Balance (Armin van Buuren album)

2019 studio album by Armin van Buuren

Balance

Studio album by

Armin van Buuren

Released| 25 October 2019 (2019-10-25)
Recorded| 2017–2019
Genre| Dance-pop[1]
Length| 90:28
Label|

* Armada
* Kontor
* SME

Producer|

* Armin van Buuren (exec.)
* Benno de Goeij (exec.)
* Garibay
* Avalan
* Valentijn Hoogwerf
* Avian Grays
* Toby Gad
* Josh Cumbee
* AFSHeeN
* Kevin Saunderson
* Rasmus Svensson-Blixt
* Jesse Wilson
* Tierce Person
* Angel Lopez
* Scott Storch
* Lucas & Steve
* Shapov
* Above & Beyond
* BT
* Tempo Giusto
* Luke Bond

Armin van Buuren chronology
| A State of Trance 2019
(2019)  | Balance
(2019)  | A State of Trance 2020
(2020)

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Singles from  Balance

1. "I Need You"
Released: 6 January 2017
2. "Sunny Days"
Released: 16 June 2017
3. "Sex, Love & Water"
Released: 2 February 2018
4. "Therapy"
Released: 20 April 2018
5. "Blah Blah Blah"
Released: 18 May 2018
6. "Wild Wild Son"
Released: 12 October 2018
7. "Lonely for You"
Released: 15 February 2019
8. "Show Me Love"
Released: 1 March 2019
9. "Turn It Up"
Released: 15 March 2019
10. "Don't Give Up on Me"
Released: 29 March 2019
11. "La Résistance de l'Amour"
Released: 12 April 2019
12. "Phone Down"
Released: 19 April 2019
13. "Revolution"
Released: 7 June 2019
14. "Something Real"
Released: 12 July 2019
15. "Stickup"
Released: 9 August 2019
16. "Waking Up with You"
Released: 6 September 2019
17. "Mr. Navigator"
Released: 13 September 2019
18. "It Could Be"
Released: 20 September 2019
19. "High on Your Love"
Released: 27 September 2019
20. "Don't Let Me Go"
Released: 4 October 2019
21. "All Comes Down"
Released: 11 October 2019
22. "Unlove You"
Released: 18 October 2019
23. "Million Voices"
Released: 25 October 2019
24. "Sucker for Love"
Released: 26 October 2019
25. "Miles Away"
Released: 27 October 2019
26. "Runaway"
Released: 28 October 2019
27. "Always"
Released: 29 October 2019
28. "Song I Sing"
Released: 30 October 2019

Balance is the seventh studio album by Dutch DJ and record producer Armin van Buuren. It was released on 25 October 2019 through Armada Music, succeeding his 2015 album Embrace.[2][3] It was also released as a double album with each part consisting of 14 tracks.[4] It features collaborations with Above & Beyond, BT, Lucas & Steve, Garibay, Inner City, Shapov, Rudimental, Tempo Giusto, Ne-Yo and Haliene.

## Critical reception

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Rachel Narozniak from Dancing Astronaut wrote that Balance "emblematizes the artistic diligence" driving van Buuren since his debut appearance, while comprising a "broad assembly of dance styles, anthemic chord progressions, vocal-centric constructions, and ear-catching lyrical concepts and hooks". She praised the variety of both dance-pop and trance tracks within the album, which Narozniak felt showed van Buuren's willingness to go beyond his "sonic comfort zone" of producing traditional trance music.[1]

## Track listing

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Track details and metadata adapted from Apple Music.[5]

Side 1No.| Title| Writer(s)| Producer(s)| Length

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1.| "Sucker for Love" (with Avalan)|

* Armin van Buuren
* Benno de Goeij
* Valentijn Hoogwerf
* Julien Vahle

* Armin van Buuren
* Avalan
* de Goeij
* Hoogwerf

| 2:56
2.| "Something Real" (with Avian Grays featuring Jordan Shaw)|

* Armin van Buuren
* Avian Grays
* de Goeij
* Andreas Moe
* Eelke Kalberg
* Ryan Fieret
* Jeffrey Sutorius
* Sebastian Molijn
* Jesse Draak
* Jordan Shaw

