About Alan Walker

Alan Olav Walker is a Norwegian DJ and record producer. Raised in Bergen, Norway, he began making music using feedback from his fans online around 2012, subsequently posting several videos on YouTube and SoundCloud. Starting out as a bedroom producer, he was better known as DJ Walkzz before signing a record deal and releasing his debut single "Fade" on NoCopyrightSounds at the age of 17. He later signed with MER Musikk and released "Faded", a rework of "Fade". The single topped the year-end charts in Austria, Germany, Switzerland and Sweden. Their debut album, Different World, was released in December 2018 and reached number one on the charts in Norway and Finland, as well as the top 20 in Sweden and Switzerland. Their second album, World of Walker, was released in November 2021.

His catalogue includes singles "Sing Me to Sleep", "Alone", "Tired", "The Spectre", "All Falls Down", "Darkside", "Diamond Heart", "On My Way", and "Alone, Pt. II". In rating the most subscribed YouTube channels in Norway by vidIQ, Walker was the first in the list as of 2024 with about 45.7 million subscribers.

Walker was born on 24 August 1997 in Northampton, England. His father, Philip Alan Walker, is Anglo-Scottish and his mother, Hilde Omdal Walker, is Norwegian.

Walker moved to Bergen, Norway at the age of two with his two siblings. He knew little about music though he loved listening to it. As a result of that, he began watching YouTube tutorials where he learnt music and production.

In 2012, Walker, who was listening to a song by Italian DJ David Whistle reached out to him inquiring how he produced his music. He was inspired by EDM producers K-391 and Ahrix, and film composers Hans Zimmer and Steve Jablonsky. He started producing his music on his laptop using FL Studio. In July 2012, using feedback from his fans online, he began pursuing his music production and subsequently posted some of his videos on YouTube and SoundCloud. Starting as a bedroom producer, Walker was better known as DJ Walkzz before signing a record deal, releasing his debut single in 2014. Walker had previously released house music "Dennis 2014" earlier in 2014.

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