Jasper Helderman (born January 27, 1987 in

Almere Almere () is a planned city and municipality in the province of Flevoland, Netherlands, located about 20 km to the east of Amsterdam (as the crow flies) across the IJmeer. Bordering Lelystad and Zeewolde, the municipality of Almere compr ...

, Netherlands), better known by his stage name Alvaro (stylized as ''Λ''LV''Λ''RO), is a Dutch

record producer A record producer is a recording project's creative and technical leader, commanding studio time and coaching artists, and in popular genres typically creates the song's very sound and structure.Virgil Moorefield"Introduction" ''The Producer as ...

songwriter A songwriter is a musician who professionally composes musical compositions or writes lyrics for songs, or both. The writer of the music for a song can be called a composer, although this term tends to be used mainly in the classical music ...

, and DJ. His music is mostly

electro house Electro house is a genre of electronic dance music characterized by heavy bass and a tempo around 130 beats per minute. The term has been used to describe the music of many ''DJ Mag'' Top 100 DJs, including Benny Benassi, Skrillex, Steve Ao ...

and

progressive house Progressive house is a subgenre of house music. The progressive house style emerged in the early 1990s. It initially developed in the United Kingdom as a natural progression of American and European house music of the late 1980s.Gerard, Morgan; ...

. He is best known for his single "Welcome to the Jungle" (featuring Mercer and

Lil Jon Jonathan H. Smith (born January 17, 1971) better known by his stage name Lil Jon, is an American rapper, producer and former frontman of the rap group Lil Jon & the East Side Boyz. He was instrumental in the emergence of the hip hop subgenre cr ...

), which reached #3 on the Beatport main chart in June 2013 on

Hardwell Robbert van de Corput (; born January 7, 1988), known professionally as Hardwell, is a Dutch DJ and music producer from Breda. He was voted the world's number one DJ by '' DJ Mag'' in 2013 and again in 2014. In 2022, he was ranked at number 43 ...

’s

Revealed Recordings Revealed Recordings (or shortened to Revealed, stylized as revealed) is a Dutch record label established by Hardwell in 2010. The label is headquartered in Breda, Netherlands. History The label was established on 11 April 2010 by electronic music ...

. He also produced "The Underground" on

Spinnin' Records Spinnin' Records is a Dutch electronic music record label founded in 1999 by Eelko van Kooten and Roger de Graaf. In September 2017, Warner Music Group acquired Spinnin' Records for over $100 million. Background Van Kooten is the son of former ...

and more recently "Guest List" on

Tiësto Tijs Michiel Verwest (; born 17 January 1969), known professionally as Tiësto ( ), is a Dutch DJ and music producer from Breda. He was voted "the Greatest DJ of All Time" by '' Mix'' magazine in a 2010/2011 poll amongst fans. In 2013, he was v ...

's label Musical Freedom, all of which ended up in the top 5 of the

Beatport Beatport is an American electronic music-oriented online music store owned by LiveStyle. The company is based in Denver, Los Angeles, and Berlin. Beatport is oriented primarily towards DJs, selling full songs as well as resources that can be u ...

top 100. Alvaro released tracks on labels such as

, and Musical Freedom. He has played in the biggest clubs around the world and festivals like EDC Las Vegas,

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NY,

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, and

Tomorrowland Tomorrowland is one of the many themed lands featured at all of the Magic Kingdom styled Disney theme parks around the world owned or licensed by The Walt Disney Company. Each version of the land is different and features numerous attractions t ...

. He also worked with artists like

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Diplo Thomas Wesley Pentz (born November 10, 1978), known professionally as Diplo, is an American DJ and music producer. He is the co-creator and lead member of the electronic dancehall music project Major Lazer, a member of the supergroup LSD wit ...

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, will.i.am,

Far East Movement Far East Movement (abbreviated FM) is an American hip hop and electronic music group based in Los Angeles. The group formed in 2003 and as of August 2018 consists of Kev Nish (Kevin Nishimura), Prohgress (James Roh), DJ Virman (Virman Coquia), ...

, and

Biography

Early life

Helderman was born in

Netherlands ) , anthem = ( en, "William of Nassau") , image_map = , map_caption = , subdivision_type = Sovereign state , subdivision_name = Kingdom of the Netherlands , established_title = Before independence , established_date = Spanish Netherl ...

. When he was 18 years old, he began planning and designing websites. As a teenager, he discovered his passion for DJing while doing graphic design for festivals. Afterwards, he quickly went from editing after movies to producing his own songs.

