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Tiësto born Tijs Michiel Verwest on 17-01-1969 is a Dutch trance disc jockey and record manufacturer. He was appointed Officer of the Order of Orange-Nassau in 2004 by Queen Beatrix. He has become one of the world's most famous people in the trance and electronic dance music scenes.

Although he has used many assumed names in the past, he is best known for his work as DJ Tiësto.On his latest products, however, he has dropped the "DJ" mark and is now known simply as "Tiësto", an alias which is a twist on his childhood nickname.

In 1997 he based the label Black Hole Recordings with Arny Bink, where he released the famous Magik and In Search of Sunrise CD series. In 1999 he cooperated with Ferry Corsten to create Gouryella. The act released songs that are considered in the club circuit as all-time classic trance songs.

In 2001 he released his first solo album In My Memory which afforded him several major hits that established his career as well as his remix of Delerium's "Silence" boasting Sarah McLachlan which exposed him to more mainstream audiences. As his fame rose in the early 2000s he became the first DJ to perform to a large crowd without any other DJs or opening acts.

He was crowned the "World’s No.1 DJ" 3 consecutive times by DJ Magazine from 2002 through 2004.