Real Name: Jonas Erik Altberg

Age: 25

Best Known For: His 2008 dance hit Now You’re Gone.

Early Life: Altberg was born in Halmstad, Sweden. He started making music from his bedroom at his parents’ house at the age of 18.

He landed a recording contract with Warner Music in 2006, when he released his first single Boten Anna. This song stormed the Swedish charts and became the first Swedish-language song to reach number one in numerous other countries. He re-recorded the song as Now You’re Gone in 2007.

Now You’re Gone: The Album went straight to number one in the UK.

Career High: Now You’re Gone knocked Coldplay off the top of the UK charts and stayed at number one for five weeks.

Don’t Mention: School. Basshunter has talked of his schooldays being unhappy and claimed he was bullied for having Tourette’s syndrome.

Words Of Wisdom: On dealing with his Tourette’s, he told BBC Radio 1: ”I’ve learned how to take control over it. You could spend a week with me, 24/7 and not know I have it.

”I’ve learned how to feel when it’s coming and push it back… and that took years of training.”