Alan Walker

Alan Walker (born 24 August 1997) is a Norwegian DJ and music producer. He is best known for his song "Faded". The song got good ratings worldwide and became a platinum single in 14 countries. The Magazine DJ Mag said Walker was 27th on their Top 100 DJs list of 2019.

In 2018, he released his music album Different Worlds.

 Career 
 2012–2016 - Career beginnings 
In 2012, Walker started making music with his laptop and posting it to YouTube and SoundCloud. In 2014, he released "Fade" which has more than 400 million views on YouTube. He then released "Faded", which was a vocal version of Fade in 2015 with singer Iselin Solheim. "Faded" has more than 3 billion views on YouTube and 1.5 billion streams on Spotify. He then released the following songs thereafter:
 "Sing Me to Sleep" with Iselin Solheim
 "Alone" with Noonie Bao
 "Routine" with David Whistle
 "Alone Pt.II" with Ava Max

 2017–present 
In 2017, Walker's channel became the most subscribed YouTube channel in Norway. The same year he released the song "Ignite" together with Norwegian music producer K-391. He then released "Tired" with Gavin James. On 9 June 2017, he released "Sky" featuring Dane Alex Skrindo. He then released other songs such as "Spectre", "All Falls Down" with Noah Cyrus and Digital Farm Animals, "Ignite", "Darkside" with Au/RA and Tomine Harley, and "Diamond Heart" with Sophia Somajo.

In 2019, he released "Are you Lonely" with Steve Aoki, "On My Way" with Sabrina Carpenter and Farruko, "Live Fast" with ASAP Rocky, Play, Ghost, Avem and Alone pt 2. He then released "End of Time" featuring Ahrix and K-391, "Heading Home" featuring Ruben, and a remix of "Time" by Hans Zimmer from the movie Inception.

 Discography 
 Albums 
 Different World (2018)
 World of Walker (2021)
 Walkerverse Pt. I & II (2022)
 Walkerworld (2023)
 Extended plays 
 Alan Walker Hits (2017)
 Faded Japan (2018)
 Live Fast (Japan Exclusive) (2019)
 Walker Racing League (2021)
 Walkerverse Pt. I (2022)
 Origins (2022)
 Walkerverse Pt. II (2022)

Awards
 Year Organization Award Nominee/work Result  2016 Gullsnutten Årets Musikk (Music of the Year) Alan Walker   MTV Europe Music Awards Best Norwegian Act   P3 Gull Årets Nykommer (Newcomer of the Year)   Årets Låt (Song of the Year) "Faded"  Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity The Cannes Lions Award   Eska Music Awards Best International Hit   NRJ Music Awards Norge Årets Norske Låt (Norwegian Song of the Year) "Sing Me to Sleep"   EBBA Awards '17  European Border Breakers Award  Alan Walker   2017 Public Choice Award   Spellemannprisen '16 Årets Låt (Song of the Year) "Faded"   Brit Awards British Single of the Year  KKBox Music Awards Best Western Artist of the Year Alan Walker  Best Western Single of the Year "Faded"  WDM Radio Awards Best New Talent Alan Walker   Gullsnutten Årets Musikk (Music of the Year)  Echo Awards Best International Newcomer  Song of the Year "Faded"  Swiss Music Awards Best International Hit   Berlin Music Video Awards Best Editor "Sing Me to Sleep"   Spellemann and Music Norway Eksportprisen '16 (The Export Prize '16) Alan Walker   MTV Europe Music Awards Best Norwegian Act   2018 Spellemannprisen '17 Årets Låt (Song of the Year) Alone   WDM Radio Awards Best Bass Track "All Falls Down"   Best Trending Track "Tired"  Best Remix "Issues"  International Dance Music Awards Best Breakthrough Artist Alan Walker   MTV Europe Music Awards Best Norwegian Act   2019 Spellemannprisen '18 Årets Låt (Song of the Year) "Darkside"    "Ignite"   Årets Spellemann (Spellemann of the Year) Alan Walker 

 Personal life 
Walker has an older sister Camila and a younger brother Tom.

 References 

 Other websites 



Category:1997 births
Category:British DJs
Category:British record producers
Category:Entertainers from Northamptonshire
Category:Living people
Category:Norwegian musicians
Category:Norwegian record producers
Category:People from Northampton