Alan Walker (producer)

Alan Walker

Alan Walker during an interview in Germany
Background information
Birth name Alan Olav Walker
Also known as DJ Walkzz
Walkzz
Born (1997-08-24) 24 August 1997
Northampton, England
Origin Bergen, Norway
Genres
Occupation(s)
Years active 2012–present
Labels
Website www.alanwalkermusic.no

Alan Olav Walker (born 24 August 1997) is a Norwegian record producer and DJ. He is best known for the electronic dance music single "Faded", which struck gold in international markets, receiving platinum certifications in over 10 different countries.

Career

Early beginnings

Born in Northampton, England, Walker moved to Bergen city in Hordaland,[1] 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. He initially had no musical background, however he later taught himself by browsing YouTube videos based on music production.[2] In 2012, he started making music on his laptop and his tracks soon caught the attention of record labels. For a brief overview, before what follows, Alan Walker may be considered as one of "The 55 Men", as a part of the web 2.0 art scene constitution and mostly because he reached success and destined himself to be producer (along with, for example, Dr. Dre).

2014: "Fade"

Walker's song "Fade" gained attention after its release on YouTube via the label NoCopyrightSounds. It has become the most popular track on the channel, as well as one of the most used background music on YouTube. The track was later included in NoCopyrightSounds' album NCS: Uplifting. The tracks "Spectre" and "Force" appeared on the albums NCS: Infinity and NCS: The Best of 2015 later in 2015.

2015: "Faded"

Walker signed with MER Musikk under Sony Music Sweden and his next single, "Faded", was a remastered vocal version of "Fade". It was released 3 December and featured uncredited Norwegian recording artist Iselin Solheim.[3] The song topped the Norwegian VG-lista singles chart and the Swedish Sverigetopplistan charts, iTunes charts in 32 countries, as well as entering top 10 in Spotify Global Chart. It was a hit in Finland, Denmark, Ireland, Italy, Spain, Germany, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, the United States, and several countries in Europe and Asia.[4] The music video on YouTube has over 790 million views and 4.8 million likes,[5] placing it among the top 20 most liked YouTube videos. On Spotify, it has over 540 million streams. The single also received an official remix from Tiesto.

2016–present: "Sing Me To Sleep" and "Alone"

Walker's 2016 single "Sing Me To Sleep" was released on 3 June, featuring female vocalist Iselin Solheim, the same vocalist in "Faded". The song topped iTunes charts in 7 countries, it has over 97 million streams on Spotify. The music video on YouTube has over 135 million views.[6]

Walker's latest single "Alone" was released on 2 December, and featured uncredited Swedish recording artist Noonie Bao.[7]

Discography

Alan Walker at Stavernfestivalen, Norway in 2016

As Alan Walker

Singles

Title Year Peak chart positions Certifications
NOR
[8]		 AUS
[9]		 FRA
[10]		 GER
[11]		 IRE
[12]		 ITA
[13]		 NLD
[14]		 SWE
[15]		 UK
[16]
"Fade" a 2014 — — — — — — — — —
"Spectre" b 2015 — — — — — — — — —
"Force" c — — — — — — — — —
"Faded" 1 2 1 1 6 1 2 1 7
"Sing Me to Sleep" 2016 1 — 51 10 — — — 9 95
  • BVMI: Gold
  • GLF: 2× Platinum
"Alone" — — — — — — — — —
"—" denotes a single that did not chart or was not released.

