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Akshay Bhanawat
Akshay Bhanawathttps://themusicessentials.com/
Having been a fan of dance music and Armin van Buuren since 2003, I was inspired to start my own electronic music publication with a very simple, and clear goal - to share electronic music with old, and new fans alike. Working alongside a great team has made me keep that goal alive, and build on it.

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ILLENIUM Drops “First Time” Featuring Iann Dior

Platinum crossover electronic artist and producer/DJ ILLENIUM has teamed up with genre-bending, platinum-selling artist Iann Dior for “First Time”, his latest single out via 12Tone Music.

The track follows “Nightlight” which was ILLENIUM’s first concurrent #1 on both the Billboard Dance/Mix Show Airplay Chart and Mediabase Dance Radio Chart as a solo producer, and has over 100M streams since its release in August 2020.

His most recent single, “Hearts on Fire” featuring Dabin and Lights has a combined 30M+ streams since its Christmas Day release and currently sits in the top 10 on the Billboard Dance Mix Show Top 40 Chart.

ILLENIUM has a combined 160M global streams as of August 2020 on all 12Tone Music releases and collectively has more than 5B global streams on his entire catalog.

Of the collaboration, ILLENIUM says “I’ve been singing ‘First Time’ in my head ever since I first started working on it. I’m such a huge fan of iann and this tune is such a dope blend of my favorite sounds right now. Hope you guys love it!!”

iann dior adds “I’ve been following ILLENIUM’s music for a long time. It’s so dope to have the opportunity to collaborate with someone so talented and dedicated. I think ‘First Time’ is a perfect mix of our own styles and it’s something the fans are gonna love.”

“First Time” serves as an appetizer to ILLENIUM’s highly anticipated upcoming album with more details to be announced soon.

Akshay Bhanawat

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