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The Royal Distinction was handed to him after his set in hometown Leiden by mayor Lenferink of Leiden. On Queensday 2011, Queen Beatrix of The Netherlands named Armin Officer in the Order of Oranje-Nassau. In March 2010, Armin received the 'Gouden Harp', the highest distinction a Dutch artist can get. Next to that, Armin was awarded for 'Best European DJ' at the 2009 IDMA Awards, followed by 'Best Global DJ' in 2010 and most popular International DJ at Australia's Sony inthemix DJ Poll, along with 3 other big Awards. This was followed by being voted as the Best Trance Artist in the Beatport Music Awards judged on the musician's artistic achievements, national and international success. Being one of the world's most popular DJ's is just one of his many achievements, but the driving force behind h is success is an overriding passion for dance music.Įven a basic list of recent successes reads like a lifetime of work: he was awarded with the prestigious Buma Cultuur Pop Award in 2008. In 2011, he became second in the critically acclaimed popularity poll, taking in a Top 3 position for the 8th year running. About the djArmin van Buuren has been named number one in the prestigious DJ MAG Top 100 poll four times in a row, in 2007, 2008, 20, as the first DJ in the history of the DJ Magazine and an indication of his prolific output over the more than 15 years he's been dj'ing and producing.