Music videos

Year Title Director
2015 "Faded"
  • Rikkard Häggbom
  • Tobias Häggbom
2016 "Sing Me to Sleep"
"Alone"

Tracks

Year Title Published
2014 "Something new.." SoundCloud
"X"
"Chill"

Remixes

Year Title Artist
2014 "A World Of Peace" [Alan Walker Remix] Jacoo
2015 "Rays of Light" [Alan Walker Remix] Broiler
"Shelter" [Alan Walker Remix] Dash Berlin
2016 "Hymn for the Weekend" [Alan Walker Remix] Coldplay
"Millionaire" (featuring Nelly) [Alan Walker Remix]
"Move Your Body" [Alan Walker Remix][21] Sia

As Walkzz d

Tracks

Year Title Note Published
2015 "The Young Geralds 2016" Ordered music production to high school
students for use in russ celebration events.		 Spotify
2016 "24 Karat 2016"

As DJ Walkzz

Tracks

Year Title[22][23] Published
2012 "Celebrate" YouTube
"Light Dreams"
"Burn"
"Splash The Bass"
(feat. DJ Ness)
"Fire Of The Soul"
"Memories"
"New Heart"
"Big Universe"
"Long Road"
2013 "Burn 2.0"
"Relax"
"Walkzarx"
(with J3zarx)
"The Raid"
"War Of Melodies"
"Above The Sky"
"New Energy"
(with ZeStalker)
"Perry 2013"
[Remake of "Perry 2012"]
"Golden Alley"
"Energy"
"135"
"River Flows In You" SoundCloud
"WMC"
"Flying Dreams"
"K-391 Chillstep"
"Dennis 2014"
  • YouTube
  • SoundCloud
"Hope"
"People Of Cadence"
(with Markus Daae & Vicara)		 SoundCloud

Remixes

Year Title Artist
2012 "Glimpse of Heaven" [DJ Walkzz Remix] DJ Harmonics
2013 "The Final Countdown" [DJ Walkzz Remix] Europe

Tour

Walker Tour 2016 [24]

Month Day Event Location
May 28 Summerburst Gothenburg, Sweden
June 4 EOS Festival Taufkirchen, Germany
4 BigCityBeats Frankfurt, Germany
10 Summerburst Stockholm, Sweden
12 Summerburst Vilnius, Lithuania
24 Tinderbox Odense, Denmark
July 1 Touch the Lake Zürich, Switzerland
2 Bråvalla Norrköping, Sweden
3 Summerfestival Antwerp, Belgium
6 Balaton Sound Zamárdi, Hungary
7 Electric Love Salzburg, Austria
8 Stavernfestivalen Stavern, Norway
22 Tomorrowland Boom, Belgium
28 Lake Festival Styria, Austria
31 Radio Pilatus Lucerne, Switzerland
August 5 Weekend Festival Pärnu, Estonia
6 Weekend Festival Helsinki, Finland
18 Open Air Gampel Gampel, Switzerland
19 Jugendfest Ålesund, Norway
20 Findings Festival Oslo, Norway
27 Creamfields Daresbury, England
September 2 Live House Shanghai, China
4 MTA Festival Beijing, China
10 Lollapalooza Berlin, Germany

Walker Tour 2016: Asia [25]

Month Day Event Location
December 1 Club Space Chengdu, China
2 Elements Beijing, China
3 Myst Shanghai, China
7 Taipei Nangang C3 Parking Lot Taipei, Taiwan
8 Revolutionn Music Festival Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
9 Djakarta Warehouse Project Jakarta, Indonesia
10 ZoukOut Singapore
14 Heineken Live Your Music Penang, Malaysia
15 Heineken Live Your Music Johor Bahru, Malaysia
16 Heineken Live Your Music Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
17 Day Dream Festival Launch Party Hong Kong, China
18 Enchanted Valley Carnival Pune, India

Walker Tour 2017: Europe [26]

Month Day Event Location
February 9 Melkweg Amsterdam, Netherlands
10 YoYo Paris, France
11 Bloody Louis Brussels, Belgium
14 Progresja Music Zone Warsaw, Poland
15 Heaven London, United Kingdom
16 Fabrique Milan, Italy
17 Neuraum Munich, Germany
18 Bootshaus Cologne, Germany

Awards and nominations

Year Organization Award Work Result
2016 Gullsnutten Årets Musikk (Music of the Year) Himself Won
MTV Europe Music Awards Best Norwegian Act Himself Won
P3 Gull Årets Nykommer (Newcomer of the Year) Himself Nominated
Årets Låt (Song of the Year) "Faded" Nominated
Eurosonic Noorderslag EBBA Awards 2017[27] Himself Won

