58 Facts About Alan Walker

Alan Olav Walker was born on 24 August 1997 and is a Norwegian DJ and record producer.

Alan Walker grew up in Fana, Bergen, Norway, and began making music around 2012.

In 2019, Alan Walker released the singles "Are You Lonely" featuring Steve Aoki and Isak, and "On My Way" featuring Sabrina Carpenter and Farruko.

Alan Walker remains the most-subscribed user as of March 2025 with 46.5 million subscribers.

Alan Walker was born on August 24,1997, in Northampton, England, to a British father and a Norwegian mother.

Alan Walker moved to Fana, Bergen, Norway, with his two siblings when he was two years old.

Alan Walker was originally most interested in computer games, graphic design, and programming, and spent his childhood playing with Nintendo hardware and home consoles such as the PlayStation and Nintendo GameCube.

In 2012, Alan Walker, who was listening to a song by Italian DJ David Whistle reached out to him inquiring how he produced his music.

Alan Walker was inspired by Norwegian music producer K-391 and Dutch music producer Ahrix, and film composers Hans Zimmer and Steve Jablonsky.

Alan Walker started producing his music on his laptop using FL Studio.

Alan Walker stated that the creation of the track was inspired by K-391 and Ahrix, whose tracks were picked up by the record label.

Alan Walker continued his music career and released "Spectre" and "Force" on NCS in 2015.

Alan Walker signed with MER Musikk under Sony Music Sweden and released his next single, "Faded", a remastered vocal version of "Fade".

Alan Walker later released an acoustic "restrung" version of the song, with all the EDM elements taken out.

In early 2016, Alan Walker released a remix of Sia's song "Move Your Body".

Alan Walker performed 15 tracks including the song "Faded" together with Iselin Solheim.

Alan Walker premiered several unreleased tracks, including a restrung version of "Sing Me to Sleep", as well as "Heading Home", the latter of which was first performed during his debut at Winter X Games.

On 19 May 2017, Alan Walker released the song "Tired" featuring Irish singer-songwriter Gavin James.

Alan Walker said the song "added another dimension" to his work.

On 15 September 2017, Alan Walker released "The Spectre", a vocal and instrumental remake of his 2015 song "Spectre".

The song was presented at last year's "Alan Walker is Heading Home" event.

Alan Walker had incorporated the song into his live set months before its release and performed a revised version of the song on the main stage at Tomorrowland 2017.

Alan Walker's next single, announced on YouTube, was a collaboration with American singer Noah Cyrus and British DJ and music producer Digital Farm Animals featuring Swedish singer Juliander titled "All Falls Down", which was released on 27 October 2017.

On 17 November 2017, Alan Walker released a remix of Swedish DJ Avicii's song "Lonely Together" featuring British singer Rita Ora.

In early 2019, Alan Walker released "Are You Lonely" with American DJ Steve Aoki featuring Norwegian band Isak.

Alan Walker released "On My Way", a collaboration with American singer Sabrina Carpenter and Puerto Rican singer Farruko, as a single to commemorate the first anniversary of the US-based battle royale game PUBG Mobile.

Alan Walker performed live at the PMCO Spring Split Global Finals in Berlin as a result of the collaboration.

On 17 August 2019, Alan Walker announced his intention to release a remake to the track "Eurodancer" by Swedish DJ and producer Mangoo from 2000, together with K-391 and Norwegian producer Tungevaag.

K-391, Tungevaag, and Alan Walker each selected one interpretation of the results, reworked it, and released it as an official remix.

In 2020, Alan Walker performed "End of Time" with K-391 and Ahrix at X Games Norway.

Alan Walker appeared at Tomorrowland Around the World, the virtual replacement for Tomorrowland 2020, which was canceled due to COVID-19.

On 15 May 2020, Alan Walker released a remix of Hans Zimmer's "Time".

On 11 June 2021, Alan Walker released the song "Sweet Dreams", which is a collaboration with Kazakh record producer Imanbek.

Alan Walker released a remix package titled Sweet Dreams Remixes which features remixes from Brazilian DJ Alok and Dutch DJ Brooks, among others, which charted in both Norway and Sweden.

On 10 September 2021, Alan Walker released the EP Alan Walker Racing League.

In 2022, Alan Walker signed with the Swedish crowdfunding website Corite, which allows fans to invest in a music project.

On 4 January 2024, Alan Walker released the song "Who I Am" with Norwegian singer Peder Elias and Indonesian singer Putri Ariani.

On 27 April 2024, Alan Walker performed unmasked during a residency at LIV Nightclub Las Vegas in Nevada, USA.

Five days later, Alan Walker released the song "Unsure" with American singer Kylie Cantrall.

Alan Walker's energy elevated the performance and the audience really enjoyed it.

Alan Walker was originally called "DJ Walkzz" and was part of several production collectives before becoming "Walkzz".

Alan Walker acknowledges that it's a difficult time keeping low profile.

Alan Walker was inspired by Italian DJ David Whistle, who he said in an interview was "the one who inspired me to start producing".

Alan Walker was a big inspiration and helped me create my sound.

The classical aspects of Alan Walker's songs were influenced by film composers such as Hans Zimmer and Steve Jablonsky.

Alan Walker has often spoken about the influence of Dutch music producer Tiesto, saying in a 2019 interview with Rolling Stone India:.

Alan Walker is influenced by video game music, drawing inspiration from The Legend of Zelda series, as well as classic games like Tetris.

Originally, Alan Walker was worried that his musical style wouldn't "fit in with the crowd", he said.

Alan Walker's music is reminiscent of slightly slower progressive house, 1990s trance music, or dubstep with a smoother rhythmic edge.

Alan Walker sees Artificial intelligence as an essential tool for music production.

Alan Walker's channel surpassed 20 million subscribers in December 2018, making him the first Nordic artist to reach that number.

Alan Walker's song "Faded" has exceeded 3.6 billion views as of June 2024, making it the 28th most viewed video on YouTube.

Julie Bergan, a Norwegian singer-songwriter Alan Walker collaborated with before, was reportedly part of the songwriting team, and she accompanied Alan Walker as a singer for the song in live performances.

In 2019, Alan Walker donated $100,001 to Team Trees, a community fundraiser launched by American YouTubers MrBeast and Mark Rober to plant 20 million trees.

On December 4,2023, Alan Walker donated 500,000 NOK to Norwegian presenter and footballer Mads Hansen's fundraising campaign, which aims to bring a bright Christmas to families in need across Norway.

In July 2021, Alan Walker purchased a villa in Homansbyen, Oslo, Norway for $35 million.

In September 2023, Alan Walker purchased the luxury villa "Skjoltn" in Bergen, Norway, for approximately NOK 40 million.

Alan Walker's song, "Faded" was awarded The Cannes Lions Award at Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity, Best International Hit from Eska Music Awards, and Spellemannprisen '16's Arets Lat Song of the Year, and the Best Western Artist of the Year.