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Alessandro Renato Rodolfo Lindblad (born 7 July 1991), better known by his stage name Alesso (), is a Swedish DJ and music producer. He has worked with numerous artists, including
Tove Lo Ebba Tove Elsa Nilsson (born 29 October 1987), known professionally as Tove Lo (), is a Swedish singer and songwriter. She has been called "Sweden's darkest pop export" by ''Rolling Stone.'' She is known for her raw, grunge-influenced take o ...
,
Theo Hutchcraft Theo David Hutchcraft (born 30 August 1986) is an English singer and songwriter. He is best known as the lead singer of the synthpop duo Hurts. Early life Theo David Hutchcraft was born on 30 August 1986 in Richmond, North Yorkshire. Career B ...
,
Ryan Tedder Ryan Tedder (born June 26, 1979) is an American singer, songwriter, and record producer. As well as being the lead vocalist of the pop rock band OneRepublic, he has an independent career as a songwriter and producer for various artists since th ...
, Hailee Steinfeld,
Calvin Harris Adam Richard Wiles (born 17 January 1984), known professionally as Calvin Harris, is a Scottish DJ, record producer, singer, and songwriter who has released six studio albums. His debut studio album, ''I Created Disco'', was released in June ...
,
Katy Perry Katheryn Elizabeth Hudson (born October 25, 1984), known professionally as Katy Perry, is an American singer, songwriter, and television personality. Known for her influence on modern pop music and her Camp (style), campy style, she has been ...
,
Anitta Anitta may refer to: * Anitta (king), Hittite king *Anitta (singer) Larissa de Macedo Machado (born March 30, 1993), known professionally as Anitta, is a Brazilian singer, songwriter and television host. She is regarded as one of biggest Brazi ...
, Usher,
David Guetta Pierre David Guetta ( , ; born 7 November 1967) is a French DJ and music producer. He has over 10 million album and 65 million single sales globally, with more than 10 billion streams. In 2011, 2020 and 2021, Guetta was voted the number one D ...
,
Sebastian Ingrosso Sebastian Carmine Ingrosso (; born 20 April 1983) is a Swedish DJ and record producer. He is also a member of the Swedish House Mafia, together with friends Axwell and Steve Angello. Career 1999–2007: Career Beginnings Sebastian Ingrosso ent ...
,
Liam Payne Liam James Payne (born 29 August 1993) is an English singer. He rose to fame as a member of the boy band One Direction. Payne made his debut as a singer in 2008 when he auditioned for the British television series ''The X Factor''. After being ...
, TINI, and
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. He has performed at numerous music festivals, including
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* Coachell ...
, Electric Daisy Carnival,
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, and
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. In 2012,
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named Alesso one of the "
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Rookies to Watch". He was ranked 13th on ''
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''s 2015 list of the top 100 DJs and number 20th in year 2016 on ''DJ Magazine'' among the list of Top 100 DJs in the world. His debut full-length album ''
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'' was released in 2015 by
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.


Music career


Pre-2013: Career beginnings

Lindblad was born in
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, and is of
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and
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descent. He started playing piano at age 7, but became interested in Electronic Dance Music when he was 16. He first gained recognition with the release of his ''Alesso EP'' in 2010. In early 2011, Sebastian Ingrosso of
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contacted Alesso and asked if he wanted to work together. Ingrosso introduced him to DJing and helped him with the production of tracks. Since that time, Ingrosso has acted as a mentor for Alesso, who referred to the elder Swede as a "big brother." Despite having learned to DJ in 2011, Alesso made his debut on ''DJ Magazine's'' list of the top 100 DJs at number 70 in that same year. One of the first songs Alesso produced with Sebastian Ingrosso was a 2011 track named "Calling" that reached number 2 on the
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charts. The song would later be renamed "Calling (Lose My Mind)" with an additional feature from
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. Alesso's 2011 remix of "
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" by Nadia Ali premiered at the #1 spot on
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and was one of the most played EDM songs of 2011. From that point on, his popularity continued to rise. MTV named him one of the "EDM Rookies to Watch in 2012", and he recorded a
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in March 2012. He played for a crowd of 60,000 at
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, and accompanied
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on her MDNA World Tour at select European shows. By the end of 2012, Alesso had released another original mix called "Years" featuring
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that performed well in the United Kingdom. He was ranked 20th on the list of the top 100 DJs of 2012 by ''DJ Magazine''. By 2013, Alesso had played at music festivals like
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* Coachell ...
, Electric Daisy Carnival,
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, and
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. He released a remix of "
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" by OneRepublic that was nominated for Grammy and garnered almost a million listens on
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in a relatively short time. In a collaboration with Calvin Harris and
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, Alesso released " Under Control" which racked up 88 million views. In 2013, he achieved his highest ranking on the list of the top 100 DJs at number 13.


2014–2015: ''Def Jam Records'' and ''Forever''

In July 2014, Alesso signed with
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, becoming only the second EDM producer to sign with the label (after
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). He debuted a new track called "Tear the Roof Up", which was named a "Future Exclusive" by
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. The music video for "Tear The Roof Up" was released exclusively through
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in September 2014. He embarked on his "Heroes Tour", named after his single "Heroes (We Could Be)" featuring
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. During the tour, Alesso teamed up with Chime for Change, a global charity that seeks to "improve the lives of women around the world." Alesso's involvement with the charity has raised over $50,000 as of October 2014. His debut studio album was originally set to be released in the first quarter of 2015, but was later released on 22 May 2015. It includes both "
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" and "Tear the Roof Up". The single "Heroes (We Could Be)" was officially released on 15 December 2014. His new single, titled " Cool" and featuring
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, premiered on 13 February 2015, on
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. The track, which samples
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's "
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", was officially released in Europe on 16 February 2015 and in North America on 17 February 2015.


