Jay Hardway

Jay Hardway
Background information
Birth nameJobke Pieter Hendrik Heiblom
Born (1991-04-27) 27 April 1991 (age 33)
Drunen, North Brabant, Netherlands
Genres
Occupations
  • DJ
  • music producer
Years active2007–present
Labels
Websitejayhardway.com

Jobke Pieter Hendrik Heiblom (born 27 April 1991), better known by his stage name Jay Hardway (stylised as JΔY HΔRDWΔY), is a Dutch DJ and music producer from Drunen, North Brabant.[1] He is signed to Spinnin' Records.[2] He is best known for his collaboration "Wizard" in conjunction with his fellow Dutch artist Martin Garrix.[3] The 2013 single became an international hit charting in Belgium, France and the Netherlands.

Career

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2012–present: Breakthrough and singles

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Hardway's first collaboration with Martin Garrix "Registration Code" was released in 2012 as a free download through SoundCloud.[citation needed] In March 2013, the two released the single "Error 404" through Doorn Records.[4] In December 2013, Hardway and Garrix released the single "Wizard" through Spinnin' Records, which became one of their most successful collaborations to date.[5][6] The song peaked at number 16 on the Dutch Singles Chart and number 7 on the UK Singles Chart.[citation needed] Hardway released his first solo single "Bootcamp" on 31 May 2014.[7] His song "Freedom" with Mike Hawkins was later released in August of the same year.[8] Later on 13 November 2015, he released "Electric Elephants" on Spinnin' Records.[9] On 17 October 2016, he collaborated with fellow Dutch DJ Martin Garrix on "Spotless".[10]

Discography

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Singles

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List of singles as lead artist, with selected chart positions, showing year released and album name
Title Year Peak chart positions Certifications Album
NLD
[11]
AUT
[12]
BEL
[13]
FRA
[14]
GER
[15]
SWE
[16]
SWI
[17]
UK
"Check Down" 2011 Non-album singles
"Registration Code"
(with Martin Garrix)
2012
"Error 404"
(with Martin Garrix)
2013
"Wizard"
(with Martin Garrix)
16 34 6 31 30 21 29 7 Gold Skies
"Bootcamp" 2014 75 Non-album singles
"Freedom"
(with Mike Hawkins)
"Voodoo"
(with DVBBS)
2015
"Wake Up"
"Electric Elephants" 76
"Home"
(with Firebeatz)
"Stardust" 2016
"El Mariachi"
(with Bassjackers)
"Dinosaur"
(with Bassjackers)
"Somnia"
"Spotless"
(with Martin Garrix)
Seven
"Amsterdam" Non-album singles
"Scio" 2017
"Golden Pineapple"
"Need It"
"Thanks a Million"
"Wired"
(with MOTi featuring Babet)
"Coffee Please" 2018
"Jigsaw"
(with The Him)
"Save Me"
(with Mesto)
"Solid"
"Let Me Tell You Something"[19]
"EDM Bubble"
(with Mike Cervello)
"Paradigm"
"Aliens" 2019
"Exhale"
"Lost"
"Vocal Chops"
"Counting Sheep"
"Wild Mind"
(featuring Tiffany Blom)
"Operation Unicorn" 2020
"Rollercoaster"
"Vibes"
"Run Baby Run"[20]
(with Tom & Jame and Jguar)
"Put Em High"
(with Robert Falcon featuring Therese)
"It's Over"
(featuring Juliette Claire and Aiden O'Brien)
"Kingdoms"
(with Tungevaag)
"Running To You"
(with Robert Falcon)
2021
"Bird Song"
"In My Head"
"Outer Space"
"Million Reasons"
(featuring Zophia)
"Like No Other"
(featuring Jaimes)
"Till The Sun Comes Up"
(featuring PolyAnna)
"I Wanna"


(with Retrovision)

2022
"My Sweet Heaven"


(featuring Stealth)

"No Good"


(with Firebeatz)

"Out Of My Mind"
"Pieces"
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart.

