Jasper Helderman (born January 27, 1987), better known by his stage name Alvaro (stylized as ''Λ''LV''Λ''RO), is a Dutch

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, and DJ. His music is mostly

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and

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. He is best known for his single "Welcome to the Jungle" (featuring Mercer and

Lil Jon Jonathan H. Smith (born January 17, 1971), better known by his stage name Lil Jon, is an American rapper, DJ, and record producer. Regarded as a progenitor of the club-oriented hip-hop subgenre crunk, his production and voice presence were inst ...

), which reached #3 on the Beatport main chart in June 2013 on

Hardwell Robbert van de Corput (; born 7 January 1988), known professionally as Hardwell, is a Dutch DJ and music producer from Breda. He was voted the world's number one DJ by ''DJ Mag'' in 2013 and again in 2014. In 2022, he was ranked at number 43 in ...

’s

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. He also produced "The Underground" on

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and more recently "Guest List" on

Tiësto Tijs Michiel Verwest (; born 17 January 1969), known professionally as Tiësto ( , ), is a Dutch DJ and record producer. He was voted "The Greatest DJ of All Time" by ''Mix (magazine), Mix'' magazine in a 2010/2011 poll amongst fans. In 2013, h ...

's label Musical Freedom, all of which ended up in the top 5 of the

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top 100. Alvaro released tracks on labels such as

, and Musical Freedom. He has played in the biggest clubs around the world and festivals like EDC Las Vegas,

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NY,

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, and

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. He also worked with artists like MIA,

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, and

Biography

Early life

Helderman was born in

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. When he was 18 years old, he began planning and designing websites. As a teenager, he discovered his passion for DJing while doing graphic design for festivals. Afterwards, he quickly went from editing after movies to producing his own songs.

Music career

His first residency was at Club Hardersplaza in

Harderwijk Harderwijk (; Dutch Low Saxon: ) is a municipality and city of the Netherlands. It is served by the Harderwijk railway station. Its population centres are Harderwijk and Hierden. Harderwijk is on the western boundary of the Veluwe. The south ...

in 2008. In October 2009, he released his remix of the song “Took the Night” by Chelley on Spinnin' Records which turned out to be his breakthrough track in the Netherlands as well as other parts of the world. Thereafter, he toured

Brazil Brazil, officially the Federative Republic of Brazil, is the largest country in South America. It is the world's List of countries and dependencies by area, fifth-largest country by area and the List of countries and dependencies by population ...

Morocco Morocco, officially the Kingdom of Morocco, is a country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. It has coastlines on the Mediterranean Sea to the north and the Atlantic Ocean to the west, and has land borders with Algeria to Algeria–Morocc ...

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, and

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. Since his release of “Make the Crowd Go” on Spinnin' Records, his music was picked up by artists like

and

. In January 2013, he was part of the Tiësto Club Live College invasion alongside Tiësto,

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, and Quintino. In that same year, he worked together with Tiësto and Quintino to produce the anthem of

Awards and nominations

Discography

Singles

Charted singles

Other singles

;2009 * "Ultimate Rise" (with Luxx) (Samsobeats) ;2010 * "Dubbelfris" (with Afro Bro’s and DJ Kid) (PM Music) * "Can You Feel It" (with Quintino) (Supersoniq) * "I Want You" (with Chaosz) (Squeeze Music) * "Lucky Star" (with

The Partysquad The Partysquad is a Dutch DJ production team. It consists of Jerry Leembruggen, Ruben Fernhout and Lorenzo Biemans. Since the early 2000s they have had 12 singles charting on the Dutch Top 40. They produced part of British rapper M.I.A.'s four ...

