# Tim Bergling

> Swedish DJ, remixer and record producer known as Avicii. I helped push electronic dance music into the mainstream — blending house with folk, bluegrass and country on songs like 'Levels', 'Wake Me Up' and 'Hey Brother' — before stepping away from touring in 2016. (1989–2018)

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## Profile
- Name: Tim Bergling
- Handle: @avicii
- Currently: Swedish DJ & producer — 'Levels', 'Wake Me Up', 'Hey Brother'
- Location: Stockholm, Sweden
- Portfolio: https://logr.it/avicii
- Avatar: https://logr-uploads.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/uploads/seed/avicii/fd7557f6-dfa7-4498-857b-fb47bc761a14.jpg
- Website: https://avicii.com/
- spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/1vCWHaC5f2uS3yhpwWbIA6
- youtube: https://www.youtube.com/user/AviciiOfficialVEVO
- instagram: https://www.instagram.com/avicii
- x: https://x.com/avicii

## About
Born Tim Bergling in Stockholm in 1989, I started mixing in my bedroom as a kid and taught myself to produce on FL Studio. As Avicii I fused progressive house with folk, bluegrass and country, scored hits that topped charts around the world, and became one of the most in-demand DJs of my generation — before retiring from touring in 2016 to focus on making music in the studio.

## Timeline
A reverse-chronological record of work, milestones, talks, side quests, and writing.

### The greatest-hits album Avicii Forever was released
- Date: May 16, 2025 (2025-05-16)
- Type: milestone
- Highlight: yes
- Details: Avicii Forever, a greatest-hits collection uniting landmark songs like 'Wake Me Up', 'Levels' and 'Hey Brother' with the new track 'Let's Ride Away', was released to introduce his music to a new generation.
- Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avicii
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### The documentary Avicii – I'm Tim premiered
- Date: Jun 9, 2024 (2024-06-09)
- Type: talk
- Highlight: yes
- Details: Avicii – I'm Tim, an intimate documentary told largely in his own words, premiered at the Tribeca Festival before reaching a global audience on Netflix.
- Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avicii
- Logo: https://logr-uploads.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/uploads/5bd3f207-174a-412c-af9d-5801ec1f4de7.webp
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- Videos: https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/X8LHNaCHYsg

### The Avicii Experience museum opened in Stockholm
- Date: Feb 2022 (2022-02-01)
- Type: milestone
- Highlight: yes
- Details: The Avicii Experience, an interactive museum tracing his life and music — including a reconstruction of his childhood bedroom — opened in central Stockholm.
- Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avicii
- Logo: https://logr-uploads.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/uploads/seed/avicii/df8e3f98-56c5-4ff1-ab0a-314a3d44760c.jpg
- Photos: https://logr-uploads.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/uploads/seed/avicii/38d356d4-5766-4304-b0e1-7014bf59bfce.jpg

### The authorised biography Tim was published
- Date: Nov 16, 2021 (2021-11-16)
- Type: writing
- Highlight: yes
- Details: Måns Mosesson's authorised biography, Tim, was published — a candid account of Tim Bergling's life, work and struggles.
- Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avicii

### Honoured with a Google Doodle on his 32nd birthday
- Date: Sep 8, 2021 (2021-09-08)
- Type: milestone
- Highlight: yes
- Details: On what would have been his 32nd birthday, Google marked the day with a Doodle during National Suicide Prevention Week.
- Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avicii

### Stockholm's Ericsson Globe became the Avicii Arena
- Date: May 19, 2021 (2021-05-19)
- Type: milestone
- Highlight: yes
- Details: Stockholm's Ericsson Globe arena was renamed the Avicii Arena in his honour, tied to the foundation's youth mental-health work.
- Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avicii
- Logo: https://logr-uploads.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/uploads/seed/avicii/1a21e61c-25ae-43a7-aa91-989e6962da9d.jpg
- Photos: https://logr-uploads.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/uploads/seed/avicii/2d53b0a1-472c-47be-a2bb-21782ddc4547.jpg, https://logr-uploads.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/uploads/seed/avicii/51be8436-e62e-4f7d-b07d-510571e40b4b.jpg

