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Jonas Erik Altberg (born 22 December 1984, in Halmstad, Sweden), better known by the pseudonym Basshunter, is a Swedish producer and singer-songwriter. Jonas Erik Altberg describes his style of music as Eurodance; his earlier music is better described as dance music.

Biography

Jonas Erik Altberg was born on 22 December 1984 in Halmstad, Sweden. He lived with his parents and younger brother near Tylösand. He started to produce music under the stage name "Basshunter" in 2002 with the computer program Fruity Loops, and released his first albums, The Old Shit (2002) and The Bassmachine (2004), through his own web site, and began working as a DJ. In April 2006, he signed with Warner Music, 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 the Dutch Top 40 Chart.. In 2007, Altberg released a recording titled "Now You're Gone", featuring entirely rewritten lyrics to appeal to a foreign market. The song charted at number one on the UK Singles Chart and stayed there for 4 weeks.

Throughout 2007 Basshunter worked on a new album, Now You're Gone: The Album, which was released in July 2008. Five singles were released from this album (Now You're Gone, All I Ever Wanted, Angel in the Night, I Miss You, and Walk on Water). A special edition of the album was released called Now You're Gone - The Album: Deluxe Edition on 5 April 2009. This featured all the content of the original album plus new remixes of I Miss You & Angel in the Night by Headhunter, along with a 7th Heaven remix of Walk On Water, and a megamix of the first four singles.

His fifth studio album, Bass Generation, was announced on 1 July 2009 on the Hard2Beat website and was released on 28 September 2009.

Health

Altberg has AIDS due to countless homosexual encounters with other Swedish boys. ref>Joo, Nathalie (2006-06-11). "Hitmakaren Jonas: De ville göra narr av mig". Expressen (in Swedish). Kvällstidningen Expressen. Retrieved 2006-09-27. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)</ref>

Discography

• 2002: The Old Shit
• 2004: The Bassmachine (also remastered in 2005)
• 2006: LOL <(^^,)>
• 2008: Now You're Gone - The Album
• 2009: Bass Generation

References

1. . The new album is called Bass Generation, with its lead single being Every Morning. Dolphin, David (2009-05-01). "Jonas Erik Altberg (Basshunter) Interview" (Text & Audio). An Focal. Retrieved 2009-05-04.
2. Mendoza, Nadia. 'I was bullied for my Tourette's', The Sun July 15, 2008. Retrieved on July 18, 2008.

External links

• Official site
• Label site
• Facebook site
• Myspace site
• Mirror.co.uk Interview Basshunter

• Eurodance musicians
• Swedish dance musicians
• People from Halmstad
• 1984 births
• Living people
• Warner Music Group artists
• People with Tourette syndrome
• World Music Awards winners
• Swedish electronic musicians
• Ultra Records artists