Beside his music, he is up for different kinds of charity projects, as '10.000 Hours – People Planet Party' which is made to help renovate playgrounds for disadvantaged kids. In June 2014 he released a song called "Feet On The Ground" with vocals by the Dutch singer Anouk. He helms his own weekly radio show, Protocol Radio and his own record label, Protocol Recordings. In October 2013, Romero ranked at number 7 on DJ Mag's Top 100 DJs annual fan poll. One of his most notable gigs was at TomorrowWorld where he was one of the first music acts to present an interactive performance experience using Google Glass. Amid his 2013 releases, he performed as a resident at The Light Las Vegas and he also played numerous major festivals including Ultra Music Festival, Coachella, Electric Daisy Carnival Las Vegas and Puerto Rico, Sensation White, and Tomorrowland, amongst others. Romero then took on a collaboration with Sunnery James & Ryan Marciano, "S.O.T.U.", that he released on Steve Angello's Size Records. His next release, a collaboration with Krewella, "Legacy" also saw Beatport chart success hitting the No. On the UK Dance Chart, " I Could Be the One" debuted at number one ahead of Baauer's " Harlem Shake", which entered at number two.įollowing " I Could Be the One" in 2013, Romero released his long-awaited single, "Symphonica", that reached No. In that same year, Romero collaborated with Swedish DJ/Producer, Avicii, to produce the highly anticipated single " I Could Be the One" which became a massive success across Europe, particularly in the United Kingdom, where the single debuted at number one on the UK Singles Chart on 17 February 2013 ― for the week ending on 23 February 2013 ― becoming both Romero and Avicii's first chart-topper in the UK. In October 2012, Nicky Romero received the DJ Mag 'Highest New Entry' award on DJ Mag's top 100 DJs fan poll, and with spot number 17, he is one of the highest new entries ever, together with Skrillex and Dash Berlin. His popularity has risen in recent years, and he has attained a joint residency with David Guetta at party hot spot Ibiza for the summer of 2012. Recognizing his talent, MTV named him an EDM artist to watch in 2012. In 2012, Romero achieved popularity with the recording " Toulouse", which became a mainstay on the Beatport Top Ten for a significant period of time. He also made a remix for the Dirty South track "Alamo". Both tracks increased his profile and the Ministry of Sound contacted him to do some remixes on their label. In 2009 he remixed Tony Cha Cha's track "Get on the Floor" and a bootleg for David Guetta entitled "When Love Takes Over". It was followed by the track "Funktion One" was released, which was mixed by Azucar (from Madskillz and Gregor Salto) and later added "Hear My Sound". Romero signed to Once Records and released the tracks "Privilege" and "Qwerty". He moved to Kingston, Ontario, Canada for a year, and later moved back to the Netherlands to continue his education where he did his final semesters in France. Nick Rotteveel was born and raised in Amerongen, the Netherlands.
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