Nick Rotteveel (born 6 January 1989), professionally known as Nicky Romero, is a Dutch musician, DJ, record producer and remixer from Amerongen.He has worked with, and received support from DJs, such as Tisto, Fedde le Grand, Sander van Doorn, David Guetta, Calvin Harris, Armand Van Helden, Avicii and Hardwell. He currently ranks at number 37 on DJ Mag's annual Top 100 DJs poll. He is known for his viral hit song ''Toulouse''.
Romero signed to Once Records and released the tracks ''Privilege'' and ''Qwerty''. It was followed by the track ''Funktion One'' was released, which was mixed by Azucar (from Madskillz and Gregor Salto) and later added ''Hear My Sound''. In 2009 he remixed Cramloot's and Tony Cha Cha's track ''Get on the Floor'' and a bootleg for David Guetta entitled ''When Love Takes Over''. Both tracks increased his profile and the Ministry of Sound contacted him to do some remixes on their label. He also made a remix for the Dirty South track ''Alamo''.
Following ''I Could Be the One'' in 2013, Romero released his long-awaited single, ''Symphonica'', that reached No. 1 on the overall Beatport Top 100 chart. His next release, a collaboration with Krewella, ''Legacy'' also saw Beatport chart success hitting the No. 1 spot. Romero then took on a collaboration with Sunnery James & Ryan Marciano, ''S.O.T.U.'', that he released on Steve Angello's Size Records. Amid his 2013 releases, he performed as a resident at The Light Las Vegas and he also played numerous major festivals including Ultra Music Festival, Coachella Electric Daisy Carnival Las Vegas and Puerto Rico, Sensation White, and Tomorrowland, amongst others. One of his most notable gigs was at TomorrowWorld where he was one of the first music acts to present an interactive performance experience using Google Glass.
In October 2013, Romero ranked at number 7 on DJ Mag's Top 100 DJs annual fan poll. He helms his own weekly radio show, Protocol Radio and his own record label, Protocol Recordings.