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Awards & Rankings

• Ranked #1 DJ by DJ Mag in 2016, 2017, 2018, 2022, and 2024.
• Winner of multiple MTV Europe Music Awards and iHeartRadio Awards.

Founder of STMPD RCRDS

In 2016, Garrix launched his own label, STMPD RCRDS, to have greater creative freedom and support rising talent.

Tours & Recent Activity (2024–2025)

Martin Garrix celebrated a decade in music with “The Martin Garrix Show”, a global tour and behind-the-scenes documentary series.

He created the label to be a platform for artists of various genres. He went to school in Utrecht.

What song made Martin Garrix famous?

Martin Garrix was catapulted into the limelight following the release of his big room house instrumental “Animals” in the summer of 2013.

How old was Martin Garrix when “Animals” was released?

‘Animals’ was released in June 2017, when Martin Garrix was only 17 years old.

Who are Martin Garrix’s parents?

Martin Garrix is the son of Gerard and Karin Garritsen.

That inspires me. The song reached number one on the UK singles charts, becoming the first instrumental track to top the chart since Mr. Oizo’s “Flat Beat” back in April 1999. The name was inspired by his father's stamp auctioning company. He has worked with singers such as Usher on "Don't Look Down," Bebe Rexha on "In the Name of Love," Dua Lipa on "Scared to Be Lonely," and Khalid on "Ocean".

FM. That same year, his remix of "Your Body" was featured on the deluxe version of Christina Aguilera's album "Lotus." In 2013, Garrix and Sidney Samson released "Torrent" on Tiesto's label "Musical Freedom."

Breakthrough with Animals

Martin Garrix achieved widespread recognition with his solo release "Animals" on June 16, 2013.

They have always supported me and still do.”

‘Animals’ and rise to stardom

Garrix created the track “Animals” in his bedroom at his parents’ house, and it was officially released in June 2013, when he was only 17 years old.

Martin himself admits that the success of the track came as a complete surprise, with the song having peaked at number one on various charts across the world, including the UK, Belgium and Hungary.

“I was making all my music in my bedroom at my parents’ house and when I made Animals I had no idea what was about to happen,” Garrix told GQ.

“Then the songs started to be played worldwide and it was all very unreal for me.”

Garrix has revealed how he attended Belgium’s Tomorrowland festival in 2013 as a fan and heard some of his favourite DJs play his own song. The label's first release was Garrix's own single, "Now That I've Found You". So, I had the skills and I knew I loved trance music so the logical transition was to produce it.

When he was 17 years old, he headlined the 2014 Ultra Music Festival, becoming the youngest DJ ever to have headlined the event.

The Dutch DJ and record producer has also had DJ residencies at some of Ibiza’s top clubs, including Ushuaïa and Hï Ibiza. Martin Garrix performed at the Ultra Music Festival 2014, where he showcased his new and unreleased works, including collaborations with Dillon Francis, Hardwell, and Afrojack.

Recent Releases

In 2014, Garrix released the track "Proxy" as a free download on SoundCloud as a gift to his fans.

“I went to the Herman Brood because I wanted to learn more about production, not because I was like, ‘I’m going to make my money with music,'” Garrix told the Miami New Times. On March 17, 2015, he released his new single, "Don't Look Down," featuring Usher. “Animals” also became the first instrumental track to crack the top 40 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart since Kenny G’s “Auld Lang Syne (The Millennium Mix)”.

At the time of publishing, “Animals” has been streamed more than 390million times on Spotify alone, and the music video has has more than 1.6billion streams on YouTube.

Since Garrix released “Animals”, he has enjoyed a stellar career, having been placed at number one on DJ Mag’s Top 100 DJs list for three successive years in 2016, 2017 and 2018.

Notable performances and collaborations

Garrix has performed at a number of the world’s top festivals, including Ultra Music Festival, Coachella, Tomorrowland and Creamfields.

“Nearly every DJ started playing it, this song I made in my parents’ house — all my idols.

In December 2013, he collaborated with Jay Hardway on the track "Wizard," which reached the sixth position in the Belgian charts and seventeenth in the Netherlands. On September 30, 2013, Garrix released a remix of "Project T" by Sander Van Doorn and the Greek-Belgian duo "Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike," which quickly climbed the Beatport charts.

Continued Success and Collaborations

In November 2013, Martin Garrix signed a contract with Scooter Braun's label "Scooter Braun Projects" ("School Boy Records").

He has also won several MTV Europe Music Awards. I was eleven or twelve at the time.”

Garrix says that the support of his parents helped to inspire him to pursue a career in the music industry.