Tony Junior
Tony Junior during a performance in Emmen (2019)
Background information
Birth nameTony Claessens
Also known asToni Peroni Junior
Born (1989-10-21) 21 October 1989 (age 34)
Utrecht, Netherlands
Genres
Occupation(s)
  • Musician
  • DJ
  • record producer
Instrument(s)
Years active2010–present
LabelsSpinnin' Records
Musical Freedom
Doorn Records
Wall Recordings
Ultra Music
Websitewww.tonyjunior.nl

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.[1]

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.[2] When the band broke up, he moved from rock to house.[3]

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.[4] 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.[5][6]

He has appeared with his father in the reality series Toni & Tony: Zo Vader, Zo Zoon, which was shown on RTL 5 in 2015.[7]

In March 2021 Tony Junior was announced as the Bachelor in the sixth season of the Dutch version of The Bachelor.[8]

Awards and nominations

Year Award Nominated work Category Result
2015 DJ Mag Tony Junior Top 101-150 DJs[9] No. 119

Discography

Extended plays

2016
2017

Singles

Charted singles

The table below shows a list of singles, years, peak chart positions and albums
Year Title Peak chart positions Album
NLD
[10] 		BEL (Fl)
[11] 		BEL (Wa)
[12] 		FRA
[13]
2010 "Loesje"
(with Nicolas Nox) 		2 — — — Non-album singles
2011 "Ain't Seen Nothing Yet"
(with Nicolas Nox) 		55 — — —
2014 "Twerk Anthem" — —[A] —[B] 42
"Immortal"
(with DVBBS) 		— —[C] —[D] — We Were Young
2015 "Love Somebody"
(with Mr. Polska) 		—[E] — — — Non-album singles
2016 "Get Down"
(with Tiësto) 		— —[F] — —
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Non-charted singles

Remixes

References

Notes

Sources

  1. ^ "TONY JUNIOR". The DJ List.
  2. ^ "biografie · Tony Junior · Tony Peroni Junior · DJ, live act". Partyflock.
  3. ^ "Tony Junior - Tour Dates, Tickets, Music, Bio, Photos and Videos". DJOYbeat.com.
  4. ^ Hung, Steffen. "Tony Junior". Dutch Charts Portal. Hung Medien (Steffen Hung).
  5. ^ "Tony Junior geniet van nummer 1-hit". Algemeen Dagblad (in Dutch). January 4, 2016.
  6. ^ Einck, Henry (December 7, 2015). "Tiësto & Tony Junior - Get Down" (in German). Dance-Charts.
  7. ^ "Video: Toni & Tony Peroni schrokken van Roelvinkjes -". RTL Nieuws (in Dutch). April 2, 2015.
  8. ^ "Tony Junior gaat in De Bachelor op zoek naar de liefde". NU (in Dutch). 2021-03-11. Retrieved 2021-05-24.
  9. ^ Rambaud, Ludovic. "Top 100 DJs 2015 : les 50 suivants (#101-#150) !". Retrieved 20 June 2015.
  10. ^ a b "Discografie Tony Junior". Dutch Charts Portal. Hung Medien.
  11. ^ a b c d "Discografie Tony Junior". Belgium (Flanders) Charts Portal. Hung Medien.
  12. ^ a b c d "Discographie Tony Junior". Belgium (Wallonia) Charts Portal. Hung Medien.
  13. ^ "Discographie Tony Junior". French Charts Portal. Hung Medien.
  14. ^ "Don't Be Long - Single by Tony Junior on Apple Music". iTunes Store. 17 August 2018. Retrieved 19 August 2018.
  15. ^ "Better Part of Me - Single by Tony Junior & Niels Geusebroek on Apple Music". iTunes Store. 5 October 2018. Retrieved 8 October 2018.
  16. ^ "Kangaskhan - Single by Tony Junior & Dimatik on Apple Music". iTunes Store. 21 December 2018. Retrieved 29 December 2018.
  17. ^ "Speakah Wreckah - Single by Tony Junior on Apple Music". iTunes Store. Retrieved 12 June 2019.
  18. ^ "Pipperdepap (feat. D1E ENE & Stepherd) - Single by Tony Junior & Sjaak on Apple Music". iTunes Store. Retrieved 8 August 2019.
  19. ^ "Technoprime - Single by Tony Junior & John Christian on Apple Music". iTunes Store. Retrieved 24 February 2020.
  20. ^ "The Lights - Single by Tony Junior & Danimal on Apple Music". iTunes Store. Retrieved 24 March 2020.
  21. ^ "Blow Up - Single by Tony Junior & Tommy Jayden on iTunes". Apple Music. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
  22. ^ "Odin - Single by Tony Junior & Apaztron on Apple Music". Apple Music. Retrieved 27 October 2020.
  23. ^ "Jingle Bell Rock - Single by Blasterjaxx & Tony Junior on Spotify". Spotify. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
  24. ^ "Live Your Life - Single by Tony Junior & Steff da Campo on iTunes". Apple Music. Retrieved 1 January 2021.

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