) ;2011 * "Cubata" (with DJ Punish) (Foktop! Records) * "F*cking Ghetto" (featuring

) (Dirty Dutch Music) * "With My Hands Up" (featuring

and

) * "Ready 4 This" (with Artistic Raw) (Spinnin’ Records) ;2012 * "Wataah" (with The Partysquad) (Spinnin’ Records) * "Badman" (with The Partysquad) (Mad Decent) * "Show Me Love" (

featuring Alvaro) (Interscope Records) * "Voodoo People" (DOORN Records) * "Make the Crowd Go" (Spinnin’ Records) * "Pay Attention to the Drums" (Mixmash Records) * "Make Me Jump" (Musical Freedom) ;2013 * "Rock Music" (Revealed Recordings) * "United" (with

and Quintino) * "World in Our Hands" (with Quintino) (Spinnin’ Records) * "Nanana" (with

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) (Hysteria Records) * "Welcome to the Jungle" (with Mercer and Lil Jon) (Revealed Recordings) * "Out of Control" (with TST) (Musical Freedom) ;2014 * "Ready for Action" (with Joey Dale) (Spinnin' Records) * "Charged" (with GLOWINTHEDARK) (Powerhouse Music) * "Shades" (Musical Freedom) * "The Underground" (with Carnage) (Spinnin' Records) * "6th Gear" (with

and KSTYLIS) (Mad Decent) * "Dagga" (with Dirtcaps) (Smash the House) * "Oldskool" (with Van Dalen) (DOORN Records) ;2015 * "Guest List" (with JETFIRE) (Musical Freedom) * "Brah" (with Dirtcaps) (Mad Decent) * "Fire" (with Wiwek) (Dim Mak) * "Boomshakatak" (with Wiwek featuring MC Spyder) (Barong Family) * "Take U" (with D-Wayne) (Wall Recordings) * "Flags Up" (with Yellow Claw and Dirtcaps) (Barong Family) ;2016 * "In Mijn Systeem" (with Lady Bee & Jebroer) (Sony Music) * "Married to the Streets" (with Reid Stefan) (Metanoia Music) * "Vegas" (with JETFIRE & Lil Jon) (Spinnin’ Records) * "Kingdom" (with The Partysquad) (Dim Mak) * "Wildlife" (with FIGHT CLVB) (Dim Mak) * "Concrete Jungle" (with Gianni Marino) (Dim Mak) * "Lights Out" (with The Partysquad) (Rebel Yard) ;2017 * "Watching You" (with Faustix) (Warner Music) * "Runaway" (featuring James Francis) (Universal Music B.V.) * "No Way" (featuring James Francis) (Universal Music B.V.) ;2018 * "Dem Shots" (with Quintino) (Spinnin’ Records) * "Niet Mijn Taal" (with The Partysquad featuring Mr. Polska & ROLLÀN) (Top Notch) * "Beatback" (with Dani L. Mebius) (Spinnin' Records)

Remixes

;2009 * Chelley - Took The Night (Alvaro Remix) (Ministry Of Sound) * Brothers D and Schmoove - Wanna Lick It (Alvaro Remix) (PM Music) * Pizetta - Klezmer featuring Reagadelica (Alvaro Arabian Nights Remix) (Sneaker MUZIK) *

- Keep Goin' Louder featuring Niña Sky & Ricky Blaze (Alvaro Remix) (Mad Decent) ;2010 * Tony Junior & Nicolas Nox - Loesje (Alvaro Remix) (Rodeo Media) * Dzeko & Torres - Again featuring Majid (Alvaro Remix) (Starter Records) *

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- Get Your Freak On (Alvaro & Punish Moombahton Remix) * Usher featuring

- OMG (Oh My Gosh) (Alvaro Dirty House Bootleg) ;2011 * Dada Life - White Noise / Red Meat (Alvaro Remix) (Dim Mak Records) * Munchi - Shottass featuring MR. LEXX (Alvaro Remix) (T&A Records) *

Dillon Francis Dillon Hart Francis (born October 5, 1987), also known as DJ Hanzel, is an American electronic music producer and DJ. He played a key role in popularizing moombahton and later developed its heavier variants, moombahcore and EDM trap. Earl ...

featuring Maluca - Que Que (Alvaro Remix) (Mad Decent) * Sak Noel - Loca People (Alvaro Remix) *

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- The Time (Dirty Bit) (Alvaro Bootleg) * * Pitbull featuring

Ne-Yo Shaffer Chimere Smith (born October 18, 1979), known professionally as Ne-Yo ( ), is an American singer and songwriter. Regarded as a leading figure of Contemporary R&B#2000s, 2000s R&B music, he is the recipient of numerous accolades, includi ...

