Ferry Corsten)
  • 2002 “643 (Love’s on Fire) (feat. Suzanne Palmer)
  • 2002 “Obsession” (with Junkie XL)
  • 2002 “In My Memory” (feat. Nicola Hitchcock)
  • 2002 “Magik Journey”
  • 2003 “Traffic”
  • 2004 “Love Comes Again” (feat. BT)
  • 2004 “Just Be” (feat. Kirsty Hawkshaw)
  • 2004 “Dallas 4pm”
  • 2005 “Adagio for Strings”
  • 2005 “UR/A Tear in the Open” (feat. Matt Hales)
  • 2005 “The Loves We Lost” (as Allure)
  • 2006 “Dance4life” (feat. Maxi Jazz)
  • 2007 “In the Dark” (feat. Christian Burns)
  • 2007 “Break My Fall” (feat. BT)
  • 2007 “Sweet Things” (feat. Charlotte Martin)
  • 2008 “Somewhere Inside” (as Allure)

B-sides

This list contains B-Sides, produced by Tiësto, his aliases and co-productions.

  • 1994 Getting Bored B-Side of “Spiritual Wipeout” (as Da Joker)

  • 1994 Willow B-Side of “Spiritual Wipeout” (as Da Joker)

  • 1994 Expanded B-Side of “Trip To Heaven” (as T-Scanner)

  • 1994 Sunday Afternoon B-Side of “Trip To Heaven” (as T-Scanner)

  • 1995 Get Up Our Dicks B-Side of “In The Ghettto” (as Da Joker)

  • 1995 Speed Up San Francisco B-Side of “In The Ghetto” (as Da Joker)

  • 1995 Come In Trance B-Side of “In My Heart” (as Paradise In Dubs)

  • 1995 The Rich B-Side of “In My Heart” (as Paradise In Dubs)

  • 1995 Bust It B-Side of “The Kiss” (as DJ Yves & Maikel)

  • 1995 Eat A Dick B-Side of “The Kiss” (as DJ Yves & Maikel)

  • 1995 I Came B-Side of “Combat” (as DJ Yves & Maikel)

  • 1995 Let The Rhythm Hit ‘Em B-Side of “Combat” (as DJ Yves & Maikel)

  • 1995 Back 2 Basic B-Side of “Porpoise” (as West & Storm)

  • 1995 Resonance B-Side of “Porpoise” (as West & Storm)

  • 1995 Dans La Boite (DJ Tiësto Mix) B-Side of “Sunday Morning” (as West & Storm)

  • 1995 Blue Memories B-Side of “Sunday Morning” (as West & Storm)

  • 1995 Wicked B-Side of “Kinghts of Hardcore” (as Hard Target)

  • 1995 Acid Thunder B-Side of “Kinghts of Hardcore” (as Hard Target)

  • 1996 Fifi D’Lamboughino B-Side of “When I Was A Sperm” (as TB X-Press)

  • 1996 Ooasis B-Side of “When I Was A Sperm” (as TB X-Press)

  • 1996 F.A.H. B-Side of “Blackspin” (as Passenger)

  • 1996 Get Down B-Side of “Real Mothafucka” (as Two Deejays)

  • 1996 Da Robbery B-Side of “Real Mothafucka” (as Two Deejays)

  • 1996 I’m Ready B-Side of “Second Game” (as Tom Ace)

  • 1996 Spirit In My Soul B-Side of “666” (as Glycerine)

  • 1996 Once Again B-Side of “666” (as Glycerine)

  • 1996 I Wanna Be High B-Side of “Second Game” (as Tom Ace)

  • 1996 Shandar B-Side of “The Tube”

  • 1996 Long Way Home B-Side of “The Tube”

  • 1997 Bleckentrommel B-Side of “Gimme Some Sugar” (as Tiësto, Montana & Storm)

  • 1997 Proceed B-Side of “Final Majority” (as Main Men)

  • 1997 Rejuvenation B-Side of “Final Majority” (as Main Men)

  • 1998 Above The Clouds B-Side of “Small Town Boy” (as Andante)

