Tony Junior
Quick Facts
Biography
Tony Claessens (born 21 October 1989), better known by his stage name Tony Junior, is a Dutch DJ and record producer from Utrecht. He has released a number of charting singles and is best known for his collaborations with DVBBS, NERVO and Tiësto.
Biography
Tony Claessens was born as the son of Toni Peroni, a musician and drummer of Het Goede Doel. His mother is actress and model Linda Dubbeldeman. Junior started out as a drummer. When the band broke up, he moved from rock to house.
In 2010, his first release was the single "Loesje", in collaboration with Nicolas Nox, which reached number 2 on the Dutch Single Top 100 chart. It is a reworking of a song "Wie is Loesje?", which was released for the first time in 1939 by Wim Poppink and the Dutch jazz and dance orchestra The Ramblers. Thereafter, the duo released a remake of "Ain't Seen Nothing Yet" which reached number 55 of the Top 100.
The most success he had in collaboration with Tiësto, together they released "Get Down" in 2015.
In addition, he has appeared with his father in the reality series Toni & Tony: Zo Vader, Zo Zoon, which was shown on RTL 5 in 2015.
Awards and nominations
Year | Award | Nominated work | Category | Result |
---|---|---|---|---|
2015 | DJ Mag | Tony Junior | Top 101-150 DJs | No. 119 |
Discography
Extended plays
- 2016
- It's A Copy (It's A Copy, Unstoppable, F.D.A.U.) [Spinnin' Premium]
- 2017
- Badman (with Stuk) [Spinnin' Premium]
Singles
Charted singles
Year | Title | Peak chart positions | Album | ||||||||||||
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NLD | BEL (Fl) | BEL (Wa) | FRA | ||||||||||||
2010 | "Loesje" (with Nicolas Nox) | 2 | — | — | — | Non-album singles | |||||||||
2011 | "Ain't Seen Nothing Yet" (with Nicolas Nox) | 55 | — | — | — | ||||||||||
2014 | "Twerk Anthem" | — | — | — | 42 | ||||||||||
"Immortal" (with DVBBS) | — | — | — | — | |||||||||||
2015 | "Love Somebody" (with Mr. Polska) | — | — | — | — | ||||||||||
2016 | "Get Down" (with Tiësto) | — | — | — | — | ||||||||||
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. |
Non-charted singles
- 2010: Loesje (with Nicolas Nox) [Rodeo Media]
- 2010: Pornstar (with Nicolas Nox) [Dos Palomas Negras]
- 2011: Appeletroen [Sneakerz Muzik]
- 2011: Fitta [Confidence (Spinnin')]
- 2012: Anigav [Spinnin' Records]
- 2012: Feelin' Kinda Strange [Spinnin' Records]
- 2012: Bukkake [Spinnin' Records]
- 2013: Pawg [Tiger Records]
- 2013: Nobody Beats The Fucking Drum [Tiger Records]
- 2013: Twerk Anthem [Spinnin' Records]
- 2013: Blow Up The Speakers (Boom) (with DJ Ghost) [Spinnin' Records]
- 2014: Total Destruction (with Starkillers) [Dim Mak Records]
- 2014: Immortal (with Dvbbs) [Spinnin' Records]
- 2014: Plur Warriors (with Baggi Begovic) [Doorn (Spinnin')]
- 2014: Break The House (with Borgeous) [Spinnin' Records]
- 2014: Jump Around (with Marnik) [Doorn (Spinnin')]
- 2015: Suckerpunch [Dim Mak Records]
- 2015: The EDM Circus
- 2015: Love Somebody (with Mr. Polska) [Spinnin' Records]
- 2015: Lightning Strikes (with Steve Aoki and Nervo) [Ultra]
- 2015: Cobra (with Dropgun) [Doorn (Spinnin')]
- 2015: King Kong (with Kura) [Wall Recordings]
- 2015: Police (with Jetfire featuring Rivero) [Doorn (Spinnin')]
- 2016: Get Down (with Tiësto) [Musical Freedom]
- 2016: Make You Go (with Riggi & Piros) [Doorn (Spinnin')]
- 2016: Facedbased [Musical Freedom]
- 2016: Walk Away (with Kura featuring Jimmy Clash) [Musical Freedom]
- 2017: Voodoo (with Pegboard Nerds) [Spinnin' Records]
- 2017: Rock N Roll (featuring Omaaj and Melody Noel) [Spinnin' Records]
- 2018: Unite (with Boombastix featuring Hoox) [Free Download/Musical Freedom]
- 2018: S4ym (with Reggio) [Spinnin' Premium]
- 2018: Don't Be Long [Source]
- 2018: Better Part of Me (with Niels Geusebroek) [Spinnin' Records]
- 2018: Kangaskhan (with Dimatik) [Smash the House]
- 2019: Speakah Wreckah (with Swacq) [Smash the House]
- 2019: Pipperdepap (with Sjaak featuring D1e Ene and Stepherd) [Armada Music]
- 2019: Technoprime (with John Christian)
- 2020: The Lights (with Danimal)
- 2020: Blow Up (with Tommy Jayden)
Remixes
- 2011: Tonique - Year (Tony Junior and Nicolas Nox Remix) [Dos Palomas Negras]
- 2012: Starkillers, Nadia Ali - Keep It Coming (Tony Junior Remix) [Spinnin Records]
- 2012: GT and Christian Luke - Begin (Tony Junior Remix) [Hussle Recordings]
- 2012: Trent Cantrelle - I Want A Freak (Tony Junior Remix) [Spinnin' Records]
- 2014: Leony! - Loving You (Tony Junior Remix) [Tiger Records]
- 2014: Qulinez and Cara Salimando - Rising Like The Sun (Tony Junior Remix) [Sprs]
- 2015: Firebeatz - Samir's Theme (Tony Junior Remix) [Spinnin' Remixes]
- 2016: Calvin Harris and Rihanna - This Is What You Came For (Tony Junior Remix)
- 2018: The Chainsmokers - Sick Boy (Tony Junior Remix)