Martin Garrix was a resident DJ at Spain's Hi Ibiza and Ushuaia Ibiza.
66 Facts About Martin Garrix
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Martin Garrix founded the label Stmpd Rcrds in 2016, months after leaving Spinnin' Records and before signing with Sony Music.
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Martin Garrix was born as Martijn Gerard Garritsen on 14 May 1996 in Amstelveen, the son of Gerard and Karin Garritsen.
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Martin Garrix showed musical interest at an early age and learned to play the guitar at the age of 8.
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Martin Garrix took particular inspiration from the track "Traffic", prompting him to download the specialist digital audio workstation FL Studio, enabling him to start producing.
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Martin Garrix was discovered by Tiesto, whom he described as inspirational, humble, and legendary.
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Martin Garrix had his beginnings with the songs "BFAM", a collaboration with Dutch DJ Julian Jordan, and "Just Some Loops", a collaboration with TV Noise.
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Martin Garrix signed with Spinnin' Records in 2012, releasing "Error 404", a collaboration with Dutch DJ Jay Hardway.
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In 2013, Martin Garrix co-released "Torrent" with Dutch DJ Sidney Samson on Tiesto's Musical Freedom label.
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Martin Garrix gained fame through his solo release, "Animals", which was released on 16 June 2013.
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The single became a hit in several countries in Europe, and allowed Martin Garrix to become the youngest person to reach number one on Beatport.
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Martin Garrix appeared on DJ Magazines top 100 DJs list in 2013 as a new entry at number 40.
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In November 2013, Martin Garrix signed a deal with American entertainment company Scooter Braun Projects, making Martin Garrix the company's first EDM client.
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The deal was split-worldwide management with MusicAllStars Management, sister company of Spinnin' Records, since Martin Garrix was already signed to Spinnin' Records.
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In 2014, Martin Garrix collaborated with Dutch duo Firebeatz on "Helicopter" which reached number one on the Beatport Top 100 charts for two weeks.
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Martin Garrix performed at Ultra Music Festival 2014, where he debuted several new and unreleased tracks, including collaborations with American DJ Dillon Francis, Hardwell, and Dutch DJ Afrojack.
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The first of such collaborations being a song with Dutch DJ MOTi called "Virus ", followed by a collaboration with Afrojack called "Turn Up the Speakers" which Afrojack and Martin Garrix both premiered at Ultra Music Festival.
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In 2015, Martin Garrix experimented with progressive house and started producing progressive tracks aside from his signature big room sound.
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Martin Garrix released two video versions for it on Vevo, "Towel Boy" and "Towel Girl".
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Martin Garrix worked with multi-Grammy winner Ed Sheeran on a track called "Rewind, Repeat It" which he played at Ultra Music Festival in Miami in March 2015.
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On 26 August 2015, Martin Garrix announced that he had left Spinnin' Records and MusicAllStars Management due to a conflict over the ownership of his music.
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Martin Garrix announced that he had filed a lawsuit against his then-manager Eelko van Kooten.
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In November 2015, Martin Garrix announced that he would be creating his own record label.
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Martin Garrix went on to sue his manager, Eelko van Kooten, stating that he was told "false and misleading information" before signing with Spinnin' Records.
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On 2 December 2015, Martin Garrix reportedly settled with Spinnin' Records in their ongoing legal dispute over the ownership rights of his music.
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Martin Garrix released a statement confirming that he had withdrawn the summary proceedings after his former record label transferred the ownership rights of his music to him, granted that exclusive licence of all his tracks released before August 2015 will be retained by Spinnin' Records for an undisclosed period.
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However, Martin Garrix stated that their other outstanding disagreements will likely be the subject of further legal proceedings.
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Martin Garrix launched his own record label called Stmpd Rcrds in the first quarter of 2016.
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On 13 June 2016, Martin Garrix released a promotional single titled "Oops" which became the Electronic Entertainment Expo 2016 anthem.
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On 26 July 2016, it was announced that Martin Garrix signed a worldwide contract with Sony Music International.
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On 22 August 2016, Martin Garrix made his first-ever live performance of his own music, with Rexha on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, accompanied by The Tonight Show house band, The Roots.
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On 14 October 2016, Martin Garrix announced on social media that he was releasing seven songs for seven days.
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On 19 October 2016, Martin Garrix was named the world's top DJ in DJ Mag's annual Top 100 DJs poll.
