Roger Sanchez (born June 1, 1967) is a Dominican-American

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DJ,

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er and producer. He won a

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for his remix of " Hella Good" by

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in 2003, and is best known for his song " Another Chance", which was an international hit in 2001. He is a four time DJ Awards winner for "Best House DJ" in 1999, 2002, 2004 and 2007 and has received twelve nominations in total. He won the first

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for Best Podcast in 2007 and has received 8 IDMA nominations for Best American DJ (2003–2010).

Musical career

Sanchez began to play nightclubs in New York City, and later around the world. Along with fellow New York house DJs Erick Morillo,

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and

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, Sanchez has become well known in the European club circuit, especially on the Spanish island of Ibiza. He has maintained residency on there every summer since 2000. Sanchez has scored numerous hits in the European and World Charts with both his own music and the remixes he has created for an array of superstars including

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, Madonna,

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and Maroon 5. In 2003, he won his first

for Best Remixed Recording for his remix of No Doubt's " Hella Good". He hosts a weekly terrestrial and online radio show called ''Release Yourself'', with 15 million listeners worldwide. Along with the radio show, Sanchez hosts a bi-weekly podcast, distributed internationally. In 2007 the podcast was awarded the first-ever Best Podcast Award at the International Dance Music Awards (IDMA). On December 21, 2020, the podcast aired its 1000th episode. On October 28, 2009, ''

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'' announced the results of their annual Top 100 DJ Poll, with

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Sanchez placed at number 60. Roger is also the founder of his own label in 2002,

Stealth Records Stealth Records is an independent record label that specializes in electronic dance music, specifically house. DJ/producer Roger Sanchez founded Stealth in 2002. In 2005, Stealth expanded into running its own events with a series called Stealth ...

. Yearly, Sanchez curates a series of compilation albums called ''Release Yourself'', which are known for their blend of deep house, Latin, tribal and tech sounds. In 2018 Roger created an educational masterclass to teach aspiring DJs.

Discography

Studio albums

* ''Secret Weapons Volume 1'' (1994) * ''Secret Weapons Volume 2'' (1995) * ''

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'' (2001) * ''Come with Me'' (2006) * Best Of The Times (2007) w/ Todd Terry * ''Release Yourself – 10th Anniversary Edition'' (2010)

Singles

Selected remixes

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" (1992) * Michael Jackson – " Jam" * Tom Tom Club – "Sunshine & Ecstasy" (1992) * Kenny "Dope" González Presents Axxis – "All I'm Askin'" (1992) *

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– " So Natural" (1993) * M People – "Renaissance" (1994) *

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and

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– " The Best Things in Life Are Free" (1995) * Definition of Sound – "Pass the Vibes" (1995) *

– " Love Will Never Do (Without You)" (1996) *

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– " High Times" (1997) * Michael Jackson – " Dangerous" (1997) * Jamiroquai – " Deeper Underground" (1998) *

– " Revolution 909" (1998) * Lenny Kravitz – "

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" (1999) *

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– "

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" (1999) *

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– " Cherry Lips" (2001) *

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– " Butterflyz" (2002) *

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– " Paid My Dues" (2002) *

– " In Your Eyes" (2002) *

– " Hella Good" (2002) *

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– "

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" (2003) *

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— "Kumbalawé" (2005) * Madonna – " Get Together" (2006) *

Robyn Robin Miriam Carlsson (born 12 June 1979), known as Robyn (), is a Swedish pop singer, songwriter, record producer, and DJ. She arrived on the music scene with her 1995 debut album, ''Robyn Is Here'', which produced two Billboard Hot 100, ''Bil ...

– " Be Mine!" (2007) *

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– "

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" (2009) * Sérgio Mendes – "Pais Tropical" (2010) *

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– "Secrets" (2010) * Maroon 5 – "

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" (2010) *

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– "Only The Young" (2010) *

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– "Cardio" (2010) *

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– "Last Days of Disco" (2010) *

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– "Dragon in Me (Desire for Need)" (2014) *

Nicky Romero Nick Rotteveel (; born January 6, 1989), professionally known as Nicky Romero or Monocule, is a Dutch DJ, record producer and remixer from Amerongen, Utrecht Province. He has worked with, and received support from DJs, such as Tiësto, Fedde ...

and

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– "Future Funk" (as S-Man) (2016) * Fiorious - "Follow Me" (2020)

Credentials

* Featured in ''

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'' by Marco & Mauro La Villa **

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, France

Awards and nominations

DJ rankings

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that measures general

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influence of a DJ by combining their

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, MySpace, Last.fm and

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fans, subscribers and followers TDJ calculates and applies TDJ points to in order rank artists global, national and by genre influence. These are the statistics for topdeejays as of November 6, 2015. DJ Rankings The Official Global DJ Rankings is calculated according to an advanced algorithm, compiled to give an accurate, independent and fair ranking of all DJs it considers the following criteria DJ earnings.Media presence, Chart data from music releases and remixes, Airplay data from radio stations. Public data about royalties collected from copyright associations, Followers on major social networks, such as Facebook, Twitter etc. and Polling and rating data from various polling agencies and rating sites, such as dj-rating.com and djmag.com.

References

External links

Official Website
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Sanchez, Roger American dance musicians American house musicians American people of Dominican Republic descent Club DJs House DJs DJs from New York City Electronic dance music DJs 1967 births Living people Grammy Award winners People from Queens, New York Remixers Hispanic and Latino American musicians Place of birth missing (living people) High School of Art and Design alumni Pratt Institute alumni