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My Take
Avicii's story stays with me more than almost any in modern music. Tim Bergling was a bedroom producer from Stockholm who ended up rewiring pop itself, folding folk and country melodies into house music when nobody believed that combination should work. He helped carry electronic music onto Top 40 radio, and the genre never went back. But what I think about most is the cost: the relentless touring, the pressure, a life that ended at twenty-eight. His catalog still sounds like pure sunlight, which makes the shadow behind it feel heavier. Few artists gave so much joy while carrying so much weight.
Overview
Tim Bergling (8 September 1989 – 20 April 2018), known professionally as Avicii, was a Swedish DJ, remixer, and record producer. His musical style was primarily pop-oriented house music, and he is an influence on many artists. Several music publications have credited Avicii as one of the DJs who took electronic music to Top 40 radio in the early 2010s.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Avicii
- Name (Japanese)
- アヴィーチー
- Reading
- あゔぃーちー
- Born
- September 8, 1989 – April 20, 2018
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Virgo / Snake
- Origin
- Stockholm, Sweden
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- record producer / disc jockey / remixer / musician / fashion model
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Private
Awards & achievements
- American Music Awards
- Billboard Music Awards
- MTV Europe Music Awards
- Teen Choice Awards
- World Music Awards
- Musikexportpriset
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
- Official sitehttps://avicii.com
- Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/avicii/
- Xhttps://x.com/Avicii
- Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A2%E3%83%B4%E3%82%A3%E3%83%BC%E3%83%81%E3%83%BC
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-11
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.