Famous Electronic Dance Music Artists

From Daft Punk to Skrillex, check out our list of the most famous electronic dance music artists of all time!

Skrillex

Sonny John Moore, better known by his stage name Skrillex, is an American record producer, DJ, singer, songwriter and musician. He is known for his work with the electronic rock band From First to Last and as a solo artist. He has also collaborated with other artists, such as Korn, A Day to Remember and Pendulum. Skrillex is currently one of the most popular artists in the EDM scene.

Biography

Skrillex is the stage name of American electronic dance music producer, DJ, and singer Sonny John Moore. Skrillex began his career as the lead singer of the hardcore punk band From First to Last in 2004. In 2007, he joined the electro-house group Jack Ü, and in 2010 he began a solo career that would see him release four studio albums and win eight Grammy Awards. Over the course of his career, Skrillex has collaborated with a who’s who of the EDM world, including Diplo, deadmau5, Wolfgang Gartner, Nero, Korn, and many more. He has also remixed tracks for Beyoncé, Justin Bieber, Lady Gaga, and Ellie Goulding.

Musical Style

Skrillex is an American record producer, DJ, musician, and songwriter. He first gained international recognition for his work with the electronic rock band From First to Last. He went on to release two albums with the band before leaving to pursue a solo career in 2007. His debut album, Scary Monsters and Nice Sprites, was released in 2010 and was a commercial success. His second album, Bangarang, was released in 2012 and featured the hit single “Bangarang”.

Skrillex’s musical style has been described as “electro house, dubstep, and moombahton”. He has also been credited with popularizing dubstep in the United States.

Notable Works

Some of Skrillex’s most notable works include the following:
-2010: “Scary Monsters and Nice Sprites”
-2011: “Bangarang”
-2012: “Make It Bun Dem”
-2013: “Recess”
-2014: “Ragga Bomb”

Skrillex is widely considered to be one of the most influential electronic dance music artists of the early 21st century. His unique style and sound has helped to shape the sound of contemporary EDM and has inspired artists all over the world.

Deadmau5

Joel Thomas Zimmerman (born January 5, 1981), known professionally as Deadmau5 (stylized as deadmau5; pronounced “dead mouse”), is a Canadian electronic music producer, DJ, and musician from Toronto, Ontario. Zimmerman produces a variety of styles within the progressive house genre and sometimes other forms of electronic music. His debut album, Get Scraped, was released in 2005.

Biography

Joel Thomas Zimmerman (born January 5, 1981), known professionally as Deadmau5 (stylized as deadmau5; pronounced “dead mouse”), is a Canadian electronic music producer, DJ, and musician. Zimmerman produces a variety of styles within the progressive house genre and sometimes other forms of electronic music. His works have been included in numerous compilation albums, such as the 2007 In Search of Sunrise 6: Ibiza CD. The February 2008 issue of Mixmag’s career-interviewed Zimmerman, who was acclaimed by Pete Tong. In late 2012, Zimmerman released The Veldt – EP to critical acclaim and a Grammy nomination for Best Dance Recording at the 2013 Grammy Awards for the title track. He has received six Grammy Award nominations for his work. Zimmerman has worked with other producers including Kaskade, MC Flipside, Rob Swire and Wolfgang Gartner. On a number of releases (such as At Play Vol. 2 and Fuck My Life Up), Zimmerman has collaborated with Melleefresh.(Bio from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deadmau5)

Musical Style

Deadmau5 produces a variety of electronic musical genres, often combining elements of house, techno, and progressive music. He is known for his use of unconventional time signatures, sound manipulation, hardware synthesis, and complex sound design.

Notable Works

Some of Deadmau5’s most notable works include his singles “Strobe” and “Ghosts ‘n’ Stuff”, as well as his albums “Random Album Title” and “4×4=12”. He has also produced remixes for other artists such as Madonna, Will.i.am and Rob Swire.

Calvin Harris

Calvin Harris is a Scottish DJ, record producer, singer, and songwriter. He is known for his singles “We Found Love”, “This Is What You Came For”, and “Outside”. His debut album, I Created Disco, was released in June 2007. Harris rose to prominence with the release of his third studio album, 18 Months in October 2012. To date, Harris has sold over five million albums and 100 million singles worldwide, making him one of the world’s best-selling music artists.

Biography

Calvin Harris is a Scottish DJ, record producer, singer, and songwriter. His first album, I Created Disco, was released in 2007 and contained the top-ten singles “Acceptable in the 80s” and “The Girls”. His second album, Ready for the Weekend (2009), reached number one on the UK Albums Chart and included the chart-topper “I’m Not Alone”, as well as the top-ten singles “Ready for the Weekend” and “Flashback”. His third album, 18 Months (2012), saw him achieve international success with the singles “Bounce”, “Feel So Close”, “Let’s Go” and “Sweet Nothing”. He has written and produced tracks for other recording artists including Kylie Minogue, Rita Ora, Ellie Goulding, Gwen Stefani and John Newman. Outside of his work with electronic dance music, Harris has collaborated with Tinie Tempah on “Drinking from the Bottle”, Ne-Yo on “Let’s Go”, Rihanna on two occasions (“We Found Love” and “This Is What You Came For”), Florence Welch of Florence + The Machine on Sweet Nothing”, Dizzee Rascal on Dance wiv me”and Example on “We’ll Be Coming Back”. He has also received three Brit Award nominations for Best British Male Artist.

