Jonas Erik Altberg, known as Basshunter, was born on December 22, 1985 in Halmstead, Sweden.

In 1999, Altberg began producing music on his computer. He released The Old Shit in 1999 and The Bassmaster in 2004. Altberg describes his music as "Eurodance".

Basshunter signed a contract with Extensive Music/Warner Music in April, 2006 and released his first single, Boten Anna, which became the first Swedish language song to ever reach #1 on worldwide charts. In 2007, he re-recorded Boten Anna" as Now You're Gone along with a video featuring Aylar Lie. Now You're Gone remained at #1 on the UK Singles Chart for 5 weeks for Basshunter.

Eventually, Basshunter released 4 videos, which have received hundreds of millions of views on YouTube.

On July 14, 2008, Now You're Gone: The Album was released. The next single All I Ever Wanted was an english re-recording of Visitteri Ventrilo och spelar DotA. The video continued the story with Aylar Lie. The album debuted at #1 in the UK and has received several gold and platinum awards in several countries.

In the video for the third single, Angel in the Night, Basshunter finally gets the girl.

The fourth and fifth singles, I Miss You and Jingle Bells (Bass) were released in December of 2008, and the videos concluded the Basshunter - Aylar Lie love storyhttp://www.basshunter.se/basshunter.htm.

In September of 2009, his latest album, Bass Generation was released. Four singles were released from the album, Every Morning, I Promised Myself, Day and Night, and On Our Sidehttp://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:jcfixztaldke.

On January 3, 2010, Basshunter became a contestant on Celebrity Big Brother and finished in 4th place.http://www.nme.com/news/the-rolling-stones/49058

Altberg has topped the charts in the U.S. and spent several weeks at #1 on iTunes. Basshunter is considered by some to be the most successful dance music artist in the world at this time.http://www.basshunter.se/basshunter.htm