Cr2 artist Chuckie beats Armin van Buuren and Tiësto at Dutch TMF Awards

On Saturday the 4th of July 2009, Dutch DJ/producer Chuckie had the honour to receive the award for “Best Dance Artist” at the annual TMF Awards, hosted by Dutch biggest music video broadcaster TMF, a MTV Networks company. After he survived the nomination round containing a extensive list of Dutch dance artists, Chuckie ultimately found himself in the top 4 nominees with colleagues such as a.o. Armin van Buuren and Tiësto. By winning the TMF Dance Award, Chuckie underlines his hugely successful year and instantly delivered him the status of “most popular dance artist in The Netherlands”.

Chuckie experienced an amazing year in which he reached some personal mile stones. His performance at Sensation in the Amsterdam ArenA, playing alongside David Guetta during F*** Me I’m Famous in Pacha Ibiza and in Amsterdam, the many international projects and remixes he took on due to the global success of his hit singles Let The Bass Kick and Aftershock (Can’t Fight The Feeling) and of course his very own sold out 20.000+ Dirty Dutch event.

A bizarre detail of winning the TMF Dance Award; Chuckie had to defeat the number one and number two DJ’s in the world - respectively Armin van Buuren and Tiësto - on their own Dutch turf. Winning this award is a recognition of the ever increasing popularity of Chuckie’s distinctive Dirty Dutch sound, momentarily spreading the globe like an unstoppable virus.

After the many obligatory photo shoots and interviews for the Dutch press, Chuckie reacted: “The past year has been one big rollercoaster ride and winning this award really feels like the icing on the cake but believe me, this is only the beginning. We have some fantastic things lined up for the near future. But first and foremost, I’m gonna party my ass off!”

Next to performances by international super groups such as N.E.R.D. and the Black Eyed Peas, Chuckie closed off the main stage at the TMF Awards with a spectacular DJ set in which he performed his single Aftershock (Can’t Fight The Feeling) live. The video for this single is currently on rotation on TMF.