Jonas Erik Altberg better known by his stage name Basshunter, is a Swedish singer-songwriter

Singer-songwriter

Singer-songwriters are musicians who write, compose and sing their own musical material including lyrics and melodies. As opposed to contemporary popular music singers who write their own songs, the term singer-songwriter describes a distinct form of artistry, closely associated with the...

, record producer

Record producer

A record producer is an individual working within the music industry, whose job is to oversee and manage the recording of an artist's music...

 and DJ

Disc jockey

A disc jockey, also known as DJ, is a person who selects and plays recorded music for an audience. Originally, "disc" referred to phonograph records, not the later Compact Discs. Today, the term includes all forms of music playback, no matter the medium.There are several types of disc jockeys...

. He is best known for his number one hits "Boten Anna

Boten Anna

"Boten Anna" is a song by Swedish eurodance musician Basshunter, which appears on his third studio album, . Due to the song, Basshunter became a noted artist in his native Sweden, as well as Finland, Denmark, Iceland, Norway, Poland and the Netherlands after the release of the single in 2006...

", "Dota

Vi sitter i Ventrilo och spelar DotA

"Vi sitter i Ventrilo och spelar DotA" is a song by Swedish dance DJ Basshunter which samples in a remixed version the song "Daddy DJ" by Daddy DJ...

", "Now You're Gone

Now You're Gone (song)

"Now You're Gone" is a song performed by dance musician Basshunter in cooperation with DJ Mental Theo's Bazzheadz. The single uses the same music as "Boten Anna", Basshunter's major European hit in 2006, but its lyrics, performed in English by Sebastian Westwood, are completely different.The song...

" and "All I Ever Wanted

All I Ever Wanted (Basshunter song)

"All I Ever Wanted" is a song by Swedish eurodance musician Basshunter. It is similar to his previous single "DotA" in that it is an English remake using music based on a previous Basshunter track, without any lyrical connection...

". Basshunter has so far released a total of six albums, two of which have been released in the UK

United Kingdom

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. Recently, his latest U.K. single, "Saturday", was released in July 2010, and he also competed in hit reality TV show Celebrity Big Brother

Celebrity Big Brother 2010 (UK)

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in January 2010. His song "Sverige" was also used as Sjölunden

Sjölunden

Sjölunden is the Swedish camp site associated with Concordia Language Villages and is located at the Concordia site at Turtle River Lake, near Bemidji, Minnesota. After 30 years without an architecturally authentic Swedish site, the first step towards a village was taken on August 11, 2006 when...

's International Day song in 2008.

Basshunter is working on a fourth studio album to be released this year.