Basshunter

Jonas Erik Altberg (born 22 December 1984), known professionally as Basshunter, is a Swedish singer, record producer, songwriter and DJ.

As indicated by his stage name, Basshunter is known for bass-heavy eurodance, trance, and electronic pop music.

Jonas Erik Altberg was born on 22 December 1984 in Halmstad to Gunhild Elisabet (died 2016), a teacher and school principal as well as union representative for the Swedish Teachers' Union and Karl Göran Altberg, who worked for a construction company.

He has a younger brother, Joakim; the family lived near Tylösand.

In his mid-teens he started singing in a choir his mother ran.

He also sang for two years in a rock band, where he became acquainted with experimental music.

He attended secondary school with a technical specialization, but moved after two years to, a secondary school in Halmstad with a music specialization.

Basshunter has recorded five studio albums: The Bassmachine (2004), LOL (2006), Now You're Gone – The Album (2008), Bass Generation (2009), and Calling Time (2013).

In addition to his own music, he has written for El Capon, Mange Makers, and Lana Scolaro.

He has taken part in the seventh series of the British reality television show Celebrity Big Brother, episodes of the Swedish game show Fångarna på fortet, and an episode of the British television quiz show Weakest Link.

His accolades include a European Border Breakers Award, a Musikförläggarnas pris, a Telia award, and nominations for a BT Digital Music Award, two Grammis, an MTV Europe Music Award, and a Rockbjörnen.

In 2004, Basshunter was chosen in an online poll and performed live for the first time at a rave party in Älmhult.

Alex Music released Basshunter's first studio album, The Bassmachine, on 25 August 2004.

He finished secondary school in 2005, after which he attended college, but did not complete his education.

Altberg began producing music at the age of 17 after six months of using the software program FruityLoops (FL Studio).

He chose the stage name "Basshunter" in a reference to his musical style, and described the name as commercial and powerful.

His father was tired of hearing the constant pounding when Basshunter was producing music inside the bedroom, so he built him a clubhouse.

In 2005, a remastered version of this album with improved sound quality was released.

Born and raised in Halmstad he moved to Malmö in 2006.

As a young teen, Basshunter sang in a choir his mother ran.

He started producing music at the age of 17, and later he started performing in local venues in his early career.

In 2006, he self-released "Boten Anna" for free download a few months before he signed with labels Extensive Music and Warner Music Sweden and began commercial releases.

In 2006, Basshunter re-released The Bassmachine as The Bass Machine and also released his first compilation album The Old Shit through his own website.

Basshunter's interest in music deepened as time went by.

He recorded a YouTube video, entitled Basshunter Tutorial, showing his recording process in FL Studio.

The track from the video was covered over 200 times.

Basshunter published his music mainly through the Internet for free download on platforms such as chat channels and gaming websites.

He was registered on online communities like Efterfest, LunarStorm, Nattstad, Porrigt, Playahead, Skunk and Trance.nu.

For several years he was a DJ in Swedish clubs.

In March 2006, Basshunter published his song "Boten Anna" online and within twenty-four hours, it had been downloaded 37,000 times.

Basshunter's single "Welcome to Rainbow" was released on 1 April 2006; it included the track "Boten Anna".

With this success, Basshunter received several proposals from managers and music labels.

Swedish DJ and party organizer Joakim Jarny contacted Basshunter via Internet Relay Chat and Jarny was soon overwhelmed by hundreds of requests from club owners in Sweden, Norway and Denmark who wanted Basshunter to perform at their clubs.

Jarny contacted his friend Henrik Uhlmann at Extensive Music and in April 2006, Basshunter signed with Extensive Music and Warner Music Sweden.

On 9 May 2006, "Boten Anna" was officially released as a single.

By 8 June 2006, the song had been downloaded over one million times.

In that year, he moved to Malmö, where the headquarters of Extensive Music are located.

"Boten Anna" peaked at number one on the Swedish singles chart and reached number 13 on the Swedish Best of All Time list, and was certified platinum.

His 2007 song "Now You're Gone" featuring Bazzheadz is based on Bazzheadz's "Now You're Gone" which uses the melody of "Boten Anna" with entirely different lyrics.

According to Svenska Dagbladet figures published in 2009, he has sold more than 3 million records.