2016–present: Standalone singles

On 30 September 2016, his new version of "I Wanna Know" featuring Taiwanese singer
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was officially released. Alesso and Tsai closed International Music Summit with a discussion of what it takes to bridge the gap between East and West in electronic music. On 1 October 2016, Alesso and Tsai performed the single "I Wanna Know" and a remix version of Tsai's hit "
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" together at the Storm Music Festival in Shanghai. On 4 October 2016, it was announced that Alesso would be releasing a new version of the song "Years", collaborating with
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band
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's member, Chen. The song was released on 7 October through
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. On 7 October 2016, Alesso premiered a new single, co-produced by
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, called "
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" during Ultra Music Festival Taiwan. The single was later released on 21 October 2016. On 8 September 2017, Hailee Steinfeld released her new song "
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" which is a collaboration between Alesso, Watt, and Florida Georgia Line. On 13 October 2017, Alesso released his new single "
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" which is a collaboration with Brazilian singer
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. In 2018, Alesso went on his European Tour, highlighted by his closing performance at the
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festival in Belgium. To celebrate the 10th anniversary of
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later that year, Alesso is invited to be the headliner along with Tiesto. In August 2018, Alesso performed on
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's Good Morning America's summer concert series where he debuted his new single, " Remedy". The concert was held in New York City's
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while Alesso was joined by singer
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for the song's performance. Remedy reached number one on the US Dance Airplay chart. In October 2018, Alesso played three back to back sold-out shows at the
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in
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. Previously in the year he also performed shows in
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and
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. Alesso's final single release of 2018 was "Tilted Towers", made in partnership with video game streamer
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and was debuted live on
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where it was watched by over fifty thousand fans. The song's name is based on a popular map in the video game
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, which Alesso and Ninja live streamed playing together to promote the track's release. He was also featured in Netflix's '
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' docu-series, which follows the life of fellow
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' superstar,
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. An episode of the series focuses on their collaborative single "Is That for Me" and the subsequent music video shot in the Amazon jungle. Alesso finished off his year with a New Year's Eve performance at Miami's Fontainebleau Resort. He co-headlined the show with
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n reggaeton star
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where the two played at the venue's poolside. On 29 January 2019 it was announced that Alesso will perform at the Indy 500 Snake Pit on 26 May 2019, along with
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,
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, and Chris Lake. Previous performers have included:
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,
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,
Diplo Thomas Wesley Pentz (born November 10, 1978), known professionally as Diplo, is an American DJ and music producer. He is the co-creator and lead member of the electronic dancehall music project Major Lazer, a member of the supergroup LSD with ...
,
GRiZ Grant Richard Kwiecinski (born May 31, 1990), also known by his stage name GRiZ, is an American DJ, songwriter, and electronic music producer from Southfield Michigan. He is known for playing the saxophone along with producing funk, electro-soul, ...
,
Zedd Anton Zaslavski (russian: Антон Заславский; born 2 September 1989), known professionally as Zedd (), is a Russian-born German DJ, record producer, and songwriter. Zedd grew up and began his musical journey in Kaiserslautern, G ...
,
Marshmello Christopher Comstock (born May 19, 1992), known professionally as Marshmello, is an American electronic music producer and DJ. His songs "Silence", "Wolves", "Friends", " Happier", and " Alone" have been certified multi-platinum in several ...
,
Martin Garrix Martijn Gerard Garritsen (; born 14 May 1996), known professionally as Martin Garrix and also as Ytram and GRX, is a Dutch disc jockey and music producer who was ranked number one on ''DJ Mag''s Top 100 DJs list for three consecutive years—201 ...
,
Steve Aoki Steven Hiroyuki Aoki (, ; born November 30, 1977), best known as Steve Aoki, is an American DJ, record producer, music programmer, and record executive.
,
Kaskade Ryan Gary Raddon (born February 25, 1971), better known by his stage name Kaskade, is an American DJ, record producer and remixer. ''DJ Times'' voted Kaskade "America's Best DJ" in 2011 and 2013. ''DJ Mag'' named Kaskade fifty-first on its 200 ...
,
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,
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, and Zeds Dead. On 22 February 2019 he performed at the concert
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alongside influencers
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and
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to help raise funds to fight Venezuelan humanitarian crisis. In November 2020, Alesso performed at
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, one of the few major music events still taking place in 2020 despite the
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.


In other media

One of the heists in the popular video game
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has the players robbing a vault during an Alesso concert. The heist, named The Alesso Heist, was released on 21 May 2015. The music played during the concert are two of Alesso's own tracks, Payday and Profondo.


Style

Alesso is renowned for his methods of utilizing melodic vibes in his productions along which he also alternates between his rave oriented productions. Productions include "Clash" and "Tear the Roof Up" fit with his graveled rave style, while his other melodically rich counterpart include productions such as "Years" (featuring
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), "
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" (featuring
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), and his collaboration with Dirty South and Ruben Haze – " City of Dreams". Some considered him to be the next generation in Swedish music after
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and
Avicii Tim Bergling (; 8 September 1989 – 20 April 2018), known professionally as Avicii (, ), was a Swedish DJ, remixer and music producer. At the age of 16, Bergling began posting his remixes on electronic music forums, which led to his first rec ...
.


Discography

* ''
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'' (2015)


Awards and nominations


Grammy Awards


DJ Magazine top 100 DJs


International Dance Music Awards


Pre-2016


2018—present


See also

*
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Notes


References


External links


Official website
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Alesso 1991 births Living people Swedish people of Italian descent Swedish DJs Swedish record producers Swedish house musicians Swedish electronic musicians Electro house musicians Electronic dance music DJs Musicians from Stockholm