What Is Afrojack's Net Worth?
Afrojack is a Dutch music producer, DJ, and remixer who has a net worth of $60 million. Afrojack has released the album "Forget the World" (2014) and the EPs "Lost & Found" (2009), "Lost & Found 2" (2011), "It's a Matter Of…" (2013), "NLW" (2015), "Press Play" (2018), and "NLW 2" (2022), and he is known for singles such as "Take Over Control" (featuring Eva Simons), "No Beef" (with Steve Aoki featuring Miss Palmer), "Can't Stop Me" (with Shermanology), "The Spark" (featuring Spree Wilson), "Ten Feet Tall" (featuring Wrabel), and "Dirty Sexy Money" (with David Guetta featuring Charli XCX and French Montana). Afrojack has been featured on songs by Pitbull, Jay Sean, and Sandaime J Soul Brothers, and he won a Grammy for his remixed version of Madonna's "Revolver." He has made the top 10 on "DJ Magazine's" annual list of the top 100 DJs numerous times, and he launched the record label Wall Recordings in 2007. Afrojack has been featured on "Forbes" magazine's "30 Under 30 – Music (2015) and "30 Under 30 – Europe – Hollywood & Entertainment" (2016) lists, and he is the CEO of the entertainment and management company LDH Europe.
Early Life
Afrojack was born Nick Leonardus van de Wall on September 9, 1987, in Spijkenisse, South Holland, Netherlands. He became interested in music at an early age, and he learned how to play the piano when he was just 5 years old. Afrojack was raised by his mother, Debbie, who owned a gym, and he spent a year at the Grafisch Lyceum Rotterdam studying graphic design. At age 11, he began producing music at home for "five hours a day," and it took seven years to produce 2006's "In Your Face," which was his first release.
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Career
When Afrojack was 14 years old, he began DJing at local clubs and pubs and started designing websites for musicians. "In Your Face" reached #60 on the Dutch Single Top 100 after its 2006 release, and his next single, 2008's "Drop Down (Do My Dance)" (with The Partysquad) reached #12 on that chart. Afrojack's 2010 single "Take Over Control" (featuring Eva Simons) was certified Platinum in the U.S. and 2x Platinum in Australia, and it reached #1 on the "Billboard" Dance/Mix Show Airplay chart, the Hungarian Dance Top 40 chart, and the Polish Dance Top 50 chart. In 2011, he was featured on the Pitbull single "Give Me Everything" alongside Ne-Yo and Nayer, and the song went Platinum or higher in 14 countries and reached #1 on the charts in 12 countries. That year Afrojack also released the single "No Beef" with Steve Aoki (featuring Miss Palmer), and it reached #5 in Belgium and was certified Gold in the Netherlands. He co-wrote Beyoncé's 2011 single "Run the World (Girls)," which went 5× Platinum in Australia and 4× Platinum in the U.S.
In 2013, "Forbes" ranked Afrojack #7 on its list of the world's highest-paid DJs. He released his debut album, "Forget the World," on May 16, 2014, and it reached #2 on the "Billboard" Top Dance/Electronic Albums chart and was certified Gold in the Netherlands. The album featured the singles "The Spark" (featuring Spree Wilson) and "Ten Feet Tall" (featuring Wrabel), which both went 2x Platinum in the Netherlands. In 2015, Afrojack, Nicki Minaj, and Bebe Rexha were featured on the David Guetta single "Hey Mama," which was certified Platinum or higher in 15 countries. He was then featured on the 8× Platinum (in the Netherlands) Fais single "Hey," followed by Sandaime J Soul Brothers' "Scarlet" (2019) and Vinai's "Up All Night" (2020), which both topped the "Billboard" Japan Hot 100 chart. Afrojack has also produced several songs by David Guetta, Pitbull, and Hiroomi Tosaka, and he has remixed tracks by artists such as Madonna, Lady Gaga, Kid Cudi, The Black Eyed Peas, will.i.am, Michael Jackson, Donna Summer, Miley Cyrus, and U2.
Personal Life
Afrojack dated socialite Paris Hilton while producing the follow-up to her 2006 debut album "Paris." In May 2012, it was reported that the couple had split up, with a source telling "RadarOnline," "Afrojack had moved into Paris' Beverly Hills mansion earlier this year, and the two got very serious. But Afrojack just wanted to have fun and not be exclusive with anyone. He is on the road practically every day performing in clubs all over the world, and he just isn't ready to settle down, whereas Paris is." Afrojack married singer Elettra Lamborghini on September 26, 2020, in Italy. Elettra is the granddaughter of Lamborghini founder Ferruccio Lamborghini. In 2017, Afrojack's ex-girlfriend Lauren Meditz filed a $25 million lawsuit against him, alleging that he had harassed her and that after their split, he had "failed to perform his part of the agreement by refusing to divorce his real and personal property assets for Meditz's benefit or render Meditz financially secure." Afrojack's lawyer called the lawsuit "absurd" and "nothing more than a shakedown of Nick van de Wall."
Awards and Nominations
Afrojack has been nominated for four Grammys, winning Best Remixed Recording, Non-Classical for "Revolver (David Guetta's One Love Club Remix)" by Madonna in 2011. His other Grammy nominations were for Best Remixed Recording for "Collide (Afrojack remix)" by Leona Lewis and Avicii (2012), Best Rap Song for "Look At Me Now" by Chris Brown featuring Lil Wayne and Busta Rhymes (2012), and Best Dance/Electronic Recording for "Hero" (2022). Afrojack has earned eight MTV Europe Music Award nominations, taking home the prize for Best Dutch Act in 2011. He was also nominated in that category in 2011 and 2013, and his other nominations were for Best European Act (2012), Best Electronic (2013, 2014, and 2016), and Best World Stage Performance for WS Live in Amsterdam 2013 and WS Live in Amsterdam 2015. Afrojack received an iHeartRadio Music Award nomination for Dance Song of the Year for "Hey Mama" in 2016, and he earned Teen Choice Award nominations for Choice Music Single: Male for "Give Me Everything" (2012) and Choice Music: Collaboration for "Hey Mama" (2015). He has also received three MTV Video Music Award nominations: Best Collaboration for "Pitbull: Give Me Everything" (2011), Best Electronic Video for "Afrojack: SummerThing!" (2016), and Best Dance Video for "Afrojack Feat. Ty Dolla $ign: Gone" (2017). In 2012, Afrojack won a European Border Breakers Award for his EP "Lost and Found."