Music career

His first residency was at Club Hardersplaza in

Harderwijk Harderwijk (; Dutch Low Saxon: ) is a municipality and city of the Netherlands. It is served by the Harderwijk railway station. Its population centres are Harderwijk and Hierden. Harderwijk is on the western boundary of the Veluwe. The so ...

in 2008. In October 2009, he released his remix of the song “Took the Night” by Chelley on Spinnin' Records which turned out to be his breakthrough track in the Netherlands as well as other parts of the world. Thereafter, he toured

Brazil Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At and with over 217 million people, Brazil is the world's fifth-largest country by area ...

Morocco Morocco (),, ) officially the Kingdom of Morocco, is the westernmost country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. It overlooks the Mediterranean Sea to the north and the Atlantic Ocean to the west, and has land borders with Algeria to A ...

Australia Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands. With an area of , Australia is the largest country by ...

, and

Asia Asia (, ) is one of the world's most notable geographical regions, which is either considered a continent in its own right or a subcontinent of Eurasia, which shares the continental landmass of Afro-Eurasia with Africa. Asia covers an are ...

. Since his release of “Make the Crowd Go” on Spinnin' Records, his music was picked up by artists like

and

. In January 2013, he was part of the Tiësto Club Live College invasion alongside Tiësto,

Tommy Trash Thomas Olsen, better known by his stage name Tommy Trash, (born 15 November 1979) is an Australian DJ, record producer, and remixer. He currently resides in Los Angeles, California and signed to Ministry of Sound Australia. Biography Early ...

, and

Quintino Quintino (Latin ''Quintinus'', from '' Quintus'') is a Latin-derived male given name meaning "the fifth". People * Quintino Bocaiúva - Brazilian journalist and politician * Quintino Vilas Boas Neto - Portuguese artist * Quintino de Lacerda - B ...

. In that same year, he worked together with Tiësto and Quintino to produce the anthem of

Awards and nominations

Discography

Singles

Charted singles

Other singles

;2009 * "Ultimate Rise" (with Luxx) (Samsobeats) ;2010 * "Dubbelfris" (with Afro Bro’s and DJ Kid) (PM Music) * "Can You Feel It" (with

) (Supersoniq) * "I Want You" (with Chaosz) (Squeeze Music) * "Lucky Star" (with

The Partysquad The Partysquad is a Dutch DJ production team. It consists of Jerry Leembruggen, Ruben Fernhout and Lorenzo Biemans. Since the early 2000s they have had 12 singles charting on the Dutch Top 40. They produced part of British rapper M.I.A.'s four ...

) ;2011 * "Cubata" (with DJ Punish) (Foktop! Records) * "F*cking Ghetto" (featuring

) (Dirty Dutch Music) * "With My Hands Up" (featuring will.i.am and

) * "Ready 4 This" (with Artistic Raw) (Spinnin’ Records) ;2012 * "Wataah" (with The Partysquad) (Spinnin’ Records) * "Badman" (with The Partysquad) (Mad Decent) * "Show Me Love" (

featuring Alvaro) (Interscope Records) * "Voodoo People" (DOORN Records) * "Make the Crowd Go" (Spinnin’ Records) * "Pay Attention to the Drums" (Mixmash Records) * "Make Me Jump" (Musical Freedom) ;2013 * "Rock Music" (Revealed Recordings) * "United" (with

and Quintino) * "World in Our Hands" (with Quintino) (Spinnin’ Records) * "Nanana" (with

MOTi Moti or MOTI may refer to: Names * Mordecai (disambiguation), a Hebrew given name, abbreviated Moti * Motilal (disambiguation), an Indian given name often abbreviated Moti People * Moti (DJ) (Timotheus "Timo" Romme, born 1987), Dutch DJ and ...

) (Hysteria Records) * "Welcome to the Jungle" (with Mercer and Lil Jon) (Revealed Recordings) * "Out of Control" (with TST) (Musical Freedom) ;2014 * "Ready for Action" (with

Joey Dale Joey Daleboudt (; born ), better known by his stage name Joey Dale, is a Dutch DJ, record producer and musician from Rotterdam. The majority of his releases are on Hardwell's label Revealed Recordings. Career In 2014, Dale collaborated with D ...

