2001–2006: Beginnings Altberg began producing music at the age of 17 after six months of using the software program
FruityLoops (FL Studio). He chose the stage name "Basshunter" in a reference to his musical style, and described the name as commercial and powerful. In 2004, Basshunter was chosen in an online poll and performed live for the first time at a
rave party in Älmhult. In 2005, a remastered version of this album with improved sound quality was released. In 2006, Basshunter re-released
The Bassmachine as
The Bass Machine and also released his first compilation album
The Old Shit through his own website. Basshunter's interest in music deepened as time went by. He recorded a
YouTube video, entitled
Basshunter Tutorial, showing his recording process in FL Studio. The track from the video was covered over 200 times. He was registered on online communities like Efterfest,
LunarStorm, Nattstad, Porrigt,
Playahead,
2006–2008: LOL at the final of
Tall Ships Races,
Szczecin, 5 August 2007 In March 2006, Basshunter published his song "
Boten Anna" online and within twenty-four hours, it had been downloaded 37,000 times. With this success, Basshunter received several proposals from managers and music labels. By 8 June 2006, the song had been downloaded over one million times. and was certified platinum. It also reached number one on the
Danish singles chart, staying there for 14 weeks, and was certified triple platinum for selling 61,000 copies. It was also certified gold in Austria. "Boten Anna" was covered twice by Dutch duo
Gebroeders Ko, whose "
Boten Anna"
bootleg charted at number three in the
Netherlands, right after Basshunter's version. The next cover called "
Sinterklaas boot (Boten Anna)" reached number two. An official German-language version was released in 2007. He worked on the album for three and a half weeks, during which
Ali Payami helped him with three songs. A special version of this album was released in 2008, and includes the German version of "Boten Anna" and three music videos.
LOL peaked at number five in Sweden, number four on the
Finnish chart and number three on the
Danish albums chart, and was certified double platinum in Denmark. The second single from
LOL, "
Vi sitter i Ventrilo och spelar DotA", was released on 13 September of the same year. The single peaked at number two in Finland, number six in Sweden, and Denmark. It was certified gold in Denmark. The album's third single, a remake of the Christmas song "
Jingle Bells", was released on 13 November and peaked at number nine in Norway, and number 13 in Sweden. The single also made it onto the Dutch and United Kingdom charts. and on the Sweden charts at number 25. On 5 November 2007, a new version of the "Vi sitter i Ventrilo och spelar DotA" was released under the title "DotA"; it charted on
Germany's singles chart. This is different from the 2008 version from ''
Now You're Gone – The Album''.
2007–2009: ''Now You're Gone – The Album'' ,
Palaiseau, first time in France, 7 June 2008 On 29 December 2007, an English-language version of "Boten Anna" entitled "
Now You're Gone" was released. Initially, Basshunter tried to translate "Boten Anna" into English The single charted at number one in the United Kingdom, where it peaked at number one for five weeks. It was the first Swedish song to reach number one in the United Kingdom since "
Dancing Queen" by
ABBA. It also charted on the UK Top 100 Songs of the Decade list. "Now You're Gone" also stayed at the top for five weeks in
Ireland, made it to number two on the
Swedish chart, and number three in
New Zealand, where the single was certified platinum. It was also certified gold in Denmark. On the
French singles chart, "Now You're Gone" peaked at number six. "Now You're Gone" also charted at number four on the
European Hot 100 Singles chart. The next single "
Please Don't Go", a cover of the
KC and the Sunshine Band 1979 song, was released on 19 May 2008 and reached number six on the Swedish singles chart. The third single "
All I Ever Wanted" was released on 29 June 2008 and peaked at number 2 in the United Kingdom, and was certified platinum. It was also certified platinum in New Zealand and gold in Denmark. It reached number one on the Irish singles chart and charted at number 10 on the European Hot 100 Singles chart. before releasing it on 14 July 2008. The album entered the
UK Albums Chart at number one sold 376,017 copies in the United Kingdom, and was certified platinum there. It also topped the album chart in
New Zealand and was certified double platinum there. It was also certified gold in Denmark. ''Now You're Gone – The Album'' charted at number two in
Ireland The song "
Angel in the Night" was released as a single on 8 September 2008; it charted at number 10 in Ireland It also charted in Sweden. In 2008 Basshunter became the 11th-best-selling singles songwriter in the United Kingdom according to eight months of data compiled by
Official Charts Company. The album's fifth single "
I Miss You" is a dance cover of a
Westlife song and was released on 14 December 2008. The single appeared on the United Kingdom, and
German charts. On 5 April 2009, the single "
Walk on Water" was released, as was a deluxe edition of the album that includes all of the original album together with remixes of singles; "I Can Walk on Water" was replaced with the single version and renamed "Walk on Water".
2009: Bass Generation , 24 September 2009 On 25 September 2009, Basshunter's fourth studio album
Bass Generation, was released. The Double Album Version includes remixes of some of his singles, and the tracks "Without Stars" and the Swedish version of "Camilla". In early September 2009, prior to the album's release, the track "Numbers" was released as a free download via Basshunter's official
Bebo account.
Bass Generation reached number two in
New Zealand, and number 16 in the
United Kingdom The track "
Every Morning" was released as a single on 18 September 2009; it reached number 13 on
Swedish singles chart and number 14 in
New Zealand. It peaked at number 17 in the United Kingdom was released on 29 November 2009.
2010–2013: Calling Time and The Early Bedroom Sessions The single "
Saturday" was released on 5 July 2010; it reached number 14 on the
New Zealand chart and was certified gold there. which was recorded during his time in the Swedish
Big Brother series, was released. The single charted at number five on the Swedish singles chart. His following single "
Northern Light" was released on 14 May 2012 and the next single "
Dream on the Dancefloor" was released on 18 November that year. Basshunter's compilation album
The Early Bedroom Sessions, which consists of tracks from albums
The Bassmachine and
The Old Shit, other early releases and unreleased tracks, was released on 3 December 2012. In 2012, Basshunter moved to
Dubai On 13 May 2013, Basshunter's fifth album
Calling Time was released. In the version released in Ireland and in the United Kingdom, the track "Saturday" was replaced with "Open Your Eyes". Basshunter recorded more than 30 tracks for
Calling Time and selected the final fifteen; he said he "tried to grow as an artist" with an album that has "classic Basshunter sounds" and previously unreleased music. The album charted at number 25 on the US
Dance/Electronic Albums chart. On 20 June 2013, the single "
Crash & Burn" was released; it charted on the
Russian airplay chart. The last single from the album was "
Calling Time", which was released on 27 September.
2013–present: Singles On 26 July 2013 Basshunter announced he was retiring from singing to focus on DJing, producing, and songwriting. He met new artists and invited them to sing on his songs. He made the decision after four exhaustive performances in four days. On 20 November 2013, the single "
Elinor" was released. In 2014, Basshunter announced a new album was in work. In 2016, Basshunter returned to recording; he said he would not release a new studio album but would focus on recording singles in accordance with prevailing trends in music industry. Almost after five years since his last single, on 19 October 2018, the single "
Masterpiece" was released; it did not appear on major national charts. Since then, he has released five more singles: "
Home" (2019), "
Angels Ain't Listening" (2020) and "Life Speaks to Me" (2021); a tribute to
Avicii. In 2023 he collaborated with
Victor Leksell on "
Ingen kan slå (Boten Anna)". It peaked at number four on the
Swedish singles chart. In 2026 he collaborated with
Käärijä on "Ja eller nej". It debuted at number 12 on the
Finnish singles chart. == Artistry ==