1. Hardwell was voted the world's number one DJ by DJ Mag in 2013 and again in 2014.
64 Facts About Hardwell
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Hardwell is best known for his sets at music festivals, including Ultra Music Festival, Sunburn and Tomorrowland.
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Hardwell first gained recognition in 2009 for his bootleg of "Show Me Love vs Be".
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Hardwell founded the record label Revealed Recordings in 2010 and a radio show and podcast Hardwell On Air in 2011.
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Hardwell has released 10 compilation albums through his label, as well as two documentary films.
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Hardwell was influenced by the DJ and producer Tiesto, who is from Breda.
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Hardwell started producing remixes and uploaded them on several platforms on the Internet.
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In 2010 Hardwell founded his own record label, Revealed Recordings, or just Revealed, for the purpose of releasing electronic dance music by young talents.
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Each year, Revealed releases a compilation called "Hardwell Presents Revealed", containing tracks released by the label together with Hardwell's own new songs.
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In March 2011, Hardwell launched his own podcast, Hardwell On Air, a one-hour selection of songs by various artists.
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That same year, Hardwell collaborated with Tiesto to produce the track "Zero 76", named for the telephone prefix "076" of their hometown Breda.
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In 2011, Hardwell was ranked in the Top 100 DJs category by DJ Mag for the first time and jumped on number 24 as the second-highest new entry behind Skrillex.
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Hardwell appeared as a headliner at several festivals, including Creamfields, Electric Zoo Festival, Electric Daisy Carnival, Ultra Music Festival, and Nature One.
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Hardwell performed at Tomorrowland 2012, and released a related video which received tens of millions of views.
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On 29 January 2013, Hardwell started a bus tour through Canada, together with his colleagues Dannic and Dyro.
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Hardwell adapted his style of the growing big-room house fan base with "Countdown", which was a collaboration with American DJ MAKJ.
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In January 2014, the documentary I Am Hardwell which tells the story of his career and documents his most successful moments.
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In December 2014 Hardwell announced the official track list and cover of the then-upcoming album, which featured collaborations with producers like Tiesto and Headhunterz as well as singers like Andreas Moe and Mr Probz.
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On 7 November 2015 Hardwell presented the biggest DJ-solo show in Germany, held in collaboration with the "BigCityBeats World Club Dome".
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On 13 December 2015, Hardwell organized a free concert entitled "The Biggest Guestlist" in Mumbai.
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Hardwell has my full support and I'm proud to be the producer of her first single 'Perfect World'.
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Just a month later on 29 March 2016, Hardwell published his Kura collaboration "Calavera".
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On 24 June 2016, Hardwell released the 7th of his Revealed compilations.
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On 29 August 2016, Hardwell released "Going Crazy" on Beatport, marking his second collaboration with Blasterjaxx.
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Together with Revealed colleague Kaaze, Hardwell produced a progressive house festival mix of "Thinking About You" at the end of October 2016.
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Hardwell explained using Atmozfears as an example that production talent would not be taken into account, as Atmozfears had exceptional production skills but failed to receive a list placing.
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On 12 December 2016, Hardwell released "Baldadig", which was produced in collaboration with Quintino.
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On 2 January 2017, Hardwell released the song "Break the House Down", which was produced together with Kill The Buzz in December 2015.
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Hardwell announced that the 300th episode of his "Hardwell-on-Air" on 20 January 2017 would be a special episode.
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From 2 to 3 February 2017, Hardwell made a reworked version of the song "Spaceman" available as a free download for its 5-year anniversary, which included vocals by singer Heather Bright.
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At the Ultra Music Festival on 25 March 2017, Hardwell premiered new productions with Austin Mahone, Maddix, Moksi and Henry Fong.
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On 12 May 2017 Hardwell released his single "Creatures Of The Night" featuring Austin Mahone.
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On 20 June 2017, Hardwell released the first version of the song "We Are One" on Taiwanese record label Eternal Music.
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Two days later, on 30 June 2017, Hardwell published it officially on his own record label.
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For mid-2017, Hardwell premiered a collaboration with the Dutch DJ duo Sick Individuals, who had been working with his record label for years.