### An Avicii Tribute Concert filled Friends Arena
- Date: Dec 5, 2019 (2019-12-05)
- Type: talk
- Highlight: yes
- Details: An Avicii Tribute Concert at Stockholm's Friends Arena brought together David Guetta, Kygo, Nicky Romero, Laidback Luke, Rita Ora and others, with profits going to the Tim Bergling Foundation.
- Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avicii
- Logo: https://logr-uploads.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/uploads/seed/avicii/d5a1f348-d573-4ab7-a276-f0d3ff0b545a.jpg
- Photos: https://logr-uploads.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/uploads/seed/avicii/6e6540dc-13ad-4e78-9ed4-7e6ede9c9150.jpg, https://logr-uploads.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/uploads/seed/avicii/26b97c24-4a1d-443d-8842-a47ccc7cfa33.jpg, https://logr-uploads.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/uploads/seed/avicii/0306da2b-7157-4705-bfac-442733a2ec44.jpg, https://logr-uploads.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/uploads/seed/avicii/13b76aa8-3a73-4b38-b00c-61a5fa80fd34.jpg

### The posthumous album Tim was released
- Date: Jun 6, 2019 (2019-06-06)
- Type: milestone
- Highlight: yes
- Details: Tim, the album he had been working on, was completed by his collaborators and released posthumously — debuting at No. 1 on Billboard's Top Dance Albums chart.
- Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avicii

### The Tim Bergling Foundation was launched
- Date: Mar 26, 2019 (2019-03-26)
- Type: milestone
- Highlight: yes
- Details: Tim's family launched the Tim Bergling Foundation, dedicated to mental-health awareness and suicide prevention among young people.
- Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avicii

### Tim Bergling died, aged 28
- Date: Apr 20, 2018 (2018-04-20)
- Type: milestone
- Highlight: yes
- Details: Tim Bergling died on 20 April 2018 in Muscat, Oman, at the age of 28. Tributes poured in from across the music world, and fans gathered in Stockholm and beyond to mourn one of dance music's defining voices.
- Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avicii

### Returned with the EP Avīci (01)
- Date: Aug 10, 2017 (2017-08-10)
- Type: milestone
- Highlight: yes
- Details: I came back with the EP Avīci (01) — including 'Without You' with Sandro Cavazza and 'Lonely Together' with Rita Ora — my first release since leaving the road.
- Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avicii

### Played my final show at Ushuaïa, Ibiza
- Date: Aug 28, 2016 (2016-08-28)
- Type: talk
- Highlight: yes
- Details: I played my last live show at Ushuaïa in Ibiza — the final performance before I stepped away from touring for good.
- Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avicii
- Photos: https://logr-uploads.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/uploads/seed/avicii/ab901290-05d6-4f86-a691-3652adb7ad15.jpg

### Announced I was retiring from touring
- Date: Mar 2016 (2016-03-01)
- Type: milestone
- Highlight: yes
- Details: In March 2016 I posted that I would stop touring later that year, citing my health — after years on the road, I wanted to step back and focus on making music in the studio.
- Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avicii

### Took a songwriting road trip, the Crowning of Prince Liam
- Date: Feb 2016 (2016-02-01)
- Type: side quest
- Highlight: yes
- Details: In early 2016 I took a small group of collaborators on a songwriting road trip across the US — the 'Crowning of Prince Liam', named after my dog Liam — writing wherever inspiration struck, from the California coast to Monument Valley, before premiering songs like 'Without You' at Ultra.
- Source: https://avicii.com

### Released my second album, Stories
- Date: Oct 2, 2015 (2015-10-02)
- Type: milestone
- Highlight: yes
- Details: My second album Stories came out and went to No. 1 on the dance charts in Sweden, Norway and the US, with singles like 'Waiting for Love' pushing my songwriting in new directions.
- Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avicii
- Logo: https://logr-uploads.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/uploads/seed/avicii/f079081c-1ab8-4466-9eb7-d1f53438513a.jpg
- Photos: https://logr-uploads.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/uploads/seed/avicii/ed430248-ca1e-4472-827d-b9e1d36f11f2.jpg
- Videos: https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/cHHLHGNpCSA

### Released 'The Nights'
- Date: Sep 16, 2014 (2014-09-16)
- Type: milestone
- Highlight: yes
- Details: I put out 'The Nights', which first debuted through EA's FIFA 15 — an anthemic, life-affirming song that went on to become one of my most-loved tracks.
- Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avicii
- Videos: https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/0AxgZBZbMkQ

### Co-wrote 'A Sky Full of Stars' with Coldplay
- Date: May 3, 2014 (2014-05-03)
- Type: milestone
- Highlight: yes
- Details: I co-wrote and co-produced 'A Sky Full of Stars' with Coldplay, playing the piano parts myself.
- Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avicii
- Videos: https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/XaQ2xkBadvc

### 'Wake Me Up' passed 200 million Spotify streams
- Date: Feb 28, 2014 (2014-02-28)
- Type: milestone
- Highlight: yes
- Details: 'Wake Me Up' became the first song ever to pass 200 million streams on Spotify.
- Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avicii

