Английская Википедия:Afrojack

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Nick Leonardus van de Wall (Шаблон:IPA-nl; born 9 September 1987), better known as Afrojack, is a Dutch DJ, music producer and remixer. In 2007, he founded the record label Wall Recordings; his debut album Forget the World was released in 2014. Afrojack regularly features as one of the ten best artists in the Top 100 DJs published by DJ Mag. He is also the CEO of LDH Europe.

Early life

Van de Wall was born and raised in Spijkenisse, South Holland. He developed an interest in music at an early age and learned to play the piano at the age of five. From a single-parent household, his mother Debbie owned a local gym. After leaving school, Van de Wall studied graphic design at the Grafisch Lyceum in Rotterdam for a year before embarking on a career as a DJ/producer. At the age of 11, he started producing his own tracks from home for "five hours a day," and it took him a good seven years to produce his first release, "In Your Face."

Musical career

Afrojack in 2011

Afrojack in 2011

At the age of 14, Van de Wall started DJing at local pubs and clubs and earning additional income by designing websites for fellow musicians. In 2007, he released "In Your Face", the first recording under the Afrojack name. He received international success with the song "Take Over Control" featuring Eva Simons, which charted in 10 countries. He took part in Episode 2 of 'Behind The Speedo', which is a comedy series by Redfoo.

His 2010 entry into the poll at number 19 was the highest new entry of that year's list. Afrojack was listed as number 7 on the DJ Mag Top 100 DJs of 2011. He ranked at number 9 on DJ Mag's Top 100 DJs of 2012. In 2013, he ranked at number 9 again.

In July 2010, Afrojack created an Essential Mix for BBC Radio 1. He released the Lost & Found EP on 22 December 2010. In 2011, he was featured on Pitbull's number 1 hit single "Give Me Everything" along with Ne-Yo and Nayer. He also contributed to the single "Run the World (Girls)" by Beyoncé. In January 2012 Afrojack received a European Border Breakers Award. Afrojack's newest single "The Spark" featuring Spree Wilson has so far hit number 3 in Australia and New Zealand, and top 10 in over 7 more countries. In 2013, Afrojack was the 7th highest-earning DJ in the world, according to Forbes magazine.

In 2011, Afrojack co-produced music with many artists including David Guetta, Mike Brown and Madonna. In 2012, he was a headliner at a number of electronic dance music festivals, including Tomorrowland, Ultra Music Festival, and Coachella.

His debut album, Forget the World, was released on 19 May 2014 to mixed reviews.

On 17 March 2015, Afrojack was featured in David Guetta's single "Hey Mama" in which he co-produced with Guetta. The song featured him along with Nicki Minaj and Bebe Rexha. On 27 July 2017, he released the NLW EP under the alias NLW. This marked the launch of his new alias NLW under which he would go on to produce more underground style tracks.

In 2016, one of his songs, "Braver", was featured on the game Final Fantasy XV. He appeared in the 2016 documentary film about American DJ and producer Steve Aoki, titled I'll Sleep When I'm Dead, which was subsequently nominated for a Grammy Award.

On 28 April 2017, he released a new single "Another Life" collaborating with fellow DJ David Guetta featuring Ester Dean. On 7 September 2017, he released the single "No Tomorrow" featuring Belly, O.T. Genasis, and Ricky Breaker.

On 14 February 2018, he released his track "Bed of Roses" featuring Stanaj, which was played as an ID during his set at Ultra Music Festival 2017 in Miami. In July 2018, at Tomorrowland in Boom, Belgium, he debuted many of his new tracks such as "Bassride", "Step Back", which are all included in his Press Play EP, releasing on 31 August 2018.

In March 2020, Afrojack announced that he would perform at the Eurovision Song Contest 2020, in Rotterdam alongside Glennis Grace, however, the contest was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. He performed at the contest the following year, in the same city.

In March 2022, Afrojack released a new track along with David Guetta called "Trampoline." The song also features Missy Elliott, Bia and Doechii.

In September 2022, Afrojack announced "Jack to the Future" US tour. The tour includes fifteen cities.

Wall Recordings

Since 2007, Afrojack runs his own label, Wall Recordings, which represents producers including KIIDA, Apster, D-Wayne, D.O.D, Karim Mika, and others. The label used to operate as a sub-label to Spinnin' Records until late January 2016. Tom & Jame's Burn Down marked the last release of Wall Recordings as a sub-label. After going independent for a while, it became a sub-label to Armada Music in 2017, until it became independent again in 2019.

