• Year
    Milestones
  • 2018
    First artist to ever DJ upside down @ Vrienden Van Amstel Live
  • 2017
    Celebrating twenty-year anniversary with ‘The Best Of Armin Only’ in the Amsterdam ArenA on May 12th and May 13th.
  • Heading up his own summer residency at Hï Ibiza alongside fellow-Dutchmen Sunnery James & Ryan Marciano
  • Armada Music takes #7 in Mixmag’s ‘Top 50 Labels of the Decade’
  • 2016
    Kick-off Armin Only Embrace world tour in Amsterdam on May 6th and May 7th
  • 2015
    ‘Another You’ certified double Platinum in The Netherlands.
  • A weekly residence at Ushuaïa Beach Hotel on Ibiza ever Thursday night from June 25th ‘til September 17th
  • 2014
    ‘This Is What It Feels Like’ certified 7x Platinum in the Netherlands
  • 33 sold out Armin Only shows in locations including New York, Amsterdam, Moscow, and Sydney
  • ASOT 650 world tour ‘New Horizons’
    Celebrating each milestone, Armin did an extensive world tour based around the 650th episode of ASOT in early 2014. The ‘New Horizons’world tour landed in the cities of Moscow, Yekaterinburg, Almaty, Utrecht, Santiago, Buenos Aires, Jakarta, Kuala Lumpur, and Miami. The 8-week tour took place in January, February, and March of 2014 and included 9 shows in countries all around the globe, with events broadcast live on the A State of Trance website
  • Honored on a commemorative Dutch postage stamp
  • Honored with a wax figure at Madame Tussauds in Amsterdam
  • Second most followed artist Spotify playlist – ‘A State of Trance Radio’
  • 2013
    ‘This Is What It Feels Like’: gold in Italy, double platinum in Canada & The Netherlands, silver in the UK, platinum in Australia
  • Honorary pin of the city of Leiden
  • ‘Save My Night’ featured in Heineken’s ‘Dance More, Drink Slow’ Campaign
  • 2012
    In October 2012, the official documentary ‘A Year With Armin van Buuren’was released, in which Armin was followed during an important year in his life, offering a unique look behind the scenes and inside his personality. Again and again, his life as a superstar DJ continues to inspire others.
  • 2011
    Officer in the Order of Oranje-Nassau by Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands – Royal distinction
  • 2008
    Armin plays for 35,000 people at his Armin Only show in the Los Angeles Sports Arena, making him the first Dutch DJ ever to have drawn such a big crowd to his own event.
  • 2003
    Armada Music
    In 2003, plans emerged to set up a record label: Armada Music. Together with Maykel Piron and David Lewis (Ar-Ma-Da), Armin built the foundation of one of the most successful record labels worldwide. Armada Music (voted ‘Best Global Record Label’5 years in a row) is home to 28 sub-labels and releases productions by some of the industry’s biggest names and rising talents. Armin’s very own ‘Armind’ and ‘A State of Trance’labels have found a safe haven at Armada Music, as well as his ‘A State of Trance’compilation series and artist albums.
  • 2001
    The first episode of ‘A State of Trance’
    What started as an obsession for radio has turned into a weekly highlight for more than 33 million listeners, broadcasting to over 100 FM stations and fans from over 84 countries. In June 2001, Armin van Buuren aired the first episode of ‘A State of Trance’. Fourteen years later, he still hosts the weekly 2-hour show, where he presents the biggest tunes of the moment and provides an interactive way for fans to discover new music. Regular features of the show are the ‘Tune of the Week’, ‘A State of Trance Radio Classic’, and the ‘Future Favorite’, which is based on an online voting poll.