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Basshunter

Jonas Erik Altberg (born 22 December 1984 in Halmstad, Sweden), better known by his stage name Basshunter, is a Swedish singer-songwriter, record producer and DJ. He is best known for his number one hits "Boten Anna", "Now You're Gone" and "All I Ever Wanted". Basshunter has so far released a total of three albums, two of which have been released in the UK, and a total of 14 singles. Recently, his latest U.K. single, "Saturday," was released in July 2010, and he also competed in hit reality TV show Celebrity Big Brother in January 2010. His song "Sverige" was also used as Sjölunden's International Day song in 2008. He is working on a fourth studio album to be released in 2011.

Biography

Jonas Altberg was born in Halmstad, Sweden,[1] and lived with his parents and younger brother near Tylösand. He began producing music under the stage name "Basshunter" in 2002, using Fruity Loops, and released his first albums, The Old Shit (1999) and The Bassmachine (2004), through his own web site.[1] After that he started working as a DJ. In April 2006, he signed with Warner Music, releasing his first single, "Boten Anna". In 2007, he released a re-recording entitled "Now You're Gone," featuring entirely re-written lyrics to appeal to a foreign market. The song charted at number one on the UK Singles Chart and stayed there for five weeks.[1]

Throughout 2007, Basshunter worked on a new album, Now You're Gone – The Album, which was released in July 2008. Five singles were released from this album ("Now You're Gone," "All I Ever Wanted," "Angel in the Night," "I Miss You," and "Walk on Water").[1] A special edition of the album was released called Now You're Gone - The Album: Deluxe Edition on 5 April 2009. This featured all the content of the original album plus new remixes of "I Miss You" and "Angel in the Night" by Headhunter, along with a 7th Heaven remix of "Walk on Water," and a megamix of the first four singles. He has recently brought out another single, "I Promised Myself", which was released 30 November 2009.

Basshunter was a contestant on the final series of Celebrity Big Brother (UK) and entered the house on 3 January 2010.[2] He reached the final of the show and ended up finishing in fourth place.

His third studio album, Bass Generation, was released on 28 September 2009. Its lead single is "Every Morning."[3]

Basshunter has been diagnosed with Tourette's syndrome.[4][5]

Career

2006–2008: LOL <(^^,)>

Basshunter's debut album, LOL <(^^,)>, was released on 1 September 2006 through Warner Music. A Christmas/International edition was released on 22 December 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.

2008–2009: Now You're Gone: The Album

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 one. As well, the album has sold an excess 300,000 copies in the U.K., making it certified 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.[6] 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." And also it has bonus tracks also there is a deluxe edition.

2009: Bass Generation

His third 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.[7][8] To promote the album, the Basshunter Album Artwork Competition was set up on 10 August 2009 in which fans designed and uploaded their own cover art for the "Bass Generation" album to Basshunter's Bebo profile, with the winner being awarded their signed, framed artwork presented by Basshunter at the Bass Generation Tour.[9] The winning entry was revealed on 11 September. Basshunter also set out on the Bass Generation Tour in October 2009 in support of the album. The ten-date U.K. tour was announced on 1 July 2009,[10] with Fugative supporting Basshunter.[11] Tickets went on sale 3 July 2009.He is now on a social network IMVU.com.

Celebrity Big Brother (2010)

On 3 January 2010, Basshunter entered the U.K. TV series Celebrity Big Brother as a housemate; he finished in fourth place in the Finalé on 29 January 2010.

2010-present: Forthcoming fourth album

On 14 May 2010, it was announced that the first single from Basshunter's forthcoming fourth studio album, titled "Saturday," would have a worldwide premier live on BBC Radio 1 with Scott Mills that same night.[12] The track was co-written by Thomas Troelsen, Engelina, and Cutfather, and produced by Troelsen and Cutfather. The melody of the song is based on Reel 2 Real's "I Like to Move It." Basshunter performed "Saturday" on 4 July 2010 as part of T4 on the Beach, as well as performing it on Big Brother's Little Brother on 3 July 2010. His forthcoming fourth album should be released in 2011.

In April 2011 Basshunter entered the Swedish Big Brother house to produce a song along with the remaining housemates.[13]

Music videos

Several music videos were made for Basshunter's singles, the first being "Boten Anna" (2006), followed by "Dota" in the same year. A new music video of the latter was also made. The music videos for the singles of the "Now You're Gone" and "Bass Generation" albums differ in that they are all linked in a soap opera style love story. The girl in the videos, nicknamed 'Basshunter girl', is played by Iranian-Norwegian model Aylar Lie. Basshunter's latest single "Saturday" is the first UK single to discontinue the story theme, and features Basshunter in a club dancing with girls.

31 December 2007: "Now You're Gone" — A young couple, Aylar and Lucas, split up only to get back together on the dance floor of a club where Basshunter is performing.

29 June 2008: "All I Ever Wanted" — Aylar & Lucas go on holiday with friends, however Aylar has suspicions that Lucas is cheating on her. At the end of the video she storms out of the club Aylar is on beach Lucas texts her "She was my mates sister".

