Alan Walker
Alan Walker | |
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| Background information | |
| Born | 24 August 1997 Northampton, England, United Kingdom |
| Origin | Bergen, Norway |
| Occupation(s) | Record producer |
| Years active | 2015–present |
| Labels | |
| Website | www |
Alan Walker (born 24 August 1997) is a British-Norwegian record producer who was born in Northampton, England. He is best known for his EDM single "Faded" and his EDM song released on NCS, "Fade".
Career
Early beginnings
Born in Northampton, Walker moved to Bergen, Norway, with his Norwegian mother and English father at the age of two. Growing up in the digital era, Walker found an early interest in computers which later turned into a fascination for programming and graphic design. In 2012 he started making music on his laptop, and with the help and online following and feedbacks, his songs soon caught the attention of the record labels.
2015–present: "Faded"
His song "Fade" gained attention after its release on YouTube via the label NoCopyrightSounds (NCS). "Fade" was then released on a compilation album by NCS called Uplifting.[1] The tracks "Spectre" and "Force" followed in 2015. Walker signed with MER Musikk under Sony Music Sweden and his first single was the track "Faded", a remastered vocal version of "Fade" by Walker and Zeuss (Vlady Bedi), released 4 December 2015 and featuring uncredited female vocalist Iselin Solheim.[2] The song topped both the Norwegian VG-lista singles chart and the Swedish Sverigetopplistan charts, and was a top 10 hit as well in Finland and Denmark, with appearances also on Italian, German, American, English, Dutch and Irish charts. The song was supposedly in production for over a year. There were many delays with the song and the two videos, with Walker apologising for the delays. After the song and the video were released, they gained worldwide attention.[3] As of 4 June 2016, "Faded" has over 356 million views on YouTube.[4] There is also an instrumental (no vocal) version of the song and as of 10 May 2016 it has little over 3 million views on YouTube. On 24 May 2016, he released a teaser for his new song "Sing Me to Sleep", with the initialism title "SMTS". A second and third teaser were released during the following days, and the third teaser confirmed the release date of 3 June. Following its release, a story with different people featuring Iselin Solheim, who is also the singer of "Faded", was revealed. An instrumental version containing no vocals was also released.
Discography
Singles
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Certifications | ||||||||||||||||||
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| NOR [5] |
AUS [6] |
FRA [7] |
GER [8] |
IRE [9] |
ITA [10] |
NLD [11] |
SWE [12] |
UK [13] |
US | ||||||||||||
| "Spectre" | 2015 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||||
| "Force" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||||||
| "Faded" | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 80 | |||||||||||
| "Sing Me to Sleep" | 2016 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||||
| "—" denotes a single that did not chart or was not released. | |||||||||||||||||||||
References
- ^ "NCS: Uplifting by Various Artists". iTunes US. Retrieved 4 April 2016.
- ^ PopCrush: Best Songs We Heard This Week: Jeremih, The 1975, Alan Walker + More
- ^ PopCrush: Best Songs We Heard This Week: Jeremih, The 1975, Alan Walker + More
- ^ Walker, Alan (3 December 2015). "Faded". YouTube. Retrieved 18 May 2016.
- ^ Hung, Steffen. "Discography Alan Walker". Norwegian Charts Portal. Hung Medien (Steffen Hung).
- ^ "Discography Alan Walker". Australian Charts Portal. Hung Medien (Steffen Hung). Retrieved 7 June 2016.
- ^ "Discographie Alan Walker". French Charts Portal. Hung Medien (Steffen Hung). Retrieved 7 June 2016.
- ^ Hung, Steffen. "Discographie Alan Walker". German Charts Portal. Hung Medien (Steffen Hung).
- ^ Hung, Steffen. "Discography Alan Walker". Irish Charts Portal. Hung Medien (Steffen Hung).
- ^ Hung, Steffen. "Discography Alan Walker: Singles". Italian Charts Portal. Hung Medien (Steffen Hung).
- ^ Hung, Steffen. "Discography Alan Walker". Dutch Charts Portal. Hung Medien (Steffen Hung).
- ^ Hung, Steffen. "Discography Alan Walker". Swedish Charts Portal. Hung Medien (Steffen Hung).
- ^ "Alan Walker". Officialcharts.com/. Official Charts Company.