

He was ranked fourth on the DJ Mag Top 100 DJs list in 2015, 2016, 20, as well as third in 2017. He has been ranked the number one DJ by DJ Mag a record of five times, four years in a row. Van Buuren has won a number of accolades. According to the website DJs and Festivals, "the radio show propelled him to stardom and helped cultivate an interest in trance music around the world." Since 2001, he has hosted A State of Trance (ASOT), a weekly radio show, which is broadcast to nearly 40 million listeners in 84 countries on over 100 FM radio stations. Armin Jozef Jacobus Daniël van Buuren OON ( / v æ n ˈ b j ʊər ə n/ van BURE-ən, Dutch: born 25 December 1976) is a Dutch DJ and record producer from Leiden, South Holland.