  • 1998 Gorella B-Side of “Gouryella” (as Gouryella)

  • 1998 Cry For Love B-Side of “Never Enough” (as Clear View)

  • 1998 Earth B-Side of “Blaze of Night” (as Hammock Brothers)

  • 1998 Dwell Out In B-Side of “Blaze of Night” (as Hammock Brothers)

  • 1998 Northern Spirit B-Side of “Endless Wave” (as Kamaya Painters)

  • 1998 Outstream B-Side of “Endless Wave” (as Kamaya Painters)

  • 1999 In Walhalla B-Side of “Walhalla” (as Gouryella)

  • 1999 Cryptomnesia B-Side of “Far From Over” (as Kamaya Painters)

  • 1999 Soft Light B-Side of “Far From Over” (as Kamaya Painters)

  • 1999 When She Left B-Side of “Rejected” (as Allure), previously released as a single

  • 2000 No More Tears B-Side of “We Ran At Dawn” (as Allure), previously released as a single

  • 2000 Summerbreeze B-Side of “Wasteland” (as Kamaya Painters)

  • 2001 Suburban Train B-Side of “Lethal Industry”

  • 2001 Urban Train B-Side of “Suburban Train”

  • 2001 Wonder Where You Are? B-Side of “Wonder” (as Major League)

  • 2001 Flight 643 B-Side of “Urban Train”, later released as an A-Side single

  • 2002 Dreamtime B-Side of “We Came”, (with Ferry Corsten)

  • 2004 Magik Journey B-Side of “Dallas 4PM”

  • 2004 Ancient History B-Side of “Just Be”

  • 2004 Traffic B-side of “Love Comes Again”, previously released as an A-Side single

  • 2005 A Tear In The Open B-Side of “UR”

  • 2006 Flight 643 B-Side of “Lethal Industry”

Music videos

This list contains official music videos by Tiësto, his aliases, co-productions and remixes.

  • 1999 “Sparkles”

  • 2001 “Flight 643”

  • 2001 “Suburban Train/Urban Train”

  • 2002 “Lethal Industry”

  • 2004 “Love Comes Again”

  • 2003 “Traffic”

  • 2003 “Rain Down On Me (Tiësto Remix)”

  • 2003 “Nyana”

  • 2004 “Just Be”

  • 2005 “Adagio for Strings”

  • 2006 “He’s A Pirate (Tiësto Remix)”

  • 2006 “TV Commercial of Dance4Life”

  • 2006 “Dance4life”

  • 2007 “TV Commercial of Elements of Life”

  • 2007 “In the Dark”

  • 2007 “TV Commercial of In Search of Sunrise 6: Ibiza”

  • 2007 “Break My Fall”

  • 2008 “Ride (Tiësto Radio Edit)”

Live albums

  • 1999 DJ Tiësto Live at Innercity: Amsterdam RAI
  • 2003 We Can Not Get Enough! Dance Valley #9

Video albums

  • 1999 DJ Tiësto Live at Innercity: Amsterdam RAI (VHS) #71 Dutch Charts
  • 2001 Underground Trance – Special Appearance & Magikal Remake By Tiësto (DVD + 2 CD)
  • 2003 Another Day at the Office (DVD)
  • 2003 We Can Not Get Enough! Dance Valley #9
  • 2003 Tiësto In Concert (2xDVD)
  • 2004 Tiësto in Concert 2 (2xDVD)
  • 2008 Elements of Life World Tour DVD (DVD & Blu-ray) #40 Germany Albums Top 50

Tribute albums

  • 2005 Best & New 2005
  • 2008 Tiësto: iTunes Essentials
  • 2008 10 Years of Black Hole Recordings expected release

Remixes

This list contains remixes by Tiësto, his aliases and co-productions.