Musical Style

Calvin Harris’ musical style is a mix of house, disco, electro and funk. He often uses vocoders and pitch correctors to give his voice a robotic sound. His lyrics are often about love, breakups and heartache.

Notable Works

The Scottish DJ, record producer, and singer Calvin Harris has released five studio albums, one mix album, three extended plays, 33 singles (including two as a featured artist), 12 promotional singles and 34 music videos. His debut studio album I Created Disco was released in June 2007 and contained the top-ten singles “Acceptable in the 80s” and “The Girls”. It resulted in a nomination for the Mercury Prize. He released his second studio album, Ready for the Weekend, in August 2009. It peaked at number one in the United Kingdom and contained the top-ten singles “I’m Not Alone”, “Ready for the Weekend”, “Flashback” and “You Used to Hold Me”. 18 Months followed in October 2012 and debuted at number one in the UK; it became Harris’s first album to feature three top-ten singles (“Bounce”, “Feel So Close” and “Sweet Nothing”) including a number-one single (“We Found Love”) with Rihanna. Motion was released in November 2014; it debuted at number two in Scotland and number three on the UK Albums Chart. The album contained his fourth UK chart-topper “Outside” as well as three other UK top 20 hits: “Blame” featuring John Newman, “Pray to God” featuring HAIM, and Summer”. In 2016, Harris collaborated with Rihanna again on her hit single This Is What You Came For which topped several international charts including Australia, Canada, New Zealand; reached number two on both panel’s year end single charts – Triple J Hottest 100 2016 & Billboard Hot 100 2016. Harris popular songs also include Feels featuring Pharrell Williams & Katy Perry & Big Sean which peaked at No.2 on Billboard Hot 100 & This Kiss featuring Ellie Goulding which peaked at No.7 on ARIA Singles Chart.”

Tiësto

Tiësto is a Dutch DJ and record producer. He was born in Breda, North Brabant, Netherlands in 1969. Tiësto’s first release was ” magik one: first flight”, which he released under the alias “Dj Tiësto”. He rose to fame with his 2004 album ” Tiësto in Concert”.

Biography

Tiesto, born Tijs Michiel Verwest, is a Dutch DJ and producer of electronic dance music. He was born in Breda, Netherlands on January 17, 1969 and has been DJing since 1985. In 1994 he released his first album, Magik One: Far From Earth, which was followed by Magik Two: Story of the Fall in 1995. In 1999 he released Magik Three: Live in Copenhagen, which was recorded live at the Royal Box in Copenhagen. In 2001 he released his fourth album, Magik Four: Mixmaniac Mansion, which was a mix album of tracks from other artists.

Tiesto’s fifth and most successful album to date is his sixth studio album In Search of Sunrise 6: Ibiza. The album was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Electronic/Dance Album in 2008. In 2009 he released his seventh studio album Kaleidoscope. His eighth studio album A Town Called Paradise was released in 2014. His ninth studio album Elements of Life was released in 2007.

Tiesto has won numerous awards throughout his career including three Grammy Awards, a World Music Award, two MTV Europe Music Awards, and a Billboard Music Award. He has been voted the world’s number one DJ five times by DJ Magazine. Tiesto is currently ranked as the greatest DJ of all time by Mixmag magazine.

Musical Style

Tiësto is a Dutch electronic music artist who has been active in the dance music scene since the early 1990s. He is known for his work as a DJ, as well as his productions and remixes. His musical style is trance, progressive trance, house, and techno. In 2013, he was voted by DJ Magazine as the “Greatest DJ of All Time”.

Tiësto began producing music in 1987. In 1994, he founded the label Black Hole Recordings with Arny Bink. The first release was “Magik One: First Flight”, which was followed by four more instalments of the “Magik” series. “Magik Three: Far From Earth” was released in April 1996 and became one of the most successful releases on Black Hole Recordings. In 1999, Tiësto released his first studio album, “In Search of Sunrise”, which contained trance tracks featuring Roland Klinkenberg andBT.

In 2000, Tiësto collaborated with Ferry Corsten under the name Gouryella. Their only release was the track “Gouryella”, which was released on Corsten’s album “Gouryella”. In May 2001, Tiësto released his second studio album, “Magik 2: Story of the Fall”. The album peaked at number 19 on Billboard’s Top Electronic Albums chart in the United States and at number eight on the UK Dance Albums chart.