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On 6 November 2016, Martin Garrix won "Best Electronic Act" and "Best World Stage Performance" awards at the MTV European Music Awards 2016.
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Martin Garrix was presented his award by American rapper G-Eazy.
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On 31 December 2016, Martin Garrix played "Scared to Be Lonely", featuring British singer Dua Lipa, for the first time while headlining the stage at his first ever show in Myanmar.
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Martin Garrix announced that he would be supporting Canadian singer Justin Bieber on his Purpose World Tour in Australia which began in March and at the 'Barclaycard presents British Summer Time Hyde Park' show on 2 July 2017.
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Martin Garrix was announced as a resident DJ for the 2017 season at Hi Ibiza, previously known as Space Ibiza, a popular dance-music club owned by Ushuaia Entertainment.
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Martin Garrix previously had a DJ residency at Hi Ibiza's sister venue, Ushuaia in 2016.
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On 14 April 2017, Martin Garrix debuted a collaboration with Australian singer Troye Sivan, who later joined him on stage for their performance at the Coachella Valley Music And Arts Festival in California.
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Martin Garrix appeared as the face of Armani Exchange in their Fall 2017 campaign, becoming one of the first few internationally recognized DJs to enter modeling.
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At the Tomorrowland 2017 festival, Martin Garrix debuted his YTRAM alias, which spells "Marty" backwards.
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Martin Garrix premiered the song "So Far Away", a collaboration with French DJ David Guetta, who joined him on stage to perform it, as well as his first solo track in over a year, "Pizza", which received an official release on 25 August 2017.
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Martin Garrix was listed in Forbes World's Highest-Paid DJs 2017 ranking with earnings of $19.5 million for 12 months prior to June 2017.
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On 20 September 2017, a Dutch judge ruled in favor of Martin Garrix who regained the rights to his music that were previously signed to Spinnin' Records and MusicAllStars, to have his contract permanently terminated.
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On 23 February 2018, Martin Garrix released his second collaboration with David Guetta and his third with Brooks with the song "Like I Do".
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Martin Garrix was the closing act of the night, performing his newly released single as well as many others.
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On 20 April 2018, Martin Garrix released his collaboration with Loopers titled "Game Over".
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Martin Garrix was announced as a resident DJ at Ushuaia Ibiza Beach Hotel, performing on Thursdays from 5 July to 30 August 2018.
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In October 2018, Martin Garrix was ranked number one on DJ Mags annual Top 100 DJs list, winning for the third time in a row.
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Martin Garrix announced an upcoming collaboration with Bonn, titled "No Sleep".
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On 24 December 2019, Spinnin' Records won the appeal from the court ruling of the Higher Court of Leeuwarden, suggesting that Martin Garrix did not have the right to break his agreement prematurely with Spinnin' and MusicAllstars Management.
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In February 2020, Martin Garrix released the single "Drown" featuring Australian singer Clinton Kane.
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On 5 February 2021, Martin Garrix released the single "Pressure", featuring Swedish singer Tove Lo.
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The trio performed the song as part of the tournament's virtual opening ceremony at Rome's Stadio Olimpico, and Martin Garrix performed the song as part of a mix for the tournament's closing ceremony at London's Wembley Stadium.
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On 27 March 2022, Martin Garrix released "Follow", a collaboration with Zedd featuring guest vocals from Emily Warren.
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On 15 July 2022, Martin Garrix released "Loop", a collaboration with DallasK featuring vocals from Sasha Alex Sloan.
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The track was first premiered during Martin Garrix's set at Ultra Music Festival earlier that year.
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On 8 December 2022, Martin Garrix released "Hero", a collaboration with Jvke and the mobile card game Marvel Snap.
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In 2015, Martin Garrix was an ambassador for Swiss brand TAG Heuer.
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In 2017, Martin Garrix was an ambassador for Italian brand Armani Exchange's "Fall Winter 2017" campaign.
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In 2018, Martin Garrix was an ambassador for Armani Exchange.
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In November 2016, Martin Garrix started his India tour with a special charity show in Mumbai with over 62,000 in attendance.
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On 24 February 2017, Martin Garrix was announced as an "international friend" for SOS Children's Village in South Africa, a non-profit organisation that "builds families for orphaned, abandoned, and other vulnerable children around the world".
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On 28 February 2019, Martin Garrix visited the SOS Children's Village in South Africa while on tour for Ultra South Africa.
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In September 2019, Martin Garrix held a show in his home country the Netherlands with all proceeds going towards the War Child Holland Charity.