John James Borger Jr. better known by his

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Borgeous (stylized as BORGEOUS), is an American DJ and

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Career

The LA-based Platinum recording artist and DJ/producer has already accomplished three Billboard Dance Radio Top 10s, three Beatport #1's and a #1 on the iTunes Dancechart in 15 different countries. His earlier releases include "From Cali With Love", "GANGSTEROUS", "Rags to Riches" and "AGGRO" that launched his career in 2013. However it was with the release of "

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" in collaboration with Canadian electronic music duo DVBBS that he shot to international fame. At first there was confusion about the actual creator of the track. The single had been a big hit at festivals for months and occasionally been attributed to DJ Sander van Doorn, but was confirmed by

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to be the work of DVBBS and Borgeous.Zel McCarthy
“Sander van Doorn’s ‘Tsunami’ Mystery Almost Revealed,”
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'', August 16, 2013. In its world exclusive, Tong played the song on his show on

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on August 16, 2013. ''

'' magazine called it “the most played tune at

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,” the 2013 Belgian electronic music festival. It was officially released on Doorn Records on August 19, 2013. A week later, it reached #1 on the

Beatport Beatport is an American electronic music-oriented online music store owned by LiveStyle. The company is based in Denver, Los Angeles, and Berlin. Beatport is oriented primarily towards DJs, selling full songs as well as resources that can be u ...

100. It reached #1 on iTunes in 15 different countries, #1 on Beatport, received an EMPO Award for ‘Track of the Year’ and was nominated for the Juno Award ‘Best Dance Recording of the Year’. On 15 October 2013, he was signed by

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. In 2014, he reached the top 10 on Billboard's Dance Radio chart not just once, but twice with “Invincible” and “Wildfire”. “Invincible” also became the #2 Song of 2014 on SiriusXM's BPM Radio and Wildfire was #14. He was recruited to remake Afrojack's lead single featuring Wrabel, "Ten Feet Tall" for Universal Music as well as Ariana Grande's "One Last Time".Borgeous
Circle Talent Agency. Retrieved on 2016-01-17. It was in this year that SiriusXM gave him a residency on his weekly podcast “House of Borgeous”. He was also ranked in DJ Mag's 2013 Top 100 DJs at #87.

Discography

Studio albums

Extended plays

Singles

Remixes

2013

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– " Goodies"

2014

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Afrojack Nick Leonardus van de Wall (; born 9 September 1987), better known as Afrojack, is a Dutch DJ, music producer and remixer from Spijkenisse, South Holland. In 2007, he founded the record label Wall Recordings; his debut album '' Forget the Worl ...

featuring Wrabel – "

Ten Feet Tall "Ten Feet Tall" is a song performed by Dutch music producer and DJ Afrojack featuring vocals from American singer Wrabel, with "Ten Feet Tall" becoming Wrabel's first international chart hit. It was released on 4 February 2014 as the second sin ...

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– "My Sweet Summer" * Lights – "

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2015

* K Theory – "Night Lights" * Morgan Page featuring The Oddictions & Britt Daley – "Running Wild" *

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One Last Time One Last Time may refer to: Songs * One Last Time (Agnes song), "One Last Time" (Agnes song), 2012 * One Last Time (Ariana Grande song), "One Last Time" (Ariana Grande song), 2014 * One Last Time (Dusty Drake song), "One Last Time" (Dusty Drake son ...

2016

Icona Pop Icona Pop ( ) is a Swedish electropop duo which formed in 2009, with electro house and indie pop music influences. Its two members, Caroline Hjelt (born 8 November 1987) and Aino Jawo (born 7 July 1986), grew up in Stockholm and create what the ...

– "Brightside" * Dirty Heads – "Oxygen"

2018

* Marshmello and

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" * Why Don't We - "Hooked"

References

External links

Official website
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