Jonas Erik Altberg was born on 22 December 1984 in Halmstad, Sweden. He lived with his parents and younger brother near Tylösand, a famous Swedish beach. He started to produce music under the stage name “Basshunter” in 1999 with the computer program Fruity Loops, and released his first albums, “The Old Shit” and “The Bassmachine”, through his own homepage in 1999 and 2004 respectively. His interest in music became greater as he progressed.In April 2006, he signed his first contract with Extensive Music/Warner Music after signing with Extensive Music as management, releasing his first single, “Boten Anna”. In Scandinavia, the song became a hit instantly and was the first ever Swedish language song to reach number one on numerous charts around the world. His major label debut album, LOL <(^^,)> would chart all over Europe and launch him into the forefront of dance music.In the end of 2007, Altberg released a re-recording of “Boten Anna”, titled “Now You’re Gone”, the video also featured Aylar Lie and was the first of four videos. The song subsequently charted at number one on the UK Singles Chart, and stayed there for 5 weeks! Basshunter was also the first Swedish artist that has been the host for a 72 hour tweet-for-ticket-party, where the fans could be able to stream his new album, and in exchange post a link on his or her facebook/twitter page.Basshunter will also set out on the Bass Generation tour in October, 2009 in support on the album.Basshunter is seen as the biggest commercial dance artist in the world right now!Listen song here:YouTube
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