  • 2008 Cary Brothers – Ride (Tiësto Extended Remix)

  • 2008 Cary Brothers – Ride (Tiësto Radio Edit)

  • 2008 Tiësto – Carpe Noctum (Fire Element Mix)

  • 2008 Tiësto Feat. Maxi Jazz – Dance4life (Freedom Mix)

  • 2007 Britney Spears – Piece Of Me (Tiësto Club Mix)

  • 2007 Britney Spears – Piece Of Me (Tiësto Dub)

  • 2007 Britney Spears – Piece Of Me (Tiësto Radio Edit)

  • 2007 Seal – The Right Life (Tiësto Remix Edit)

  • 2007 Seal – The Right Life (Tiësto Remix)

  • 2007 Tegan and Sara – Back In Your Head (Tiësto Remix Edit)

  • 2007 Tegan and Sara – Back In Your Head (Tiësto Remix)

  • 2007 Justin Timberlake – LoveStoned/I Think She Knows (Tiësto Remix)

  • 2007 JES – Imagination (Tiësto Remix)

  • 2007 Imogen Heap – Hide & Seek (Tiësto In Search of Sunrise Remix)

  • 2007 Snow Patrol – Open Your Eyes (Tiësto Remix)

  • 2007 Tiësto Feat. Christian Burns – In the Dark (Tiësto’s Trance Mix)

  • 2006 José González – Crosses (Tiësto Remix)

  • 2006 Tiësto Feat. Maxi Jazz – Dance4life (Slow Mix)

  • 2006 Klaus Badelt – He’s a Pirate (Tiësto Remix)

  • 2006 Klaus Badelt – He’s a Pirate (Tiësto Orchestral Mix)

  • 2006 Klaus Badelt – He’s a Pirate (Tiësto Radio Edit Remix)

  • 2005 Michael Giacchino – Mission 2 (Tiësto Remix)

  • 2004 BT Feat JC Chasez– The Force of Gravity (Tiësto Remix)

  • 2004 Tiësto Feat. Kirsty Hawkshaw – Walking On Clouds (Instrumental Mix)

  • 2004 Cirque Du Soleil – Mer Noire (Tiësto Remix)

  • 2003 Cor Fijneman – Venus (Meant to Be Your Lover) (Tiësto Remix)

  • 2003 Hampshire & Nysse – Eternal Voices (Tiësto’s Alternative Breaks Mix)

  • 2003 Kane – Rain Down on Me (Tiësto Instrumental Mix)

  • 2003 Kane – Rain Down on Me (Tiësto Vocal Mix)

  • 2003 Madonna – Die Another Day (Tiësto Dedicated Remix)

  • 2003 Radiohead – Street Spirit (Tiësto Remix)

  • 2003 Skin – Faithfulness (Tiësto Instrumental Mix)

  • 2003 Skin – Faithfulness (Tiësto Remix)

  • 2002 Conjure One – Tears from the Moon (DJ Tiësto’s In Search of Sunrise Remix)

  • 2002 Junkie XL – Breezer (DJ Tiësto Remix)

  • 2002 Kosheen – Hungry (DJ Tiësto Remix)

  • 2002 Lost Witness – Did I Dream (DJ Tiësto Remix)

  • 2002 Mauro Picotto – Pulsar 2002 (DJ Tiësto Remix)

  • 2002 Moby – Extreme Ways (DJ Tiësto’s Instrumental Mix)

  • 2002 Moby – Extreme Ways (DJ Tiësto’s Vocal Mix)

  • 2002 Moby – We Are All Made of Stars (DJ Tiësto’s Dub Mix)

  • 2002 Moby – We Are All Made of Stars (DJ Tiësto’s Full Vocal Mix)

  • 2002 Elvis Presley – Burning Love (DJ Tiësto Remix)

  • 2002 Paul Oakenfold – Southern Sun (DJ Tiësto Remix)

  • 2002 Saint Etienne – Action (DJ Tiësto Remix)

  • 2002 Saint Etienne – Action (DJ Tiësto Instrumental Remix)

  • 2002 Svenson & Gielen – We Know What You Did (DJ Tiësto Remix)

  • 2002 Roc Project – Never (DJ Tiësto Remix)

  • 2002 Umek – Gatex (DJ Tiësto Remix)

  • 2001 Abnea – Velvet Moods (DJ Tiësto In Search Of Sunrise Remix)

