Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike (previously Dnm) are a Belgian–Greek DJ duo composed of brothers Dimitri Thivaios and Michael Thivaios. They were ranked No. 1 on ''

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''s Top 100 DJs list in 2015 and 2019, and No. 2 in 2014, 2016 through 2018, 2020 and 2023. They have performed at numerous festivals worldwide such as EXIT Festival, Electric Daisy Carnival,

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, Parookaville,

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, Creamfields,

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and SunBurn Music Festival, where they have been the official resident DJs since 2010. They have held summer DJ residencies in

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(2014-2016) and more recently Ushuaïa Ibiza (2017 to present). They run the record label Smash the House which was founded in 2010, and have collaborated with artists that include

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, Armin van Buuren,

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, Era Istrefi,

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, Sebastian Yatra, Kid Ink and Nmixx, and have remixed artists such as

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and

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History

Pre–2009: Early life and career

Known by their stage names, Dimitri Vegas (Dimitri Thivaios) and Like Mike (Michael Thivaios) were born on and respectively, in Belgium. Dimitri and Michael Thivaios are of Greek origin. The brothers grew up in the Flemish

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of Willebroek. They began to make their first steps as DJs reportedly at a young age. Very quickly, they made several appearances in small clubs and were resident BeatFM radio DJs. Dimitri then left Belgium in 1999 and began touring Europe. He lived in

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and then in Halkidiki, Greece, before moving to

in 2003, where he was a resident in major clubs such as Privilege and

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2009–present: Breakthrough and success

Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike released their first single in 2009, "Liquid Skies" under the alias DNM. In 2010, after founding their own record label Smash the House, they were tasked with writing the official anthem for the 2010 edition of

, " Tomorrow (Give in to the Night)". This song was their first top 20 hit, peaking at number 16 in Belgium. The duo continued to write the Tomorrowland anthems up to the 2014 edition, this included the 2013 anthem "Chattahoochee" which peaked at number two in the Belgian charts. 2014 also saw the release of "

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" with Dutch DJ

which, in 2018, ''

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'' named their best song. In May 2015, Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike scored their first Belgian number one with " The Hum" with Dutch dj Ummet Ozcan.

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and

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starred in the song's official music video. "The Hum" was quickly followed by the release of " Higher Place" (featuring

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) which also peaked at number one in Belgium, both songs also certified platinum in the duo's home country. At Amsterdam Dance Event 2015, the duo were voted as the world's number one DJ, by

azine, being the first Belgians to do so. 2016 saw the group's third number one and platinum single with " Hey Baby". and they finished runners-up in DJ Mag's top 100 DJ poll behind

. 2017 saw the release of their platinum selling single " Complicated", certifying in both Belgium and The Netherlands, in addition to their long-awaited festivals gimmick "Crowd Control". They also released a rendition of "He's a Pirate" with

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for the '' Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales'' movie that same year. At

, the duo debuted their "Garden of Madness" stage at the festival which has been a part of the event ever since. On 22 June 2018, Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike released the single "When I Grow Up", with American rapper

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. The music video for "When I Grow Up" was directed by Belgian directors

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, who had recently cast Dimitri & Mike for an acting role in their Belgian movie '' Gangsta''. On 28 September the duo released the song "Bounce" featuring Bassjackers, Julian Banks and

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. On 15 February 2019, Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike and Era Istrefi released "

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" which achieved the number one position on the Billboard Dance Chart. On 10 May 2019, Dimitri & Mike released their song " Best Friends Ass" with

. The music video for the single featured a number of known personalities including YouTubers Nikita Dragun,

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and Juanpa Zurita, singer-songwriter Chester Lockhart, former UFC fighter

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and

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. Later in 2019, they achieved their first 2× platinum single with "

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", a collaboration with

, Afro Bros and

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. In addition to this, after three years in second place, Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike reclaimed their place as world's No.1 DJs in the

Top 100 DJs Poll. The brothers closed the decade with a collaboration with Sebastian Yatra, Afro Bros, Camilo and Emilia on ‘ Boomshakalaka’. On 5 February 2021, Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike released a remixed version of "Hwaa" by

, a South Korean kpop girl group. On 24 July 2020, Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike along with DJ Regard released a dance cover of