, Nayer, and

Afrojack Nick Leonardus van de Wall (; born 9 September 1987), known professionally as Afrojack (stylized in all caps), is a Dutch DJ, record producer and remixer. In 2007, he founded the record label Wall Recordings; his debut album ''Forget the World ( ...

- Give Me Everything (Tonight) (Alvaro Remix) *

featuring Dev - Like A G6 (Alvaro Remix) ;2012 * Yellow Claw featuring Sjaak & Mr. Polska - Krokobil (Alvaro & Naffz Remix) *

Tyga Micheal Ray StevensonMicheal Ray Stevenson

- Rack City (Alvaro Remix) * Pitbull - Back In Time (Alvaro Remix) * Pitbull featuring

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- Hey Baby (Drop It To The Floor) (Alvaro Remix) *

Zedd Anton Zaslavski (; born 2 September 1989), known professionally as Zedd (), is a German record producer and DJ. His stage name, Zedd, was derived from ''zed'', the Z#Name and pronunciation, English pronunciation, barring American English, for ...

featuring

Heather Bright Heather Dawn Bright, also known by her stage name Bright Lights, is an American singer, songwriter, DJ and record producer. Early life Bright, whose father was a pastor during most of her childhood, began her music career singing in churches ...

- Stars Come Out (Alvaro Remix) * Billy The Kid, Duvall, Stennis - Higher (Alvaro Remix) (Positivia) ;2013 *

featuring Jayh, Sjaak and Reverse - Helemaal Naar de Klote (Alvaro Remix) *

PSY Park Jae-sang (; born December 31, 1977), better known by his stage name Psy ( ; ), is a South Korean rapper and singer-songwriter, known domestically for his humorous music videos and stage performances and internationally for his hit singl ...

- Gangnam Style (Alvaro Bootleg) ;2014 * The Kickstarts, Vogue - Freaks (Alvaro Remix) ig Alliance Records*

Iggy Azalea Amethyst Amelia Kelly (born 7 June 1990), known professionally as Iggy Azalea ( ), is an Australian rapper. Born in Sydney, Azalea moved to the United States at the age of 16 in order to pursue a career in music. She earned public recognition ...

featuring

Rita Ora Rita Sahatçiu Ora (; born Rita Sahatçiu; 26 November 1990) is a British singer-songwriter, television personality, and actress. Born in Pristina, modern-day Kosovo, she rose to prominence when she featured on DJ Fresh's 2012 single, "Hot Rig ...

- Black Widow (Alvaro Trap Bootleg) ;2015 * Yo Yo Honey Singh - Yaar Na Milay (Alvaro Remix) * The Partysquad featuring Jayh, Reverse, Mocormaniac, Cho and Bokoesam - Dat Is Dat Ding (Alvaro Remix) * Moksi - Brace Yourself (Alvaro Remix) ;2018 *

Cashmere Cat Magnus August Høiberg (born 29 November 1987), known professionally as Cashmere Cat, is a Norwegian DJ and record producer. Often in tandem with Benny Blanco, he has been credited with production work for artists including Kanye West, the Kid L ...

& Major Lazer featuring

Tory Lanez Daystar Shemuel Shua Peterson (born July 27, 1992), known professionally as Tory Lanez, is a Canadian singer-songwriter and record producer. First discovered by Sean Kingston, he received initial recognition for his mixtape ''Conflicts of My S ...

- Miss You (Major Lazer & Alvaro Remix)

References

Notes

* A Did not enter the Singles Top 100, but peaked on the Dance chart. * B Did not enter the Ultratop 50, but peaked on the Dance Bubbling Under chart.

External links

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