Basshunter

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Basshunter

Basshunter singing at a concert in Halmstad, Sweden on 20

April 2008

Background information

Birth name Jonas Erik Altberg

Born 22 December 1984 (age 32)

Halmstad, Sweden

Eurodance
Genres
trance

EDM

electropop

Occupation(s) Singer

songwriter
record producer
 DJ

Instruments Vocals

synthesizers

vocoder

sequencer

digital audio workstation

Years active 1998present

Labels Extensive

Warner Sweden

Ultra

Broma 16

Warner Japan
3 Beat

Dance Nation

Warner Germany

Alex

Website basshunter.se

Jonas Erik Altberg (born 22 December 1984 in Halmstad), better known by his stage
name Basshunter (Swedish pronunciation: /bes.hn.tr/) is a Swedish singer, songwriter, record
producer and DJ. He started singing in a choir run by his mother. He also sang in a rock band
and began producing music under the stage name "Basshunter" in 2001, after six months of
using Fruity Loops.
He recorded five studio albums: LOL <(^^,)> (2006), Now You're Gone The
Album (2008), Bass Generation (2009), The Early Bedroom Sessions (2012) and Calling
Time (2013). In addition to his own music, he has written and produced for a great number of
artists. He also took part in the seventh series of Celebrity Big Brother, the British edition of Fort
Boyard and the Weakest Link in 2010.
The artist received a few awards like European Border Breakers Award, Grammis or World
Music Award. He was also nominated to BT Digital Music Award, MTV Europe Music
Award or Rockbjrnen. According to 2014 Extensive Music label figures, more than six million
Basshunter records have been sold.[1]

Contents
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1Early life
2Career
o 2.1200106
2.1.1Beginnings
o 2.2200608
2.2.1Boten Anna
2.2.2LOL <(^^,)>
 o 2.3200709
2.3.1Now You're Gone (song)
2.3.2Now You're Gone (album)
2.3.3Bass Generation
o 2.42010present
2.4.1Calling Time and The Early Bedroom Sessions
o 2.5Remixes
3Philanthropy
4Other ventures
o 4.1Television
o 4.2Video games and films
o 4.3Contests and social media
5Musical style and live performances
6Personal life
7Discography
o 7.1Studio albums
o 7.2Internet albums
o 7.3Extended plays
8Awards and nominations
9References
10External links

Early life[edit]
Jonas Altberg was born and raised in Halmstad, Sweden and lived with his parents, Karl Gran
Altberg and Gunhild Elisabet Altberg,[2] and younger brother, Joakim,[3] near Tylsandbeach.[4] His
mother was a teacher and head of a secondary school in Sweden.[5] His father worked in a
construction company. Basshunter first went to Kattegattgymnasiet lyceum, a technical school.
However, he moved to Sturegymnasiet lyceum in Halmstad to study music.[6] He also attended
College but did not continue.[5]
In 1998[7] he started singing in a choir run by his mother. It made him interested in singing.[8] He
also sang in a rock band,[9] where he became acquainted with experimental music.[10]

Career[edit]
200106[edit]
Beginnings[edit]
Altberg began producing music under the stage name "Basshunter" in 2001,[7] after six months of
using Fruity Loops. The name emphasized his musical style.[11]
His first album, The Bassmachine was released by Alex Music on 25 August 2004.[12] In 2005, a
remastered version of this album was released, with better sound quality and audio levels.[13] In
2006, Basshunter released The Bass Machine[14] and The Old Shit through his own web
site.[15] Basshunter's interest in music became greater as he progressed.[4]
He published his music mainly through the internet (among others, to chat channels and gaming
websites)[16] and for several years he was a DJ in Swedish clubs.[17] His EP "Welcome to
Rainbow" was released on 1 April 2006.[18] It included the single "Boten Anna", released later that
May.[19] In 2006, he moved to Malm.[6]
Basshunter signed to Insanity Artists Agency,[20] which represents DJs and artists from the music,
fashion, television and radio industries.[21] He was formerly signed to IFA Agency.[22] Henrik
Ulhmann was his manager, who also organizes his concerts and is responsible for press
contact.[23]
200608[edit]
Boten Anna[edit]

Basshunter during Hity Na Czasie at the final of Tall Ships' Races Szczecin, 5 August 2007

