Basshunter

**Basshunter**, also stylised as **BassHunter** (real name: **Jonas Erik Altberg**; born 22 December 1984 in Halmstad) is a Swedish singer, record producer and DJ.

He recorded six studio albums: _The Bassmachine_ (2004), _LOL <(^^,)>_ (2006), _The Old Shit_ (2006), _Now You're Gone – The Album_ (2008), _Bass Generation_ (2009) and _Calling Time_ (2013). In addition to his own music, he has written and produced for other artists. He also competed in the seventh edition of British _Celebrity Big Brother_, the Swedish _Fångarna på fortet_ and the British _Weakest Link_ in 2010.

He won awards such as the European Border Breakers Award, the Grammi award for Best Ringtone of the Year in 2006, and the World Music Award. He was also nominated for the BT Digital Music Awards, MTV Europe Music Awards, and Rockbjörnen.

He has Tourette's syndrome.

## Discography

**Studio albums**
- _The Bassmachine_ (2004)
- _LOL_ (2006)
- _Now You're Gone – The Album_ (2008)
- _Bass Generation_ (2009)
- _Calling Time_ (2013)

## Awards and nominations

|scope="col"|Award|scope="col"|Year|scope="col"|Nominee/work|scope="col"|Category|scope="col"|Result|scope="col"||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|style="text-align:center;" rowspan="2"|2008|rowspan="2"|Basshunter|Best Electronic Artist or DJ||align="center" rowspan="2"||||||
|Breakthrough Artist of the Year||||||||||||
|style="text-align:center;" rowspan="2"|2006|_LOL <(^^,)>_|e-Emma of the Year||align="center" rowspan="2"|||||||
|Basshunter|Foreign Artist of the Year|||||||||||
|style="text-align:center;"|2008|"Now You're Gone"|Radioactive Hit of the Year Era||align="center"|||||||
|style="text-align:center;"|2006|"Boten Anna"|||align="center"|||||||
|style="text-align:center;"|2008|rowspan="3"|_LOL <(^^,)>_|||align="center"||||||
|style="text-align:center;" rowspan="2"|2007|Club/Dance Album of the Year||align="center"||||||||
|Newcomer of the Year||align="center"||||||||||
|style="text-align:center;"|2010|"Every Morning"|Best HiNRG/Euro Track||align="center"|||||||
|style="text-align:center;" rowspan="2"|2008|Basshunter|Best New Act||align="center" rowspan="2"|||||||
|"Now You're Gone"|Most Addictive Track|||||||||||
|style="text-align:center;"|2006|rowspan="3"|Basshunter|Newcomer of the Year||align="center"||||||
|style="text-align:center;"|2008|International Success of the Year||align="center"||||||||
|style="text-align:center;"|2007|Best Dance Artist of the Year||align="center"||||||||
|style="text-align:center;"|2007|"Boten Anna"|Song of the Year||align="center"|||||||
|style="text-align:center;"|2008|"Now You're Gone"|||align="center"|||||||
|style="text-align:center;"|2008|Basshunter|||align="center"|||||||
|style="text-align:center;" rowspan=2"|2006|"Boten Anna"|Swedish Song of the Year||align="center" rowspan="2"|||||||
|Basshunter|Swedish Newcomer of the Year|||||||||||
|style="text-align:center;"|2006|"Boten Anna"|Russ Song of the Year||align="center"|||||||
|style="text-align:center;"|2009|Basshunter|Best Male||align="center"|||||||
|style="text-align:center;"|2011|"Saturday"|Best Male Single||align="center"|||||||
|style="text-align:center;"|2007|"Boten Anna"|Best Ringtone of the Year||align="center"|||||||
|style="text-align:center;"|2008|Basshunter|World's Best Selling Swedish Artist||align="center"|||||||

## Other websites

- Official website

## Infobox (musical artist)

- **name**: Basshunter
- **img**: Basshunter, 20 april 2008 in Halmstad.jpg
- **img capt**: Basshunter during the concert in Halmstad, 20 April 2008
- **background**: solo_singer
- **birth name**: Jonas Erik Altberg
- **birth place**: Halmstad
- **years active**: 1998–present
- **url**: [https://basshunter.se basshunter.se]