Alan Walker: Biography in Details
Who is Alan Walker?
Alan Walker is a Norwegian music producer and DJ who is best known for his 2015 single “Faded”.
He also got the platinum certificate in over 100 different countries for his single.
On DJ Mag’s Top 100 DJ list of 2016, this young music producer is ranked 55th. Walker has also done many street programs.
In 2019, he appeared in Electric Daisy Carnival Mexico City.
As of February 21, 2022, Alan Walker also had the most views of Norwegian creators with an approximate 11.1 billion views.
Who are the parents of Alan Walker?
Alan Walker was born on 24 August 1997 in Northampton, England. His nationality is British-Norwegian and his ethnicity is English and Norwegian.
He was born to Hilde Omdal Walker (mother), a Norwegian, and Philip Alan Walker (father), an Englishman. At the age of two, he moved to Bergen, Norway with his parents and sister.
He was given two citizen certificates on the basis of his parental origin i.e., British-Norwegian.
After his family moved from the United Kingdom, Alan Walker grew up with his siblings an older sister, Camilla Joy, born in England, and a younger brother, Andreas, born in Norway.
Alan Walker- Education, School/College University
As Alan Walker was born in the digital era, he got interested in computers. Later on, he started showing interest in programming and graphic design.
Despite not having any musical background, he has learned music tutorials on YouTube based on music production on his own.
Alan Walker- Professional Life, Career
The young music producer and DJ stepped into this career through the inspiration of EDM producers K-391 and Ahrix, including film composers like Hans Zimmer and Steve Jablonsky.
At the beginning of his career, he started music on his own laptop with FL Studio.
With the influence of the online feedback of his fan, he started his music career and slowly began to post his music on YouTube and Sound Cloud.
Under Sony Music Sweden, MER Musikk signed Walker in the earlier stage of his career where he gave his single “Faded”, which was a big hit.
It was most liked on social sites like YouTube and has over 900 million views and 5 million likes. Furthermore, Walker released an acoustic “restrung” version of the song, with all the EDM elements taken out.
On February 27, Alan Walker made his first live performance at the Winter X Games in Oslo, where he performed 15 tracks including the song “Faded” with Iselin Solheim.
On April 7, Alan Walker collaged with Swedish singer Zara Larsson at the Echo Awards in Germany. Together they performed each other’s songs “Faded” and “Never Forget You”.
His second studio album World of Walker consists of 15tracks, primarily made in electropop and EMD released in November 2021.
Recently in 2022, Alan Walker made an announcement, of his new Walkerverse world tour album which will be divided into two parts: a remix of Adventure Time and Somebody like U.
In the year 2017, his YouTube channel became the most subscribed channel registered in Norway with more than 4.5 million subscribers.
Alan Walker-Awards, Nominations
For the fabulous song Faded, Alan has won various awards. Some of them are The Cannes Lions Award (2016), Best Western Single of the Year (2017), Best International Hit (2017), and many more.
Alan Walker was also nominated several times.
In 2018, Alan Walker has received Best Breakthrough Artist and Best Norwegian Act awards.
Alan Walker- Salary, Net Worth
As of 2022, Talking about the earnings, this talented musician has a net worth of $15 million.
From his YouTube channel, Alan Walker has an average earning of $399.5k-$6.4 million.
Alan Walker-Rumors, Controversies
There are no major rumors or controversies associated with his name.
How tall is Alan Walker?
Alan Walker has a good height of 5 feet 11 inches with a bodyweight of 80kg. He has light brown hair color and his eye color is blue.
Furthermore, He has a unique style of covering half face during a public appearance.
Alan Walker- Facebook, Instagram, Twitter
Regarding social media, Alan Walker is active on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and YouTube.
Alan Walker has around 6.1 million followers on Facebook, more than 8.9m followers on Instagram, and approx 846k followers on Twitter.
Similarly, Alan Walker has over 35.9 million subscriptions on youtube.
Likewise, his TikTok accounts have got almost more than 4.9M followers with 30.3M likes as of 2022.
Alan Walker’s Birthday Dates
| Year | Date | Day |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | August | Saturday |
| 2025 | August | Sunday |
| 2026 | August | Monday |
| 2027 | August | Tuesday |
| 2028 | August | Thursday |