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Darude

Finnish DJ, music producer and composer

PersonAge 51humanQ360591

Also known as Ville Virtanen

Born: July 17, 1975
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1.Stated in IMDbRetrieved 2015-10-15
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Birthplace: Eura
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1.artists.letssingit.com/darude-1nnq3/biography
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Citizenship: Finland
Occupation: disc jockey
, record producer
, composer
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1.Stated in MusicBrainz
2.Stated in MusicBrainz
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Languages spoken, written or signed: Finnish
, English
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1.youtube.com/watch?v=-i4f2dIpOQg
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Overview

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia · Read full article · Text CC BY-SA 4.0

Toni-Ville Henrik Virtanen, better known by his stage name Darude, is a Finnish DJ and record producer from Eura, Satakunta. His music is characterised by its progressive/uplifting style. He started making music in 1995 and released the platinum-selling hit single "Sandstorm" in late 1999. His debut studio album, Before the Storm, was released on 18 September 2000, and sold 800,000 copies worldwide, earning Darude three Finnish Grammy Awards. It peaked at number one on Finland's Official List and number 6 on the Billboard Dance/Electronic Albums chart in the United States. Darude's second studio album, Rush, reached number 11 on the Billboard dance chart in 2003 and number 4 on weekly album chart in Finland.

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SSandstorm1999 · 1999 music video directed by Juuso Syrjä; official music video by Darude

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Sex or gender: male
Given name: Toni-Ville
Henrik
Website: darude.com language: English
Genre: trance
house music
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1.Stated in AllMusic
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hard trance
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1.musicstack.com/discography/darude/sandstorm/r2828711
2.partyearth.com/san-francisco/parties/darude-1/
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Discography: Darude discography
Pseudonym: Darude script: Latin script
Birth name: Toni-Ville Henrik Virtanen
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1.Stated in International Standard Name IdentifierRetrieved 2017-02-26
2.verokone.hs.fi/henkilo/1975Virtanen%20Toni-Ville%20HenrikRetrieved 2017-02-26
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Family name: Virtanen
Nominations: MTV Europe Music Award for Best Nordic Act(2000)
Participant in: Eurovision Song Contest 2019(May 2019) represents: Finland · identity of subject in context: Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu 2019 · together with: Sebastian Rejman
Start of work period: 1997
Social media followers: 517,000(March 15, 2025) youtube channel id: UCvxu4st8jt0Li69hAh_nqQg
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1.Stated in YouTube APIRetrieved 2025-03-15
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26,814(February 10, 2023) x (twitter) numeric user id: 29859887
483,000(March 2, 2024) youtube channel id: UCvxu4st8jt0Li69hAh_nqQg
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1.Stated in YouTube APIRetrieved 2024-03-02
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453,000(February 17, 2023) youtube channel id: UCvxu4st8jt0Li69hAh_nqQg
27,147(March 1, 2022) x (twitter) numeric user id: 29859887
401,000(July 3, 2021) youtube channel id: UCvxu4st8jt0Li69hAh_nqQg
24,665(January 6, 2021) x (twitter) numeric user id: 29859887
24,791(April 19, 2020) x (twitter) numeric user id: 29859887
Copyright representative: STIM
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1.Stated in ISWC NetworkRetrieved 2021-08-17
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Name in native language: Ville Virtanen
Instrument: synthesizer
Different from: Ville Virtanen
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