Remixes

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Title Year Original Artist(s) Label
"Hey DJ" 2012 The Opposites TopNotch
"Wild Ones" Flo Rida
(featuring Sia)
Jay Hardway
"I Feed You My Love" Margaret Berger Polydor
"D.I.Z.Z.Y" 2013 Dr. Papasov Twisted Plastic
"The Drop" 2014 Lethal Bizzle Polydor
"Mode" 2016 Bingo Players Hysteria / Spinnin' Records
"Runaways" Sam Feldt and Deepend
(featuring Teemu)
Spinnin' Records
"Over The Edge" 2017 Borgeous and tyDi
(featuring Dia)
Geousus Records / Armada Music
"Sunny Days" Armin van Buuren
(featuring Josh Cumbee)
Armada Music
"These Heights" Bassjackers and Lucas & Steve
(featuring Caroline Pennel)
Spinnin Records
"How You Love Me"[21] 2019 Hardwell
(featuring Conor Maynard and Snoop Dogg)
Revealed Music / Spinnin Records
"Bad At Being Alone"[22] 2020 Codeko Musical Freedom / Spinnin Records

Awards and nominations

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DJ Magazine top 100 DJs

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Year Position Notes Ref.
2016 89 New Entry [23]
2017 68 [24]
2018 64 [25]
2022 98 Re-entry [26]
2023 100 [27]

References

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  1. ^ "Jay Hardway Tracks & Releases on Beatport". beatport.com.
  2. ^ "Music – Music News, New Songs, Videos, Music Shows and Playlists from MTV". www.mtv.com. Archived from the original on 3 January 2014.
  3. ^ Radio Saturn: Martin Garrix colabora con Jay Hardway para su nueva colaboración "Wizard" Archived 5 November 2013 at the Wayback Machine (in Spanish)
  4. ^ Spada, Andrew (19 March 2013). "Martin Garrix & Jay Hardway – Error 404 (Original Mix)". Dancing Astronaut. Archived from the original on 3 July 2014. Retrieved 21 April 2018.
  5. ^ "Martin Garrix & Jay Hardway - "Wizard"". Complex. 6 November 2013. Retrieved 21 April 2018.
  6. ^ Murray, Gordon (23 January 2014). "Martin Garrix Continues 'Wizard'-ry On Dance Chart". Billboard. Archived from the original on 21 September 2015. Retrieved 21 April 2018.
  7. ^ "Bootcamp – Single by Jay Hardway on Apple Music". iTunes Store. Retrieved 21 April 2018.
  8. ^ "Freedom – Single by Jay Hardway & Mike Hawkins on Apple Music". iTunes Store. 25 August 2014. Retrieved 21 April 2018.
  9. ^ "Electric Elephants – Single by Jay Hardway on Apple Music". iTunes Store. 13 November 2015. Retrieved 21 April 2018.
  10. ^ Meadow, Matthew (17 October 2016). "Martin Garrix Releases His New Collaboration With Jay Hardway, "Spotless"". Your EDM. Archived from the original on 12 May 2017. Retrieved 21 April 2018.
  11. ^ "Discografie Jay Hardway". Dutch Charts Portal. Hung Medien.
  12. ^ "Discografie Jay Hardway". Austrian Charts Portal. Hung Medien.
  13. ^ "Discografie Jay Hardway". Belgium (Flanders) Charts Portal. Hung Medien.
  14. ^ "Discographie Jay Hardway". French Charts Portal. Hung Medien.
  15. ^ "Discografie Jay Hardway". German Charts Portal. Hung Medien.[dead link]
  16. ^ "Discography Jay Hardway". Swedish Charts Portal. Hung Medien.
  17. ^ "Discografie Jay Hardway". Swiss Charts Portal. Hung Medien.
  18. ^ "www.sverigetopplistan.se - Artikeldata". www.sverigetopplistan.se.
  19. ^ O' Keefe, Ariana (24 August 2018). "MUSICJay Hardway's "Let Me Tell You Something" Drops via Spinnin' Records". The Nocturnal Times. Archived from the original on 27 August 2018. Retrieved 27 August 2018.
  20. ^ Fabrick, Mark (1 August 2020). "Jay Hardway Teams Up with Tom & Jame for New Rave Banger "Run Baby Run"". Your EDM. Archived from the original on 9 August 2020. Retrieved 9 August 2020.
  21. ^ "How You Love Me (feat. Conor Maynard & Snoop Dogg) [The Remixes] - Single by Hardwell on Apple Music". iTunes Store. 22 February 2019. Retrieved 1 March 2019.
  22. ^ Fabrick, Mark (10 July 2020). "Jay Hardway gives Codeko's 'Bad at Being Alone' the progressive house treatment". Your EDM. Archived from the original on 21 July 2020. Retrieved 21 July 2020.
  23. ^ "Poll 2018: Jay Hardway".
  24. ^ "Jay Hardway | Top 100 DJs 2017". DJMag.com. Retrieved 5 November 2023.
  25. ^ "Jay Hardway | Top 100 DJs 2018". DJMag.com. Retrieved 5 November 2023.
  26. ^ "Jay Hardway | Top 100 DJs 2022". DJMag.com. Retrieved 5 November 2023.
  27. ^ "Jay Hardway | Top 100 DJs 2023". DJMag.com. Retrieved 8 December 2023.
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