### Won my first award at the MTV EMAs
- Date: Nov 10, 2013 (2013-11-10)
- Type: milestone
- Highlight: yes
- Details: I won my first major award — Best Electronic at the MTV Europe Music Awards.
- Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avicii

### Followed up with 'Hey Brother'
- Date: Oct 2013 (2013-10-01)
- Type: milestone
- Highlight: yes
- Details: I released 'Hey Brother', leaning further into country and bluegrass with Dan Tyminski on vocals.
- Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avicii
- Videos: https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/l4bHupWhuZE

### Put out my debut album, True
- Date: Sep 16, 2013 (2013-09-16)
- Type: milestone
- Highlight: yes
- Details: My debut album True arrived, fusing electronic dance music with folk and bluegrass — a blend that surprised people and then topped charts around the world.
- Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avicii

### Released 'Wake Me Up'
- Date: Jun 25, 2013 (2013-06-25)
- Type: milestone
- Highlight: yes
- Details: I released 'Wake Me Up' with Aloe Blacc — a bluegrass-tinged dance record that became the UK's fastest-selling single of 2013 and the biggest song of my career.
- Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avicii
- Logo: https://logr-uploads.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/uploads/seed/avicii/3f527a50-81d0-42a0-9efe-f2c270c11729.jpg
- Photos: https://logr-uploads.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/uploads/seed/avicii/024986bd-8d8c-4856-83b0-3dea80f6de6c.jpg
- Videos: https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/IcrbM1l_BoI

### Premiered 'Wake Me Up' with a live band at Ultra
- Date: Mar 2013 (2013-03-15)
- Type: talk
- Highlight: yes
- Details: At Ultra Music Festival in Miami I brought a live bluegrass band on stage to premiere 'Wake Me Up' — the crowd was baffled by the genre-blend at first, then it became the sound of the summer.
- Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avicii
- Videos: https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/w3O4pXiWAuc
- Link: Avicii on Instagram: "When “Wake Me Up” first premiered at Ultra Music Festival in 2013, the song was initially met with confusion and skepticism. The unconventi (https://www.instagram.com/reels/DUik1taCPwa/)

### Launched Avicii X You, a crowdsourced song
- Date: Jan 9, 2013 (2013-01-09)
- Type: side quest
- Highlight: yes
- Details: I teamed up with Ericsson on 'Avicii X You', billed as the world's first crowdsourced hit — fans submitted sounds that I built into the track 'X You'.
- Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avicii

### Became the first DJ to headline Radio City Music Hall
- Date: Sep 26, 2012 (2012-09-26)
- Type: talk
- Details: I became the first DJ to headline New York's Radio City Music Hall, playing two sold-out shows.
- Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avicii

### Performed at Lollapalooza in Chicago
- Date: Aug 4, 2012 (2012-08-04)
- Type: talk
- Highlight: yes
- Details: I was a featured performer at Lollapalooza in Chicago's Grant Park — one of the big festival stages I played as 'Levels' took off.
- Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avicii

### Hospitalised with acute pancreatitis
- Date: Jan 2012 (2012-01-01)
- Type: side quest
- Details: In early 2012 I spent eleven days in a New York hospital with acute pancreatitis — the first serious sign of the health problems that would shadow my touring years.
- Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avicii

### Released 'Levels'
- Date: Oct 2011 (2011-10-01)
- Type: milestone
- Highlight: yes
- Details: I released 'Levels' in October 2011 — the song that launched me into the mainstream, topping the charts in Sweden, Norway and Hungary.
- Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avicii
- Videos: https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/yMsKK0zNT_4

### Started the House for Hunger charity tour
- Date: Jan 2011 (2011-01-01)
- Type: side quest
- Details: With my manager Arash Pournouri I started House for Hunger — a 25-date US tour that raised a million dollars for Feeding America.
- Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avicii

### Signed with EMI Music Publishing
- Date: Oct 2010 (2010-10-01)
- Type: work
- Highlight: yes
- Details: As 'Seek Bromance' broke into the top 20 in several countries, I signed with EMI Music Publishing's European A&R team in October 2010.
- Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avicii

### Signed my first record deal with Dejfitts Plays
- Date: May 2007 (2007-05-01)
- Type: work
- Highlight: yes
- Details: In May 2007 I signed with the label Dejfitts Plays and started putting out my earliest tracks under the name Avicii.
- Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avicii

### Born Tim Bergling in Stockholm
- Date: Sep 8, 1989 (1989-09-08)
- Type: side quest
- Highlight: yes
- Details: I was born Tim Bergling on 8 September 1989 in Stockholm, Sweden, the son of actress Anki Lidén and businessman Klas Bergling.
- Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avicii

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