) (Spinnin' Records) * "Charged" (with GLOWINTHEDARK) (Powerhouse Music) * "Shades" (Musical Freedom) * "The Underground" (with Carnage) (Spinnin' Records) * "6th Gear" (with

and KSTYLIS) (Mad Decent) * "Dagga" (with

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) (Smash the House) * "Oldskool" (with Van Dalen) (DOORN Records) ;2015 * "Guest List" (with JETFIRE) (Musical Freedom) * "Brah" (with Dirtcaps) (Mad Decent) * "Fire" (with

Wiwek Wiwek Mahabali, better known mononymously as Wiwek, is a Dutch DJ and music producer based in Utrecht, Netherlands. Early life Wiwek was born in the Netherlands and is of Indian descent. His father is an Indian musician and singer. His stage na ...

) (Dim Mak) * "Boomshakatak" (with Wiwek featuring MC Spyder) (Barong Family) * "Take U" (with

D-Wayne Dwayne Megens (born September 6, 1994), better known by his stage name D-wayne, is a Dutch house music DJ and record producer. He releases materials through Nervous specialized house label, Steve Aoki's Dim Mak label, Spinnin' Records and most ...

) (Wall Recordings) * "Flags Up" (with Yellow Claw and

) (Barong Family) ;2016 * "Married to the Streets" (with Reid Stefan) (Metanoia Music) * "Vegas" (with JETFIRE & Lil Jon) (Spinnin’ Records) * "Kingdom" (with The Partysquad) (Dim Mak) * "Wildlife" (with FIGHT CLVB) (Dim Mak) * "Concrete Jungle" (with Gianni Marino) (Dim Mak) * "Lights Out" (with The Partysquad) (Rebel Yard) ;2017 * "Watching You" (with Faustix) (Warner Music) * "Runaway" (featuring James Francis) (Universal Music B.V.) * "No Way" (featuring James Francis) (Universal Music B.V.) ;2018 * "Dem Shots" (with Quintino) (Spinnin’ Records) * "Niet Mijn Taal" (with The Partysquad featuring Mr. Polska & ROLLÀN) (Top Notch) * "Beatback" (with Dani L. Mebius) (Spinnin' Records)

Remixes

;2009 * Chelley - Took The Night (Alvaro Remix) (Ministry Of Sound) * Brothers D and Schmoove - Wanna Lick It (Alvaro Remix) (PM Music) * Pizetta - Klezmer featuring Reagadelica (Alvaro Arabian Nights Remix) (Sneaker MUZIK) *

- Keep Goin' Louder featuring Niña Sky &

Ricky Blaze Ricardo Lloyd Johnson Jr. (born August 3, 1988), also known as Ricky Blaze, is an American DJ, producer, singer, and songwriter. He has done production work in the dancehall music space and the trancehall subgenre. He has produced and collaborated ...

(Alvaro Remix) (Mad Decent) ;2010 * Tony Junior & Nicolas Nox - Loesje (Alvaro Remix) (Rodeo Media) * Dzeko & Torres - Again featuring Majid (Alvaro Remix) (Starter Records) *

Missy Elliott Melissa Arnette Elliott (born July 1, 1971), better known as Missy Elliott or Missy “Misdemeanor” Elliot, is an American rapper, singer, songwriter, and record producer. She embarked on her music career with R&B girl group Sista in the earl ...

- Get Your Freak On (Alvaro & Punish Moombahton Remix) *

Usher Usher may refer to: Several jobs which originally involved directing people and ensuring people are in the correct place: * Usher (occupation) ** Church usher ** Wedding usher, one of the male attendants to the groom in a wedding ceremony ** F ...

featuring will.i.am - OMG (Oh My Gosh) (Alvaro Dirty House Bootleg) ;2011 *

Dada Life Dada Life are a Swedish DJ duo formed in 2006, which consists of Olle Cornéer and Stefan Engblom. They have released three albums, a number of singles and remixes and one compilation. The duo had early chart success in Belgium and the Netherla ...

- White Noise / Red Meat (Alvaro Remix) (Dim Mak Records) * Munchi - Shottass featuring MR. LEXX (Alvaro Remix) (T&A Records) * Dillon Francis &

featuring Maluca - Que Que (Alvaro Remix) (Mad Decent) *

Sak Noel Isaac Mahmood Noell (born 12 April 1983), known professionally as Sak Noel, is a Spanish DJ, record producer, songwriter and music video director. He is best known for the international hits " Loca People", " Paso", "No Boyfriend (No Problem)" wi ...