Personal life

He dated Paris Hilton for six months while he was producing her second album. In 2019, Afrojack and Italian heiress, singer, socialite Elettra Lamborghini made their engagement public. The two were married on 26 September 2020 at Lake Como, Italy.

Discography

• Forget the World (2014)

Afrojack first latin album 2025 track list

Standard edition

• 1. Ojalá Te Duela AfroJack RMX FT. Marc Anthony, Pepe Aguilar
• 2. Nunca Te Olvido FT. OZUNA, Sky Rompiendo
• 3. Vivir Mi Vida RMX FT. Marc Anthony
• 4. La Unica FT. Bad Bunny, DJ Nelson
• 5. La Navidad FT. Tito El Bambino
• 6. De Mi Enamórate RMX FT. Tito Nieves, Arcángel, Nicky Jam
• 7. Loco Conmigo FT. Steve Aoki, Natti Natasha
• 8. No Te Extraño FT. Shakira
• 9. El Día Llego FT. Jay Wheeler, Play-N-Skillz
• 10. Justice League FT. Silvestre Dangond, Bad Bunny
• 11. Este Año FT. Christian Nodal
• 12. Tu Y El FT. Marshmello, Gilberto Santa Roaa
• 13. Estoy Loco FT. Polima Westcoast
• 14. Super Low FT. Alan Walker, Grupo Niche
• 15. Baby Que Mas FT. David Guetta, Karol G, Becky G
• 16. Que Pasó FT. Martin Garrix, Farruko
• 17. Mucho Mejor FT. R3HAB, Steve Aoki, Brytiago
• 18. Feliz Halloween FT. Tainy, De La Ghetto
• 19. Mi Nuevo Teléfono FT. Chris Jedi, Baby Rasta & Gringo
• 20. Algo Me Gusta De Ti 2023 FT. Wisin, Tiësto, 50 Cent
• 21. Ya Vete FT. Benny Benni, Robin Schulz
• 22. No Soy De Aquí FT. Ovy On The Drums, Bad Bunny

Apple Music Edition

• 20. Tu Y Yo FT. El Gran Combo De Puerto Rico
• 21. Que Me Has Echo FT. Ruben Blades
• 22. Yo Se Que Estoy Enfermo FT. Nando Boom, Sech

Spotify And Pandora Edition

• 20. Oh My God FT. Anuel AA, OZUNA
• 21. Esta Nota FT. Brooks, Tiësto, Rosalia
• 22. Mírame Bien FT. Lit Killah, Duki, Tiago PZK, Bizarrap

Awards and nominations

Grammy Awards

Year	Category	Nominee / work	Result	Ref.
2011	Best Remixed Recording, Non-Classical	"Revolver (David Guetta's One Love Club Remix)"	Шаблон:Win
2012		"Collide (Afrojack Remix)"	Шаблон:Nom
	Best Rap Song	"Look at Me Now"	Шаблон:Nom
2021	Best Dance/Electronic Recording	"Hero"	Шаблон:Nom	Шаблон:Citation needed

MTV Europe Music Awards

Year	Category	Nominee / work	Result	Ref.
2011	Best Dutch Act	Afrojack	Шаблон:Nom
2012			Шаблон:Won
	Best European Act		Шаблон:Nom
2013	Best Electronic		Шаблон:Nom
	Best Dutch Act		Шаблон:Nom
2014	Best Electronic		Шаблон:Nom
	Best World Stage Performance	WS Live in Amsterdam 2013	Шаблон:Nom
2015		WS Live in Amsterdam 2015	Шаблон:Nom
2016	Best Electronic	Afrojack	Шаблон:Nom

DJ Magazine top 100 DJs

Year	Position	Notes	Шаблон:Abbr
2010	19	New Entry
2011	7	Up 12
2012	9	Down 2
2013	9	No Change
2014	12	Down 3
2015	8	Up 4
2016	10	Down 2
2017	8	Up 2
2018	8	No Change
2019	9	Down 1
2020	7	Up 2
2021	6	Up 1
2022	6	No Change
2023	7	Down 1

External links

• Шаблон:Official website
• Шаблон:Discogs artist
• Шаблон:IMDb name