Nick van de Wall, better known by his stage name Afrojack, is a Dutch music producer and DJ. He was born and raised in Spijkenisse, the Netherlands. Afrojack’s song “Take Over Control”, which features Eva Simons, has charted in a number of countries. he was listed at number 19 on DJ MAG’s top 100 DJs of 2010.
At the age of 14, Van de Wall started DJ’ing at local pubs and clubs and earning additional income by designing websites for fellow musicians. In 2007, he released “In Your Face”, the first recording under the Afrojack name. He received international success with the song “Take Over Control” featuring Eva Simons, which charted in 10 different countries. He took part in Episode 2 of ‘Behind The Speedo’, which is a comedy series by Redfoo.
His 2010 entry into the poll at number 19 was the highest new entry of that year’s list. Afrojack was listed as number 7 on the DJ Mag Top 100 DJ’s of 2011. He ranked at number 9 on DJ Mag’s Top 100 DJ’s of 2012. In 2013, he ranked at number 9 again
In July 2010, Afrojack created an Essential Mix for BBC Radio 1. He released the Lost & Found EP on 22 December 2010. In 2011, he was featured on Pitbull’s number 1 hit single “Give Me Everything” along with Ne-Yo and Nayer. He also contributed to the single “Run the World (Girls)” by Beyoncé. In January 2012 Afrojack received a European Border Breakers Award. Afrojack’s newest single “The Spark” featuring Spree Wilson has so far hit number 3 in Australia and New Zealand, and the top 10 in over 7 more countries. In 2013, Afrojack was the 7th highest-earning DJ in the world, according to Forbes magazine.
In 2011, Afrojack co-produced music with many artists including David Guetta, Mike Brown, and Madonna. In 2012, he was a headliner at a number of electronic dance music festivals, including Tomorrowland, Ultra Music Festival, and Coachella to name a few.
His debut album, Forget the World, was released on 19 May 2014 to mixed reviews.
On 17 March 2015, Afrojack was featured in David Guetta’s single “Hey Mama” in which he co-produced with Guetta. The song featured him along with Nicki Minaj, and Bebe Rexha.On 27 July 2017, he released a new EP titled NLW EP under his new alias NLW. This marked the launch of his new alias NLW under which he would go on to produce more underground style tracks.
In 2016, one of his songs, “Braver”, was featured on the game Final Fantasy XV. He appeared in the 2016 Grammy-nominated documentary film about American DJ and producer Steve Aoki, titled I’ll Sleep When I’m Dead.
On 28 April 2017, he released a new single “Another Life” collaborating with fellow DJ David Guetta featuring Ester Dean. On 7 September 2017, he released the single “No Tomorrow” featuring Belly, O.T. Genasis, and Ricky Breaker.
On 14 February 2018, he released his track “Bed of Roses” featuring Stanaj, which was played as an ID during his set at Ultra Music Festival 2017 in Miami. In July 2018, at Tomorrowland in Boom, Belgium, he debuted many of his new tracks suck as “Bassride”, “Step Back”(with MC Ambush), which are all included in his “Press Play” EP, releasing on 31 August 2018 ?