Balance is the seventh studio album by Dutch DJ and record producer Armin van Buuren. It was released on 25 October 2019 through Armada Music, succeeding his 2015 album Embrace. It was also released as a double album with each part consisting of 14 tracks. It features collaborations with Above & Beyond, BT, Lucas & Steve, Garibay, Inner City, Shapov, Rudimental, Tempo Giusto, Ne-Yo and Haliene. Critical reception Rachel Narozniak from Dancing Astronaut wrote that Balance "emblematizes the artistic diligence" driving van Buuren since his debut appearance, while comprising a "broad assembly of dance styles, anthemic chord progressions, vocal-centric constructions, and ear-catching lyrical concepts and hooks". She praised the variety of both dance-pop and trance tracks within the album, which Narozniak felt showed van Buuren's willingness to go beyond his "sonic comfort zone" of producing traditional trance music. Balance is the seventh studio album by Dutch DJ and record producer Armin van Buuren. It was released on 25 October 2019 through Armada Music, succeeding his 2015 album Embrace. It was also released as a double album with each part consisting of 14 tracks. It features collaborations with Above & Beyond, BT, Lucas & Steve, Garibay, Inner City, Shapov, Rudimental, Tempo Giusto, Ne-Yo and Haliene. Critical reception Rachel Narozniak from Dancing Astronaut wrote that Balance "emblematizes the artistic diligence" driving van Buuren since his debut appearance, while comprising a "broad assembly of dance styles, anthemic chord progressions, vocal-centric constructions, and ear-catching lyrical concepts and hooks". She praised the variety of both dance-pop and trance tracks within the album, which Narozniak felt showed van Buuren's willingness to go beyond his "sonic comfort zone" of producing traditional trance music. false 2022-11-10 19:24:17 2019 2019-10-25 2019-10-25 133 Electronic Trance 111496 2352930 2940a053-f1a5-48be-a2a0-c0cd3ebcbe0f 477b8c0c-c5fc-4ad2-b5b2-191f0bf2a9df 0b5df8ca-0dc6-4189-95e8-f5fc8f7607ee /media/data/media5/Music/Armin van Buuren/Balance (2019)/folder.jpg Armin van Buuren AlbumArtist Armin van Buuren Artist Above & Beyond Artist Armin van Buuren Above & Beyond Armin van Buuren 1 02:56 2 04:45 3 03:33 4 03:12 5 06:06 6 03:30 7 06:15 8 04:05 9 03:42 10 04:36 11 02:59 12 03:17 13 04:12 14 03:56 15 06:45 16 04:21 17 06:39 18 07:08 19 03:08 20 03:26 21 03:13 22 05:42 23 06:45 24 05:40 25 05:28 26 05:17 27 05:49 28 06:24 Armin Jozef Jacobus Daniël van Buuren ( van BURE-ən, Dutch: [ˈɑrmɪ‿ˈɲoːzəf jaːˈkoːbʏz‿ˈdaːnijɛl vɑm‿ˈbyːrə(n)]; born 25 December 1976) is a Dutch DJ and record producer from Leiden, South Holland. Since 2001, he has hosted A State of Trance (ASOT), a weekly radio show, which is broadcast to nearly 40 million listeners in 84 countries on over 100 FM radio stations. According to the website DJs and Festivals, "the radio show propelled him to stardom and helped cultivate an interest in trance music around the world".Van Buuren has won a number of accolades. He has been ranked the number one DJ by DJ Mag a record of five times, four years in a row. He was ranked fourth on the DJ Mag Top 100 DJs list in 2015, 2016, 2019 and 2020, as well as third in 2017. In 2014, he was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Dance Recording for his single "This Is What It Feels Like" featuring Trevor Guthrie, which makes him the fourth trance artist ever to receive a Grammy Award nomination. In the United States, he holds the record for most entries, twenty-one, on the Billboard Dance/Electronic Albums chart. Armada Music Bundles