  • 2001 Coast 2 Coast – Home (DJ Tiësto Remix)

  • 2001 Dave Matthews Band – The Space Between (DJ Tiësto Remix)

  • 2001 Delerium – Innocente (DJ Tiësto In Search Of Sunrise Remix)

  • 2001 DuMonde – Never Look Back (DJ Tiësto Remix)

  • 2001 Faithless – Tarantula (DJ Tiësto Remix)

  • 2001 Jan Johnston – Flesh (DJ Tiësto Remix)

  • 2001 Kid Vicious – Re-Form (DJ Tiësto Remix)

  • 2001 Motorcraft – When Time Will Come (DJ Tiësto Remix)

  • 2001 Schiller – Das Glockenspiel (DJ Tiësto Remix)

  • 2001 Tiësto – Magik Journey (Tiësto’s Old School Trance Mix)

  • 2000 Aria – Willow (DJ Tiësto’s Magikal Remake)

  • 2000 Delerium – Silence (DJ Tiësto’s In Search of Sunrise Edit)

  • 2000 Delerium – Silence (DJ Tiësto’s In Search of Sunrise Remix)

  • 2000 DJ Jan – Blaxo (DJ Tiësto Remix)

  • 2000 E.V.O. – The Sound of The Drums (DJ Tiësto Remix)

  • 2000 Goldenscan – Sunrise (DJ Tiësto Remix)

  • 2000 Green Court – Shining (DJ Tiësto Remix)

  • 2000 Jaimy & Kenny D – Caught Me Running (DJ Tiësto’s Summerbreeze Mix)

  • 2000 Lunatic Asylum – Cabal (DJ Tiësto Remix)

  • 2000 Sarah McLachlan – Sweet Surrender (DJ Tiësto Remix)

  • 2000 SuReal – You Take My Breathe Away (DJ Tiësto Remix)

  • 2000 SuReal – You Take My Breathe Away (DJ Tiësto Instrumental Mix)

  • 2000 Yahel – Open Your Mind (DJ Tiësto’s Magikal Remake)

  • 2000 Yahel – Voyage (DJ Tiësto’s Magikal Remake)

  • 2000 Yahel & Miss T– Going Up (DJ Tiësto’s Magikal Remake)

  • 1999 Airscape – L’esperanza (DJ Tiësto Remix)

  • 1999 Balearic Bill – Destination Sunshine (DJ Tiësto Dub)

  • 1999 Balearic Bill – Destination Sunshine (DJ Tiësto Power Mix)

  • 1999 Binary Finary – 1999 (Gouryella Remix)

  • 1999 BT – Dreaming (DJ Tiësto Remix)

  • 1999 Moontribe – Dance of the Seventh Hill (DJ Tiësto’s Power Dub)

  • 1999 Scoop – Wings of Love (Magikal Remake)

  • 1999 Signum – Coming on Strong (DJ Tiësto Remix)

  • 1999 Subtle By Design – Sirius (DJ Tiësto Remix)

  • 1999 Topazz – New Millennium (Control Freaks Remix)

  • 1998 Rene & Da Groove – You’re So Beautiful (DJ Tiësto & Montana Beautiful Remix)

  • 1998 Hybrid – Airless (DJ Tiësto’s Magikal Remake)

  • 1998 Nickelson – Aquaphonic (DJ Tiësto & DJ Kim Remix)

  • 1998 The MacKenzie – Innocence (DJ Tiësto’s Magikal Remake)

  • 1995 West & Storm – Dans La Boîte (DJ Tiësto Mix)

Co-production

This list contains the names of the co-productions with Tiësto and other artists.

