# Darude

> Toni-Ville Henrik Virtanen, better known by his stage name Darude, is a Finnish DJ and record producer from HINNERJOKI, Satakunta. His music is characterised by its progressive/uplifting style. He started making music in 1995 and released the platinum-selling hit single "Sandstorm" in late 1999. His debut studio album, Before the Storm, was released on 18 September 2000, and sold 800,000 copies worldwide, earning Darude three Finnish Grammy Awards. It peaked at number one on Finland's Official List and number 6 on the Billboard Dance/Electronic Albums chart in the United States. Darude's second studio album, Rush, reached number 11 on the Billboard dance chart in 2003 and number 4 on weekly album chart in Finland.

*Finnish DJ, music producer and composer*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/darude

## Identity
- **Profile type:** Singer / Musician ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220))
- **Category:** Musicians
- **Born:** 1975-07-17
- **Status:** living
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 72.4 / 100
- **Momentum:** 0.0 / 100  (trend: FALLING)
- **Historical depth:** 23.5 / 100
- **Now attention:** 0.0 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 100.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 80.0 / 100
- **Total followers across platforms:** 545,000

## Platforms
- **WEBSITE**: https://www.darude.com
- **INSTAGRAM**: https://www.instagram.com/darudevil/ (@darudevil)
- **X**: https://x.com/darudevil (@darudevil)
- **FACEBOOK**: https://www.facebook.com/Darude (@Darude)
- **IMDB**: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1736183/ (@nm1736183)
- **SPOTIFY**: https://open.spotify.com/artist/0LhHRmSd1EYM5QdNeNnCoQ (@0LhHRmSd1EYM5QdNeNnCoQ)
- **TWITCH**: https://www.twitch.tv/darude (@darude)
- **YOUTUBE**: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvxu4st8jt0Li69hAh_nqQg (@@darude, 545,000 followers)

## Sources
- [Discogs](https://www.discogs.com/artist/6433)
- [دارود (دي جي)](https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%AF_(%D8%AF%D9%8A_%D8%AC%D9%8A))
- [دارود (ملحن)](https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%AF_(%D9%85%D9%84%D8%AD%D9%86))
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- [Darude](https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darude)
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- [Darude](https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darude)
- [Darude](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darude)
- [דארוד](https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%93%D7%90%D7%A8%D7%95%D7%93)
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- [ダルード](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%80%E3%83%AB%E3%83%BC%E3%83%89)
- [დარუდი](https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%93%E1%83%90%E1%83%A0%E1%83%A3%E1%83%93%E1%83%98)
- [다루드](https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%8B%A4%EB%A3%A8%EB%93%9C)
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- [Darude](https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darude)
- [MusicBrainz](https://musicbrainz.org/artist/9ffad8aa-b671-4a9a-a527-a95bdaaa0ec4)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q360591)
- [Darude](https://www.themoviedb.org/person/3490264)

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