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Birth Name: Jonas Erik Altberg

Age: 41, born 22 December 1984

Country of origin: Sweden

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Basshunter - I Promised Myself (Official Video) (Out NOW)

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BASSHUNTER - DOTA

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Basshunter - All I Ever Wanted (OFFICIAL VIDEO) (Ultra Music)

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Description: Jonas Erik Altberg (born 22 December 1984), better known by the pseudonym Basshunter, is a Swedish producer and singer-songwriter. Altberg describes his style of music as Eurodance. Basshunter's debut album LOL was released on 1 September 2006 through Warner Music. A Christmas/International edition was released on December 22, 2006, with the same Swedish songs from the original album, but with English translated names, in a slightly different track order, and with bonus tracks, including the never-before-released "Jingle Bells". The song "Sverige" has been omitted from the international edition. Basshunt Jonas Erik Altberg (born 22 December 1984), better known by the pseudonym Basshunter, is a Swedish producer and singer-songwriter. Altberg describes his style of music as Eurodance.
Basshunter's debut album LOL was released on 1 September 2006 through Warner Music. A Christmas/International edition was released on December 22, 2006, with the same Swedish songs from the original album, but with English translated names, in a slightly different track order, and with bonus tracks, including the never-before-released "Jingle Bells". The song "Sverige" has been omitted from the international edition.

Basshunter's second studio album Now You're Gone: The Album was released on 14 July 2008. The album features English remakes of older Basshunter hits, and entered the UK Albums Chart at number 1 also the album has sold an excess 300,000 copies in the UK making it platinum. In New Zealand, the album peaked at number one in its fifth week, and was certified Gold after six weeks selling over 7,500 copies. The album was then certified Platinum after 10 weeks, selling over 15,000 copies. The album spent a total of two weeks at number one.
The album produced several hit singles including Now You're Gone, All I Ever Wanted and Angel in the Night.

His fifth studio album Bass Generation was released on 28 September 2009. In early September 2009, before the album was released the song "Numbers" was released to the public as a free download via Basshunter's official Bebo profile. The album release date was eventually moved up a week for unknown reasons to 28 September 2009, along with the single "Every Morning", which was released on 21 September 2009. To promote the album, the Basshunter Album Artwork Competition was set up on 10 August 2009 in which fans could design and upload their own cover art for the "Bass Generation" album to Basshunters Bebo profile. The winners artwork would be signed, framed and presented to them by Basshunter at the Bass Generation tour. The winning entry was revealed on September 11, 2009. Basshunter will also set out on the Bass Generation Tour in October, 2009 in support of the album. The 10 date UK tour was announced on 1 July 2009, with Fugative supporting Basshunter. Tickets went on sale July 3, 2009.

On 14 May 2010 it was announced that Basshunter's newest song since the Bass Generation release, titled Saturday, would have a worldwide premier live on BBC Radio 1 with Scott Mills that same night. The track was co-written by Thomas Troelsen, Engelina, and Cutfather. It was produced by Thomas Troelsen and Cutfather. ... (more)

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