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Hardwell played a second collaboration with Afrojack, which had previously been rumored to be an Afrojack and KIIDA production.
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Hardwell recorded the track "Badam" with DJ Henry Fong and vocalist Mr Vegas, released on 21 August 2017.
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On 6 October 2017 Hardwell published his third collaboration with Afrojack, titled "Hands Up".
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Also on Instagram, Hardwell announced on 2 October 2017 a new cologne by him called ECLIPSE, named after the first track of his studio album.
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Hardwell moved down to fourth place in the Top 100; van Buuren took third place.
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On Sunday 3 December 2017 global electronic pioneer and philanthropic figure Hardwell returned to Mumbai to partner with India's Guestlist4Good Social Enterprise and Mumbai based NGO Magic Bus for the 'World's Biggest Guestlist Festival' in association with his United We Are Foundation.
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Hardwell released "Anthem" with American DJ Steve Aoki on 13 April 2018, which was the fourth release in Aoki's 5OKI artist collaboration campaign.
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Hardwell later released a track titled "Thunder" with Julian Calor under the name Magnomite on 23 April 2018 on Revealed Recordings.
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Hardwell announced on his Twitter account on 24 April 2018 that he has launched a new electronic pop sub-label titled "Gemstone Records", whose main goal is to promote new talent and reach a larger audience, while encompassing multiple genres such as deep house, future house, future bass and electro pop.
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Later, Hardwell collaborated with Dutch producers Blasterjaxx and singer Mitch Crown to release "Bigroom Never Dies" on 13 July 2018, which was notably teased during his live performance on Dutch radio station Slam.
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Hardwell collaborated with Kaaze again on "This Is Love", which was released on 31 August 2018 and featured vocals from Loren Allred who previously performed on The Voice.
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On 7 September 2018, Hardwell announced via his Instagram page that he would be clearing his touring schedule indefinitely to take time off for his personal life.
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Hardwell promised that he will still continue to produce new music and will "never let it go".
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On 7 July 2019, Hardwell made his first comeback to the stage as a guest to Afrojack's Breda Live Show.
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Hardwell continued to release a series of singles after his announcement: reggae-influenced Light It Up with Suyano and Richie Loop, Out Of This Town with Vinai and Cam Meekins, and Kicking It Hard.
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Also in October 2019, during the Amsterdam Dance Event, Hardwell was rumoured to secretly play a DJ set during the event.
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In late 2023, Hardwell brought back his weekly mix show, Hardwell On Air, changing it to be monthly instead of weekly.
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In 2024, during National Tulip Day, Hardwell had a Tulip named after him which he personally selected as was offered to him by Tulip Promotion Netherlands.
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Hardwell released his Big room house track, "Oldskool Sound", and his track "Energy", which was his first collaboration with Dutch duo Bassjackers.
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In March 2024, Hardwell was due to perform at Ultra Music Festival in Miami on the Friday night.
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Hardwell fans took to Twitter in ultimate support of the DJ, and on Saturday, he was then rescheduled to the 7:25 slot on the Ultra Mainstage, with Excision going on after Hardwell.
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In June 2024, Hardwell played a Hardstyle DJ set in Breda in celebration for NAC Breda, the football club he has been a lifelong supporter of, securing promotion to the Eredivisie.
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Hardwell first gained fame for his EDM style, which brought him to the top of DJ Mag's polls in 2013 and 2014, then in the 2020s he re-invented himself as a big room techno DJ.
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On 20 October 2017, Hardwell launched his own cologne brand "ECLIPSE" in Amsterdam, whose release was originally announced through his Twitter page on 2 October 2017.
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On 20 January 2015, Hardwell first presented his current studio.
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At his performances, Hardwell is mostly seen with Sennheiser HD25 II headphones.
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Hardwell was in a brief relationship with Michelle Willemsen, the sister of Dutch DJ and Producer, Mike Williams.
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Hardwell has voiced Mel in the Dutch edition of The Secret Life of Pets, and has voiced The Flying Dutchman in the Dutch edition of SpongeBob SquarePants.
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On July 6,2024, Hardwell canceled his set at SAGA Festival and addressed the crowd and announced equipment failures over the microphone.