Basshunter is a Swedish singer, record producer and DJ. He has released nineteen music videos, five lyric videos, two remix videos, one video megamix and five promotional video singles, and has made a guest appearance in one music video. Basshunter appeared in four short films, twelve television shows and one commercial.
From his second album LOL (2006), Basshunter released music videos for the singles "Boten Anna", "Vi sitter i Ventrilo och spelar DotA", "Vifta med händerna" and "Jingle Bells". Carl-Johan Westregård and Kim Parrot directed the music videos for "Boten Anna" and "Vi sitter i Ventrilo och spelar DotA". A second version of the music video for the former was made. In 2007, a music video for the reissue of "Vi sitter i Ventrilo och spelar DotA" titled "DotA" was released.
The deluxe edition of Basshunter's third studio album Now You're Gone – The Album (2008) includes the single "Walk on Water" which had been released also as a promotional video single. A special version of Now You're Gone – The Album released in New Zealand and Poland contains a DVD that comprises nine Basshunter music videos, including "Now You're Gone", "All I Ever Wanted", "Angel in the Night" and "I Miss You" – all directed by Alex Herron. For his fourth studio album Bass Generation (2009), Basshunter released the music videos for "Every Morning" and "I Promised Myself", both directed by Alex Herron. A series of music videos featuring model Aylar Lie received media attention. "Now You're Gone" became the most-viewed British YouTube video of 2008, and third most-viewed YouTube video of 2009 with 65 million views.
The release of Basshunter's fifth album Calling Time (2013) was preceded by the release of music videos for its singles "Saturday", "Northern Light"—both directed by Alex Herron—and "Dream on the Dancefloor". The music video for "Saturday" charted at number one in Poland. In 2011, he appeared in Arash's music video for "Melody". He appeared on the Maspalomas Pride 2012 box-set containing live recordings of various artists. The music videos for "Crash & Burn" and "Calling Time" were later released. Gareth Evans directed the music videos for "Dream on the Dancefloor" and "Calling Time", and "Crash & Burn" was directed by Farzad Bayat. In 2018, Basshunter released a lyric video for "Masterpiece".
Basshunter has appeared on television, including the ninth episode of the 23rd season of Never Mind the Buzzcocks, the seventh season of Celebrity Big Brother and a Rock and Pop celebrity episode of Weakest Link. He is also featured in a commercial for JME Data. In 2021 he appeared in Basshunter Dota Revival, Netflix's trailer for Dota: Dragon's Blood. The trailer shows Basshunter singing about playing Dota 2 and scenes from Dragon's Blood in between.
Music videos As lead artist + List of music videos as lead artist, selected chart positions and directors Title Year Peak chart positions Director(s) POLMusic video positions in Poland: "Saturday": "Boten Anna" 2006 — Carl-Johan WestregårdKim Parrot Official Carl-Johan Westregård Vimeo channel linked from official Handbag Studios website( from the original on 12 March 2015). "Vi sitter i Ventrilo och spelar DotA" — Carl-Johan WestregårdKim Parrot Official Carl-Johan Westregård Vimeo channel linked from official Handbag Studios website( from the original on 12 March 2015). "Vifta med händerna" — rowspan="3" "Boten Anna" (Version 2) 2007 — "DotA" — Official Luna Square YouTube channel linked from official website( from the original on 26 September 2017). "Now You're Gone" — Alex Herron "All I Ever Wanted"2008 — Alex Herron "All I Ever Wanted" (Basshunter's Cut) — "Angel in the Night" — Alex Herron "I Miss You" — Alex Herron "Walk on Water" 2009 — rowspan="2" "Walk on Water" (Fan Edit) — "Every Morning" — Alex Herron "I Promised Myself" — Alex Herron "Saturday" 2010 1 Alex Herron "Northern Light" 2012 — Alex Herron "Dream on the Dancefloor" — Gareth Evans "Crash & Burn" 2013 — Farzad Bayat "Calling Time" — Gareth Evans "—" denotes a music video that did not chart or was not released in that country.
Lyric videos + List of lyric videos and directors Title Year Director(s) "Masterpiece" 2018 "Home" 2019 Jay Vasquez "Angels Ain't Listening" 2020 Jay Vasquez "Life Speaks to Me" 2021 "End the Lies"(with ) 2022
Remix videos + List of remix videos and directors Title Year Remix director(s) "I Promised Myself" (Pete Hammond Remix)Remix used: Pete Hammond Remix 2009 rowspan="2" "Dream on the Dancefloor" (Hi Def Remix)Remix used: Hi Def Remix 2012
Guest appearances
+ List of guest appearances in music videos and directors Title Year Artist(s) Director(s) "Melody" 2011 Arash
Video megamixes + List of video megamixes and directors Title Year Remix director(s) "Video Megamix"Contains: "Now You're Gone", "All I Ever Wanted", "Angel in the Night", "I Miss You" and "Walk on Water" 2008
Promotional video singles + List of promotional video singles Title Year "Now You're Gone" 2007 "All I Ever Wanted" 2008 "Walk on Water" 2009 "Every Morning" 2009 "I Promised Myself" "Saturday" 2010
Albums Studio albums + List of studio albums, with details and notes Title Album details Note Now You're Gone – The Album Released: 14 July 2008 Label: Extensive Music Format: CD+DVD Special version of album released in New Zealand and Polandcontains DVD with nine Basshunter music videos.
Guest appearances + List of guest appearances, with details and notes Title Album details Note Maspalomas Pride 2012 Released: May 2012 Filmed by GBCTelevision.com Format: 2×DVD, Blu-ray Box set contains live recordings of various artists. Official Gareth Hughes YouTube channel linked from official GBCTelevision.com website ( from the original on 5 October 2013).
Short films + List of short films, roles and notes Title Year Role The End of Old Things 2009 DirectorProducer Playing with Arnold 2011 Actor Welcome to Bass Server 2014 Basshunter Dota Revival 2021
Television + List of television appearances, roles and notes Title Year Role Note Sound 2009 Guest Season 3, episode 23 Pocket TV rowspan="2" Episode: "Face Invaders" The 5:19 Show Season 1, episode 2 and 14Season 2 episode 5 The 5:19 Show: Episode 2, season 1: Episode 14, season 1: Episode 5, season 2: Red Bull Rivals Guest Season 1, episode 2 Never Mind the Buzzcocks Guest Season 23, episode 9 Something for the Weekend 2010 Guest 13 June 2010 Basil and Barney's Swap Shop Season 3, episode 17 Celebrity Big Brother Participant Season 7 Fångarna på fortet Participant Episode 5 Weakest Link Participant Rock and Pop Big Brother 2011 Season 5 Det svenska popundret 2019 Episode 5: "Ett paradis för pirater"
Commercials + List of commercials Company Year JME Data 2006
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