​ALAN WALKER, ALSO KNOWN AS #0, IS A NORWEGIAN-BRITISH MUSIC PRODUCER AND DJ. HE WAS BORN ON AUGUST 24, 1997 IN NORTHAMPTON, ENGLAND. HIS FATHER, PHILIP ALAN WALKER, IS BRITISH AND HIS MOTHER, HILDE OMDAL WALKER, IS NORWEGIAN. AT THE AGE OF TWO, HE MOVED WITH HIS FAMILY TO BERGEN, NORWAY. WALKER’S EARLY INTERESTS INCLUDED COMPUTERS AND GRAPHIC DESIGN. INSPIRED BY THE WORK OF COMPOSERS SUCH AS DAVID WHISTLE AND HANS ZIMMER, HE BEGAN TO TAKE AN INTEREST IN MUSIC PRODUCTION. HE TAUGHT HIMSELF BY WATCHING TUTORIALS ON YOUTUBE.

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WALKER BEGAN HIS MUSIC CAREER IN 2012 BY CREATING MUSIC ON HIS LAPTOP USING FL STUDIO SOFTWARE. IN JULY 2012, HE BEGAN PUBLISHING HIS MUSIC ON YOUTUBE AND SOUNDCLOUD, USING THE HELP AND FEEDBACK OF HIS ONLINE FANS. INITIALLY KNOWN AS DJ WALKZZ, HE BEGAN USING HIS REAL NAME AFTER SIGNING A RECORD DEAL AND RELEASING HIS DEBUT SINGLE IN 2014.

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WALKER GAINED FAME WITH HIS 2015 SINGLE “FADED,” WHICH WENT PLATINUM IN 14 COUNTRIES. HE HAS ALSO RELEASED SEVERAL OTHER WELL-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. II” FEATURING AVA MAX (2019). THREE OF HIS SONGS - “FADED,” “ALONE” (2016), AND “THE SPECTRE” (2017) - HAVE GARNERED OVER A BILLION VIEWS ON YOUTUBE.