Mumbai, Tiësto is excited about topping off this fantastic year with this acknowledgement and says: I am honored that Mixmag chose me as the number one DJ of 2008. I had an amazing year and would like to thank Mixmag and their readers for their support!

2008 saw the release of a double DVD with his live concert at the famous Parken Stadium in Copenhagen, Denmark, which concluded his Elements of Life world tour. He also released the mix compilation In Search of Sunrise 7 - Asia; the theme for his world tour. He played massive crowds in Asia, Australia, Latin America, Europe and North America, where he headlined Bonnaroo Festival. He also was the first ever DJ to sell out the 20,000-capacity O2 Arena in London on 8/8/08.

Currently, Tiësto is touring America and has just played a sold out New Years Eve in New York, with a special five hour set at the Roseland Ballroom. In 2008, the podcast of his radio show, Tiëstos Club Life has reached over 250,000 downloads a week.

Tiësto recently stated that he will go on touring in 2009 and that he is currently working on a new record, productions and special remixes

IN SEARCH OF SUNRISE-6 was released in India on TimesMusic

Notes to Editor

TIMESMUSIC is the music production, promotion and distribution arm of The Times Group.

The intent of the music label was to create albums tailored to appeal to the discerning audience. TimesMusic pioneered the concepts of spiritual, world and remix music in India and is the No. 1 music label in the spiritual music genre.

Some of the leading names in the music scene rendered their voices to produce some of the best known albums for TimesMusic -The Golden Raaga Collection, Gayatri Mantra, Himalayan Chants and Hanuman Chalisa.

With the advent of digital music, the music industry once again started experiencing a boom. However, the revival was primarily led by commercial film music and therefore the group decided to launch its independent Hindi and regional film music label, JUNGLEE MUSIC.

Junglee Music took off in 2007 with the biggest commercial blockbuster, WELCOME starring Akshay Kumar, Katrina Kaif, Anil Kapoor, Mallika Sherawat, Paresh Rawal and Nana Patekar. The music of WELCOME has been composed by some of the biggest music directors of India - Himesh Reshammiya, Sajid-Wajid & Anand Raj Anand and has managed to climb to the top of the charts in no time. In 2008 Junglee Music made history again with SINGH IS KINNG starring Akshay Kumar and Katrina Kaif with music by Pritam. The music created ripples in India and overseas as well.

Junglee Music has now got the music rights for HORN OK PLEASSSS, DASVIDANIYA,KHALBALI, AASMA and JUGAAD which has some fabulous music.