- Loca People (Alvaro Remix) *

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- The Time (Dirty Bit) (Alvaro Bootleg) * *

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featuring

Ne-Yo Shaffer Chimere Smith (born October 18, 1979), known professionally as Ne-Yo, is an American singer, songwriter, actor, dancer, and record producer. He gained fame for his songwriting abilities when he penned Mario's 2004 hit " Let Me Love You ...

Nayer Nayer Regalado, known mononymously as Nayer, is an American singer. She gained recognition in 2011 after being featured on Pitbull's hit single "Give Me Everything", and releasing her single " Suave (Kiss Me)" featuring Pitbull and Mohombi whi ...

, and

Afrojack Nick Leonardus van de Wall (; born 9 September 1987), better known as Afrojack, is a Dutch DJ, music producer and remixer from Spijkenisse, South Holland. In 2007, he founded the record label Wall Recordings; his debut album '' Forget the Worl ...

- Give Me Everything (Tonight) (Alvaro Remix) *

featuring

Dev Dev, sometimes capitalized as DEV, can be referred as: People Single names * Dev (born 1982), Indian actor * Dev (born 1984), British radio presenter, DJ and actor * Dev (born 1989), American singer * Dev, Indian actor First names * Dev Anand (19 ...

- Like A G6 (Alvaro Remix) ;2012 * Yellow Claw featuring Sjaak & Mr. Polska - Krokobil (Alvaro & Naffz Remix) *

Tyga Michael Ray Nguyen-StevensonMicheal Ray Stevenson ...

- Rack City (Alvaro Remix) * Pitbull - Back In Time (Alvaro Remix) * Pitbull featuring T-Pain - Hey Baby (Drop It To The Floor) (Alvaro Remix) *

Zedd Anton Zaslavski (russian: Антон Заславский; born 2 September 1989), known professionally as Zedd (), is a Russian-born German DJ, record producer, and songwriter. Zedd grew up and began his musical journey in Kaiserslautern, G ...

featuring

Heather Bright Heather Dawn Bright, also known by her stage name Bright Lights, is an American singer, songwriter, DJ and record producer. Early life Bright, whose father was a pastor during most of her childhood, began her music career singing in churches ...

- Stars Come Out (Alvaro Remix) * Billy The Kid, Duvall, Stennis - Higher (Alvaro Remix) (Positivia) ;2013 *

featuring Jayh, Sjaak and Reverse - Helemaal Naar de Klote (Alvaro Remix) *

PSY Park Jae-sang (, ; born December 31, 1977), known professionally as Psy (stylized in all caps as PSY) (; ; ), is a South Korean singer, rapper, songwriter, and record producer. Psy is known domestically for his humorous videos and stage per ...

- Gangnam Style (Alvaro Bootleg) ;2014 * The Kickstarts, Vogue - Freaks (Alvaro Remix) ig Alliance Records*

Iggy Azalea Amethyst Amelia Kelly (born 7 June 1990), known professionally as Iggy Azalea (), is an Australian rapper. At the age of 16, Azalea moved from Australia to the United States in order to pursue a career in music. Azalea earned public recognitio ...

featuring

Rita Ora Rita Sahatçiu Ora (born Rita Sahatçiu; 26 November 1990) is a British singer and songwriter. She rose to prominence in February 2012 when she featured on DJ Fresh's single, "Hot Right Now", which reached number one in the UK. Her debut stud ...

- Black Widow (Alvaro Trap Bootleg) ;2015 * Yo Yo Honey Singh - Yaar Na Milay (Alvaro Remix) * The Partysquad featuring Jayh, Reverse, Mocormaniac, Cho and Bokoesam - Dat Is Dat Ding (Alvaro Remix) * Moksi - Brace Yourself (Alvaro Remix) ;2018 *

Cashmere Cat Magnus August Høiberg (born 29 November 1987), known professionally as Cashmere Cat, is a Norwegian DJ, record producer, songwriter and musician. He is best known for producing songs for artists including Kanye West, The Kid Laroi, Selena Gomez ...

& Major Lazer featuring

Tory Lanez Daystar Shemuel Shua Peterson (born July 27, 1992), known professionally as Tory Lanez, is a Canadian rapper, singer, songwriter, and convicted felon. He received initial recognition from the mixtape ''Conflicts of My Soul: The 416 Story'', rel ...

- Miss You (Major Lazer & Alvaro Remix)

References

Notes

* A Did not enter the Singles Top 100, but peaked on the Dance chart. * B Did not enter the Ultratop 50, but peaked on the Dance Bubbling Under chart.

External links

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