  • A3” (with DJ Montana)

  • Alibi” (with Armin van Buuren)

  • Andante” (with Arny Blink)

  • Clear View” (with Greg ‘Storm’ van ‘s Gravesande)

  • Control Freaks” (with Benno De Goeij and Piet Bervoets)

  • DJ Limited” (with Rob Verhoeven)

  • DJ Misja” (with Misja Helsloot)

  • DJ Yves & DJ Maikel” (with Yves Vandichel and Maikel van ‘t Hof)

  • Glycerine” (with Yves Vandichel)

  • Gouryella” (with Ferry Corsten)

  • Hammock Brothers” (with Cor Fijneman and Roland Kramer)

  • Hard Target” (with Greg Storm van’s Gravesende)

  • Jedidja” (with Dennis Waakop Reijers)

  • Kamaya Painters” (with Benno De Goeij)

  • Main Men” (with Piet Bervoets)

  • Major League” (with Armin van Buuren)

  • T-Scanner” (with Greg ‘Storm’ van ‘s Gravesande)

  • Taxigirl” (with Dennis Waakop Reijers)

  • TB X-Press” (with Bjorn Wendelen)

  • Tiësto, Montana & Storm” (with DJ Montana & DJ Storm)

  • Two Deejays” (with Yves Vandichel and Maikel van ‘t Hof)

  • Vimana” (with Ferry Corsten) (Singles)

  • West & Storm” (with Greg ‘Storm’ van ‘s Gravesande)

Instruments

This list contains some intruments Tiësto used during the production of his first two studio albums In My Memory and Just Be, they were also used in his concerts according to an interview with Kylee Swenson of Night Shift.

Access Virus B, Virus C Synths
Akai MPC3000X
Akai S6000 samplers (2)
Alesis Andromeda A6 Synth
E-mu Vintage Pro, Proteus 2000 synths
Intel Pentium 4/3.2 GHz w/1,024 MB RAM
Korg Triton synth
KRK 8000-series monitors
Lexicon 480 rackmount reverb
Linn Electronics LinnDrum drum machine
Moog Music Minimoog Voyager synth
Pioneer CDJ-1000 CD Turntable

Pioneer DJM-600 mixer
Roland Alpha Juno 2, JD-900, JP-8000, JP-8080(2), MKS-80, XP-80, XP-3080 synths
Roland SDE-3000 digital delay
Roland TR-909 drum machine
Sony DMX-R100 48-channel digital console
Steinberg Cubase SX 2.0 software
TC Electronic M-One rackmount reverb
Technics SL-1200MK2 turntables (2)
Waldorf MircoWaveXT sound module
Yamaha CS6x, CS6R, FS1R synths
Yamaha MSS1 SMPTE/MTC converter

This list contains intruments Tiësto, Geert Huinink and Tom Pearce use in their Streamline Sound studio.

Yamaha 02R series II custom with AES/EBU and ADAT console
Stereo/Surround FL-FR JBL4435 monitoring
Surround RL-RR JBL4430 monitoring
Surround Centre JBL4425 monitoring
Surround LFE JBL4435 monitoring secondary as mono block
Computer system Apple / PC recording
Software Digidesign ProTools Bias Peak
Software Digidesign ProTools Roxio Jam
Focusrite outboard
Roland software plug in
Neumann microphone

Røde microphone
Beyer Dynamic microphone
Shure microphone
Sennheiser microphone
Oberheim synth
Roland synth
Korg synth
Kurzweil synth
Akai plus Native Instruments synth
Spectrasonics software synthesisers

List of Tiësto awards

Tiësto was the first DJ to hold DJ Magazine’s “No. 1. DJ in the World” title for the three consecutive years: in 2002, 2003 and 2004. Other honours include countless national and international best DJ awards, being named Officer of the “Order of Orange-Nassau” by the Dutch Royalty, and being voted by the Dutch people as their 40th greatest citizen of all time. In 2007, he was awarded with the national dutch prize of the Golden Harp.

