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Born as Tijs Verwest in Breda, Netherlands, Tiësto is one of the greatest trance DJs on the scene. He started out DJing professionally at school parties, and then moved on to become a resident DJ from 1985 to 1993 at several clubs in The Netherlands. It was at a club called 'The Spock' where things really took off for Tiësto; he stopped producing hardcore/gabber tracks and started to produce his own sound from 10pm until 4am on weekends. In the mid 1990s, Tiësto started to produce trance and the rest, as they say, is history.
 
 Aliases
 He has had many aliases over the years but is most known by the alias DJ Tiësto, although with his recent works he has been known only as Tiësto, dropping the "DJ" label. His other aliases include: Allure, Da Joker, DJ Limited, Drumfire, Hammock Brothers, Paradise in Dubs, Passenger, Roze, Stray Dog, Tom Ace, and Wild Bunch.
 
 Other claims to fame
 Tiësto has been named an Officer of the "Order of Orange-Nassau" by the Dutch Royalty, as well as being voted 40th greatest citizen of all time by the Dutch. Tiësto was crowned #1 DJ for three years in a row (2002, 2003, 2004) by DJ mag readers - a first for any DJ. Currently, Tiësto ranks as the second best DJ in the world, after Armin van Buuren. It should be noted however, that Tiësto has been able to draw the largest crowds ever by an electronica DJ including 50,000 for an indoor event in Amsterdam and 200,000 for an outdoor event in Rio De Janeiro. In the April 2007 Coachella Festival in Indio, CA, Tiësto will take the main stage while Paul van Dyk performs in the smaller Mojave dance tent. Tiësto also accepted the position of being ambassador of the world for the charity Dance4Life in May 2005.
 
 Famous Songs
 One of the most famous releases of Tiësto's was a remix of Delerium's song "Silence", which was widely popular and still is to date; it was the song that lifted his career in Europe, and bagged him a contract with Nettwerk. Other famous songs by him include his remix of