References and notes

Notes

References

  1. ↑ "Alan Walker droppar maska". NRK. November 9, 2016.
  2. ↑ "Alan Walker - Q&A #1". YouTube. August 12, 2016.
  3. ↑ PopCrush: Best Songs We Heard This Week: Jeremih, The 1975, Alan Walker + More
  4. ↑ PopCrush: Best Songs We Heard This Week: Jeremih, The 1975, Alan Walker + More
  5. ↑ "Alan Walker - Faded". YouTube. Retrieved 27 November 2016.
  6. ↑ "Alan Walker - Sing Me to Sleep". YouTube. Retrieved 27 November 2016.
  7. ↑ http://www.bt.no/kultur/Se-Alan-Walkers-Ulriken-video-her-Na-skal-den-ut-til-hele-verden-327031b.html Se Alan Walkers Ulriken-video her. Nå skal den ut til hele verden.
  8. ↑ Hung, Steffen. "Discography Alan Walker". Norwegian Charts Portal. Hung Medien (Steffen Hung).
  9. ↑ "Discography Alan Walker". Australian Charts Portal. Hung Medien (Steffen Hung). Retrieved 7 June 2016.
  10. ↑ "Discographie Alan Walker". French Charts Portal. Hung Medien (Steffen Hung). Retrieved 7 June 2016.
  11. ↑ Hung, Steffen. "Discographie Alan Walker". German Charts Portal. Hung Medien (Steffen Hung).
  12. ↑ Hung, Steffen. "Discography Alan Walker". Irish Charts Portal. Hung Medien (Steffen Hung).
  13. ↑ Hung, Steffen. "Discography Alan Walker: Singles". Italian Charts Portal. Hung Medien (Steffen Hung).
  14. ↑ Hung, Steffen. "Discography Alan Walker". Dutch Charts Portal. Hung Medien (Steffen Hung).
  15. ↑ Hung, Steffen. "Discography Alan Walker". Swedish Charts Portal. Hung Medien (Steffen Hung).
  16. ↑ "Alan Walker". Officialcharts.com/. Official Charts Company.
  17. ↑ "Alan Walker".
  18. ↑ "ARIA CHART WATCH #393". auspOp. 5 November 2016. Retrieved 5 November 2016.
  19. ↑ "British single certifications – Alan Walker – Faded". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 5 November 2016.Enter Faded in the field Keywords. Select Title in the field Search by. Select single in the field By Format. Select Platinum in the field By Award. Click Search
  20. ↑ "Gold-/Platin-Datenbank" (in German). Bundesverband Musikindustrie. Retrieved 10 August 2016. Note: The reader must enter 'Alan Walker' in the 'Interpret' field and the single name in the 'Titel' field.
  21. ↑ "Sia Announces This Is Acting Deluxe Edition". Pitchfork Media. 29 September 2016. Retrieved 2 October 2016.
  22. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/user/DjWalkzz/videos Alan Walker aka DJ Walkazz Youtube videos
  23. ↑ https://soundcloud.com/alanwalker/tracks Alan Walker aka DJ Walkazz SoundCloud tracks
  24. ↑ "Alan Walker - Walker Tour 2016 (Trailer)". 26 May 2016.
  25. ↑ "Alan Walker - Super excited to announce the Asian leg of... | Facebook". www.facebook.com. Retrieved 2016-12-04.
  26. ↑ "Instagram photo by Alan Walker". Instagram. Retrieved 25 October 2016.
  27. ↑ https://www.europeanborderbreakersawards.eu/en/the-winners/alan-walker/ European Border Breakers Awards: Norway 2017
  28. ↑ "NCS: Uplifting". iTunes. Retrieved April 6, 2016.
  29. ↑ "NCS: Infinity". iTunes. Retrieved April 6, 2016.
  30. ↑ "NCS: The Best of 2015". iTunes. Retrieved April 6, 2016.

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