29 September 2008: "Angel in the Night" — While working in a cafe, Aylar texts Lucas telling him she knows he's been cheating on her and that their relationship is over. After which she meets Basshunter, who invites her to a street race he's taking part in. Basshunter wins the race and performs 'Angel in the Night' on stage. Falling for Basshunter, Aylar takes his hand and the pair kiss on stage.

15 December 2008: "I Miss You" — Basshunter, Aylar and friends enjoy the perfect Christmas, with hot tubs, presents, and snow, in a luxury cabin. This music video was also used for Basshunter's cover of Jingle Bells.

21 September 2009: "Every Morning" — On a vacation with friends, Basshunter plans to ask Aylar to marry him, however his friends sabotage his attempts. Basshunter then tries again to ask Aylar by taking out a ring at a beach party, however the couple are playfully dragged away from each other by their friends. Aylar then goes swimming in the sea and goes missing.

30 November 2009: "I Promised Myself" — Basshunter receives the news Aylar has been found, and that she is in the hospital. On the way there, Basshunter reminisces about the time himself and Aylar have spent together, (this includes flashbacks to previous music videos). Basshunter tries to get to the hospital as fast as possible but when he arrives, he sees that Lucas, Aylar's previous boyfriend, is with her.

Arrest

On 15 December 2010, Altberg was charged by police over an alleged sexual assault on two female fans at a gig at a nightclub in Fife, Scotland. He was released on bail and returned to Sweden. His manager has insisted at the time that the allegations were "totally untrue".[14] Attending a hearing at Kirkcaldy Sheriff Court on 12 January 2011, Altberg denied two charges of sexual assault against two women. It is alleged that he grabbed the first by the hair, and pushed her head towards his groin, while the second he pushed towards his groin, and then bent over. He is further accused of pulling up the second woman's skirt. The trial has been set for May 2011.[15]

Discography

Main article: Basshunter discography

Hunt For Bass

On September 14, 2010, Basshunter announced on his website that he would be running a contest. First prize was a record deal with Extensive Music Sweden. The contest had no official contract but instead, contestants emailed a song they wrote to Extensive Music who would then choose the best song. The artist of the song chosen would then receive a record deal.

Deadline

The deadline for the contest was originally December 3, 2010. However, the deadline was postponed to December 9, 2010 due to "the insane amount of submissions (and illness)".[16] . At the time this has been written (May 26, 2011), the contest has still not been closed and a winner still has not yet been decided.

Controversies

Extensive Music has put all of the artists' submissions on youtube and have also placed advertisments on the videos of the artists songs through the youtube partner program. Doing so allows Extensive Music to monetize on the songs written by the contestants while the contestants get none of the profits. This has lead to a feeling of anger from many of the contestants, as the closing date for the contest has already passed, and they feel Extensive Music has no right to profit from the artists' songs. Any comments made on Extensive Music Sweden's youtube channel, or Basshunter's website regarding this have been deleted.

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Bio Basshunter". Basshunter.se. Retrieved 30 December 2010.
  2. ^ Friday, January 1 2010, 18:36 GMT (1 January 2010). "Basshunter 'confirmed for Celeb BB". Digitalspy.co.uk. Retrieved 30 December 2010.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  3. ^ Dolphin, David (1 May 2009). "Jonas Erik Altberg (Basshunter) Interview" (Text & Audio). An Focal. Retrieved 4 May 2009.
  4. ^ Joo, Nathalie (11 June 2006). "Hitmakaren Jonas: De ville göra narr av mig". Expressen (in Swedish). Kvällstidningen Expressen. Retrieved 27 September 2006.
  5. ^ Mendoza, Nadia. 'I was bullied for my Tourette's', The Sun 15 July 2008. Retrieved on 18 July 2008.
  6. ^ "Rianz.org.nz". Rianz.org.nz. Retrieved 30 December 2010.
  7. ^ Hard2Beat - Basshunter - The Perfect Holiday...?[dead link]
  8. ^ "Bast nar skivan ar slut". Aftonbladet.se. Retrieved 30 December 2010.
  9. ^ Hard2Beat - Basshunter Artwork Competition[dead link]
  10. ^ Hard2Beat - Bass Generation[dead link]
  11. ^ "Fugative mobbed by girls at Basshunter gig". Daily Star. 23 January 2010. Retrieved 30 December 2010.
  12. ^ "Dance Nation | Basshunter - 'Saturday'". Mydancenation.com. Retrieved 23 June 2010. [dead link]
  13. ^ http://www.dn.se/kultur-noje/film-tv/basshunter-in-i-big-brother-huset
  14. ^ "BBC News: Basshunter music star on sex attack charges". Bbc.co.uk. 14 December 2010. Retrieved 30 December 2010.
  15. ^ "BBC News: Basshunter music star denies sex attack charges". Bbc.co.uk. 12 January 2011. Retrieved 18 January 2011.
  16. ^ "Hunt For Bass 2010". Warner Music. 2 December 2010. {{cite web}}: |access-date= requires |url= (help); Missing or empty |url= (help); Text "http://www.basshunter.se" ignored (help)
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