* Armin van Buuren
* Avian Grays

| 2:59
3.| "Wild Wild Son" (featuring Sam Martin)|

* Armin van Buuren
* de Goeij
* Samuel Martin

* Armin van Buuren
* de Goeij

| 3:33
4.| "Phone Down" (with Garibay featuring Justin Stein)|

* Armin van Buuren
* de Goeij
* Fernando Garibay
* Justin Stein
* Ramiro Padilla

* Armin van Buuren
* de Goeij
* Garibay

| 3:12
5.| "Blah Blah Blah"|

* Armin van Buuren
* Andrew Bullimore
* Joshua Record

| Armin van Buuren| 3:03
6.| "Sunny Days" (featuring Josh Cumbee)|

* Armin van Buuren
* de Goeij
* Gordon Goothredde
* Tobias Gad
* Josh Cumbee
* Afshin Salmani

* Armin van Buuren
* Toby Gad
* AFSHeeN
* Cumbee

| 3:30
7.| "Runaway" (featuring Candace Sosa)|

* Armin van Buuren
* de Goeij
* Candace Nicole Sosa
* Jordan Young

* Armin van Buuren
* de Goeij

| 3:57
8.| "It Could Be" (vs. Inner City)|

* Armin van Buuren
* de Goeij
* Kevin Saunderson
* Rasmus Svensson-Blixt
* Moa Hammar

* Armin van Buuren
* Saunderson
* Svensson-Blixt

| 2:37
9.| "Unlove You" (featuring Ne-Yo)|

* Armin van Buuren
* de Goeij
* Jesse Wilson
* Shaffer Smith
* Tierce Person

* Armin van Buuren
* de Goeij
* Wilson
* Person

| 2:30
10.| "Therapy" (featuring James Newman)|

* Armin van Buuren
* de Goeij
* James Newman
* Michael Busbee

* Armin van Buuren
* de Goeij

| 3:06
11.| "Waking Up with You" (featuring David Hodges)|

* Armin van Buuren
* de Goeij
* Jaden Michaels
* David Hodges
* David Naish

| Armin van Buuren| 2:59
12.| "Sex, Love & Water" (featuring Conrad Sewell)|

* Armin van Buuren
* Angel Lopez
* Scott Storch
* Conrad Sewell
* Fiora Cutler
* Charles Reece

* Armin van Buuren
* Lopez
* Storch

| 3:17
13.| "Don't Give Up on Me" (with Lucas & Steve featuring Josh Cumbee)|

* Armin van Buuren
* Lucas De Wart
* Steven Jansen
* Cumbee
* Salmani

* Armin van Buuren
* Lucas & Steve

| 3:05
14.| "Don't Let Me Go" (featuring Matluck)|

* Armin van Buuren
* de Goeij
* Roel Schutrups
* Diederik Bakker
* Maxwell Elliot
* Federico Vindver
* Jesse Draak

* Armin van Buuren
* de Goeij
* Schutrups
* Bakker
* Draak

| 3:15
Total length:| 43:59

Side 2No.| Title| Writer(s)| Producer(s)| Length

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15.| "La résistance de l'amour" (vs. Shapov)|

* Armin van Buuren
* Alexander Shapovalov

* Armin van Buuren
* Shapov

| 3:31
16.| "Million Voices"|

* Armin van Buuren
* de Goeij
* Bullimore
* Record
* Alistair Lloyd-Webber

* Armin van Buuren
* de Goeij

| 3:07
17.| "Show Me Love" (vs. Above & Beyond)|

* Armin van Buuren
* de Goeij
* Jonathan Grant
* Anthony McGuinness
* Paavo Siljamaki