Basshunter initially published his song "Boten Anna" in March 2006 online.[24] Within twenty four
hours, the song was downloaded 37,000 times.[16] By 8 June 2006, the song had been
downloaded over 1,000,000 times.[16] Based on this success, Basshunter received several
proposals from music labels.[8] In April 2006, he signed with Extensive Music[4] and Warner
Music Sweden,[17] and on 9 May 2006, "Boten Anna" was officially released as a single. The
German version of song was released as a single in 2007. The song peaked at number one on
the Swedish singles chart,[19] was number 14 on the Best of All Time list,[25] and was certified
platinum.[26] It also made it to number 1 on the Danish chart, staying on top for 14 weeks,[27] and
was certified triple platinum[28] selling 61,000 copies.[29] It was also certified gold in Austria.[30]
LOL <(^^,)>[edit]
Basshunter's debut studio album, LOL <(^^,)> was released on 28 August 2006.[31] He worked on
an album through the three and half weeks. Ali Payami helped him with three songs.[6] A red
cover version was released on 1 January 2008, with the same Swedish songs from the original
album, but with lyrics or just titles translated into English. The new release also included new
tracks, including the "Now You're Gone", "Russia Privjet", "The Beat", "Jingle Bells (Bass)", "Beer
in the Bar" and Club Mix of "DotA".[32] Special version of album released in 2008 has included
German version of "Boten Anna" and three music videos.[33] The album peaking at number 5 in
Sweden[34]and reached number three on the Danish albums chart,[35] and was certified gold[28] and
number 4 on the Finnish chart.[36]
The second single "Vi sitter i Ventrilo och spelar DotA" was released on 13 September of the
same year.[37] The single peaked at number two in Finland[38] number six in Sweden[37] and number
seven in Norway[39] and Denmark.[40] It was certified gold in Denmark.[28] Next single "Hall dr"
was charted at number 51 on Swedish singles chart.[41] The single "Vifta med hnderna" is
featured by Patrik & Lillen duo and peaked on Finnish chart at number seven[42] and was charted
in Sweden at number 25.[43] Fifth single, a remake of "Jingle Bells" was released on 13
November[44] and peaked at number nine in Norway,[45] number 13 in Sweden.[46] The single was
charted also in Dutch[47] and United Kingdom.[48]
On 5 November 2007, a new version of the "Vi sitter i Ventrilo och spelar DotA" was released
under the title "DotA".[49] It was charted in Germany's singles chart.[50] "DotA" is also shorter name
for "Vi sitter i Ventrilo och spelar DotA" from 2006.[51]
200709[edit]
Now You're Gone (song)[edit]

Basshunter during Point Gamma, first time in France, 7 July 2008

On 29 December 2007,[52] a re-recording of "Boten Anna" entitled "Now You're Gone" was
released.[4] "Now You're Gone" was made in 2006 by Bazzheadz.[53] Basshunter wanted to
translate "Boten Anna" to English but it was impossible to translate so in 2007 he made his
version of "Now You're Gone" with DJ Mental Theo's Bazzheadz participation.[6] It was initial
release for Hard2Beat Records label.[54] The single charted at number one on the UK Singles
Chart stayed at the top for five weeks[48] The single sold an excess 600,000 copies in the United
Kingdom,[55] and was certified platinum.[56] Single charted also on UK Top 100 Songs of the
Decade.[57] "Now You're Gone" stayed at the top for five weeks also in Ireland and made it to
number two on Swedish chart[58] and number three in New Zealand (single was certified
platinum[59]).[60] On French singles chart, "Now You're Gone" peaked at number six[61] selling in
excess of 92,230 copies.[62]Single charted at number four on European Hot 100 chart.[63] The
music video of the single was the third the most viewed videos on YouTube.[64]
Now You're Gone (album)[edit]
Next single "Please Don't Go" was a cover of KC and the Sunshine Band song from 1979.[65] The
single which was released on 19 May 2008[66] reached number six on Swedish singles
chart.[65] The third single "All I Ever Wanted" was released on 7 June 2008.[67] The single peaked
at number two on British chart[48]where he was sold excess 200,000 copies[55] and was certified
silver.[56] It reached number one on Irish singles chart[68] "All I Ever Wanted" was certified gold in
New Zealand.[59]and charted at number ten on European Hot 100 chart.[63]
Now You're Gone The Album was released on 14 July 2008.[69] He worked on an album through
the two and half week.[70] The album entered the UK Albums Chart at number one.[48] Additionally,
the album sold in excess of 329,717 copies in the United Kingdom,[71] and was certified
platinum.[56] It also topped in New Zealand and was certified platinum there.[59] Now You're Gone
The Album was charted at number two in Ireland[68] and reached number six on European
Albums chart.[72] "Angel in the Night" single was released on 8 September 2008.[73] The single
charted at number ten on Irish chart[68] and number fourteen on British chart.[48] It was also
charted in Sweden.[74]
The fifth single from album, "I Miss You" a dance remake of a Westlife song was released on 14
December 2008.[75] The single charted on British,[48] Swedish[76] and Germanchart.[77] On 5 April
2009 single "Walk on Water" was released.[78] On this same day, a deluxe edition of the album
was also released featuring all the tracks from the original album in addition to remixes of "I Miss
You" and "Angel in the Night" by Headhunters, along with a 7th Heaven remix of "Walk on Water"
and a Ultra DJ's remix of "Please Don't Go". "I Can Walk on Water" has been replaced by new
version under the title "Walk on Water".[79]
Bass Generation[edit]

