Tiësto
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Tiësto is a Dutch DJ and record producer widely regarded as one of the most influential figures in electronic dance music.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Tiësto canonical | 5 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9668231 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Tiësto Context triple: [Spinnin' Records, notableArtist, Tiësto]
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A.
Armin van Buuren
Armin van Buuren is a Dutch DJ, record producer, and radio show host widely recognized as one of the leading figures in trance and electronic dance music.
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B.
Martin Garrix
Martin Garrix is a Dutch DJ and electronic music producer known for global EDM hits like "Animals" and for headlining major festivals worldwide.
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C.
Remy van Buuren
Remy van Buuren is one of the children of Dutch trance DJ and record producer Armin van Buuren.
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D.
Eric Prydz
Eric Prydz is a Swedish DJ and producer renowned for his progressive house anthems like "Call on Me" and "Opus" and his innovative, visually immersive live shows.
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E.
Ferry Corsten
Ferry Corsten is a Dutch DJ and producer renowned as a pioneering figure in trance music and a frequent collaborator with fellow trance artist Armin van Buuren.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Tiësto Target entity description: Tiësto is a Dutch DJ and record producer widely regarded as one of the most influential figures in electronic dance music.
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A.
Armin van Buuren
Armin van Buuren is a Dutch DJ, record producer, and radio show host widely recognized as one of the leading figures in trance and electronic dance music.
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B.
Martin Garrix
Martin Garrix is a Dutch DJ and electronic music producer known for global EDM hits like "Animals" and for headlining major festivals worldwide.
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C.
Remy van Buuren
Remy van Buuren is one of the children of Dutch trance DJ and record producer Armin van Buuren.
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D.
Eric Prydz
Eric Prydz is a Swedish DJ and producer renowned for his progressive house anthems like "Call on Me" and "Opus" and his innovative, visually immersive live shows.
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E.
Ferry Corsten
Ferry Corsten is a Dutch DJ and producer renowned as a pioneering figure in trance music and a frequent collaborator with fellow trance artist Armin van Buuren.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (82)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
DJ
ⓘ
electronic musician ⓘ human ⓘ record producer ⓘ |
| activeYearsStart | 1994 ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | DJ Tiësto NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedAct |
Armin van Buuren
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
BT NERFINISHED ⓘ Dzeko NERFINISHED ⓘ Hardwell NERFINISHED ⓘ KSHMR NERFINISHED ⓘ Kaleidoscope collaborators ⓘ Martin Garrix NERFINISHED ⓘ Sevenn NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
DJ Magazine Top 100 DJs number 1
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Grammy Award for Best Remixed Recording, Non-Classical NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| birthName | Tijs Michiel Verwest NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| birthPlaceCity | Breda NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| birthPlaceCountry | Netherlands NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| collaboratedWith |
Dua Lipa
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Dzeko NERFINISHED ⓘ KSHMR NERFINISHED ⓘ Matthew Koma NERFINISHED ⓘ Post Malone NERFINISHED ⓘ Preme NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Netherlands ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1969-01-17 ⓘ |
| DJMagTop100Rank | 1 ⓘ |
| DJMagTop100YearsAtNumber1 |
2002
ⓘ
2003 ⓘ 2004 ⓘ |
| genre |
EDM
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
big room house ⓘ electro house ⓘ progressive house ⓘ trance ⓘ |
| hasResidency | Las Vegas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Jean-Michel Jarre
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
U2 NERFINISHED ⓘ Vangelis NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influencedGenre |
EDM
ⓘ
trance ⓘ |
| labelFounded |
Black Hole Recordings
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Magik Muzik NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| name | Tiësto NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nationality | Dutch ⓘ |
| notableAlbum |
A Town Called Paradise
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Elements of Life NERFINISHED ⓘ In My Memory NERFINISHED ⓘ Just Be NERFINISHED ⓘ Kaleidoscope NERFINISHED ⓘ Parade of the Athletes NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableMixSeries |
In Search of Sunrise
GENERATED
ⓘ
Magik GENERATED ⓘ |
| notableSingle |
Adagio for Strings
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Jackie Chan NERFINISHED ⓘ Lethal Industry NERFINISHED ⓘ Red Lights NERFINISHED ⓘ The Business NERFINISHED ⓘ Traffic NERFINISHED ⓘ Wasted NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableWork |
A Town Called Paradise
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Adagio for Strings NERFINISHED ⓘ Elements of Life NERFINISHED ⓘ In My Memory NERFINISHED ⓘ Just Be NERFINISHED ⓘ Kaleidoscope NERFINISHED ⓘ Lethal Industry NERFINISHED ⓘ Parade of the Athletes NERFINISHED ⓘ Red Lights NERFINISHED ⓘ The Business NERFINISHED ⓘ Traffic NERFINISHED ⓘ Wasted NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
DJ
ⓘ
record producer ⓘ remixer ⓘ |
| performedAt | 2004 Summer Olympics opening ceremony in Athens ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Breda, Netherlands NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| residence | Netherlands NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| roleAtEvent | DJ at 2004 Summer Olympics opening ceremony ⓘ |
| stageNameFrom | nickname derived from his given name Tijs ⓘ |
| website | https://www.tiesto.com/ ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Tiësto Description of subject: Tiësto is a Dutch DJ and record producer widely regarded as one of the most influential figures in electronic dance music.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.