* Armin van Buuren
* de Goeij
* Above & Beyond

| 3:31
18.| "Song I Sing" (featuring HALIENE)|

* Armin van Buuren
* de Goeij
* Kelly Sweet
* Matthew Steeper

* Armin van Buuren
* de Goeij

| 4:22
19.| "High on Your Love" (with Rudimental featuring James Newman)|

* Armin van Buuren
* de Goeij
* Amir Izadkhah
* Piers Aggett
* Kesi Dryden
* Jonathan Harris
* Daniel Watts
* Newman

* Armin van Buuren
* de Goeij

| 3:08
20.| "I Need You" (with Garibay featuring Olaf Blackwood)|

* Armin van Buuren
* de Goeij
* Garibay
* Olaf Blackwood

* Armin van Buuren
* Garibay

| 3:26
21.| "Lonely for You" (featuring Bonnie McKee)|

* Armin van Buuren
* de Goeij
* Bonnie Leigh McKee
* Jessica Malakouti

* Armin van Buuren
* de Goeij

| 3:13
22.| "Always" (with BT featuring Nation of One)|

* Armin van Buuren
* de Goeij
* Brian Transeau
* Kristi Krings

* Armin van Buuren
* BT
* de Goeij

| 3:39
23.| "Turn It Up"|

* Armin van Buuren
* Ki McPhail
* Duck Blackwell

| Armin van Buuren| 2:52
24.| "Mr. Navigator" (vs. Tempo Giusto)|

* Armin van Buuren
* Tuomas Lähteenoja

* Armin van Buuren
* Tempo Giusto

| 2:32
25.| "Revolution" (with Luke Bond featuring KARRA)|

* Armin van Buuren
* Lucas Bond
* Karra Jillian Madden

* Armin van Buuren
* Luke Bond

| 3:16
26.| "All Comes Down" (featuring Cimo Frankel)|

* Armin van Buuren
* de Goeij
* Cimo Frankel
* Yoshi Green
* Rik Anemma

* Armin van Buuren
* de Goeij

| 3:17
27.| "Miles Away" (featuring Sam Martin)|

* Armin van Buuren
* de Goeij
* Martin

* Armin van Buuren
* de Goeij

| 3:46
28.| "Stickup"|

* Armin van Buuren
* de Goeij

* Armin van Buuren
* de Goeij

| 2:49
Total length:| 46:29

## Charts

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Chart (2019)  | Peak
position

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Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[6] | 70
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[7] | 47
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[8] | 99
Czech Albums (ČNS IFPI)[9] | 70
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[10] | 11
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[11] | 45
Polish Albums (ZPAV)[12] | 15
Scottish Albums (OCC)[13] | 77
Slovak Albums (ČNS IFPI)[14] | 55
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[15] | 52
UK Dance Albums (OCC)[16] | 1
US Top Dance/Electronic Albums (Billboard)[17] | 13

## Certifications

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Region  | Certification | Certified units/sales

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Netherlands (NVPI)[18] | Gold  | 20,000‡

‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

## References

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1. ^ a b Narozniak, Rachel (25 October 2019). "Armin van Buuren's 7th studio album heeds its name: 'Balance' [Album Review]". Dancing Astronaut. Archived from the original on 22 December 2019. Retrieved 8 January 2020.
2. ^ Lombardo, Scott (5 September 2019). "Armin van Buuren announces album title and ASOT 950 Event". EDMTunes. Retrieved 6 September 2019.
3. ^ "Armin van Buuren's 'Balance' album tracklist features HALIENE, Tempo Giusto, BT and... NE-YO". 6 September 2019.
4. ^ "Armin van Buuren Announces New Album: 'Balance' – Armin van Buuren".
5. ^ "Balance by Armin van Buuren". Apple Music.
6. ^ "Austriancharts.at – Armin van Buuren – Balance" (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved 7 November 2019.
7. ^ "Ultratop.be – Armin van Buuren – Balance" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 16 November 2019.
8. ^ "Ultratop.be – Armin van Buuren – Balance" (in French). Hung Medien. Retrieved 2 November 2019.
9. ^ "Czech Albums – Top 100". ČNS IFPI. Note: On the chart page, select 44.Týden 2019 on the field besides the words "CZ – ALBUMS – TOP 100" to retrieve the correct chart. Retrieved 5 November 2019.
10. ^ "Dutchcharts.nl – Armin van Buuren – Balance" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 16 November 2019.
11. ^ "Offiziellecharts.de – Armin van Buuren – Balance" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved 31 October 2019.
12. ^ "Oficjalna lista sprzedaży :: OLiS - Official Retail Sales Chart". OLiS. Polish Society of the Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 7 November 2019.
13. ^ "Official Scottish Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 2 November 2019.
14. ^ "Slovak Albums – Top 100". ČNS IFPI. Retrieved 14 May 2024.
15. ^ "Swisscharts.com – Armin van Buuren – Balance". Hung Medien. Retrieved 6 November 2019.
16. ^ "Official Dance Albums Chart Top 40". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 7 November 2019.
17. ^ "Armin van Buuren Chart History (Top Dance/Electronic Albums)". Billboard.
18. ^ "Dutch album certifications – Armin Van Buuren – Balance" (in Dutch). Nederlandse Vereniging van Producenten en Importeurs van beeld- en geluidsdragers. Retrieved 2 November 2019. Enter Balance  in the "Artiest of titel" box. Select 2019 in the drop-down menu saying "Alle jaargangen".

* v
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Armin van Buuren

* Discography
* Awards and nominations

Studio albums|

* 76
* Shivers
* Imagine
* Mirage
* Intense
* Embrace
* Balance
* Feel Again

Compilation albums|

* 10 Years

Mix albums|

| A State of Trance|

* 2004
* 2005
* 2007
* 2008
* 2009
* 2010
* 2011
* 2012
* 2013
* 2014
* 2015
* 2016

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A State of Trance Ibiza|

* 2014 at Ushuaïa
* 2015 at Ushuaïa
* 2016

Universal Religion|

* Chapter 1
* Chapter 2
* Chapter 3
* Chapter 4
* Chapter 5
* Chapter 6
* Chapter 7

EPs|

* Old Skool

Singles|

| as Armin van Buuren|

* "Blue Fear"
* "Communication"
* "Yet Another Day"
* "Sunburn (Walk Through the Fire)"
* "Burned With Desire"
* "Blue Fear 2004"
* "Intruder" / "Pound"
* "This World Is Watching Me"
* "Communication Part 3"
* "Rush Hour"
* "If You Should Go"
* "Going Wrong"
* "In and Out of Love"
* "Unforgivable"
* "Fine Without You"
* "Never Say Never"
* "Broken Tonight"
* "Full Focus"
* "Not Giving Up on Love"
* "This Light Between Us"
* "Drowning"
* "Feels So Good"
* "Youtopia"
* "Orbion"
* "We Are Here to Make Some Noise"
* "I'll Listen"
* "Waiting for the Night"
* "The Expedition"
* "D# Fat"
* "This Is What It Feels Like"
* "Beautiful Life"
* "Intense"
* "Save My Night"
* "Alone"
* "Ping Pong"
* "Hystereo"
* "Another You"
* "Stardust"
* "Off the Hook"
* "Strong Ones"
* "Heading Up High"
* "Freefall"
* "Make It Right"
* "Great Spirit"
* "Sunny Days"
* "Sex, Love & Water"
* "Therapy"
* "Blah Blah Blah"
* "Wild Wild Son"
* "Lonely for You"
* "Turn It Up"
* "Feel Something"
* "Leave a Little Love"
* "On & On"

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as Rising Star|

* "Touch Me"

as Alibi|

* "Eternity"

as Perpetuous Dreamer|

* "The Sound of Goodbye"
* "The Sound of Goodbye 2008"

Video games|

* Armin van Buuren: In the Mix

Related articles|

* A State of Trance
* Armada Music

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* MusicBrainz release group

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