Avicii: 13 Facts About The 'Wake Me Up' Star
From what his stage name means to working with Formula One, check out everything you need to know about Swedish superstar DJ Avicii.
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1. Where Is Avicii From?
The DJ was born on 8th September 1989 in Stockholm, Sweden. His mother is called Anki Liden, his father Klas Bergling and has older brothers including a half brother called Anton Körberg - who is a Swedish TV host. Picture: Twitter
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2. What Does Avicii Mean And What Is His Real Name?
Avicii was born Tim Bergling and was recently asked why he chose the stage name Avicii during an interview with TIME magazine this year. He said: "Avici is the lowest level of Buddhist hell." So why the extra 'i'? It's because someone on MySpace had already taken the name.
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3. How Do You Pronounce Avicii?
The correct way to say Tim's stage name is A-VEE-CHEE.
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4. How Did Avicii Get Discovered?
Avicii started out by making mixes in his own bedroom after finding his passion during his senior year at high school. He was eventually discovered by his manager Ash Pournouri who stumbled upon one of his blogs and invited him for a coffee. From there he signed his management deal and now credits Ash as a second father for all his help.
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5. Avicii's Performed At Some Huge Live Shows
Avicii has performed shows all around the world at events such as the Electric Daisy Carnival, iTunes Festival and the Ultra Music Festival.
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6. Avicii Teamed Up With Formula One's Lotus Team For A Track
The song was called 'Spin' and was also a collaboration with energy drinks company Burn - who were launching a new programme aimed at nurturing and inspiring creative talent with the view to provide a platform to showcase groundbreaking ideas to the world.
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7. Avicii Fell Out With GQ Magazine
Avicii took offence to a write-up in the publication by reporter Jessica Pressler who spent four days with the DJ on tour. She criticised his fans as well as the DJ's technical ability. In his response, Avicii told fans on Facebook that the journalist in question had "failed miserably" to correctly portray what had happened and her lack of knowledge on electronic music had caused her to cloud her judgement.
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8. Who Sings On Avicii's Singles 'Wake Me Up' And 'You Make Me'?
Avicii's latest single 'You Make Me' features vocals from fellow Swedish producer and singer Salem Al Fakir and Wake Me Up' is a collaboration with 'I Need A Dollar' man Aloe Blacc.
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9. Avicii's Musical Influences Might Surprise You
He grew up listening to a lot of Ray Charles and 60s rock thanks to his father and his brothers got him into Kiss. He says Gene Simmons and co helped create his excitement for music.
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10. He Appeared In The 2011 David Guetta Documentary 'Nothing But The Beat'
Other stars such as Will.i.am, Snoop Dogg, Ludacris, Taio Cruz and Fatboy Slim also appeared in the feature film.
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11. What Was Avicii's First Single?
The track was called 'Manman' and released by Pete Tong through his Bedroom Bedlam label.
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12. Avicii Has Worked With A Lot Of Huge Names
As well as teaming up with Madonna, he's also remixed tracks for the likes of Enrique Iglesias, Robyn and Lenny Kravitz.
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13. Avicii Is Also A Model
He joined forces with fashion brand Ralph Lauren for their Denim & Supply campaign and released a special edit of his song 'Silhouettes' in conjunction with the promotion.
