Tiësto Announces “The Love of His Life” is Pregnant with Second Child at the GRAMMYs

Tiësto and his wife Annika Backes announce their second child at the GRAMMYs

At the Grammy’s this year, Tiësto announced that he and his wife, Annika Backes are expecting their second child. Tiësto shared some cute photos of the expecting couple on Instagram from their stunning outfits on the red carpet and also the pizzeria. Many DJs, friends, and fans in the electronic community commented on the photo congratulating the couple and their amazing news.

The couple first met in New York City in 2015 and quickly realized at Coachella, how dreamy, that they were serious about one another. The couple’s first child, Viola, was born back in November of 2020, and this year they are expecting a baby boy, cute baby names pending. The couple is very much in love and they have been happily married since 2019.

Dutch producer Tijs Michiel Verwest known by his DJ name Tiësto has been producing music for over twenty years. He has over 40 million monthly listeners on Spotify and has been recognized as one of the “Best DJs of All Time” by MixMag in 2011. He has produced music ranging all across genres from trance to house, to Big Room, to progressive house, and many others.

Tjis scored himself a beautiful life partner Annika Backes, a model who began her career with Elite Model Management. She has walked New York Fashion week and also modeled in Paris, Seoul, and South Korea. You can catch her on Instagram posting cute photos with her daughter Viola as well as her many traveling adventures.

Tiësto is very popular in the electronic community around the world and a true pioneer in the scene. Last year the producer launched a remix challenge where he called on producers to remix his song featuring Ty Dolla $ign where his team received over “3,500 submissions“. This year he announced a second global remix challenge where he called on producers to remix his song “The Motto” featuring Ava Max.

Make sure to listen to the winners of this year’s challenge below!