Martin Garrix

What impresses me most about Martin Garrix isn't that he topped DJ Mag's list as a teenager, but that he kept doing it across nearly a decade. Early fame usually burns people out, yet he reinvented himself instead of coasting on "Animals." I hear a genuine melodic sensitivity in his work that sets him apart from purely festival-oriented producers; tracks like "In the Name of Love" carry real emotional weight under the big drops. For a Dutch kid from Amstelveen, that combination of commercial dominance and craftsmanship is rare, and I think his longevity is the most underrated part of his story.

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Name (English)

Martin Garrix

Name (Japanese)

マーティン・ギャリックス

Reading

まーてぃん・ぎゃりっくす

Born

May 14, 1996 (age 30)

Origin

Amstelveen, North Holland, Netherlands

Occupation

record producer / disc jockey / songwriter / composer / musician

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Taurus / Rat

Awards & achievements

• 2016 Popprijs
• 2019 International Dance Music Awards
• 2016 MTV Europe Music Award for Best World Stage Performance

• Official sitehttps://martingarrix.com/
• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/martingarrix/
• Xhttps://x.com/martingarrix
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin%20Garrix
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%9E%E3%83%BC%E3%83%86%E3%82%A3%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%82%AE%E3%83%A3%E3%83%AA%E3%83%83%E3%82%AF%E3%82%B9
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q14544318

Tags

• North Holland
• record producer
• disc jockey
• songwriter

Last updated

September 23, 2026

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.