Alan Walker Biography – Who is Alan Walker
Alan Walker (born as: Alan Olav Walker) is a Norwegian DJ and record producer from Northampton, England. He was formerly known as DJ Walkzz. He is popular for his 2015 single ‘Faded’. In 2018 DJ Mag’s Top 100 DJs list ranked him at number 36. He also had his studio album by the title, Different World, released in 2018.
In being a DJ, Alan is self-taught from watching tutorials on YouTube based on music production. He started all his music on his laptop with FL Studio. In July 2012, with the help and feedback from his fans online, he began pursuing his music production career and slowly began posting his music to YouTube and SoundCloud.
On 17th August 2014, he released his first track ‘Faded’ and it became a hit that became diamond-certified in Germany and also received multi-platinum certifications in over 10 other countries. In 2015, he released two other tracks “Spectre” and “Force”.
British-Norwegian EDM producer Alan Walker was a mere 18 years old when his track “Faded” became a massive European hit, topping the charts in ten countries and entering the Top Five in six more. Born August 24, 1997, in Northampton, England, to a Norwegian mother and British father, Walker moved with his family to Bergen, Norway, at the age of two. A true post-millennial child, Walker grew up surrounded by technology and became fascinated by computers. In 2012, inspired by EDM producers K-391 and Ahrix, whom he’d discovered on YouTube, and film composers Steve Jablonsky and Hans Zimmer, he began to create his own music on his laptop.
Working in the genre of “drumstep,” a kind of slowed-down drum N bass, he eventually uploaded the instrumental track “Fade,” which was soon picked up and re-released via the No Copyright Sounds (NCS) YouTube channel and free net label that promoted the two aforementioned EDM artists. “Fade” was a huge success, eventually garnering a staggering 65 million hits, and was followed by two more equally cinematic (if somewhat less popular) songs, “Spectre” and “Force.”
The majors soon sat up and took notice, and Walker signed to Sony Music in 2015. His first single for the label was “Faded,” a reworked version of “Fade” featuring uncredited lead vocals by fey Oslo pop singer Iselin Solheim, who had burst onto the scene only a couple of years before with her song “The Wizard of Us.” Driven by Solheim’s angelic, ethereal vocal, a melancholy yet catchy melody, and punchy, high-quality production — as well as a dark, dystopian music video shot in a number of crumbling post-industrial locations in Estonia — the song topped the charts in Sweden (where it went nine-times platinum), Germany, France, Italy, his native Norway, and elsewhere around the world.
He later released a stripped-back acoustic “restrung” version with all the EDM elements taken out. Walker made his live debut at the X Games in Oslo in February 2016, followed by a series of high-profile festival appearances. In 2017, Walker dropped the single “Tired,” which featured Irish singer/songwriter Gavin James, and followed in 2018 with “Ignite,” a collaboration with Julie Bergan, K-391, and Seungri. “Darkside” (featuring Au/Ra and Tomine Harket) and “Diamond Heart” (featuring Sophia Somajo) each hit number one on the Norwegian chart and were later included on his chart-topping debut album, Different World, that December. 2019 brought the singles “Are You Lonely” with Steve Aoki and ISÁK and “On My Way” featuring Sabrina Carpenter and Farruko.
Alan Walker Age
How Old is Alan Walker? The Faded singer is 21 years old as of 2018. He was born on 24th August 1997 in Northampton, United Kingdom.
Alan Walker Height
The “On My Way” singer is 5 feet 11 inches tall.
Alan Walker Family
His parents are Hilde Omdal Walker, a Norwegian, and Philip Alan Walker, an Englishman. He has two siblings: an older sister, Camilla Joy Walker and a younger brother by the name Andreas Walker.
Alan Walker Hoodie
He uses a hoodie and face mask resembling the concept of the black bloc on stage to create the rest of the image.
“At the very beginning, we were thinking about ideas like how can we promote Alan Walker as an artist, and then we created a symbol that’s kind of almost attach anyone. Therefore, you can just have the hoodie and the mask and you immediately become a ‘Walker’. That’s also a sign of no matter who you are, you can be a ‘Walker’, we’re all equal.” Walker explained the concept of his look, in an interview by KKBox.
Alan Walker’s Real Face and him in a hoodie and maskAlan Walker Songs
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Lily
Different World · 2018
Faded
2015
On My Way
The Spectre
The Spectre · 2017
Darkside
Different World · 2018
Alone
Different World · 2018
Sing Me to Sleep
Different World · 2018
Diamond Heart
Different World · 2018
All Falls Down
Different World · 2018
Ignite
2017
Play
Play · 2019
Lost Control
Different World · 2018
Live Fast
Live Fast · 2019
Are You Lonely
Are You Lonely · 2019
Different World
Different World · 2018
Tired
Faded Japan – EP · 2018
Unity
Force
Force · 2015
Darkness Faded
Faded Song
Routine
Faded Japan – EP · 2018
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Do It All for You
Different World · 2018
Sky
Insomniac Records Presents: EDC Las Vegas 2017 · 2017
Hope
Intro
Different World · 2018
Without Love
This Is Me
New Heart
I Don’t Wanna Go
Different World · 2018
Big Universe
Lonely
Different World · 2018
Alan Walker On My Way
“On My Way” is a song by Norwegian DJ Alan Walker, American singer Sabrina Carpenter and Puerto Rican singer Farruko, released as a single on 21 March 2019 through MER and Sony Music. Farruko contributes a Spanish verse.
The song was written by Julia Karlsson, Gunnar Greve, Franklin Jovani Martinez, Marcos G. Pérez, Fredrik Borch Olsen, Jesper Borgen, Øyvind Sauvik, Anders Frøen and Anton Rundberg alongside Walker, Carpenter and Farruko. The production was done by Alan Walker and Big Fred. Karlsson and Carpenter previously worked together on Carpenter’s song “Bad Time”.
On 9 March 2019, Alan Walker began teasing the song via his social media. On 14 March 2019, Alan Walker formally announced the song along with its release date. After the announcement of the song, rumours circulated that Sabrina Carpenter and Farruko would feature on the song. Alan Walker confirmed their involvement on the song on 19 March 2019. On 20 March 2019, Walker announced that he partnered with PUBG Mobile for the one-year anniversary of the game, and that the song would be the event’s theme song.
Alan Walker Darkside
Alan Walker Faded
On 17th August 2014, he released ‘Faded’. The track gained attention after its re-release via the well-known record label NoCopyrightSounds on 19 November 2014. The single topped the year-end charts in Austria, Germany, Switzerland and Sweden, iTunes charts in 32 countries, as well as entering top 10 in Spotify Global Chart.
Alan Walker Alone
‘Alone’ is a song that was released on 2nd December 2016. It incorporates uncredited vocals provided by Swedish recording artist Noonie Bao. The music video explores themes of being alone yet quickly evolves into what seems to be a group effort by Walkers to meet up. On 10 February 2017, Alan Walker published an acoustic version of “Alone”, called “Alone (Restrung)”, exactly one year after he published “Faded (Restrung)”.
Alan Walker Net Worth
Walker’s salary is not known yet but his net worth is estimated at $2 million.
Alan Walker Tour 2019
- In 18 Days. Sunday, October 27 2019. Alan Walker Bloomage Live 528 M Space (Huaxi Live), Chengdu, China. …
- In 20 Days. Tuesday, October 29 2019. Alan Walker Mercedes Benz Arena, Shanghai, China. …
- In 23 Days. November 02 – 03, 2019. 2:00 PM – 22:00. …
- In 24 Days. Saturday, November 02 2019. …
- In 31 Days. Saturday, November 09 2019.
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