Awards

  • 2000 DJMag Top 100 DJ Ranking: 24th (debut)
  • 2001 DJMag Top 100 DJ Ranking: 6th
  • 2002 Zilveren Harp Music Award
  • 2002 Lucky Strike Dance Award
  • 2002 DJMag Top 100 DJ Ranking: 1st
  • 2002 Dutch Popprijs
  • 2003 World Dancestar Award U.S.A.: Best International DJ
  • 2003 ID&T Dutch DJ Award: Best Dutch DJ by professional jury
  • 2003 ID&T Dutch DJ Award: Best Dutch DJ by audience
  • 2003 Radio 538 Dance Award: Radio 538 Dutch Audience Edison
  • 2003 TMF Award Holland: Best Dance Act National
  • 2003 TMF Award Holland: Best National DJ
  • 2003 TMF Award Belgium: Best Dance International
  • 2003 MTV Europe Music Awards: Best Dutch Act
  • 2003 BG Magazine Award: Best Club/Trance/Hardhouse DJ
  • 2003 Mixmag Award: Best Resident Ibiza
  • 2003 DJMag Top 100 DJ Ranking: 1st
  • 2004 ID&T Dutch DJ Award: Best Dutch DJ by audience
  • 2004 Buma/Stemra Sound of Silence Award
  • 2004 TMF Award Belgium: Best International DJ
  • 2004 World Music Award: World’s best selling Dutch artist
  • 2004 Ibiza DJ Award: Best International DJ Trance
  • 2004 TMF Award Holland: Best National DJ
  • 2004 TMF Award Holland: Best Dance Act National
  • 2004 WMC Awards Miami: Best International DJ
  • 2004 DJUK awards: best DJ
  • 2004 DJMag Top 100 DJ Ranking: 1st
  • 2005 3 FM Award: Best Dance Artist
  • 2005 Release Dance Award: Best Trance/Progressive artist
  • 2005 Release Dance Award: Best International DJ
  • 2005 TMF Belgium: Best International DJ
  • 2005 Dance Music Award Germany: Best Trance Artist
  • 2005 WMC Awards Miami: Best Producer
  • 2005 WMC Awards Miami: Best Hi-NRG / Euro track
  • 2005 WMC Awards Miami: The Ortofon Best European DJ 2004
  • 2005 WMC Awards Miami: Best Producer 2004
  • 2005 TMF Award Holland: Best Dance National
  • 2005 TMF Award Holland: Radio 538 single of the year
  • 2005 TMF Award Holland: Lifetime Achievement
  • 2005 Edison Music Award: Best dance album – Just Be
  • 2005 DJMag Top 100 DJ Ranking: 2nd
  • 2006 TMF Awards Belgium: Award for Lifetime achievement
  • 2006 TMF Awards Belgium: Best Dance
  • 2006 TMF Awards Belgium: Best remixer
  • 2006 3 FM Awards: Best Dance Artist
  • 2006 Canadian Golden Award (Tësto In Concert 2 DVD)
  • 2006 DJMag Top 100 DJ Ranking: 3rd
  • 2007 WMC Awards Miami: Best Progressive House/Trance Track (Dance 4 Life)
  • 2007 WMC Awards Miami: Best Ortofon Global DJ 2006
  • 2007 WMC Awards Miami: Best Full Length DJ Mix CD (In Search of Sunrise VOL.5)
  • 2007 Radio 3FM Awards: Best Dance artist
  • 2007 DJMag Top 100 DJ Ranking: 2nd
  • 2008 BUMA golden harp award 2007
  • 2008 Dutch BUMA export award
  • 2008 WMC Awards Miami: Best Global DJ
  • 2008 WMC Awards Miami: Best Full Length DJ Mix CD (In Search of Sunrise VOL.6)
  • 2008 Beatport Music Awards: 2nd Best Trance Artist

Nominations

  • 2002 Best Progressive DJ at the DJ Awards
  • 2004 Best Trance DJ at the DJ Awards
  • 2005 Best Trance DJ at the DJ Awards
  • 2006 Best Trance DJ at the DJ Awards
  • 2007 Best Dutch & Belgian Act at the MTV Europe Music Awards 2007
  • 2007 Best Dance at the TMF Awards
  • 2008 Best Electronic/Dance Album at Grammy Awards for Elements of Life
  • 2008 WMC Awards Miami: Best European DJ
  • 2008 WMC Awards Miami: Best Producer
  • 2008 WMC Awards Miami: Best Global Dance Record Label (Black Hole Recordings)