However, the matter was resolved outside of court with representatives stating 'that Leona Lewis and Avicii will work together on the forthcoming single of Collide'. The sampling was not accredited and led to controversy as Bergling attempted to block the single's release. His track 'Fade into Darkness' was sampled by Leona Lewis on her single 'Collide'. In 2012, his collaboration track 'Sunshine' with David Guetta was nominated for a Grammy award under the category for Best Dance Recording. 'Levels' reached the top ten in Austria, Belgium, Bosnia, Croatia, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, the Netherlands, Slovenia and the United Kingdom, whilst topping the charts in Hungary, Norway and Sweden. This sample was also used by Drum and Bass producer Logistics on 'Call Me Back' and by Flo Rida in his single 'Good Feeling', which was produced by DJ Prak and Cirkut. The same vocal sample was used first by Pretty Lights in his 2006 song 'Finally Moving'. The song was produced by Tim Bergling and contains a vocal sample from the 1962 gospel-inspired 'Something's Got a Hold on Me' by Etta James. In 2011, Bergling released 'Levels', which launched him into the mainstream. 2011-12: 'Levels' and international breakthrough Career Origin of the name 'Avicii'īergling explained that the name Avicii means 'the lowest level of Buddhist hell? (Av?ci) and he chose the moniker because his real name was already used upon creating his MySpace page. In October 2010, Bergling signed with the European A&R team with EMI Music Publishing.

He also remixed Nadia Ali's classic single 'Rapture' for her album Queen of Clubs Trilogy: Onyx Edition. Then, in 2010, Bergling released the hit song 'Seek Bromance', which reached the top 20 in several countries including Belgium, France, the Netherlands, United Kingdom, and Sweden. In May 2007, Avicii signed on with the Dejfitts Plays label. Tim Bergling was born on 8 September 1989 in Stockholm, Sweden, to Klas Bergling and actress Anki Lidén. In 2015, Bergling released his second studio album, Stories. It received generally positive reviews from music critics, peaked within the top ten in more than fifteen countries and topped the Australian, Swedish, Danish and US charts. He released his debut studio album, True, in 2013. Some of his most famous songs are 'I Could Be the One' with Nicky Romero, 'Wake Me Up', 'You Make Me', 'X You', 'Hey Brother', 'Addicted to You', 'The Days', 'The Nights', 'Levels' and 'Waiting for Love'. Tim Bergling (born 8 September 1989), better known by his stage name Avicii, is a Swedish musician, DJ, remixer and record producer.īergling was ranked third on DJ Mag in 20 and has been nominated twice for a Grammy Award, once for his work on 'Sunshine' with David Guetta in 2012 and once for his song 'Levels' in 2013.

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