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". The following day the duo played the closing set for the first virtual festival held by

. The event named "Tomorrowland Around the World" took place on 25 July and 26 July as a replacement for the usual festival which was cancelled due to the

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. In August 2021, the duo collabed with mobile battle royale game " Garena Free Fire", under the collab game has released playable characters based on the duo in-game, official announcement was made by Garena Free Fire's official social media handles on 4 August 2021. Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike had also previously released track for in-game event "Rampage" of Garena Free Fire in July 2021. On 20 August 2021, Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike along with Alok and

KSHMR Niles Hollowell-Dhar (born October 6, 1988), known professionally as Kshmr (pronounced "Kashmir" and stylized in all caps), is an American musician, DJ, songwriter, record producer, former rapper, and singer. He was ranked 23rd on ''DJ Mag''s 20 ...

released collaboration song for the Garena Free Fire's 4th anniversary. On 3 March 2023, the duo released their second collaboration with

, "

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", along the Mexican singer Danna Paola. In July 2023, the duo announced the forthcoming release of their debut studio album ''Rewind + Repeat,'' which will feature the single " She Knows" with David Guetta, Afro Bros and

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. On 1 December 2023, the duo released the awaited single Thank You (Not So Bad), a remake of the song

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, in collaboration with Tiesto, W&W and

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"3 Are Legend" project

3 Are Legend is a supergroup consisting of Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike and American DJ

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. The trio have performed together at several music festivals such as TomorrowWorld,

, Creamfields,

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and Untold. They officially first performed under the 3 Are Legend alias at the 2014 edition of

Personal lives

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Dimitri Vegas is a big comic book fan and owns a large collection, with his favourite being the

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series. In 2017, Dimitri married Belgian-born DJ and producer Mattn in Ibiza. In 2021 the couple had a son named London Thivaios. Vegas has also appeared in several feature films that include '' Jurassic World: Dominion'', '' The Bouncer'', '' Men in Black: International'', '' Rambo: Last Blood, Yummy,'' '' H4Z4RD'' and '' It's a Wonderful Knife''. Like Mike, in addition to his music career, also writes, produces and raps under the same name. In February 2020 Mike announced the launch of his own record label Green Room for his solo music projects. Also, he releases singles under the alter-ego Hereon, a project dedicated for Melodic Techno genre in collaboration with Tomorrowland Music. The first album of this project will be released in 2024. He is in a relationship with Gemma Winterrose of 3 years. For a tour of Scandinavia in 2020, the duo used

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Competition Gran Coupés as their tour vehicles as part of a promotional endeavour with the car company.

Discography

Concert tours

On 19 and 20 December 2014, Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike hosted their first concert at Antwerp's

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with the event concept "Bringing the World the Madness", which saw 40,000 fans joining them over the two day event. The following year they announced the 2016 edition of the arena show at Antwerp's Sportpaleis increasing the run of dates to four nights (16, 17, 18, 19 December). Tomorrowland founder Michiel Beers The duo's manager, Nick Royaards, help produce and manage the annual event concepts, with Tomorrowland providing production behind all of the shows. In November 2016, Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike played a "Bringing Germany the Madness" concert, in association with World Club Dome Winter Edition show, at the Veltins Arena in

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, Germany. The concert entered the German history books following a record-breaking show that saw Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike play to a crowd of 45,000 people — the biggest solo DJ show in Germany ever. For 2019, Vegas & Mike rebranded their annual concert at Antwerp's

as "Tomorrowland Presents Garden of Madness". The line-up for the 2019 edition featured guests DJs Armin van Buuren, Netsky,

Nicky Romero Nick Rotteveel (; born 6 January 1989), professionally known as Nicky Romero or Monocule, is a Dutch DJ, record producer and remixer from Amerongen, Utrecht Province. He has worked with, and received support from DJs, such as Tiësto, Fedde l ...

and Lil Kleine. In the build up to the homecoming show in Belgium, Vegas & Mike also toured the Garden of Madness show in

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and New York.

Awards and nominations

DJ Awards

DJ Magazine top 100 DJs

International Dance Music Awards

Pre-2016

2018–present

MTV Europe Music Awards

NRJ Music Awards

WDM Radio Awards

YouTube Creator Awards

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Notes

References

External links

Official website
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