Alan Walker Best Songs

Alan Olav Walker (born August 24, 1997) is a Norwegian DJ and record producer, born in Northampton, United Kingdom. He is best known for his 2015 single "Faded" which received diamond certification in Germany and multi-platinum certifications in over 10 countries including the US and the UK. He released his studio debut album, Different World, in 2018. He was ranked 36th on DJ Mag's Top 100 DJs list of 2018. In 2012, Walker was listening to a song by Italian DJ David Whistle (also known as DJ Ness) and reached out to him to find out how he produced his music. He was inspired by EDM producers K-391 and Ahrix, and by film composers like Hans Zimmer and Steve Jablonsky. [8] He started producing his music on his laptop using FL Studio. In July 2012, with the help and feedback from his online fans, he began pursuing his music production career and slowly began posting his music to YouTube and SoundCloud. Started as a bedroom producer, DJ Walkzz before signing the deal record and releasing his single debut in 2014.

Walker released the track "Fade" on August 17, 2014. The track gained attention after its re-release via the record label NoCopyrightSounds on November 19. Walker stated that the creation of the track was inspired by K-391 and Ahrix, whose tracks were also picked up by the record label. The track has over 370 million views on YouTube, 79 million plays on Spotify, and 35 million streams on SoundCloud. The tracks "Specter" and "Force" followed in 2015.

Walker signed with MER Musikk under Sony Music Sweden and released his next single, "Faded", a remastered vocal version of "Fade". It was released on December 8, 2015 and featured uncredited Naustdal pop singer Iselin Solheim. The singles topped the end charts in Austria, Germany, Switzerland and Sweden, iTunes charts in 33 countries, as well as entering the top 10 in Spotify Global Chart. The music video on YouTube has over 2.2 billion views and 15 million likes, placing it among the top 10 most liked YouTube videos. It has over 780 million plays on Spotify, and is also one of the Top 10 Most Shamed tracks of 2016. The singles also received official remixes from Tiësto, Dash Berlin, and Hardwell. He later released an acoustic "restrung" version of the song, with all the EDM elements taken out