

He appeared on DJ Magazine 's top 100 DJs list in 2013 as a new entry at number 40. On 30 September, Garrix released a remix of "Project T" by Sander Van Doorn and Belgian-Greek DJ duo Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike which quickly hit number one on the Beatport charts. The track appears on Dutch DJ Hardwell's album, Hardwell presents 'Revealed Volume 4'. The single became a hit in several countries in Europe, and allowed Garrix to become the youngest person to reach number one on Beatport. Garrix gained fame through his solo release, " Animals", which was released on 16 June 2013. Martin Garrix at Midsummer White Festival 2013 Career 2012–2014: Spinnin' Records deal, "Animals", and Gold Skies In 2013, he graduated from the Herman Brood Academy, a production school in Utrecht. He took particular inspiration from the track " Traffic", prompting him to download the specialist digital audio workstation FL Studio, enabling him to start producing. In 2004, he expressed interest in becoming a DJ after seeing Dutch DJ Tiësto perform at that year's Summer Olympics Opening Ceremony in Athens. He showed musical interest at an early age and learned to play the guitar at the age of 8. Garrix was born as Martijn Gerard Garritsen on in Amstelveen in the Netherlands, the son of Gerard and Karin Garritsen.

He founded the label Stmpd Rcrds in 2016, months after leaving Spinnin' Records and before signing with Sony Music. He was a resident DJ at Spain's Hï Ibiza (2017) and Ushuaïa Ibiza (20).

In the same year he became the youngest DJ to headline 2014 Ultra Music Festival at the age of 17. In 2014 he headlined the 1st edition of Ultra South Africa making this his first major festival. He has performed at music festivals such as Coachella, Electric Daisy Carnival, Ultra Music Festival, Tomorrowland, and Creamfields. He is also known by his pseudonyms "Ytram" and "GRX". His most known singles are " Animals", " In the Name of Love" and " Scared to Be Lonely". Martijn Gerard Garritsen ( Dutch: born ), known professionally as Martin Garrix, is a Dutch disc jockey who was ranked number one on DJ Mag 's Top 100 DJs list for three consecutive years-2016, 2017, and 2018.
