Basshunter Jonas Erik Altberg (; born 22 December 1984), known professionally as Basshunter, is a Swedish singer, record producer, songwriter and DJ. As indicated by his stage name, Basshunter is known for bass-heavy Eurodance music. Born and raised in Ha ...

is a Swedish singer, record producer and DJ. He has released nineteen

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s, five lyric videos, two remix videos, one video megamix and five promotional video singles, and has made a guest appearance in one music video. Basshunter appeared in four

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s, twelve

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. From his second album ''

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'' (2006), Basshunter released music videos for the singles "

Boten Anna "Boten Anna" ("Anna the Bot") is a song by Swedish musician Basshunter, from his first studio album, ''LOL''. Following the single's release in 2006, Basshunter gained popularity in his native Sweden, as well as Finland, Denmark, Iceland, Norway, ...

", " Vi sitter i Ventrilo och spelar DotA", "

Vifta med händerna "Vifta med händerna" is a song by Swedish musicians Basshunter and Patrik & Lillen, released on 13 December 2006 by Warner Music Sweden. "Vifta med händerna" was released as "Throw Your Hands Up" on Basshunter's later release of 2006 second stud ...

" and "

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". Carl-Johan Westregård and Kim Parrot directed the music videos for "Boten Anna" and "Vi sitter i Ventrilo och spelar DotA". A second version of the music video for the former was made. In 2007, a music video for the reissue of "Vi sitter i Ventrilo och spelar DotA" titled "DotA" was released. The deluxe edition of Basshunter's third studio album ''

Now You're Gone – The Album ''Now You're Gone – The Album'' is the third studio album by Swedish musician Basshunter. Released on 14 July 2008, it is his debut English language album, entering the UK Albums Chart at number one, and selling in excess of 329,717 copies in the ...

'' (2008) includes the single " Walk on Water" which had been released also as a promotional video single. A special version of ''Now You're Gone – The Album'' released in New Zealand and Poland contains a DVD that comprises nine Basshunter music videos, including " Now You're Gone", " All I Ever Wanted", " Angel in the Night" and " I Miss You" – all directed by Alex Herron. For his fourth studio album ''

Bass Generation ''Bass Generation'' is the fourth studio album by Swedish musician Basshunter. It was first released on 28 September 2009, a week after the album's lead single " Every Morning". The album reached No. 2 in New Zealand and No. 7 in South Africa. B ...

'' (2009), Basshunter released the music videos for " Every Morning" and " I Promised Myself", both directed by Alex Herron. A series of music videos featuring model Aylar Lie received media attention. "Now You're Gone" became the most-viewed British YouTube video of 2008, and third most-viewed YouTube video of 2009 with 65 million views. The release of Basshunter's fifth album ''

Calling Time ''Calling Time'' is the fifth studio album by Swedish musician Basshunter. It was released on 13 May 2013. Background and release Basshunter started working on the album in October 2010. It was announced that the album will feature the single "Sat ...

'' (2013) was preceded by the release of music videos for its singles "

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", " Northern Light"—both directed by Alex Herron—and " Dream on the Dancefloor". The music video for "Saturday" charted at number one in

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. In 2011, he appeared in Arash's music video for "Melody". He appeared on the ''Maspalomas Pride 2012'' box-set containing live recordings of various artists. The music videos for " Crash & Burn" and "

" were later released. Gareth Evans directed the music videos for "Dream on the Dancefloor" and "Calling Time", and "Crash & Burn" was directed by Farzad Bayat. In 2018, Basshunter released a lyric video for "

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". Basshunter has appeared on television, including the ninth episode of the 23rd season of ''

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'', the seventh season of ''

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'' and a ''Rock and Pop'' celebrity episode of '' Weakest Link''. He is also featured in a commercial for JME Data. In 2021 he appeared in ''Basshunter Dota Revival'',

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's trailer for '' Dota: Dragon's Blood''. The trailer shows Basshunter singing about playing ''

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'' and scenes from ''Dragon's Blood'' in between.

Music videos

As lead artist

Lyric videos

Remix videos

Guest appearances

Video megamixes

Promotional video singles

Albums

Studio albums

Guest appearances

Short films

Television

Commercials

Notes

References

External links

* {{Basshunter Videographies of Swedish artists

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