Van Buuren's empire includes music videos, his Armada music label, and a radio show with millions of listeners around the world.

Van Buuren says mainstream radio's belated embrace of EDM has sparked its rise.

"It's generated a lot more interest in the style and the music, and uh, you know, I hate to say 'I told you so,'" Van Buuren adds.

It has generated respect too.

This year, DJ Skrillex won three Grammys. Van Buuren attributes that to what he calls the art form of DJing.

"It's not just some guy pressing play," Van Buuren explains. "I mean, the crowd is the center of everything I do. I'm not a painter just because I want to paint something in my gallery, but I'm painting for the crowd because I have my music palette and that's what I'm painting with."

In the music industry, where artists can be in the spotlight one day and fade the next, the future of EDM is uncertain. But for now, it looks like it's here to stay… for a while.

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