Who is basshunter

Anyone else having a Sunday funday? Today it has over million views. The platinum-selling single remains a favourite of dance fans, Basshunter fans and club regulars, alike. A good record is a good record. The World Music Award winner might have a point. What is the difference between a single by Basshunter and a track by the musically similar but differently categorised German DJ, Zedd?

Despite not venturing outside of the dance genre, himself, Altberg insists that he has an appreciation for all types of music — something he considers vital in order to be successful in the music industry. Electronic dance is arguably one of the most popular genres of music in the world, right now.

He also sang in a rock band where he became acquainted with experimental music. His first album, The Old Shit, came out in He started producing songs in , using the computer software Fruity Loops. In , a remastered version of this album was released, with better sound quality.

Basshunter tried to present his live performances as improvisations. Ranked on the list of most popular Pop Singer. Also ranked in the elit list of famous celebrity born in Sweden. Basshunter celebrates birthday on December 22 of every year. In , Basshunter performed during the Norway Cup. He worked on an album through the three and half weeks. Ali Payami helped him with three songs. A red cover version was released on 1 January , with the same Swedish songs from the original album, but with lyrics or just titles translated into English.

The album peaked at number 5 in Sweden reached number 3 on the Danish albums chart, was certified double platinum, and placed at number 4 on the Finnish chart. Within twenty-four hours, the song was downloaded 37, times. With this success, Basshunter received several proposals from music labels. By 8 June , the song had been downloaded over 1,, times.

The German version of song was released as a single in The song peaked at number 1 on the Swedish singles chart, was number 14 on the Best of All Time list, and was certified platinum. The single "Every Morning" from the album was released on 18 September Single reached number 13 on Swedish singles chart and 14 in New Zealand.

It peaked at number 17 in the United Kingdom and Ireland. The single reached number 14 on New Zealand chart and was certified gold. It charted also in United Kingdom and Ireland. On 20 April the next Basshunter single named "Fest i hela huset" was released. Basshunter recorded it for the Big Brother Sverige series. The single charted at number five on the Swedish singles chart. His single titled "Northern Light" was released in August and next single, "Dream on the Dancefloor" was released on 18 November this year.

On 13 May , his album Calling Time was released. The last single from the album was the title track "Calling Time" released on 27 September. On 26 June 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. On 20 November , the single "Elinor" was released. On 25 November , Basshunter announced that a new album was being worked.

In , he wrote "Mange kommer hem till dig" for Mange Makers band. Philanthropy In and he appeared during the charity event Cash for Kids. In it was repeated with the same result. Starting , Basshunter took part in seventh series of British Channel 4's Celebrity Big Brother as a housemate and finished in fourth place in the finale.

Basshunter finished second place in a Swedish StarCraft video game competition. In , he appeared during the Danmarks Bedste Gamer.

In — years Basshunter produced nine videos. In he appeared in Playing Mortal Online with Arnold! Basshunter appeared also in Arash's music video for "Melody".

In , he organised the Basshunter Artwork Competition where participants realized their own designs for the Bass Generation album. In he organised 1st Bass Challenge. Participants realized their own track based on a samples pack. Musical style and live performances Basshunter defines his music as eurodance. He says his music is cheerful, full of energy and very melodic, it does not sound like other types of music, adding that producers and artists display their own identity in their works.

He adds he is passionate about basslines as a musician and uses them in his music. He added: "If you listen to a song on the radio, you can definitely tell whose music it is. When you listen to my music, you can tell it is Basshunter. He also listened to many underground tracks, that had never been released, or had not been widely known by the general public as well as German and Dutch techno music, reggae, funk and blues music, particularly music of Ray Charles.

The first release he bought was a single "The Way" by Fastball band in the s. The first computer he used was Atari ST. After achieving commercial success, he bought software, used in producing his music. He also contemplated creating video blogs rather than just online uploads. He plays the guitar. Basshunter considers his fan base very important for his career and knows that many of his non-Scandinavian fans actually prefer his songs in Swedish.

Writing in English may be an advantage for reaching international audiences, but he has also said that he likes the challenge of writing songs in English.