Starkillers | |
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Birth name | Nick Terranova |
Born | Los Angeles, California, United States | December 21, 1977
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Years active | 2004–present |
Labels | Spinnin' Records Big & Dirty Dim Mak Records |
Website | starkillersmusic.com/ |
Nick Terranova (born December 21, 1977, in Los Angeles, California), better known by his stage name Starkillers, is an American DJ and record producer. [1]
Terranova began his career in the early 2000s and was nominated to the IDMA Awards 2012 in the category "Best Progressive Track", which he won with the single "Pressure" (with Nadia Ali and Alex Kenji). [2] The music video has nearly 7 million views. [3]
He is the founder of label Terratraxx, which was created in 2002. [4]
Other successful titles were highly ranked in the national charts, such as "Discoteka" which reached the 54th place in the Dutch charts in 2006. [5]
He has performed throughout the United States, as well as, in Australia, Canada and in China. [6] [7]
Year | Title | Peak chart positions | Album | ||||||||||||
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AUS [8] | AUT [9] | BEL (Vl) [10] | BEL (Wa) [11] | FIN [12] | FRA [13] | GER [14] | IRL [15] | NLD [16] | SWE [17] | SWI [18] | US [19] | ||||
2006 | "Discoteka" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 54 | — | — | 30 | Non-album singles | |
2007 | "Scream" | — | — | — | — | 8 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
2011 | "Pressure" (with Alex Kenji and Nadia Ali) | — | — | 37 [A] | 16 [B] | — | — | — | — | 98 | — | — | — | ||
2013 | "Ride" | — | — | 16 [C] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. |
"Pressure" is a song by Nadia Ali, Starkillers and Alex Kenji. It was released on February 15, 2011 by Spinnin' Records. The song reached No. 16 on the Ultratip Chart in Wallonia, Belgium.
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