In 2002, Tiësto opened his own nightclub in Ibiza, Spain called Magna Carta. The club closed in 2006 after four seasons due to poor attendance. In February 2003, Tiësto released his third studio album entitled “Superstrings Theory”. This marked a shift away from trance music towards a more progressive sound. The album peaked at number 24 on Billboard’s Top Electronic Albums chart in the United States and at number five on both the UK Dance Albums chart and the UK Independent Albums chart.

In 2004, Tiësto launched his radio show Tiësto’s Club Life on Radio 538 in the Netherlands which airs every weeknight from midnight to 1am CET. In October 2007, Club Life was launched as a weekly podcast which features hour-long sets mixed by Tiësto himself. As of June 2015, Club Life is broadcast live every Monday night from 6pm-8pm EDT on Sirius XM Radio’s Electric Area channel 52 as part of their BPM block of programming devoted to dance music culture including electronic dance music news & information during its two-hour runtime from 5pm-7pm EDT prior to Club Life airing live from 6pm-8pm EDT/11pm-1am BST/12am-2am CEST Mondays nights..

Notable Works

In the early 2000s, Tiësto established himself as one of the world’s most popular trance DJs with his landmark live set at the first ID&T Innercity event in Amsterdam and his Tiësto in Concert global tour which made him the first DJ to hold solo concerts in stadiums. His 2002 remix of Delerium’s “Silence” featuring Sarah McLachlan exposed him to a mainstream audience. In 2003 and 2004, he collaborated with Ferry Corsten to create Gouryella; their May 1999 single “Walhalla” peaked at number 5 on the UK Singles Chart in March 2000. His sixth studio album entitled Magik Six: Live in Amsterdam was recorded at the Ontmoetingscentrum in Amsterdam on October 18, 1997 and released on May 3, 1999. The double CD set contains one CD of trance tracks and another of progressive house tracks. It was voted favorite mix album of all time byMixmag in 2000. In 2000, Tiësto released his first solo album entitled In Search of Sunrise which contained three CDs; each representing a different genre—the first was progressive house, the second trance, and the third an ethnic/jazzy ambiance.

In March 2001, Tiësto embarked on his first North American DJ tour as he toured cities such as Los Angeles, San Francisco, Miami and New York City. In late 2003 and early 2004 Tiësto launched both his Magikal Journey The Movie DVD series and Tiësto Solo Concerts global tour which saw him play to attendance records across 15 countries including Mexico where he played to a crowd of 35,000 people—a then-unprecedented feat for any electronic artist—and co-headlined events with acts such as The Prodigy.

David Guetta

David Guetta is a French DJ, music producer, and songwriter. He has sold over nine million albums and thirty million singles worldwide. In 2011, Guetta was voted as the number one DJ in the DJ Mag Top 100 DJs poll. He has also worked with some of the world’s most famous singers, including Rihanna, Usher, and Madonna.

Biography

David Guetta is a French DJ, record producer and songwriter. He has sold over nine million albums and thirty million singles worldwide. In 2011, Guetta was voted as the number one DJ in the DJ Mag Top 100 DJs poll. In 2013, Billboard crowned “When Love Takes Over” as the number one dance-pop collaboration of all time.

Guetta’s debut album, Just a Little More Love, was released in 2002 and contained his first major hit single, “Just a Little More Love”, featuring American singer Chris Willis. The album was later re-released in 2006 with the addition of the single “Love Don’t Let Me Go”. His second studio album, Guetta Blaster (2004), featured eight singles; three of which (“The World Is Mine”, “Stay” and “Money”) topped the charts in France while “In the Mix” topped that year’s Hot Dance Club Play chart in the US.

In 2006 Guetta achieved mainstream success with his third album Pop Life which included his most successful single “Yo (Excuse Me Miss)” featuring American rapper Chris Brown which peaked at number 1 on the UK Singles Chart. The album was followed by One Love which include additional hits like when love takes over featuring Kelly Rowland and Sexy Bitch featuring Akon. One Love received a Grammy Award for Best Electronic/Dance Album at the 52nd Grammy Awards.

On 26 September 2009 Guetta’s fourth studio album One Love was released which reached number 1 in UK and Ireland as well as many other countries around Europe and Oceania; it became his first to chart onNumber 1 on Billboard 200 in US where it sold over 200900 copies its debut week and produced four top forty hits on Billboard Hot 100: “When Love Takes Over”, “Gettin’ Over You”, “Sexy Bitch” and “Memories”.

Musical Style

David Guetta is a French DJ, songwriter, and producer. He is known for his work in electronic dance music and has produced songs for artists such as Rihanna, Justin Bieber, Usher, and Black Eyed Peas. His musical style is a mix of house and electro with influences from hip hop and pop.

Notable Works

Some of David Guetta’s most notable works include “When Love Takes Over” (2009), “Sexy Bitch” (2009), “Memories” (2010), “Where Them Girls At” (2011), “Turn Me On” (2011), and “Titanium” (2011). Guetta has also worked with a number of other famous EDM artists, including Afrojack, Avicii, Calvin Harris, and deadmau5.