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ILLENIUM

ILLENIUM, the project of Chicago-born producer Nick Miller, helped define the melodic, emotional side of American EDM in the mid-2010s. His songs tend to start as singer-led ballads and build into cathartic, bass-heavy drops, a formula that earned him a devoted following well beyond the festival circuit.

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ASCEND (2019). It's his biggest and most complete record, full of the soaring, heartbreak-driven anthems he does best. "Good Things Fall Apart" with Jon Bellion and "Takeaway" with the Chainsmokers and Lennon Stella were both enormous, and "Crashing" with Bahari shows the softer side underneath the drops.

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Biography

Nicholas Daniel Miller (born December 26, 1990), professionally known as Illenium (stylized in all caps), is an American musician, DJ, music producer, and songwriter. He has released six studio albums, his most recent being Odyssey, released in February 2026. Illenium earned his first Grammy nomination following the release of his fourth studio album, Fallen Embers, released in July 2021. One of Illenium's more notable albums, Ascend, was released in August 2019 on Astralwerks. The album was Illenium's first to top the Billboard Dance/Electronic Albums chart and also reached his highest peak on the Billboard 200 at number 14.

A total of 57 of Illenium's songs have appeared on the Billboard Hot Dance/Electronic Songs chart, including two singles in 2019 that peaked at number 3: "Good Things Fall Apart" with Jon Bellion and "Takeaway" with the Chainsmokers (featuring Lennon Stella). Illenium has also worked on numerous notable remixes, including those for The Chainsmokers' "Don't Let Me Down", Taylor Swift's "Anti-Hero" and Flume's "Say It", the latter of which won the award for "Remix of the Year" at the inaugural Electronic Music Awards in 2017.

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