Basshunter at the beginning of his show in the United Kingdom, September 2009

His third studio album, Bass Generation, was released on 25 September 2009.[80] Double Disc
version include remixes of some his singles, Swedish version of "Without Stars" song and
Camilla".[81] In early September 2009, prior to the album release, the track "Numbers" was
released to the public as a free download via Basshunter's official Bebo account. Bass
Generation reached number two in New Zealand[82] and was number 16 in
the British[48] and Irish charts.[68] It sold in excess 60,000 copies[55] and was certified silver in the
United Kingdom.[56] The single "Every Morning" from the album was released on 18 September
2009.[83] Single reached number 13 on Swedish singles chart[84] and 14 in New Zealand.[85] It
peaked at number 17 in the United Kingdom[48] and Ireland.[68] "I Promised Myself", a cover of
a Nick Kamen big hit[86] was released on 29 November 2009.[87]
2010present[edit]
Calling Time and The Early Bedroom Sessions[edit]
"Saturday" single was released on 5 July 2010.[88] The single reached number 14 on New
Zealand chart[89] and was certified gold.[59] It charted also in United Kingdom[48] and Ireland.[68] On
20 April 2011 the next Basshunter single named "Fest i hela huset" was released. Basshunter
recorded it for the Big Brother Sverige series.[90] The single charted at number five on
the Swedish singles chart.[91] His single titled "Northern Light" was released in August 2012 and
next single, "Dream on the Dancefloor" was released on 18 November this year.[92] First of the
two planned albums,[93] The Early Bedroom Sessions was released on 3 December 2012. It
consisted of songs from The Old Shit, The Bassmachine and demo songs.[94]
On 13 May 2013, his album Calling Time was released.[95] In the version released in Ireland and
in the United Kingdom, the track "Saturday" was replaced by "Open Your Eyes".[96]The album
charted at number 25 on the American chart, Dance/Electronic Albums.[97] On 20 June 2013, the
single "Crash & Burn" single was released.[98] The last single from the album was the title track
"Calling Time" released on 27 September.[99]
On 26 June 2013 Basshunter announced suspension on his vocal career and concentration on
DJing, production and songwriter career. He met new artists and invited them to sing on his
songs. He claimed that "it's so much more interesting and different when someone else is singing
in a song he has written". He made the decision after his exhaustive four performances in four
days.[100] In this same year he produced "Dance All Summer" for Nation X band.[101]
On 20 November 2013, the single "Elinor" was released. In 2014, Basshunter remixed "Sex Love
Rock n Roll (SLR)" by Arash (featuring T-Pain).[102] On 25 November 2014, Basshunter
announced that a new album was being worked.[103] In 2015, he wrote "Mange kommer hem till
dig" for Mange Makers band.[104]
Remixes[edit]
Basshunter has remixed songs for a number of artists, In 2007 he released remixes of singles
"Dancing Lasha Tumbai" by Verka Serduchka, "Du hast den schnsten Arsch der Welt" by Alex
C. (featuring Y-ass), "Ieva's Polka (Ievan Polkka)" by Loituma and "Calcutta 2008" by Dr.
Bombay and in 2008, Alina's song "When You Leave (Numa Numa)".[105]
Philanthropy[edit]
In 2008[106] and 2010 he appeared during the charity event Cash for Kids.[107] He also appeared
during the Musikhjlpen charity event in 2008.[108]
In February 2012, Norton Hill School's Quantock House organized a 20-hour charity sleep-over
with repeat airing of Basshunter's "Now You're Gone" non-stop collecting more than 2,000 in
the event for Time is Precious and for Cancer Research UK charities.[109] In 2015 it was repeated
with the same result.[110]

Other ventures[edit]