The track has over 400 million views on YouTube, 115 million plays on Spotify, and 41 million streams on SoundCloud. 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 gained attention after its re-release via the record label NoCopyrightSounds on 19 November 2014, it was quickest to reach 1 million views on NoCopyrightSounds. Walker had previously released hands-up music, but released his first house song, 'Dennis 2014', in 2014.Īfter 'Dennis 2014' was released, he released 'Fade' on on 17 August 2014. Starting as a bedroom producer, he was better known as DJ Walkzz before signing a record deal and releasing his debut single in 2014. In July of 2012, with the help and feedback from his fans online, he began pursuing his music production career and slowly began posting his music to YouTube and SoundCloud. He started producing his music on his laptop using FL Studio. He was inspired by EDM producers K-391 and Ahrix, and by film composers like Hans Zimmer and Steve Jablonsky. 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. Career 2012–2015: Career beginnings and breakthrough Walker had no musical background but was able to teach himself by watching YouTube tutorials based on musical production. He grew up with two siblings and at the age of two, he and his family moved to Bergen. As a result, by his international parental inheritance, he was granted dual citizenship from both the United Kingdom and Norway. He also has the most views of any Norwegian creator, with approximately 13.2 billion views as of 1 October 2023.Īlan Olav Walker was born on 24 August 1997 in Northampton, England, to Anglo-Scottish British Philip Alan Walker, and his Norwegian wife Hilde Omdal Walker. As of July 2023, his channel is still the most subscribed channel in Norway, and has 44.5 million subscribers as of 27 October 2023. In early 2017, Walker's channel emerged as the most subscribed YouTube channel registered in Norway, with six million subscribers. Three of his songs-' Faded', ' Alone' (2016) and ' The Spectre' (2017)-have garnered over a billion views on YouTube. II' featuring Ava Max (2019), all of which attracted hundreds of millions of views on YouTube. He has also released several known songs including ' Force' (2015), ' Sing Me to Sleep' (2016), ' All Falls Down' featuring Noah Cyrus and Digital Farm Animals (2017), ' Darkside' (2018), ' Diamond Heart' (2018), ' On My Way' featuring Sabrina Carpenter and Farruko (2019), and ' Alone, Pt. Alan Olav Walker (born 24 August 1997) is a Norwegian DJ and music producer, primarily known for his single ' Faded' (2015), which was certified platinum in 14 countries.

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